Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1858-12-03

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cane violence. -tC5rrespon lens Of u Eyt
Post.
+. JEFrtRsoN D,-is AT Eovy. Tn, Wick,
burg Way gives = sketch of Hon. .lclFsrs
Davis speech at Jackson, Miss, on the III
inst. Alter defending HI nseli from the ger
eral charge OF abandon ng. in his late Nortt
ern speeches, the State Rights positio
which he occupied in 1851, he is thus stlte
/ t. have m't HmHre specific accusation:
"tn1th't clArgt preferred against biz
WAS that no had '.lade a speech At Bangor. 1.
/ NatA', III " n n he had ayowal the oli1u
doctrine VI s4natttr sovereignty; and al eE
tract IRON the alleged speech, torn from 1t
c1pta1t, mad beel produced to sustain til
o'larF.. He had never made speech a
Ba' .gor OF any kind, nor had he ever at an,
! line uttered any sentiment which could b
: fairly construed into recognition by hin 0
TIC doctrine that i Territorial Legislator,
could affect IN any Way the states OF slave,
- doctrine worse even than the WilmJ
] Pros;sl and against which he had warrel
/ ever sin.e it had oe2a broachel. Mr. Doug
/ las, in his recent canvass Tor the UniteG
States Senate in Illinois, had seized upon this
I alleged passage rom u speech never made
all had claimed that his own sentiments
deli rcd in his speech as t'reap2rt. wert
identical with those promul gated in that
parI graph. Mr.. DJggLts well ew that
his MIR. Davis y d-libarats ly expressed opin-
i'm on this subject in the Senate Of the Unit
ei States expressed in debates with Mr..
u u ,l,.s hinsAlt, in which he had forced Mr.
DDasias to abandon the doctrine as untena-
be, were the very reverse OF those attributed
now to him; and that in his PJr.la nd speech
he had 5, expressed himself. II, thought
the very reverse # Mr. D3asl.s. II con
aderad VI. Douglas op,ai5aS as 05Jsci,5na-
BIC as those Of hij adversary. M Lincoln
III, were both a, afu d=sfrucf,ce The n hit,
Of he S0uti, 65ti al ,cdr c,M the CONSUME
hssissipp,an, he w1all have been glad If
they had made Kilkenny fight Of it, and
neither had been lett 10 proclaim the veto
~
This is the "irst-san" from the southern
D,mocracy fired over anil a Mr. Douglas. in
view Of his return - the intel States Sen
at. It is the ra-opening OF the contest,
which we have considered 10 be inevitable,
between tho "littl4 giant and the admins
ira.ion. and which Is u be the elimination
Of the issues SET IN motion last winter. 1t
will be momentous stiGCyle, but we think
the opposition are 81 situated that they can
regard It's progress with great equanimity.
We are sorry to see that the gallant Mis-
;naals,,.i, SisrIarea ~, ~, .,'j -
preached our Northern waters last summer
till he charmed our sell-styed s.national
IN han sangu nan, ' si qai'e olheren'-
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ny . ,n,r.ss. an1 Womb tb~s cartrai 10
is-iE}5t;,3 ~ H.. So. -, 10 80
taeir p9lier would re - have such inulti-
niicitg OF candidates for the Presidency as
10 :. ,ent ! ca0ic9 b the people, aud thus
tatv would secure, 5y an election BY the
Hausa. one Of their oYrn mn. That If this
should be 50. or ii they should elect a Presi-
dent by tho vote OF the people, the question
would be presented what should the South
d.? f5r his part, he had but one Gnswcr t5
y1as. u aen that happened, when the gov
ernmant was in hosttie hands, when the
presidency and the houses Of legislation wert
controlled ~ the eneries u the South, he
teas fer asserting Tie Independence of MiSsis
sipt'. h 'oas for .aaa.e-...e lr.ttlra:eai lron
tie E1so2.'
Again:
lie advised the people q tho SYu.i t.