Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1858-11-19
Gov. Stewards Speech.

spe ,chcs at Il oclostnr New York. Oct. 18th :,
lust prior to the STATE election and to an in
mcnsa assembly, the newspapers say With
certain portions OF that speech. and with GER
tain sentiments c1uneiit. Il therein, consider
atle cutlery has been made by the ncwspa-
pers in the interest Of the slve-holling de-
ln9crlce The bug-hoar. and very conve-
nent outery Of ''aholitionisn, cab 'litIon-
ism" has been rti- I'd: hut the time has al
ready passed, thank an enlightened public
sentiment, wen this stale chars' can have
any y,ry -rtttinj taa.H. W. re2,llect u
have one .,lofa very wetk man who un-
dert9ok t. iz,,ten his chill drcn into good be-
hay.or. and INTO dread of His liighpess.
the D, by having hilepus and magma
ry pictures Of this noted individual painted
on the walls OF the reoms of his house. Thc
effect, as any sensible person would natural
ly sapp5sa. was just the reverse from what
was inten led. The little fellows soon came
t. regard the scarc.crows as very harmless
creatures oil diseased ima- ination, and all
sort Of sport was made of them So with
this stale cry of "Abolitionism; the day
when it can be used to irighten sensible men
has gone by. The Castle Garden Union Saw
Ing Committee, and those public brawlers OF
''ahalitionism, as Il scare-crow to timid
men. have no further part to act in the dra-
ma of politics. Timid men have become
courageous. as they have silently observed
how much Of humbug5ery and eanting by
pocrsy there is in the sensaless cry raised
against the principles of the Republican par
ty. Therefore. the sentiment advanced by
Mr.. Seward, which has raised a cry about
lis ears by the professional iaultiinders for
the slavery extension Demoeracy-is one that
will meet with hearty response from mil
lions of men all over the country The mas
SIS, the voting millions that have taken part
in the slavery discussions since the days OF
Wilmot provisoism. more especially since the
repeal Of the Missouri Compromise, are full
ly up to Mr.. S.ward's position. If nothing
more inceudlary escapes the New York Sen
aturs liys than the following, the "eroak-
nr.s,. ocrunation will be useless one
at remains u say on this point only one
word, to guard against misapprehcusion. If
these States are to arlin become slaye-holl-
ing 20 n'' Fete,'. ~ -. WV. " III w.
acsonrljsbnJ, On the other hand, while |
d. eenflently believe anl hope that my
country vi \ W b1c1Dln n md af universal
fe' ''h uo ''o' eAi'' -, ''at ~, ~ WIN
If The several states cooperating with the
Federal Government, and al acting in strict
conformity with their respective Constitu-
- ~. o..,r, c,ne,~r;n. s,a.
yerr, 4, ',jrb g. sntlv disa5ssi persons d ha.
hita4iiy deprecate, is nothing more than the
rlPehins OF fne e'n,iie' whieh me I t
3,a,. "a ~ I,ya
tptafI
Mr. S,.r,ri bnn,f,llv Inks forward to n
time when lis country viii become a land OF
universal Freedom. This bnorant expecta.
,,,.,,,, .ho ,,-,ro
''''' - w go '''' f'0iN
Sana!sts; and their organs attack Tue man
ana Ills sentiments Will itGy zeal. htti
I COOL Gentlemen lopg enourb IN ca into the
......e-1..t. I'll I5l,i ID ,,..,,s.
anu asa va. Il =, ''''>'
hearted voters, II they GO not nope ana pray
for the day to come when our land shall b;
blessed with universal Freedom. not carip,
.1. =
comes as Mr.. SewarI says, through tue ac-
&C u
the Federal Government. and all acting in
s+riot oo,f,r,,;,t, vi.b +l,o;r ros,oo.;,o ,,,-
''''' "'''' '''N''
stltatloAs-
Thomas jefferson in the mem II OF his life
written a, the are Of seventy-s.yen, saws,
;. x5,t;,,,.; ,,,g,ra ;, r;,,o, :, a.,
book Oh late tnah tnlf tlese people lthe
slaves, are to be free. My e)untrymen it
: is written in a better volume than the book
orc,o. :, : r;ttor IN tho laws of y.,rro
- '''e AZ - -
ana oil Nature 5 Tod
The Evening Post says
; Mr.. Seward only decllred his czp.ct4tion
that ultimately nil tn, states of the MON
would be either free states or slave states
an historical prediction which thousands be-
e licve, and have long believed, who were new
human freedom in all the states we have ney-
er, t5r our own part suffered ourselyss To
slnTa ,bsm.Irs baya taken ths s1 ,,vi W
p, of the matter. just before the annexation
of Texas, Robert j. Walker, then of Misss-
| supp, pu'tl'hea Il pamphlet: IN "niGn he
wonld onen t an on ''t nv which the older