Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1858-06-11
A Retrospect.

elect has surmpuntcd nobly great dihIcuitieS,
has completed the work OF change that has
been going ON in New England for four years
and which is due to that total want OF policy
that was inaugarlted by President Pierce,
who, in return for the democracy having
secured for him the votes ofiour New England
States, butchered them like New YORK dogs
in summer time. In 1888, there were IN the
Senate, from New England, the following
Demoerats-lMmlin OF Maine, Norris and
Athcrton of New Hampshire, Allen and James
of Rhode Island, and rouoey OF Connecticut,
The Wings has only fnHr Senators from Now
England, though New England IS commonly
supposed to have been all Wing In those
times; and there was one Tree soil Senator
from Massachusetts,. In consequence of
local difficulties, but having no connection
with national politics. there was some doubt
how n vacancy in the Maine delegation woUld
be filed The place had been held by a
Democrat, and but for the temperance qucs-
ton no one but Democrat would have had
any chance of being chosen to fill it, Maine
having dccisively sapp rtsl General PIERCE.
Thus stood things in the summer ot Io15-aaI
thus thcy would havc changed for tae better
for the Democrats, BAD 1t not hel Tor tae
attempt that was iua3e - elryer; tine NsEt.i-
ern Democrats into ; rs t3r the U.s. oi taa
slayehJiiers. The " bi- party l-t5 tbs sEa-2,
and she Democrats al h, have h4l talo5s al
Il II own WY oygr a. Nes Ea-as1asi. SHY
and ex7,Fss Nerya az VIZ -, y, sa.icFe. Il i
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ti4ss,z, a,sl 4s-S1s-sS Sstsisa Sasa eSgE ttss
,ss.i.icz. ~ ~. hsl SAILED - I-zsasta.sy.-
he ,3ellbx-ase revival u TIE slavery agjt4-
;jou = ;hc Pizz,a administration and It's
.rizs}s Mt only irsveaf-d the Increase q
DeinQ,s-.l;ie ssrcr-t3, bl; 5ylrrsi tie strength
that VS. - Weakness Iae efec. was e-sy&e-
tally visible in tag ! ~ o. Democratic >cna-
tors in New EaSlaai. First. Mr.. FeSsenden
was chosen in Maine, which choice never
could have been effected bat ier the pra-slay-
cry position OF the Democracy. Ten follow
/ 81 the election Of two anti-DcmocTatic Sena-
tors from New Hampshire. Mr. Hale
and Mr.. Bell. True, one vi the SEATS
thus flied was made vacant by the sudden
/ death Of Mr.. Athcrton, who would had he
! lived. have served until next year but if the
/ Democracy of New Hampshire had not bacn
/ broken down by external action. neither Mr..
! Atherton nor Mr.. Norris would have had an
opposition successor. Ia 1857, Gen. james,
one Of the Democratic Senator's from Rhode
! Island, lost his seat and was succeeded By
Mr.. Simmons, formerly one Of the leading
! Wings of that state. and now a Republican.
The same year, Mr.. Iouccy, of Connecticut,
WAS defeated and now Mr., Aim, of Rhode
| Island, has been served in the same manner
Thus, only four years after the introduction
of the Nebraska bill, opposition Senator'S
have been elected in New England to succeed
six Democrats Nor is this all. Mr. Ham
lin of Maine, as steady Democrat as any
i'll the United States, was forced to leave his
/ party III consequence of its pro-slavery senti-
ments and conduct, and for SO doing he
was elected Governor of his State by 90
600 majority, and re-electeito the senate
| Had he voted for the Nebraska bill, he
would now have been as completely at tht
/ bottom of the basket as IibAard or Macdon-
aid. Gen. Wilson was elected to the Senatt
! hy the Legislature Of Massachusetts,, to sue
coed gentleman as well known for his con
seryatiye views as for his cloquence, bccaus.
| he was the best repr sentative to b found il
| the States of that determined, energetic, and
unalterable hostility to the slavery
/ policy of the Democratic administration
which So emincntly distinguishes our citizens
New Hampshire is about to elects another
! Republican Senator, and Maine will follow
/ her example next winter. When the Senate
Of 1859 shall come into existence nine months
| hence, it viii not contain one Democratic
member from New England, though it had
six such Senators only six years before. with
excellent prospects OF the number being in
creased.
In the matter Of Congressional Eeprcsen-
tatiyes, the change has been as remarkabl,
as that which has happened with Senator's -
OF the % Representatives. from New England
Is We're Democrats in the Congress of 1853
50. Now, there are but two Democrat,
Representatives from New England, and the,
owe their seats to the scnselcss discussion.
of the opposition in two of the C1nnecticu
distincts.
The popular vote of New England in lSj:
showed a respectable Democratic plurality
Gen. Pierce having about 5000 more vote
than Gen. Scott. Four of the States supper
the Democratic candidate. and gave him .;
of the Al electoral votes of New England
In 1886, the Democratic candidate and Civ,
him % of the IL electoral votes of New
England, and the Republican candidate
} was about l45 900 ahead of the candidate o
the Democracy
These are changes, and of 50 extraordinary
character that they cannot fail to arres
the attention CT the most careless Observer
We may be told, as we often are in CONVERSE
ton, and sometimes hy Democratic Daners