Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1858-09-10

ANOACdl S1uS tllG Sdulc speech
In Ellsworth. The use of
Abraham Sanborn. A stam-
pede.
Monday night Mr.. Bradbury was com
PEELED, evidently against his own feelings
and his better Judgement, to rehearsc lis
speech before an Ellsworth audience. There
seemed to I've method in the madness which
planned the meeting; or in other words the 9
was a peculiar dtsi IN in this second cxhibi-
ton on the st. 20 of the buchanan or,tt r.
The primary object of the orators and man
ayers seemed to be. to prove Senator Clay of
Alabama, u strong Buchanan Democrat, an
rntruthful man. Mr.. Clay had sid that
there were letters on file in the Treasury
Dcpartm.n t from most every collector from
Eastrort to New Bedford, charging frauds
on the fishermen. 1t was not Mr.. Fessanden,
nor Mr. Wushburn, nor Mr. Hamlin, nor the
Republican papers, that had made this state
ment but it was Democratic Senator. and
now a matter of record. The Congressional
reporters, employed by the government, have
reported Mr.. Clay as We quoted; and any
democrat can read it by turning to Congress
sional Globe, Sd Session, 3ith Congress, page
80 AIRY democrat, who wishes to read
this precious statement Of Mr.. Clay, of the
charges of the Collectors, if they nave not
the Globe, can do 50 by calling into our
Office. Mr.. Bradbury said he had not writ
tsn any letters of the kind; and he would
call on Mr. Jones for statement Of what
he had written from this district Here was
explained the main object Of the meeting
Mr.. Jones had written some piqHant and
pointed letters of instruction to Mcssrs
Graves & Higgins, and an opportunity WIS
desired for him to give another sample Of lis
talent in letter writing. lie therefore, came
armed with quite II long letter, which he
said was copy of the one he sent to the
Treasury Department, and read the same to
she messing. We judge the authorship Of
this episele belongs to the Deputy, as it was
prosy and dull, and faile'l in the rentcdness
Of the "two Black Republican letter to
Higgins. Mr. Jones sat down: and Mr.
Bradbury undertook to say THAT this Letter
of Mr. Jones' and his own and DR.. Bridg-
hams statement, hal provel what Rcpub-
lican orators had stated about this matter
alse, when. if all the collectors had made
similar statements, it would only prove that
!. Democratic Senator had lied. The text,
for all this parade, was a paragraph to he
found in the American of last wcck, WHERE
in we say that it is a lair inference that
these rsrn wrote letters of the character al
ltged, OF else Mr.. Clay was an untruthful
man.
All the labor expended on this point only
went to prove, if it proved anything, that
Mr.. Clay, the Democratic Senator par ercel-
lent, in his cagerncss to destroy the bounty
law, was willing to put the collectors of the
Customs in false position. 1t did not raise
any question of veracity with Republican
orators, or with the American; and we could
not help thinking while this withdrawing
process was going on, that it was time Mr..
Bradbury was looking little to what his
own standing will be with Mr.. Clay, after
making him out Her and how much he,
uah that single rJha arm, can do towards
averting the repeal of this bounty. if h.
should get to Washington, after treating
these Southern gentlemen 50 very ungentle-
manly. If he does not stop this method Of
getting over very knotty point, he will
faa of having bali Of the influence that Mr..
Foster already possesses. When this IN ttel
was satisfactorily gune through with, Mr.
bradbury with much gravity says, ''tIis Is
the kind Of charges we ind in a paper that
draws upon its imagination for its iarts, ane
upon it's artist for its arguments. We
had rather trust our Imagination for facts
than, like Mr. Bradbury endelvur to extract
them from the Aiachias Union and nobod,
can beat our artist in arguments.
Mr.. Bradbury here, as the IntrodnctiH
of new point, had Mr. Wiswell, the lat
Democratic nominee for Congress, who n he
crowded off the course, read one OF the S''ri,'
of resolutions passed at the Republican Dis
trict Convention. This was the best part
af the whole entertainment. Nothing tina
Mr Bradbury had said, or did say, met tn
views SO nearly, Of II mi, or part of the audi
ence, as that r, solution. MIR. Bradbury di,
not attempt to prove its untruthfulness ii
aNy particular. lie only asked the question
..wbut influence can Mr.. Foster have, hachet
By such resolution" llia whJlo argii
mcnt upon this resolution, if good in TIM
case Of the fishing bounty, would have heer
good for the Fathers Of the Revolution, ans
would have prevented DISRUPTION OF thu
relations OF the Colonies with treat Britain
Thomas Jeil.rson's pen would have rciuset
to have written the glorious D,claration q
Independence; and tie daring itsscrtion BY
him and his eo-nitriotS. that the history o
the present Hing Of Great britain, IS his
tory Of REPEATED in.usitsand asurpatione I'll
having ia direct object the establishment 81
al absolute tyranny over these States
woald nave remained ilnsaid.