Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1859-08-19
VOL. V. NO. 30.

survey the Central route. but imported
camels to survey The southern desert and
disunion route. which proved fit only
for camels, carrying water in their bel
lies for three or four days. Applause. j
They refused aid to the Central route
lest there should be chain of Tree state
on this parallel The southern route
was surveyed without an appropriation
for what care they for the laws Of Con.
gresss
Missouri asked for an overland mail
and a bill was passed Congress allow
ing the PostmasterGeneral to let the
contract-the contractor to select his
own route. On opening the bids, none
was found for the southern desert route,
but the PostmasterG General told one ol
the bidders if he would put in bid for
the southern route he should have the
contract. The bid was made and the
contract let-the distance thereby being
increased 900 miles between st. Lou
and San Francisco. 100000 men and
women have beaten a plain track across
the Plains, out that route must give way
to the desert route, with this democratic
Administration. [Applause.l l offer
cd bill, bill revokiug the Postmaster
General $ contract, and it went to a COM
mittee, whereupon was a member from
Missouri, and slept. l Itacled it on the
Postofhce Appropriation bill and three
members from Missouri voted against it
.wo of the three were from this Dor.
der one Of them your own representa-
tive. Noice-"He is not in town. Il
| care not, should say the same were
he here. Applause.
The South moulds the policy Of the
democratic party, and ii is against that
policy for the West to expand; they
only desire slavery extension, and for
this policy they oppose the West and
her interests. As long as the democra
cy lives you get nothing, unless from
God himself, who planted the gold at
Pixies Peak, which has been 50 oppor-
tunely discovered to give a new state
and central route to the Pacific, fol
the defeat of that artv.
You must look elsewhere than tue
democratic party for aid. Oar interests
as state are opposed to the South Ia
ths matter. Missouri lies north of the
slave states size is surrounded by the
! fssse<eto Nth -l,;eh l.ar internsts nra
identical. Kisses and cheers. Cries
of 60 on, and turn him out. l have
no, the least idea of stopping. APP
plause. Illinois lies on our eastern
boundary, Iowa on our northern, Kan
sas on our western, which will soon be a
free state in spite OF Lecomplon, and the
administration applause, and Arkan,
sas. weak and OF little consequence te
US, on the south. | have sometimes mo-
ticed in the papers that little beeswaa
and few muskrat skins come troI
there, which is the amount Of our inter
ests with Arkansas applause, whie oul
connection with the free states is init.
mate and extensive.
We must look, in our national con
Germs, to the real advantage of the state
| told you should speak freely of sla
vcry-itis the question Of the day, o
you would not see gentlemen from tki
section vote as they do. As | under
stand it, the Dred Scott decision is tht
standpoint Of the democracy On slavery
Calhoun first Promul sate0 the doctrin
that the constitution, per Sc, carried sla
very into the te. ritofies. You know
wha. his democracy was in the days 0
Jackson-thcn no prominent Statesman
thought of agreeing with him Voice =
calhoun was right. | think not
He was opposed to the doctrines of JET
fcrson. lfyou refuse Jefferson and tax
Calhoun. do SO boldly, and don't ''stea
the livery OF heaven to serve the dayi
. in At the request of Monroe, Cal
houn, when in his cabinet, signed a wri
ting asserting 10 the Missouri Compro
mise, and admitting its constitutionality
1t was an atterthought of Calhoun's a
OF the democratic party, that the consti
, tuition carries slavery into the territories
| but ask the protesting democracy t
f deny the name they disgrace. From tn
days of Washington to Pierce the terri
tories were held to be under the contro
of Congress. Now, one STAKEHOLDER wit
, his negro can 90 into territory an
frame laws for all that follow-this
, squatter sovereignty.
True, Douglas says the people Of
: territory may decide whether SLAYER
shall exist there, but he admits the con
stitutionality of the bred Scott decision
, which carries slavery into the ,err:torie
. by the eonstitutlon,thus knocking squat
: ter sovereignty in the head. In thi
, way Douglas rides both sidos of tn
fence. hold, with the fathers of tn
r country, that the republican party i
, right. Applause and hisses, cries Q
) kick him ont reply. There vii
) be more than one to kick out" | shal
be kicked out in good company, wit
S Jefferson and Jackson; the democrac
: would kick them out if they dared.
find no fault with those who differ frou
: me but how can any one call himself
e Jefferson or Jackson democrat, and re
= ceive into fellowship Toombs and sue
= men. who olways abused Jackson /: Th
! sentiments uttered by Jefferson, Jackso
4 and others are now called abolition, an
G for which any one would be read out {
/; the democratic party. Half of your del
egation. half ofthe legislature and Of tn
!, democratic delegation from Georgia wer
old wings; and old Buck, the federalist,a
], the head, worthy leader, applaus
/. and Kisses, worthy lea der of the federa