Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1860-07-20

| ted by his spirit, linked with hlm IN all
his misrulc, are embodied as a party, and
ask your votes. Simply to resist tins
combination, and to save the Republic
from Its degrading influence, ,swould justi-
/ IL the formation of the Republican para
| ty; atid | doubt not that there are many
who will be content to unite with us oil
this ground alone, anxious to put the Ma
! tional Government once again III pure
hands 70 all such welcome
While this eonsunlnation neccssarl-
ly enters into the present purposes of the
Republican party, while We naturally be-
gin by insisting upon purity IN the Coy"
ernmcm, and make this ono OF our urgent
demands, it is obvious that the quicken
ing impulse Of the party is to be found III
other purposes, which cannot pass away IN
a single election. The Republican party
seeks to overthrow the Slave Oligarchy
in the National Government, and especial
lv at this moment to stay its aggresslons
in the Territories, which through cor
rupt Interpretation Of the Constitution, 1t
threatens to barbarizc with Slavery. But
all who seek charity in the National Gov
crnmcnt must unite in this purpose, for
only BY the overthrow Of this corrupt OH
garchy. which beginning i'll the denial OF
all human lights necessarily shows itself
in barbarisu and corruption of all kinds,
can better order Of things prevail. IL
is out Of Slavery that all our grlets pro-
coed nor can the corruptions OF the pres
cnt administration be fully comprehend
cd without considering the nature of this
evil and It's chronic influence over our
Government, reaching everywhere by
subtle agencies or more subtle far-rcach-
me example, but still in itself the orlgl-
nal and aIl-sutlicicnt activity. As Wei
attempt to explain the Gull Stream with
out the Gulf Of Mexico, or the origin of
evil without the human heart rs attempt
to explain the present degraded character
Of our National Government without Slav-
cry rs well attempt to enact the play
Of Othclo without the Moor. And per-.
nit me TO say that our warfare with these
corruptions will be feeble unless We attack
them i'll their origin.
The subject is - vast that can under
take to expose it by glimpscs only;
At the beginning of our history SNlav-
cry was universally admitted to be an
evil Nobody then 50 hardy as to vlndi-
cate it, In the Convention which framed
the Constitution, it was branded as ga ne
t;trious institution" or more mildly called
simply wrong and these generous voices
c;,lne from the South as well as from the
North Dut nf the Convention there was
a slmiar accord. | sldll not quote the
words If Washineton, Jefferson, or Frank
In, or Jay, Tor they are familiar to all
But as they spoke others spoke; and |
might occupy this whole evening simply
in recitne this testimony. Nor Wcre liese
decartior~ confined to men in public life
The Colleges all, by special action, arrayed
themselves against slavery, especially the
University Of William and Mary, in Nirs
einia, which conferred upon Granville
sharpe, the acknowledged chief Of British
Abolitioui,ts, the honorary degree Of Doc
tor of Laws. The literature OF the land,
such az i rpsI agreed with the Colleges:
The Church, too. added its powerful voice;
and here. amid the diversities Of religious
faith, We hail flat unity # spirit which
animated all Qaakcfs, Methodsts, fres-
5eteriauS and CongrcgationaII.ts seem al
most to have We'd with each other III this
pious testimony.
The Constitution was adopted, bat the
word "slaye was not allowed to pollute
It's tex; and this was declared i'll defer
encc to the prevailing opinion, which re-
earIcd Slavery as temporary, destined
soon to pass away. tll looked forward to
this clad dav. which scented t" be almost
at hand. Iu harmony with this eXpccta-
tom Slavery was prohibited in all the ex-
istinc Territories of the lnion so that
when Washington, as first President of
the nitel States, at his inauguration here
in New York. took his first oath to sup
port the Constitution, the flag of the Re
public nowhere on the land within the ju.
risciiction Of Congress, covered single
slave Little then did the Fathers dream
that the evil which they regarded with
shame and which they cXcrtcd themselves
to prohibit, would elevate it, obscene crest,
as i now does; and faunt its pretentions
before the world Little did they dream
i that the Constitution, from which they had
carefully excluded the very ,"ord, would
i in defiance of reason and OF common sense,
] be held to protect the tbin2 50 exception
tally that il could not be reached by Con-
trr4siolal prohibition. even within Con
grc,,oual iurisIi,tion Littlo did they
dream that the text, which they left 50
+ pure anl hcallhliul, would, through corrupt
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