Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1861-10-25
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f deem it worth while to notice its misrep
resentatons But when it classes tn,
Erening Post with Wendell, Philips, DIR
Checvcr and Owen Lovejoyjit does an IN
Justice which ought to be corrseted. The
writer's for that paper know perfectly
well that, with the admiration which al
honest man must feel for the ability, zeal
and manlincss of those accomplished ora
tors, he may yet entertain notions of pol.
icy very different from theirs. At any
rate, the Erenng Post has never been ac-
customed to conceal its owr convictions,
and whoever mistakes them does SO
through stupidity or willlulncss.
Neither does it make covert attacks,
either upon the Administration or any
thing else. What it approves it ap-
proves and what it does not approve it
dcnounccs. The Erening Post has never
declared that the cmanclp patton of slaves
is the great object of the prest Mt war
On the contrary, it has sustained the gov
ernment throughout its adherence to the
general principle that the aim of the war
is the restoration of the constitution and
the Union. But it does say, what Con-
grcss has already partly recognized, that
the institution Of slavery shall not stand
in the way of that important end. The
state is greater than any local institution,
and when its military exigencies require
that a local institution shall be swept by
the board the latter must 20. Further
more, it says that our gallant men in the
1 field, who are pcrilling their lives in a
glorious cause, are not to be dcgradad by
either their military or civil leaders into
mere slave catchers and beadlcs. Again
/ if the slaves can be made of use to u.s.
either as spies, scouts, cooks, trence-'tIg-
gers, or in any other capaclty, 1t Is wise
for us to make use of them as best we
VIC can. Finally, when their disloyal
masters are converting their strong arms
into powerful Instruments Of rebellion,
either in the camps or in the corn-ticIds,
we say that their masters should from
that moment, and forever after, forfeit all
right to their services.
These seem to us the plaincst dictates
Of common sense; and We are at u loss to
understand the exceptional tenderness and
dclicacy with which property in slaves Is
approached Is it more sacred than any
other property? The rebels themselves
do not think so. BY last evenings mails
we have Richmond papers which show
that, under the ocque,tration act OF Con
iederatc Congress, slaves are coniiseatcd
without stint. The Examiner Of the 1th
instant says:
Since the 30th of September estates
and property valued at SS00,o00 have
been confseated. Among those who have
thus suffered are the following August
Belmont, five hundred hogsheads of tobac
co, valued at $2S0,000 firm Of Woods,
Lowry Il Farant, Of Norfolk G.. Nj.
Fry 4 Co., of New York !; Chickerng &
Sons, piano manufacturers, through their
Richmond Agent an estate Of eight hun
dred acres, fully stocked with negroes, live
stock, etc, owned by Wm. G. Rivers, Jr.,
of Boston an estate of eight hundred
acres, with full stock of negroes, etc,
belonging to Francis Rivers Of New York
city; and an estate of eight hundred
acres, stocked with negroes, etc, the prop
erty of Mrs Sigourncy, Of New YORK
city.
\ petition has been filed for the scques-
traton of =" Montitcllo,a the farm home
of Jefferson, now owncdby Uriah p. Levy,
a captain i'll the Lincoln navy, and occu-
pied by his brother, who is alleged to be
disatfccted towards the Confederate gov
crnment. The estate comprises three hum
drcd and sixty acres, together with I'M
provements valued at s., 500; besides
this there is another tract Of nine hun
dred and sixty acres, with sheep, nisgers,
hogs and lot OF household and kitchen
furniture
Or, why should there be such a rcluc-
tancc to employ the services Of the slaves
General Mansfield, at Fortress Monroe,
will not allow them to enter the camps ;
but does he not thereby deprive himself of
admirable spies and workingmcn? Nay,
does he not assume a power for which he
has no warrant OF law or JUSTICE Can
we afford, in the rcvotca States, to throw
away any kind or degree Of assistance
Is it Wise, rs our armies advance into the
territory of most bitter and trucnicnt
enemy, to alieuatc from them the sympa-
thics of thousands and even millions of
men, who would be our friends, and who
are capable of rendering rs especial SER
vice? Napoleon made that mistake i'll
Russia, and the consequence was the most
lignominious and disastrous overthrow OF
u grand army that was ever recorded IN
i history Eecain2 Post.