Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1861-10-18

Such are the institutions now menaced
with destruction; but by no foreign foe.
They have withstood the thunderstorm
and defcd worldin arms and must fall,
if they fall at all, by those they have
warmed to life, and upon whose brows
have been wrcathed choicest laurcls.
They are striking the dagger at the heart
of our venerable mother and shall we
not say to them "stop," because they are
our brethren? Aye-so much the deeper
their crime ! Were they savagcs-were
they wandering Arabs of the desert
were they the very essence of all barbar.
ism, cannibals, they might have better
excuse for the crime they are committing.
But they are attempting the death Of her
who gave them existcnce--who nursed
them on the lap of indulgence--who
placed arms in their hands to defend her,
with which they attempt her life. But
as Dickinson says, these are not the first
beings that rcbelcd. There was rebellion
i, even in heavcn-(and believe this comes
the nearest to that of anything that ever
transpircd on this earth since the time
Adam awoke in Paradise)-ycs, blind,
hcedlcss naughty, dark ambition caused
Satan to rebel there for just the same
cause as this rebellion-and the end shaV
be the same. Those who begun it, and
those who assist in any way to carry it
on, will be hurled down to darkness and
chains for ever by an indignant and out
ragged people. Let northern spies and
traitors study we'll the destiny of the
tories of the revolution. Let them re-
peat to themselves every morning, noon
and night that name that was bcqueathcd
by the Revolution to external intamy-
let them say, Arnold Arnold :, AR
Mold ;. let them learn the sound there
of to perfection, that they may know
how theirs may sound when the future
shall write the history of this war. Can
traitors exist and act when nation Is
fighting for its existence, and not be re-
membcrcd in the future? Can they kim
die fires in the rear of our citizen soldiers
when fighting for their country and expect
to have them cxtinguished when the war
is over! Can they utter that diaboltcat,
dcrIih wish which have heard uttered
oven in this town, " that every soldier
that goes from Maine to the war may be
shot" aud not stand condemned by all de-
cent men as murderers at heart--and
may they not expect that these wishes,
and these sayings, will all rise up against
them in the iuturc-a dark catalogue Of
errors and crimes, contamnating the very
atmosphere, and crying for dark oblivion
to come and cover them from the light Of
day. tCheers.)
The tories Of the Revolution had many
excuses, where those Of the present day
have none. They were loyal to the home
government, although they fought against
their own. The tories Of the present day
are fighting against their government and
loyal to none-thcy have no possible ex-
cusc--loyalty is upon one hand and trca-
son upon the other 1t is now either
government or no government. And the
name of every man at the north, that aids
in this rebellion, will stink in the nostris
of all decent men so long As our nation
has an existence. And what an inheri-
tancc to bequcath to their children My
Fathers name was Benedict Arnold =
and the sound goes down to postcrity-it
follows the fugitive through society-but
alas, will not 20 into his grave with MIN
when he dies, (Cheers) but sits on his
tombstone, bcckoning to every passcr by,
and pointing to the name, ,wandcrs through
the air, whispers in the breeze and de-
sccnds the stream of time as an accurscI
memeato to the latest child of the name.
Alas, why will men lore party so supreme
ly and country so poorly. As the honor.
ed Joseph Holt of Kentucky said, every
man who is not for this war, to save his
country and his flag, is either monster
or q maniac.
But we occasionally hear man crying
peace - peace. Peace with traitors
with arms in their hands What, peace
with men who have stolen hundreds Of
millions of dollars worth Of property
who have broken our common constitu-
ton, and now wish to destroy our coun-
try? What, make peace with traitors
while they have hundreds of cannon
pointing at our capitol, and hundreds OF
thousands of men ready to destroy it >
No, my peaceful friend, such are not the
men we choose to treat with. We will
first try the strength of our arm on the
field of battle. Ii we would not be call
ed towards and poltroons We will fight for
our country Washington gave us-tor
the constitution Jefferson left us-and
for the same old flag that has foated over
every sea, and in every cline under
heaven.
But, my friends, we can have peace
Law down our neeks and our country in
the dust, at the feet of remorseless trail
tors But when we did it should we not
expect to see the scpulchred corse OF a
Washington stalking from his grave to
mathematics us for being the towards we
were. (Cheers,) l could almost believe
an Andrew Jackson would come from his
patriot tomb with severe and awful coun-
tenance, marshall US, unworthy sons Of
noble sires, out of the land, and calling
on his patriot warriors of the oldcn time,
once more repeat those memorable words
:. By the Eternal, the Union must and
shall be preserved"-go forth to do battle
for his country again. (Cheers.) Every
man who cries peace now is either coto-
ard or traitor. If he is afraid of his
country's enemies he is coward most as
surcdly-if he would treat with them be-
| fore thev Law down their arms, he is a