Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1861-09-13
The Union Sizzle.

The sum total of the sizzle in this county
may be footed up as follows A few Itch
ing and uneasy Republicans went over to one
division of the Democratic party, and then
they all, like the fly on the wheel, cxclaim-
cd, ''see what dust (we) have kicked
up" Shallow water makes the most noise /;
barking dogs seldom bite; boasting men
seldom are brave, and over confident men
rarely succeed. So in the matter of getting
up a new party in Ellsworth and the County
of Hancock, there has been plenty of "hard
swearing of our army in Flanders but
precious little of Performance for such loud
promises. We were kindly, and no doubt,
pathetically reminded, by a neaphyte Re
publican in leader in his organ, that "rcv-
olntons never 20 backwards. In our
blindness We did not see his revolution -
and by the help of the election returns we
cannot detect it; and, therefore shall re
main in the dark as to that revolution
until some Madame, who practices astrology,
enlightcns the world. But in all serious
ness it is well to look back on the past few
weeks work and its result, and then com
pare it with the expectations of ardent
friends. From observation, and personal
inquiry in some towns, we know that the
Fusion party really supposed they should car
ry, Ellsworth, Surry, Bluehill, Pensbscot
d.. u, IL. IN. II.
Isle; and in about all the up river towns
there would be a fusion majority. The
thing was made as plain as it could be by
bad logic and a paueity of voters of the
right kind. said an honest man, and a be-
liever in the new dispensAtion, to us in Blue
hill, "about every vote in Surry will be for
the so-callai Uuion candidates. Now read
the return tAble as evidence Of the unsaunI-
ness Of thi1 opinion. The fact WIS h, had
listened too arlcntly to men who dil not
know whereof they affirmed
Many bantlns Of scheming men is "sent
before its time into this breathing world
scarce halt made up" and at the risk Of
being "cured" Of an over propensity to
quote from Goldsmith, by the attic sat of
the political editor OF a neutral agricultu
raj paper, we must, again upon 50 good au
thority, say, that 1.-THE love of an old man
for a young lady is a raaosd love This
Union party had no common bond, uniting
it with hooks of steel. 1t was not the
child Of necessity, nor the child OF congenial
parents. 1t was mere station house ac4uan-
lance "a congre. alton Of all sorts of two leg
gcd humans, of all religions, political opin-
ions, aspirations, desires expeditions and dis
positions, but they were alike in this respect
hey ,eere going a,raY from home and they had
an eye on each other to see if all was safe
One portion had invested in the venture.
one dollar and quarter and had proclaimed
it in public, 50 that if prize by any acct
dent should come up, such magnanimity
might meet with its reward The other
portion had performed one good deed, ii had
broken from the old sscesh drive, but
the next plunge was fatal one. The bridge
from Writings Hail to Lords, was the Way
to death. Ecldins' Russia Salye is no pa
nacea for broken limbs and sore heads Of
political type and the band which left thu
one Hall for the other had no "curc all for
the many sick ones who were to be their Coz
workers. The union, We sly, was not
congenial one nor an honest one. The way
that the Republican names on the Union
ticket were cut out, eviitnccs this. 1t was
a move, as one remarked, to break up the
Republican party 50 that particular ph.ss
Of the democracy nigh, succeed next year.