Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1861-04-05
VOL. VII. NO. II.

lsphcre was about tumbling on our heads
lie will now take back all he has said or
done, provided he can get into the White
House in lS64,) will restore the Missouri
Compromises Of 1920 provided Shareholders can
carry, constitutionally, their slaves with them
as servants. wherever they please in the coun-
try,-build summer houses throughout New
England-vsit all summer. yea, and all win
ter too, and who shall say 30 home, if pro-
longed thirty years? From what has trans
pircd, what can rational men expect from
such measure, either North or South ?
The old vulgar expression used to describe
auarrels, defines it " IL He'll on earth, y North
and South. If we Of the North are not per-
mitted to broach the subject of Slavery in
the South, much less discuss its utility, what
can Southern gentlemen expect in our midst,
having dctachments of slaves about them >
Let Mr.. Douglas, Crittcndcn and Brcckin
rid, e answer,
Mobs do not regard Constitution or laws.
Secession ought to have been JdeksoHcd in
the bud but now we must bear and forbcLr,
as the original leaders have drawn the inno-
cent masses into the snare, and will stand
lack, it fighting is to be done, and the tnno-
,cxt must flll by their frauds.
God hath nude of one blood all mankind.
i" An honest man Is the noblest work of God,
saws Pore and add b'ack or whHc, We
scarcely do business enc day without using
an invention OF black Arab.
Let us he patient the wolf has nineteen teeth
out Of thirty-four, and soon Missouri, Ken
tacky, Maryland and Delaware will follow.
How long can Virginia forget the example
set her by her beloved WAsulNGroS?
We need no amendment to the constitution.
Restore the Missouri Compromise.
Scccssionis,s, Repent; Restore aud return
II YOUR allegiance, and to your seats IN Con-
grcss, resolved to serve your country faith
fully The m Uses Of the people North and
South live in obcdieucc Tho laws Of the
Country. Manllists perform the duties as
signed you, and do not assume those the Al,
mighty hath reserved to himself ''whe will
cause the wrath Of man to praise him, and
the remainder he will restrain.
1t is strange to me that men in our midst,
who tlIk much about the Uni n. will yet
Justify and strengthen secession,ts, exnsscr-
ate their grievances and fight for their eanses
as they call it, to the hazard Of the causc Of
liberty to the whole country, or to say the
least. to the humiliation ofeithcr tic North
crn or Southern portion of it.
have never yet believed that southern
politicians originally intended apy thing more
than to chbarass the incoming. ASnlinissTa-
ton, but the rcins OF government, together
with purse s,rinss being put. in their
hands, have carried them beyond their in
tended goal. believe they have done more
during the last fout months for the abolition
Of slavery. than all the aboliti1nists in the
country Tor the last forty years.
am for that compromise which is eogsii-
tutional, Agreeable to the ordinancosqf 81,
and Law of -, made defiuate in 1870. No
Slaves carried into the Territories north 81
sc deg. so min, and in my judgment implies
if ifslayeholders have any interest in tho s.rtS
tories Of The United States, they have Il car
ry tlna Into the territories south Of the
Aforesaid line. When they become State
they. SHOULD be received INTO the Union' If
they have majority in favor Of slavery,
peaeeabsy. This is my opinion legally
right bu. morally wrong, to hold Slaves in
any form or shape h. IL,