Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1862-11-14


States, if need be, stand guard at their
hearthstones, to protect their women and
children from violence and harm. But
let them keep their blood-stained hands
upon the throat of the nation let them
. continue pirates on the sea and highway.
=. men on the land let them spread car
y mage and death among people whose
!. y magnanimity they have called cowardice.
and whose generosity they have answered
with treachery and deceit let them, in q
word, continue this was upon us, till the
advent of the coming year, and their
blood, and the blood of their wives and
children will be upon their own heads
Impartial history will not inculpatc us,
if their stubborn wickedness ends in a
drama of horror which humanity shudders
to contemplate. Oh, misguided men, be
reentrcated while yet there is space be-
tween you and DOOM Stretch MT out
any further your hand against God, and
"run not upon the thick bosses of his
buck lers."
There is natural way of ending this
war, better than that proposed by peace
democrats or submissionists better
than to disrupt the nation better than
the projcc of two rival republics within
geographical limits admitting Of but one;
better for us, better for mankind. The
plan is simple, honest and manly: LIE
them end the war mho begun it. From
the first boom of trcasons cannon until
the last act of rebel horse-stealing in
Pennsy ylvania, this has pcen war Of
aggression upon the North. 1t is the
North that has been dragooned and in
suited and defed; it is the North that
has been refused freedom of speech and
the right of petition; it is the North that
was denied the right of joint tenant in
the common property it is Northern
men who have been tarred and fcathered
and ridden on rails; it is Northern wo-
men who have been stripped and striped
it is Northern Senator who was muir
derousy attacked in the Nations Coun-
Gil Chamber, by band ofbrutal and cow
ardly rufians; it is the North that suf-
fered long and was kind it is the North
was not easily provoked; that bore all
things, that endured all things it is the
North that was struck ; it is the North
that was wary of entrance to the quarrel;
and it is the North that being in, will
bear it, that the opposed may beware Of
her." The North acas last in the fight;
the North ,ciH be the last ont ofI. We
did not seek it, but we will not shun it.
This is not only the natural way of
euding the shareholders war, but it is the
only way. Let it be at once, and clearly
understood that we Of the North can nev.
er rccedc, can offer no compromise, be
party to no treaty. Our self-respect, our
honor, our pride, the safety of ourselves
and our postcrity, free institutions through
out the globe, liberty aud the rights Of
man, make it impossible. Primary in-
stincts, educated reasonings, and eternal
principles, forbid We may be involved
in ten years or twenty years war, be-
fore our Constitution defeats and Stays its
enemies we may be driven or fall into a
brol with England, France, or the world;
we may be defeated on the Potomac by
Lee and by Beauregard the rebels may
be recognized; our currency depreclate,
our commerce cease, our lands be uncultl-
waited our sons and ourselves fill unknown
graves; all these ills, and all imaginable
distresses and caamitles may come upon
us, as consequences of the war made
against US. He must accept all, rather
than recedc. We fight for Civilization,
Christianity and Freedom, against Barbar-
ism Inidcity and Slavery; we fight for
ourselves aud the race, and can not, must
not, will not compromise the heritage of
freedom, and the interests Of mankind.-
Each succeeding generation will begin the
strife where we leave it off, and each age
consecrate itself to the cause of uphold
ing American Liberty.
In the shock of opposing forces, victo.
ry eventually goes where it properly BE-
longs, AMI unless eli ght millions can CON
guer twenty millions, unless such mi
nority, with nc excess of mental, moral.
or material advantages, can yanquish such
Il majority, possessed of wealth, intellect.
education, and physical power, the issue
may be automatically ascertaincd. Add
to this, that
"Tbrce is he armed, who has his quarrel just.
And he but liked. Though luckd up in steel,
Whose conscience with injustice is corrupted
and although the end may not be reached
by our chidren's children. the problem as
already solecd,
Mr. President, and men of Massachu.
sctts; When this rebellion shall be crushed
out the historian will find in the achieve.
ments Of your glorious State ample mate
rial for commentator and praise. True
to your revolutionary character, you have
nobly maintained the liberties to secure
which your ancestors sacrificed their lives
and made every inch of New England soil
an heirloom of freedom. In your State
the first blood Of the Revolution was
split
Here once the embattled farmers stood,
And fired the shot heard round the world"
In this last war for constitutional liberty
aud democratic government your SONS
were the first martyrs. The names of
Whitney and Ladd will be embalmed in
the same urn with those Of Jonas Parker
aud Jonathan Harrington, and The Mas
sachusetts Sixth DIVIDE the honors with
the minute-men of Acton and Bedford.
tender to you my most respectful ac-
acknowledgements for your generous recept-
ion and here, in this cradle of American
liberty, within these walls, which have