Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1863-05-29

Trxr - And there shall cleave noughs of the
cursed thing to thine hand, that the Lord may
turn from tie Getccness e his anger, and sho"
thee mercy and have compassion upou thee aud
multiply thee as he hath sworn unto thy fathers
Deut. 1911
It Is not my purpose to enumerate the
many National Sins which have been the
occasional cause of our present ehastise-
ment. Each of many are sufficient to
secure the Rctribution, which rests Sc
heavily upon US. shall contine myself
rather. to the most inconsistent one OF
the whole the one of which, 1t would
seem We would be least likely to be guilty
our greatest evil.
You have read Of the unmcreiful debt
or, sha having obtained clemency from
his lord went forth. and finding fellow.
servant trihe indebted to himself, be-
cause he could not then pay, cast him
into prison. His lord hearing of the
matter delivered him to the tormentor,
till he had p ID all. Kindness AMI JUS
tice unite in saving that the punishment
was deserved. He had proved himself
unmcreitul, in the very thing III which he
had obtained mercy.
Of precisely such character, Is the
great SIN Of the American People The
Mn Of Oppression. Gcd relieved those
who came to America, from the o?prcss-
ions oi the Old World, aud they had no'
fairly begun to breathe this free air Ell
they went about depressing their neigh
bors.
Aha, You are going to preach an
Aboltionist Sermon, are you? gong to
yilifs the South, and throw the blame all
upon herr
Wait, Hear me through, and then
judge.
1t u look for moment to the rock
from winch we were hewn.
England, to-day, has a comparatively
free government. The rights OF her most
humble citizens are much more respected
than when the Puritans were banshed
because of Religious opinions, and the
persistent defence and exercise OF Rellgi'
Gus Liberty.
America was opened before them, as
an ASYLUM. There they could live III
Freedom, and make the experiment o'
their darling theory-that the people
could govern themselves without the bur
den of sumptuous royalty, or lorded no.
bllity: that the only titles which man
should enjoy should be those which God
gives him the capacity to gain; aud that
all, poor or rich, without regard to caste
should equally have the opportunity to
win for themselves positions IN the world.
BY far the larger part of those who
,aanle to this country were possessed o'
this humane, this just idea. But few
tories ever set foot upon our soil. 90
that, when, in the process OF time We
were to be organized as government
t{his idea was made the corner stone ol
,he structure. This was pure, white mar
Bile. Aud in spite Of the presence here
and there of dark grained material, II
was the f,irest. and nearest free govern
ment upon the earth. No royal family
engendering unjust taxation. No lorded
nobility owning the land upon which the
laborer lived. Any citizen could own the
land which he titled. We became great
and nominaly free. We boasted OF oul
land of liberty.
But how has it been with regard tc
equality? Have the privileged classes
gained wealth by oppression Has Tho
iaborcr been regarded in justice
The laboring portion OF society ha'
been divided into two classes; free labor
.ers and slaves. We propose to notice
oppression as it has been endured by botf
of these, and to compare them aud thelI
results.
|. Many ntheir sympathy for the slave
have forgotten that there is also oppress
ion. which the free laborer sometime
suffers. 1t may, and indeed does not g
to such length as in the case OF those wh(
are legally slaves. Yet it does exist
We do not see so much of it in our eoun
try, and farming communities But II
our cities, and in many Of our larger
manufacturing villages, there are thous
.ands who are little better than slaves
You NAV argue that it is the result o