Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1864-04-22

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that they possessed herds Of human beasts
Of burden, and lived upon their tolls
The banditti of mcn-stealers at Rich
mond, calling themselves the Confederate
Government, tremendous appIause,) have
declared, through the lips OF their Vice
/ President, that their social fabric was
founded upon ideas exactly the rcrerse
Of those promulgated in the Declaration
of independence and that they cannot
permit themselves to doubt the ultimate
success of a full recognition of their
principles throughout the civilized and
enlightend world. They impiously state
that God has, for his own purposes, made
one race to differ from another in respect
to their natural rights; and, hence, they
have rejected the glorious truth upon
which your independence was founded
that God created all men equal-and have
made slavery the chief stone of the cor
ner of their new edice. One Of their
principal organs has told you, and told
you truly, that the present bloody contest
is one between tco distinct and irrcco1s-
cHadie forms o. cicilization between
the Puritan descendants of the Mayaowcr
imi grants, with their one idea of uni
versal freedom, and the descendants of
those who planted slavery in Virginia and
Maryland, the Carolinas and Georgia, ,and
who are determined to die in the last
ditch (great aughter) in defence of their
peculiar institution. This gentleman, is
the one great issue of the time This
is the nature Of the great coullict--sub-
lime aud terri5le--of which this conti-
nent and your countfy is at the present
moment the scene. The world pauses to
behold the gram! struggle between the
Que idea Of freedom. aud the one idea OF
slavery! (Appause.) Thank Col, the
hour OF compromise is past. (Shouts and
cheers The South--so much of it as is
still in rebellion.-can pleld no consttu-
tional guarantee, (ehecrs) no pledges, no
compacts. She st ,nls with one foot apon
the Constitution OF the United States aud
one upon the neck OF the negro, branIish-
iug the bloody weapons OF treason for the
destruction of the national NE. (Ghccrs. J
The North is free (Caeers.) SIZE
sl2nas pE '"' l,s.az Pres o' 80 sue Is
i4mel and gujlsd the fathers Of the
Revocation. (Gaeefs1 Throughout her
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e'sfy cause ""t't 'ae 1p"N'I, I,"'loh con
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s.aI!'s i'''" :, =, i5fa 'sF'''ory he' '"-
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pS4t men ""cn Saiil 10 'nlS c''y,ana Whoh
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The grary ~ st i,n',,b is ,,s..
The slurbcrs ct tie North arc oer,
I1s giant s'@"ds erect Il; last
(Great applause Not only Is the North
awake, but free! Always giant, she
was long bound by constitutional cords !;
but now she IS free to put forth her
strength. No constitutional Obligations
letter her, No thgee-titlhs clause sends
members to this House to defeat justice,
and give added power to slavery. No
rendition ClnISp now urpVpnt9 her from