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

Thompson, the English Abolitionist, was
sent to enlightcn the dead conscience oil
the American people, In this connec-
ton he cited letter from Thompson to
Murray, Of Tennessee, in which was this
sentence "The dissolution Of the Union
is the object to be kept steadily in view. j
have an answer to that, and it is, first,
that never in my life have cherished a
hostile or even an unfriendy feeling to-
ward the Union. (Checrs) Second, that
| never in my lif, addressed letter to
Mr.. Murray, in Tennessee, or to any man
in any slave State of the United States,
Cloud cheers,) and third, that down to
March, 1884, and afterwards, had never
written solitary line to America. And
that | may speak without reserve and
absolutely, here deliberately affirm that
/ | challenge and defy the bitterest enemy
to yoa AMI your Union to find within the
range of my speeches and writings any
thing that would justify an imputation Of
uniricndiness to that Union. Cheers. J
What | have said about your Union dur
ing the three years that | have been en-
gagged increasingly, liz season aud out of
season, in health and out OF health, tas
one witness, just from England, now pres
ent might testify if he was called on the
stand) what have said will be found
condensed in brief extract from a speech
[ made in England on the breaking out
Of the war, which discovered among the
papers | have with me at this moment, in
v Washington. | observed III one oil my
London speeches
some leading journals have attempted
to DC end the right Of secession from the
Union, by maintaining the doctrine OF
State sovereignty, arguing for the inner
Ont ght OF u State to seeede under the
Constitution. Such a right would be an
absurdity. The right to sec,de, as a
revolutionary right is uudeniabIe, but it
is the people, the nation, that is to recog-
nIze that right, not the sworn servants Vi
tho Constitution, which knows nothing Of
secession. No government provides for
lis own dissolution therefore, while there
is always a revolutionary right to sa1c le,
there can never he 4 constitutional right
to do 50. The Constitution prcs:ribcS the
means for taking the sense OF the people,
in reference to any organic change. e.
fore the present war broke out ut the
suggestion Of kentueNy, al ofrr WIS
n@1a to the seeding States to c'.I na-
tionai convention to e9asId=r the question
OF sePafatlon' and 1t Woaid have neea
competent i9t 'a't cohNestion 10 nave q
lowed saath carolina AM hgf G9aietefte
States 70 fettt0 from tae Oaion, and to
e7i1'.,'Sa a government ior themselves
" his oiier was Gec'iAed, and not"'HG,
therefore, vas 'e't i'F the ifc'itent but
To Hpioii tue Constitution and enforce
the I'@s Win the seeding states hat
N'o."ied. In The war now Wa4lag be-
tween the states OF AmeHca' the NortE
IS IN the rtJff'a"I tac south IN the 'cF0R i.
lAa South AIMS at the overthrow OF ta1
uoTetHhent, AMI ia! universal esta9-
I'sAment OF slavery. HE sAam gov
ernmeht when th' H7ath has organized
mas maze slavery It's Vauhtcu corner
Sto"e; 1t IS government bounded avoN-
e!iy on the right OF ensiaYlns an lAitti1r
race. IN tue cause OF the Nouth are
unItei all the clements OF injustice de'pot-
ISM cruelty, ana iFreIigioh. va the part
OF the North' the war Is ohe Tor tHe Aa-
t'onal existence; tor the maintenance o!
government; Tor the preservation OF the
Constitution, devised and founded oy the
fathers OF the l'fpuoIIc; Tor tAe snpEems,
cy oil law, the punishment OF treason, ana
the re-intesration OF the States.
"LooAihg upon the war as tact us
inevitable anu lrrepfessI3ie; IooNIa5 at
the com6atants with retefence to thefr
antecedeh,', their character ana theif 90.
Jects; looking TO the results whIch would
follow from victory 10 the South, ana
those which would crown the success OF
the North; looking, finally, to tho great
interests OF freedom, humanity, AMI the
clvI'izatioh Involved IN the struggle, aud
It's issues, the wish ahi prayer OF the ell
ii5htehed phllanthroplst must be-Gob
SPEED THE NORTH
Gentlemen, Tor very many years have
bcea familiar with the history of your
nation, and amongst the warn'St admir-
ers OF your institutions. Nevertheless,
my admiration OF your form OF govern
meat, and my eXu'tation IN your progress
and prosperity, has always been ehaatened
by a fear that your Union MAS unstable