Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1864-04-22
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.Se prnst4cn,,naccha. ~ =, ~ tbn Vic
resident and Rev. John plerp5nt
4 vast audcasc assembled last night
in the Hall of the House Of K .srcscu,a-
,iycs to listen to the famoa, orator Of
Encland the Hon. Geo. Thompson, At
sp- N. the distinguished speaker made
hi, appcarauce. a,ni.l ,itlazi3stie ch,ess.
ACCOMPANIED Nv Aise P.c,4l 1t lIamjH,
tho Rev. John Pierjout. auI l5!.oyel Ivy
the President, whose Incoming vs. tha
s;gnal of immense aal lans.eattaael ap-
pi,use Ameat tbepr,nliasa. aeut. .chcu
present were Secretaries Gaas7 and Usher :;
Senators Rcvcrdy JuAn,uu, fo1ta Wilson,
Harris. Lanc Of luii4ua, Ga.k. JGls
lle,t. Soealar Ga.lax, * q :. Wright,
Stevens Of Peuasql.auiI, jul ka.l.y
ami others. Iae a5or of taa liatise Wa
h.lcl. and tie Gallery was Ga.Q3;tl with
such n crowd as rarely /. attracted to lis
benches. 1t Is sei,,n ,aat an a--em Is
comp,i,in, "a much II the iaalte.i. fs~h-
ion aud beatty IF the mctra.,oI,.. /. g4ta-
cred within four walls Taa passages oi
Mr.. rs speech relating to the axtcminu.
,ien of slavery. the Gual tfiamFat ever the
rebellion, and tie opinion, AMI service, ul
Abraham Lincoln. we're most vue..crou-ly
checrcd.
Mr.. Pierpont said Ia.lits aul gentle
men as Senators aud p,.plNer, of tAe
House Of REPRESENTATIVES have united
with the Washington Literary Association
in extending their invitation to the dis
,inrushed gentleman who is to address
YOU this evening, it seems proper to im-
prcss the meeting with national charac-
ter. the more SO. as the House oil Repre-
sentatiyes have placed il the hsu'~ OF the
Association this Hall for the occasion. -
The Association. throu-h its President,
has therefore asked the Wee President
the favor of presiding over the meeting
and Introducing the speaker,
The Vice President on taking the chair
was heartily received. He said:
Ladie, aul GcutIcmcn ~ the :
licitation of the gentlemen uuier whose
au.oices this lace,in, is convened, as.
sumo the plea.ant duty OF presiding over
YOU and jntroduciu, the distinguish 1t
gentleman who IS to address YOU. Bat
tor its annroefjate connection with the
object of the meeting. need hardly sly
that We are TO. lay witnessing perhaps the
greatest reyoIuti n-thc greatest rcac.l.
ion-the world has ever witnessed. Per-
haps, if at any one period there has been
more solieituie felt than at another dur
inc this strasgle. it has been whra some
of us have thought that foreign Govern.
meu,s mieht inappropriatciy seek 10 IN
terCcrc and Intervene in our ailair>. If
such solicitude has been entertained. it
has. trust, happily passed away. lAp-
plausc.A We i've, today. TO know that
his rebellion is ID BE crushed TO its last,
yestioc ia spite Of every aid within our
own Goyerumcut aud ont OF it. [Cheer,l.
lie who doubts that fact is political in
6acl fAnn,auseN II is grateful to
Inow that while such solieitu e nav have
ox;s,cd amoug GOOD aud true men, we
have had in ot'fir Gouernnents. between
whom and ourselves t5ere ou,ht algay,
,o cvist ,be hest of relations and an al.
m;nistration of Government upon the
.t,ic,est rules ot neutrality, able aud