Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1867-02-15

: hlush with burning slmme wien he heard
ef the result The nst'ttc Of our party is
equal rights and sst,rn it was announc.
cd that Connecticut had taken a step back.
ward, it seemed that our banner was stain
cd with disgrace, and our motto became a
byword of contempt. We are not in d
position to demand equal rights to the blacl,
people of tlfc South while we deny them to
persons Of that race among ourselves.
TIC statute which it is proposed to re-
peal has slumbcrcd on our book for a long
time, ami attention has not been called tn
it before this year. If had beer asked
to NEEDLE with it and propose its repeal.
am not certain what answer Fwoad have
given But the question has come before
us. 1t is here, and we must dispose of it.
Let us not shrink the responsibility thrust
upon us. Shall we stick to the old law
carry out to logical conclusion the prl,.
ciples on which we have many times
: fought battles afr,f won victories!
In the first place let us inquire if there
is anything- inherently wrong in repeating
the law now in force. To be sure there
are notions, feelings of rcpugnance. preju-
diccs of long standing in the way. h.N is
there, in reason, anything wrong in the re-
peal, 1t may he said that we desire So
i cial equality of the faces. and that this is
an entering wedge ts finally accomplish
the result TINT there are chronological diff
races will he pcrnicions to both. and that
consequently wn sLnnl1 mt encnurn Ga
their intermnrryinc. This is, not the case.
We do not propose to change the social
status Of the negro. Int only tn ,cmovc a
barrier. a dist;nction which should NOT cx.
;st we d. not take him from his prcscnt
nosit;on mr. nnt him in any other II il
anplv IN lcayc n matter of taste Tn he recu +.
l,t,d b,- taste. Tbavc IN b,lirf flat any.
n,an.s Or any wouon,s t,sto viii h., i, ~.
ina.t affected nv our nass;,y this h;ll or
f,;l;,o 70 ~. 7, j,.s I..m sail ,l,o,
wn VIZ, f,Inr ,h,s Lin bawo ..n;~cor an fila
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~" y, "'" ne,o,aJ vi, w., 1;soosa ThorI,ro
rnrr " m,neh ,rnnh,eI br wLat ia xrry
Smsl, n,o,tor Hv IN: ,..t o.nsns thor.
,,nra in tbs Sf,,s nc Maine IIoI colnred
! nrrsnns or about one in five hundred of
nur nonulat;on Surely therc can he no
nm f,.ar of undue social influence from this
,n.ro h,n1ful NJ neonln and RI. very small
,,,,,,l,. ,Iso' r..i;uros "a from tho discussion
nf thosn ohstrusn ethnoyocical nroblcms
fr,m which so mach difficultv has been an
nrnhenIcI. The intrrmiytnrc of so slight
: faint of blood. even If the mass, a &c
Ill Iii you'll nn,,,o !. w,nIJ ,,n. ~
I'll, NV w az
p'ye,"'ie'
40 NOT Aho" WI" ure" ','s III pi"pT,sII
GU 10 nc repea' . nu' Mo"'u "ase, .h ali
who " eounse s' AGAINST openinr the door to
poor fuyitivcs from bondage. who thought
slavery a divine institution, who talked
about the curse upon Ham, who believed
that northern operatives were treated
worse than southern slaves, who regarded
the stories of cruelty to bondmcn greatly
exaggerated, who thought the people of the
North would do well to mind their own con-
Germs, and who secuted the idea that the
system of slavery could ever be formila-
bic political power. If there were to be
any evil apprehended, would not adyo-
cate n -epeal, But there is none, and
why should we hold to it Let us wipe
off the law from. on. statute book and lecve
the matter to be regulate as such matters
sbonll be. by the persons affected.
A gentleman, not a member of the
Uouse. Int connected with one of the de-
nartments of the State governments. has
s,own me a dispatch from some one. to
the effect that he is opposed to the repeal,
and that the MASSAGE NAV cause the loss of
! the town or of a county to our party, and
this nrpe1 as n consideration why we shonl,l
Jaf.at iI,;s Hill Sir I 1o NOT believe that
80. e. iii f.i,a,r IL H.
any suen enIo' Mi,' .o'Io" ; P:s '
oiii .'ie Ie"A'e M'ii s"s'"i" "S' se"-
fisSalit than We '"iheV are usually in ad
| vance. So far from heinz led nv their
rcnroseptatives. thev are themselves in the
r,n .nI in,r;sI,t;r. Lo,;os collo, in ,l,.;r
nI m, .I, af NJ
T:Ne fsor'o - o ,.I
t,'s 4ues,i'"' al" " Ht were put ,o,'Eehl
believe vote would be lost by 1t. They
! are too firmly attached to principle to be
drawn aside by any such act as this We
NAV safely do right and trust totkem,
IAN the mare in favor of this hill he.
cause of the amendment which has becn
attached tn il in th. senate ON thn motion
&c 49, ~ ,hn sa,,nrs F., -,
", INV M 80 Ia '.on ., lew.
oc""'s' w 'N''s'! y iei"''"S W 'he issuo
oi suci! marriages as we propose 10 iesal
lZe. IL Is PROVIDED That Whei chliureh
shall be the Issue OF such marriages they
shall not remain under the ban Of ilegiti
macy. At present all such innocent child
rem are outcasts, and have no rights under
tho law If their nar.pts have nronortv
Il !, I;.tr;hut.J .t ,hn;r ao,,h onl INV Ia
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