Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1869-07-01

| popuiAT Tlkuts.
Its mission was pre-emiAenHy con
serrdfire. Its aim was the conservation
of the Union i'm the spirit In which II had
been declared and upon the principle:
on which Il had been established. lts
principles were neither peculiar MOI
new they were identical with and a
old as the Declaration of Independence
Without patronage, place or power In
the national counsels, its success was
to depend upon the inherent energy oil
its principles and the fidelity with W hich
il would adhere to them. Al the out
set, II bravely proclaimed as the sym.
Dol of its authority and the summary oi
its political faith. unqualified resistan &C
to the spread and perpetuity OF slavery
in the land, the natural foe 10 free in
situations.
Coming into power in the national
government. il courageously resisted
instruction aud armed rebellion against
the Union and Constitution, and waged
enemies OF the nation.
Conquering, victorious in arms, IL
sought TO secure the public tranquility
by inhibiting forever the cause of in
testine disorder aud sectional strife
/ ltft
Administering the government. the
war over, the Constitution indicated.
il would preserve and perpetuate the
Union, by reconstructing insurrcctiofi-
ary States and slave communities upon
the bases OF popular rights, thus making
the Constitution. in tact, what by its
illustrious authors il was intended TO be
the exact counterpart in spirit and in
l -at.la Of hA / atAr - It,I,
pendcnce, and assuring TO every Ameri-
can citizen equality of rights and the
guarantee of the protection of the laws
| For this YOU are called radicals and
justly.
In the great conflic, of opinions and
systems. through which the country has
passed, you were the intrepid advocates
of radical political truths YOU dcnounc-
| ed radical errors and abuses. and Won
demanded radical measures ia the de-
Tense of the Constitution and popular
rights.
The fatal errors you combstied and
the fragrant abuses you sought 10 reform,
will secure YOU from the reproachcs oil
history. while your signal of success In
the defense of the country. will. doubt
less modify the opinions OF those. who.
on the outset. mistook the quality OF
vour principles and the temper Of Your
affections.
We are not now to recount the nation
al triumphs or attempt To estimate their
| value. 4 nation based upon In. priuci-
| pie. Of Dopular soyerripnfy. Itself to be
an example or warning to the friends
of free Government. was In pcriI of dis
solution, and is saved: a nation which
was in danger Of becoming a by-worCl
and Kissing among the nations. now
stands erect in the grandeur of II. prin-
ciples and the majesty of it, power.
while it, enemies. ever, where. bow
ob-cauiously To d., il reverence.
IL wa. not i'm danger of foreign in
ya,ion, they had TOO often failed. II
has silenced, once and for ever. by the
combined wisdom and energy OF it.
councils and authority, the foolish con
crit of it, rucmic. tina, II would proyc
impotent Ia control intestine di.nr-
der.
N''hi' from DANGER H"ih without,
'n'ln0io'' no" ""ia .hc .i"'ehUe Oh
uome-uo faction, tie AMERICAN mon
and n career Of unnarali.lel nrosneritv
gr.,tne.. and glory conditinnca nnIy-
| upop obcsiicnc. to the will al Prov.
dence and fidelity 10 IL. own princinl..
That our country has entered upon a
higher career OF national lifc-a .Iif.
NOR, in harmony with the agencies OF
its libertic-. there j. no reason TO hope.
The system of human bondage, over.
board and foundered in the tcmpest ofwai
IL had raised for the destruction OF The
government, that civilization which wa.
| cherished in a section Of tn. union and
| which was naturally hostile To free men
and free society, has forever ceased.
The ..irrrprc.sible conflict" /. re-
pressed. There i, now no longer a
South with il. system OF society found.
ed on servitudc, and North with IL
system of free society. but everywhere
throughout the land, a national unity j.,
nj least possible. Emblazon now upon
the national banner. slavery effaccd
from it, dark background. liberty and
union on. and insenarabl.
No' - ,,oI'h anu 'o"'h III 'he 'u'ure
pu, ~ hr,,h.r. ,,,;,.5 ,h.,,.,, a..
- -
may MY now be sung. not only Ia Bos-
toy AT the National Peace Jubilee, but
IN the future may he chanted through
ont the land
The triurnphs Of the Nation have de
fined and harrnonised, il may be hoped
federal authority and State Rights.
Secession. notification. State sover
eighty, State allegiance. and the like
always moral treason against the ma
ton. 20 into history among the discard
ed political fsllacie, Of the past. The
General Government. under the Con.
stitution stands As the Supreme power
for common defence, and in the expert
ence OF the general interests of the ma
ton, while local self-government, undel
the rights reserved 10 the people, til,
essential element Of power aud benifi
cence in our system, rcmains-the tw,
holding the nation in that lust equipoise