Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1880-08-26
Which VIII Yeu Choose 3?

The following. taken from the concluding
remark. Of II. u. Hadlock Esq. a, fremont.
TUESDAY evening, presents the case clearly
aud should convince e'en candid man a. to
his duty in the coming election.
Mr. Hadlock said
If YOU should send forth a splendid ship
fdliy equipped for a soyagc. and 4 part Of the
crew of that ship should object 10 the course
determined upon BY the officers in charge aud
should revolt. set Ere TO the ship and at
tempt TO s.estroy her. ssiZe her lif- boat. aud
de~sri after having put Ia execution fun pre-
parAtions for her d--truei 100 and part Of that
ships crew should refuse o. join the nluilny re
.i.t the attempted destruction Of the chip, and
by LerrGlean efforts and heroic daxtug should
bring that hip through storms ami tempest.
aud the dangers tina, enseioped her TO peace
ful haven: and having, by repair, restored her
~ her former strength aud Lssuiy aud pr.psr-
ell her for another voyage, then. If the crew
ihst saved and restored the ship, and the crew
that attempted her destruction should ODER
themselves for shipment for the new voyage
which crew would you iaAes
Would you take the old crew Of mutineer.
who attempted the destruction Of the ship, in
preference 10 the crew who saved aud restored
her,
What would yoU think Of man who would
refi.e 10 take the crew that saved his ship and
kut W It>tgos hcI :
Would you not denounee such an Que un-
wise and unjust.
f. there a man here who would again trust
such = crew on board his ship.
Would you again trus, your ship 10 the old
crew Of mutineers simply because they admit
ted that their attempted destruction Of her had
been unsuccessful.
What weight should be given 10 the promis-
&c Of such meny
By their record in the past You should know
them. and by that record you should reject
them.
And vet the ship OF State was fully manned
In the year 1851 BY the people Of the United
States but the course she Wa. on did hot suit
the men In the South who formed part Of the
crew Of the ship Of State. and they sought to
destroy her. and the lurid flames lighted up
her shrouds aud blszed from her hull. Death
and destruction seemed TO enyeloIe her, and
the southern men Of her crew seized the life
bosts aud deserted and Ieft her 10 what they
hoped and believed would be her inevitable
loom.
But those Of her crew who remsinel. the
| loyal men u the North kepg the old fl.g float
ing beyond the reach Of the d. .iroyer aud AFTER
| = most gigantic struggle brought her 10 safety.
And now our ship Of State. fully restored,
| j. about 20 stsrr on another voyage. two crew.
offer their services for the next four years.
The crew who saved and restored the .hp.
aud the crew who attempted her destruction.
| Whom will YOU trust.
Are the men VINO attempted the DESTRUCTION
Of our ship more worthy than the crew who
saved bert
II 40 then vote for the NOMINEES OF the solid
South. Aud over the heroic dead who saved
our country from destruction when asssiled
| BY trsitors. let . monument be erected aud let
this inscription b. engraved upon il:
.slSdered to the memory Of heroes slain IN
| tcay, ,chose ricforiss ICON By the bullet in
lSi5. toere By the ballot surrendered ia 1850
But il you believe that men should not be
entrusted with what they sought to destroy.
! then vote for the nominees o; the men who
sustained the nag Of our Country when as
sailed BY the solid South and who saved the
| life Of the nation.
You the sovereign people are the owners Of
| this ship ofOtate. and II IL for you 10 say
| which crew you will trust.
| And believe tina, the intelligence Of the
people Of this country Is such thnt when the
fourth Of March shall again come around we
shall behold our ship OF State manned by the
men who saved her from destruction. with her
sails all spread and filed with the breexes Of
prosperity rs she msies'iesily pursues her gov
| ornamental course