Ellsworth American

Hon. Jefferson Davis' Speech

Mr. Davis' Speech at Jackson, the capital of the State which he represents in the Senate of the United States, is a somewhat remarkable one, when viewed in the light of all the circumstances, of time, place &c. Mr. Davis had spent the summer in Maine with the object of recruiting his health, and had made a few speeches during that time, remarkable for nothing in particular, but their comparative tameness. When the time for his excursion came, he was introduced to the solid men of Boston and New York,— the men whose political principles and political actions are regulated by cotton thermometers and good freights, and requested to make speeches. With these requests, the distinguished Mississippian was only happy to comply. By mingling with these men, it is fair to presume he thinks the old game of frightening them, can be practiced over again. So, after consultation at Washington, he hastens home, and commences the good work at once. It must be confessed he begins like an experienced workman, at the business. But the men now-a-days that will be scared out of their propriety by the stale cries which come up hot from the mouths of such sectionalists, would be scared by the appearance of a heavenly visitor with a long caudal appendage, like the one visible this fall.

But what will honest, sober minded men think,—men who think for themselves, and are not carried away by any of these clap traps of politicians, of the sentiments of Senator Davis? What will they say when they find his dis-union doctrines approved of by papers in Maine, and the very papers that affect to be startled by the hopeful aspirations of Mr. Seward's speech? The one, Mr. Seward, utters a sentiment that animated the heart of Thomas Jefferson and found utterance in the mature portion of his life.— that the time would come when slaves would not exist in the Union—and it is dangerous doctrine. The other person, Senator Davis, utters in strong and bold language, dis-union and unloyal sentiments, and he is eulogized in glowing terms.

For fear that we may not do the Senator justice, and the papers that support him, we extract from the Bangor Democrat the following paragraph from the speech, and its comments thereon:

"Whether by the House or by the people, if an abolitionist be chosen President of the United States, you will have presented to you the question of whether you will permit the government to pass into the hands of your implacable enemies. Without pausing for an answer, I will state my own position to be that such a result would be a species of revolution by which the purposes of the government would be destroyed and the observance of its mere forms entitled to no respect. In that event, in such manner as would be most expedient, I should deem it your duty to provide for your safety outside of a Union with those who have already shown the will, and would have acquired the power, to deprive you of your birthright and to reduce you to worse than colonial dependence of your fathers."

Comments of the Democrat

Hon. Jefferson Davis, on his recent return to Mississippi, made a speech before the legislature of that State and a large concourse of citizens. Reckless Republican sheets have seized upon detached and garbled portions of it to convict Mr. Davis of dis-union intentions. Nothing can be more unjust, as there are no sentiments to be found in it which should not be heartily endorsed by every States rights Democrat, as well in Maine as Mississippi.

The cause which would drive Senator Davis and the State of Mississippi out of the Union, is the electing of his and his state's political enemy to the Presidency; and the sentiment which "is endorsed" by the democratic party papers, is that when Southern fire-eaters cannot rule the government, and they and their friends the doughfaces, cannot hold all the offices, and slave property cannot be protected all over the country, even at the expense of freedom, and right, and justice, or when the government shall come to be administered in the spirit and with the impartiality of the early Presidents, why, then it will be democratic, and patriotic to let the Union "slide."

The patriotism of such a Senator is as broad as a negro plantation; and the notions of such papers of what are true democratic principles, are reckoned by the amount of pay that follow their advocacy.

We ask our readers to watch the Buchanan party. It is in a chrysalis state, and will soon emerge into its full state of outspoken slavery advocacy. Its mask will soon be thrown off, and it will be fashionable democratic doctrine to advocate slavery in all the States.

It is well to remember that Mr. Davis, and his party call all the Republicans "Abolitionists." It is no Garrison, that is meant.