Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1861-08-30
Il. Sl,5O A YEAR IN ADVANCE

suming chameleon phases, protesting APP
proval of the general policy Of the Gov.
crnmcnt, but condemning its every act i'll
detail, now badgcring the President, now
assauIting his cabinet, now complaining
of the dilatorincss of the Administration
now shocked at its fool-hardiness, now
staggering under the crushing weight OF Il
national debt, and, anon, quaking with
fear Of :" British or French interference. .
Again these - ministers of discontcnt'
disclose themselves in exclamatons for
freedom of speech" and i" freedom Of the
pres But what is the freedom they
claim? 1t is freedom to talk treason and
freedom to act treason, freedom to declare
this an "unholy war;" freedom to invoke
disaster and death upon our brave volun-
tc5rs, freedom to hold rebel conventions
upon Mon soil, freedom to purchase and
bear arms to prevent drafting, and the
collection of direct tax, freedom to call
jeff Davis "a pure patriot and the
President of the United States a g tral-
tor, freedom to bscak up the Govern
mcnt, freedom to abolish freedom.
If this Government is to be maintained,
it must be through the in3trumcntality Of
the present national administration acting
conformity with the Union men OF the
South and North To attack this Adj
ninistration in such efforts to save the
Union, with u view to destroy public con-
fdcnce in it, and bring it into disreputc
or contempt, by stabbins it in the dark
or by fire in the rear, or to seek clan
destincly to break it down by Il guerrilla
warfare, is to sink mine under the ma
tional capital, aud thrust the lnccndiary
torch into the temple Of liberty.
This IS no torci IN war-no Scpoy
or Crimcan campaign-wherc whatever
should be the result the country would
be safe. Far from it. This is a civil
war, war for national existence, and
must be treated and conducted in accord
anee with the rules and propricties OF
such state Of things. During the ln-
dian or Crimcan wars, the editor OF the
London TimcS Was suffered to crltlclsc
anl assail the Government IN terms which
would have sent him to the Tower, if Eng
land had been rent with civil war, be
cause WntiS '''' '''e.' u w TN ''.i
lively harmless.-eycn benclitial,-in the
other case it might prove fatal to the
Government if unrc-trained. Hence i'll
t'iis ctfi' "af' NY soIa 81 ,i o.eso'''' - =,
meht ei I mon eiof'S' or ol'a'PioN'' .,
the "3f' 10 less '''th ceGf5 se5.'s'o.' u
'he ultimate s''''sSa u ''I ieo''''3" - :,
the most 'ah2er"as 'ei''e"gSi :. s'ieo -
'efH 6 10 scatter 'Ne 'sen, VI u''''o''I;',
ana 'o pfe'N "o"!' '"e Wy Pon0' : '''e''
upon 10 l'feNei I ''is W, u "'.''. ~.
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s'-'''i'e e9'i ~ 'or,'y 1',''''1 '', M.
lAeh peas "l',' no ioi N'''' 'o,'5's'
arc e,'h'r loI '"' 'o''1 ,t''',"s ';,, " H.
,t-'"ey e''''et 'iS''' I'.'''Nt o. -,
H''a l''I1 VI , .ig "t2'1.J'l',l ..If ,ba or1 w.
,"i ~ ~ NIUE ''''"''J l,,ol seryo him
81 s'r.n.,a ,L,t men should be mi.led by
.ncb f,ls'. Ii,ht, / il not notorious that
;~JannnJanno !. the rehl ultimatum?
Tbat ..aaneiIl;,t, " .conce,le," and .com-
,,ron,;.," ~ Won may. unless YOU are
w;ll;ng to rive mn one half Of the coun-
try i will, Ic unara;lina Viii "concil-
li.t;on., s;I.ncr Cen Bcaurctarls : artil.
Inr, or fr;ondlv feelinos save a belcas-
nrsJ c,rit,l9 DID ever a nation loGa
#sn.,,;,.os ~ without ho;ng comncllcd to crush
,,t rsLc}lion9 have not ENGLAND and
Fra,ac had their civil wars. and is not
IaIT to.Jny rr;oicinn over a consolidated
n,t;onality9 Ind shaIl we be deferred
fron, ,rc..rvins our liberties through a
craven fear Of FOREIGN interference, or Il
nat;ansl J..hEw5ile the memories Of tho
,y ,as, tbo sarronn.lin,, Of the present and
iho o,r;,d yo;rrs of postcrjtv beckon Us
on IA maintain them i? Shall VIC coward
" rerpsr to make one tythe of the efforts
anj y .,or;s.rs to maintain the 'nion that
- ~ - IL - =, - o,srthrow ~
'''' pa,L'n Sl-'. ~ w. "a4b ma oycrv one Of us
l''''.' = ~ l,s - of IA
declare N IN, cog ieN' In nv: '''' IT, Ia
sated ana S'''',, Ne''" c '>.'''' 49,; ~ Irn;or
s5ta lioI' -. ~ az @ wi ;.'',.,ralIo
without conditions c Wv %n9 -" "4' Far ' IT, nreser
o% ',''' ..,, anJ crcry cost Of blood anG
treasure against aH ITS aSaiiaiitS. >"
know no neutrality between our 'oun'i ,
and ITS loes' whether 'GSy " %o,wacn ,U, that