The Portland daily press., 1862-09-27
Letter from Brunswick.

BRUNSWICK, Sept. 20, 1862.
DEAR PRESS Not few of your subscri-
bers here are glad to see you occasionally apply
Ithuriels spear to our r of the Telegraph
/. Like the individual spoken of by Milton, he
stands up in all his native ugliness, but that is
preferable tot he nauseating pretence of patri-
otism which makes so flmsy veil to the real
malignity that is continually cropping out in
his columns against all who would vigorously
defend the government against treason.
We doubt whether all the condemnation he
has ever uttered, of this wicked rebellion
would have cost him single subscriber in the
seeded States, If the customary postal facili-
ties had continued to be afforded by Uncle
Sam. But large proportion of his subscri-
bers here, who continue on his list solely be-
cause they want the convenience of a local
newspaper, are almost every week disgusted
with his ISLANDERS of our brayest and best, and
his continual filings at Abolitionists, as he is
pleased to call all who see the folly of wasting
the blood and treasure of the North in the at
tempt to crush the rebellion without calling
off from the rebels their main support, and re-
moving, at the same time, that which they
have declared to be the cornerstone of their
new government, and that which is known to
be the immediate motive which spurred them
on to attempt the overthrow of our republic.
rs history is an Illustration of the rule that
a renegade is always the most malignant of
foes. If we are not misinformed, as long ago
as 1894 or 35 he was an active member 1--WE
hol off lof i-ela
ciety, and so among the first to call public at
tention to the existence of our great national
cancer, for which il is now plain that there is
no cure but the knife. Now, the Jealous abo-
litionist of 1884 declares in his paper of this
days date that he ''hates slavery as he does an
abolitionist." He hates drunkenness as he
does a temperance man, forsooth. He hates
disease as he does the doctor, perhaps.
But the special matter to which sat down
to call your attention in this weeks Telegraph,
is the mean attack on old Observation-Disclosures
and foremost-tGod bless her! to come to the
aid Of the government in the hour of peril
What says Tenney of her?
massachusetts does not make up her quo
tas, and the everlasting nigger is dinned ever
into your ears. Boston, the hotbcd of aboli-
ton, is behind in furnishing troops for the
iield.n
do not propose to enter upon defence of
brave old Massachusetts from this drivelling
attack of her recreant son, (for T., strange as
it may seem, is actually native of the Old
Bay State.) What Massachusetts, has done for
the country in this war, is too well known.
But does L. erpect to be believed in the in
sinuatioa that those whom he styles abolition
lists are backward in filling up the ranks? Bos-
ton is not generally reputed "a hotbed of abo-
lition." Frank Blair said there was less free
soil sentiment ill it than there was in St. LOU
is. 1t elects Mayor of the precise political
stripe of the Brunswick Telegraph, and that
Mayor has been accused whether rightfuly
or wrongfully we know not) of dscouraging
enlistments by all the underhand means in his
power.
But who is it that charges the noble old
STATE of Massachusetts with not doing her
duty in this crisis?
Boston supports the Courier, a sheet which
we suppose the chief conspirators against the
country must view with sentiments as favora-
BILE as sneaking traitors can excite in the heats
of the foes whom they aid. Some of us think
the TELEGRAPH is fair echo of the Courier.
Tenny is very hard upon poor Bill Lindsay
this week; one can t help thinking it is be-
cause the imprudent num-skull came so near
putting it out of the power of some despica-
bic wretch to stab his country in the dark by
prematurely disclosing the whereabouts of the
traitor
We don't know how we can better close
this notice of this weeks Telegraph, than by
asking Tenny tchdt sort of a" POLITICAL
gentleman " he supposes it was that wrote
Bill Lindsay the letter. Let him consider who
Bill Lindsay's associates and cronies here, were
and tell us-was this POLITICAL gentlcmen'
an Abotionist, a Democrat ora Constitution |
and Union man.
Yours in haste, BRUNSWICK.
p. s. Boston is tvitting. The Brunswick |
Telegraph says so, in substance. Good news |
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