Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1863-02-27
Corrcspondentr.
February lIth, 1868.

February 17,h, 1868.
DEAR AMERICAN Here | an alive
yet-wide-awake and "hourishing like a
green bay tree in spite of all the efforts
Of Reeds Brook to extinguish me {Do
not place the emphasis on the grccn.l-
Perhaps my eyes were somewhat dazzed
by the bright and shining light of his
genius, which so resplendcntly Illuminated
the pages Of the so-called Bangor Demo
crat ; however they are good yet. Am
pleased to see that you still survive the
ferocious onslaught of your formidable
antagonist, and still flourish your ediiorl-
al weapons as freely as ever You even
say .'you don't feel bad at all" Unfecl.
ing man how can you be SO imperyouS
to the assaults OF such an enemy? How
dare you lift your voice again, against the
selfstylcd Democracy? why were you
no, annihiatei at once as You should have
been ? Alas for the sad pereersity of
human nature, the more Reeds Brook
tries to cxtinguish you. the more you
won't be extingui.hcd. | have something
against you too personal complaint I;
hear me; for will be heard You have
dared to reply 10 Reeds Brook, and IN
so doing could not con6ae yourself to
your own personol defence bat must ueei
bring in your humble correspondent IL.
aud gratuitously inform him that the per
sonal pronoun's her ard She belong ot
right TO that individual. WY ail tea
so? Why did you not ALLOW taat heroic
gentleman to rest quietly in the comfort
able conviction that he had in II, foe
man worthy Of his steel p Why must
editors be always doing somsthing they
hadn't orter and making somebody
feel bad ? ah, why indeed | laughed
when read this article Of Reds Br aA
couldn't help iaEA' | was so pleased to
uHu Out tual was )oA' Jts''''' 49,
sponient!" and had not anticipated the
honor of reply to my otf.hantei re-
marks in regard to sham Democracy in
general and the Bangor Demsrrat in par
tcular. Was highly edited by my coar-
tcous opponents novel style of address
aud was hoping he would not fnd out his
mistake; when you naughty man : must
Ego and tell" and spoil the whole joke
Well the deed is done; and can't be un-
done; have not made up my mind yet
whether or no to forgive you: but sup
pose shall have to as forgiveness IS
Christian duty enjoincd upon US all, aEd
l am of of naturally torgIyns dlsPosi.
tion and not over apt to take offence
where none is meant You are pretty
good Yankee suppose but you have not
guessed altogether right in regard to my
characteristics. Am not going 10 parade
my personal history sufficiently before the
public to inform you in what respects you
are wrong; personalities are out Of place
in newspapers. After reading Eeed.s
Brooks amiable address TO my humble
self, debated in my mind whether |
should take any notice of it or SAY moth
ing" but your article has decided me
feel that am called upon to speak right
out in meeiin." 40 you aro the Pr'"o'Pie
object of the Reeds Brook attack kl am not
under the necessity of making any lengthy
reply to his communication, but | cannot
overlook few passages which seem
worthy of observation. He has devoted
a full column and half to the Ellsworth
American, and nearly every paragraph is
full Of Misrepresentation, to use mia
word. For instance, he insinuates that
you as editor Of the american were con-
cerned in the assault upon the Catholic
priest of Ellsworth several years ago !;
when he knows full well that w. IL. Cha
ney. filed that editorial chair at that
time, and as you very truly observe soon
afterwards became a champion of modern
Democratic doctrines. But why is the
American singled out from all the Re
publican papers of the State as the object
of 50 furious aud protracted an attack
Why does Mr.. Reeds Brook pour out all
Al. ~ l. H.. IL
head Of its editor? Are there not other
editors who might come in for portion
of i.2 Some personal animosity is to be
gratifed. one would naturally infer. Per-
sonal bitterness is plainly manifested in
every line.
A few words in reply to Reeds Brook,
and l will dismiss the subject. i shall