Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1863-02-27
The Democratic Party and
the War for the Union.


false, and picking out fragments oil ihcs ana
So combining or arranging them as u MAKE
that which is not appear as though IL were
And of all deliberate, wicked, a0om'hauic
lie. that which asserts that the Dem,
,cr,t, of the Free States have accorded
n unanimous and hearty support 10
the War for the Unisn-or that they did
50 nrior to the issue Of the President
first PROCLAMATION OF freedoms among the
most na-raut and inexcusable.
II is true that, for brief period following
the bombardment Of Fort Sumter, pubic OPP
p1sition to the War thrust upon the Nation
hy armed traitors was peril1us, thrrtt re
snarinely indulgcd in Yet it was then that
nslrly all the ayowed Democratic journals oi
.ur i'ity-The Journal Of Commerce, Ddg
BOOK, The Daily Nsrs, and The Freeman 5
.Jorunai-were either suppressed outright :
their editors sent II Fort l.aiay cite, or their
jssu excluded from tie mails, expressly be
cause and 0a{y because, their editorials were
MAINLY calculated to giya all and comfort To
the Shareholders rebellion. Inc bf"dt'9f'
Eag.1 was conducted in the same sPlrii "
to abJut September lH6l whtn II tackled
and for a c,usiIerahle parl3l Vas aim 2st y
~. Before tins hail d n Dcm2crAut
journals printed IN the loyal Eastern 81 VI
die states were sapprs ssei hy n.IsItt'y ofde'
or MOB violence because Of thelF open. feHe
mcnt SYMPATHY with the robrliior aud hos,
tiIity 10 the eli 1rts Of our GiSctnneat t.
suuurcSs il. OF thcsa, the Ehtor ot that
printed nearest us-ihs BridJfp51 Farmer
Conn. som after male his way mt Dixie
and received c9mAlss,aa III the ke5tei 7
4 ttHr I II
est Dem cratic olhtials-G W. Smith and
Mansfield I.5yrl-and tLcr next turning u
As Reo Generals ar. itaturI nus iact-. Al
these facts miud You preceded by l1'Fe thah
a wear tie p.csltcnt's first Prae!amat'5 N oi
Freedom. In fact tie Union reut a. bun
Run. July Il, lsjt, put an end to al ny
policy on the part ut ln2st Democrats
lar - our knowledge er affirmation eXtthd.
and they have not sluen even l'set'na'i 4
d.sire that tie Re N should b. crush
81 ont They are not DIsunianlsts they d
not desirc tho permanent division OF "ai
country-but they do hope AMI expect 20
achieve it, Reconstruction not taeaaSt
the discontinue ana Surrender ii tn hca'
tls. but through Virtual aIrs"ler Of Tia
Nation t. taem-thrangh pace "ttea
shah make them virtual masters OF tie e9uu
try. wiz slavery lts guiding siar, aui a!
=sriFatieas for G4iyersal Liberty AMI jus
tee rerr,ss,I A. treason CT howiei down q
perl,s I National tranquility aud pFo7f -fi'y
In, Is the haven for which or BON erAt
AMI Conservative pitts arc now s'c-rih :
+ aud IN which W. mean they shall nr'er Ia
+ Up = dry rJt thai Republic wb'eh Is sa'
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k.isli II 81 lis trat. ", tltt - ~ fnd
"a tie "a >s,ts No So AMI hrtrs :
"t;te~.. 81 ~ it4ye heard u hun II !
~ hundred, IN u>aal, I've thousand ben
IzEats OF tho >eynsar anl FAtAer pattern
express IT sediments with re.4Tl = til
k-teli5n. sly baH mtay# or What proper
TN OF them haze manifested 4 h.arty dir
ttIt be r5...l.J +. ,,,c5I am. maj d4sr
>.risjns f Wat ylu m4y have he4rl b.
ore Blii R4n lai ,iuce : IT 81 ,ast.wtc
tie President, first Proclamation q Ere
5;a ~, issued aaI sly whstl or. dorm
tas ial;Heut4us taur,con months tl1t d.yl
t. - y. els, Il majority Of YOUR bem5crati
u lib p aai acauaIntanccs evllle,l "a
earnest j 80 r tic utter overthrow Il
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