Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1863-02-13

dircst commissions. He commits himself
to the policy of mis-rale and violence
Not many days since this party, banding
together the rutfians and blacklegs o
Philadelphia, invaded the peaceful city
Of Harrisburg, where the Pennsylvania
Legislature was in session, and at the
point of the pistol aud bowie-knife com
PEELED the election Of a secession Demo
cratic United States Senator y few
days later, encouraged by the result, i
ventured the same experiment i'll New
York and the roughs aud prize-fghter.
of the city flowed into Albany, and urg
lug on and iuaaming their allies in the
New York Assembly, had well nigh turned
its Chamber into scene of conflict arc
blood Aud only yesterday secession
Democratic Senator at Washington, Mr..
salisbury of Delaware indicated the
policy that is to be pursued by openly
abusing and threatening the President
and when called to order defed the whole
Senate with his presented revolver.
1t is a fearful record, and one that the
patriotic voter may well shrink from ;
but as surely as tides and sunrise come,
will such violence come from the ascen-
dency of the secession, disloyal Demo
cratic party.
Their cry Of peace" is the cry Of the
Deceiver, and let us not be deludaI by It,.
Peace we Shall have when our armies win
it, and it will be righteous, sure and
abiding peace; bat even could these foes
Of our country at the North, have such a
peace as they wish, it would be.a false,
trucking, ahasing peace, Which would be
but a rope of sand in the future, and
woald entail new wars upon our children
Mark well from whom this cry comes for
Peace. 1t is not from our gallant soldiers
in the field, nor yet from those at home who
have sent their sons and brothers to the
combat, but mark it, again we sey, he who
in the c)untry's day Of peril and belcag-
ureine, shouts louleat for peace, IS he
who has suffered least from the war ; who
has stayed salealy at home while the con-
test is raging who has dissualed and
prevented his frienl IS from enlisting in
their country 5 service; who has gone on
Yith II, business and is perhaps coming
money from his country's groans, and who
forgetting how much he owes to that
coaatfy il the time of her prosperity, now
traitofously thruSts the parracides' kinie
INTO her he3rt Shame upon hin who
follows the guidance Of such men. llis
children viii cry shame upoa him ami ia-
tlre generations Will curse him.
Wenesd to set ourselves at work a
once. Thc djsloya! Democracy has band
i itselr throughout the entire State
Nowhere is it more desperately bent Oh
accomplishing its purpose than IN this
eouatF. Combining the entire Breclin-
filse faction Of the Democratic party
with portion Of the D9u 4las Democracy
recreant to its former pledges and pro-
fassignz, its plan eomprehcuds as first
step, the choice OF what will BE- called
Democratic oiiieers at the Spring elect
ions, for the purpose Of controlling the
ballot box in :. Se..tetn5er.
bet Us meet these enemies Of the coun-
try at tie threshold Of tho contest, and
assert the asccul.lcy Of the only Princi-
pies through waica tie war car be rightly
ended and thcru5slI3n crashed.
let the the canvass be begun at once.
Let every truly loyal man be welcomed
As a Helper in the contest, but let US not
be !ecaiycl by treacherous professions OF
,n,p= yy},o While they claim to ba for the