Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1863-11-27
$h5O A YEAR IN ADVANCE

become the strongest abolition SITS on re.
cord. Speaking Of the restoration of the
Union as it was"-the favorite song Of
the coppcrhoads, they tell me if it means
as it was in the days of Washington and
Jefferson, or as those great and good men
understood it, then they endorse it, but if
it means as it was in 1861, when man
was prosecuted, spit upon, hunted like a
felon from the country for no greater
crime than being guilty Of loving his
children better thar his ncighbor's negroes,
they want nc such Union. They would
thank no one to give them such Union.
Southern men have told me this, who
have been Shareholders for years. They
said, SO long as they could hold their
slaves pcaccably they did SO, but when it
became a question whether slavery or
freedom should live, they pronounced in
favor of freedom, even to the ettcrmina-
tion of the last vestige of slavery.
! | listened to a speech made by General
o. !. Hamilton Of Texas in the city of
New Orleans, but a short time ago. 1t
was more thoroughly abolition than any
that | had ever listened to in Maine
He ssid Talk of the Union as it WAS ?"
slf you mean as it WAS in Texas in 1861 9,
| want no such Unien. Ask me if |
would have the Union as il was then Z? l
answer, when you give back all the tears
of the widows and orphans which this un-
holy rebellion has caused"
These Texan Union men arc Tue genu-
inc type. There is no middle ground
with them. They understand the nature
of the people with whom our government
has to deal For years they have market
the efforts Of the coRspirators to tear
down the government, and when the storm
broke upon them, they knew that it was
no child's play They have seen how the
people of the South have been deceived
how the subtle slave power has drawn the
enchanting coil around them, promising
them peacable secession and land of un-
exampled wealth-how when peaceful Sc
cession failed, they quoted them by tell
irg them shat there would be no war
that they would have little sport, whip
ping the Yankees" and then all would
be peace and enict again. Now, the
mantle has fallen, the scales have dropped
from TIE victims eyes, and he finds him.
self about to be crushed within the folds
of huge simy monster. These mag
unanimous Union men who have suffered
so much, still regard with pity these poor
victims Of icked delusion, and while
they would receive them as the father did
the prodigal son, they would wage most
unrelenting war against those who plotted,
and well nigh consumated their ruin.
\ year ago traitors were jtbiant both
Aorth and South. The mantle of de-
spondency had fallen upon the Nation.-
But time has changcl matters. Since
the lst of January 1863, when the great
c4ict went forth, victory has crowned
the efforts Of the Union arms Oil almost
every field. Stronghold after stronghold
has fallen from the enemy's grasp, till
now the guiding star of American liberty
is well nigh its zenith shining brighter than
the blazing sun while that Of the Con-
federaey is correspondingly dim. And it
will continue to grow DINNER and dim
mer, and sink lower and lower, until at
last it sets in a cloud, darker than the
blackest spot in hell, and there remain
forever, known to future generations only
as false light which came near alluring
them on to destruction.
Yours very sincerely,
WM. y. MCDONALD.