The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1864-09-20
A Oounerhead's Opinion of Maine.

James Brooks. who was born In this State /;
taken IN boyhood as an act Of charity BY one
of our citizens and educated and Otherwise
aided who was taken into Portland news
paper Office and thus given start; who was
by diut OF effort secured a nomination for Con.
gress with view TO give him a position; who
was sent by his employers to the South to cor
respond for their paper, and who, as CORES
pondeut, INDUCED in the most violent phillipics
against slavery, and who subsequently, mArri-
ed slaveholder's widow witA plantation Of
negroes, and becan the most abusive OF bis
old anti-slavery friends Of all pro slavery lick
spitties or New England renegades; this same
jim Brooks was imported from New York to
instruct the Copperheads u this city how to
vote, and remaining over Sunday, thus wrote
TO the New York Express on Monday MORN
Ing: 1et rr
sunday, yesterday ninety out Of every
hundred Puipts In this State, we're esecetoH-
eering,-And about ali day. Inc democrats
huisned I'D their canvas, Sunday night, and
then went nome 10 sleep, and TO be ready 10 go
20 .meeting", sunday morning. The Priests
han Generally. % out OF every 100 Ia the state,
negan their eiectioneering. The pretence was
ne .rhapksgiying." which Mr.. Lincoln 1.-THE
Presidenr) had p.rposely pre- arranged TO be
IN the Sunday tSepI ii preceding The Maine
election cannot say how many pulpits there
are in the State, probably 2 500 or 3,000,-and
Of these 30 per cent were electioneering all day
sunday, Tor Lincoln. In Portland, here, was
publicly held Sunday night, u Republican meet
ing, Ia which three negroes were paraded, pur
IoseIy TO be shown, only TO stimulate and ex-
cite the people," s-.S
This vile promulgator Of Copperheadism and
traducer OF the State that gave him birth and
If the people who early befriended him, un-
willingly tells one truth, in saying "the Dem
ecrats finished up their cdnUass SUNDAY
aight" This Is not the first time truth has
been blundered into. ys knqs
The Republican meeting which this ma.
ignant scribbler says was held Sunday night
vas meeting in behalf Of the education Of
freedmen, in which no word was uttered bear
ng upon the question Of politics, which was
advertised in the Argus as well as in the Press
,nd which was attended by all classes, and wa
addressed very ieelingly by citizen who the
aext day voted the Democratic ticket! We
are glad to hear this Copperhead oracle cal
hose three beautiful children negroes" for il
shows the spirit he is of, and the spirit Of thai
political diabolism which actuates him. As
che thousands know who saw those children
they are probably winter than Brooks ever
vas; whittier, prettier and brighter, very likely
han any child OF his, and yet he styles them
negroes ~ This is one of the latest examples
d the 'barbarism," not Of slavery, but Of Cop.
psrheadism.
Really, IL seems as though Copperhead lead
FRS feel under no obligations to regard the law,
IF God or men IL they happen to stand 10 TIT
way of their mad schemes. The attempt q
.elfsacrihcing men and women to lift the vel
aignoaance from the oppressed and benight
ID. Is secuted as crime, and those poor crea
.ures upon whom the heel of oppression ha'
,ressed heavily for centuries, but are now in
voluntarily relieved by the fortunes OF war
these leaders would still trample upon as the,
you'd upon the most offensive reptiles. Goe
,ity all such. God pity those who feel oblig
ID, In order to be true TO . mere party, to show
heir disloyalty to their country, their God an,
taeir own hearts, and who, In order to prouot'
party ends, feel compelled to trample upon tn
| most pressing demands OF humanity, do VI
,Ience to their own best instincts, aud crust
Town the hottest promptings or the human
heart
such is the work Of slavery Such is th
condition of those whom it has debauched, an
who are now laboring to erect their party al
tars on the mangled and bleeding ruins of hu
man hearts.