Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1865-05-12


Was in its a6ects, more tnischisvoue rsy.
elutiohary effort thas either Of thsss thsl
had proceeded il bat 10 this eass thsts
Was no blsodshed. 10 overt act Of ~,
asd no pshishment inflicted upoh any II
the leaders:
DORIS rebellion in Rhode 1sland, ssae.
y quarter Of . century sgo, hss fro.
qusstly bssn referred TO BY southssh rsb.
els, along with Shsy's rebslIlsh, Tie NH.
key Inssrreesion and BurrS Easeo. bs ssy
ef excuse for sseessioA The main sstsfs
In oil thess movements being Aofths,is
men. But there il no parallel athose any
Of the eases spoken Of. Dorr }oand
Rhode lslasd governed BY IN old chastse
granted the State BY Charles H., - ihf
back ~ 1868. He agitatcd ito repeal,
and spon popular vote it, obroestiss W.
ordainsd. ssd be vas elected 0overnsr
sPon the reform ticket. 0ovefnor KisR
and the charter party which be led rsfas.
ID to recognise the act If The people,
claiming that the charter was perpetual
and unaltsrabls. that il could ees b.
amended or repealed, and armed resistaaes
was made te the Derrites. John Tylsp.
then accidental President, sent Usiss8
States troops to aid the state forces Of
Rhode Island in their anti.repsblisaa
stand, aud after bloodisss struggle Ia.
eept that On innocent COW vas shst by
mistake By pickett Govsrnsr Dorr vas
arrested, tried and sentenced 70 inprissa.
msnt for life. He was Afterwards pee.
doned, the record Of bis sentence ordered
70 b. e1punged, and he lived 70 ~ ths
old nonsrehial charter legally abolished
and republican constitution adopted.
Joha Browns famous raid into Virgin.
10 in 1859 comes next in CHI osieal erder
among recognised American outbrsaks.--
John Brown, erack-brained enthusiast.
with score Of followers, made war upsa
Virginia, and, in pursuit Of wild prej.
ect Of freeing the slaves in the Old Do.
ninion. he took possession Of United States
property At Harpers Ferry, and he broke
the laws Of the Comuonwsalth Of Virgin.
10. That State dealt out harsh justice =
the sdssders. and bat . single score Of
thsa escaped. Those who were not kin.
cd in the snsqual 6sht, Or nsrdsred sller
they were made prisoners, were hanged,
and Virgins made herself almost % ri.
dieulsus in her Wholesale sanguinary cot.
tling Of accounts with tho raiders, % she
had before made herself by her childish
fsars and trep,dasion.
The great rebellion which began in 1861
and which now seems to be it its last essp,
is tho next outbreak in order. Strangely
enough, the nearest parallel to IL among
American instructions is the John Browa
raid. There was blood shed In Tho ease
Of the latter, every ssul Of tho raidine
party. except one who made his escape,
either biting the dust upon the field *
ending bis career spsn the gallews. Bst
John Brown made war upsn what hs
honestly and eathusiastically believed 10
to Be wrong. and not in support Of .
eriiae. John Brown was not educated at
the expense Of Virginia he had never
sworn specially to support its constitution
and its laws, and he never enjoyed high
honors aad enoluments at the hands q
hands Of the commonwealth which 10
made war upon. Where John Brown wss
innocent Robert E. Lee is guilty. He
was educated At the cost of the United
States /; he enjoyed rank and emolument
Of its bestowal; he vac bound by his oath
and his honor to stasd BY its government,
and he failed in boah. Where Jsha
Brown shed rills Of human blood, Robert
E. Leo has shed rivers where John
Brown was merciful and kind to the pris.
osers whe fell into his hands, Robsrt f.
Ice allowed Belle Isle. Libby Prison and
Aadersonville to di.grase humanity and
where John Brown refused to tell lie 70
save bis life, Robert Il. Lee has lent bic
name to statements he must have knowa
we're false. 10 every thing wicked ssl
criminal, Robert T.. Lee is far ahead Of
Jesn Brown; in generous impulses sad
manly truthfalness. and trse heroism,
John Brown With oil his great mistakes,
stood head and shoulders above Robsrs
e. Lee. General Lee was 4 Lisutsnaut.
Colonel in the United States army il
1859. and he took command of tho storm.
ing party that captured what was left Of
Browns force Of twenty mes. We have
never heard that he made any effort 70
save the old enthusiast frsu the eallows.
He must know that bis own crime 10 -
much greater than that of John Brown
- the slaveholders rebellion 10 greater In
it, dimensions than the John Brown raid.
John Brown sleeps in the grave whittier
he was sent BY Virginia justice. or Viz.
ginia terror: Robert +. Lee is at large
on the parole Of . soldier. Does he %.
preeiate the generosity Of Northern foo.
man : or does he feel about his throat, ia
his dreams. the eacircling hexp which he
msst know bis crimes entitle him 10 -
Yet there is . party Of defeated aympa.
thissrs with trsssos. and nakwish senti.
meatalists in our loyal sorthcrn commu.
"isies, sho talk about tho "magaaniAity"
Of Lee. Of his ss!dissly hosor," bis "ss.
stained sword" snd oil that sort Of On.
qualified bosh. LEES treason dwsrfs that
Of Arnold ho has bees leader in tho
most stupeadous political crime upon re.
cord. .snd wis' Odds to the enormity Of his
odesee. 10 the fact that he knew perfectly
we'll that he vas doing wreng when he %.
listed il the cause Of the rebellion, for 10
hesitated long about taking the step vhsa
his native State was whirling rapidly int
the vortex Of inaurrorNion Ad~,;,aH;~.