Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1866-09-21
Our Portland Mentor.

HIS elbow at ali tunes, ready anu WILING
to hestow advice and counsel. 1t saves
the person heap Of trouble" when in
doubt. and generally does away with the
old fashioned notion that people must act
for themselves and take the responsibility.
We are in that dclcctahic position of hay
ing mentor 50 wise, that wisdom will die
with it, The Press Of Portland. we mean
the new >papcr called the Portland Press
has not only assumed to regulate our posi-
ton as to our local politics but it stands at
our elbow, ami judges of the qualities of
our mind and The good or bad iudgmcn;
exhibited IN conducting our newspaper
The South acted as mentor for the North
for long years. 1t not only wanted to die
tate who we at the North should put in of
fee, but it criticised our methods Of doing
the things it wanted done. We must. in
their opinion. manifest "gond judgments :
to call it by no harsher name in all we pre-
sumed to do. The North had 10 business
to populate Kansas without the mentors
lief. 1t did a wicked thing -manifesting
"a lack of good Judgment i'll assuming
the right to put in nomination Fremont
and Dayton in 1876. So also in ls60 in
daring to GO for Lincoln and Iiamin. The
mentor criticized these several acts ad
verscly, volunteering all the while its opin
ion and its counsel. Nevertheless, the
word moved on. 1t could not help it.
without putting at nanght the laws which
govern a universe There are small imita-
tons of the spirit and temper of the form
81 South. As there are small limitations of
thunder storms i'll theatres. Bat these im-
itations are cheap concerns, compared with
the originals. An orrcrt gives hu; faint
illustration Of the movements of the hcay
enly bodies nevertheless there is a re-
semhlance and We get some idea from it.
Oar mentor undertook to regulate the pol
tics of the State. in the matter Of Il uomi-
nation of Governor 1t undertook to reg
uate who should he nominated for Con-
gress in this district this summer 1T ul,-
dertook to regulate our local politics. gem
orally and now it disputes our good
Judgment"
! Let MS examine the Press new position
Against Mr.. Pixies nomination it ney
cr uttered syllable" says the Press. We
said. and repeat it. that 1.-The Press threw
the w light of its influence against Mr.. Pike
and it need not shaw its lack of ''goaa
Judgment i'll denying it. II need hot
| shift its i'll Mill ON us. 1t volunteered
to charge Mr.. Pike, last winter. with acting
against the popular Will Of this county. Ii
fastened II charge him with abandoning
Maine interests, i'll voting for the League
Island project, and was rchuked for Its
CONSCIOUSNESS. 10y its own Representative,
Mr.. Lynch. Il p2aid acver hure quarreif-
ed cjih The american u had not s"Ppoff-
ed M, Pike for Congress. 1t had ne
cause for quarrel with us. and it would
not have commenced and continued tc
write its spitefu paragraphs, if we had ON
II been in TIE case. What cared it fol
Col Smlth or General Caldwell, save only
that their political success invoked the de-
feat of Mr. Pike
In the Press opinion, no doubt, We shew
the greatest Tack of good Judgment in
preferr.ng Mr.. Pike IL another, but it va,
our right to Judge fer ourSc!f ia the pre-
miss, right We shall ee'!tnge to exercise,
Now, back nf ali tl,i-, therc lies seine hid
den cause for ti,e i'ress' medtlesomenes
with our local politics. We think we know
/ the cause TIE time and the occasion ma,
; come when it viii; bc necessary to 20 bach
of the Pres, to ethera.
We do not care to refutc again the falls,
e statement that we charged Col. Smith Wit
taking bribe. We stated what was true
but it did not amount to that. The Col. il
about suspendins his paper and We DO 10
want to say anything now that he vii
think it necessary te answer, and tAerefsr'
5 regret that the chronic disposition of thu
Press to stir up strife" eoEpels us to al
, Jude to by cones, in order to defend our
+ self. Let us reeapitulate =
The Press charged Mr. Pike with defy
ing the wishes of our people. in certain
matter: TIE result: Mr.. Pike gets three
! fourths Of the vote of Hancock fer re
nomination.
The Press directly err indirectly. under
! took to control the vote of Eastern Main,
|; for Mr., Spring, saying the East was fo
5 HIM Result. Nine tenths of Haucoea
and Washington counties voted for Gen
Chamberlain.
The Press "threw the weight of is i'll
d, fluence" for Cen Caldwell for Congress
' Result Mr. Pike gets four titths Of TN
Conventions. Mr. Pike is elected; there
4 fore the Press thinks it a safer game to at
: tack the American than Mr.. Pike. \
I you like it. Mr.. Press, but recolltct, tia
, aehcneccr yoa thrust yoar meddiesome nos
{ into our iocat politics, grataitoasly end iii
j, eioastg, il ,eiH get raped, whether it evi
denees good judgment or not.