Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1866-02-09
Letter from Gouldsboro.
GorLpsBoRG. Jan. Both, 1866.


As take up my leng-sileit pen. fUr thTt
purpose memories of old. come croWdln@
,liickly upon UT until | can scarcely re-
call my wondering thoughts. With what
almost jacrcdjblc rapidity our great nation
ha, bctn making history" during the past
year. The ,rar has taught Us many great
lessons. among which one of the greatest,
was to know and respect ourselves
"Ila to the land whereon we tread,
OR fondcst boast"
But the Croakers are not dead yet. al
though the grand triumph of the govern
ment sHeaccd them for IL season. They can
see no good result from the war. nothing
magnificent in the four years struggle be
tween LOYALTY and treason. nothing sub
lime in the instantaneous uprising of the
masses when their country's honor. and
very eristence were a>sailed.
They contend stoutly that the Country
is demoraizcd." and that every existing
evil therein. i traccablc to one great
source-thc war, These are they" who
throughout the struggle. put forth all their
little efforts To cmbaraSs the government.
in all it, measures for supprcsSing the
Rebellion. who pronounced the war. at
the onset Failure" ion or part1 and
Wholesale butchery. whose sympathies
(>,ich a. they wcre) were all enlisted in the
cause of the l;cbcllion-whic they dis
claimed any wish for its success. They
acknowledged that the Rebels were little
hqsiy. to be sure: but they were such an
innocent and chiyalrou> set of people. and
so imposed upon by the wicked people of the
North. They are now watching eagerly.
the chances for division, among the
great. loyal majority. hoping to be enabled
to take advantage of such disaster TO
further their unworthy object. They desire
nothing better than a collision between the
President and those who placed him in
power-and are loud in their prote,tat,"ns
that the grand Union party has been
= 7glerj=ed'; ignoring the homely, but wise
Old maxim to wait until out of the woods {,
before beginning to crow" This far.
however. they have come to grief; for onr
honest and straight-fDrw ard president.
keeps the even tenor of his way" setting
them aud their predictions. AT naught: OF.
a our IRISH friends would say. he kapcS
on-nver mindng them" BY the way.
what a remarkable change of sentiment
these gentl emen have experienced, in re-
gard to the character and qualification of
thi, same Andrcw johnson. since an acct
dent placed him in the Presidential chair.
In view of this. he may we'll look about him,
while receiving their Communications, to
see what he has done amiSS. In the mean-
time. let not the great party in power eN-
empvfy that sayin" OF the .Ancl"n;>:-
Whom the God, will 10 destroy. they first
make iaa}," by alluwin" diSseH>ion> among
themselves. to crafty the malice and
strengthen the hands of orr op?oneutS.-
support the President. WA, one of orr
mottocS through the dark hours. OF our
struggle with armed treasun-lct Us hot
ignore it now. when there are fights IL
hut still bent upon accomplishing oHr coah-
ny, ruin. Would you believe !; Mr.. Eli
;or9 There are ner.ous even in iii. e,.-
I,,,,t,.n.l ,ra - r,;,,n,.d o.tn hill mn
John Wilkes Booth tn. Assassin. II 4 here
ic model. for adnira,ioa: and boast of
,laaip~ his di.honorc,l rirfurr beside thu
sacred opeof orr Iaartyrc1 President. the
ASSASSIN bc>id.. the MARTYR, i an outraee
upou The ,nemnr- of tbc la,tcr. They
.tlo,.v inf.,Ilin, tbGns.lvs bv The. ,ii. n,,ne
-.oDn4rbaod-thin il = title of honor:
aud r,.,nr,in., .lcd l.d,lier. ,re welcomed
h.. them =. heroes.
'rb. NEGRO sunraor min.tinn !. b.inr
ur,.,tv ,I,,,r,,,gI,l,- ventil,t.d Ia. Tho free.
,,,a ,,,l;,,,,.,,.J ...,.o,.,i,,,,- =, ~; ,,oa,
republic. l. is amusing to hear the opiu-
ions pr" aud con. Some want the col"rcd
people to vote, in oId"r Ia keep down the
rebel element II the South-bnt then they
are afraid If the colored men have the
rleil "i voting they VIII also haN"the right
to hold Office. one might even yet +" be
President, and they couldn't stand il To
have 'Nigger President" over them any
how. The abSnrdiiy of the idea. DO We
iccl 50 Insecure, in our position Is belong
ing to the dominant race. a. 10 feel that
any other, given an equal chance, will rise
above us: But suppose for an Instant that
Il colored man. being made politically