Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1868-08-21

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tolnac was being reinforced to meet tn
previously victorious legions of Lee, il
that terrible campaign which reached it
triumphant climax on the bloody field q
Gettysburg. MEN and MONEY were til
two great needs of the nation. Bo;l
must b had at once. or the Union perish
ed. To secure MEN the Government wa
compelled to resurt to the draft, and t,
have MONEY the Government could d.
nothing else than issue its own pape: il
the form of greenbaclls. Here is speci
men Of the way Mr.. pillshury aided tin
cause of the Union. In the Patriot .
March 9th, 1863. he Published a lengthy
article denouncing the draft act us M
unconstitutional law of abraham the First,
and he ridicnled and deprecated the green
back currency as SHINPLASTERS.' .
Here is "A single paragraph from Mr. Pills.
hury's article;
The prospect ahead is truly deplora
6le Hundreds of thousands more of the
lives of our sitzcns must be citiced.
filling the land with suffering and woe.
With this new draft from the lahorers of
the country. it vii! be impossible to obtain
h, Up to carry OH Tue farming, aud other
business operations of the people. All
arc hoafty losing confdeace in the SHIN
IPLASTERCUKRENCY .foisted upon as
By an inibccue administration. and every
thing We are Obliged to purchase to supply
our daily wants is advancing to fabulous
prices. A general cash in business
affairs and universal financial ruin stare US
in the face. aud everything is tending li
reclly to state Of ANARCHY.'
A week tter the foregoing. in his issue
of March 18Th. Mr.. Pillsbary encouraged
the hosts of Rebellion by publishing dis
loyal leading article, OF which the follow
ing are extracts:
1T is useless to talk Longer about pre-.
serving the free government of our fathers,
for il has already become mass Of ruins
aad has eirtuaiiy ceased to exist. Amen
can freedom has .eli wreck,d ID during the
brief period that the apostautes 10 liberty
e. c. President Lincoln and his advisers
have had control, The great question toi
the future is wlle her there is sufficient wis
/ dom, patriotism and statrl,anship ltft il
/ The country to rebuild the Temp OF Lib
ertv, to DRIVE OU the architects of ruil
and reconstruct II free government
1t will be observed that tho rebel arm,
OF Gen. Lee was engaged in the effort t,
drive OUT the same "archetcc.s OF ruin
that Mr.. Pllsbnry was SO anxious to "driv,
out Mr.. Pillsbnry WIS very bitter o,
| President Lincoln. hut he was in sweet &C
cord with Prr siirnt Jefferson Davis.
Ina succeeding issue, Mr. Pilsbury fol
lowed up his attacks on Mr. Lincoln in til,
most vindictyc manner. The following
extract is given as IL specitnan from many
that might he selected. Pnplshcd "A slor
time before the battle Of Gettysburg. i
shows how Mr.. Pllsbury encouraged tn,
rebel hopes:
"Mr. Lincoln has had the Presidency o
the United States for taco miserable ant
disastrous ye4ri. 1t is unnecessary to di
late upon the result of his administration
1t has destroyed Il vast mass Of property
and scattered to the Winds the hope OF til,
American people. Of how many states i
may be sad with truth that Mr.. Lincoll
found them IL garden and left them IA des
crt--And the evil of to day is regarde,
hy those who can toresee and calculate tn
future as altogether light aud cndurahle
compared with the disasters that are IL Okct
tor to morrow"
Mr.. P.lsbnry made these assaults upol
Mr.. Lincoln at he very time when the reb
els We're pushing us So hard at Nicksbur
and i'll the oncomlng campaign Of Getlys
burg. Abo the SAME tl,ue the Govern
mrnt received Il staggering blow from til
d clSion of two dlsioyal Judges III Ne,
York, to the effect that the srreubach
Were not "lawiul money Had this dc
cision stood. the Union cause was hupelcs.
ly lost, tor the Government would hav
been at once deprived of all pccuniary re-
sources to carry on War tor il sln.l IL montl
Had this decision stood. Grant would hay
been Compelled 10 raise the siege of Wick,
burg. and Lee would have marched his VIZ
torlous hosts into Pma ielphia with Il
iield Of Gettysburg to obstruct h III. An
vet Mr.. Pilslmry in he Patriot of j une I9t
published an aitcle warmly approving th
decision iii the following language:
i The decision in New York. regardln
the legal tender notes. is one OF the highe,
nnpottaucc. aud carries more weight wit
Ii | All any prevlnus ones upon the sam
point IN oiirr states. becauSe IL regulate
the actto" q monetary G9lerS IA The rer
eeatre and tount # faaHee. The write
upinIons oi Justice Peckliam and Lconar
thal this paper issued IS not moaey IN an
shape, and caarot be made a legal tendt
J0 any legtstatioa 0tateeer is II great sg
uiilcance aud Il STRONG sTrP IN THE RICH
DIRECTION. No riatter what may be- don
or accepted on the plea OF eXlgencv, NJ
what Temporary action the State Of Ne
York may have taken in the plemise
The correct legal position ot' The greeabaci
VIII be arrived at souuer OF later, aud |
tins complexion must We come at las
They are not tuwfuL money as Cong ress en-
acts taey shat c.-tney are nerrly pro
lses to pay tnat money. We trust that til
opinion will be carefully read, aud sIl
more carefully studied
From the cou..ns of t.ie Patriot it ar
pears that MIR. p,Isbury was not only bus
i'll writus and pub shIns such disloyi
sentiments as have been quoted, but h
was also on the stunr lIoucating I'll
same pernicoas principles, In the ratrl,
of June 26,n, 1868 We iui the following
u leading editorial giving an account of
series of war meetings i'll Franklin County