Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1868-08-21
MHrsltanetus.
Eben F. Plllsbury's Record.
AS WRITTEN WITH Ills OWN PEN

Personal vitupcraton is not argument.
It's tendency is to irritate and not to con-
vince. In dealing therefore with the re
cord of Mr.. Plllshuv, no effort will be
made 10 personally tradncr or abuse him
His private character indeed we do not pro
pose to discuss OF i'll any WAY to impugn
w Whatever his supporters claim for him in
this respect We freely concede. Let there
be 10 unseemly wransie on points foreign
to the canvass
But NJ. Piishnry's public character,
his record on grave national questions,
aud his disloyai sentiments during the very
crisis of his country's fate, it il the par
pose OF this paper 10 expose, to condemn
and to lold up to he stern irprobation oi
the people of NJ .ine. Mr.. Pllsbary is a
candidate for the Gnbcrnatural chair ol
the State, ana it is our object to show that
he is not worthy to receive the support Of
loyal citizens To the bitter Copperhrads
who We're always hostile To the war. au,l
who were in Elf ct traitors to their coun
try as Clr as Mey dared to be. (their cour,
aye was not grcat) no argument is di
fected. That class will nt course all vote
for Mr.. Pillshufy. This paper is address
ed to the citizens of Maine. both Dem
ocrats and Republicans. who supported
the war rs the only means of saving the
/ Union, Who endorsed the war measures oI
Abraham Lincoln. ana who aid.d i'll filiug
the ranks of our arnv with soldiers and
who contributed to the support OF the Gov
ernmcnt by uphndins our public credit
Daring the greater part, if not the en-
tire period of the war. Mr.. Pllsbury was
the editor Of the Pennington Patriot. Iii,
record WAS lhcr, fore made UP weekly ii
the cou unns of that paper, and a full fiji,
OF it nov lies before the writer of thts.
lines. 1t is to Mr.. P.llshury's Record a,
written with his own pea that attention
is therefore called. On that record lei
him stand or fall before the people d
Maine!
| The year 1863 opened in many respect;
as the most critical IN our whole history
The proceeding Year had hrpn ne of grea
DISASTER t" "ur artus. and all 10y al men saw
that the institution Of sla,cly must he at
tackled and demolished or the Southerl
Confderncy would triumph. Mr. Linc0 l
came to thus conclusion, and on the - rs
day oi January. 1868, he issued his mo
menious and M mor;.b,e Proclamation u
Emancipation, TO be hostile in the poll
cy OF that proclamation at that timc, wa
to be effectively on the side of the rcLels
Nevertheless. in the Franklin Patriot u
JANUARY oh, Mr.Pillsh ry sa,ag.ly attack
ed alr. Lincoln and his whole war pohcy il
an elaborate article OF more than two col
unns. He charged Mr., Lincoln with de
ee1tion and Jatsoheod, aud declared that
the soldiers w,uld mt haze cotuateered hao
hey knaloa that they 'eere b be dec 5iceG.
the malignant and disl"yai temper OF th
whole article cal be inferred from the fol
loving extracts which are selected merel,
as specimens Of the whole. Mr.. Pillsbur,
wrote thus:
I'VE never regarded NJ. Lincoln as
man of more than FOURTH raie capacity, bu
ace did haze faith IN his honesty. II is ru,
We had many mlsgiylngs, IA kind of iastinc
tive tear that we should be betrayed in til,