The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1868-08-28
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course to be by violence, for no Presiden'
tial election was to occur for nearly q year
and half. and that could not affect Q con.
scrption to take place at the date Of Mr..
Pillsbury's writing.
In another issue Mr.. Pilsbury denounced
'conscription' Us ga policy rssorsdi 10 only BY
n'onarchioal govarmenis," and whose "srs.
eui'on must Be enforced ty he iron hand Of
military p0,or."
This Of course meant that the draft
should not DO peacefully submitted to, but
that "if eniotced''it must In Mr.. Pillsbury's
judgmen, he "by the iron hand Of military
power" With such teachings as these
the wonder is that moro Kingfeld riots had
not occurred within the radus Of Mr.. Pills.
burys influence.
Not satisfied with doing all he could to
bring the drai, into odlum and thus pre-
vent the Government getting MEN to re-
cruit and reinforce its armies, Mr. Pilkbury
continued his assaults on that great and
good man, Abraham Lincoln, In the most
indecent and violent style. IN one article
he thus wrote .-
"Alas that Lincoln had not been con-
s,gned 10 infdmy and forgsttilnea before no
succeeded in drenching the land IN blood
and converting our free government into
military despotism."
Not satisfied with this style Of deuuncia.
ton, Mr.. Pillsbuy resorted TO indecent RI.
baldry, seeking in this way to bring Mr..
Lincoln into public contempt. Thus In
one Of his issues he wrote -
"Some one writing from Washington
soon after Lincoln arrived there, in his
Scotch cap aud cloak. pronounced him q
cross between an 'Anddlusion jack and a
sand hill crane We thought al the time
II was a harsh judgment, but there was
Inor truth than poetry In the description,
after all.'
In another issue, noticing tho remark Of
a friend ofMr. Lincoln's that tho illustr;ous
President would shine brighter and bright.
er in history Mr. Pillsbury published In tho
Patriot that the eulogist must mean that
kind OF shine described once by John
Randolph, arhsre he shines and STINKS
and STlN KS and shines ike rotten mack.
erel by moonlight"
In his assaults on tho public credit, do.
preciating the Greenback currency, Mr..
Pillsbury reached climax in his issue Of
Sept. 25, 1868. The same paper contain.
ed an account Of Rosecrans' defeat at Chick.
amauga, in which the worst phase was Civ.
en- to the Union side; il contained also an
account Of the sudden and alarming ad.
vance Of gold in New York, Of course in.
volving a serious arrangement Of Federal
finances. Accompanying these items Of
dispiriting news Mr.. Pillsbury published tho
following editorial article, giving the italics
just rs they are here printed -
"lf our subscribers have any loose shin
pidsters In their pockets We would remind
them that we shall take such trash yet in
payment for the Patriot. Better pass them
while they are good
Remember this was said Of the Legal
Tender currency Of the government, on
which soldiers depended Tor their utions
and the Nation for its life.
Quotations, such as are here given, might
he indefinitely multiplied. The whole 70.
cord as written by himself, is one Of con.
tinuous and offensive disloyalty. Had tho
struggle for the Union depended on such
men as EBEN F. PILLSBURY. the rebels
would have had their own way from the
start, and our Government would have been
dismembered and destroyed. You may
search his entire files for the war and not
one generous or patriotic expression In sup.
port Of the Union can be found. You will
search equally in vain for one harsh word
Of condemnation Of the rebels.
When our brave soldiers at the from, wers
In imminent peril for want Of reinforce
ments, Mr.. Pillsbury opposed and denoun.
ced all the measures adopted by the gov.
ernment to secure those reinforcements.
When the pay Of the soldier and tho
bread Of the soldiers wife and children de-
pended on the value Of Government cur.
rency, Mr.. Pillsbury denounced that cur.
rency, as "sHrNPLAsrERs" and as "rRAsH."
and applnuded the decision Of disloyal
court that declared the Government had
no right to issue such lawful money at
all.
Can any soldier or soldiers fr,end voto
for Mr.. Pill.bury with this record2
Can any loyal man vote for Mr.. Pills
bury with this record =?
And above all, can any man who voted
for that maryred patriot, Abraham Lin.
coin, now s,ulufy and degrade himself BY
voting for Eben F. Pil'bury, who was ono
of Mr.. Lincoln's most reckless and ribaId
defamers?
Answer these questions at tho polls on
the 18th Of Sept
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