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


gentlemen were there from every tow
within range of tweuty miles. Hon.
X. }. Porter presided. Speeches were wer
made by Mr.. Piisbury of Pennington. an
+ Ii. l.. Whltcomb Esq of Philips. 1t wa
one OF the best political meetings we eve
attended.
A few days after as is well known
riotous resistance to the authority of tn
United States took place in KinglielJ. Ha
Mr.. Pilsbury's writings in the Patriot, an,
his violent harangues on the stump, any
thing to do with melting that riot !! III
can answer. And SO can every one else
During the whole Of the year 1863 Mr.
Pilsbury's assaults on the government wer
intensely bitter. The whole tendency o
his editorial efforts was to bring the Ma
tional Administration into contempt ant
odium, and to prevent the Government
raising MEN and MONEY for tho sup
preston of the rebellion. Had Mr.. Pills
bury shouldered mnsket and Joined the
rebel ranks. his influence would have been
harmless compared with that which he con-
tinually excrted through the columns oil
his paper. When it was absolutely ncces
sary for the Government to raise men by
drafting. Mr., Pilsbury sought continuously
to parayZe its efforts For instance in his
paper of Oct. 90, he writes as follows;
Another proclamation of the President
will be found under the telegraphic head.
calling for 100000 men in addition to
those required uudtr existing orders. This
is necessary measure under the present
administration policy. THOSE
WHO BELIEVE IN THE POLICY re-
deem their pledges and answer this call for
more men"
Those who did not believe in the policy
of Mr. Lincoln were thus urged not to sup
port the war.
Inanother issue referring to the draft
Mr.. Pilshury wrote thus menacingly;
The people have been patient fo,bear-
ing and long suffering. but their pateuc,
is about worn out"
| In another issue just after the triumph
at Vicksburg, Mr. pilsbnry wrote thus;
This WAR FARCE is carried on uure
lentngIy anG Gsystematcally. and the ques
is rcciprocally one of Life and Death.
That is you have as much right to fgh
against the Government as the Government
has to demand that you fight for it.
In another issue Mr.. Pilsbury wrote thu
This conscrlption Is fair specimen o
abolition wisd, m, aud if the people do no
turn ont the crazy incempetents, conscrip
ton after conscriptiou will come upon us
The CRAZY INCOMPETENTS whom
Mr.. Piisburv urged the PEOPLE to TUR,
OUT were Abraham Lincoln and his ad
visers. The turning out was of course tt
be by violence, for no Presidential clectio,
was to occur fnr nearly year and half
and that could not affect Il conscriptiOn t.
take place ut the date of M1. Pilsbury'
writing.
In another issue Mr.. Pilsbury denounce,
conscriptien as policy only rcsorted t
By moaacch'al governments and whose cr
ecuiioa mnst be enforced By the iron hant
otmilitary Power.
This of course meant that the draf
should not be peacefully submitted to. bu
that if enforced, it must in Mr. Pillsbury'
Judgement be by the iron hand Of miisar,
power With such teachings as these til
wonder is that more Kngfeld riots had no
occurred within the radius of Mr. P. in
tluence.
Not satisfied with doing all he could t
bring the draft into odum and thus preven
the Government getting MEN to rccru
and reinforce its armies, Mr.. =. continue
his assaults on that great and good ma
Abraham Lincoln, in the most indeecn
and violent style, In one article he wrote
Alas that Lincoln had not lccn cor
signed 10 ,ntamy and .Joreeyuiness befor
he succeeded i'll drcnchlilg the land in l,loo
and comforting our free government iuto
military dcspotism.
: Not satisfied with this style of denur
, citation Mr.. Pilsbury resorted to indecel
ribaldry, seeking iu this way to bring MI
Lincoln into public contempt. Thus in on
} of his issues he wrote.
Some one writing from Washington son
/ after Lincoln arrived there. in his .Scutc
5 cap and cloak pronounced him a cross b,
tween an Andalusian Jack and sand hi
crane. We thought at the time it was
! harsh Judgment but there was mere trnt
than poetry in the description, after all.
In another issue. noticing the remark
$ friend of Mr.. Lncoln's. that the illustr
! Gus President would "shine brighter an
brighter in History NJ, Pillsbury publish,
in the Patriot that the eulosist must mea
: that kind of shine described once bp job
Randolph, 'clere he shines and STINK
and SrINKS and shines like rotten macJ
+ erct By moonlight.
In his assaults on the public credit. i
prcciating the Greenback currency, NJ
, Pillsbury rcachcda a climax in his issue
. Sept 25tl, 1868. The same paper CO.
tanned an account of Rosccrans defeat
Chickamauga, in which the worst pha
i was given to the Union side; it contain,
also an account Of the sudden and ALARM
p ng advance of gold in: New York, of cour
involving a serious derang ent of Fed
i al finances. Accompanying these items
dispiriting news Mr.. PiIlsbury publish'
the following editorial article, giving Il
! italics just as they are here printed;
= If our subscribers have any loo
shtnp1asters in their pockets '