The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1868-08-28
gnlitital.
EBBN y. PILsBURY'S RECORD, As
WaITTEN By HIS OWN PEN.

Personal vituperation 10 not argument.
Its tendency is 10 irriiate and not to con.
vince. In dealing therefore with the re.
corl Of Mr.. Pillsbury, no effort will DO made
to personally truduce or abuse him. His
private character indeed We do not propose
10 impugn. Whatever his supporters claim
for him in this respect We freely concede.
Let there lie no unseemly wrange on points
foreign to the canvass.
But Mr. Pillsbury's pubic character, his
record on grave national questions, and his
disloyal sentiments during tho very crisis of
his counlry's fate, It is the purpose Of this
paper to expose, 10 condemn and to hold
up to the stern reprobation Of the people Of
Maine. Mr.. Pillsbury is a candidate for
the Gubernatorial chair OF tho State, and il
Is our object to show that ho is not worthy
to receive tho support Of loyal citizens. To
the bitter copperl,eads who wero always
hostile 70 the war, and who were In effect,
traitors to their country as far as they dared
to be, their courage was not great) no ar
gument is directed. That class will of
course oil vote for Mr.. Pillsbury. This pa
per is addressed to the citizens of Maine,
both Democrats and Republicans, who
supported the war rs the only means Of
saving the Union, who endorsed the war
measures Of Abraham Lincoln. and who
aided in filing the ranks Of our army with
soldiers, and who contributed to the sup
port Of the Government by uphoIding our
public credit.
During the greater part, if not the entire
period of the war, MIR. Pillsbury was the
editor Of the Pennington Patriot. His re.
cord was therefore made up weekly in the
columns OF that piper, and full file Of il
now lies before the writer Of these lines.
It is to "Mr. Pillsbury's Record as written
with his own pen," that attention 10 there.
foro called. On that record let him stand
or fall before The people Of Maine
The year 1863 opened in many respects
as the most critical in our whole history.
Tho preceding year had been Of great dis
aster to our arms, and all loyal men saw
that the institution Of slavery must bc at.
tackled and demolished, or the Southern
Confc,lerucy would triumph. Mr.. Lincoln
came to this conclusion, and on the first
day of january, 1868, he issued his mo-
mentous and memorable Proclamation Of
Emancipation. TO be hostile to the policy
Of that proclamation at TINT time, was to be
effectively on the side of the rebels. New
erllleless, in the Franklin Patriot OF Jan. 0,
Mr.. Pillsbury savagely attacked Mr.. Lincoln
and his whole war policy in an elaborate
article of nurc than two columns. tic
charged Mr.. Lincoln with deception and
tdlsehood, and declared that the soldiers
,sould not hare volunteered had they knoion
that hy toere 10 be derived The malignant
and ,lisloyal temper Of The whole article can
bc inferred from the following extracts
which nre selected merely rs specimens oi
the whole. Mr. PilIsbuy wrote thus:
1--WE never regarded Mr.. Lincoln rs a
man of more than fourth rate capacity, but
,ce did hare faith in h,s honesty. 1t Is true
wc had many misgivings, a kind Of instinct.
i've fear that we should he betrayed in the
end, but ,re had hard so much about his hon
esty. and il seemed SO Incredible that u
man occupying his position would forfeit /
hi, respect OF the world by violating his
solemn pledges, that we succeeded In dis
peIllng our doubts and trusted in his prom.
ises, but we were deceived. and we now
think those pledges trere made for the purpose
of deoeiping those who disagreed with the
political views Of the administration.
awe know very well that It is pretended
the object of the war 1, siiNt TO preserve the
Union, that the proclamation is issued and
emancipation policy adopted simply as war
measures to accomplish the preservation OF
the Union, bui IL IS only a pretense, subter-
juge, TO cover up the real purpose and de-
teive the people,"
As the spring Of 1863 'nwned, Grant was
preparing for his illus,rious campaign
ngainst Vicksburg, and tho Army Of the
Potomac was being reinforced to meet tho
previously victorious legions Of Lee, in that
terrible campaign which rcachsd its trium.
phant climax on the bloody field OF Get
tysburg. MEN and MONEY wero the
two great needs Of the nation. Both must
be had at once, or the Union perish. To
secure MEN the Government was compel.
ed to resort 10 The draft, and TO have MON
EY the Government could do nothing else
than issue its own paper in the form OF
greenbacks. Here is specimen Of the
way Mr.. Pillsbury nided the cause OF the
Union. In the Patriot Of March 9th, 1868,
he published lengthy article denouncing
the drait act MS an unconstitutional law OF
.4braham ihe Frsi," and he ridiculed and
deprecated the grcenback currency as
.sfllNPLASTERS.' Here is a single par.
agrapb from Sir. Pillsbury's article:
4The prospect ahead Is truly dtptorabls.
Hundreds of thousands more OF the lives OF
our citizens must be sacrificed, filling the
land with suffering and woe. With this
new drnii from tho laborers Of the country.
Il will he impossible to obtain help to carry
ON ,l,e farming, and other business opera.
,ions of ,hs people. an are hourly losing
confdenes IN hs sHISPLisTEn cuRREscr
ioisied rpon US bv an inbeeite edmini't,at'on, /
and everything We are obliged to purchase
to supply our daily wants J. advancing to
fabulous prices. A general crash in bu:i.
ness affairs and universal financial ruin
s,ares ,,s m the face aud everything Is tend.
ing directly TO state Of ANARCHY"
A week after the foregoing, in his Issue ,
of March 10, Mr.. Pillsbury encouraged the
hosts OF Rebeldom by publishing disloysl a
leading article, Of which The following ure
extracts; .H
at 10 useless 10 talk longer about pre- I
carving the frec foyern,nent of our fathers.