Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1869-05-27
A,nnebec. JAS. q BLAINE,
Sawyer VS.. Sawyer.
Committee

editor OF the Riverside Echo. published
a. Portland. journal oi unexceptional
tome. and practicing good manner. ia
all things save when dealing with the
rcnlile world on the Temperance que--
tiuu. la this domain there i no tolera-
ton. no quarter, no Use for the courte-
>ie- Of well bred people. no torgivcnes-.
and certainly no room for freedom. No
man. woman or child. whether jew or
Gentle, bond or free. black or white
uule4rncd or illiitrraic. moral or immor-
al. need expect quarter al the hand of
H-rcrc0d !. T.. 4. SAWYER. unless he
she. or il, fir-t asks permission Ia speak
and then what to -ay at the aforesaid
SAWYER and hi particular advance
guard Seeing that this titled editor.
~curfs all the convenilaliti"s that usual
lv obtains among the fraternity. and at
ttcA- y. h. SAWYER rather than the
Ellsworth ImericGo. We will for the
amu-emeni which come. from novelty.
and IN Difference to The other SAWYER
give onr impressions Of the Editor
90, the Erho rather than OF the
opinions ~ that journal. /, l. true that
;li- course mas not advance the Tenn
pcrance cause. nor serve {" promote
good morals AMI brothcrly love. Vet il
inal serve q good purpose let "a pre-
n.i-c: We have reverence bordering
un the -uper-titiou>. FOR a true '.lcvel-
headed sincere. God and man loving
minister; bat fnr pompou-. aspiring
-elf-opinionated. bigotied. busting aud
uaca-s gentleman Of the cloth. =" one
That j. ALWAYS seeking notoriety. rather
than 10 do the peaceful works Of right
cau,nc-~. We have strong prejudice
Th- we cannot well help. and We do
uot strive 10. We do not know a. anv
such person live within the limits of
the city OF Portland. or has now. or ever
had ANYTHING TO do with the press of that
city. but we recollect hearing one Rev
y +. &. sawyer preach sermon some
I'VE wears ago. and we then predicted
that he would control the Methodist
church for his interest or breed
trouble. These were our impressions at
that time Of this sawyer. We have a.
good right 10 our impressions "a has
the other sawyer Ia his. and neither has
ANYTHING to do with the Temperance
question per 8. Having said our say
on thi- branch of the attack ON u. let us
look at the other point demanding no
iicr.
JHE RIVERSIDE EcHo V. The Ills
WORTH American.
The american j. selfish. " il i, wi
Imperative. " it. editor hold, an Office.
&c. &c. and therefore Is not entitled 10
confidence. and il has no views of pub
bic duty. aside from that Of bringing
grist to i'll own mill. The editor has been
Collector Of Customs since April LIST.
1863. aud lie may get for the wear $500.
not quite enough 10 purchase the prin-
ciples orundermine the integrity OF the
iIaericda. Nor can We see what hold
ing the Office of Collector in 1869 has to
do with the amount of temperance mat
ter published eight wears since But on
this point, we can challenge comparison
with any other local paper Of it, dimen-
sions in the State. More than this. and
we say it without Boosting. we have
spent more money. in various WAYS. 10
further the Temperance enterprise in
this county. and put up more itinerant
temperance lecturers, and printed more
calls for meetings, gratis. than any
other person in this county: but this
does not make Us friend of temper-
ance, in the Echo's opinion: neverthe-
less il should shield us from the grave
charge of being its enemy Still. we do
not believe the Echo and its adhereuts
are infallible.
The american is an advocate of every
enterprise tending to make mankind
wiser. more temperate. more moral. bet
ter educated. and more neighborly. and
will continue to fight ii out on this line.
all the while preferrine to trust its own
views of public duty, and its own iudg-
ment as to what course 10 pursue on anv
one of the many questions pressing for
decision, rather than to submit to the
dictafion of Others The Echo win find
on better acquaintance, we hope, that
the american is no trimmer, that it does
not change its views to suit the varying
whims of notional and uneasy people.
nor because its editor holds office. The