Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1871-07-27
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AN Il-"EENIL WHEAT

had. IN my exultation. forgotten the
postal J VS.. had neglected 70 sdyis. m.
agricultural department. | h.d tho sscls
nlled. 1 directed them, miscellsneopsIy
a.! over the district. What were republi.
Nahs or democrats TO me, Weeyl or
hhti- " eeVH that WAS the question
was threatened with prosecute ID by the
Guerra authorities. But still the weeyil-
PROOF wheat was carried over Licking
flckAwsy. and Franklin BY the score The
campaign waxed hot in September
democrat had bolted and was to run agains,
me he was fluent lawyer. and quite
t 70 arraign me on Lccompton and the
Ensish Dill Indeed, in our first Joint
nsH discussion he did arraign me But
amen OF his charge was that had
o.aet the postal laws in sending out
among the farmers q bogus kind of wheat
lie harangued the people to show tina, !,
~As not anti Weevil: /; was fnIl Of ches,
eeFlI and all sorts Of unclean THINGS
saCAs were ransacked, my wheat sin
20. II was ground between the upper and
Iethef nlllstones OF popular opprobium.
became alarmed. Posters were sruck on
res sheds and tavern sign posts in all
townships and towns
"kkviL WEEvu. Down WITH rur
"kENL CANDIDATE
handoills were circulated CHARGING mo
WIN an insidious desire 10 ruin the spri-
Suleure OF an honest, hard working peools
iai committees issued private circu
anu statistical tables, explaining the
ueieterlous Influence Of weeyil upon the
tA,inlhg interest. The staff OF life VS..
oalieo ~ as crutch TO help nv conn..i-
uot' orators harangued great crowds in
deI.,e-. houses ana In town halls, on the
Fious nature OF the congressman and
ee'H- lhe first was an enemy 70 free
IT, anu me second TO fair agriculture
me pest talent OF Ohio, then fun OF clio.
cuuonary genius, was evoked % show ~.
connection between Lecompton and wh.a,
-~eevil and the English bill
my friends were in despair. On- cour.v
central committees were demoralizad
meetings were called Men minced
sPAr-oid Jackson hickories, never
upIoo'ed In our democratic forest nv any
- olasts-shook their heads wiseIy
me burielghs, their Young and ssngpine
Sahuiuaie had spoiled the camnajon 7,
VIZ Dsd enough to 90 between Denotes
ans buchanan and take the fire OF both
~, tne fepuplIcaas also; but weeyil, wee
vi WAS too much.
a.; iieu 70 explain. Bah tried 10 men
80 ~ ~ meek way, that my paternal rela-
a.
- On one occasion only, that wa
auIsihterested friend Of thar nsrmina q.
$3.50 winch had once elected me ana
continued suffrage and crons were
80 70 my heart. Bah. What in thu
Oh jackson, and SO forth. was oar
candidate about when he broke The nos,sl
70 send his Internal whea, over tn
=. III II were good wheat eyen-jf
we're "eevh oof-how could tn. fac,
proved until AFTER the election n~Yt
10 me- "o' occurred
All over the district where my weev;,
a1u gone my sacks were emptied. and h;,'
an 'indicti'e partisan opponents had
n.u the empty sacks with the SCREAMING.
90 - uarhs' their barrels, their boxes.
nv ~ a. oass. Afndavits were procured
y! my friends, which stated that On a dsrL
and rainy night two radicals w. saan
goih! TO barn with a lantern. wbere ,har
enp.led my invaluable seed wheat mon
.ne moor aud filled the sacks with ,ba aw
iulIos' onai. My wheat. which was proof
s'ins as hoiy writ was dishopored nv
'iin'es as hght as air. 1t was shown mn 10
PreJ"oiced and gaping voters as cheat.
IL was worse than chaf / will M, ssv
VIVA, These bitter partisans mixed with nv
ehaoulterated seed. l recall esneciaIlv
one orator. His name absorbed a nuarter
OF the alphabet, and he made the weevil
question paramount. Was there any snot
rom Falls6urg to New Holland, running
over two hundred miles of arabic land
rom the hazel bushes Of Red Brush TO the
corn nelds Of that classic soil where To- |
gan did not speak what Jefferson reported
was there one man. woman or child who |
mao not heard the voice Of that orator de-
nouncing my weevil fraud?
but 1 look back with deligh: to those
lIlenas who exercised their faith in my az
he dark. As the election day Approached
he faith became more necessary. Nothine
would do bat must meet nv opnonent n
leoate, On the weevil qsestion. I agreed
It. 1t was my salvation. Before the
~ Of debate Governor Corwin was sent