Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1871-03-09

ton estate to the Lee family, and re-
movin the dead federal sojers from the
grounds, that the site thereof mite not
offend the youthful Lees. The South
want satisfied. 1t wuz good enuff ez
iur ez 1t went, but they wantid suthin
more. They wanted an acknowledge
ment that them dead sojers never
shood hev bin there, and they demand
ed that the acknowledgement be made
IN such way that it woold be under
stood, that it wuz an apology. sauls-
oury OF Delaware got the idea. I'm
m"jitly he moved to amend the reso-
loosen, pervidin that the work NV re.
movin the ded soljers and restorin the
grounds be performed by vetran fedral
solers selected from all the regiments
In the servis, ez a slight taken NV the
regret NV the government for hevin
desecratld the property, wich wuz
promptly passed. To further soothe
tue southern mind, hundred confedrit
officers WIZ rekested To take command
uN The men aud superintend the work.
and
~ this moment one NV the Federals
came up and salootid the officer who
wuz talkiu with me.
We hev the wagons loaded with
skcletons-what shell we do with en- p
Dump en- into the Potomac-dump
en- into the Potomac, where the cur
rent will wash en- out to sea-
but wat else is to be done 2 sed |
Not much. The work Nv copsllia-
shen is going on. A bill is pendn per-
vIdlhg for the removal of the dead bod |
les nv foderal sellers from all the cen,-
eterIes III the country. and the destruc. |
tl"n NV all the tomb stuns and the |
monuments erected to EN-. The names |
NV the battletields is TO be changed. 40 |
that all memry NV the onpleasantnss |
shall bc obliterated. The vessel
which took part in the war Is to be /
sunk. and their names take oil the rec 4
oris NV the Navy Department to
make The government truly nashunel. |
eL 1t WAS, the South is to hev complete |
control NV the government in all its de-
partIneals. anu IS 10 dictate its policy
IN everything. All the battle-nags,
guns, and trophies NV all kinds Is To he
taken ont ov the Nashnel and State
tplto!s; celebrashunS and reunious
ny Federal regiments is 10 be plOhbit-
cd' and 1t is 10 be made penal ohcnse
to even nenshun the name Nv any one
ny the battles which took place be-
tween the Years 1861 and 1868, and all
them which lost their forchoons with
The Cont.deracy, and who lost proper
ty in conscience, is to hev it restored,
when practicable, or the yalyoo in
wich the most nv EN- take, ez
they prefer ivin in New York. The
Cabinet Is now made up nv Southern
inen, anu 70 rcmooneratc EN- for wat
army. | 90 myself tomorrow 10 re-
move the bones from the Cemetery at
Gettysburgh, and to destroy the Fed.
cral asylums for soljers ut DAYTON,
Ohio, and Augusta, Maine. We did
hev some trouble. The moment We
coGinenst talking Nv rcstorn estates
To confedrits, aud rcmuucratin nv em
for lost property. then come some
4
ertr he'l bin yoosed bv the Federal
Government, who demanded remuner-
ashen likewise, but they didn't ask "A
IL second time. The proposishen wuz
reserved with shouts Nv lafturc bv ev-
cry Dimocrat in Congress.
'McCreery then in lo10-'
'Wus simply two years ahed Nv his
time, that wuz all When the Repub-
likln party lost it, grip in 1871. We
knowcd we had EN-. We held Me
Creery. and sech ~ he, steadily, till ait
er the cleckshun gave u III" power
HOW
At this point awokc and realized
that wat had experanced WIZ merely
the basele-s fabric of u dream Let the
Diinocracy once git into power, and we
shell see wat we shell see. There j. old
score, to ,ettle-therei is remooneratiJns
10 BE- made. We amt dead nor hay we
lost our memory. III that dream reat-
in 10 the success NV Dimocrisy Good be
tron the rest NV it wood iollcr quick
enuti.
PETROLEUM V. MASSEY,
(Wich wuz Postmaster