Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1872-10-03
Shall We Forget f?
Committee.

TIE PROTEST OF MOTHER on TWO pt.,D
SOLDIER >oN~-THE SPIRIT 81 1871 t,\-
Nor Ri sMOrHERED.
A respected citizen Of Dixmonr. who la,
two sons who served i'll thu VAR. who arr
now living in Iowa, wrote them auxiou.Iy
inGuirinS whether they had been led astrl
10y the Greeley movement. III rcnly fhev
sent them 4 copy Of The local paper with
the following and Inscribed with tht word.
Read and reflect before casting vour
vote"
From thc Cleveland Leader
am an old lady sixty-three wears ofaoc
ana widow. This l. the first time | ever
attempted TO write an article for publjca-
ton. But cannot Keep silent. It Is out
oi the mllacN~ of my heart that INV pen
SpeaActh. During our late war. devoted
every energy OF my being ID working FIR
The poor brave suffering men and bov, who
were Periliug their live, for their country, !,
honor. deemed no sacrifice too great.
Two precious sons remained to me. whit,
lh' grass was growing green ovGr thc
graves IF s!N. When the first call was
made for volunteer, - AFTER The talI of
Sumpter. among the foremost to rush for-
wari and give his name, was my darling
boy-litcralIy a boy-only nineteen ycars
ot aSe' trowding back the not tears OF
agony, gave my consent ana kissed him
Tor lhe la>t time He fcll dead - nm,
through the head-in his first battle. For
his country he died apd early and latn
from my aching, n. eding heart, went forth
the prayer, Teach me, OIL Father. To saw.
Thy Will bc done" Then. when thc crv
was heard tor three hundred thousand
more gave up my last an,l oiJj o4. M
precious hey, Harry. With streaming ewes
ana ldivcrin" heartString~ babe him 90
TO his conntry's need. That brave youp,
boy was slowly, cruelty murdered in Au-
der>onvillc. 4 few ,crawlcd line, vim j
pencil. on the margin OF the old torn uier.
oi newspaper, was brought To- me by a
more fortunate comradc WHO wa, rNchauu-
cd: "Ihey are Storring rs n de4fh. n,oi1.,.
Fr'y J"r yoir hoy, H,rryr' That vas all
the record len, save the AFTER message.
DeaIi
lAch, when our war was over. ann hi-
murdererN were escaping unscathed. when
Jeif Davis and hi cold-bloodcd satellites
were sct Al Large, uupuni,hcd. ~.rovc to
stili the angry murmuring> Of my heart.
hy remembering that there Wa~ u iu>t Cod.
and who hath said '.Vcngcncc is mine:
will repay.
am An "ld-tu>hloued woman. Mr.. Ed-
ior, one who has always thought that Iyo-
man province was home. have dis
proved and coldly ignored everything per-
tanning TO the >o-callcd ''woman'S rights"
movement. In fact. have ielt that NO
man clamorine for the ballot was uncalled
tor, indelicate and unwomanly, having its
origin only in an ambition tor notorietv
and desire TO uSurD a mans place.
When heard OF Horace Greelcy's nom
ination for the Presidency, the bosom
friend Of Jeff Davis. his sympathizes and
bondsman-Jef Davis, the black hearted
traitor, the cold-blooded. inhuman butch
er, the demoniac slau. htrrer and torturcr
OF thousands upon thousands of fathers
and sons, husbands and brothers-when
read, repeat, that Greeley had been nom
mated for the highest and most honorable
position in our land, to take the place once
occupied BY Washington and the murdered
Lincoln, sat paralvzed for hours Had
my country fallen thus low? Was this to
be the reward OF the wholesale massacres
and the fearful sacrifice made: Were our
dead soldiers 10 be thus insulted in their
graves? Was the grief of the broken
hearted wives, mothers. sisters and dauoh
tiers thus to be made a mock ~ of? Just
as well nominate JEFF Davis himself as his
warm sympathizer bosom friend and coad-
jutor, Greeley. In fact. extreme sophistry
might possibly. by mighty effort, call up
some things in partial eXtenuation Of some
of Davis crimes. but what can the most
chartably inclined urge for Greeley. Not
one extenuatins shadow can he put forth
for the Northern renegade. who proffered
aid aud sympathy, thus virtally endorsing
every barbarious act of the arch traitor
soldier boys, appeal to every brave. noble
| fellow who mas worn the ''blue," to be true
| to himself and his country, true to the
memory of his fallen comrades, ''who tho
dead yet speaketh; true to every princi
! pie Of honor, manhood aud self-respect, il