Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1872-08-15
Blaine to Sumner.


The following letter was received bv
senator Sumner this morning.
AUGUSTA, Me-, July 81, 1872.
lion ChdS. .Sumner,-U. : senator
DEAR SIR Your letter, published
III The papers Of this morning, viii
create profound pain and regret among
your ioriner political friends throuon-
out New England. Your power to IN
Jure "en. Grant was exhausted in your
exercsed eS'saii Giinril you anhonhced an open
alliance with the Southern Secession
lists IN their efforts to destroy the Re-
publican party of the nation
have but recently read with much
interest the circumstantial and minute
account given by YOU in the fourth Vol
une Of Your Works, OF the manner ia
which you were struck down N the
Senate Chamber in 1856, for defending
the rights OF the Negro. The Demo
cratic party throughout the South, and
according to your own showing, TO
some extent in the North also, approx
ed that assault upon YOU. Mr.. Toombs
of Georgia, openly announced his ap-
proval Of 1t i'll the Senate, and .Jeiier-
son Davis, four months after its occur
renee, wrote letter to South Carolina
in fulsome eulogy of Brooks .for har-
ing so nearly taken youriJe. 1t is safe
TO say that every man in the South
who rejoiced over the attempt to muir
der you, was afterwards found in the
Rebel conspiracy to murder the Ma
! ton. 1t is still safer to say that every
| one OF them who survives, is to-day
Your fellow laborcr III support OF Hor-
ace Greeley. In 1886 lie would indeed
have been rash prophet who pre-
dicted Your fast alliance sixteen wears
after with Messrs. Toombs and Davis
| IN their efforts to reinstate their own
| party IN power In all the startling
mutations of American politics moth
Ing 50 marvellous has ever occurred as
the fellowship of ROBERT TOOMBS,
JEFFERSON DAVIS and CHARLES
| 81 MNER Ill Il joint effort to drive the.
Republican party from power and hand
over the Government to the practical
control OF those vino 50 recently sought
to DESTROY it.
| 1t Is of 10 avall for YOU to take
refuge behind the Republican, record OF
Horace Greeley. Conceding, for the
sake of argument, as I do not in fact
believe,) that Horace Greeley would
remain firm i'll his Republican princl.
pies, he would be poweriess against
the Congress that would come into
power with MIN in the event of his
election. We have had u recent and
striking illustration in the case of An.
drew johnson, of the inability Of the
President to enforce a policy, or even
ameasure,against the will of Congress
What more power would there be in
Horace Greeley to enforce Republi
can policy against a Democratic Con
gress, then there was in Andrew John
son to enforce a Democratic polio,
against Republican Congress Anc
besides, Horace Greeley has already
in his letter OF acceptance, taker
ground practically against the Republi
can doctrine SO often enforced b,
yourself Of the duty of the Nationa
Government to secure the rights of ev
erv citizen TO protection OF life, person
and property. In MIR. Greeley's lette
accepting the Cincinnati nomination
he pieases every Ku Kiux villain il
the South by repeating the democrati,
cant about''locat se!t:goUerament," anC
inveighing in good rebel parlanc
against ''cesstrdliatiOn'' and finally de
claring lthat ''ttere shall be no FED
ERAL SUBVERSION OF THE INTER
NAL POLICY of the SEVERAL STATES AN
MUNICIPALITIES, but that each shall b
left free to enforce the rights and pre-
mote the well-being of its inhabitant
BY SUCH MEANS AS THE JUDGMENT o
| ITS OWN PEOPLE SHALL PRESCRIBE"
: The meeting of all this in plain Fms
| tish Is that no matter how the colore
! citizens of the South may be abused
, wronged and oppressed, Congress sha
hot interfere for their protection, bu
+ leave them to the tender mercies Of I'll
'lOcal self government" axlministere
+ by the white rebels. Do you as
friend to the cOlored man approve th
} position of Mr.. Greeley?
= You cannot forget Mr.. sumner, ho