Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1872-08-15
Vol. XVIII. Whole No. 9l7, No, 33.


4 You entirely misunderstood me when
! you introduced an incident of the past
. ana build on it an argument why |
should not support Horace Greeley
!, What has Preston Brooks to do with the
i Presidential election? Never while suf-
E ferlng did anybody hear me speak of his
q unkindness, and after lapse of more
than half generation, [ will not unite
with you in dragging him from the
grave where he sleeps, to aggravate the
: passions OF political conflict and arrest
the longing for concord; and here is the
essential difference between YOU and
, me. AT this junction seize the oppor-
tunity to make the equal rights OF all
secure through peace and reconciliation;
out this infinite boon you would post
pone. Seven years have passed since
we laid aside our arms but unhappiIy
during all this period there has been a
hostiie spirit towards each other, while
the rights OF colored fellow citizens
nave been IN perpetual question. Seven
years mark natural period of human
HE. Should not the spirit be changed
with the body? Can we not after seven
years commence Il new life, especially
when those once our foes speak, saving,
Ihy People shall be my People, and
thy God my Cod declare nv pref
crence Tor an original AbOlitonist as
PRESIDENT, and you seek to create a
uiVislon by crying out that the Demo-
Gratis VIII support him, to which reply,
so much the better. Their support is
the assurance that the cause he has so
constantly guarded, whether of equal
rights or the reconciliation, is accepted
oy the Democrats; and this is the pledge
OF true union, beyond anything in our
history 1t is victory of ideas, without
! winch, all other victories must fail. To
Intensity your allegation, you insist that
am ranged with jeff Davis and Robt
loombs; but pardon me, nobody knows
now the former will vote, while Robert
Ioomhs is boisterous against Horace
Trccley, and with him Stevens, Wise,
ana MoSby. This is all very poor argu-
| ment, and | mention it to exhibit the
character OF your attempt. In the same
spirit YOU seek to avoid the real issue,
by holding up the possibility of what
you call Democratic administration, and
you nave the courage 10 assert, as within
my knowledge, that by the election of
Horace Greeley, Congress is handed
over TO the cont oil of the party who
have positively denied the rights of the
black man. You say | know this, Mr..
speaker. | know no such thing. And
You should be sufficiently thoughtful
not to assert it. | am entirely satisfied
that canvass like the present where
tie principles declared at Cincinnati are
openly accepted on one side aud not
contested on the other, must result in a
larger number OF Congressional Repre-
sentatiycS sincerely voting the rights Of
the colored citizens than ever before.-
lhc Democrats will be pledged Us never
,,,t,a, ci iti'"S piln0ipic that all
.,u.i "iN,t, "H. D:io'G tile 'aW'
,n,,,,.N ,,,;tt, ~ 'i9'i'uiIoiiat "llclld-
;,,,r E.,,'.,.' w 'u'I al 0tch eihpo"ci
rnS T,fvttI-strr
peculiar associates, VIII" trust will not
bctIaN the cause. senators and ReDrc-
~thtdtiNcS calling themselves Republl-
cans, have been lately IN large majority
IN both Houses, but the hnal measure of
ihc clVlI nights TO Wllth You refer,
tn ugh urged by ine almost daily, has
iaIied - become law, less fet, from
Democratic opp eltIon than from Re
publican aAe-WAtmneNs aud the want
OF support IN tie Preside IT. The great
issue which the people are called upon
To decide IN November Is on the Prcsl-
dent, and nobody knows better than
yourself that the House OF representa-
uVes, chosen at the same time, VIII nat
ufaIl) hafmoHlAe with hlm. 80 1t mas
been u our history. Now harmony
Win Horace Htccley involves what
most desne. with such President,
Congress VIII De changed fUf{the first
time since the war, the equal rights oil
all Wlii nave declared representative
at The head OF the government whose
presence lhefc VIII De OF higher sighih-
I n lf ll.
being not only testimony, but con-
slant motive power III the great cause,
Opposition, whether III open hostility OF
more subtle treachery. viii yield to the
steady influence OF such Il represents"
tive therefore III lookih@ to ile Ire>i-
| dent, Iook also to Congress, Wmch Will
ltkc II chal"c or III Il large measure
/ ifohl hlll' III choosing itnface Hteciey
I we go me "eet we can irf me Whpie
/ Governments not ohiN III the executive,
/ Out N the legislative brdhch. W hile We
| dechne 10 SUPPORT hcpotlsm, repatmcht
! ol personal gus pE olnclat patronage,
SEIZURE % tAe war powers ahd ihdlSnltY
10 tie blatk rcpnbilc' ahd various lhea-
nacilie7 'AhlUitea " the president and
thc rings pN "aIcl ne governs, hone OF
WHlch You can ucleHd. lon know we'll
! ihai thc rings are already condemned
; ny ihe American people. For myself,
/ say plainly, ana without hesitation, that
I prefer Horace tfeeiey with any Con
gre,' possible on the Cincinnati platforms
/ 10 President Grant with his prctensiou-
Ahd ms llnsN' vote tor whom involves
thc support OF all his pretensions with
/ prolonged powers IN all the rings
lheLc must hc a"".hcr influence and
another example. The administration
III all us parts Is imposed by the Presi-
dent, Lei his soul be enlarged with
the sentiment OF Justice, quickened by