Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-08-07
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When Mr.. EDen r. Iliisouis S"E
there were no copies of the harrington
Patrio, In existence, from which could be
obtained evidence of his disloyal course
). during the rebellion, he publishedba card
denouncing Capt. Boutelle Of the Bangor
Wbio and Courier as liar. because the
latter had said that he (Pillsbury) ''ncited
resistance to the draft" Since, however,
he has ascertained that the record of his
Iunpatliotic course in the war is in exist
ence. the following is what he says about
it in the last "open letter"
Heretofore you have been content to
charge me with Opposing the war; and
..incting resistance to drafts" resorting
to criticisms of the republican administra-
ton as published in paper with which |
was connected during the first years Of
the war, for proofs to sustain your charge,
"a kind of evidence that might be in
voked, with equal propriety, to sustain a
similar charge against any man connected
with the opposition press during the war
period"
Unable any longer to make bravado and
| falsehood serve to shield his character,
| Pillsoury resorts to the cheap artilice in
the above extract. Half confessing his
sin, he endeavors to mitigate his disgrace
by intimating that he only criticised the
republican administration, and that all
men connected with opposition papers
during the war were just as bad as he.
This manner of representing the case is as
false as it is unjust to many democrats
who conducted papers during the rebel
lion. What Mr.. Pillsbury called "criti-
cism' was compound of blackguardism
and expression of disloyal feeling, intend
cd to create hatred and contempt for an
administration honestly struggling to save
the country from destruction. The fol-
lowing extract from Pillsbury's paper is
specimen of what he calls CRITICISMS"
"MR. LINCOLN WILL SHINE AND
"STINK AND STINK AND SHINE LIKE A
"RoTTEN MACKEREL BY MOONLIGHT"
| When we think of the noble character
of Mr.. Lincoln. of his patriotism, honesty,
courage, sacrifices and burdens in the
war, there seems to be no man SO base
that he could write and publish such vile
language rs the above concerning the
martyr President. Yet that is what Eben
F. Pillsbury did, and mildly calls it crit
iciSm!! Who wonders that such a man
will SANDER the dead ? Few democratic
editors in the country descended to that
depth of degradation. 1t is SANDER up
on even them to say that they as body
stopped to such baseness rs that.
We can furnish Mr.. Pillsbury fair de-
scription of the class of men whose oracle
and leader he was during the rebellion. 1t
is an old picture, but is as true now as
when it first appeared. 1t exactly de-
scribes the copperheads of the late war,
although it was made by Felix Grundy of
Tennessee during the last war with Great
Britain, and applied to those who at that
time "incited resistance to the draft
IAN individual goes over, joins the ranks
of the enemy, and raises his arms against
the country; he is clearly guilty of treason
under the Constitution, the overt act be-
ing consummated. Suppose the same in
dividual not to 90 over to the enemy, but
TO REMAIN IN HIS OWN NElGHBOR-
HOOD, AND BY MEANS OF HIS IN
FLUENCE TO DISSUADE TEN MEN
FROM ENLISTING; / ask in which case
has he benefited the enemy and injured
the country most?
"Whom, then. do accuse ? ACCUSE
HIM, SIR, WHO PROCESSES HIM
Il -
COUNTRY AND ENJOYS ITS PRO
| lection. YET PROVES HIMSELF BY
HIS ACTIONS TO BE THE FRIEND
OF ITS ENEMY: | ACCUSE HIM WHO
SETS HIMSELF AT WORK SYSTEM
| OF THIS GOVERNMENT BY De
STROYING IT'S CREDIT AND DAM
| PENING THE ARDOR OF ITS CITI-
lens; | ACCUSE HIM WHO HAS
USED HIS EXERTIONS TO DEFEAT
THE LOAN AND PREVENT THE
YOUNG MEN OF THE COUNTRY
FROM GOING FORTH TO FIGHT
THEIR COUNTRY'S BATTLES; AC-
CUSE HIM WHO ANNOUNCES WITH
JOY THE DISASTERS OF OUR ARMS
AND SINKS INTO MELANCHOLY
WHEN HE HEARS OF OUR SUCCESS.
SUCH MEN l CANNOT CONSIDER
FRIENDS OF THIS NATION.
Such are the men whom General Rob
erts is depending upon for support as gov
ernor Pilsbury and Marcellus Emery
are the leaders of the democratic party to
day. Let every loyal man turn from such
leadership, and enlist in the party whose
record for loyalty is written in many
bloody fields and known at every fireside
in the country.
| TIE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, LIE
STILL REPE A7ED BY THE DE.HO-
| CRATIC P1PERS.
The Argus still hugs DR.. Jordan's Agri-