Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1875-07-13

such discouragiDg reaction among th'
people as to very nearly involve the los
OF Congress and the consequent power tC
raise armies and levy taxes. Then was
our peculiar and momentous peril. AnC
it was just then. General. that you turned
your back on the Union cause And yor
came home without having your name
associated with one decisive victory fol
the Union arms
AS reader of history, General, il you
ever waste any of your valuable time in
that innocent recreation, you may learn
from that good old writer. Weems, that
the officers who insisted in the Revolu.
tionary Army, upon reSigning their COM
missions in The autumn of 1777. and dur
ing the ensuing terrible winter at Valley
Forge, were never forgiven by the patti
OTIS of that day. And Washington him
self, of proverLially prudent speech,
elias led them with an ignominious herd
whom | will not mention lest | might
seem to apply derogatory epithe: to
yourseli-and of that you know am in.
capable. But it is nevertheless a notice
able coincidence. General. that these dis
satisfied and disloyal officers turned their
backs on the Revolutionary Army after
about tue same period of time that dis.
tinguiShed your own service that more.
over they left as you did, when the
American and patriot cause was very
dark. and in the judgment of many,
hopeless.
Bat resigning your position just as
Fiz John Porter was cashicrcd, q do not
say because of iD was not the worst
feature Of Your record rs Patriot Sol.
dier.' a. military man you saw only
tho initial battles ct The war, when our
troops. though brave were raw. and
when misfortune resulting from iGcompe
tent command, seemed to be the fate of
onr armies. The gigantic conflict OF
trained su'di l.. the bloody and lrightul
uat,ieS the gjorious victories under ex-
peIienced and skillfal generals, in great
part enSucd after you had eit the service.
Aud it Is your conduc, after YOU retired
that think will never be forgiven or tor
gotten by the true hearted soldiers OF
Maine.
Had you returned to reassure the fail
ing confidence OF those at home; to urge
the volunteering OF soldiers and the re-
Enforcement OF our armies. and TO have
held high front for the cause of the
Union, your course might have chalieng.
ed approval and even admiration Indeed
the most cynical could only have said
that you consciously felt able to serve The
Union cause better ut the rear than The
front, and would have credited you ac.
cordingly. But, General, you did not
follow this course. You joined the ene-
mics OF the Union. You allied Yourself
with MarceIus Emery. who had then
returned to his home. whence he had
been driven. a skulking fugitive from the
hot wrath of Bangor loyalty. You be
came the associate OF Eben +. PillSbury
whose name was then as now identified
with all that was disloyal and despicable
in Maine politics. You became a political
co laborer with those in New York and
elsewhere who melted riots TO resist the
draft and your whole influence was with
those who were trying TO prevent the
sending of more soldiers 10 relieve the
brave boys from Maine (including the
Regiment you bad yourself commanded)
who were then battling heroically at the
front. You united warmly with Emery
and Pillsbury in supporting Bion Brad
bury in 1868, though in the convention
which nominated him for Governor, re-
sistance to the dral. was openly advocat.
ed and applauded, and Gen. Samuel j.
Anderson as the immediate personal rep.
resentative of Mr.. Bradbury distinguished
himself by the boldness OF his anti war
ulterances. In 1864, you gave your best
efforts 10 the election of Joseph Howard
as Governor when the Bangor Democrat
boastfully proclaimed that JUDGE How.
ARD HAS EVER BEEN OPPOSED TO THE
PRESENT WAR AND HAS UNIFORMLY BEEN A
PEACE DEMOCRAT IL THE BRoADEsT SENSE
OF THAT TERM" You cannot forget.
General, when you were swinging your
hat for Judge Howard, he was decidedly
outspoken against the constitutional
amendment which permitted the soldiers
of Maine TO vote in their camps-taking
the ground as you did by supporting him.
that the soldier who was daily perilling
his life al the front, had no just right To
vote, but that the traitorous copperhead
in the rear should enjoy that privilege to
its fullest extent.
In The Presidential struggle otthat year
you earnestly opposed MIR. Lincoln and
Joined with the venomous and disloyal
hordes who abused and villified that
greatest ana best friend of the soldier.
You publicly united with those who
"declared the aOar a failure" as it would
have been, General, had all the soldiers
followed the example set by yourself.
You openly affiliated with the desperate
faction that "demanded an immediate