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

nous teachings in Franklin County lee
ignorant men into O rio.ous resistance tC
the government which he had not The
courage himself TO join, and who dis
tingUished himself even above Emery by
the brutality and blackguardsm with
which he assaled the Union cause, and
especially the vile language which he
applied TO Mr.. Lincoln personally.
In view of these facts, General, was
struck when was an observer and re.
potter OF the convention which nominated
you, by the poetic fitness there was in
selecting General Anderson as its presid-
! ing officer. IL struck me as still more
appropriate that Eben F. Pillsbury should
be your godfather in the convention. and
in presenting you for nomination should
soil you with the slime of his eulogy-
asserting that you had been true to De-
mocracy as he understood ii Gin all lis
vicissitudes." And even more significant
than all was it that Marcellus Emery
should put himself forward as your per.
sonal spokesman and keeper, and invite
the public 10 4 pre-arranged sercnahc
which, with the speeches already in type
should surprise you with The unexpected
intelligence OF your spontaneous nom
inalion.
As candidate OF the party which sig
nalized itself by opposition to the wal
ard by unfriendliness to the soldier. YOU
are an appropriate selections but to put
you forward u q patriot soldier" is not
only broad farce, but il is positive in
suit TO that vFst host OF heroic men IT,
Maine who fought the war through to th'
bitter end, and who offered themselvcs
for slaughter on tho battlefield and for
death in the trenches, while your voic,
was heard in the rear in full chorus with
these who demanded that 1.-THE war
should cease lhlt the draft should b,
h'"Ai Ai1'"IH anu ciuDtI 95Scu, ahu tuhi
our brave boys in blue. as Mr. Emer,
had it, "St0HH BE- consigned IN hospitaJie
grorcS by ne chiralr0uS sons of he
SoaH." Had all soldiers been a. patriotic
rs yourself. General. it is quite easy to
see that the Confederate cause would
have iriumphed and that we should have
had a suudered government; or If W.
had remained united, II would have been
with Slavery as the corner stone OF the
republic, wi jefferson Davis rs Presi
deut, and with Robert Z Lee as general.
in chief Of our armies.
The choice of the soldier voters OF
Maine-and | am speaking of none
oIher-lies between yourself and Sci
DEN CONNOR. OF The heroic record.
the patriotic devotion, the personal suffer
ings of the latter, | shall not speak
venture only TO say that, as it seems to
me. the dead heroes of the war, those
who fell on the same field where Connor
was well nigh mortally wounded, and
those who fell on other like bloody fields.
would stalk forth in ghastly ceremeut
from honored graves, il their living com.
rades could so far forget their glory and
their duty as to give their support to
Peace Democrat OF 1868, and withhold it
from a soldier who never hinched OF
taltered, who entered the service as a
private. who fought his way up to high
rank. and who stood 10 the hottest Of
danger in the fore front of battle until he
fell covered with wounds and with
honor.
| am, General, very respectfully,
Your Obedient Servant.
L. A. SMITH.