Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1876-09-14
Political Notes.

several years ~ Virginia, going there
Democrat. says III a letter 20 tile lewiston,
MA, journal
II repeat that careful observation ana
experience have satisfied me that justice.
Equal shis ordcr and prosperity will 81,
b.>t secured Al the South by the retention
81 the Republican party III power IN the
nation. | did not think sp when | went
south, bu, | have become Thoroughly sat
i>hrd that TINS j. the case; Aud hence I
have turned my back on the Democratic
party ana now advocate the election OF
Hayes and Wheeler Observation ha.
satisfied me- that the same extreme anl
dangerous political element which before
tbs war controlled the south. aud through
the South the democratic party. nuw con-
tta., the south. Aui wlii again control
the restored Democracy. | wonder that
the Democrats % nor see B, | have seen,
that the same southern element " hjch
brought such mi-iortuuc> on the Dem
uc-auc ptrty previous To the VAR, 81 lli npW
AGAIN u~c the Democracy
That Vas a telling point 81 President
~rclyc's Ia BIZ Worcester -pccch. when hc
fastened upon tue Democratic party wiih
ucw forlc thr oIi sP,rit Of 'uurcpcnlaui.
Nn.r rccouut.uG SOME Of IL cros, oneu-c-
Dr .,d attention 10 the Aci that Il had
never manifested oue symptom u coutri-
ton, aud added that "A wrou. docr ~ hu
".I. never acknowledge his wrong can uey-
Ut b. trusted To 10 r!ght; aul party load
"a doNu with mi.dccIs which il wil not
On with shame has not yri shaken - !t.
sins The reformation 81 party. like cy-
cry other truc reformation must come from
within. That such regeneration /, d.ficu.t
~ accomplish in any given h>t3Ecc j.
,orruwiul truth; but 4 Mr are 10 trust one
party rather Than aLo,hcr, /; >utrly j. the
one which, with Aii ~ shortcomings. con
tAn' heaven OF honesty and courage
which Contes>rs and lament. H. rYi doiu.
ana not the one which hss never uttered
syllable ia piaIfoLm, u word ia a speech,
Or sentence Iu newspaper (which by the
widest latitude OF Interpretation could be-
T tortured Into An ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS that these
{ cnOrmite> OF wrong. OF which tie Demo-
+ cratic party stands fairly charged, are ac-
tual wrongs ior which The party is TO be
. blamed and the men who acted with il,
( knowing what they dill, are guilty No
/ Democrat ever went further than to regret
/ the mistakes Of his party. There are ma
4 uy Republicans to-day who are manly
I enough 10 cOniess the sins OF Republican,
i-m.-N. Y. Tribune.
/ -Gilden's aggressive campaign reminds
( ihe IoicdO .OAio) Blade OF a story Of Il
! huutcr aud his dog. Did you see any
/ thing or dog ana Scar running hi,
/ Way he inquired OF stranger by the
/ roadside. "les, - was the answer, they
/ went past here little while ago, aud the
, dog va, little ahead"
! 1t will always stand as monument Of
| the forgiveness and charity OF the Repubi-
cdn party, that while 1t made citizens Of
millions and enfranchised thousands, it
never denied citizenship to a single traitor
/ who sought in honesty and sincerity the
amnesty it provided Tor those who had
madly attempted 10 destroy the govern
ment.-[Troy Times (Rep.)
Everybody confessed that Tilden has
| been steadily loosing and Hayes has
been steady gaining Tor the past fort
night. The Democrats feel it. and doubt
less many of them will say amen To an
| exclamation of a respected member OF
their party few days ago well, If
Hayes is going to be elected, am going
TO vote for him. / want to vote for the
man who is elected once In my lite
The Vermont correspondent of the
New York Times says it is rather suspic
ious that during the last north the reg
stered letters coming from the Albany
Post Office and directed to Post Offices Ia
this State have exceeded in number all that
have been received here for years pre-
| yious.' and what is still stranger, they all
suddenly ceased on election day The cor.
| respondent adds 1t is safe to say that no
such systematic effort to corrupt the cleo
| tive franchise was ever before made in
! Vermont as las been attempted during this
campaign under the cry of "Tilden and
Reform"
! Mr.. John Tyler, Jr., OF Virginia. who
; sided with the Confederacy. in long let
ter to Il friend on the present political sit
| uatIOn. says:
! There is an alarming feature associated
| with the support OF MIR. Tilden which. as IA
1 Southern man. seems to Inc full OF dread
| ful import. prog -ticating another deluge
/ OF .blood and destruction to the South.
while shaking the Union to its centre. The
| Southern States are arraying themselves
| sectionally again Oh the Presidential issue,
as in 1860. relying upon the Democracy of
! the North and West again TO stand firmly
I by them in the event of further sectional