Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1876-08-31
A Party That Cannot be Trusted.

The Democratic party cannot be safely
trustee. with the control ut oLr Government
for many reasons. 3 icw Of which Will
briefly state:
!. Because the vital element OF the
party. tn. men Who control ~ action and
destiny. were traitors ADD DID everything
IA their power to DESTROY their country
No man who ever deliberately BETRAYED
his country should be lntru.tcd with IL
government. TO forgive rebel, j. one
thing; To- put them in power : another
thing. To place the Government into the
hands of men who sought IL destruction
10y armed rebellion would be insanity.
These men accept the Government only a.
a military necessity. They DO not love il.
are not proud of IL. care nothing about it,
credit. and its very existence il rehuke
to them. But this does not diminish their
desire to get control OF the Government 10
recuPcrat" and r'pair their shattered for
tunes. lhe condition ol the bcmocrAc, OF
the North i somewhat different though
scarcely better. Sympathizing fully with
the south. and entirely suh>eryicut, il ASK
nothing but Office and leaves measures aud
policies 10 the South. pom economic ques-
tions that pertain alike 10 ali parts OF the
country. while opposing whatever l. and
all that has been done. il has not even a
suggestion to make, and L. utterly bank
rupi In ideas. With indy idual members
OF talent and Intelligence. a. al organiza-
iion Il has confusion OF ideas and the fee
bleuess Of grasp which belong To tie sen.
ility Of aye that has outliycd everything
bat it, passions and the memory Of evil
deeds. IL caunot point Ia one al it, lead
Ing measure, IN thirty YEAR, that has not
been condemned by the voice of manAi ind.
The other day in the senate asked the
ffrr. /, l.
Party had done, or proposed 10 do in the
last twenty-five years. and sa.d would
yield the floor TO any Democratic Senator
who would answer. The senator from Del
aware, Mr.. salisbury. accepted the chal-
Icngc. aud named the appointment OF ill.,
NesilgaNug committees by the present
Democratic House of Representatives. The
answer was awtul comics ION. which
Wa painfully fcli by every Drlnovtal t..,-
sent. The distinguished senator FELT the
necessity OF saving something. aud could
think OF nothing bat the appointment Of
smelling committees 10 enable the rebel.
{" find out whether we could not have put
down their rebellion more chcapiy than
We did. The Fugitive slave law in $50:
the repeal OF the Missouri Compromise IN
lSj4 the horder-ruiiiau outrage, In lsjj-G
the l.ccomption Constitution. and the bred
Scott decision in lsi7 h., denial OF power
Ia suppress the rebellion in l>GO-Gl it, re-
spoUsibilify Tor the rebellion by sympathy
and encouragement; it, resistance 10 every
war measure II efforts In lsGi t. bring
about the abandonment of the war; it, pro-
lection TO treason sud conspiracy 10 the
Northern States; it, opposition To the con.
stiu'ional amendments. it. encouragement
To the people OF the South TO resist recon-
struction, and its defense Of the kuklux,
White Leagues, and every form OF orgau-
lied violence. in the South. present an un-
broken series OF Infamous measures which
will grow darker by the lapse Of time
Senator Nort0E's Speech u. Indianapolis.