The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-07-21
a BEWILDERED REPUBLICAN.
The Awful MIDDLE He Has Got Into.

Mr.. ED1ToR:-In City Hall the other night
Gen. Anderson, the Hon. Bion Bradbury and
the Hon. L. d. M. Sweat dumped upon the
audience load OF Democratic eloquence in
praise of Gen. Hancock and his patriotic service
in putting down the Rebellion and STYLED him
the hero of Gettysburg the superb soldier and
statesman, and like remarks Mr.. Sweat
called Horatio Seymour ''the great war COVER
nor' of New York. These Democrats praise
Abraham Lincoln because he was so honest.
so conscientious, in the discharge of his high
duties. They praise his fidelity to the consti-
tuition and his love of liberty The awful
radical party have, according to their orators,
forsaken the ways of Lincoln, Andrew, Sum
ner, and become altogether bad; and for such
wicked back sidings ought to be defeated at
the polls. | confess am in sort of maze
Have been Democrat for twenty-six years
past and not been aware of it? When 1 voted
for Lincoln did 1 vote for member of the
party so hate?. Were they Republicans who
called him everything vile that the English
language afforded? Was Sumner beaten over
the head by a Republican? Was President
Lincoln killed by Republican? Were the
tears that coursed down my cheeks that dread
full day Democratic tears? Were the men in
this city who gloatcd over that act, Republi-
cans? Was the convention that nominated
John w. Dana in 1861 and refused to sustain
MIR. Lincoln in prosecuting the war in a con-
stitutional manner Republican convention?
At the time the news came that our
army was defeated at the battle of Bull Run
and l, in common with many of my neighbors,
passeda sleepless night were we mourners
Democrats? Were the men who reioiced at
our sorrow and mourning Republicans? Was
it Republican convention attended in this
city, as looker-on in 1868, at which Gen.
Anderson who was so full of war "reminiscences
the other night, said that Mr.. Bradbury who
was nominated for Governor was not so decided
in his opposition to the war as he (Anderson)
Dut tnat MT; Bradbury was opposed to the war?
Virgil Dolphin Paris wanted to know if Mr..
Bradbury was opposed to this hellish, uncon-
stitutional war;" and the patriot Anderson re-
piled as above The Hon. James W. Brad
bury said Governor Seymour (they did not
cail nm tne great war governor in that con-
yentlon) would resist the passage of troops
(raised by draft across the State of New York
and Mr.. Lincoln would find that they would
be war Il understood him to says Democrats,
instead Of peace; Mr.. Bradbury prndently
iOIuOooOo 4uI. 1llIudu uOt 10 put That SD6ecl
in the PRESS, and it was suppressed. Mr..
Wiggin of Saco said this draft ordered by the
democratic" Lincoln should be resisted by
every man, woman and child. Then arose
rebel disloyal yell that sounded like the howl
of hyena. Were these opponents of the draft
Republicans? and was Seymour, ''the great
war governor" addressing mob of Republic
cans and calling them his friends in New
YORK city in that same year 1868? Was it the
Republican party that called the war failure
in the National convention in 1864? And were
they Democrats who sustained Lincoln all
through the war? Was 1 voting against that
cratic neighbors like MIR. Joshua T. Emery
and Mr.. 5. j. Anderson with disloyalty? Was
assuring them that they never could carry
through this unconstitutional war waged by the
usurper Llncoln and that hoped every man
who went out to fight would be defeated?
am In a terrible middle about this thing,
Mr. Editor, wish you would explain.
REPUBLICAN,.