Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1880-09-23
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Secession Defended.


Meridian Mss, Mercury, Aug -. DEM
The chairman Of our committee has COM
mittcd the canvass to the proposition that"se-
cessIun was revolutionary and folly" 70
admit that Is 10 half condOne all the wrongs
the Republican party has inflicted upon the
| people of the South and still further con-
template remembrance of which makes
| the South solid and binds US together 10 op-
| pose 1t. To admit 1t is 10 admit that the
| people of the Southern States committed
rank treason. To admit it is to admit that
Jefferson Davis deserved to be hanged upon
that 'sour apple-tree," and only was saved
by the magnanlmlty and forgiveness of the
| conqueTors. 10 admit il Is TO confess that
| every wiling Confederate neck might right
| fully have been claimed by the halter To
admit 1t Is 10 admit that ANDY Johnson ut
tered patriotic sentiment when he said
TRAITORS must be punished and treason made
odlous 1t IS to admit that the punishment
that has been inflicted upon us-recoustruct-
| ION, caFpet-baggert, negro supremacy, plum
| der, spoliatlon and all-has been deserved
and that We got of well in saving our necks.
| II Is, IN fine, TO admit that We have no lust
| ana reasonable cause To oppose and vote
against the Republican party. 1t is to knock
| our platform from under US. IL is to take
away our cause and make Us appear ridicu-
lous and foolish as a mere restless faction
making causciess opposition. Convince
Us that secession was revolutionary and folly
and YOU take away the backbone which stiff
fens men TO stand up and oppose the Repub-
| Ican party To the bitter end Ii was
not the doctrine We held to when We com
mltted the acts Of secession. We held that
! ii was regular, peaccable and constitutional
| TO secede.
| II the canvass is TO be run to the tune the
| Hon. Chairman has raised and invites the peo-
| PIE To help hlm sing, We are glad he has post
| pCncd the barbecue. For one, We can't eat
campaign dinner with lie on our lips
we prefer to starye rather than pass our
| food through unclean, living lips. God
hates liar, and the more if he bellies HIM
| self, his conscience, his truth. his honor.
And now, the barbecue being postponed and
| disposed of, We are at loss to determine
what disposition to make Of the Meridian
| Hancock and English Club that invited the
Hon. Chairman to write that address. How
| ever, We have concluded to give this adj
vice: IL they are going to rest under the
| doctrine the Hon. Chairman mas announced
TOR them and by their authority, they might,
IN imitation Of Judas, who betrayed the Mas
ter, and, in betraying him, this true doctrine,
go and hang themselves as the decor
thing they can now do. We shall be glad
TO know that the Hancock and English Club
has gone glimmering, like the barbecue,
never to be seen or heard of again of men,
If the odor Of that putrescent address they
procured from the Hon Chairman is not
declared from their skirts. As to the Hon,
Chairman, after this miserable and disgust.
ing .fdur pas. We are clear that he should
bore him a gimlet-hole in the ground and
crawl into it. In his case, though, we have
one consolation; he ''is growing small BY
degrees and beautifully less" and very
small hole will hide him.