The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1854-07-28

nvThe call for Peoples COMPRESSION.
al Convention in This District sadly dis!urbs,
as might have been expected il would, the
Democrat. The movement, foreshadows de.
feat to musiy ideas and servile or dumb as.
piran,s 10 Congress, and Of course the Dem.
ocrai fre,s, and fumes, and scolds about II.
We like lis wrilhing. There is meaning
in /, which requires no one 10 explain the
cause. Supplement, men are frightened,
dough.iaced candidates are nervous, and The
call causes trouble all round with the
rieuing politicians Of the dumb de-
mocracy. Nothing else was expected
The call originates with the people, is ap.
proved by them, and when was the Demo.
cra,, and the clique Of politicians which il
supports, known 10 supper, a popular muve.
ment! A measure, 10 obtain The supper,
of tina, paper, mus, be concoc,ed by petty
Jogging attorneys and clamorous office-seek.
ers in some underhanded, private way, aud
put through conventions by management
Grind out project in The mill Of intriguing
politicians who fix up the nominations be-
iorehand, aud the Democra, is sure 10 give
il aud them support. IT is most natural Tor /,
TO do so, il; editor has devoted his talents to
such business for years, has been sometimes
well and sometimes lily paid for it, and the
public expec, now nothing better or worse
from him.
The day, however, has passed when The
people can be frightened by the stupid, sill.
ly and stale cry Of Federalism, or popular
movement, be INSTRUCTED by denouncing il
as " Federal scheme or by circulating
falsehoods about the purposes and objects
of those who join in it. The Editor Of The
Democra, has done large business in such
denuncia,ion for several years past, and his
own experience Of results will show him
lha, i, has all availed nothing. The disor-
sanizing process has been going on faster
and faster, and men, who have been demo.
Gratis all their lives, and are really SO now,
do not regard his entreaiies or denuncia.
lions no more than they would the rawlings
Of mad man. They vote as they please,
and make sport Of his alternate wines and
threats. We shall not take the trouble 10
follow him in his rawlings about this Peoples
Convention, excepting 10 say, tina, he will
find il precisely wha, j, purpor,s 10 be. and
nothing else. 1t is no wing trick or feder.
al scheme, bu, an open, aboveboard mea.
sure 10 kill off in this district dough.iaced
men and measures, and il will do it. OF
this the Demoora, may be assured. The
men who have joined in this movement, un-
understand what they are about. They
mean 10 elect man from this COMPRESSION.
al District who will not only vote for The
restoration oil the Missouri Compromise, but
will vote against States with Slave Consti.
lulions being admitted into the Union, and
for complete severance Of the federal gov.
eminent from all supper, Of slavery. 1t is
not simply the re.es,arlishmen, Of the Mis-.
souri, Compromise tina, they 60 for, but
against any ratification Of its perfdious re.
peal, by sonc,ionins hereafter any of The
contemplated agsressions Of the slave pow.
err. There are thousands OF democrats in
The district who are determined upon this.
Many Of them have signed the call, and
more will vote for the nom inee Of the con.
veniion, without asking whether he has be.
longed heretofore 10 the wing, democratic,
or free soil party. The Democra, may con.
,inue its braying from This time until cleo.
ton day, may cry federalism, abolilionisn,,
and the like, - may scold and whine by
turns, turn men out Of the party one weel
and take them back the next, and the re.
sui, will be the same. The people Of this
Congressional District are determined that
supplement measures, and supplement men,
shall all go overheard together, and this
determination they will carry into full eiiec,
at the polls, We have every reason 10 be.
lieve.
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