The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1854-06-23

70 The following communication we
insert al The request OF a Maine Law Dem.
ocrai. We understand that il was refused a
place in the Democrat.
To tie Editor ofAs Maine Democrat.
Sir In your paper Of the 9th, 10th and
ODD, of May, you undertook to favor your
readers with history Of The Cary and Nor
rill parties. or rather, as you are pleased 10
have il, "iwin factions" If they are so,
however, they are no, so iden,ically alike
in principle, as not 10 be easily distinguish.
ed from each other. The former, going
for the repeal Of the liquor law. and for a
sort Of plumber Of The public lands the
latter, for sustaining Il q law, and opposed
10 plumber. But, Notwithstanding yon know
this, and, Notwithstanding your professed
pa:lial,'y 10 The law and the temperance
cause, aud your deep concern for The public
interests, you treat these "twin factions "
with the same degree of indisnity, and
most furiously denounce them both. as
'feebooters, stockholders, jugslrs. dema.
gogues, jaekals, and assess" and say they
are influenced only by "base designs and
sinister motives" These disparaging cpl
,hels, thus strung together, and yopr own
disnifed language; words with which you
have SO plenleously inierlarded your slric-
lures on the aforesaid sections Of The dem
ocralic party and why! Merely be.
cause they have seen fit 10 break from the
ihraldom ofcaucus and convention systems,
US Of late conducted, and ret up for Them
selves, as Independent, republicans. No,
content with your sweeping and wholesale
denuncia,ons Of them as faciionis,s, you
have unnecessarily singled out an iudividu.
al Of one the parties, and slandered him,
because as Chairman Of the State Commit.
Ice Of the Morrill, party; he appended his
name 10 notice for a mass meeting 10
nominate candidate for Governor. Tha,
man is your friend and your neighbor,
James NJ. Deering, Esq. Sir, 10 what length
have you no, carried your virulence!
In passing along you incidentally alIude
to the Chandler faction of 1852, the first.
born Of old mother Democracy's family OF
factions. 1t is not forgotten, that nj lis birth
you pronouncedi, illegilmaie, unruly and
refractory, and deserving no favor. But
now, this unlawful, uncomely and faciious
ban,ling has become your grea, favo'ile as
we'll rs that Of your associate leaders. I
shall not pretend 10 give your precise Ian.
guage, in your kind remarks respe'i ling The
Chandler party, bu, generally, The SUBJ
stance. You say, then, that they were bu,
deuded - ,ha, soon they re-
covered their senses, became clothed in.
their righ, mind, repenled Of their evil, and
returned 10 the true democracy. That after
all they were good temperance men "hon
es, in their intentions, and entitled to re.
'peciful considerations" That they mean,
no harm merely ",housht the Law was
IN obstacle 10 temperance, contrary 10 right,
md worthy Of immediate expulsion from the
Statute book" There, sir, are your own
words, though no, thus Italicized in the orr.
final. And when you penned them, you
must have known there was not the sem.
dance Of truth in what You wrote. You
thew that tina, party, or faction, was princi.
ALLY made up o. moderate drinkers and con.
iymed drunkards from the two grea. poli,i.
al parties. Sneh men the friends Of TEN,