Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1854-08-17

because we were true to the democratic party,
still we have no disposition to handle him
roughly We apprehend, however, that the
current of democratic feeling in this city will
be found with the general tone Of the follow
ing communication. If our correspondent has
erred, it is in making too much Of small
thing
For the Eastern Times.
DR.. Amos Nourse.
Mr.. EDITOR Il have just had placed in
my hand the report, in the Portland Adver-
tiser, of Doct. Nourse's speech at the wing
fusion meeting in Biddeford. cannot say
which class of feelings have been stirred most
by the perusal Of this speech, those Of pity or
disgust; sure | am have been exercised more
by feelings Of pity than Of anger. The DR..
has now fulfilled the long standing prophecy
of his best and most intimate friends, by GO
ing into the full and loving embrace Of the
whig party: and while his apparent detection
may surprise some Of those who have known
him at distance, not democrat in all this
section Of the State will hear of his last move
upon the political chess-board with the slight
est degree Of Amusement. His evident ten
denotes have all indicated for years past, pre-
cisely what has now become fixed fact
One remark in his late speech is full OF truth
He says, near the close, 81 have been an actor
in the democratic party some thirty odd years =
Yes, an ''actor ~ How significant the word !
Very few Of the crank and file'' ever felt that
he was ANYTHING but an "actor''-that he had
any heartfelt sympathies for the democratic
cause, that he had any feelings in common
with the people, or that his services in behalf
Of the cause were likely to be retained for il
upon any other conditions than those which
secure the services Of other factors" to wit
the conditions of quid pro quo. | do not
charge that Dr.. Nourse has been Intentionally
dishonest in his past connections with the dem
ocratic party, or that he has not lived up to
! his idea of democracy and democratic obliga-
tons but do say that since his residence
in this city he never has had the confidence OF
any considerable number of the party-he has
never been regarded by them as hearty CO
laborer. He has never mixed with the peo-
pie, never mingled in any of their meet
ings except TO try to rule them, and | state
only the truth when ! say that many of our
best men have often thought and said that the
party would be greatly strengthened in this
I city by DR.. Nourse's withdrawal from it.
San actor for thirty odd gears Just about
\ the length Of time since he was indicted into
/ government office, and commenced feeding al
the public crib So long as he could retain
the Hallowel Post Office and receive a share
of its revenues WITHOUT bcstowal of personal
labor upon it, and thus have his whole time
/ for professional business, so long his uneasy
spirit did not show itself sufficiently to trouble
those who were the working men of the party
who bore its burdens and received but few
! Oh lis rewards IN tu6 CUlrSe OF human evems
\ he lost that Office, and shortly afterwards he
succeeded to the Bath Collectorship His
course since has been well known and fully
1 appreciated. While in that Office he had No
u
the party in the district. He was rejected by
the Senate, and from that day he has been
troubled with an evil spirit, which, with short
intervals, has allowed him rest neither day
nor night. His proclivites for the abolition
party are matters of history. When Gen
Cass was nominated he prophesied all sorts
of ruin upon the party, and it was quite as
much labor as his friends felt justified in i'm,
posing upon themselves 10 persuade him into
the ranks. lie did condescend, just before
the election, when perhaps he thought Mr.
Cass's chances Frightening, to meet the mass
es in our City Hall, and in set speech L
\ give in his full, free and apparently hearty ad
hesion TO the doctrines in the Nicholson let
ter Of the non-intervention Of Congress will
slavery in the territories. Gen. Taylor wa,
Y elected, and the Compromises Of 80, includ
I ing the Fugitive Slave Law, were passed
Then came the explosion The doctor wen
4 off in a tangent, and wrote his famous lette
I 10 the free soil convention at Winthrop. III,
made an effort TO drag the Eastern Times afte
him in series Of elaborate articles, but in thi
/ he was banked before his labor was completed
7 He then for a season seemed to stand alone
v HIS constant theme, when in conversation
with democrats, was the ingratitude of the par
v ty,and the wrong he had suffered at its hands
The people of Bath had never noticed him
he had never been consulted in relation to mel
and measures, he had received the cold shout
der these were among his bitter complaints
with which he was ever accustomed to regalt
his democratic brethren when so fortunate a.
to gain their ears. In this cold, isolated, re-
pulsive attitude was he found when Franklin
Pierce was nominated for the Presidency
While all around were heard the reoicings o.
the democratic masses, he stood non-commit
tai, non-committed, until evidence was ire
sistibe that the nomination was to be ratified
att tho nnlIS Then the nr 4ooI- he roe;t;c,