The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1855-04-13

night, are put down, what blessed work |
shall be done. You hammer away at the
" Shebogans," and let them strike, as they |
have done, their ponderous blows aga;ns,
the rum shops and the gambling saloons.
When these last are closed up the Know
Nothings will have no excuse for being ont
late at night.
Thus far Shigilis you deal in generals.
You are equally happy at particulars
VIVA, happy defence you make for the
gentleman who brought some trouble upon
himself by attempting TO appear wiser than
a majority Of his fellow citizens, in school
matters. You ask:
Is he TO be Kissed from the hall where he,
as well as every citizen OF The district, las
a right 10 be, by gang Of Ignorant, Hitter
ale lickspinles, who cannot appreciate de.
cent treatment, nor know how 10 bestow it
who never look TO a higher position than
that which they occupy themselves They
are the most loaihsome and disgusting OF
all human flesh; it would be libellous 10
call them men.
Wesay no, such things ought not so TO
be. Ye, wha, can you expect from ga
gang Of ignoran, lickspit,les," especially if
their indignation is aroused by apparent de-
termination TO create trouble. Suig,lis, be-
tween US the gentleman was altogether too
much in hurry; he burst his boiler, before
the vessel was in motion. Had he waited
until the meeting had been organized it is
altogether probable that "the gang Of
ignorant, illi,eraie lickspi,,les" would have
lef, wi,hou, Kissing. The trouble all arose
from the gen,leman's hurry in letting of
steam. Strigilis you are dismissed.
Conserva,or :" what a beautiful name,
suggestive ofiogydom, old fashioned drunk
en- carouses &c., you come next. Your
opening is good one. You say:
crave the favor Of offering few COM
menis through the columns OF your paper,
with the hope that these efforts viii have
no injurious effects but rather induce re-
Election in the minds Of some portion Of the
people, upon the folly and sin Of recent,
events, so that way may be opened 10 i'm
provement for the future.
You seem 10 have call 10 preach-o,h-
era have had similar calls. One case in
particular we think Of in which a person
out west, having dreamed that he had swal-
lowed car, with a long tongue, the tongue
being LEFT sticking out Of his mouth, con.
cluded that the Interpretation Of the dream
was, lha, he had great deal Of tongue and
u call 10 preach, and so he entered upon
the work Of showing up the +" folly and sin
Of recen, events so tina, way may be open
ed 10 improvement for the future" You
probably have had dream and interpreted
it as did our friend out west into a call 10
preach.
We perceive iha, you half suspect you
are Know Nothing, and we suspect you
are, in this particular, about right, saving
the estimate you put on your abilities. See
how prc,,ily you pu, your weakness
Iwell know ,ha, have neither the ability
nor the time 10 do complete justice 10 The
subject-,o accomplish the object aimed al
in this communication. Nevertheless, we
will use our humble efforts, 10 the best Of
our ability, 10 present the case in such a
ligh, that the attention o! those who have
acted without due consideration may be ar
rested and turned 10 good account in the
RICH, direction.
Well,we don't believe you will accom-
plish The. object" Blu, nevertheless, we adj
wise you 10 use your I" humble efforts 10
the best OF your Z" ability" The man who
swallowed the cart with long tongue did
so, and, although we never heard of his ac-
complishing much, We, he had the sa,isiac-
ton Of feeling ,ha, he obeyed the call, aud
you can derive comfort from similar per,
iormance Of duty. You may do some good
and so long as you state propositions good
in part, a, follows, we advise you 10 con,in.
ne:
In tact, SO apparent is corruption upon the
very face, OF the Know Nothing organiza-
ton, that il would seem no one need hest.
tate moment upon that question, when /,
is considered that the fundamental principle
OF our government, is a belief in the innate
capacity Of the people for seli.governmen,.
This puzzles US. We cauno, reconcile
/ your attack upon the Know No,hings with
! your declaration. The Know No,hings,
about these times, seem TO be the people
They are, in fact, the people-and you are
ia believer in the capacity OF the people OF
selLgovernment" Why don't you allow
them 10 govern, and turn your call 10
preach in different channel! Suppose
you explain in your next. AS you intend
20 appear again, you may be dismissed
now. You will have good opportunity here
alberto make explanations as well as to bring
forward the developments touching events
tina, have transpired in Biddefort. Make
way, now, Couserva,or, for FIX Pioneer.
Ex Pioneer. you are the last Of the illus
,riOus three. and an PRED Eugineman.-
Your article is quite pi,hy and somewhat
personal as appears from the following ex-
tracts:
The whole pilh, spirit and intent of Mr..
Cowan's comments in the first instance, rs
well as in the last, is, square edged Ge,
and he knows it,. He knows that The men,
Der who gave him the information, told him
tha, he did no, publish il as he reported II /;
and Mr.. Cowan replies 10 him, Can't B,
helped nOp-it has gone out to the World-