The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1856-05-16
The Saco Convention.

Inc oaCO SOuVeutlOu.
The Convention held in Saco to select del
egates to the Philadelphia Convention, was
more fully attended than We expected. 1t
numbered over hundred persons, represent
ing every portion Of the district. The ag-
rieultural towns Notwithstanding 1t is 'secd
time" were well represented. and the Con-
vcntion was composed of the best men of the
district. 1t was gratifying sight to see
men, who have been. until within few years
attached to different political organizations,
meeting and taking counsel together, and
uniting to preserve the liberty which was
purchased by the tolls and sacrifices of the
men of the revolution.
The absurdity of supposlng that oldparty
organizations exist otherwise than in name,
was most apparent from the manner in which
this convention VS. composed. Men who
voted for Pierce, for Scott or for Hale, many
of them men who have held important legis-
lativc Offices in the parties to which they were
respectively attached, were to be seen acting
side by side in this Convention. A sense OF
common danger has brought with il COM
mon union, and old and efietc party organi-
cations, have been abandoned when they
have been found obstacles TO the progress OF
freedom, or only used as instruments to propa-
gate Slavery. Here as well as elsewhere this
is so.
The Convention was harmonious in oil It's
proccedings-unusually 50, and the number
in attendance indicate that the interest OF
the people of this district in the cause of re-
publican liberty still continues. The dele
gates selected are reliable men, Of known
character and established reputation, and in
their hands may be safely put the power to
represent the people of this Congressional
District, in the great Convention for freedom.
E'Bonney's communication in disparaSe-
ment of the fair, published in our last with
caveat of our own, has walked Milly Nor
ris, and she sends us the following, which
we print for the benefit of all concerned
If Bonney is not more morose, than we take
him to be, he will not turn away from Mil
ly's suggestion in the last paragraph. Any
thing we can do to put to flight Bonncy's
f" false notions" by helping him learn how
well Milly can mend stockings, make beds,
sew on buttons, save money, &C., shall be
done. We are at the service of both par
ties in the capacity Of q mutual friend.
For the Union 4 Eastern Journal
To Bonney.
SAco, May llth.
Yesterday was as dull, drizzly, disagreca-
BILE a day, as was ever set down in the CAL
ends of May. was most Economically af.
flicted with "cnnui," or to speak more
vulgarly, the I" blues" tried everything
to dissipatc them, but it was "no co." till
| took up the Union and Journal, and my
eye fell on Bonney's unsentimcntal produc-
ton.
There! l didn't have any moro blues
after reading that. 1t "riz my dander"
instanter. And now Bonney want you to
stand up here and be talked to.
Are you bachelor? If you are, don't
your landlady think you are just as well of,
if your bed is not made up but once week?
Don't you have to sew on all the missing
buttons yourself. Don't you get up some
cold morning, and put your foot into 'onc
end Of your stocking, and it comes out OF
the other end? And then don't you have
to draw it on over the bedpost and mend it,
so you won't think you arc putting on an
extra pair of DR. pants the next time? And
by the time you've got them sewed up,
h,lvn't your feet got the " blucs?' In short
haven't you dropped on your knees to some
pretty girl, and offered her your heart and
yourself thrown in? And didn't she look
astonished, and ask you you didn't know
she'd been engaged to tho handsome fellow
" over the way, more than year? Guess
YOU have. That's the secret Of your spleen.
But may be you are not n bachelor, per-
hans YOU are married man. Didn't you
expect an angel and got most gloriously
sold? Good! hope you did. Have you got
A mother and sister? and are they such as
YOU describe? Ifnot, then they are e1cep-
tions to your general rule.
Allow me to ask, are there no black sheep
on the other side? Are they oil prudent,
energetic, self sacrifcing' Do they never
spend anything for cigars, in billiard saloons,
in bowling alleys, in horse racing? Do they
never 20 to balls and concerts, and forget to
take their wives with them?
Strange women are not more economical,
when men are so prudent and industrious
Bonncy, don't I wish l had you to deal
with The way I'd put to flight your false
notions. The way I'd mend your stock
inrs, shake your bed. sew on your buttons,
ave YOUR money, Tighten your tasks, cheer
your heart. would lie a caution to thriitless
wives and all mankind in general:
MiLLr MoRRn.