The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1856-08-29
Pioneer Hall, pomIpatod JOSIAH 8. Lid

tho democratic convention concure IN the
nomination Of Mr.. Little.
The thing was managed adroitly. The
question now is this, whether the Office hold
ers--or in other words whether strait whig'
CRY absorbed the Sham Democracy or the
Sham Democracy, Strait whigsry. W.
saw the whole operation. and the most curl
Gus sight Of the whole was to sec our old
friend Geo. Evans, whose head Is silycred
over with age, and whose reputation ha'
damaged by the attacks Of the men with
whom he Is now acting, marching into Cen
trail Hall, he at the head Of the column, Ly'
man, Of Portland in the centre, and Deputy
Sheriff Tarbox Of this city, who sometimes
works in strait wing harness, then again
in q Democratic one, bringing up the rear
and after listening to tho cheers ofmcn who
have all their lives long, until within o few
m. nths befouled Mr.. Evans with their ribalt
testing about pcccadillocs with 'ladics fair,
and then broader statements Of dishoncs,
official action Of allowing Gardiner Claims
informing them in blandest tones that eve
were all together now" the Union must b.
saved, and S,ovcr Little the man who said
in 1876 "thdt the further eneroaehmenfs o
the Stare po,rer must be resisted" was the
man from the first Congressional District
who eating his own words "would save thu
Union," and implorlng in dulcct tones thu
Office holders to take him. We felt some
thing near to pity for Evans, when we sav
him in such company, but he acted his par
well, all went smooth whilc the marria:
ccrimonics were being performed. Littl
went on to the platform, and pledgins him
self, body, soul and boots to Border Rattan
ism and to vote for It's platform, James Ba
chanan, now stands before the people Of tn
first Congressional District, the Strait Wing
Border RuiIian, Buchanan, Sham Democrat
Candidate LOT congress
We return our thanks to the Office holder
Convention, and the Strait whig caucus 70
this result of their labors. Little Is the ma
above all others they should have taken as
candidate. He was always good for the can
didacy, but very bad for q reality. Some
how or other the people would not vote f.
r him before, and they will not now. Yet h
is Just the man the two conventions shou!
have taken. lie represents most faithful
in his own person the real idea upon whic
( the Buchanan party Is founded. lie Gu
bodys In his own person the aristocracy Q
wealth, ofoiical plumber, and the olisarch
Of slavery the aristocratic spirit Of the oil
sarchy of the Slave power of the South an
the Doush-faceism Of the Sham Dcmocrac
Of the North. With the people-thc ID,
mocracy-his heart can never beat in un
son. He may try to do the amiaolc, wit
the people, but bear dancing q minuc
, would do it more gcntccly, than he coul
!, accommodate himself to the generous idc:
, of the masses. With the Industrious, hol
est, hard working mechanics, and farmc
of this District, or the intelligent mercl
a ants, he has no sympathy or can have non
and being thus destitute, he is most al
propriate candidate for o party which &
In Cor having mechanics purchased. whe
wanted and farmers to tllfor Others u
soil, under the lash of the olisarch oversee
: We say then the nomination, considcrir
these things was a suitable one, and we r
turn our most hearty thanks to those wi
made It. The district, safe before for ali
Y erty, Union and the Constitution" in Il
election of John NJ. Wood, is rcnderc
ioubly so, by this nomination.
On the nth of July 1856, this Mr.. Ii
tie declared publicly his determination
vote for Buchanan, and this declaration wi
: reiterated on the platform in Central Ha
d before the Office Holders Convention, Q
Wednesday. We presume that some Of Il
I Eve hundred straight wings who will vo
! for him, besides tho sham democracy, wi
!. ask support for him on the GROUND that
J is whis-for there is no limit to tho bra
Q en- elrrontcry of some of these whigs-b'
] the mask Is of, and the shameless apost.
who solicited abolition votes some years az
l stands cxposcd, and is therefore powcrless e
e mischief.
But what say III. Democrats about tn
] nomination. We know what some ofthcl
! will say AYE, what ono did say openly !
the Convention; "thai If The Damoerdt
party had got so iow as 10 surrender ITSELF n
10 the arms Of The fire hundred &raigi
Wings in The District, ii had batter disban
at once, "'and this key note will DO sounde
in tho District, and hundreds Of Democrat
will not vote for the nominee, even to av
this union of Stnight Whisgcry and Shan
Democracy. We do not doubt, that none
will be poured out literally and the nominc
has good deal, and il he will not fork owe
III that is wanted, there's tho peoples pill
to go to. It will nor answer, however; tn
people will take good care to send somcbod.
else to Congress than Josiah S. Little.
We agaiu congratulate our friends on th'
assured safety Of the Union. It's safe now
md growing safer every day.. twas saved
some hundred Of times in our place on Wed
nesiay; Evans saved it; Appleton saved Il
Little saved it; Mcdonald saved 1t, beside
lesser luminaries. Indeed, every body saves
1t on Wednesday, not excluding the Frcmon,
speakers in Beethoven Hall in the evening
and we hope now that tho work is done, sv'
cry body will breathe moro freely. "a sa.
We have thus hit of in this random way,
the great farce that was enacted here las,