The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1857-05-01
Still ouarrelling about the Dhtribu.
ton Of tho Spells.

The Democrat still continues 10 blaze
away at "the board Of trade" b.
,l.ot the wind from Clifford i"' lang
yes, its valiant sdlsc- ..o u'''"Af
e.. lie; to "distinguished members
me board Of trade"
In the three columns, which appears in
the Democrat, this week, on this matter. q
few extracts which we append, to show the
general drift, tho most notable is the decla-
ration that the new Collector Of Portland,
the notorious Mcdonald, 10 spoken Of as q
man who ",sho had been tried and not found
vanting."
The disgusting adulation Of traitor,
taken in connection with another article in
the same paper, in which the hope is e1.
pressed, that this man twill not surround
himself with men in the service Of the board
trade" looks very much a. II the writer,
though he may have given up all hope oil
entering the Navy Yard at Kittery, hopes to
find entrance INTO the Custom House, Of
Portland. In publishing the extracts we
adopta arrangement made by the Portland
vsrtiser.
"7he Chief In,trument.n
In the words Of the Argus-'how perfect.
To- that NJ. Nl;HnrI .ho,Il l..
had more than ordinary influence in this
matter and how perfectly natural will II
be for Nathan Clifford, when he looks upon
Maine office-holder under this administra.
ton, with fixed eye and pointed finger, to
say: = You, sir, owe your appointment
to me. So far Us to the chief instrument.
Har.length Portrait Of John appleton.
The first named Of these gentleman is well
known here as editor Of tho Eastern Argus.
He has passed credltably throagh several
public stations the democracy OF this State
generally thought him competent to gil still
other and higher stations Nc thought 30
too we were both politically and person
ally his friend; but the democracy have
been utterly disappointed IL him. 1t is now
clear that either nature never endowed him
with the quality and amount OF heart and
brain that he has had credit for, or that he
has had credit for, or that no suffers from an
evil as potent as befalls those who
- put an emmy In
Their mouths, to steal away their brains"
CHARCOAL SKETCHES or rARRIs AND wIGoIs.
As to Virgil d. Paris and Benjamin
Wiggin, they are already 30 completely
branded over with the marks of political in.
fanny, that We cannot find upon either Of
them new spot upon which to put our
marking iron, unless we should strip them
to the waist. So we let them pass, with
the SIMPLE remark that any ono who touch.
es them politically has need Of immediate
aromatization to neutralize tho Jfshy oeoi
they are sure to communicate.
OIL PAINTING OF BIoN BRADBURY.
Bion Bradbury ought to be found in bet
ter company than that he was in at Wa,h'
ington during the months campaign that
comes under our review. But, step by stop
he has departed from the straight and OILY
honorable path Of public preferment. tillal
most everything political is with him an ar
ticle of bargain and sale and he is as mich
ut home in political board of trado a,
in well furnished Washington restaurant
His plea ant, rubicund face, and geneou,
nature, have procured him immunity rom
political tickets that would have fatally
dishonored one possessed Of less pleasing en-.
dowments. He has more ability than the
rest Of Mr.. Cllford's "board." aud tim'
may show that he has cheated them, as mucl
Is they all have cheated the honest dcmoc
racy Of Maine.
THESE DEMOCRATS AND THEIR DAG.
These appear to have formed Themselves
into board, and resolved, first. that The,
constituted The democracy Of Maine, and
second, that in Nathan Clifford and them
seize, were " concentrated all tho interests
Of the party"
This is the kind Of democracy Y John APP
pleton g. Co."-cwncrs of the Eastern Ar
gus-are now promulgating through TIT
columns Of their orga1. But they may &
on patching up the rents which the arrow
Of truth make in the ,cindy bag called Cliff
ford's "honor" and reputation, and in
flating it anew till the wind is oil pufct
out Of their present editors, and then en-
ploy new hands ut the editorial bellops, OF
apply horse power, there will never bt
true democracy enough in 1t to make 1t wor'
thy while for the people Of Maine to take
the aforesaid bag and its appenda9c upon
their hacks That's our oniniOn