The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1869-06-04

Mr.. Nds6y Dre0ms.-1h Oemoeroey sde0p
As Ssogsstios Of Asir Leading Papsys, esi
ottsnpi % ksry Dead Issses-WAst pes Iqt
efas orgusissiios .4fir as co.p'effo" eT
Posf OvYn, CoxyxDsr x RoAps,1
(wich d In tie stais ~ Ksntasky,)S
I'D I.'arsT Nay 9, 1869. nl5J 81 }
! notist h N svenin paper wieh sot bold Nv
last mite, that va,lsndysum's organ. and In
fset most nv the dsmocra.is pspsrs nv ths north.
lad decided that the only hope for the dsnoe-
rscy ID 70 bury the dead past, throw overheard
lumber. clear the decks Cor aekshen. and 80 In
10 win. ,l..A h .. % . aHas
Before had finished reading The extr.sLs, I
fell into profound sleep, tho words Of the tszt,
Let us bury the dead past being tOrcibly Ak
Cd In my mind. Slsepin I dream q I ailus
do.
In my vision I found myself standin In ftout
Of Q immense buildln wieh he'd been erected for
the purpose nv holdin Democratic Nsshnel
Convsnahun into. Over the srchwsy wich
served m an euinence wus the inscripshun,
'NO,hin succeeds Ike suooess-enything for
suooess.' Ell felt that hsv . right to psrtici-
pate In enything Democratic, I entered the bull
din and introducing myself TO the Kentucky
delegsshun, observed the precocdins. A com
mi.tce had been appointed to tho ooudishen and
prosper nv the Democratic party, and that COM
mittee wus jest reportin. They informed the
oonvcnshun that Democracy was In decidedly
bad way, and that they saw but onewsy out Nv
the politikic wildernh In wich they he'd bin
wanderin for eight long years, like second
Isrselites, without the mana TO live unto vich
the hrst he'd, and that way wus 10 bury the
dead past, and to throw overheard the dead
weights that had fettsrcd the Democracy and
prevented em from winning the heats wich they
% much desired. f-4v.,,l..
Amen shouted vsllandygum siosd. adding
In IN undertone, 'Thst'll XIII Pendlston.'
amen shouted Pendletou, sddin In IN un-
dertone to ono Of his guard wich accompanied
him TO Moo York. 'That'll kill vallsndy.
gum. I
And each Nv tho leaders hollcrcd Amen feel
In that the skshcn killed Of everybody else.
1T Is we'll scd the chairman. Nov lets get st
this work Nv buryin the dead past es soon O.
possible, for tho Lord knows there's enough Of
Il to do. And when It's all done, the Democ-
rsy, relieved and strengthened, win 60 on con-
KERN and to conkcr.'
A hcavc was drawd up aiorc the chsirmsn's
desk, who called out in q stammerin tone, What
shall We commence oni'
.Prec trade may be oountid @ hety part
Of tho dead past rcmarkt delegate from
Pennsylvania.
Hustle Il in,' yelled the convention, and Il
wus accordingly hustled.
we may a. well Be buried with IL scd the
Moo York iu,portin dimoarats. and they COM
posed themselves beside Il, and the hearse pull
led out.
Tho Virginia rcsolooshen' sung out the
chairman, and forthwith Garrett Davis and his
followers remarkt that ef them resolutions wus
part Of the dead past, they must DO counted
In as dead pastors, and sendin their regrets to
their constituents they composed their limbs
for buriel, and tho hearSc, loaded with tho fear
ful weight, rolled out
States Rites sung out the chairman, and
forthwith all Nv the party known more particu-
larly as Conservative Copperhcads. Laid down
without murmcr To bo llf.ed In with It. II
took large number nv hsarses to carry this
load. and the taking nv them out tliinned ths
convenshun terribly. .....
Secession wus tho next call msde by the
chairman, and imejiately all the knites Nv the
Golden Circle, and the Sides Of Liberty Nv the
North, and nine-tenths Nv the Southern dele
gatcs. fell PROSTATE with their hands up to be
tied, and their eyes closed TO have pennies put
on them. arr.
'Rapoodeashun' was the next call, and with
out sigh, the delegates from Southern Illlnoy,
Ipjeanny and Ohio went down and wus load
cd.
'Class Suffrage remarkt the chairman, for
the eonveshun Wus gittcn fearfully thin, and,
with groan, two thirb Of wat wuslett huddled
into the hearses wich went out slowly.
Now scd the chairman, let the lumber, tho
dead weights, them wbore presence In our
party makes II stencil In the nostrih Nv tho
Amerikin people. let them be buried, that We
may have nothin In our ranks Questionable
And immejitly the drivers Nv the hsarses
prscipltsted themselves upon vallandygum,
VOORHEES,, Pernandy Wood, Pendleton, Hof.
mao, Frank Pcerce, and al Nv that clas, v'ch,
by the way, wus All that remained.
The chairman iookt at me, and I sIowsred st
him.
Sir scl he, Il must carry 700 out and bury
700, and then 10 H raN f
And then watf' scd I. gG a
And then suppose must commit soo'c'ds'
o. voted for all OF them which We hev oar'ea,
and for all tho principles We hev this day con-
dempei. sposs 700 am dead weight
And he vent for me. but during tho struggle
which ensucl, awoke. s--r
The dream wus only dream, and Wus glad
that Il WI, 70. It's al very well 70 talk Nv
buryins dead Issues, and % on. but sposin We
undertake that Herculian task, what foliows
Troo We have bcen rcslerly bustid on di'tino- |
tive democratic ishoos, but when Ss nrow em
overheard, wat Is len US. In What resPsck DO
vo differ from tho AblitionistA II 10 knock
out of the democratic crccd thu Assertion that
tbe nirser Is baboou. what is Il 70 prevent ~
from going over to Wendell Phillips and en-
braein Prsi Douglas. II We count States riies
and secession and sich, dcad Issues, and hist en-
out nv our platform. wherein do " din~ from
the blood Thirsty wretchc who drsnched the
country with gore E We deny the divine rite
Of repoodiashun, do We not towunst bow our