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Mr.. CHRISTr:
After hearing so many loud
and grievous charges made against the
Carroll Free Press Of having refused to
publish any thing favourable to Martin
Van Buren,, was somewhat astonished
TO see a communication in your last No.
signed "RepubIican,' and that that arti
Gle was penned by the very individual
who should have made such cuarges,-
what Mr. KS. motive was in penning that
artlcle>t cannot concetv'; Tor there are
but three Inducements, mat / know o.,
tor 'Aen to scribbe IN the public
Dr'n'si let, to correct falsehood, Cd TO en-
IIghtenthe public mind, and 81 TO show
to the world that heis smart man.
'Letus then exa aineMr 1R's.' cenmu,
nication and determine, If possible, by
which Of these Inducements he was actu
ated in pennIng that article, list to cor.
rect taIseaOOd i very much doubt wheth
erIhe correction of faIsehoed could have
been his motive, fromtEe fact of his deal
ing so laVIshIy IN it hImself. He sets out
by saying thatlhere were not ia atten
dance 100 at The ulrrison meeting held
IN the court house on the 18th August
WhelherthIs assertion ofMr R's.is true or
false appeal to any member of that meet
Ing Ofbe be man IN whose word con.
'hjence can be PlaceD iftherc were not
present on that evening at least 300 citi.
zens, andit was said by an individual
Who counted, as nearly as possible, that
th'fe we're upwards of 800; bu: one ching
Is evident there were then assembled
larger concourse Of people than was at
any one time during the whole term the
'couFt; and must bear testimony that |
never saw collection of people for po.
IltlcaI purposes, where decOrun was more
strictly observed than in this, with 3 ex.
l'ceptlons, which 8 probably MIR r. him
sAf can tell mere about.
Further upon this subject, Mr. r. says
ne was GStOniShed to see 300 placed at
the head Of the proceedings of this meet
lngi doubtless he was dStOniShed, after
having been told by his leaders, and him
sell relterating it, that General VIM. H.,
Harrison was a coward, 10 see so many,
even 300 citizens, The majority Of whom
were old and respectable farmers, assem-
bIed there, and, by them, chiefly for the
purpose of raGuting the base caumny of
llarrison's being cOward, which calum.
ny was there amply refuted, not by the
lawnlng sycophant, not by the contempt
lble demagogue, not by the office. seeker,
but by the soldiers, the veterans Of the last
war, and the men who fought by HGrri.
son'SSide. Yes Mr. R. that story which
tew can tell was there amply told, and
that too by those by whom it should be
told. They were unwilling to let slip
that opportunity to do the General justice,
and the charge of cowardice, made,
PERHAPS, by those who fled their coun
try's service, and PERHAPS taken back
at the point Of the bayonet.
In penning tho following words "the
teers tears shed on that memorable g.
vening &C." perhaps The gentleman's con
science smote him and he imagined him
sell in that station to which he more prop
erIy belongs, and where shedding oI tears
is frequent. Bat enough on this point.
| Mr. R. further remarks that II am cred
IDLY informed that the whole cOrgrega-
ton would not have amounted TO 1907
"one third of whom was [werel decided
friends of Martin Van Buren," who, ere
turning from their own meeting, stopped
in for amusement" sc. did once be-
Iieve that Mr. R. had some little regarC
for his UerGcity. He must have suppo
sed that there were none present at the
Van Buren, meeting who would dare ex
pose this laIsehood, for he we'll knew
that the largest number at that meeting
was forty Sepen, consequently had every
man who attended The Van Buren, meet
ing called in for amusement they woult
not have amounted to one third OF tn
Harrison meeting, according TO Mr. KS
own calculation.
think that every candid reader vii
perceive that Mr.. r. has deviated a 1T
tie from tho truth; which conclusively
proves that tho correction OF fdlsehooc
lrds not what he was acluated by in wri
ting his communication. But let VI
take another view ofthe subject-the Val
Buren, meeting was held in the Oh Cour
room at one o'clock, and lasted about