The pilot and transcript. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1840-1841, 1840-11-24
m THE PUBLIC

- az IN the views L have presented, and 1fee
,saaAsrshange ofopinion IS invited. f.. Fia
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nv, fTAs denomination Of this press by the W hig
=. uaral Conan Of Maryland, deyolvcs upon
=ap ss te necessity of sxplaining the cir,samstan-
~g sens attending That extraordinary proceeding. FL
tvs The undersigned advocated the election Of
leena Harrison in 1896, The body Of the Wing
asy Of this city preferred SEr. Clay. The Leaf
,a sssag politicians were dissatishsd the Domi-
: isAEicn OF General Harrison by the Harris
~ lzausEA Convention, and none OF them believed
- ~ be oouldb elected The 'sPatTiOt" was the
Ei--s=ay Wing paperin Baltimore Many Of thepeny
4azsired.tbe establishment OF jealous and eff
> -skont morning daily paper, The city is divided
azketselve wards, each Of which deputed five
ssssa1bers, who constituted the Harrison Conven-
ssaU, and this Convention appointed one delegate
~ Nm each waiS, who together with the President
u ~ khe Convention, constituted the City Central
Gmnmittee sFhis ComIaittee were Instructed
49, g4he Convention 70 make arrangements for the
& eseah AishineIit Of morning paper They appoint
SIX 81 a Subj emiattee, who called onrne and said
~ they had endeayored TO do 50, bdtcould not
That they could find no competent person who
Ia the means, and would undertake it--that
: 10y applied among others, 70 the Editor Of the
! y. Patriot who declined their offer. They said
ssa kkat tbs party anxious and much dissat-
=. ised at their failure, 'fhsy wished to know
AZ ssssether my services could be obtained, and
SzsAat sum they would be required to advance
s eailed At Several of the principal printing off
:as and obtained estimates, showing that the cost
ws11d be about eighteen thousand dollars per
szsnnm, and agreed to establish the paper if the
Ssnnnittee would advance three thousand dol
T. AMss 70 cover the LOSSES which must necessarily
= ash<tie It was distinctly understood that hat
azzn=yFzs to bean indemnity and not losn, and
= \ was further understood, that although estab
s1sed as party paper, the press was ts be indie
,sszs5ent, and that alope was TO be responsible
! Aar rs enlargement With this understanding,
Il prepared q prospectus, and it SO happened, that
Axtsasess called three members oftbe Coramittee
I'D myseif.to Annapolis, where the arrangement
zswzs communicated to the members Of the Legis-
? azsureL The agrecmentwith this Subj COMMITTEES
49, lad been reported to the City Central Cdrn-
sai4ee and unanimously approved. II was
4eAsdGAt expedent however, that it should he re-
s,stcd to the CITY ConFelton, ard the prospectu-
~. sftl.S printed, was not published. The Wing
z.snaber ofthe Legislature took up the subject,
2, I'D ended the paper, in strong terms, TO
80 ne patronage OF the party. Copies oftbe pros
;sIse5Eis iogal thfir way to Washington and were
! asserted Ia the Washington papers. ref7iYed
< asa1y asttering l,stsrs, and especially from
: sSushesn me hbefs of Congress, me 70 pro-
: .assd. Twas detained some days at Annapolis,
.sss returning 70 Baltimore, found that the
vprietors OF the Patriot had published the first
- sssuinbey oftAe Log G bin Advocate. found, to,
sAatgreat efforts had been made opreyent the at
(. .lz,tion oi the report OF the Committee by the
rkyeiti,s flatit had, IN fact, been deferred for
snsideration 1t was however, al the neXt meet
~ me The Convention, adopted with great unani-
saity, and persons were appointed ineach ward to
eJvtain Subscribers The assurances received in
: NJ 5ooea me to ccmnitnce the publication One o
al sAs measures adopted at the organization OF tn
-. . ;5sarty, was to cali State Constitution Ih'
Ahief measure adopted by that Convention wa
!. me appointment q a State Central cosnnittee
Z, Twas first proposed that this Committee shcul'
.rnsist of seven persons; but the proposition t.
~ ( .<rease the City Central Committee by the ad
a;4is1, of eight new members, with power to an,
..- ,,,4 10 act, finally prevailed The announces
,l,c IL " members Of the Committee CAV.
.-.,at dissatisaci ol saw that there were
a -risfs and pr tejealousies, which were Difficult
nhe reoonciled, and resolved, for myself, to haS
or lot IN them, but il possible, without be
paaing identified with either, to concentrate tn
Ky .s~eies Of all IN the common cause, the sqese'
Z - Il which, was anxious to promote, and sene
VA II resolved to appropriate some private fund
uA;ch / had intended for other uses, to the su
,sut Of the paper, and to relinquish my lclai
i ,s,on the party for the advance which the b
stipulated to make
ss The City Committee having required the Sta
4 .s Central Committee tofulfl theobigations whit
The old Committee had contracted with me,
subcommittee was appointed to wait upon m
and ascertain what those.obligadons were. 7
taas Committee / said, that my desire wsz'
gazraonize the action Of the party; that i.|igse
% 70 do all in my power to promote IT; tina
.rrsretted to find jealcusies, private views I
.sssirust existing; that for my own part ?
y,t.ak Of none. and would not becc =. tie inst