Lincoln telegraph. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1836-1846, 1840-10-22
Correspondence.
BANGOR Ger. l2. lS40.

To the Editor Of The Bath Telegraph:
FRIEND CLAGKE:-We had a fine day, and n
proud day for the friends of Harrison in Old Penob-
scot. F. o. ]. Smith has acquired laurels,
and carried dsmay into the ranks of the locos here.
They have boosted that they should be able TO
show him turncoat and a traitor by comparing
yhar he would say to day with what he has said
heretofore; and they were actually at the expense
of printing 5000 copies of his Portland speech in
1884 which were iLdusiriously circulated among the
assembled thousands this morning. The same
speech was published in the Democrat, and the day
of its publication (TuesGay) anticipated, so that it
was thrown all about the city at early hour. But
what was their dsmay, when he quoted from that
very speech to condemn them.
Most conclusyely did he show that he and the
other seceders from Van Buren, bound in con-
sistency to oppose the present administration. He
took up severaly tie charges that he, in common
with his former political friends made against Mr..
Adams administration the charge of extravaganza
- Of abusing executive patronage by melting Office
holders to interfere with the freedom Of elections,
and by appointing members of Congress to lmpor-
tant offices, Sc. "Eher' said Mr.. Smith these
charges were true. or false; either we made them
in good faith or did not. Ifthey were true. if we
made them in good faith, when we overturned that
administration we were bound to correct the evils
yve complained Of Under such circumstances this
administration came into power we need not 60 into
an examination of the intervening years. The same
party that elected Jackson, elected Van Buren,, and
h. 10. thp
charges made against M Adams were true, and
we made them in good faith who will have the in
consistency to sustain Mr. Van Buren, for doing the
same things we condemned in adams, when every
one must that Van Buren's little finger is thicker
shan .adams's lons. IF Adams was extravagant,
Van Buren, is three times much so-if Adams
abused executive patronage-what limits have
bounded Van Buren, in the same direction. So far
mad Office holders interference ofthe elections gone,
that poor Woodbury. had complained of being left
alone to superntend all the offices at Washington
Here Nh S read from Woodbury's most affecting
letter to friend in Maine. who complained to him
ofthe long neglect respecting the boundary question.
He then took up the pledges made by the Jackson
party when it came into power and showed most
conclusively that this administration had violated
every one of them. eff then," said he 1--WE made
those pledges in good faith, were we not bound to
redeem them and ifthose we entrusted with power
have failed to execute those pledges, to be
charged as traitors Cor Withdrawing from them our
support
But have not time give you even skeleton Of
a speech which for more than three hours chained
the attention of thousands, standing in the open air.
No one seemed to be wearied. The aged and the
inhrm stood there, and until Mr.. Smith closed, no
one seemed fatigued. Judge then what his speech
must have been. 1t was a vast and respectable
sssembdge, three times large as have over seen
IN this place on any occasion, | was glad to see