Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1840-05-02
Correspondence.
PENNSYLVANIA! ALL HALL!

PENNSYLVANIA ALL HALL!
Our readers are aware that we have heretofore
spoken less confidently Of the Key Stone than Of
almost any of the States we have claimed for Geu-
eral Harrison and the reason of this was that our
newspaper sources of information were not sufli.
GENTLY specific to justify US in employing the
confident tone in reference TO this old republican
Commonwealth that we have in relation TO New
York, Ohio and other StatesR The following, how
ever which we are permitted to copy from the lei
ter of an old, stead y-minded and well infosmed
member of Congress, to his friend in this place,
puts US at perfect in reference not only to his
own State, but the others which he claims for Gen.
erGl Harrison-certain, ~iTiumphantly elects
him (by majority of 52) wfIlout Virgnc, or
other States, res arded by him doubtful. If any
Of these should go for him (and we have no doubt
at least majority Of them willy his majority will
be tremendoas--overwhelmi 0tr Under any
uieO Of the case, the days of misrule, corruption
and calamity are numbered.
WASHINGTON CRY, 10th April, 1910.
Pear Sir:
| have do doubt of the success of General Har-
rison in Pennsylvaaia, andin my opinion by pref
ty large maj GRITTY. Information have from
all parts of the State S that .tfe changes are very
numerous in his favor; it would occupy too much
time to enumerate the districts where changes have
taken place. will barely mention one Or two
In the LIST Congressional District in Philadelphia
(Southwark) at recent election for Town officers
the regular ticket opposed to the administration,
have been triumphant by about four FIVE hundred
ms ior;ty which bnc p;yon bor law. yo,o
on the other side for the last ten or twelve years.
In my own district, composed of the counties Of
- and ---, at the election Of 1886, Gene
raj Harrison had 1900 majority; now am assured
it will be near, if not quite 5000. Indeed soma
friends write that they upprehend before the elect
ion there will be but very little opposition to the
old General.
| cannot conceive how any one can doubt the re-
suit in Pennsylvania. Not long prior to the cleo
ton of 1926, the only convention that nominated
General Harrison, perhaps in December, assembled
at Harrisburg; in that convention there were nino
of its members made public protest against the
nomination of General Harrison, and some of them
held out as opponents to the last of whom pub
lished newspaper. A number came into his sup
port but too late to be of much service In conse.
quence of this dsorganzation, we lost several Con-
gressiona districts, and also beaten by large
majority for members of the legislature. Notwith-
standing all this, General Harrison came within
about $500 votes Of taking the State.
On the present occasion there is complete organ
ization without one arlng voice, with an enthusi.
asm never equalled in the State at any period cx-
cept for General Jackson in 1888, when that gen.
teman received a majority Of rising $4,000 This
fact to lis very clear, that General Harrison on
the former occasion, like General Jackson, outrun
all his friends, and it will be at the approaching
ELECTION.
take the following as result that l think may
be relied upon in favor of General Harrison, towit
Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Yer
mont, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Ohio,
Pennsy lvana, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Lousi-
ana, and Kentucky, making TIA. 1 think we have
a fair chance for Virginia, Maryland, North Caro-
lima, and Tennessee, making SO more, and 80
friends in Georgia and Alabama, speak with conf.
dence.
Now l may be considered as over sanguine, but il
am, there are many of our friends who have fallen
into the same error and ca only say, that, if
am deceived in my calculations the indications Of
public opinion are not guides to be relied upon"