Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-07-10

JONI p. Wu,o>, .cr,tary.

JONI 7. Nn,o>, :sr't2Ty.
Tmr roLr NiriGs Atr,IE.-.t correspondent: at To.
lcdo. an eye and ear witness l. Tie sIrrugS ana GotH->
ut Fort M".-s. and who wtth many o;hr- Democrats,
contributed 10 s"cll the number IN attendance, places
the affair IN It's true light no doubt. IN regard L. liz"
acres covered, as wei! as in other respects, w" give
Il a. II comes 10 Us, rItu the remark that It bears on is
face intrinsic evidence Of lis fidelity TO the truth, and
that such as desire to ret at the facts. will find them no
doubt truly recorded here III 4 very bret space. and d.
vested Of the embellishments winch the ia!t cider parit-
Fans are APP, to tall into. Il VIII b" seen that ti-ureS
which cannot lie. reduce the hard cider estimate 81
lO.HuD down 10 some : or ..uDn-anG Tins too, Under
tie most liberia! allowances, and inclusive o, all ~"
Democrats on the ground. Il VIII be seen also, that
the "harG cider mug which Mr. Dawson. IN his report
Of the Generals speech. is careful! 10 say was used by
him to wet his whistle with, is no Joke, BIZ. was acin-
ally there Oh the stand ia. the speaker, wiki JoRa ,fdc
hard cider in Il, or something harder.
In this connection, il may no; be improper 10 inquire
bY what authority the Ey. Journal and y. !. American,
IN publishing Gen. Harrison speech al Fort llcig>, as
reported b. Mr.. Dawson, have taken the liberty to sup
press or e1pn""e that part Of It where the General
paused 10 take a Swig Of hard cidrr:-.1J""y .irgU$.
THE FORT MEIGS JOLIITiCATIUN
Correspondence y ime .3r-E,J
TOLEDO, June y, l-io.
Surprising that a true account; Of the great WIN.
celebration 1t Fort Ileigs will be intcrrs.ia. 70 your
readers, "'I! attempt to giTc you ." exact history Of
the affair.
II .DutL HalUEdiit uS SHp,n.Nu- "iAf. tut lil.4l N~I
preparations that were mace, and the Efforts 70 draw
out the people. by promises on the part of The great
'NFh:G" steamboat monopoly, to TIE whole West, -
carry p&ss"E-... 10 the celebration a!!acs; Tor nothing,
&c. ,an, t!crn "aa!A nave Icen . -rca; turnout: but
such IL real. SIS not The case. In Tie first place. the
S;,aua.'.ai ,saJ'ua'Ion on the Lakes. .thc most o4Ious
monopoly mes .i.nc".J selected fourteen Of their small
est class o; boats Tor the business. They had two reasons
for this-CMc was 10 have them ascend to the Fort with
facility, anl another vas to have them all appear crowd
cd with passengers, IN order 10 make a bette! appearance.
Well, they 3ccre pretty we'll crowded with gentlemen,
b~lack!v-s, loaicTs, and brokcn-GOwn Spectators, who
could vel! spend their time and money. but Will ven.
ture to say, that not one out OF fifty were Of the yea!
hard working classes OF the counTy.-Tnosc could not
spend time, ILthcy were disposed. to help the Wings
make capita! for the next ta!! election.
have made Il close calculation. IS 10 the probable
number present, and will give II. and you can iHGge
Tor yourself as TO the accuracy o: the statements Of the
Wings, that there were $4,000 people present. cal.
cuiatc that each boat brought 800 mrn-which wall
make $1,000 that cam" by boats. About 50U came down
the railroad from Michigan, and 800 WAGONS zane in
from different parts Allowing seven for each WAGON.
- very liberal, and we have all told, the sum total o.
-,5GO-not quite 10000, As the Wigs have it. Bat
this IS about rs near as they ever come 10 the truth. X
is b. this mode %! reckoning that they calculate to
eject Gen. HARRISON. Vow whcA il i considered that
a great man. Democrats went there, Ike mvscli, out
OF curiosity, and That the military from the Lake shore
turned out without distinction OF party, il viii leave but
a small portion of :.WLirs" after al.
\ word, before | close, concerning the performances
at the celebration. Your readers wiil perhaps bc sur
priscd TO lcagm that General Harrison was actually
there himself Yet 50 it was. lis Keepers actually
consented to let him come, but not anti! they had given
him his lesson to rcpca, while there, for lie repeated
almost word ior wGr- a sentence of theirs, that .thc
public ought 70 take his past conduct as a criterion
for his future course, and exercise a generous conf.
dcnce.' But no where in his whole speech, nor in any
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