The North-Carolina standard., 1844-10-09
Holm. i u. i. Z. MCMAHON.

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AS usual, Whenever aud wherever the fedeT-
alsts are defeated, they charge fraud and foreign
interference upon the democracy Tbs charge
has just been made ythe Coons of Baltimore,
and Il has been most indignantly repelIed in an
article in the last Baltimore. Republican, by a
number of the most Distinguished and influential
gentlemen of that City. This charge has salso
called out the following Card from John V.
L. McMahon, Esq.-the President of the young
Mems Whig National Conventional l84o-tUt
noso a mepber of and voter IN the democratic
party. What will the, Register say now2 A
few weeks since be endeavored to create the i'm.
preston that MI. McMahon had not come out for
the democrats Will the Editor now have the
candor, to set his readers right ia this matter
Here is the letter:
, - e. TO THE PUBLIC. .
Nv attention has been directed to an Address py
7" the State Central Committee of Maryland to the
Wings Of rhe uuion," purportiHg to be signed by
the members Of that committee In which h rs
CHARGED ON their beliefs that fully 1900 votes were
falsely and surreptiliously introduced into the
g ballot-box and that they have been tae Pfodoet
81 of a skful and diligently perpetrated ffan4 upon
the lights of the real voters Of Baltimore"
Having long since retired to private life, have
borne no part in the political contests OF the DAY
beyond the free and unreserved expression OF my O.
pinions and views as private citizen: andIn the
maintenance of these. have on this occasion ca st
my vote 'withthe Democratic Party, claiming and
reseryng 10 my self the privilege, often denied to
the mere partizan, of approving or comdemning as
my own judgement may dictate and following the
lead Of no party except in accordance with Its die
tates. But although moi enrolled as an active MEM
her in the ranks of the democratic party, have
vet from community Of views and opinions, been
necessarily into free and frequent eommun-
during the past contest, with many OF the act
i've and Hue ntial members of that party, and have
had, as believe freely and unreserVedly disclosed
to me- every thing relative to their prospects, prog
ress and probable vote. During The whole OF that
intercourse, far from observing any thing like
design intention, or wish introduce illegal votes
into The baotng at the past election, deem it due
TO them 10 say, that they have on the contrary, al
all tiaes manifested and expressed the most sincere
and earnest desire and hope that all illegal votes
might be exeiuded the utmost anxiety adopt any
measures which would ensure that result !; the ut
most determination to prevent il al all hazards,
and the most thorough conviction that if prevented
on all sides, a brilliant victory awaited themin this
Fcity. deem it dueyto them also TO add, that sc
far from the number of votes cast, so greatly ex-
ceeding the anticipations of ALL it on the con-
trarY as thought generally supposed and certainly
By myself believed, and that belief expressed be-
fore the election, that the number cast would ex-
Eceed $4,000 votes; and that ii is within my knowE
edge, that one of thegentlemen, whose name is ap
pended to that Address, aud who, feel confident
could not have itbefore it was issued, has him,
self estima the probable Of this city at about
II 900. In conclusion thenI deem tdue to all the
members ofsthe Democratic Party, with whom
have beensin association during The past contest
(and they have been many and influential to ex-
press my Sincere and thorough conviction that the
above chafgeis as far as they are concerned, utter
ly unfounded and my belief, founded on all the
means of observation of the course, of the demo
cratic Party which have enjoyed. that il is equa
llY so with regard toI the action of that Party as
Party. -.s,
JOHN VI. MCMAHON. =
October 5, 1914.