The Whig standard. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1843-1844, 1844-07-30
GLORIOUS TRIUMPH IN OLD FRANKLIN.

The Lion bearded In his den!-the bull taken by
the horns - Siias Virgin, The great gun of
Locofocoisna, sIenced! 49,
Correspondence of the Albany Evening Journal
MALONE, July "a, 1874
Yesterday was glorious day for Old Franklin.
Sometime since, at meeting in one Of the towns
of this county, where the Locos had imprudcntly
allowed Wing to reply to one of their orators,
the Locos feeling chagrn at their defeat gave the
Wings distinctly to understand, that when Sllas
Wright and other big guns in their party should
be Oh the ground, they would allow full discus
sion between the two parties, and Their they would,
OF course. annihilate Whiggery.
AT length the leaders Of that party called mass
meeting, to be held in this village on the Odd ins'
informing the Democracy thai Slas Wright, Maj
Dlvezac, &c. would be present and address the
meeting. The Wings. thereupon, wishing to have
their friends hear the opposite well as their
own side of the political subjects the day, gave
out an invitation to all Wings in the surrounding
country to cone and hear both SIDES of the ques-
tion and sent j. W. Fow Ter, Esq, of Olsego
county, an invitation to be present, VINO at cepled
and was here ready for action. Both parties rail-
lied and came in. s
Between and 2 o'clock, p. NJ, the speaking
on the part of the Locofncos commenced. The
Wings were present, ready to hear what could be
said by their opponents. Hon. Mr.. Stetson, of
Clinton county, made the introductory speech, n
which he dwelt chl'Ay on the Old humbug char
ges ~ reference To a bank, building up mouopo-
lie-, Federalism, &c &C.. studously wedding
direct discussion Of the great points at issue be-
tween the two parties. lie was followed by the
Hon Silas Wright, who occupied about an hour
in attempting to show, as he said, what the Wings
promised to the people in 1910, and what they
had failed to Notwithstanding all the sins Of
John Tyler upon the Wnig party. He next
touched upon the tariff, taking the ground that
tariff was necessary only tor purposes Of revenue,
aud then made some ambiguous remarks upon
the subject of Texas, the main purpose Of Which
seemed to be, to explain his own course upon that
subject, and to reconcile it with Ills present sup
port Of Polk and Dallas. +. s
AT 4 O'Clock. p. NJ, the Wigs and many 9TH
ers, who were greatly disappointed at the vndi-
cation Of Polk, Dallas, aud Texas, by Stetson,
Wright, 81 CO., began to leave the "vast assem-
blage," and IN fifteen minutes the Locofoco ora.
t'rs looked up and behed their audience literally
filliag the streets, and thronging in crowds to-
wards the opposite side of the river. Here the
people assembled around the Wing stand, organ
lied, and called upon II. N. Brush, Esq. of Mora,
who led uf IN a short admirable address, and sat
down amid The hearty cheers Of the masses. .i'
They then called upon the ce ebrated ]. w.
Fowler, Esq, who entertained his audience for
about two 'urs by euch mastery eloquence and
c ,nvincing arguments as utterly to astonish both
Wings nd Locos, replying to The remarks Of Mr..
Ste'son, and answering, one by one, the charges
Of Silas Wright against the Wings, and show ing
the abSurdty of his doctrines on the subjects of
the Tariff aud Texas. He next took up at large
the important principles involved n the approach
ing election, canvassIng them thoroughly, and
especially showing how Numerically opposed are
the principles of Henry Clay and imes X. Polk
t he subject Of the Tariff. notwithstanding the
oft re; Gated assertion of Northern Locofocns that
|" Polk is as much Of a Tariff man as Clay" We
have never heard a more glorious vindicaton Of
Wing principles, and SO complete refutation of
every charge made against the Wings. No man
WIS ever more essentially "used up than Silas
Wright on this occasion. His arguments and
charges against the Wings were completely
blown to the winds. His own friends were over
whe!med with modification and shame. Mr..
Fowler was cheered with applause long and mer-
tied, and the Wings went home full of spirit and
ready for the coming contest. "a. y. .,r. e'.s n
In the evening the Wing masses again turned
out, and were addressed in the Presbyterian
Church by Judge Brown of Ogdensburgh, and
again by Mr. Fowler, with like satisfaction. You
will hear from Franklin in November next in
peals of thunder.
BAD STATE OF AFFAIRs.-We are sorry for
Locofocosn, bad as we hate it, if the following
frnp tho AZ ho