Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1848-08-05
MR.. SMITH. AND THE WILMOT
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occupied considerable space in the pub.
lie topics of the day for some time. There
has been much Misrepresentation on the |
subject. and strong effort has been made
to hold the wings responsible for its origin
and circulation. A correspondent Of the
last +" Democrat" makes the following allu.
sions to the subject, which we propose to
investigate lt,le:-
1.-The Wings, as usual, on The eve OF the cleo.
ton, are setting shoat all sorts Of slanderous re
ports, with the view to prejudice the democratic
candidates in those portions Of the county where
they are not personally known"
"a few days since, report was started, Sc.
cretly and cautiously, that Henry w. Smith,
ESQ.,. the democratic candidate for Representa-
tive in this county. was "Wimot Proviso'
man, Barnburner, and finally, an abotionisl.'
cit was spread in portion Of the county
distant from the residence OF Mr.. Smith, and
with the malicious, villainous object, Of fatally
injuring his true character with his polti
cal friends, without giving him the opportunity to
disprove the foul SANDER" s.
First, the wings are charged with circu.
ating reports on the eve of the election,
to injure Mr.. Smith. This is false. The
report that Mr.. Smith was proyiso man,
was circulated before he was candidate,
and it originated not with the wings, as
has been stated by Mr.. C. F. Jackson
This nails that SANDER against the wings
to the counter.
If Mr.. Smith is Provisoist, of course
he is Barnburner. But being Proviso.
ist does not make him an Abolitionist, in
the common meaning Of that word--nor
do we believe he is an Aboli,ionist.
These reports were spread in portions
of the county distant from Smiths resi-
dence, with the malicious and vllainous
intent of injurng him, says the Democrats
correspondent. False again. The report
that he was Provisoist--from which the
others sprung-originated with his neigh.
borsSand political friends, and we will not
charge upon them that it was done with any
malicious or viainous intent" Orgina.
ting then. with them. and getting to the
public through them, with what fairness or
honesty can the wings be charged with cir.
culating it to injure Mr.. Smith?
1t is just as well to be candid in such
matters as TO attempt to deceive. 1t is no.
torous that this report has not been star
ted on the eve of the election. tits equal
ly notorious that it was not started by
wings II is equally notorious that it orr
ginated in Glasgow, where Mr. Smith has
lived ever since he has been in the county
and that it did not originate Nth the
,0higs there.
What grounds, then, is left for the asser.
tions of the Democrats correspondent?
We leave the reader to Judge.
LIFE THE SIxrH.-The German popula.
ton ofthis county will, no doubt, be pleased
to learn that they have been thought wor.
thy of special remembrance by the Locofo.
CO Congressional Central Committee at
Washington; and they will also, there is no
question, be fattered by the compliment
which is paid to their intelligence and their
acquaintance with political affairs by the
Committee. The matter is explained in the
following article from the National lnlelli.
gencer of the 10Th:
Five different lives Of Gen. Cass have already
been brought to the notice Of the public through
our columns. This extraordinary number we
thought good fortune enough for one mortal; but
the worthy General seems to be the especial ia
vorte OF fate in the number as we'll as the uarieiy
OIL his lives, for we have just met with sirth.-i
This last good sized pamphlet, printed in this |
city, is in the German language. which being
sealed book 10 US, we cannot say what fctions it
contains but, if the following passage Oor
translation Of which we are indebted TO german
gentleman) may be taken as sample, il is no,
behind its English brotherhood in the work OF de.
cePlion. The passage is taken from page 12 OF
the pamphlet:
"The result Of the election OF 1874 is well
known. Mr. Polk received the votes of all The
States except one. The victory of the Democratic
party was TO the greatest extent the york Of Gen.
Cass.
EXPEDITION TO CALIFORNIA AND SANTA
FE,-The Matamoras Flag, of the 9Th inst.
derives the following information in regard
to this interesting expedition from General
Woors orders, which we have not seen pub.
lished: Lieut.. Col. Washington, of the ar.
tillery, is 10 have command of il:
The expedition will be composed OF compa>
MES OF Dragons, each 20 strong, and one com
Pany OF light artillery, 100 strong. Two Of the
companies Of dragons are now at Camargo and
three companies at Monterey, with the company