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Cu1vRE TowrsHIr, 18th July, $50.

WHINE
Mr.. Psckens-Dear Sir. The candid
ates for the General Assembly met and ad.
dressed a small crowd at Ashiey,. on the
18th inst. Mr.. Draper being sick disposed
of himself in short order, by convincing
every body who heard him, we presume,
that his proper place was at home attend
ing to bis store.
Mr.. William English followed in a talk
of an hour, with nothing in it specially
He told a silly story about a "shot- toner"
which fell still-born upon the crowd.
Col. Vaughan followed him with a sho:t,
~Iconcise aid pungent speech of thirty min
Iutes, displaying much clesrness Of percep-
ton and boldness of thought. 1t was alto
gether a good speech, such as n would
not commonly hear from those unsccustom-
ed to public speaking.
Clark Fagg then arose under much EVIL
dent excitement, and made the very best
that could have been made for a very bad
cause. give one of his strong points only,
to show how perfectly Bentonism dement's
tits followers Benton, he says, had the
fright to appeal to the ~people-that being
annalcgous to an appeal from q Justice Of
the Peace to the Circuit Court. What an.
alogy can there be between the position Of
an United States Senator and q litigant par
ty before a Magistrate? None upon earth
The Senator is the creature Of the Legs.
~lature ; they made him, and Of course he il
directly responsible to them and they to the
people. No one ever heard that the Su'
preme Court created the circuit court, OF
il the justices court-besides, the law ex'
pressly provides that g party after doing
certain things, his swearing that the appeal
is not taken for vexation or delay, (Which
Benton could not do, } and filing q bond fo'
security of cost, which Benton surely could
not do, after pleading the statutes Of lin
~itation upon a viidow ,coman, Mrs. T. A
Smith, Of Cooper county. And even if he
icould swear and give the security for cost
before whs: officer would he 60? But the
proposition grows iadicrous. MIR. Fage
spoke an hour, firing his batteries upon the
fifth Jackson resolution-wrapping MI.
Rhett Of South Csrolins, over the head for
Language which Mr.. r. says he never ut
tered, and ended with sJarrago Of nullif-
cation and disunion, tile original of which
may be seen in the Benton papers Of the
day.
Peter Carr, Esq, followed in a speech
which did honor to the man. and the noble
cause of which he is the champion. His
blows fell fast and heavy, and with crush
ing weight upon his opponents; and before
his bou-+~-r:s~2 he had seaplstsly rid
died the flag, and perforated the hull Of the
Free Soil ship-Thomas Hsrt Benton
manned as she is by a crew with all the
characteristics "ofJacob's ship" But Mr..
Carr will be in your city and will speak for
himself, when yon can judge tor yourself as
TO the truth Of my statements. Mr.. Fagg
replied for a few moments, and the crowd
dispersed.
You need have no fear Of this section,
Mr.. Editor, but few Democrats will follow
off English and Fagg, although their back
ers are principally confined to Wings, who
may or may not vote for them. From ell I
can learn here, where Fagg will get one
Democrat he will get three Wings at least,
if they are to be believed. Yet when the
party lash is applied to them they will prob
ably bolt. Yours &C., A.