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 We have. more than ence, deprecated the folly Of attempting to give tOas and reputation to mere fasoriie bT pabshing letaen pretending to exhihit thsexaet amount of admn4tionwhich each couaty cnteriains for the aSpirant Hwas all well enough, in the setiEed ante -deIuvian of the Gazette, who twenty-five or thirty years ago, whom he controlled the only paper m the Territory, might have pEac- tised such policy with some effect; but we had expected to see his intelligent and wqgrsssve sue cessOr discard 50 transparent scheme to gull and mislead.
 We have eften exposed the futiiity ofsuch means to lift up favorte, but we have never seen more
 fitting opportunity than is allowed us in notice of the Clark county proceedings of recent date. In accordance w.th the general desire, a democratic meeting. had been called to elect delegates to the Convention. pending which the Gaxettee and Democrat was, of course. receiving letters from intelligent and influential men in the county of Clark" who pretended to announce the prevailing sentiment The two following extracts from letters which appear in thatpaper Of the 7th March, and upon which we accidentally cast our eyes, will serve to show how unscfupulously wrong are the statements made in these letters The first is dated
 CLARK COUNTY, Feb. p. 'rThis county will be represented in the Conven- ton, and, if am not mistaken in the signs, Geo W. Clarke willget the vote of our delegates Gen: Clarke strong throughout this region of the State. should not be surprised if he has more strength than any of the aspirants in all this circuit. II. The second extract S dated
 ,ARxADK1PHuA, CLARK, O., Feb. 28.
 'aMost of the people are either for RoySton or Clarke. If Royston is not candidate, and it is generally believed he will not be, before the Con- vention Clarke will get the vote of the delegation from this county. But if Royston is a candidate, it is sosnewh hat doubtful which will get the vote think Clarke is our man, and am in hopes the demo- cracy will settle down on him. shall do all can for him.''
 There are others we doubt not equally veracionS but these will sufficiently expose such unreliable nonsense. But in fortnight. after this, what really was done will appear from the following ex- tract from the proceedings published in the last Philadelphia Sentinel:
 "The democratic meeting that was to have been held in this place last Saturday, for the purpose of appointing delegates to the State convention, at Little Rock, proved splendid failure" Some of the mischievous whigs about town, seeing that "the thing was about to attract the attention, they thought it mer1ted, went to the court house and rang the bell, and called upon all democrats who felt an interest in the matter to come forward Whereupon, the courthouse was soon pretty we'll throneed; but alas! for partyism only three demo- crats could be reekoned among the assembly.
 The aforesaid mischieyOus whigs perceiving the small number of democrats present, proceeded to organize the meeting by calling Col. w. F. $. Bark man to the chair, and appointing Dr. E. Barinds, Secretary. The chairman would have proceeded to explain the object of the meeting by few brief remarks, but owned his ncompetency to explain anything that was so inexpicable. The democrats present were called on to address the;meetng, but from the paucity of their numbers, deemed 1t pru- dent to sound retreat. Whereupon, the whigs believing in the integrity and statesmanShip of F. w. TTapnall, Esq, unanimously nominated him as a suitable candidate for COngress.'
 "Call ye this backing your friends" after all the drumming which the Gazette and Democrat had attempted for GeDeral Clark. We have not doubt, and it is fair inference that this attempt to dic- tate to the people of Clark upon the part of an editor. and to thrust upon the democracy an aSpi- Tant far less acceptable than others, created ndif ference or disgust enough to destroy the meeting. A few more lessons of this kind we hope will learn our neighbor that we have not attempted to mis- lead him in the matter of this tune honored' cus- tom, much more honored m the breach than the observance