The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1852-11-04
GARBLING AND MIsREPREsENT.r,o,

An article copied into another column 8
the Cleveland lO) True Democrat, in rel..
to the garbling and perverson of one os
editorials which appeared before the elo,..
will illustrate the gross unfairness of q MI
partisan press. We are under Obligation. Wy
True Democrat, and to other papers e
Western Reserve, for the timely exposure -
dishonest device. We agree with them a.
Free-Soilers are apt to do their own tbinl;-
and not to be carried away by anybody oo,s s
sci and we are sure they will acquit as Of .-
desire to prescribe to them in matters Of c.!
or practice
While Wing partisans made an unfair u.. -,
the Era to promote their special purposs.. !. =
perceive by the following extracts, cut fro,,
exchange several weeks before the aloot.
that Democratic partisans were playing a -
liar trick with the speeches of Mr.. Gidd,.'
to advance their interests:
Mr.. GiddingSs Preferences.-A Detroit 49,.
respondent of the Milwaukee Neps saws W.
=" Mr.. Giddings, the Magnus Apollo off,,
Seldom, was here on Friday evening ana ~
dressed the Free Democracy in the DIM.
room of the National Hotel. The Demoo,abe
here were entirely satisfied with MIR. G. = >!
marks, and they hope he will visit wha,or'.
States there may be at the North WHERE II.
scales are nicely suspended between Pierce and
Scott. He is evidently convinced that F.
Soil has had Its day, and has the discrimD,
ton, as between the two parties, to prefq "a
see the Democrats in the ascendencv IT,,
whole current of his remarks in this resnac,
bore hard upon Whiggery and its canddate
Gen Pierce he had a great deal of respect FIR
and thought him to be man of sufficient in
telligence and honesty to carry out his honest
convictions, in case of his elevation 10 tba
White House. Scott he thought, would Ne
entirely under the control of saveholding po.
ticians heard that Giddings will extend hi,
mission to Wisconsin. He will undoubtedly
do your cause a service"
The Detroit Free Press refers as follows n
the same address
"In his speech ON Tuesday night, MIR. Gid
dings remarked that he was satisfied that the
Democratic party are, after all, the only real
friends of river and harbor Improvements. The
Wings always had the most to say upon thu
subject, and invariably made the loudest pro.
fessions while they did the least His long
service in Congress had made him sufficiently
acquainted with the course of both of the par.
ties in the matter, in addition to his entire dis.
connection with either Of them, to qualify him
as perfectly impartial witness on this subject.
On this point Mr.. Giddings is right, as all the
world knows, and as the Wings themselves
would acknowledge if they were honest The
truth is, that of all the charges of the Wing
party against the Democracy, the charge d
opposition to appropriations for rivers and har
bors is the weakest and most unfounded Our
opponents very well know that no approwia.
tions have ever been made for that purpose er.
cept by Democratic Administrations, and there
has been no Democratic President, from James
Monroe to James X. Polk, that has denied the
power to make such appropriations"