The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-09-14
Correspondents. or tho Republic.
MARYLAND.

MARYLAND.
HAsERsrowN, September 8, 1852.
! see in the Union of the 9th instant letter from
this place, written by prominent Democrat and
an office holder, who signs himself "W. - in which
he saysi "The campaign in Western Maryland
opened on Saturday last in this place by large
and enth.sidstic meeting of united and harmonious
Democracy of Washington county" My surprise
at seeing such gafing misrepresentation was be.
yond measure, assure you; for did not suppose
that a manin whom the people had reposed the high
responsible tr-sst which he holds could far
forget himself and what was dteto disposition, even
| under the estt,tsiasm of which he spesSc, ~ to
| szaggerate to such an extent as he has done in
that letter. fear his en- husiasm has carried him so
far from the truth in this instance, to the
blush of shame to mantle his cheeks whef he read
| his letter In the Union. "W." evidently forgot
| that number Of Wings were in attendance and
| helped to swell the large enthusiastic meeting,
| soma Of whom took notes, and ere long will use
them effectively against their "great unknown"
1t greves me to be compelled to differ with "W.'
in regard TO the size of the meeting, but
cannot help ii; for truth must be told, that the
readers of the Union may know how !hey are gull
ed by their leaders, who indte such glowing one
sided letters. The meeting on last Saturday was
u
been advertised for weeks beforehand. The "drum
mers" and "runners" of the "laithful" were de-
spatched into all quarters of this good old Wing
county to urge ara coax the rank and file to attend
said meeting. as they feared there was great dam
ger of many of The rejecting and liberal II .hsir
party, who loved and revered the name Of our hon
ored old champion, would rally under his banner
and leave their 5ainting general to swoon away
again. Such exertions on the Part Of the "faithfu
in this county have never before And yet At
ter all their efforts and the "aid rendered them by
some of the "unterrifed" of the "Keystone," their
mass meeting was total ailure or, to use favorite
term Of the Loco organ of this county, ga fash in
the pam" az well 40 regards numbers as eds
tinguished speakers who were "conhdently ex-
pected," but didn': come! This large enthusiastic
meeting dwindled down to about equal to any of
our district meetings gotten upon few hours no.
tice. Would you, after what "W." has asserted,
believe that such deception could have been prac-
ticed by one in authority upon the 'faithful' and
''u:.erriRedi" and yet it ia SO, and challenge
contradiction.
So we sec this is one Of tie ways they of the
self-styled Democracy make their carttsl in
times of political excitement, by multiplying by
four and adding one hundred per cent. How
then, ask, can the people believe one-half Of the
letter reports of success and confidence in General
Pierce which are written from all parts of the
country by these willy and cunning leaders of the
"faithfsli" Az TO the eloquent addresses" Gre
markablc dignity aud courtesy" illogical deduc.
TONS" "unanswerable argInen.s,' &C., of the
distinguished orators mentioned in the commune
cation Of "W." shall say nothing, for am fully
confident that the intelligent of the Democracy
who listened to them that occasion will appre.
ciate the vile SANDER and the bitter vituperation
which was then and there heaped upon the head
and fair fame of our gallant and renowned old
standard bearer, WiSFIEtD SooTT, and show their
isapprobation Of PiEEcE's leaders at the ballot.
box in November nest, The Vino spirit here and
throughout the county is up, and. the watchfres
burn brightly upon every hilltop, telling too truly
the ardor and real enthusiasm of the Wings OF OLD
WAsHrNaroN. Put this county down for Scorr by
three hundred majority. HARRY.
@@." ANNAPOLIS, Septemb Der II, 1852.
You have no doubt seen notice in the Locofoco
papers of Maryland of great political mass meet
ing Of the Democracy to DO held in the city of An
napols on this day, the 18TH of September, in me
mory ofthe anniversary of battle North Point
We'll, sir, that GREAT meeting has taken place; and
will you be surprised to hear, that atera months
notice being given through the columns of many of
the Locofoco papers ofthe State of this meeting and
that their celebrated DoueLAs and SoULE would be
present, besides many other distinguished speakers
to address them, that there we're not over one hun
dred legitimate voters of the Democratic party
present? Indeed, can truly say, that but for the
importation Of their speakers, musicians and audi
ence, they would not have had over sixty or seven.
ty. The largest portion of their crowd came from
your city, called the jackson Association.
To the great disappointment of the small band,
Mr.. DOUGLAS and Mr.. SouLE did not appear;but they
had Mr.. DoDaE. of Iowa, who spoke in very high
terms of Gen. sCorr. He said such was his appre-
citation of his great military services, that, should
be be defeated a candidate for the Presidency,
he would be one Of the first to move in making him
a lieutenant general Of the army In word, he
said, as did Gen. CAss, that the only objection to
General scorr was they differed as to measures.-
Another such demonstration will show to them
conclusively that such is the indifference of the
people towards PIERcE, that with all their energy
they will fail in convincing the masses that PIERCE
should be supported in preference to ScorT.
Yours, "a. @. . A CITIZEN.
%.r " PENNSYLVANIA.
e WlLLIAMsPoRT, LYooMIEG County, Pa,
s4. r a September 8, 1882
The Wing cause prospers in this vicinity. The