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


An article copied into another Column g.
the Cleveland tO) True Democrat IN ~. ~"
to the garbling and perversion of ono 90
editorials which appeared before the OIL.
will illustrate the gross unfairness of a roo.s|
partisan press. We are under obligation - :,
True Democrat, and to other papers n ~ a'e
Western Reserve, for the timely exposure &C
dishonest device We agree with thu,
Free-Soilers are apt to do their own tb;n,;na
and not to be carried away by anybodvs conn
sci and we are sure they will acouit rs Of o..
desire to prescribe to them in matters Of al
or practice. '"
While Wing partisans made an unfair uso &c
the Era to promote their special burmese. = -,
perceive by the following extracts emf from, ~
exchange several weeks before the electon
that Democratic partisans were playing a sim
liar trick, with the speeches of Mr.. Giddina'
to advance their interests
Mr.. GiddingSs Preferences-A Detroit
respondent OF the Milwaukee NewS says
Mr.. Giddings the Magnus Apollo ofFraa
Soldom, was here on Friday evening anda6
dressed the Free Democracy in the dning.
room OF the National Hotel The DemocroeSn
here were entirely satisfied with MIR. = w
marks, and they hope he will visit whateyer
States there may be at the North where tho
scales are nicely suspended between Pierce and
Scott. He is evidently convinced that Free
Soil has had its day, and has the discrinina.
ton, as between the two parties, to prefer fl
see the Democrats in the ascendency. Tho
whole current of his remarks, in this resn4ct
bore hard upon Whiggery and its candidate
Gen Pierce he had great deal Of respect for
and thought him to be man of sufficient in.
telligence and honesty to carry out his benpst
convictions, in case of his elevation to the
White House. Scott, he thought would be
entirely under the control of slaveholding poli.
ticians. heard that Giddngs will extend his
mission to Wisconsin. He will undoubtedly
do your cause service
The Detroit Free Press refers as follows to
the same address:
"ln his speech ON Tuesday night, Mr.. 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 the
subject and invariably made the loudest pro.
LESSONS, while they did the least. His long
service in Congress had made him sufficiently
acquainted with the course of both of the mar.
ties in the matter, in addition to his entire dis
connection with either of them, to qualify him
as a perfectly impartial witness on this subject.
On this point Mr.. Gddings 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 Whio
party against the Democracy, the charge of
opposition to appropriations for rivers and har-
bors is the weakest and most unfounded Our
opponents very well know that no appropria-
lions have ever been made for that purpose, En-
cept by Democratic Administrations, and there
has been no Democratic President, from James
Monroe to James K Polk that has denied the
power to make such appropriations"