Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1859-10-13
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EuNACONING. Oct. 9th.

MEssRs. EnrToRs u send you brief
history "f the meeting in our place on last
evening. 1t appears that Mr.. Hoffman had
inadvertently called his meeting the same eve
ming designated previously for the democrats.
Both meetings could not be held at once. and
Mr.. llofl'man's friends proposed Joint dis
sent his party. it being understood that he
had expressed Il desire to meet Mr.. Hoffman
and break lance with him. The proposal
was made and Gen. McKaig acccdc,l at first
but then backed down, stating that Mr.
Thruston would be present and he could
make no arrangements without his concur
renee. Mr.. Thrustou dd'ntappear, but Mr..
kilgour did in his behalf and after some ne
gotiation Mckaig and that gentleman may-
unanimously conceded that Mr. Hoffman
should participate with this understanding,
that Mr. H. should speak one half hour, Nh
Hoffman three quarters of al hour, and Mr..
Mckag close in three quarters Of an hour.
Thus then were two tn one against VI. ,ioff-
man and they had both the opening and clio
sing speech Now this was exceedingly lib
eral Very maGnanimous, AID TIL, was !
that the august General. tie "Lord Of Elm
Wood Hall could De n.uccd To conccdc. No
thing else would sui him. Well kigoLr O.
pened IN the u.dal vein of democratic ora
tiers, beng 0,o with words and small in ideas.
and nothing in argument. Mr. Hoffman fol-
lowtd discussing generally, the beneficial
, features Of \ protective tariff Of which he was
now and ever had been warm friend. lie
handled the subject very ably and made many
converts.
Mr. Mckaig then commenced and after Il
few Of those ornamental ilourishes peculiar to
himself he referred TO II fight he had that eve
ming witnessed between n Hack and whita
dog, and as the @hito dog had come off vic
or, he thought it fit representative of the
present fight and its probable rcsult--hs
party being the whitc dog party. After sta
ting that the Office for which he WAS running
was in no way connected with national poll
tics, he commenced studied msrcprescn,a-
ton of Mr.. Hoffman and lis party He said
that Mr.. II. had failed to tell them what sort
Of tariff he favored That for aught thoy
knew Mr.. II. might be in favor of putting a
tariff upon the nccessaries Of life such as tea
and coffee and every other article which was
necessary to the poor mans comfort, while
he would except the Injuries of the rich man.
Here Mr.. II. interrupted him and referred
him to Boycc's proposition, in the Saith Con-
grcss. 20 tax tea and coffee, which he, tMr.
llofmanl had voted against. and which WAS
a democratic measure and voted for by dem
ocrnts lie then said that it wasall nonsense
for Mr.. Hoffman to be talking about the ia
riff. That Mr.. buchanan had failed to have
a bill passed. supported NJ he was by the in
N,,n,., af l;,,..If NIX "a,
Porter that he (Gen. Mex. J had spent sew
eral weeks in Washington trying to lobby
bill through and had expended ont of bis
own pocket no less than one hundred dollars
to effect it, but all in vain. And. therefore
since he, Gen MckaigD Gov Porter and
Mr. Buchanan had failed. what possible good
could be- accomplished by sending tariff
man from this district That the South was
too strong for Mr.. Buchanan that the Amer
leans were unable and the Republicans would
not vote for bill
He tl.en went through sundry gyrntions in
regard to the kosta affair, the Red. White and
Blue, &c, being simple repetition Of his
Market House speech III Cumberland, with
all the embellishments Of Italian nationality.
the Magyar. C-oat. &c, rs though those
things had anything to do with our measures
of public policy.
may mention en- pdsS1nt that the Gencr
,rs speech was the best that could have been
made for the Opposition party. and many Of
hose present, heretofore v,ting with the par
ty. with which he has been for y short time
expressed, aft II hearing it that
hey wert henceiorth no longer Democrats
The result at the ballot box viii confirm this.
The people are waking up. Hnmbuggery
Sii not gniown. The people refuse to swal-
ow it longer. They are Icy hundreds cnt
ing themselves loose from the shackles of
party and are ready, yes, anNionS to rebuke
he So called Democratic party for the gross
deception they have for years practiced
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