To Mr.. 8. D. DAKIN.
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In order to show the precise complexion Of the
meeting alluded to by Mr.. Dakin, the following
editorial article from "the Pennsy yvanian" is sub
mttcd:


'THE MEETING ON MONDAY sIeHr.-Tbe meeting
of "all parties" on Monday evening, in favor Of the
dry-dock, turned out, as II was feared II would
prove, a sheer native American failure. We en-
deavored to prevent this, by calling upon the cti-
zens generally to attend, but the natives had pre-
arranged matters in such way TO keep it in
their own hands. Had both the other great parties
attended in strength, the meeting, instead Of being
a movement in favor of particular sort Of dock,
and particular party favorte, would have been,
what L should have been, an expression of the
opinions Of Philadelphia on subject in which she
feels deep and pervadng interest, and demon
stration in favor Of dock without reference to the
name it should be called by, or the parties who ex-
pected to be pro6ted by it, politically and pecun-
ary. There would have been no difficulty in pro-
ducing this result; for il was, we are told
that the meeting was by no means favorable to the
schemes Of the native leaders, in making the meet
ing movement in favor ofthe sectional dock.


"Gen. p. Sken Smith, Of the Eagle, who is said to
be one of the most liberal Of his iliberal party,
offered resolutions in favor Of dock without desig
mating any particular plan, which he prefaced by a
speech, in which he declared the interests of Pha-
deIphia to be greatly superior to party. These
olutons were adopted by accamation-at the only
stage of the meeting when there could be said to be
anything like order unanimity in the voting.
After this, one OF two of the other native lead
ers advocated the sectional dock par excellencei
and Mr.. Titus offered resolutions in favor OF
| il, which were fairly scoffed at by the meet
| ing. The utmost excitement prevailed when these
resolutions we're offered, and no enc could tel
whether they had been adopted or not although
they appear, from the proceedings sent u.s. oy some
one yesterday, as the only resolutions passed. WI
| General Smiths resolutions spa appear, OF nave
they been suppressedi


There is now evading the responsioill'y Wn.et
1.-The native American leaders have assumed. Th,
idefeat Of the dry-dock in the House, on the l5tf