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Dir Editor = was in hopes that some


Democrat in this community, more able


and moro versed in political lore than


myself would before this have taken up


the glove that you SO boldly and chiy-


alrously threw at their feet; but in this


have been disappointed. 1t is left for


me TO be the humble champion of gIo


rlous democracy, or see it exposed to the


revlllngs, rebufs, and boasts Of Pamela


whlggery, as cause whose yery weak


ness imposes silence on its advocates.


This, as a democrat, conscious Of the
strength of his principles, cannot CON
sent to. Whatever may be my sense
OF your superior political information.
your superior experience in politics.
and greater command of statistical facts.
| will run the risk Of most awful po-
lltlcal thrashing rather than that the
ears Of democracy shall be deafened by
the Jeers and Dragging shouts of whig- |
gerry. If | am thrashed, | shall be
thrashed in most glorious cause-ir /
am thrashed, it will be from weakness
IN me, rather than weakness in the cause !
| advocate. ltakc up the GLOVE re-
the defiance; and consent to
discuss the measures Of our respective
parties on the conditions you proposed.
As you are the challenger, the affirma-
tive OF each ofthe propositions will rest
upon you. As the annexation question
seems now TO absorb the public interest
n exclusion of other party measures,
ma TO tower above them all in impor-