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a lttter from most intelligent and arCoft
Wing in a neighboring town contains the follow
ing:


"On Saturday last, a Wig Meeting was called
in -, IN Loco-FocO stronghold which was Ut.
tended by about 300 of our opponents. MIR. -
made plain practical, convincing exposition OF
the Tariff question, which had an excellent efsc:.
An opponent told ne that if the meeting had there
ended, we should have made converts But atl' r
him n Young man addressed the meeting and
abusive of our opponents The consequence
a row. much i'll blood and "A complete destruc n
OF the good impression which had been made. iAo
same thing has happened in onr County before
| Can't il be stopped! The singing OF songs dspar-
aging Tidiculing oui opponents or their candIi-
nles, is another mischievous nuisance, which Oft Il
exces laugh at the expense OF losing two or hr, Z
voters who had been convinced Of the correctness o


our public policy, but are repeled by the nonsen,
or abuse OF the songs. wish such speakers ard
such singers would not come among us.


n We have made in substance the same OBJ
servations, publicly and privately, SO often that
there can hardly be force in their repetition; y;t
we hope Wings every where, who undertake 10
get up and conduct Public Meetings, will give
them earnest consideration. Our opinion is that
half the public speakers on each side do more
good to the opposite party than to their own.--
Some very eloquent and popular dcclanc' 5
are of this SOFT. We hear from every quatcr
OF the disgust and impatience of the People with
aany display of abuse or slang in Political speech'
any mere sound without sense to back it. As
to Singing, none but elevated, inspiring patriotic
Songs should be tolerated. Leave the other sol t
to the party which had such horror of song


singing in Io40, and which now delights Itself
with such melodies as Cooney Clay The Pco-
pie arc very much in earnest in this Presidenll,


contest; they seek light; they meet 10 hear solid
reasons for voting this way or that, and not mere
abuse of parties or men. The right speakers
know this and the other sort should be invited