The Greensborough patriot [March 31, 1840]

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THE GREEMSBOROlJCrll PATRIOT.
VOLUME II.
GREENSBOROUGH. N. C TUESDAY, MARCH 31. 1*40. NUMBER 7.
I'UllldSIIKI) UKI.KI.Y,
LHH* IWUO *■ M. S. HIIKIWOOU.
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THE PATRIOT.
ORF.RSaBOROlUlll
TOBBAY MORNING, MARCH 31, i*w.
OSB PRcaiDrsTiAL TEUM —Many of
the original aup|w>ricra of Gen. Jackson
for the presidency, professed lo he gnat-
If in faror of a president serving but one
term—4 rears. Wen ihey sincere in
Iheir professional If sn.ciinni.iirnri/ will
now tell them to support Oen. Harrison
iu opposition lo the re-clcciion of Mr.
Van Buien. Mr. Van Buren will bate
•erred, (or more properly ipcakingrrtfn-td,)
font years tl.e 4lh of March nest,
when his present leim expire*. If an)
have supported him nu aocoiint ol hi-republicanism,—
by prying into'he nets
of Cen. Harrison, they will find hii" to
be in practice as pore a republican kl
Mr. Van Buron ever profcnseil 10 be.
R.u.r.icJti AND UsBToX Hin.no.in.—
The Register, iii ')>• afcing of Ibis m»d,
says—"Tin- Kabigli and Oialon R.ul
read is -6 miles in length,and hat been
oonilrueted altogether by individual
atockholders, llie Slate having uniformly
declined embarking in ihe enterprise.—
More than u-ual difficulties hive presen-ted
themselves in the prnpn ss of thi
rroik, over and above the natural obsta-cles,
but they have all valnshul before .
(leleruii led purpose ami never-tiring • u
GMT.- The whole line is now finished.
is said lo be admirably built, and ri Brew
high credit on llie I'n siib nl, Buginuer,
Assistants, and, indeed, all connected
.with its enn-ttuclioii. We hail iho nun-
'filing of the fust locomotive, •« iho glad
omen of future prosperity lo our City and
county, and fci I Ibal we shall not be dis-appointed.'
(K7-VV« have read wilh pleasure ill-proceedings
of many Republican Whig
meetings 1I111I have lately been In Id in
different counties in ibis Stale ; laid could
we find room, we would be pleased lo
lay then before our readers. Ai ■ ri •
publican meeting 11I Johnson county held
a short time since, the following resolu-tion
was passed :
Resolved. That ft* RomultN M. Blunders
has not learnt Ihe difference between catch-ing
others and being caught himself—be-tween
poking a man 01 straw uudei Ihe liilii
riband grappling a Tartar, be cannot see as
well OH the blind man be once challenged lo
mortal combat.
TUB "SUB-TBBASUBI I"—The follow-ing,
giren by Senator \lerriek, of Mary,
land, is a pretty cornel definition lo
this word:—"A bill 10 separate, as far as
possible, the interests of ilieliuvcrnmeut
and the Government olliees, from the
interests of the people, and lo reiluccthe
value ofproperty ami the wagtt oflabor,
in the United Slates." During the dis-cussion
of this bill in the Senate, it was
admitted by Buchanan and Walker, a
couple of captains in the Van Burin par.
tr, lhal it would have the effect to re-duce
the value of properly and Ihe wag- s
of labor, and even supported bv tboin OH
thai ground. Working men, are you
loo well paid for your labor? Do you
rcceire too much for your produce—com,
wheat, flour, bacon, etc? Can you pro-cure
the necessaries and luxuries of life
with too little labor? If so, remedy the
evil bv giving your hearty support lo
this measure and its advocates.
The following prisons have been Be.
looted as the Van Buren candidates in
Orange for the next Is-gislalure : For Ihe
senate, (ion. Joseph Allison ; Commons,
Col. John Sloekanl, Cen. Bonj linlll Trol-linger.
Cadwalader Jones jr., Esq., and
Col. Win. Ilorner.
liv a late Act ol ihe Legislalurc of
Alabama. Iho personal attendance of fe-
'esas whipas. s ai Cnuii in civil ca-
, is dipensrd with—shell private do-
IHisitions are substituted iu all cases.
K**Tba Van Buren claimants from
New Jersey, Philemon Dickerson, Win.
R. Cooper, Daniel B Ryall, Peter D.
Vrooin, and Joseph Kille, ap|Kiaied iu
Ihe House of Represtntalivesoii the 16th
met., were, sworn, and look their scats.
From the Ahingdon I in:,man.
THE STANDING ARMY.
As we hare In reli fmc r. fcrnd 10 iln»
siibji ci, and as it has produced consult i-
IBM 1 tenement throughout ihe country,
we cannol retrain Irom again laying 11
In fore our icaili rs, 111 011I1 r lhal liny
muy have no possible chai.ee of In MIL
boodn inked 111 regard 10 this uiensure,
trjogbt, as it is, wiih such vast impur-lance,
IB a free and confiding people,and
coining, as it does, uinb r the Utgt-nl re-coinuieiidalioii
ol our Republican l'rvsi-il.
nt.
For ibe tpecial benefit of tome of o*r
LacoJattO friends, we have he, 11 iiuiuc.iT
10 , Xllael Ihe plan snggi sled by tin- Si •
rr- lury of War, 10 ruse this awBtrd ng
Ariui. Wo say , lor the ejncial benefit
nl gome of our lascoloco lriei.de, for,
strange as it may appear, those very in-dividual*
who are the mnsi industriously
1 ngaged 10 prop ig.iliog the eouulless
•landers that have been buapid upon
■.■•-11. Hamsun, and who are the loudest
and 010-1 boisterous Ml 'In ir ad Intiona
ol '• the powers lhal be,"—iffect an ig
norailCe of Ihe s'll.j. <:l, or have tin- ll.if•
dibiuaj tnsnv, lb.11 it is inertly a propo-slime
f.r ihe '• belief org-in.zai ion of thi
militia! Mho 1 vr>r Iu ard of mililia
In ing organin il by " recruiiing," " arm-
11 g ai.il paying, at a nine when tin n
was 11 si!■• r war nor IUII 01s id war!—
This li 111 wiui'i d 1, gentlemen, the llimg
■s too plain—and if ihe p. uple kelp
1U1 ir evis dosed fo the premonttor)
yinplouiaef* an approaching bxi culive
Bodyguard, ilu dat i» not diaurul when
ibenrackol ifu ill- and the roar of ord-i.
iuce will open tin in anh a vengeance
—lor lei ibis spi-fol royally ooee lak.
r..oi aii.ong us, and I- mini discoid ano
civil war will desolate line beautiful and
pi no lui country, 1- do not desire uo-u,
cessani) to i xeile -ilarm, but really.
:o us, Ibis SlAudllig Aioiy business c«.
iors sirongly 1*1 mo-uare/lly, and ahould
be looked ■■>, cjin inili "i,d impartially,
In foli II is too late,—while We have Ibe
111, iiy 10 lliii-k in I act far ourseivis.—
Here is tin Si Cretan's p.au, nail it, and
if our appri lieneiona are not w.-ll found
1 il, we will liuve ri B#on lo n-joioe iu our
ignorance t
" It is proposed In divide Ihe United
Slates 111I0 eight military districts, and
lo organise the mililia in each district,
M> as lo have a bod\ of twelve thousand
livi hundred men in iclive service; and
niintbvi of 11p1.1l niiuibi r as a rest rve—
This would give an aruud mibl.alorci
ol iw'i hundred ilmusud im 11, so drill-d
isitl si.iiion.d HS 10 he reinly lo lake lln-ii
places ill Ibe rsnks in di fence i-l Ihe
couulii, win in Vi-realli d upon lo opposi
l.ie em 111) or ri pel ihe invader. The
age of the recruit Iu he from SlU In 87.
Tile whole li tin of Service toV "J veals;
I years in Ihe firsl class, and 4 in ihe ri •
,-ervc. One.fourth part, twei.tylin
lllOllrand men tu leave ihe service e»i iv
1. ar, pa-sing, nl ihe ctmclusipii of iln
til 1*1 term, into the reserve, mid exempt-
1 d from ordinary militiu duly aliogi tin r,
• I the end of the second. In this man-ner
twenty live thousand men will be
discharged from mililia duly every yiar,
and lueulv live Ihousaiid fresh recruits
lie received into the service. Il will be
sufficient for all useful purposes that the
remainder 0/ ihe mililia, under ciirlain
regulations- provided for Iheir govern-
'nenl, be unrolled anl be mustered al
long and staled intervals; for in due pro
cess of tune nearly Iho whole mass of
the mililia will pass through the first and
s.coml classes, a d I ither members ol
I In- active corpsof ibe reserve, orcouni-
-■(' among (he. exein|*ts, w-ho will he li-able
lo be colled upon only in periods id
invasion or iiiiinini ut peril. Tin; man-ner
of enrolment, iho number of days of
s'-riiee, and ilu- rate of eninponautiou
•eight 10 be lixi il by I iw, Inn ihe details
hid belli r be left Subject to regulation,
a pi 111 of win h I am prciNHed ,(> sub.
mil 10 you."
N e now appeal lo the candor of every
intelligent III-III, in say whither ihis 11
■ml a plain and palpable proposition in
raise a Standing Armt ! We cure iml
by what name ihe President unit phiosi
10 call il—we Care itol wh.n vein
mav assign for rceouiinciuti- g 11—w*
Paro lint how Ins " pi anl tail ill friend-"
mav endeavor 10 torture ii into some.
• lung mote p icili'-—hot ihere it stand-.
stripped of • vi ri ihmg thai Ins ihe lea«l
tend uev 10 pruduce n imsconceplion,—
a plain, positive pnipo-11100 lo drag thi
voung men nl iln country toirelber,forci
tin 111 into camp, qoarii r the poll Ihosi
who are unfit for service, and lo compel
thi in In bear arm. and pn pare fer " a---
live service," Will oul Iheir PiinSenl, lo
the rum of their domestic happiness, lo
the dcMiucnoii of ih.-ir pecuniary IBli
rests, in violation of every light for which
ourlatlnrs bled, and in Ihe face not on
li of lhal sacred lie lhat binds our Union
together, but in npposnion lo fight, title,
honor, jostice, and eveiy principle and
cmolion we bold sacred and inviolable.
Should this dangerous scheme be con
summated, the President would not only
he enabled to secure perpetual dominion
to himself and his successors forever, bui
ihe burden ol laialion would be increas-ed,
manufactures would decline, sgricul.
lure IsaareJfn, and mechanics iela«—lor
where will Ihese l»o hundred thuu-aud
vouug men In found, if iln y arc not ta
ken from ihe field, ihe loom aud the an-vil
<
If our rulers should cram ibis nause-oo
« potion down our passive throats, all
Ihe blood, suit lesrs, and suflcriugs, ol
the patnois of the nvoluiion will havi
been spent for nought, our last stale be
COsM worse limn Ihe firsl, Ihe President
become a King, each Mill'ary Couunaii.
il- r 1 Sair-p, HIHI Ihe people slaves! —
But we have not yet so far degenerali d
—a portion of ihe spirit of '76 «nll iln.
cers among us, a id the ballot box may
vc< be. made 10 sound the lequiein ol
Van Borenism, thrnugli the ei ol and 11
ni n ol ihe niicontamiiiatcd. Tlien, and
not nil then, CBB we hnort ol being tree,
for verily, Ibe infatuation that ell vateil
ihe present incumbent 10 his high digni.
IV, has left us lulls but ihe name—ibe
shadow wilhbtll Ihe substance.
Till: DEATH BED.
•• The tongues of dying men
Knturco attention like deep harmony."
It 11 a sad but instructive duty in lin-ger
around the couche* id ihe dying
■ oil Ihe dead. Tlnre we catch a pang
nf that sorrow which all are doomed in
reel; and there remember all the hop. s
and fears ol lile, must 11 lasl be emu.I. d
inlu one shoil lioiir! Appalling r-flee
lion,aud mtmt Idle? Must ibis-ye glaon
I. ■ blv ami be veil, d 111 death's uoiseles-aluinherT
Musi this warm bloodsoi k tin
u-arl (or lilt- lasl lime, and must ibis el-gsul
glow on my cheek lade away in
In- dimness of ibe tomb? And what shall
n receive as a recompense fe* Ihe pang-nf
death] Are Ihere no pleasant land-trapes
nor green islands upon which to
recline Ihe fainting spirit on Jordan'
dark billows? Oh! shall the worm, the
death-sheet and the Bsnsebss elsy .lorn
meet me in the life In emu. I Tile l.unb
ui.iy n.il. Six thousand years havi borne
wilnesi to its silence. Bui list, oh'
man, 'lo thai iln only winch slim wnhn
line!' Does it tell thee nothing of thi jot
locoini! Does il ri vi al noglesmi g- id
a river of life—no ec'10 of atlgi'lic snog
—no harping of redeem, d spirits in on
tumbled realms? Or, rath, r, does il not
tell thee of golden landscapes, elevated
and expansile, of lon-lv temples and
bur g spirits—of unfailing diamond-.
'indent as eternity—and of a pleasani
realm, where un sorrow may come ov.-r
ns lik.- the coldness of Alpine streams.
If it does HOI, trimlnc wh.n Ihe eiild
aid II beauty •' u.-mnglid with lb*
q.i.ditu-s of wild ll-o g'.l and .ilf.clioi—
f delicacy and virtue afi not adesirsbly
ileuded with mental aliiacnons, tin- light
d love will soon In- ••xtioguish.d, and lh<
generoui impiiU sof the I oeom clnlieil Iiy
a|Mlby and contempt. Men of intellect
may yield a momentary homage lo a
hesuliful woman dispossessed of oilier
Isciaations—evens village urchin will
chase Ihe gilded wing of a butterfly, bul
in liolb cases Ibe external splendor pans
upon Ibe senses, and soiuelhiug of an in
nsie ensrscii r is sought fcr, 10 sustain
ihe regard which hi anty - acted. Noth-ing
is so ll 11 ii ring 10 ihe feelings il ma...
as the exhaiisilcssaiid quenchless regard
of s sensible female, and no inc. u«i so
rich can be oflered upon the shr 1.1
man's anihiium, as the avowed sue en-ihnsiaslic
affeciion of a man of genius.
BeaUtyl Ihou ar' a mean and num. aim v
toy, when conirasted with d.pth of feel-ing
Bird power of mind, and she win
would aggrandize lo herself cons, queue,
fiom lb. Iittl • ambition of persona! beau-
IV, is loo imbecile in her aspirations i.
merit the attention of an elevated think
er.
unteja OF TUB
HON. WILL'AM C. RIVES,
[COSCLIDBO.]
GBM W. II IIVBHISOM.
let n- now see what sre Ibe public prin-jlploa
and opinions. Ihe lite and chir icter. 0
ienernl llsrnsnn, t!ie sole opuosing cindi-l„
te r..r the Presidency, and if they do not
presenl » better L-II ranlee tor the ssnrrepulr-icii.
sslmiBistraiwn nl ihe government li
i,.,- Seen iln- singular ibrluneoflSeneral Har-
41 to have been ui-.re mi-rupr oted in 1
consequently riii-uinl.r-t.«>l. pan.culnrly 111
In- native State. Hi in any'other disliuguiBhe
cititen of our country, The reason ot tni-i>.
dnubtlesa, 10 Is* fbuod in ihe eireu nstanec
lhal tor the lusttcn or twelve years ol h»
lie, be has been withdrawn frmn the soenos
of active po'itical omplojfnien'i and that;
while his name was bemre the country, m
the lasl I'resideniial election, expo ng Into,
ot'eobroe, to inueli ilenunciatlun <IHI mi-rep-rcsentstron
from bis ,. .lucil adversaries tu>-
aiini'i.ui of ihe upjsisiiio'. p rt> 0'ibe South
wssmunlj dlrecii'dlo ■ disimguisheil ctti
aen ot tlieir own sect ion, so 'a' was
no party interest fell at thu me. in the
Soitli, in iletec'ing and eX|KMiiiJ l!i-iiiuner
011- 'i»l ernes misn pre-enlat.oii- -i wbieli he
was iii.i.i- the subject bj on iiiiscrupulous
press Five iln- lite •<■' 'nog , t hi- avis.
en, ibal in ihe S..m-i / ui nil), and in V.r-
!t particularly, llie aiosi un minded char-if,.,
h.ve been wi-.ely pi luttgaled in regard
,M ( 1 i- -in •■- p -. in '■ COU -nel. an.1 Itil
gaatwus shnun anliosd in tkeChevsK speech
of Oen. ll-.rri.-s.il were to be bs.k.sl at, di—
eotinect.sJ fr m iiseoniexi,however we Bsighl
d llei fr in bun l«uh ss to it» praclibdily and
soaaeortae principles Invetvea, justice and
caisjor would sidl nipiire us to b*!ar iu mind
11..1, but a lew year- ago. similar sentiments
were freely mpHHssjl both by the press and
public councils of Virginia, and that s plan
inn iii cling the same object, almost idenlical
wilh tiiut tliruwn onl by (Jen. Ilarn.-on, was
rievrlopeil aud earnestly Sdvocateu by Mr.
Jell.T-.II, in a letter addressed by him, dur-ing
tint last years of bis life, to .Mr. .'parks
which you will see in the 4th Vol o his
writings, page M7r*-:it)l. But I again repeal
where is th» nun, whether at the south or ot
the north, who in the practical assertion of
u..- rusht- ol'lbe south, and in enerr/elic and
tleehdve repeobatran o. the projects or the ah-oliiiunisbs
bss gone farther loan (Jen. Ilari;-
•011.' A it.si pr-oide cam 01 forget "lie noble
and scltsdcrst'iCing devotion witn which he
Stood alone, out ol all the representatives of
the in *'' ni non-Havr hiUJinii States, and in
a little band at' but Iwo or three from the
whole non-slave holding region o' the Union,
111 steadily resisting, on behalf of the rights
unit internsts ol (be south, the memorable
Masauuii restriction, and the kindred proposi-
11..11 ma In ai the same period to restrict the
introduction or* slaves into the Territory of
Arkansas—a patriotic -elf-devotion, by which
In- lost his seat 111 Congress, and incurred po-pular
odium and proscription, lor a season, in
In-own State. Al! this lien. Harrison did
freely, from asenseofdut) to thet'on-titntion
ot Ins country, and to the right- and Interests
ot the Southern Stall's, at a tune etnsn he
had nollung to a-k at their bands. What
«i-the course of the present Chief ITagls-
Irale, in whose behalf Baa Harrison is now
Bought in b*. inigrnlttasd as an eosfslionfaf,
uler ibe same eircumitaneesl He,then, as
a ineniber ol'lbe Senate ,if .N.-vv V rk, Voted
11 ihe i»v..r of i.i-tnjctious to Ihe Senator-ial
Representatives of iliat Btate, in Con-gress,
to support ihe Mi-.-.iuri restriction, and
rear or two afterwards, as a member of the
nate of the tTniied states, voted inmvornf
die proposition to restrict the iutcoduction
aves into the Territory of Florida. Well,
Hi
Isel.ss va|MirS of the tomb will hi
lesiiny.
tin
MY MOTHER.
' Alas! how little do W« appreciate a
inoih. I'S lend, rness while living -hu.i
heedless ere we in youth, nl'.ill her anx-leliea
aud kiudnits. Bui when she is
■ lead and gone, ami when the c-'i s and
coldness of the world com. Withering lo
irur hearts-, when we find how hard il is
t.. find true iylhpathv, how •'■ w love us fin
ourselves, bow li w will befriend us in
our misfortune*, then 11 is lhal we think
of ihe mother that we have lost, li is
true I had always loved mv mother,even
in my mint heedl.-ss days; but I fell how
inconsiderate and how ineflfeclua' had
been my love. My heart nulled, aud I
retraced the days of infancy, when I was
led by a mother's hand, and rocked 10
sleep in a mother's arms, and was with-out
care or sorrow.—" Oh! my mother,"
exclaimed I, burying my face iu Ihe grass
of the grave, " oh! lhal I was once more
by your side, sleeping, never In wahi
again on the cares and troubles of this
world."
BEAUTY.
How often do we hear men eager in
ihe pursuit of pailneri for life, inquire
for beautiful w o; and yel how hiiel
Ihe existence ut whal they see, and how
unproductive of happiness ill Ms [Kisses
son. Wt know full well Ihe sni-l 1ein.11
lhal sleeps I .ilh the snow While lids
uf a beautiful eyi—in the haughty curl
..' an 1 xnuisile lip—in ill..- hi sh of a rosi
lhal li ips into iln budding ehi • k; and
ihe fine iiirnul I BWau-like neck, tin
gentle motion id*a svinnielncal form, or
111 the shadowt redundance nfdnrk and
li-iolifiilli lli.iVMg iresaes. Tin- beans
,,f the voung and pas-i.m.ile h-ap gladly,
and are filled with wild impulses, whilst
gazing upon these things—but when lb
suul is scrutinised, and found nnhlensad
bv elevan d thnlighls and generous "ui.-njl-nation,
1I1 dd slumber nf forgi lfulnes»
will-000 lull upon ihe dream of beauli.
and lb. flame ..I" alii en,.11 In qilenchi '
in apnihy or disgust*
U ri nfgeninB, strong feeling
and powerful pnwiuns arc ever assocuted
: .1 •u ■ .1 ■flic ni eu11lr.11 cl -II ami ex-
IHI un»,—1 HIS unpos .IL- ..11 many L'0.-I • in-
•iv *, .iho Al 1 Iu- 1 <>w eager to repa 1 ili'
III 1- •e. 1 icy Invei one loin. I'll • most pro.
III „,. il ni thi -e cll.l rge* . Wine 1 is -till \ 111-
l» ilv re|s .if , Is III it <■ nerai Harris .11 - in
,lh ih jllNtl 1. 1 bat • n cently 11 ve*tij lie,
w th c.r-. all theeudeilee- of In- principle.
.,n. cjiiiducl on this, as well oa other impor
Luii public que ton-, nid I am tToroughlj
, vincisl thai if there be one man. wls) be
eiitiii.'.l himsell lothe gralitode nfthetJouHi
1»-, ■ i,ll IHIHTS, by Ihe noble and d -.111.1
e»te 1 seal, he aa- .1 all nines rnanifiwteil, ibe
saCriHces In- has reely mule. Ihe silljle-heirledi
with -.Inch he has exposed bun-
-,.|| 1.. p. r ecuiion • is. 1 pnliticil proscription,
in defence of the l"cn-titutnrnal rii/lit- of tin-
Sinlli. nid the ocaci1 and safely of their Hie-side-,
ai-'im-t all interti'rence whether isTfa
int I'I-I-I or political ambition, ibal man 1-
W111, Henry Harrison, 01 Ohio.
You ln\e-d"iibt!-'-- read-Ihe-spseeb em!.'
bv bun il Vi'ieenn.'v. in llie S'ate ..I Indiana,
11* -i -ct-~>. 111 which, in the race of a non-sl ive.
lioMing ui lienee. In- gallantly volunteered la
deli u.l the rit'iit- and interests ..l the Soulli.
Where can l»' bund, even in Ihe producliaii-of
any southeru statesman, a ejore energetw
ami unsparing h'nunciatian nl ihe scheimwof
theeMi/ianiits.' He pmnouncva thein to
be" weak,presumptuous and uiiSonsiituTion.
.,1"—•• iiioiral, persecuting and dangerous:'
and after depicting in glassing language tha
fatal consequences to which tliey miisljead,
he calls upon hn» audience with inulgnani
eiiriie-lne-s. In "ffawii upnn uieisiire- which
are lo produce results -1 much tu be depre-cated,
lie lay-down ui Iho broadest and
most unequivocal terms, the fundamental
principle lhal the subject of slavery is under
Ibe sole and exclusive jurisdiction ul the
Suites in winch 11 exisis. and that neither Ihe
Genera! Oovornmont:nor the uuu-slarc hold-ing
Stales have any right whatever lo inter-fen>
with it; and he 'moreover contemls thai
discusrions upon il inject 11 the non-slave
holding States, tending 111 their consequen-ces,
irs they do, to jeopard the peare and im-pair
ihe right-of the -lave holding Stales
an abnseof the freed.wu nf speecll and . '
pre-s. in v1alain.11 ol'lbe -pinl and pervading
design uf th" Cnmitilution. The same di-cliriiiotis
were made by him.and wilh grea
ler emphasis, ir pnwible, in an add'es- ilebi
end 10 an ■>-- mblj of his fellows- 1 /■ n
Cheviot, mOhi ihe 4th ••' July. I-CIH;
from winch an isnlateil psssagc. (in «lie.
t.. b. -in evil,
the
ii-reiore. might Ibe sousb require of /.;«
uiie pledge uf fidelity to tl.e r rights, when
lie became a candidate for the:r suffrages 1.1
elevate him lo the station he n * oacupies.—
Hut Hhtl/Hrther or higher pledgt can r
.larn .11 have lo give, than his •mJuct and
opiariona uriWbrinie'sustained through every
change of circumstances, and nt every pen
-on n sacrifice, coupled with that just and
K-.i'.ihlican defui.tiou el the true province of
1 lie Ur.-ideiiti.il VCto iu his Ictier to Bhcrrod
Wdli un-. Esq., iu which be say.- "it 1- a con>
siriativ powejNateBdcd only to b.* used to
, cine ibs cu^ i.t'itioii'itsoii Iroin violation,
and to protect ibe rights of |hr 1 iinorliy and
fIt ipiahr mrmhefa uf tin I'ai.ni"—a dell
mi I.m ouviuusly framed, in its last clause par-ticularly,
with reierence to thai vil .1 interesl
oftlie aoBtrlfbfwhich he has proved himselt,
Ihr sigh rood and through culicpurt. tbadis-ntcrested
and patriotic champion.
Another ..en'iticiati.ry eh, rge against -i.-n.
Harrison,mid .like ne-iituio «v"fi»ui:.l»ti.011.
which has been exteu-.v-iy promu.'ul.el, is
that ne vi 1-"a l.l.ick cock i-ie eederalist and
in ajpvocalc of the Alien and Sedition
l.iws," during the administration ol the elder
Mr. A.l.iins. Fnls eharge has been most de-cisively
met and refuted iy Judge Unmet, a
lislinguisbed citizen, and lately one ot the
Senators in Congics*, of Ihe Sine ol Ohio,
who iroiu in intimate 'persona' acquaintance
with Oen. Harrison .1! the period alluded t".
declares that "he was a firm, consi-tent, un
yielding lv.opublic.11 of the Jeflerson school
1 nd warmly ndvocatod the election ol Mr
Jetl'er-uii ngaiiist dr. Adams." lien. Harn
-on himself; in a debate in the V. 8. Senate,
ni Mulch. 1 —-Ji 1. iu replying lo some observa-tions
of \l r. KaiHlulpn, importing a sin
cu.rge.expi.ciily declared that, while in c
myii with u'-c.n tin Is, Iho Lcgi-latureol
the Ni.rih«..-iern TeVritory. shoes delegati
111 COIILT.— he then was, he approved thi
c<> irseof vlr. Adam's a.liiiini-lraliuii ,11 liti
controversy with the Prouch government,
iml bail .1 great personal respect for \lr. A.!-
am- as sit honest iuanand a patriot, 'ihiaop-position-
totne Alien and S.-.i.i.i.n Lows was
so well known m the Territory, that a prom.
isc was extorted iroin him by In.-friend- in
the Legislature that, a-lie had no vote in Hie
ptiK-.iu'ii.- of t!ongress, he v.oni.l not un-
'iir.--irily colnproimsethe IIK'II mlerostsof
Inscosl luenis iiy tl xprei sionof his p il.li-ca!
opinions." But wh-ther Oen. Harrison
has la-en or is a federalist iiiu-t defend ..u
(lie character ofbis |sililical principle", and
not on the arbitrary ch.-silication of personal
or parly prejudice Now, it so happens th ,t
se have an authenlicaud most lucid exposi-lion
of Iu. polit cal principles himself, :t a
period of life whenthev iiiu-l hive been fullj
rmturnl and lliormighiy settled, in an addre~
to Ihe voters of his district, lie-ore whom lie
was then a candidate in the Cincinnati In-quisitor,
undordalc of the 17th Septemb r.
In lhal i.dmir ible iitdrcss. be declares lb il
iie is "a JjeniiMu'riN ■•fine old Jrffmimiau
scoonl," SIN! derive* his principles o' con li-inisinal
inlerpreialion " Irmn Its) celthrilra
r. Moluliontt of the Virginia LrjruuHUre ol
■■» and 'Hi"—lhat lie, theroforo, ••denies In
iiietieneral linvernmenl Ihe exercise of any
i-.v,er !.ui what isexpressly given to 11 by me
Cm-mot "ii, or what i- essentially new - -ry
ll, ilhoi adniiltlng slavery
..,,. hi id gladly se.- il irpl us revenue
■.I lheUnn.il devolml to il- progressive ex-
I met ion by the pHrchute and calanitalion o
Ihe slave-, •• aufA Ihe lanelmn of thi Sialit
hnlilimi Hfm.") im- 1 1 ■" iii'j eulleil.and
uiven lothe public,earelbllj supprrarang Ihe
cnhxi. 111 which (I rsl Hsrrison main-tains,
111 Ihe -ir..iiL' and unqualified langu ige
I am about locile.thal "Ihe -lave pipulntian
1-under the ex- luiic eothinl of the Stile,
ahich possess them." and lhal •• neither the
Cen. ral Unverume it nor the nnn -la. e bold,
•,-• Staler can interfere in eny rr-y. with the
-. ."hi ,,1 properly ii slaves," ami -ii Ihe same
lime demmne»» I1 d - ol the ibnlitinn-
.!. 1- frnughl with " Imrror-, upon which an
... .- ,!.• devil only could luok With opproba-
Butevenifthoiucidoniaiand«6ftr«c/ sug-pie."
in carry the powers expres-ly given into
f'..,-i"—thai "he hrtieveM lh> •barter given to
ihe Hank qflhi Vniled Hlmtei wai unciintli
luti.,m,l"—thai •■ be believes in the lendenet
nf 1 large public debt <■• -ip Ihe inundation 0
•In- Cnnstil ut ion, bv creating a moneved arts
t.B-r icy, w hose v ews and inleresti ni-i-i be il
direct hoetilily tollsiseofthemass of th p •
and lhal he i", there'ore. •• in favor u
IV praCtlClble retriarhm'ut ■<fttir eryin
ib/urtiofthe government"—that "he (adieu
m the right of tfte people to internet th»>i
repr'trulnlitet, when elected"—and, li
1 iii he Indievea "upon Ihe or- seivaliunoftlie
union nl the Suti - .l.-e-nd- Ihe exislem '
.lure vil nil I reli -IOIII lib nio-—ll ill Hi Inn
r in ol this Union is Ihe bt 1 icrly lovi
; r'-: r wrl -I, the c- .-..-,- ri v-r
■-I .,,.. ;. ess (or '■ 11 '1 Id " '•
thi union was efilcted only by aspiritofmu-id.
i 1 concession *nnd Ibrbearance, BO only can
il be preserved." A polit.cil creed afrsrs
truly K publictn ami pitriotic thao this, I
think yi* .vdl agtea with me. has never been
.-ubunuv to Ihe Amencan people; and as .1
was delivered lo the world whsa the experi-ence
ami rerl-clion of a life then but uttie
short of fiity years bad impressed their seal
upnn hi- opinions, il must, in candour, bo
presumed to form Ihe eaais of his public poli-cy
and conduct.
But, it is said that Gen. Harrison lias void
lor a protective Tariff, fer Internal Improve-ments
by the Oenerel Government, and is in
favor ot a National Bank. In reirard to this
last a llsgatinn, I think I ahall be able to show
you presently thsl it is wholly gratuitous.—
As lo the others, what more has Oen. Harri-son
done than Mr. Van Bur.-n I Mr. Von
Buren voted lor the worst ol all the Tsrifls,
Ihe rarilToflBaV, coiusaonly called the Bill
nf ib.nunalions. Very gross and wanton in-justice
has been done (Jen. Harrison, by per-verting
a passage in an address delivered by
run loan agricultural society in Ohio in 1--11,
-ooa to make the impression lhat he would
not be willing to relax or abandon the Tariff
isjlicy "till under its operation the grass was
found to grow in the strirets of Norfolk and
Charleston." The truth is that this expres-sion
Was quoted by Oen. Harrison from an sj.
ncuitural address nf Mr. James M. (iarnett
..four 0*11 State, who, had argued that such
«as the actual effect oftlie Tariff on tlio
Suuih, and Oen. Harrison, responding to tlio
argument, declared, If luch were really its el-lecl,
then " he would instantly g,ve hia voico
tor its uiudificr.tion or eulire repeal." The
sentiments ol Oen. Harrison are known tube
those of distinguished libenlity on Ihis sub-j.
ct; fur in his Cheviot speech he dec!..rcs.
with as much ju-tness ofil.oughtas eleganco
ot expression, Ibst "even in case.; where Ihe
injurious operation of a measure of the Gett-er!
Government is confined to a few, am! it is,
beneficial to a largo majority oCtha Btatll .
would be ovi.Un«o mvmi liit'it- rere-igbt, i... or
moral rectitude in the later, toeonatenance
iho jnjjry." On the subject of In! -:-.,,! i-,.
pruvernenls. Oeuer«l H-iri... .-'. 1 »ppi.iienJ, .^^_
never give tOltr.iag a vote in atfirinati ■■■ of
the p'..'.. rofthe (i. mn! 0 ,V,T un —'. *
Van Buren'svont fbr^theerecti s ■ -•
in tne Cumborlaod roa.l, ac 1 ;n<.r '■- .1
idrnis u. v.-.i-; ;i,d . von . mi •'
,ein- ft.'[s.n ot lie. ;-err»:..-, ..i '...... t
trill find thai dial officer, ... thi 1 . ol t. 1
adininistiat.on 111 this brane if til fklic
policy, distinctly aasorta Ibe co
power of Internal linprcc-emen'- m
• ril government, •■ in regard m nuch • • -
as an of general uldily," while I
mentsand remarks sii art ;• 1 .
for works even of 1 dltrerenl .-
recujeed the official approval and
of the President. Gen Harrison, .-i
ter to S.icrrod Williams, I) ,;.. | c
opinion that* no money shnuh11 • '
ihe Treasury of the United State 1 • 1 ,
ponded on Internal Improvement, ..
those which are strictly uational," ai ' . ■
cate-, with great force, the pr priety 1
bearance and conciliation in regard to s
er, theyexercisesot which, had pradiic..
would, iloobtless, continue to produce jes .
ics -ni 1 diasejisjon.'1
Let us now see whol gJIndation ther
lor the assertion thai Oen. II irrison .
rotof a National Hank. We have ah
-■en that, in bis addr to ihe voters ot" the
Cincinnati district 111 1-'--'. heexpeesi v :■
clarml that •• he believe 1 i-,r ciiarter given 1 1
the [link of Ihe United Stal is wai uuc - '
•■;t n.u! " In h sloiter lo Mr. Siiermi
liunis, in an . r to the q lery, •• v h
elected i're ent, ho would s n a bill with
proper moil\/icahmi$ and retlri (ions, I r
cliarti.nng , bank of tie- l.'.i ed S."'.c-.," ha
replies in the following very specific and
'.isnie.! terms—*■ I wo ild, if it wi 10 tlearla
..-.. rlaiiud that the public inlere I in ' i-tion
to Ihe collect on iml h«bursei i.'iiti ftb •
revenue 1 >iuhl materially suSur with lutenfl,
.11J ihere were unequivocal numifenln 10.14.
ef pit'df-opr-ninn hi...'.« favor. I tl'iink.', - '
ever, ihe experiment should he fnirla tri d
toa-certim whether thefinancialopami 1 •
nffne gnvernm nt cannot be as well carriod
uaviiluut the aid of a National Dank. If if
if.un/ neeenaafi T that purposi, it does not
ippea.r "n me that one can be censlitutianai.
ly chartered. There i. no construction Which
lean g.ve to the Constitution which would
authorize It. on Ibe .round of aflbrding facil-ities
to coiiimerco.'' It is tube romarked tint
Hen. Ham on here speaks, not of what lie
would recommend, or i- personally in favor
nf, but whal lie would do. in the (sent of a
ll II •; r chartering a lunik, under proper moil-incil.
ous ami restrictions, being Mated 6B
' ongten and presented to him lor ids ai rna-lure
: ond evi n in thai case he savs he would
-.-ii it «../•/ under the special contingencies
■ ■ lumcratee,to wit. iimi it had beencloar-
!y iscertained by experience to be DOCessary
:. . r. rrylngnn thp financial operations of Ihe
... 1 run . nl, mil that there were uncqiiivo-
■ • .1 mini e-i .1 ■. , • public opinion in its fa-
V'.r." and, I.- nd.ls coronal eaily, th..'. unless
t should be shown "to t cesvery for con-luci
nj llie HAancnl operidons of the gov-
: ■ nt. lie lues .'•• think ono csu becou-ntutionallv
ci iriered." Connecling what
Oen. H .rrl- .n hero rays wi:!i the declaratii :i
in hi- aJdre-s in the voters of Ilia district i 1
(- .'■; a 1 1 1 Jei 1 that his own leaniugs »r..
leeidedly against . Natioaal Bank. While
this is Gen. Hurrrson'- position on the ques-tion
of a National Bink, Mr. Van Huron is,
we know, -eii • :, . . ri ■; ,,i| t(1K influence
of his hivh office li, fiirce upon the C'.nir, a
great government ■'•■ i*. 'under th? disgu ■
.t 11 Sidi-iiei nry achiMnCai controlled en-tin
iy by executive a^enev, and thus e:"'Ct. '
... 11 the hand) of the President that union
of the moneyed and poltlical poweroflheg -
winineut.-vliici In-ever been held fat . ,
the lijert.es of a •'• ■ 1.1 ople.
Th 1 quest ion of Ex> rutiv* power is, after ■!!
the great ind paramount que ..'i ufthe '
tlire'itemng. as it dees, Ihei ri-tencs of I 11
. vil ,n ' j olit.c ii Ire. ' m "ii v hicli all 1
in Illation --- -• v''* have seen whal a
r .(..-I and 1! in - - nvelop • t, I m 1.
,1 < ; 1 '■ ' I ;;' i.ffici
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