The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1822-11-01
GEN WM. IL HARRISON.

This gentleman isa candidate Tor seat IN
Congress, from the state OF Ohio Tho time
has been when II would have been an act Of
-supereroga,ion 10 advocate bis claims " tho
gratitude and confidence OF his country, and
especially In tho section of II In which he re-
sides. But the recollection oi hiE eminent
services during the late war, when tho .reach-
cry OF Hull, and the impludonee of his sue
.ccssors, laid open TO the inroads OF tho sava-
ces nearly the whole ot our western frontier,
bas been succeeded by spirit OF opposition,
on y subject, the unturc oil wbeh rendersit
ns powerlul, ~ we fsar il will DC at no distant
day dangerous in its effects. The sides CUES.
lion is again brought mtv discussion, aud
the generals vote for the admission of Mis-
souri,, without the shacklcs contemplated by
M eastern faction, Is turned against him as
weapon TO iniure dis election. writer in
Cincinnati paper quotes his vote on this ocCp.
Zion, aud asAs, "Gan comment be necessary?
Jreemeu ol Ohio, look AT The @gfd fact, (tha
general. vote and Judge os you would wish
10 be Judged. Wash your hands of the stain
which this crime infiels' There is no sub
ject ON which more feeling has boen excited,
than this. II is one which Hypocrisy may
handle TO great advantage, because the public
sympathy eau he easily excited, and more
particularly where slavery is not tolerated
rs in Ohio. Gen. Harrison, aware OF this
flet, has replied TO the charge, aud we admire
A
bear quoliLs part of bis replication We
hope, lorthe honor oil Ohio, that his vote ON
the Missouri question will not be permitted 10
operate TO his exclusion from the public coun-
ellis Such men us WIN II Harrison are much
needed thsre--Iaen, who, having been no -
tured ia sentiments of Jeilersoninn repuhIi-
csnism, have adhered TO the good old cause
through otd as .,ceH az good report"
The following is an extract from Gen lis
address
Congress had no more legal or CON
sttnt,onal right 10 emancipate the negroes
an 1huse sections of Louisiana without the
consent of their owners, than they have to
free those of KENTUCKY. These people
Nerc secured 10 their property by solemn
covenant with France when the country
was purchased from that power. To pro
hlhit the emigration of the citizens of the
southern states 10 the par; Of the country,
the situation and climate ol which was
particularly suited TO them, would have
been highly unjust US it had been purcha-
aed out OF the common fund --Particular-
iy too when il is recolected that all the
immense territory To the n. w. of the
Ohio had heen coded by Virginia, aud that
With an nleXampied liberal,ty, she had
herseifpr poscdby excluding Slavery from
IL - secure IL from the emigration of those
states which uAu no slaves. Was il pro
Per then when her reserved territory was
In great measure fitted up, to exclude her
citizens frsn every part Of the territory
purchased out OF the common fund ,
Was the lirst person TO introduce into Con
gress the proposition that all the eountry
above Missouri (which having no inhati-
tants was free from the objection made 10
Missouri and Arhansaw) should never hay.
Slavery admitted into it. repeat what |
have before said, that as our Union was
emily elected by mutGal concession, SO on
; can II be preserved.
ny vote against the restriction Of Mis-
souri, in forming her constitution was not
a conclusive one; there would have been
zine enough, had continued to have been
n member, before the qneslion was deci-
ded, for my constituents 10 have instruc-
ted me, aud 1 should haze reioicsd in an
opportunity q sacrificing my sea- TO my
principles, !'Lhey had instructed me in op-
Pcsition to ny construction ofihs constitu-
.ftpn. Like many other mem ,ers from
/, the npp-holding slave states, Of whom
asaasn Shaw, Holmes. Mssps Of Massa-I