State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1831-1836, 1836-09-06
From The Phiiadeiphia Enquirer.

from he FhnHddPhlG EnqWrer.
GEN. HARRISON-MR. VAN BUREN,
THE POLITICAL PROSPECT OF
PENNSYLVANIA.
Great anxiety is felt throughout the
Union with regard to The result of the APP
preaching political campaign in PennsyIva-
nin. Many seem TO believe that the great
battle for the Presidency will he fought in
this state-that if Pennsylvania decides in
favor of Harrison, tie Hero of rippecanoe
will be elevated TO the Presidential Chair /;
and that if on the other hand. she decides
against him, the regency candidate will
succeed. The Election it will bc remen-
bered, will take place in October next -
some time before the elections in New York
and Kentucky, and the result in this COM
monwelath will therefore reach those states
iii time to influence the contest there. IL
Is known moreover, that Pannsy lvania has
never yet voted for Martin Van Buren, on
the contrary, at the contest III '32, she re-
fused to give him her vote for the Vice Pres
idency, Notwithstanding OIL the same occa-
sion she voted for Gen. Jackson by an
overwhelming majority. Under these
circumstances great interest is ielt us to the
course of Pennsylvania in the approaching
conflict; and in order to inform our friends
at distance upon tho subject, we have
taken some pains to ascertain the state of
public opinion. Our intelligence is derived
as well from public journals rs from private
letters, and gentlemen who have recently
returned from tour through the interior.
All accounts serve to convince us that the
people are coming out with great enthu-
siasm in behalf Of Gen. Harrison--thut
many, of those who rallied for Gen. jack
son, will, with equal zeul, advocate the
Farmer of North Bend that Van Buren,
possesses no popularity in Pennsylvania
that the people do uot recognize him either
as friend of Pennsylvania or benefactor
of The NatioE--in short, that the prospect
is that Gen. Harrison will receive the cleo
toral vote of this commonwealth, and that
his majority will be decided aud unequivo-
cal. The signs of the times are in his favor
the people are every where rnllying in his
support not IL day goes by that his strength
does not increase, while it will puzzle our
opponents to point out the slightest reaction
in favor of Van Buren, since Harrison was
nominated at Harrisburgh.
The People of Pennsylvania, have every
thing to gain and nothing to lose by the
support of Harrison. His honesty is not
doubted his patriotism is beyond question
his services to his country are admitted
ny some OF the most prominent political
friends of Martin Van Buren,, such men for
example, as Gen. Robert Il Lyle and Mo-
SEES Dawson, of Cincinnati; indeed, Col.
Johnson himself has testified in the strong
est language i'll his behalf while we have
on record the testimony of many of the
purest patriots of our land, all going to prove
his fidelity to the laws aud the Constitution
and his deep and ardent attachment to the
Republic. lie is moreover supported bv,
and hence i'll some measure identified with,
the State administration, which is identified
with all that should be valuable and pre-
cious to the eyes of those who love and de-
sire to promote the prosperity of the Key
Stone of the Arch. Harrison may be sail
to be the candidate of Pennsy for our
citizens were among the first, if not the first
to bring him forward. lie is emphatically
the Peoples Candidate, for il is well known
that he was not at the outset the ihvorite of
the leaders even of our own party. The
voice of the people was, however too strong
for the tactics OF the politicains--he has
been nominated ut more than five hundred
township and county meetings throughout
the Union, and unless we are greatly mis-
taken, the majority Of the people will sustain
him.
On the other hand, what has Martin Van
Buren, done for Pennsylvania to entille him
to her support and confidence The ques-
ton has been repeatedly asked but never
satisfactorily answered. He is the foe of
our state, and his avowed "uncompromisi,,g
hostiiiy' TO our institutions. lie does not
deserve the electoral vote of this common
welth-rhe never peried limb, or shed II
drop of blood in the service of his country
Tho is rich and beyond the reach of want
the people have no affection for him-no
enthusiasm can he excited in his behalf
and it is madness therefore TO talk of of sue
cess with him SO far us Pennsylvania is
concerned.
We therefore assure our friends in other
states that the prospect is decidedly encour-
aging. Pennsylvania is sound in the core
her people are true to themselves and
their own prosperity-and being so, they
can neyerso far forget the first law ofnalure
they can never prove so rccreaht to their
own state, as TO support candidate opposed
to them aud theirs.
The cheering intelligence received from
states which were formerly almost unani-