Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1836-11-03
No. 90.

H."e S 10 ho'oiiouSiy incompetent 10
discharge the duties of chief magis.
, trate.
OF whhm is it thus spolen9 or a
man who at the age of twenty-seven
years, was selected by bold, free,
sturdy and jealous people, to be in his
own person their government to be
the sole depository of all political and
military power, and to deal it out a.
mongst them according to his own
will and pleasure. OF man who con.
tmued to exercise this vast authority
during thirteen consecutive years, with
a wisdom and foresight so unerring.
as to secure to himself the lasting res
|pcct, affection and gratitude of the en-
tire west. And to those powers, vast
as they were, are to be added that of
superintendent of Indian affairs, in
which capacity he negotiated alone,
thirteen treaties with the different
tribes, for extinguishing their titles to
those lands which now constitute the
fairest portions of the west.
Here l might pause and ask the
question, where is the man of the age
who can adduce stronger proof of his
capacity and general fitness for the
exercise Of civil responsibility and
power 1t would not be just, howe
yer, to Gen. Harrison, TO break off at
this point in the recital of his services.
We accompany him onward, there
fore, from the exalted chair of civil
ruler, to the rougher scenes of blood
she'd and war. Here we behold him,
surrounded at the dead hour OF mid
night, by the relentless fury of say
age foe; the tomahawk and rifle deal.
ing death through his ranks, while
clear above the din and noise of bat
tie, we hear his voice cheering his
troops and giving his commands, un-
til the enemy are routed and driven
from the field. Again we find him,
face to face, in the open field, with the
ablest of the British generals, and by
a bold and brilliant maneuvEe, put
ting him almost to instant flight, and
capturing the greater number of his
troops. Thus we find the man who
has proved himself to be peculiarly fit
ted for civil rule, just as peculiarly
fitted to be the leader Of armies, against
either civilized or a.savage foe.
Moving further onward, we behold
him in the halls of Legislation, by the
side of the greatest statesmen and ora
tors OF the republic, and taking an e.
quail part In all the great questions
which come up for discussion during
the period ofms service in Congress.
Am | to be told then, that such a man,
thus tried and trained from youth to
age, is incompetent to ill the chair Of
Chief Magistrate
Men there may be in this great ma
ton, of higher endoWments and supe-
rior capacity to Gen. Harrison, hut IS
MIR. Van Buren, among the number?
10 those who answer yea, if any there
be, put the question, where is the
proof of HIS statesmanship-th evil
dence of his ability 1 aver, that to
this day, have never seen either. If
he has ever made speech iii Con-
gress, giving him any rank as debat-
er, let 1T be produced, and when that
IS done, | engage 20 produce better
SPNNCh VI SiSu' IidI IlSOn y. II IHCrC
he any production, either of the tongue
or the pen of MIR. Van Buren,, author
izing his pretensions to any enfincnce
as statesman, let it be nametl ard pro-
duced and then will name and pro-
duce an ablerproduction Of Gen. Har-
rison's.
Fellow Citizens, on The first Monday of
: November you are 10 declare, through the
ballot boxes, which of these two candidates
is TO be the man of your cbuice. On the one
hand is presented 10 you, the crafty po!ili-
uian, the cold, Calculating inti guer the man
ut mystery, whose " hole life has been Sc
Fies OF plots, riddles and s,ra,agems On The
other, Is the open hearted soldier, the patriot
| without guile, one who has served his coun-
: try 18th more fidelity shan he has served his
own family or himself; one who has had NO
secrets with his couDtrymen and who never
suppressed sentiment in his life. That the
, voice of Maryland is for The Fatier, is now an
indispniable iatf, aud he can only lose her
vote Ivy the culpabfe supineness OF his friends
is there man among US, v no is unwilling
10 give one day out Of the three hundred aud
sixty live TO his country? | hope and trust
{ there IS moi -Eei thar ono day therefore, be-
the first Monday of November. Let every
man resolve within himself, that on that day,
nothing short 5f sickness or other inevitable
calamity shall preyehf his going TO the polls;
aud all will be veil.