The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1836-08-31
From the. .Phiiadelphia Pennsyiranion.,


The friends of Harrison vince under the
searching operation nav gong on IN respect
to their cand date. They cry aloud against
the thorough sitting of lis claims To the rep
utatipn OF "a hero, and they groan IN spirit
at the examination of his qualifications tor
the Chief Magistracy of the Republic. The
New York Express tells US that he is treat
ed III way almost unprecedented ~ tli'
history of our most bitter p"lnical warfares.
The Express is mistaken. The Harrison
Inyes ~ ,tiOn Is not "a wLIt more severe tliaiI
T. usual on such mchsions. Human ma
tur,. is much The same on both sides IN poi
,ics, with this exception, that federal "hig-
sery-leing hopeless, d~inrd min"ri y
is more bitter han iis opponents.
VAN BURN snd JOHNSON are quite a.
roughly handled rs WILLIAM Henry HAR-
RlsoN, amI the treatment "f which the
friends ofii lattr com, lam, Is mere chIId's
pi,y compared Ia the reckless, brutal fer
ociiy viii, which ANDREW JACKSON his
breI assail-d. Bur iinrrlson is "A bubble
10 rou |, him H. Ia drs,ro2 him, aud hence
the l,men;able oulcries OF his despaiiing
parillins.
whocvtr aims AT the Chirf Magistracy
of the United States must expect Ia 90
through I,e ordeal by fire. The mosi eir-
waited sa,ion of which the world can boast.
il NOT 10 he reached hy IL velvet pa h. The
road is dry and full at ihorns nnl stumbling
b'ncks. The people must he satisfied of
the candidates entire fitness for the post !:
they require 10 know him lhroaghly, and rs
~ step toward that rni, I,- must tx. rct to
/ be Submitted TO process which, perhaps,
has no parallel for severity. u IL right that
| it should b- So; ani he who properly es-
Inmates the intelligence of the people and
k:ows the solnduess of the men whose
cause he sustairs, " i'll never be heard 10 NJ
ter whisper of complaint. On the contrary
hr invites the scru!iny, aud the more trying
! it is the greater vii! be lis satisfaction, for
the pro'nIer and n,"re gl"rious, vii! he the
triumph. Il is only the false, puffy. fac'i-
tiouS reputation ~ hich s!lrinks from con-
tac, " hich it cannot survive. IL Is that arr
blown grenrne.s, the mauufacture, of par
rial friends, of packed public meetings, and
If the vntrs of good natured Legislators. that
withers when touched by that spear of II
huriel, a popular investigation. A healthy
substantial fame, which la been fairly earn
I'd, stands lake rock amid the war ot
Words and is the brighter for the atirition
which it undergoPs.
We often thou hi it was an unkind thing
in 'hp friends of Harrisom-if indeed they
were his real friends-ro thrust i:i,n forward
~ II competio or for the Presidency, repre-
srn,ing, as he does, principles which alone
are sufficient to sink him. tie had "A share
Of repniaion-a kind of igR,s tdt0S glory
--regarded as unreal by his co'r,nporarles
| hut calculated TO answer good purpose
in the pages of history. 1t was conceded
IN all hands that ,hough his claims were
donhlful, he might keep it /; hut now, when
he is brought fnrward by ~ desperate parry
nhn seek 10 elect him by the and ct rhi.
predetermined repuration, he must undtrg,
,he test at truth. Ifirs maine should perish
under it, .l,e has 10 thank his whiYgish AL
les.