Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1836-01-09

- sSAAOV soa1OSS 0Ot IN tWGU
-jfy-hve cents per acre, to the nev
: states. for purposes Of education an,
: internal improvement. He vote,
'fagainst the bill providing stsettlemen
land pre-emption rights" to those VIII.
had assisted in opening and improv
ing the western country, and thu,
ldcPrlved many an honest poor man o1
q home. He voteda against donation.
OF Hand to Ohio, to prosecute her Mi
ann Canal, although = member Of the
|Osnate, he was not present when the
vote was taken upon the engrossment
OF tne ON giving land to Indiana for
1870 sss $500 . and E5lf Gaaa11 sPd wa:
stages. He voted IN favor of erect
ing toll-gates on the National road.
thus demanding a tribute sGrom the
west for the right to pass Jpn her
own highways, constructed out oYAer
own money! thing never heard d
before.
After his term of service had expi-
red in the Senate, he was eleeted
Governor Of New York, by plurali-
ty of-yotes. From this station he
was called to the department of state,
and in his instructions TO Mr.. M'Lane,
the then minister to England treated
our right to transport t<our own pro-
duce, IN our own vessels" to the
West Indies, (which George Wash
ington, IN latter to Mr.. Norris, had
considered Is . spriyileeen secured
BY eveEysosinsds~St hsel
reciprocity a. a ssboon" to be grant
ed us at the viii of an opposing par
lament of Great Britain. He was
afterwards sent to England az minis
ter plenipotentiary, and upon his re-!
turn was elected Vice President Of thel
United States, which office he nowI
holds, and from which the ofiice-hold-|
ers are seeking to transfer him to thel
Presidency.
Thus we have candidly, fairly, and
plainly laid before you the relativeI
merits of GENERAL WILLIAM
HENRY HARRISON and MARTIN
VAN buren,; the one, the friend-theI
other, the enemy Of your dearest in
terests. 1t is for you to make the
selection. 1t is for you to ward the
blow, that, in the event Of Mr.. Van
Buren's success, would be strickenl
It the pros1dest monuments Of yourf
glory. You are freemen.-l
When your government was in its
pristine purity the right to choose
your own officers, from amongst your
selves, was secured to each of you.
Suffer this right to be wrested from
you, and you hurl your country from
he summit of her political glory to a
evel with the conquered provinces
IF the old world. Read and reflect.
IN the bosom Of your families-at
your own domestic hearths, ponder
lpon the dangers and hardships en-
iured by your fathers Of the revolu-
ion in erecting, amid the ranks Of a
hired soldiery, the proudest institu
lions Of the universe. The Crisis IS
Your votes in the COM
ng contest for the Presidency, may
zeal your own, and the destinies of
your children's children forever.
But can INDIANA hesitate in herl'
,hoice? Will she sacrifice her old
md well-tried friend? Will she choose
man whose interest is not hers, and
whose votes have retarded her pro-
yress to maturity, in preference tot
lin? Is not Gen. Harrison all she,
lsks, In character as a MANN mteg-i
rity and talent as statesman-ml
,urity IS a patriot. His are not the
,ympathies of a party. His soul Y
rot narrowed down by the rules and
discipline Of party. His spirit is the
prototype of Freedom, and every emil
,rgy Of his nature heats for Hlibertyi
N Union, now and forevsE, &c and
Around him the free
nsn of sh4-Wa~s-x tia xnllx-ea1azt
seamcn would selze thei
asst fragment Of shattered bark, orI
3 the PATRIOTS Of freedom, n sveryl
lge, have borne up her lofty citadel.
n her service he has devoted the
brightest periods of his manhood, and
he will gratefully reward him. TOT
ler interests he has been intensely /
|eyoted, md the gallant, and patriotic,
md hici-minded Of her sons, VIII add
honoEs to thnse whlch|
hine upon his brow. Yes, ID Indiana I
he theatre Of his renown-the scene |
f his axploits-here, where Tie brow