Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1836-10-22


j. port Col. X. N. Johnson Vice Presiden
r for his pai.an :,ropy and humanity 10 tn
o poor and unfortunately as man.. | suppose
!; they a!!ude TO his huD,Gn 5ty TO bis own chi
dren. 1t is known to almost every one tea
e his children are ''darksss;' and 1t is SAID ny
ibis friends that he has reared and educated
; them though they were white. and thu:
f shown his Humanity. ! az! 20 analganaiion
! Ist. nor am an aboition:st, yet am willing
+. to allow hun much praise foE educating
his children as oi!le. Hien receive for the
same act: bu, after they arrived to the years
uf womanhood. he offered TO give any utlie
man 4 farm and one thousand dollars, who
would marry either Of them. He thus offered
them at public sale, for certainly no man.
save Dick Johnson, would select such $500
ity-dears' for his wife, unless II were for the
! price paid for taking them. However. they
were both married. agrecably to tie proposed
:crns-the '.y lyheaded girls were taken
20 their new homes. not I'D the quality OF
wives. bar as slaves! And there remain and
work as slaves. Their father set i price up
on their heads and they are the properly OF
their ..lords and masters While they re
manned with their father he attempted to
bring them into society ne society of ladies'
and their daughters who had fair name and
"ctc "'r'"nns: hut n just Indignation re-
PEELED the attempt, and they were co.. PEELED
to seek their level. Since their ,riage
they are known me rely as the slaves of the
men who bought them. Had he retained
them in his own house or married them to-
men of their own color. who would have ac-
knowledCcd and treated them as their wives.
they had been happy; but he might rs well
have sold them to the southern trader as TO
the men he did. This much for .,is hun1uaify!
ellis democracy and honesty us 4 polI,i- +
cian-his heroic bravery and patriotism as a
ability, energy. AMI candor as q
devn:iny long AMI useful i
life to the best interests Of his Couniry--!liS
opposition To n,onopo!ies. and his vetoing the
unity Of church and state. lie is "a menu
Der Of the oiiicc-hodcr's aity-hc has re-
:cived ever since the last war Il pension of !
s64O per annum, and at the same time. one i
If the wea.thest men in the wcst-hc has c
received more ,roney from the government t
han almost any other man in the Union. and r
MS Ch"ctaw Academy is greater imposition b
IN the n 1t'veS than any thing of the kind cv-
= attempted to be i'm osed upon them p
IA ere has been only two possible crenk> in j,
lis lie. He prob,5!y killed TIE urnSeh. and RI
most probably did MT write his Sunday Mail d
Report. lis document which has given 81
i'm SO MUG, ecilt, is tile production of 81
II ,mas Wetherall. a minister in the Society u,
f Friends y;
'iles"lrri-That our opponents by sup n
ort;ng Il candidate for the President whose a
MY pros,inent acts have been military
virtually a knnwi -dcc that CT
,ckso,,> policy has pac:frd all their forebp- c"
ngs and prophetic assertions of ruin to the W
'un;rv from military rulers; or tha, witt, J.
en- consistency is not jewell
We do not support Gen. Harrison for his th'
Hilary achievements; bat for his numerous he
vi services. in the forty years he has devo- I'M
1 20 his country: for the various and inn y"
r:ant Offices h., has So ably fiiIed-in the re-
'ritoriaI governments. in tie legislature Of CIV
own State. and in the House Of r pre- "u'
natives and Senate OF the United States: i,a'
t for the hig order If abilities displayed DO
his speeches in Congress. in his pubic enc
s. and his voiuninous corresponience. the
support him for his honesty. which his to
,.,,u.f rs governor of Indian, ,nl Sn,ar;, 1oe
1ent of.nuisn affairs, ahund intIv prove. iei''
len governor OF the territory. he had the ne
, uower of ,,iv,a;n, tho d,Str;c, ;,,,,,.,,, s.Oy
and townships. He rad. also. TIC unusual ,
YER OF ''con.erriny on a numerous class of.
zens a e-al tI'le tn Ia e grants of land. on
Oh they before held merely an eq,,iiabe
m. It's sose Signature was sufficient. =
iou; any other io:lnlitv. Ia give n valid fn.,c
I" .f'ese extensive ana 'a'ua',e tracts al bat
J. Possessed of this immense power. o. ,l,.
VIZ '-"'' s.i:4'!s .ei''f Elm @! "D' =
,muating Il pr'ncelv fortuns: bat In .,.,,,
'puiouS sense OF tonr-. which has always uss
.Ir. Harrison. would never OIL.
mt him to sf,e u!ate III lands over w.ie::, one
id any control. And it is fact worthy ,.,e
Io'e. ,aat. during the whole time he held n,ea.
" '.,: :. ISL nc never AVA cd hhn>eii copy
" 80 ~ s1cfute't siueie tons
of land" Had Martin Van Buren, such !,
'..pp. '"''.' ~ Srecuate IN lana ne Capt
d have been rs rich rs Cres,,s. We ,yast
lot better express our opinion Of a s.rni.i .,;n;
ch'efsain'' than by quoting from letter. ceixe
ten by Gen. HARRISON 10 Gen. Bolivar; AGAIN
~ln bcs:owins TIE palm Of merit. the Of s:
mas become wiser than formerly. Taes he is
es>fui warrior is no longer regarded as s:ran
led IL the fist riac, IN tie temple oil penss
l'aeH-S OF THIS kind have Decone ron
',iiii' n. ana 100 oisen used Tor niscnisr hing
uTPoses to De regarded as they once ni.s,