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POLITICAL.
GEN. HARRISON, on ABOLITION.

10 reply TO the charge against Gen. HARRi-
son. that he Was an Aboliiionist, we referred
TO speech. tof which we had an indis;inc; re-
membranee,l delivered by that gentleman
more than year ago. The editor Of the
Stanton Spectator has furnished US with a
copy Of that speech, and We think it bu, an
act Of justice TO re-publish IL.
meeting was held in Augusta County, on
the 9Th OF July last, TO support Gen. Harri-
con for the Presidency. which was numerous!y
attended. After the adoption OF various reso-
buttons, the following proceeding took place,
as reported by the Spectator
The attention of the meeting was
then called TO the growing strength Of
the Aboli;ionisis Of the North, and the
serious consequences likely to flow
from their unhallowed efforts. BY VIM.
Kinney, jr. Esq.-vho read the fol-
lowing extract from a Speech deliver
&C by Gen. HARRISON, at a Dinner
given TO him by the citizens of Vim
cenncs, Indiana, on the 18th Of Nav.
lS:}o. IN which the Sage and Patriot
refers to the subject IN a spin, and
language which entitle him 10 the
warm thanks Of every friend Of the
Union :"
Il have now .fellow-ciiizens (observ-
ed General HARRISoN.) a few words
more 10 say 10 YOU on another subject:
and which Is. in my opinion, Of more
importance than any other that is now
IN the course Of discussion in anv part
OF the Union. / allude TO the societies
which have been formed, and the
movements of certain individuals m
some Of the states in relation to a por-
ton OF the population IN others. The
conduct Of these persons is the more
dangerous, because their object is
masked under the ga.b Of Gisinteres,-
edness and beneVolencc, and their
course indicated by arguments and
propositions which in the abstract no
one can deny. But however fascinat.
ing may be the dress With which their
schemes are presented 10 their fellow
citizens, with whatever purity Of IN.
tention they may have been formed
and sustained. they will 10 found 10
carry IN their train mischief 10 the
whole Union, and horrors 10 a large
portion Of u, which 1t IL probable some
OF the projectors and many Of their
supporters have never thought of: the
latter, the first IN the series If evils
which are 10 spring from this source.
are such as YOU have read 10 have
been perpetraied on the fair plains Of
Italy and eau! by the Scythisn hordes
Of lttila and Alaric and such as most
OF YOU apprehended upon that memoir
able night when the tomahawks and
var clubs Of the followers Of Tecum.
sch were rafting IN your suburbs. /
regard not the disavoWais Of any such
is'ention upon the part n the author,
of'hese schemes. since upon the exam.
mat = Of The publications VIII p have
been made they will be found 10 con.
tain every fact and every argument
which would have been used u rurh
bad been their object / am certain
That there i' not IN this assembly Que Of
these deluded men an1 that there are
few within the bounds n the state -
10 there arc any, would earnestly en-
treat them 20 f1rbear % pause in their
c1rcer and deliberately consider the
consequences Of their conduct % the
whole Union % the siateg more imme.
tlaieIy interested. and 10 those Tor
whose benefit they profess 20 act
That the latter will be the victims OF
The weak inJudicious. pre'umptuous
ard 'iacoqffifuii0aqi efforts 10 serve
then. a thorough examination Of the b
su2lect must convince them. The
struggle land struggle there must be-
may commence with horrors such a. I
have described. but Il will end giih
more firmly fivetiing the chains, or N /
The utter eSiIrpation Of those whose
cause they advocate. Am I wrong.
iellov-eitizens. IN applying the terms
weak. pfesumptuous and uneonst.tu-
honal, 70 the measures Of the smanei-
rs'or5' a slight examination will. VI