The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1839-12-17
From As National madagascar
PROGRESS OF THE HARRISBURG WING
CONVENTION.

this country are 10 have ihs rnasr pays Of reesns-
Isi'on - y seems % be admitted al hands now thar
thsy are 'hsa have they every hing % hope from tho
the sober, hearty old fashioned ENTHUSIASM devout and
slsadas which characterized our fathers IN Asr day
OF inoniauon, % coming 10 upon " Eom sssy side.
wan slow. sissdy eoaiInusly -sugmentng, end, ws
bssys nrssisiibie power Il 10 the ground swell Of
pubic opinion setting from all the froa,sr States To-
ward me centre IL IL bsgnsng 70 bs isk and aeknow-
lodged hroughest ,he whole length and breadth Of the
land. frontier population have always common
character and . common sympathy. Hence the asto-
nishlng popularity Of Andren Jaeksos. They have
se'ued and hearty preference for qualities which, M the
middle and more seeurelyposled States oS Coincide
aey, are looked upon altogether subordinate Thus.
WINE you hear il said in the heart Of the country and
s,oog me seabosrJ, that the Farmer Of North Bend
'am Henry Harrison. upheld Tor the Presidential
sna' hos oeeaass no 10 soldier, but notwithstanding
DC soldier as II il almost disqus for
any man 10 have served his county as soldier and 10
have poured out his blood for her. you find the frontier
People o. the States mastering Ia their strength for
General Harrison lifting up their arms and declaring
WIN the voice OF congregaied nations voice thss
riA be heard and cannot be misrepresensed-
wee, long and faithful service, of any Sort skaH be
recommendation to their favor and that wherever they
find military superadded 10 civil qualiic and pro-
perry combined with the high qualities desirable in
Chlei Magistrate u the country, s,sadness Of purpose
tired integrity, and long experience. thai man will be re-
gaIded BY them with especial favor.
The qualifications of William Henry HARRISON, his
long and faithful services the government Of The
Northwestern Tenitoy--a mighty empire Of itself
when he bad charge Of it, in the councils OF his
Try both IN the Senate Chamber and in the House Of
Representatives. and again as Foreign Minister. are
no where SO well known the battles in which he
has been so uniformly successful and greatly disn-
guished along the frontier Coming forth, as he did,
immediately after the dsgaceful surrender Detroit,
when the whole county aghast with
and driving back the invading armychargs after charge
Till their Indian allies were scattered and they them
selves obliged 10 abandon whole territory iD disnay
lis strange that he should be every where regarded
by the People as deversr and apart from all exsg
geraton As another Washington! IL it wonderful that
they should remember the battle OF Long Island 10 the
Revolutionary War--the retreat through the Jerseys
the surrender Of fort after for-and the camofous u-
umph OF the British up TO the battle Of Trentonhere,
at single blow struck by George Washington the
very moment OF EXTREMIST per and heaviest des-
pondeney, he gave another heart to whole People
In these and other like vcissitudes, they do seeand
they will acknowledged astonishing resemblance of
character between their revered Washington and the
sodlerfarmcr Of Ohio both remarkable for sodity Of
Judgment dIgnifed moderation, inhexIbe frmness and
religious eqnanimiy which nothing was eversble to
disturb both sprnging TO the saddle al the first call Of
their country aud both betaking themselves to the
plough the moment they could be spared both passing
through the trials and temptations Of power with clean
hands, with unsuied hearts, with unqucsoned and
questionable integrity neither Of the two remarkable
for briancy show but both fos thar enduring and
severe simplicity character which always distinguishes
the founders Of Republic.
That such opinions prevail far and wide through the
country--much further and much wider than the
NEST friends Of General HARRISON had ever supposed
we have now the most unquestionsbe evidence. At
the entertainment given Wednesday last by the
Wing members Of Congress- of both branches, 10 the
members Of the Harrisburg Convention, they found
here, that all that had been done at Harrisburg was
nj aiad. nd fho factan
which their opinions founded were summed up,
item by item, and Published to the world. The per-
sonal preferences Of the delegates themselvesa that
smacked Of man-worshP-every thing that could in
teIfere with the progress Of the great work before
themhad been offered up, with fervor and sincerity
which appeared to remind the aged and venerable
that there, Of the good old days Of the Republic.
All preferences, all wishes. all hopes, found to
weigh but as dust in the balance when the declared
wishes Of the People ascertained Not man
shrunk from his duty-not man hinched or trembed.
And that which had been unanimous Of the Har-
rlsburg Convention, was now repubshed to the world
as the unanimous vote, and the solemn determination
Of the great Wing party Of the United States through
their Representatives in Congress assembled.
On recurring to the PAST, they found that Gen. HAIR
RIsoN who was mentioned as candidate only few
months before the election Of 1885, and not BY reg-
lar nomination, made an astonishing nroad upon the
opposite party, and might have been elected, If his real
strength had been knOacn.
And 50, too, when they held counsel with the PRE-
SENT and Intercepted the FUTURE. While on the one
hand nothing bad happened TO diminish but many things
to augment, the popularity Of WILLIAM HENRY HAIR
RIsoNhe was now 10 60 before the People in season,
and regularly nominated. Yet more inasmuch the
Convention at Harrisburg made up Of aged and sx-
perlenced men, hardly dozen Of the whole being
der thirty five, large proportion threescore, and
ten upwards-men who have grown old in public
vice, and only anxious to set their houses in
order before they gave up the ghost; inasmuch
nd nm rnFn ~ N ter narfe nf
their country, determined TO sacrifice every thing but
their sober judgments and their honor the great
they had grappled with, and, inasmucL as they
finally unanimous In the opinion that WILLIAM HENRY
HARRISON, of Ohio, aud JOAN TYLER, Of Virginia,
were The men Of the People-tbey had TO hope
had they not that beth would 60 abroad TO the
ton candidates Of the People did before
Instead Of being nominated by newspaper caucus
dstrict--or legislative body--they nominated
by the People themselves through their chosen dele
gates what after ALL neither more nor less than
a Congress Of Nations. Instead of finding their way,
step by STEP before tho People, these candidates
presented at once, and eUery ohere al the same time,
before the several States have time disagree, to
commit themselves beyond escape to any other cand-
dates.
We propose to trace the proceedings which have
been had here in confirmation Of what was done at
Harrisburg and in justification Of the opinions above
expressed.
Il appears that certain Of the delegates to that Con-
venton were led bher by common impulse, and
without plan Encouragement, on Monday last Hap
penng to be together in the il found
pairing votes, that they all admirers and
faithful friends Of HENRY CLAY all TO man! They
called meeting forthwith, put New Highlander in the
chair tMr BoARDMAN, Of Connecticut) and resolved
wait Mr. Clay, as part Of the Harrisburg Conyen-
ton, him that this, the GROWING Of self
sacrificing and generous ambition on the part Of himself
and his immediate and personal friends Of the
South, had been rightly understood and worthy sppre
hv fha mir hat hadv
cornring them to merge all other considerations in that
of helping their country and their cause.-the of
liberty throughout the earhwas Of itself impersha-
bic monument TO his principles and Justification Of all