Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1839-12-19
GEN. HARRISON-Opinions Of he Press.
From The Boston ALIAS.

From The Boston Atlas
TWAS with no ordinary feelings Of graiG cation
tha We were yesterday enabled TO communicate The
intelligence thai Gen. William Henry Harrison, who
Is emphatIcally The man OF tie people had been
nominated by the Harrisburg Convention. A large
majority OF body composed Of delegates fresh from
tue people, and unsurpassed in intelligence and ia
leafs or in devotion 10 the Cause oftlue republican.
Ism, by any deliberate body that ever assembled have
alter II AZURE celebration, given thea prtfeit nee to
NM whom The people had already shown, in the
most unequivocal manner, to be the man of their
choice hlost hearIy do congratulate our friend
throughout The county upon this suspicious result.
"ceohetatuaie them that VT have now IA candidate
hPon whom we can all uni,e-ope who will heal all
ossens'ons and restore to US AID our country our
~ po'','c' FioSpe'liy-ore who is in every
u, 'ie "oto a" honest and upright mainland, above
all. one who can al d Will be elected
Ven Harrison Is the only one who in the pyespn,
posture 81 Affairs can unite every section of the u
num- anu 'heftlute the only one who could have
",',''pa'eu WIN the same chance OF success
i's puoiic servlces,hls military success and more
'"" "''' us wen known and sterling Integrity, have
e"ueafed nm TO the great mass of tie people
throughout the whole country Ahhongb ha l,s
never been the choice of the politicians and the mar
'"oets, YET tue very moment that his name was
presented TO the people for their suffrae his claims
"e'c received oy tlem with an enthusiasm wholly
unexampled, AS well as unexpected Altb,uoI
nominated in the first instance more as complimen,
yuan with any expec aton that he could be elected
70 me surprise OF ALL he nearly defeated the election
VI an Buren even while under the protcctno wing
ol Ven Jackson's popularity.
iha' ne is IA laporIte IN every section of the coun-
ny can De very easily shown. Almost every State
" "'e Oh'on has at one time another declared its
attachment TO his venerated name. Even where a
p'e'eience may have been shown to IA local capd-
us'e' the Farmer of Norh Bend has ever been their
s.onu choice, Even in the South evidences of his
tVGpu'atdy have not been wanting. The electors in
s'ua were pledged, at the last election of Pres-
bii '" give Inn their vote in case he could thereby
,is;'n' North Carolina, Louisiana and Mis-
vi.f nave repeatedly declared their readiness to
which h mf Cordial support. The enthusiast IN
,t,h ' :" eS'ern States manifested in his cause
end "s' Ffesiden,iai election is Of too recent oc-
dwal, ~ ana too well known, to require to be
,L upon at length Ohio and Indiana, from being
ane Strongest Tory States in the Union, gave hin,
bnn.,hlhg and surprising majoritics. Kentucky
blurred hun with her hearty support, and even
,,a'n, wanna, with its Jackson majority Of twenty
"o"sahd, was all but reyolulionizei Connecticut
,hsa- Vi throwing her usual Jackson majority oil
NO '''oosand. reduced it $500 votes, even where
No. s""iZed opp' sition was made, and would, had
RL"e,''ohs been made, have given him her vote.
,;o III is'and' which in the previous sping cleo
wac m owna DRY ma oriy of nearly thousand
~ or n'gh Carried and only gave the lean pura
Nv votes. Vermont and Delaware gave him
dd.,' layer tian any ever before given TO any can
vas ,,o" jersey, To The surprise OF every one
M: ""o'y revolntionized and in MARYLAND In
,,:Jo Was 3o0o-larger than any ever before OBJ
VII y any Fany in the Stare In fine, ever,
,,,a A"'hples oil The strong hold VIII ch Gen. Har
m "a ""s ~ on the affections of the people mer
~ anu IA: result, without exception DIS