Macon intelligencer., 1840-06-27
General Harrison's vincenncs speech.

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delivery.
General Harrison's vincenncs speech.
We now submit. General Harrisons great
! Vincennes speech, delivered in the month of
May, 1885. No man can read il and not be
convinced that the false charge against the
General of aboIitionism is completely upset
when a man dares openly and boldly 70 pro-
Tess such orthodox principles, and all his life
act up 10 them, the public will not re backward
70 repOse in him that high confidence which
such a lofty course commands. It will be mark
ed by the reader that General Harrison speaks
TO be understood There is no non-committal-
ism in the old soldier:
g / have now, fellow-citizens, a few words
more to say on another subject, and which is,
in my opinion, OF more importance than any
other that is now in the course of discussion in
any part Of the Union. | allude to the socie-
ties which have been formed, and the move
mcntS Of certain individuals in some Of the
States in relation to a portion of the population
In Others. The conduct 0fthese persons is the
more dangerous, because their object is masked
\ under the garb of diSInterestednesS and benevo-
lence; and their course vindlcated by argument
and propositions which in the abstract no one
can deny. But however fascinating may be the
dress with which their schemes are presented
to their fellow -citiZenS, with whatever purity OF
intention they may have been formed and sus-
tained they will be found TO carry IN their
train, mischiefto the whole Union, and horrors
70 large portion Of it, which it is probable,
some ofthe projectors and many oftheir sup
porters have never thought of; the latter, the
first in the series of evils which are TO spring
from their source, are such as you have read OF
to have been perpetrated on the far plains OF
Italy and GauI, by the Scythian hordeS Of Atilla
and Aiaric and such as most of you appre-
hended on that memorable night when the tom.
ahawks and war-clubs of the followers of Tee
cumseh were rattling in your suburbs. regard
not the disavowas of any such intention upon
the part Of the authors Of these schemes, since
upon examination of the publications which
haze been made they will be found to contain
the very fact, and every argument which would
have been used, If such had been their object.
/ am certain that there IS not in this assembly,
one Of these deluded men,sand there are few
within the bounds OF the State. II there are
any, would earnestly entreat them 20 Iorpear,
to pause in their career, and deliberately con-
slider the consequence of their conduct to the
whole Union. tothe States more Immediately
interested. and to those for whose benett they
!. profess to act That the latter will be the vic
Tins of the weak, injudicious, presumptuous and
unconstitutional efforts TO serve them, thor-
ough examination OF the subject must convince
them. The struggle (and struggle there must
be) may commence with horrors such as have
described but il will end with more firmly RI
vetting the chains, or in the utter extirpation
ofthose whose cause they advocate.
Am WTOu&t LCilOW-CtttACtAc1 IL ePFi9t taN5 - :
terms weak, presumptious and unconstitutional
TO the measures of the emancipatorsl A slight
Examination will think, show that am mol.
In vindication OF the object of convention
which was lately held In one Of the towns oi
Ohio. whichI saw in newspaper, II was Said
that nothing more was intended than 70 produce
state Of public feeling which would lead to an
Amendment Of the Constitution, authorizing the
abolition Of slavery in the United States. How
can an amendment of the constitution be effect
ed without the consent OF the Southern States
What then is the proposition to be submitted g
them -" the present provisions OF the consti'
tuition secure to you the right Ga right which
You held before II was made, which you have
never given up,) to manage your domestic con
Germs in your own way, but as we are convln!
ced that you do not manage them properly, wt
want you to put in the hands Of the Genera
Government, in the councils OF which we nays y
the majority the control over these matters, tht
effect Of which will be virtually to transfer the
mowers from yours into our hands" Again
In some of the States, and in sections Of others
the black population far exceeds that OF thf
white Some of the emancipatprs propose an
immediate abolition Whatisthe proposition
then. as il regards the States and parts Of tht
States but the alternatives of annals gamafion VIII
the blacks or an exchange of situations Will
thema Is there any man of common sense Wne
does not believe that the emancipated blacks
being majority, will not insist upon ainll par
tlcipatOn OF political rlgntS With INC wniseo
and when possessed of these, will they not con
tend for full share of fsocial rights also w ma
but the extremity of weakness and folly couls
induce any one to think that such proposition
as these could be listened 10 by people SO IN
telI;gept as the Southern States Further
TfS emancipators generally declare that il
,h.ir intention to affect their object (althoug
their acts contradict their assertiOn) by ]
other means than by convincing the slave-ho
avs that the immediate emancipation OF u
siaves e called for both by moral obligation ar
sound poIicv. An unHedged youth, al the M
ment Of his leaving [indeed in many instanc
before he has left it) his Theological Seminar
undertakes 10 give lectures upon morals % Y
rounlrvmen OF Wythe, Tucker Pendieton az
I,owndcs, and lessons Of political wisdom
States. whose affairs have so recenuy peeh