Lincoln telegraph. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1836-1846, 1840-01-23
NO 43
AN HONEST EXPRESSION OF
OPINION BY A VAN BU-
rem PAPER.

oIlNlON d II v AN DO.
rem PAPER.
The Ohio Confederate, a leading Van
Buren, paper IN that Safe. has the i',llow-
ing remarks upon the whig candidates
for President and Vice Preslueni:-
"What we may think of the ticket ten
drred to the country by the Wing Nation
nj Convention, we dn not assume Ia he a
maiier OF public importance. Ne,erthe-
less, it is our RICH, aud perhaps our duty. to
say To our readers. that We believe it Ia he
the strongest ticket which that body, as
delegates OF The whe party, had the pow
er TO offer 10 the American people. Two
MN less exceptionable TO the honest and
patriotic yeonanry OF the country in point
Of individual worth could not possibly have
been found among the thousands of distin-
gulshed merit, within the wide compass Of
selection. Worthy, popular, nay, beloved
by their countrymen, if majority shall
be- found to withhold their suffrages from
Gen. Harrison and Mr.. Tyler, for the
highest offices of the republic, it may not
authorize the conclusion that they have not
The strange combinations of party interests
which signalze the period, place these cit
izens before their country as the represen-
tatiyes Of principles and parties, in some
instances foreign to each, IN many to one
of them, and may produce results, which,
in the absence Of these peculiar associa-
ations, would be essentially varied.
at has happened to US on two occasions
when neither ourself nor those around US,
were anticipating for him the important
posture in which ne now stands before the
country, to express our opinions Of Gen.
Harrison and to assert his high claims 10
the respect and confidence of his country
men. The evidences of these embellish
try's history SINCE nearly half a century,
To repeat them is supererogatory, to deny
or disparage them is most cruel and unjust.
If forty years of public service, in high and
responsible Is'aions, begun IN youth and
affinence, spen, in toll aud fidelity, and
ended in poverty without reproach-f
these Qualities and services entitle not
citizen to the honorable estimation of his
c"unt:ymen, the stimulus of patriotic eff
fort has ceased to exist. and pure ard
magnaEirnous ambition, in its way of high
est and virtunus endeavor, will strive no
more.
"Of John Tyler we are warranted to
speak by our knowledge ofthe man. But
why shall we speak? Hi name is faInil-
lar to al; the people, from extremity to ex-
tremity of the land; and The evidence of one
witness Who has known him long and well,
affirming his political purity and recitude,
can add nothing of force to the testimony
OF public life ofnear thirty years. Mr..
Tyler commenced his service at a very ear
ly age-beiug elected 10 the House OF Del
egairs OF Virginia before he had attained
his els, year. BY that body he was soon
appointed member ofthe Executive Coun-
Gil "fihe S:ate-whenc- he was soon trans
itrred 10y the people TO the House Of Rep
reseutatives of the United States. Sever
al successive terms ia the lower House of
Congress, he vas next raised 10 the
Chief Magisiracy of the State. but bef,re
the +xp,: .tion of his official term, was e.
lec,td to the S+na,e of The United States.
His subsequent participation, and the part
h- has acted, in the interesting events
which have marked the era, are known to
all. We will only now add Of Mr.. Tyler,
that through all The changes of his poili-
cal life, connected at different peri"ds
with critical and imposing events, he has
been distinguished as firm, consistent
and uniform Republican. straiter dis
cipIe Of the great Jefferson, Virginia has
no! known in his day.