The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1840-07-02

% prevent II. allow thr fair fame az my
enmprsiiaF % be unjsslly sssailed and
wounded even for The silsinmrnl &c lhal
Lofty aim Of q noble smbninn. Nsy.
have ollsn defended Mr. Van BURN
sgsinsi shsi | beliessd 10 be The misre-
presentations Of ny own mistaken friends
and Others. Fsllos-cilizens. IL BIZ. Wan
Buren be The bfilef s.siesmsn. lee us ny
90. shsll be he last man 10 raise 81
objection against u. OF 20 desire 20 impose
restraints upon The Utmost Independents
Of ihought and aclion. and the freesf ex.
preston Of feeling and opinion. l lore
q frank and generous sdFersary-such
q man ! delights % embrace-snd vii
serve him, according 10 my sbiliiy. ss
eheerf1ily 80 my pfolessed friend. Bot
that political warfare Which seeks success
BY fani deiraelion. and strives Coz ssten-
dsney By the ruin Of personal character.
merits ihe indignation 81 honest men. 10
haisfnl 10 every generous. mind. and
tends zoo surely 10 the destruction ol pub.
he virtue, and. - consequences. 10 Tho
downfall Of public liberty.
Gen. Harrison apologizsd for occupy
ing his Iellow-ciiizens 30 long. He said
he would but mention me more Of The
latest ISLANDERS which had come 20 bis
knowledge. A German papsr. publish-
ed in Cincinnati. almost under his own
eye. puts il forth. with apparent sincerity.
that " Gen. Harrison. now q candidate
for the Presidency af the United States.
was, many years ago. when . young
man. an aid 10 Gen. Wayne during his
Indian wars--and that. whenever young
Harrison lnund that battle was ecming
On, he always ran of into the woods.
again there Was loud and irrepressibls
laughter. The editor forgot, said the
General. when he served this little dish.
that the only possible security 10 young
iiarrison's scalp. on Tie approach OF
battle with The Indians. was in keeping
OUT offhe uo0ds! Such . story % This
can only excite q smile here. IL 10 irus.
saId Gen. H.. but this paper cireulaics
not alone in The United SIsies--eopies Of
it are probably read in Europe, where
our history is less knowa. aud where The
contradiction Of such silly falsshoods may
possibly never come. ID
:. IL has long been proverbisl Of old
soldiers. frllow.ci,,zens." continued Gen.
H.. "tha, they dsllgh, 70 60 back 70 o
iher days and fight their battles over q
gain. When began this address 10 you,
/ intended only 70 speak OF my Gar fam.
ed "Commiffes Of Conscience keepers"
and the " iron cagt" in which il 10 said
they csnfine me. bot hs.c inviting
" taken advantage OF your kind dispose
non 70 listen 10 me, aud extended my re-
marks 10 other though kindred topics. |
| will only add that. al,ho' they have made
\ = wide mistake who make me dwell in
an lion Caee. Inc uulurky wight sard
put me in Log Cabin was little near
er the truth than he probably soppos-
ed himself TO be. II is true that part
81 my dwelling house is log cabin,
but as to the hard cider"-(lhe laughter
which followed the allusion TO the "hsrd
cider" branch Of the story drowned The
voice az The speaker
"But," said Gen. H., admon ished
by The proverb, that you may ascribs my
long speech 10 the common inirmily NJ
an old soldier. and bring me under
The suspicion Of the loeuscity Of age. I
will conclude these hssry aud unprsmss
dira,sd remarks by thanking my isllow-
cuizens Of Columbus for their polite.
ness on the present occasion, as we'll as
for the friendly feelings Of which they
have uniformly and often heretofore Civ.
en- me so many gratifying proofs.
The General retired, leaving the crowd
which had continued 10 accumulate
while he spoke. delighted with The prompt
and satisfactory manner in which he had
net The wishes Of the citizens. The
uprermnsl idea in The mind Of every one
with whom the writer interchanged q
,h"ueht, was The wish that every man in
The Union had heard the unprsmedils-
ted and exiemporsneous address. Upon
every candid mind j, impressed the con-
vietion that The opposition candidate for
the Presidency was The last man in the
world 10 be made the instrument OF .
committee of "consciepce keepers" or
10 conceal his opinions Of public mea-
sures from sinister motives, when The
disclosure Of them was called for by
The propriety and fitness Of things.
The General left the city about 10
o'clock, escorted by numerous caval.
cate on horseback. and attended by the
Mayor and The Chairman OF The State
Central Committee. The escort parted
with their guest a mile or so from The
city. on his journey northward.
The General was addressed on part.
ing by the Mayor in brief vsledie.ory
ON behalf Of The ci,izens Of the Capital.
TO which he replied in his uniformly
happy manner.
or the further progress OF the Gener-
al nor,hwsrd. 30 fnd the following ac-
count in the Ohio State Journal:
His entrance into Worthington, altho'
they had shor. notice Of his approach,
was characteristic Of the cilizens Of that