Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1840-09-30

thus placed beyond the possibility of ca.
vii or doubt, and the double dealing
course Of the federal candidate fully ex.
posed 10 the public view. No declara.
tons for The public cye,"-" no pledges
IRON candidate for the Presidency Of
the United Slates," but private and con-
tFadic'o'y letters to LYONS, Oven, Evans
ana oilers, 10 be carefully guarded from
ihe puohe press. but iudusiriously circu-
lated from hand to hand, in States and
neIghborhoods different and remote, 10
cour, and influence men Of feelincs al.
verse, hostile and unforgivinp! When.
we demand, did the American people ever
! behold such a spectacle before2 We
might go on, fellow citizens. and multi-
ply proof upon proof of the unexampled
scheme of fraud g. deceit, we're il possible
10 do so in the limits Of an address. We
cannot, however, refrain from calling your
attention to the following extract. from
the proceedings of the same convention.
in which the speech Of Mr.. Brown was
delivered:
"Mr. Leav,it of New York. Editor Of
the Emancipator,) who had previously
spoken with decided condemnation Of
Mr. Van Buren,, as pledged uttely against
abolition in all its forms, said that he was
open and plain in bis course, while Har-
rison was aiming secretly to gain the slave
states by servillty TO the south, and the
nothern abolitionisis by confidential pro-
fessiOns. 1t was now well known that
letters from Harrison, with injunctions of
secrecy had been privately circulated at
the south ever since Harrison was can
didate in 1886, pledging him 10 the slave
holders. John NJ. BerrieD, of Georgia.
has a private letter from Harrison in
1886, Oh the slave side. A gentleman of
Louisiana, or Alabama, has another of
these SECRET pledges to the south. Mr..
Rives, or some friend of his, had another.
These letters were concealed until after
the Harrisburgh convention. where, By
another process, the votes Of abolitionists
in that body were secured for the nomi-
nation of Harrison" This was one
side of the picture. He meant 10 be i'm
partial, for he regarded neither party, and
looked upon both as the enemy of aboli.
ton. While these secret pledges 10 sla-
very were circulating at The south, the
opposite opinions were confidently as
cribed 10 Harrison at the north, 10 secure
the aboltionists. This double process
of concealment had been carried on with
considerable success by Harrison himself.
He Mr. Leavittl knew the fact that Har.
rison, since the recent nomination, and
before, had gained much Of their favor
and confidence in bis personal intercourse
with the abolitionisis of Cincinnati. He
had visited the anti-slavery rooms there,
and had led many true hearted abolition.
lists 10 believe he was with them in the
great work of emancipation. -" Dele
gates to the American anti-slavery con-
veniion had pledged themselves to that
convention, that Harrison was fully COM
mitted to anti-slavery. Mr.. Gates, Of
New York, whig abolition member Of
Congress, had written a letter which he
[Mr. LeaVitt had seen, affirming, from
facts within his knowledge, that Harrison
had changed his opinions on abolition
since his speech at Vincennes, and his
chevoit Grafton, which is quoted BY Mr..
Rives, in his letter to the Virginians, 10
prove HarrisOn's pro slavery"
Such, fellow citizens, is the testimony
of man whose means of information are
not exceeded by those of any individual,
and whose known and bitter hostility 10
Mr.. Van Buren, and the democratic par
ty affords the amplest assurance that this
statement is made from no friendly mo.
tive towards them. What scene of du-
plicity, treachery and fraud is here pre-
sented, on the part of one who aspres TO
the seat that Washington honored, JEFF
ferson filled and jackson adorned. How
different, how widely different, from the
open, straightforward, manly course OF
the patriot who now holds the executive
chair.
Aware, fellow citizens, that bare re.
cital Of these facts is sufficient to arouse
the indignation and excite the alarm Of
men, who value the precepts of candor
and the obligations of truth, we turn to
the consideration of other points in the
history and views of the federal nominee.
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