The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1840-09-22
OHIO AGAINST THE WORLD!
ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND FREE
MEN IN COUNCIL!
TIRE MIAMI VALLEY CONVENTION /!

\
T MEN IN COUNClL!!
TIRE MIAMI VALLEY CONVENTION Z!
, The battle is fought-the victory won't AS
goes Ohio, now, so goes the Union! And as
! went the Miami Valley on the 10th instant, so
will go the State on the Both October. ONE
HUNDRED THOUSAND FREEMEN IN COUNCIL! Let
that word pass round Garry it, We patriotic
fathers, and We glorious mothers, to the hearths
and hearts Of your famiies Shout it, We noble
and high-souled youths, from the recesses OF
every valley, and the heights of every mountain
in the land Bear it, We breezes OF the Western
World, to every ear in this broad Universe! So
shall the dropping spirits of Lberty's children
revive: so shall the conscences of selfish and
ambitious rulers shrink within themselves, and
quail with terror: so shall a sense of Hope, and
Promise, and Assurance fall as gentle and re-
freshing dew upon all virtuous hearts.
i ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND! 1t were useless to
attempt any thing like detailed description of
this GRAND GATHERING OF THE PEOPLE. We sdp
it all-feh il all-and shall bear to our graves,
live we yet half century, the impression it
made upon our hearts. But we cannot describe
it. No eye that witnessed it, can convey to the
mind of another, a faint semblance of the
things it there beheld. The bright and glorious
day-the beautiful and hospitable city-the
green-clad and heaven blessed valey-the thou
| sand flags, utering in every breeze and waving
from every window-,he ten thousand banners
and badges with their appropriate devices and
patriotic inscriptions-and, more than all, the
hundred thousand human hearts beating in that
dense and seethng mass OF peope-are things
| which those alone can properly feel and appre-
ciate, who beheld this grandest spectacle Of
! Time.
i Upon the stand General Harrison was well
coined to Dayton, on behalf of the citizens of the
town and vicinity, by Judge Crane, in felici-
tous and feeling manner. The Judges reference
to the calumnies which had been recently visited
) upon the head of the General, was received by
the assembled multitude with feeling Of deep
Indignation at his slanderers, and low but uni
versal murmur against their baseness; but when
he made rapid survey of the many and great
services which the Old Hero had rendered his
country, in civil as well military stations, the
shout that went up showed that the hold which
General Harrison has upon the respect and at
fectons of the people, is ardent, deep-rooted,
and not Of day.
GENERAL HARRISON
Commenced his response, and his speech to the
/ people by feeling allusion TO the glorious re-
ception which had been given him. ''But," said
he, "feow-citizens, have not the vanity for one
, moment to suppose, that any service which !
) may have rendered my country, or any person
al respect or affection for me, has thus drawn
, you by thousands and thousands from your
homes kn0p that il is much deeper and
keener feeling-a much more important consl-
deration-that has brought you here. 1t is the
cause.-the great and good CAUSE, fellow-clti-
zens, which ace hare all espoused, that has
| drawn you thus together, from your remote
homes, to take counsel of each other, and to rea-
son together touching the common good.
General Harrison then alluded to the silly
charge so often made against him by his politi-
c cal opponents that che in the habit OF con-
Y | nd
to express them" He remarked, as every body
knows very truly, that so far from there being
any truth in this charge, he had been plain
and free spoken man all his life, and had espe-
cially, during the first canvass in which he was
i candidate for the Presidency, written and pub
lished his political sentiments t'me ana again.
o in almost every possible form. Ii was true he
y said, he had declined giving any actual "pied
:. gesp as to his conduct in certain events, should
= he be elected to the high and responsible office
of Chief Magistrate of the United States. His
!, active life had been long one; and he believed
q that much better guarantee for the correct con-
!, duct of Chief Magistrate could be found in his
o known character, and the course of his former
h career, than in any pledges he might give dur
r ing the heat of an active canvass, and the pen
IT dencv of a doubtful contest. He had never de.
IS MED or doubted the right of the people to be in
formed of the leading political opinions of candi-
dates for offices of trust; but, on the contrary
7. was clearly and entirely oil OPINION, that thel
k sentiments should be freely expressed and wei
h understood He had always so expressed his.
; General Harrison spoke for about an hour ir
- his most interesting manner indicating him
self from the aspersons OF his enemies, and es
= tablishing what he said, as he went along b,
~ evidence which Senator Allen and his like would
Of be very far from attempting to controvert, il con
h fronted by the authorities adduced. Towards
ir the close of his speech, he declared himself t.
IS BE- n warm friend TO good credit system; :
: tor,n said he, "wihout credit what had nov
u been the condition of this beautiful Miami val
: ley, green and smiling in the richness and exu
" bcrance of nature, and whose thousands ant
thousands of independent population surround
N us al this Moment Establish tomorrow h,
n continued, "he hard money system, so mucl
I'd auded OF late. as opposed to good system o
ID credits, and ten gears from this time, erer1
'r man mar rich ioiH be richer, and era'y ma,
roir poor ,rW be poorer
OF General Harrison, are told by those VIII,
n were on the eminence al the east, was heard dis
u tincty throughout his speech, at the distance o
four hundred feet from the stand. He was FIRE
l. quently interrupted by loud and long paudits
h. and touched, BY his frankness and simplicity,
h chord in thousands of bosoms, that will thrill 70
he life with the recollection Of the day and the oc
casion
I'll COILS. CHRISTIE AND CHAMBERS.
ne The former of New Orleans, the latter one o