Liberty advocate., 1840-07-09
VOL. 5.--NO. %.
From the Ncksbarg Wing.
GENERAL HARRISON-ABOLITlON.

ed the soundness of General Harrison's views
on the subject Of abolition, but that on the con-
trary we have always contended that he had
gone as lar in opposition 10 the fell spirit OF
abollilonlsm as the most ultra of southern men
In support Of this position we have from time
TO time adluced the letters and speeches Of the
distinguished Hero Of Tippecanoe, in which he
assumed The broadcast ground in defence of the
South and her institutions, which, until recent
lily, have always been received as undoubted
and undeniable evidence Of his soundness id
'Erelation 10 subject in which the South is vi.
tally interested. But the rapid strides which
the peoples candidate has been making in the
confidence and affection ofthe public, has alar-
med the defenders of the spoils party, and il
became necessary to resort to slander and de.
traction. To check the onward and upward
career OF Gen. Harrison, it became necessary
to make him odious to large section of the
confederacy by charging him with favoring the
designs OF the abolitiOnists. Those who made
this charge knew as we'll as we did that it was
UNANIMOUSLY false, that it had no foundation in
; fact, and that Gen. Harrison's whole life gave
the lie direct and unequivocalIy to the vile
slander. They knew that he was not only
mol all abotlonlst, but that in almost every
speech he ever made, in which the subject had
beoh touched upon, that he had denounced the
abolltlonlsts and their designs in terms at once
, bold and undisguised. They knew that his
vote upon the Missouri question, was evidence
OF the most unequiyoca character, Of his devo.
ton TO the South. They knew that his speech
at Cheviot, on the 4th Of July 1888, his speech
at Vincennes in 1885, and his letterlto Thomas
Sloo, Jr., of New Orleans, written in 1896, all
gave undeniable evidence Of his opposition to
abolition in all its phrases. They knew tina,
these documents were all on record, and that
to sustain the charge OF abolition against Gen.
Harrison, 1t became necessary either TO deny
the authenticity ofthem, or to assert that his
views had undergone thorough and radical
change on this important subject. AS the lat
ter proposition seemed TO be the one most east
: ly to be accomplished, it was Immediately &C.
ted upon, and no sooner was the nomination Of
Gen. Harrison announced, than instantly from
every administration paper in the South went
forth the cry of "Harrison and abolition" Day
after day, week after week, and month after
month, has this false cry been shouted forth,
and when the charge has been met, and his
accuserS confronted with his letters and speech.
es written and spoken years ago, it has been
> falsely asserted that his opinions have changed,
and that now, for the purpose Of securing votes
in the North, he has leagued himself with that
hated party the abolitionists We knew this
assertion to be as false as the hearts Of the un.
principled calumnators who made it, and we
never doubted for moment that the true.
hearted old Hero who had so often risked
his life in the field Of battle, and who had of.
Tered himself the first aod willing victim upon
the altar of Southern rights, would meet and
put down this calumny, promptly as he had
met and put down the enemies Of his country
in days gone by. We have not been deceived.
Our confidence in his integrity, and his devo-
tion 10 Southern rights, has not been misplaced,
and we now have it in our powerto knock from
under the ocofoco party the last hope upon
which rests their fast declining fortunes
What expedient will be resorted to next by
the desperate and unprincipled party opposed
to Us, time alone will determine. One by one
have the base slanders propagated against the
venerable hero and patriot recoiled upon the
heads Of their authors. One by one have the
many calumnies heaped upon head grown
grey in the service Of his country. been met,
and crushed beneath the overpowering weight
Of truth. lie stands before the American poo.
pie clad in the impenetrable panopIy of virtue
and patriotism, with the people for his defen.
ders, and truth for his shield. The shafts
which calumny and detracion hurl at him, arc
shivered upon his mailed breast and fall innox.
ous to his feet.
But we are wandering. Here is the last nail
in the coffin Of defunct locolocosm, let its
friends and relations lend an ear while we
drive it home, (orit is its knell Never more
will loco(ocolsm lift its brazen front in the
South, the last link is broken, and its putrid
carcase will soon be consigned to that bourne
from whence no traveller returns.
! The following letter from General Harrison,
bearing date the ed inst, in which he endorses
his letters and speeches heretofore published,
is conclusive and satisfactory. The people OF
the South are satisfied, they desire nothing
more Here it is.
"NoRTH BEND, June Cd, l840.
"Gentlemen: In answer to your enquiry
whether the letters and speeches which have
been published ia my name by my political
friends particularly those contained in a pamph.
lei lately published in Cincinnati by Col. C. 8.
Todd, and BENZ. Drake, Esq, contain the senti.
ments and opinions which | at present enter
tain. | repeat, what have lately written to
committee Of my friends in New York, that I
should not consider myself an honest man TO
suffer these letters and speeches to be thus used
without contradiction il any alteration had ta-
ken place in my opinions.
am very respectfully,
I Your fellow citizen,
w. II, HARRISON