Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1840-06-11
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,..,,l,y sprung up, few DAYS ago. IT the Seuar
ri. United States, on The removal 81 posfm IS
:, Ohio. for reasons Wholly unc"nneoted uilh tn
hare of his official duties. and which the PSI
-, General when applied 10 by his punishe,
.h.i,.,p. refused 10 disclose. II. idted the AZ
hive. ftba, Inqusirorialpr o n-house, (lc Genera
p..,Cfce) shall tot lie de,lo,ied of It's content,
.,.,,o,leinsugurarion oi G,n, Harrison, II viii
have no doubt reveal secrets ola eha,acrer tend
% establish the existence ola system Of odious Is
,o,ape aud petty desroiism unparalleled except b,
-. o,,anized machinery If The French Police uu
i, m. Duke Of Otanlo. and wholly neompatbl lie
.;,h the .enius OF our ins lruons aud he ghs Of
,h.,eople We shall then see by what agencies
.e.;,n, Ulcers have been stabbed in tie dark BY
..l, I'd assass rs of thata,te,; md tie vile tn.rs
,,s.d 10 couro or fa,ling thar, punish the in.
..,erdrnt exercise OF heedom Of opuuon-the
.,,,,.,ed bril-r chit ofevery Ame,icau olzen, pur.
.h..,J f., him BY the toll aod blood OF the Reyolu-
,;.,.ry heroes aud paitiots.-bni purchased vain.
81 The powri Of appointment ard removal is 10 be So
,uloytd as TO nake subser,ituty To the Pr slGeni
A,e sole condition ofholdng office.
! I'm, The debate took u much wider scope, Inyolv-
spy rbe ners of the Presidential Candidates. aud
oller topics incidentally letaYtut 10 he auin ated
Struggle in progress b,t"ten Tie ereai anlago
rizing elements oil our rolucal syst,n- ETttu
Poutr agairs, tie Popular IiH Nh len. oil
Ohio, was the champlou oi t eiofa q; Nh Ctllien-
den the Saladn Of the Senate, OF if.e latter: az
most .kiluy did The Champion oil Republic nisn,
WELD his POLISHED badr aud mosi Triumphant
the issue of the conflict.
Mr.. Allen will lie seem ad,eited 10 tie stale and
shallow artfce, hch TO be Tie chef ie
lance The Executive nllnlons, as 10 the alleged
silence of Gen. Harrison when inseirogated III
ference 10 hIs opinions, upon CERTAIN questions Il
public policy, upon which his opinions lave been
often explicitly made known,-Inllrshed opinions.
TO which he refers the " anxinus iuqnlrers' by
whom he Is netfogated, answer To tn. lr inlcr
rocatones. In tins Gen. Harrison follows the
ample not only Of Gen. Jackson, bul of Mr.. Van
Buren, himself. The latter gentleman WAS luleuo
gated few weeks ago, on the slavery question, by
Walter +. Leake, Of North Carolina, ia political
friendly and what WAS his reply! Did he give cat
a.orcal ansSe to those q1es,ions Ma. He re-
fered Mr.. Leake to his letters Of 1888 6. in which
he had avowed the opinion that Congress las The
right 70 abolish slavery in the District Of Columbia.
and declared that that, as well as the other opn"ns
expressed in tho letters bad been strcp gthcnea by
subsequent experience aud reflection When Gen
Harrison applied 10 by MesSrs Chambers aud
Buskirk of Louisville, tky what was his reply =
lie referred them to his Cheviot and Nnoennes
speeches, in which he had take the strongest ground
a ainst tie Abolitionisls, denouncing diem set
Of deluded or wicked fanatics, aud their schemes as
weak, presumptuous and unconsflluuonal," and in
which lie decla ed thai ouy bad Congress and the
Legislatures ufthe nor slaveholdiuc States n, rgll
10 touch the slavery ques ion in any shape, bu hat
even The discussion OF that qu,stiun, in the NON
slave holding Slaits. oaIion of the spril ol
the constitution ! What is Van Bur rs piedee 10
reto a lac that nere. be passed, in comparison
with this high aud impteenabIe gro0nd-ihe only
ground upon which the Solth can safely resi- her
defence!
But lei us 90 step f4rher. II may be true
thai Mr.. Van B prcn has answered all the intrrog1-
tories addi es>cd to INN. Bui vel there are certain
points, as M'. Crutnden remarked. upon winch lie
has not yet been inienogaeI. and in reference 10
which demand to know. OF his friends. wnlt are
hi, opinions. Mr.. Van Baren's OPP. onents have not
annoyed him with qnrs nos upon these su9jecfs, "a
Gen. Harlspn's opponents have deemed 1t nut "a.
delicate do, although they DID 40, ok for lutpf-
uaton TO enght their Judgments. or 10 control
their votes; for not one Of tn. n will say that If
Gen. Harrison had answered every question slt,s-
factorily to him, thar II would have abated one jhr
or title OF his opposition. Their anxey 10 CAFE
chze the General was the oisp' ing eaher OF Imper-
tinent curiosity OF butter nalevolepfe, aud dc
tated hy a hope that Thy m 3ht dlaw sp'ne an
guarded expression from INN winch their Ingenuity
might pervert 10 his injury. We leave 1t 10 all cam
did minds whether q n. ll'usrn was bound, 81
their in courtesy diem, nr IN IsIce - himself.
TO reply to queries, proceeding from such maievo-
lent parrizlus, and dictated by snch bls' molres;-
especially when he knew lhar, upon all the points 10
mich these queries had reference, his opinions had
dong ago cen made known. fully aud emIhaicalI,
sit in the power Of language 10 cnnvey his mean
4 {, and under circumstances winch demonstrated
their sincerity; and that these opinions thus
expressed. his friends arc satsfed? WIN, We ak,
Should Gen. Harrison repeat Opinions. for The graft
flc alton of an IDLE curiosity, or tor the purp Sc OF
furnishing weapons for he ingenuity oil those who
MUTILATE and GARBBE even his published
sentimenis-Mhen his friends do not need addition
al evidence OF his orthodoxy, and hrs opponents are
determined TO disbelieve aud peuert the most lum-
nous expositions Of his Opinions which is IN the
power Of written or spoken language To convey tc
she mind! 1t would have been work of superero-
CATION, at once futile and foolish.
We have said that there are certain questions