The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1840-10-13

What was il that commended Andrew Jackson 6rst
and foremost TO your support Was not that he had
rsked his life for his country That he had given the
highest proof Of his devotion 10 the liberties ofhls
try And is il to this that supporter of An
drew Jackson now comes forward and makes il a
proach against William Henry Harrison that he has
fought for his country But Mr.. Wright tells you
that II you TO select who have fought the bat
ties Of your country you should choose from those who
can show honorable wounds and in the service
OF their country-which William Henry Harrison
not do, says Mr.. Wright Now, what do you say TO
this Can Andrew Jackson who in his day we de-
lighted TO honor, show honorable wounds and
earned In the service of his country He may show
wounds and scars gotten in private brols of which,
can say tor hun, he would be the last To boast.
and the first to he ashamed and deeply to regret and
lament.
Well il William Henry Harrison, then, though
in the post of danger all his comrades and
panions Ia arms can prove, though he may have been
protected by Providence, show scars does he
stand in any other situation than Andrew Jackson
And what more could our glory and honor, Washing
ton, do2 Was the chieftan and father of American
liberty ever wounded 7 We know he barred his bosom
danger, and bore his life in his hand know that
he who valued himself, and every thing
pertaining himself, nothing compared to the nap
piness and liberty Of hIs country; but he ever
wounded was strongly reminded, on reading tho
remarks Of Nh, Wright, of some incidents in the ca
reer of Washington. Do you not remember how he
when but the youthful aid of Braddock, exposed him
self to the bullets and the deadly aim OF the Indian
rifle and yet Providence turned aside the fatal missiles
and he spared TO be the saviour and deverer of his
country
Do we live in Christian land and acknowledge
the mercy and bounty of Providence and not see the
finger Of an Almighty Providence and mercy in this
And as General Washington was preserved through
danger fearlessy encountered in the Revolution, so
was William Henry Harrison, in my conscience be
eve, and am not chargeable with superstition, pre-
served be the second saviour and deiverer of his
country, as Washington was the first. (Cheers.)
encc but feel it to be due TO you this OCCASION
to tell you how impressiyey feel that William Henry
Harrison was born and was preserved by the hand of
Providence stretched forth for his protection, to be
the deyerer ofhis country( Cheers from those wide
wasting sins and from that public Generalization
which sweeping the land ! wish | could
tell you in what way the most important trust of the
Executive Chief Magistrate Of this country has been
Frustrated and dsgraced, but the time will not per
nit.
wish could tell you Of the public inquencies,
at which, when the President of the United States
has been told of them-when he has been told that
the public money has been squandered in mere Jobs of
executive patronage-he has winked and have
been told that though these delinquents have been
fathless to the people they have been true to their
party chieftain and therefore, it was better to let
them aone--touch not a hair of their heads or you
lose the support of themselves and their friends
The people are dlsregarded in the appointment OF
officers TO sustain the present party in power; men
have been appointed in whom the people have not
falcations in New York and elsewhere; and men who
have been discarded by the people have been taken in
TO the confidence of the President My friends, this
is not republicanism You know what has been pro-
claimed as the maxim Of g the spoils party" in New
York and regret and mourn over it. / regret that
| maxim should have come from Of this
proud Empire Statea State which is destined yet to
lift alo the banner Of American freemen, and to give
the highest pledge of devotion to the sacred of
liberty by mmolatng those who have been in better
days her favore sons, the altar.
The honorable gentleman enumerated, amongst
Other appointments of men to Office who had been dis
| carded by the people, the cases Of Mr. Maxcy, VINO
has been sent ambassador to Belgium, Mr.. Glpin,
| who appointed to the Office Of Attorney General,
Mr. Niles Of Connecticut Mr.. c. C. Cambreleng,
&C. &c, and again reviewed the circumstances atten-
dan the defalcations of Swartwout and Price, and
he said he feared the city of New York. as the
last nthc days Of the Revolution to be evacuated by
a foreign enemy would also be the last to be evacu-
| ated by domestic enemy. He contrasted the con-
duct of Mr.. Van Buren, with that Of Washington, the
Father of his country. On one occasion, he said,
| General Washington solicited to appoint man
TO the Office of United States Solicitor General Gen.
Washington admitted that he had nothing against the
man, his character unexceptionabie, but he had
been recently candidate for the suirages of the peo
pie in district which ne had lately represented, and
the people had expressed their dsapprova of his
duct by rejecting him, and Washington said he could
not reconcile with his duty, the Chief Magistrate
of Republic, to set aside the peoples verdict But
Mr. Van Buren,, with professions of democracy on
his lips has acted with manifest and utter disregard of
the sovereign people Of America and you, there
fore, longer adhere to him2
Mr. Van Buren, has been too long the spoiled child
of fortune; he has been handled in the lap OF Office.
In Virginas bill Of rights we have what dare say
yours has but not YOU with the instinct of rcpub-
Leans, will respond to the sentiment We have Ian
guage this eectto restrain your public men from
oppression, they must RETURN from time to time, TO
private stations, that they may feel and participate in
the burdens of the people Now here is the great er-
ror in the case Of Mr.. Martin Van Buren, He does
not know since you first raised him into public mo-
tice, what it is to be of the people Look at his
career The district of Columbia first made him
Senator of your proud republican State That was
in 1912, and from that period to this he has passed
through unbroken line of office, enjoying the
spoils of the victors He has been reduced to
private station. From the Senate of New York you
sent him to the United States Senate; you recalled
him thence to make him your Chief Magistrate, and
he ceased hold that Office only to be Secretary of
State under General Jackson; he rclnquished that
to undertake the mission to London; he came back,
and the people believe he sacrificed by whom 7
John C.. Calhoun now his bosom friend and leading
defender, and you never ceased until you passed him
through other gradations to the Presidency He has
been, repeat, spoiled child he has been dandled in
the lap of Office and hence he has been betrayed into
that parrcidhl sentiment that 1.-THE people expect
too much from the Government" A voice on the
platform said He has received from the people $780,
600 as his salaries" y Yes he may delude you, my
friends of New York the ladder Of his ambition by
telling you how much he loves YOU but can tell you
he has sympathes with the country; his sympa-
thes are with the office holders, and hence he has
said that the people expect too much from the Govern
ment What was your Government made for but TO
serve the people What is your highest office but a
held but for the benefit Of the people and not the
property Of office holders. Mr.. Van Buren, has been
too long in office; give him resting spell send him
back to Undertook and let him learn in the school Of
the people where General Harrison has learned his
democracy. He then reviewed General Harrisons
military career and proclaimed him second w ashing
ton again dwet on Mr. Van Burcns spurious profess