Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1840-06-04
aFN. HAgRIsoN's REpUBLleANIsu.

rbe Cd chapter of the En1uire,'s assault n,,,
FEN Harrison made its appearance in that name, .,
The ooh ult. The object of IL is to prove that Gen.
Harrison is a F'ederalist, 10 the teeth of is own do.
,layation. in 1913, when it declared thai he was .,bs
Democratic General There is nothing nee in
this chapter, however. The people have seen
the same charge, in the same language, and accom-
,,nied By the same rldlcuiously furllc attempts n
a,aof a hundred times before. Gen. uarr,sonts
oo,emporaties assert the f.lseilood of tire CHARGE. as
he has himself done on innumerable DECISIONS; and
the frequent testimonials Of confidence which Ie
received from every Republican administration, con-
cur with his denials in demonstrating It's Glsiiy. In
1909. Gen. Harrison, in "a letter 10 a friend in Mary
land. rejoiced at the success of the Republican party
ia the following language:
81 rejoice sincerel, IN the triumph oftbe Repnlli.
cans OF Maryland. have written 10 my freud Gen.
Smith (Gcn. Samuel Smii' 10 congratulate him en-
his appointment IL the Senate, withaut having any
other evidence OF 1t than the success ottlle I,epubI-
can tickri,s
Ia 1913, ON r~csigning his commission in the Ar
my, he wrote to Mr.. Madison in the following
terms:
Il have no other motive lol writing this letter
Ihan TO assure YOU thai my resignation was not pro
0uCtu ny any ulIlllliloh " ~ fhttftSt ! marc OtHHHS
taktn an The success u gour administration br II res
poet and attachment 10 your lefS0B. The lofmer
can only take place when | forget the RcyubicaH
principles IN tchich ] hare ben cIacdtea, AID the
latter, whea | shall cease 10 regard those principles
which must actuate every honest man who Is
conscious of laVors that II is not IN his poNe r TO re-
pay
And in l822, when he was a candidate for re-elee-
ton 10 Congress, he said:
"A -, ,u.JT, p..,JJ..., .F,Iy
called the old J,Btrsgafua Sch0oi. aud believe in tie
correctness oil that Interpretation Of tire tonslfln-
ton which has been gwen by The viii gs of that
enlightened statesman, who Was at the head Of lie
party. and others belonging TO II. particularly he eel
ejrafed resolutions q the Irpia1a Legislature du.
rlng Tie Presidency ol MI. Adams"
Now, we presume Gen, Harrison knew some
thing of his own political opinions, just about as
well as the Richmond Enquirer can possibly do; aud
FOR one, therefore, we place much greater reliance
upon his testimony. Ii the Enqnner says Gen.
Harrison has sometimes advocated measures Which
a portion ofthe R%rpubficm patty believe 10 be a.
VIZ with lis creed, we reply, SO did Jefferson IN tie
purchase of Louisiana, IN the non.importatiun aud
embargo policy, in the force bill Of !eo9, &c.; so did
Mr.. Madison in signing the Bank charter; so did
VIM. IL. Crawford, WHO was a L. s.. Bank maa, The
climax Of heterodoxs, when the Richmond Enqni-
rer supported him for the Presidency; so did An
drew Jackson and Martin Van Buten, IN the Proc
lalnation aud Force Bill, and IN signing number
less internal Improvement laws; 50 has the Rich
mond Enquirer Itself, in supporting, either directly
or indirectly, in spots OF altogether. all the men
who have proposed or advocated these meaSures.-
In short, slow us a MN vino Is guiltless Of dcpaf-
,ure from tie creed Of the Republican party olf9s,
.,J 40 ~ 10 ,ton not ,,I, t1,,, lo.l.I H..