The pilot and transcript. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1840-1841, 1840-07-04

ration cannot be moro prongate than the past
and present. For arguments sake, grant it.
But still, there is some good sense in the senti
ment, 'sthat we should rather bear those ills we
have than fly to those we know not Of" We
have justly denounced the deluded populace ''for
going it blind for Jackson"-And the W atch-word
Of the opposition now is, why do you call for
Harrison's principles. You can't be worstea.
Van Buren, has boxed the political compass He
has degraded his high station, by the servie de-
claration that Gshc will follow in he footsteps"
of the Proclamation, Protest, Expunge, sc. Sc.
That the country is now in pccuniary wretch
edncss, only equalled to the times of the Revs-
luton, and of the illustrious Morris. That this
scourge is brought by his policy, &c sc.
Again l say, ad nit it-What guarantee have
you that Harrison will not adopt and pursue
set of fundamental principles, equally pernicious
in their tendency, and equally subversive eff the
true principles of the Constitution, and of the ul
innate prosperity of this nation2 While Ma
tional Bank, of some fifty millions, Under the di-
rect and actual control of some dozen directors,
at some central point, closely connected, as they
must be, in interest, feeling and principle, with
the President, may reinspire confidence, improve
the currency, and accomplish Auch seeming good,
still do you descry in the mammoth concern, thus
connected with Executive patronage, and thus
ramified in the Vitals of this whole Republic, no
ultimate danger to the body polite Again, is
it satisfactory to Nullifers, those uncompromis-
ing disclaimers against the exercise of doubtful
and constructive powers, tn at Congress possess
Al
such an institution Again, what guarantee have
you that Harrison, at any emergency, of which
Re and his advisers will be the Judges, will not
revive the Tariff, Internal Improvement, sc.
Mr.. Clay, at the time of his boosted compromise,
formally entered his protest against the abandon
ment of the principles sustaining his darling
"systcm." With the discreet solilloquy, ego
thy way for the present, but at more suspicious
period, will call for thee" Again, what qua
rantee have you that Harrison will not continue
that odous practice of prescription for opinlon's
sake? What assurance has the country that the
sciences of caucuses and debating conventions,
with their party machinery, whose source Is
traceable to a little principality on the Hudson,
called Albany, will not become so much impro-
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dear people of the trouble of eecting their Presi
dent and other public functionaresS The Balti-
more convention that elected Van Buren,,
monstrous usurpatsn of the elective franchise,
and the principle that sustained such humbugge-
ry would fina lily subvert the Government itself
But the late Harrisburg Convention, that elect
ed Harriso n, is the very thing. ''But stop, l
! b,,II h
that alters the case"
In sober seriousness, Gen. Green, &c Come let
us reason together" Can you, who have SO long
protested strict adherence to first principles, to
the open avowal of the political creed of those
who seek public favor, containing eternal
truths, which neither fear, shame, party tactics,
nor party policy, should ever silence. Can you
Justify Gen. Harrison IN withholding from the
public specific and comprehensive expose Of
! his political tenets Why, his logged silence
Is the country referred to his yincennes
speech, his Cincinnati and Cheviot communica-
tlon, &c., &C., as containing his tenets In the
first place, to say nothing of his hot and cold
notions about United States bank, thousands
of our voters know not where to procure those
documents. They proceeded from hira at times
far apart from each other, and charity will say
that political men may reasonably change some
of their tenets in the course of eighteen years,
So tlat the Harrison of 1922, may not be the
Garrison of 1910. Besides, if these documents,
with others, contain his political faith, why not
cmbody them together, and send them forth to
the world over his own signature such9 Is
this suggestion unreasonable Does this show
hostility to Gen. Harrison / humbly conceive
not. As to the specific land of Harrison nd his
party, the Harrisburg convention, Harrison after
his nomination, the late Wing Baltimore Con,
vention, and Harrison ever since his nomination,
have been silent the grave, while it is most
manifest that the country, not factions, captious
snarling Partisans, is expecting, Is requesting,
nay, is demanding expose For myself, de
not desire it, with view of jeopardizing the sue
support Gen. Harrison. But | would scorn to
triumph over political opponents unless could
do so on principles as fixed as eternal truths.
The numbers of your Pilot are producing
much sensation in Mississippi. Though have
but little time to devote to politics, must take
it. l will pay your agent, Judge Hughes, al
Jackson
| hope you will appreciate the spirit that
has dictatated the foregoing. From it you dis
cover my political attitude. | believe it con
tains the substance of good doctrines. AT least
they have been formed after much reflection, and
: with great anxiety after truth.
; If you deem them worthy of place in your
Pilot, you can insert them. ] am always pleased
to read the productions of your pen, and hoping
that yonr present efforts may ultimately rebound
to the establishment of the good old doctrines OF
1873, and to the permanent prosperity of oui
common country. am, dear sir,
With much respect, your friend, and obt., servt.,