Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1840-08-01


trred s enquiries 10 ms former letters on these sub
jects tspeciiying ,hsm) the thing would not indeed /
have looked we'll; but 81 ltasi u night With some
shadow Of p'aus,ollty have been defended.
But, with degree Of hundetiag honesty, very
much out af character with the pan OF The Wig
campaign. they said good deal more. They *
pressly called themselves Gen. Hsrrisnn's Con I
hdsntSl Comniiiee." Then they SAID to enqu'-
rers:-
AZ the policy observed BY tie Committee sboad
not meet your appreciation, you TiH attribute ths
error rather 10 us and hs immediate advisers, iaSn
10 General Harrison. That poacy Is, 10 make DO
further declaration OF his principles Tor the public
eye, whilst occupying his present position.
This was most lmprudsntly bare-heed ana IL
truly strange that men Of common sense should not
have aud felt the effect II WIS sprs 10 produce
on a Republican people They say plainly sad with
cut evasion sIhe policy Of our party is, that
eur Candidate, shall not, during his canysss, express
h,s political sentiments to hB ielowctEens. lyon
do not ike tins pllcy-i you think improper or
unrepubcgn-b blame US who gave The sdvIce, and
not General Hsuison who look L."
Without gong over 10 mouarchical England,
where the rule is, The King can do no wrong
his ministers only ore 10 btame," il wouId be dllh-
cult 10 match such sentiment as that. Who can
seriously believe that the American People will Sc
lect for their President u man. Who wll first receive
from a foolish Committee bad advice, and then
allow them to take all blame on Themselves when he
follows il
Butash even that was not pirin emo tRh. tbs
blunderinc Committee show their hands more i'm
prudeuily still They say;
"The Committee are strengthened IN regard 10
he propreiy Of this policy, that no new issue be
made to the public from the consideration that the
National Convention deemed ii mponlc at the then
crisis to publish any genera! declaration o The views
of the Great Opposition Party; and certainly tie
policy a, the present time remains unatered.
This nn, was wanting 10 expose To us the whole
plan Of battle. The Harrisburg Convention (sO
the Committee reminds us) thought 1t lnpolitic TO
tell the People what the views oi The Wing party
were General Harrison was to follow up the same
policy, and to say nothing about the views OF his
party either His Committee advised him to this
course, and he agreed 10 IT,
| In all seriousness, IN all candor, ask The honest
portion of the Wing party 10 say, what other inter-
probation but the above, they CAN put upon the
express words of he Confidential Committee.
OF course, some sort of excuse must he made for
saying nothing. The excuse is
The Generals views in regard TO all the nnpov
tsnt and exciting questions OF tho day have hereto
fore been given to the public fully and explicitly;
and those views, whether connected with cohsthu'
tlonal or other questions OF very general interest,
have undergone no change"
lcnce or a mere excuse The CHEF questions asked
Of General Harrison WERE his opinions IN regard to
a United States Bank, and in regard to the receip,
and reference of Abolition petitions.
What has General Harrison ever told us in regard
TO these suhleclsl
FIRST, as regards United States Bank, his letter
to Sherrod Williams, dated May !, 1886, to which
we are always referred, says:
1 "The question, then for me 10 answer is, wheth-
IL.
the Office Of President would sign an act 10 char
| ter another bank. answer | would, il it were
clearly ascertalned that the public interest in re-
lation to the collection and disbursement Of the reye
nue. would materially suffer without Que. and there
were unequtvocal manifestations Of public opinion
IN its favor. Think however, The experiments should
be fairy tired, 10 ascertain whether the financial at
fairs OF the Government cannot be as well carried
on without the aid of National Bank. II it is not
necessary for that purpose, II does not appear To me
that one can be constltutonally chartered, There
is no construction which can give the Constitution
which would authorize it, on the ground Of afofdlng
facilities for commerce. The measure, II adopted,
must have for its object the carrying into effect ia
ciaung at least the exercise of some one OF the
powers positively granted to The General Govern
ment"
This ia what General Harrison has I" heretofore
given 10 the public" in regard to a United States
DiHh. Tie SAYS ne COHblueTs knCH Il DdHk HlNbH-
| sttutlona unless it be necessary TO carry on the
fiscal affairs Of the Government. Very good. He
say, further. that the experiment Of dong without
one should be Iary tired, Very proper and very
true. This General Harrison said IN 1896. Wha.
does he say in Is40' Nothing. This leaves us en-
;ireIy IN the dark
For observe, in 1886, the United States Eauk
charter expired General Harrison wished The e&-
pertinent fairly tried Of doing without one Has II
been fairly tired yet? II 50, has it succeeded or fail
ed General HARRISON leaves us TO guess cut that.
Or, is he willing that the independen, Treasury BIZ
should pass SO that the experiment might really be
! fairly tried We cannot Tell. He will not inform
us. He leavesus TO grope about IN absolute uneer-
tainty. We may imagine almost any thing we please
about his opinions We may imagine that General
Harrison now, in ls40, thinks that the experiment
has been .tied and has failed Or we may imagine,
that he is candid enough TO admit, that Vnth the In
dependent Treasury Bill, with rs various checks and
guards for The safe keeping Of the pabllc money,
has been passed and has been IN operation Tor year
or two, the experiment of doing without United
States Bank has not been fairly tired Bat hs - al
imagination. We know nothing abou: It. We can
know nothing about il, The Confidential Commit
tee has declared "The policy is, that General
Harrison make no further declaration Of hls prnc-
pies for The public eye"
And the result Of this policy is, that, a, this mo-
ment, the Wing Candidate for The Presidency has
declined to express an opinion on the very hfs and
greatest and most important measure which 90" d.
vides the contendng parties. There IS no other Pc.
lltical question on which the People Of these United
States eel 30 deep an interest this Of the United
States Hank: and yet Of their candidates Tor The
Ottice OF Chief Magistrate, led by bad advisers, re-
fuses 10 commit himself either on one SIDE or the
other. And these bad advisers, after thus stepping
in between the People and Presidential Candidate
and inducing that candidate TO remain silent when
respectfully asked his political opinions turn round
| 10 the People and tell them, that though the Wing
Candidate, confirming to The policy ofhis party, VIII
not answer one Of their questions, yet th@yy aope
their lrenos everv where W. ivcrlve Inc notnha-
ton az General Harrison with sonsthtng an" 70