Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1840-07-16
GENERAL HARRISON AMONG THE
PEOPLE,

Harrison had left his home to visit the site Q
Did Fort Meigs. lie arrived al Columbus OF
hc afternoon Of Friday week, and left at te
bclock next morning. The short period h
vas present in that city was remarkably inter
listing. At the moment when nc was about I
depart, he was constrained TO answer the call
bfthe sovereign people, and he accordingly ad
rtssed them nearly an hour in the frank AM
nanly spirit Of soldier. We have read hi
emarks with unalIoyed delight. No man, @
10y party, who has heart, can peruse then
$thout an honest emotion Of satisfaction
Ehat relief is such speech from the bite
Trades Of party slang-whangers! We throw
side crowd of other matter, 10 give place L
he following, which we find in the Ohio Con
edera,e, ofthe illh inst.
Hadisonias.
"Gen. Harrison left Cincinnati on Thursda,
The arrived here. distance Of 100 miles, a
i've o'clock, P. NJ. on Friday. He was on hi.
feet, receiving the calls and congratulations OF
bur citizens, for hours after his arrival. In the
evening he repaired, by invitation, to the Log
cabin, where additional hundreds had congrc.
gated TO meet this beloved and venerated patri.
~. Here, with The frankness and unrcserved-
less which have marked his character through
lie, did he mingle for two hours with the "Log
cabin boys" OF the Capitol. Long before the
un, and before our youth were astir, the Gen.
raj was, on the morning of the morrow, up
ind out. Having breakfasted with a friend
remote part Of the city, he was soon again
surrounded by the multitude of our people who
|ctused to be satisfied without seeing and COM
nuning with him. The period Of his departure
gas at hand-tho crowd increased-it was i'm
possible that in the brief interval every one
|ould be presented individually TO the General,
ind all we're anxious to see and hear him.
the instance of a friend, who noticed the
Popular soliciude, the General, from the plat
brm Of the door Of the National Hotel, address
ed the people for half an hour or more We
Fish that every man in America had heard
bat speech. How would the defamers ofthis
reat and good man have dwindled in their es-
nation into merited insignifcance. How
Rould the slanderers who impute 10 him mos
ives which never acluated him, and opinions
hich he never held, and designs which he
ever entertained, and principles which he new
cherished, and who UNANIMOUSLY ascribe to
i'm intbecility, and decrepitudc and co,cardice--
low would these slanderers have been indig-
antly rebuked by the righteous judgment Of
IN honest and insulting people! But as they
id not and could not hear il, we will endeavor
possess them ofits substance. We took no
oies Neither General Harrison nor any
IN hos al la - l. H.
address, two minutes before he commenced
II arose out Of the circumstances which
urrounded him at the moment-and signals
" illustrated quality Of his character to
which we have before alluded io--the ability
ways to say and 10 do exactly what is proper
70 be said and done. The reader will bear in
hnd, therefore, that wo profess only 10 give
bin the subject matter, not the style and express
on Of
GENERAL HARRISON'S REMARKS.
GEN. HARRISON said he was greatly indebt-
ID to his fellow citizens OF Columbus and
franklin County-the most cordial hospitality
pad at all times been accorded to him by them.
20 long ago as the time when he was honored
Fith the command ofthe Northwestern Army
md held his headquarters at Franklinton, on
ne other side Of the river, il was his fortune
lind in the people Of Franklin County not
Lnly good citizens, but patriots and soldiers
heir unvarying kindness to him had laid
I'm under many previous obligations, and
heir generous attentions on the present &C.
aston he cheerfully and gratefully acknowl-
dyed.
He said he had no intention to detain his
ends by making a speech, and he did so in
bedience TO what he understood to be the desire
those whom he addressed. He was not sur
rised that public curiosity was awakened in
eference to some things which had been lately
pblshed concerning him, MOI was he unwi-
Ing 10 satisfy the feelings Of his fellow-citizens
such proper explanations as became him, in
is present position before the country. Hell
Pniessed that he had suffered deep mortifca-
pm, since he had been placed before the peo-
Q as candidate for the highest office in their
ft-nay, the most exalted station in the world
that any portion Of his counirymen should
ink it necessary or expedient TO abuse, Sian
er, or vilily him. His sorrow arose not so
uch from personal-denr as was to him the
pmble reputation he had earned-aS from
bile considerations. He might draw conso
hon, under this speciesO1injury, from the rev.
htlon ofhistory, which showed that the best
men, who had devoted their lives to thel
bic service, had been the victims of traduc-
n But virtue and truth are the foundations
our republican system. When these are
Rregarded our free institutions must fall hel
Ked, therefore, at symptoms Of demoraliza-