Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-09-25
From the .Ndgic'TR.)
KEEP lie BEFORE TIE PkOPlE.

oh,,ieallv betneen the old and well.,ried DEMotRhCi
on the one hand, and ancient and invcierae FEDERAL
ISM on the oher--he one STRIVING Tor Inc "Sfeates'
good Of the greatest number, inc ".hef co''eh"''S
for the chartered privileges OF the =" al Tue expense
of the
KEEP II BEFORE THE PEOPLE, that iiarr'.
son is clearly and uneguvoCai'y as Andrew JACKSON
expresses hnsrf his letter, 1.-The representative OF
Fedora! principles, and that ii by any possibility he
can succeed TO The Presidency, we w have the mo.
narchcal and TORY doctrines of old John Adams and
Alexander Hamilton REVIVED in the Administration
Of the General Government.
KEEP IT BEFORE THE PEOPLE. that liarrt.
son aSrCrdiaD 10 his acknowledgements was an open
and avoweJ SUPPORTER Of the ALIEN and SEDl-
TON LAWS passed by The Fedora! party during the
REIGN OF TERROR, and that he entertained the
strongest SYMPATHY for the Administration which
passed those laws and put them practical operation
KEEP IT BEFORE TIE PEOPLE, that Harrison
WORE THE BLAEM COCkADE IN $500, the dis
,nc,tve badge of Federalism, and that in support OF
the Sedltion Law lie heard 10 say: That !, was
proper for Congress, the President, and heads OF De-
par.ments to have SHIELD thrown around them
that they should not b. IN the mouths otevery BLAth'
GUARD that walked the street, thereby meaning tina
lhe people should have their lips SEALED unG
Gagged, as his are at the present day.
KEEP IT BEFORE THE PEOPLE, that Rarrr
son Tor number Of veurs was u old John cams
OrFlCE.HOLDERS, aud must Of course, have JUST
fed the measures Of that administration, IN sending
ARMED SOLDIERS among the people, TO proven
Them from erecting LIBERTY POLES, and TO CUT
DOWN those tha, had already b en- erected
KEEP IT BEFORE THE PEOPLE, that ltarrl
sou voted IN the Senate Of Ohio favor OF law, sell
ING free WHITE men into SLAVERY for fines, unde
which REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIER could be
SOLD INTO the service OF FREE NEGRO, and LEI
INTO captivity by his SABLE MASTER! But Tor the eS
ertons Of e1- Governor Lucas and other distinguished
Democrats, Harrison would have succeeded IN introduc
ing this esoltng law into the free government 81 ONO
KEEP IT BEFORE TIE PEOPLE, that IN th'
State Of Indiana when there no Lucas TO protes
IN solemn terms against It's passace) Harrison actual,
APPROVED and SIGNED such an iniGuitous law, L
which was Supcraddcd the penalty Of IHIRi1 NINE
LASHES, If the he slave, whether rna!1 or EMALE
sought liberty IN escape and was apprehcnded-~ Ia"
which We venture TO assert, IS without parallel IN IN
most arbarous ages OF antiquity, and the cruelty 0
which would cause the heart of even South Seals
lander . bleed in mercy.
KEEP IT BEFORE THE PEOPLE, that Harrison
By THIS law placed the LIBERTY Of the POOR AM
The MONEY of The RICH equality! TIL
man who fortunate enough TO have MONEY cou
pay his fine and II FREE, but the man who had no
money must necessarily forfeit his H5ertH and atone
Sor his misfortunes in CHAINS AND DUNGEONS
Here is the prime OF AristocrGcy Laborcrs ant
Mechanics reflect upon It, when the hyrucr,cal scru
NOBILITY would irign present Gen. Harrison q
your friend!
KEEP IT BEFORE TIE PEOPLE, that Harr'
son, Governor Of Indiana, also approrcd and @gRc
law, imposing a PROPERTY 0rALIFIcArInS upon Va
ters, to entll!e them 10 the right Of suffrage Tn
man who owned freehold of fifty acres Of land wa
allowed TO approach the ballot box, but he who d
not such freehold was debarred the privilege o
voting Was this manfrstIng love for the poor man
Heaven defend us from 'loye" like this.
KEEP 1T BEFORE THE PEOPLE, that lIarri
son res;gncd the commission he held in the last
during The hottest and thickes Of the fight, and
,urned home, leaving the fighting 10 be done by th
galian, and intrepid JACKSON, who ended the wa
IN "blaze Of glory at New Orleans
KEEP 1T BEFORE TIE PEOPLE, that the Sc
nate OF the Z. s., Immediately after the war, 7crScd
present Harrison with medal and vote OF thanks al
though i, proposed TO do so, and that on motion
Abnrr Lacock Of Pa. Zone OF his party) the mann
of Harrison stricken from the resolution.
KEEP IT BEFORE THE PEOPLE, that the Sc
lect and common council of the city Of New York abou
the same time, bv of II 10 ), refused grann!
Harrison the freedom of the city, although they hal
previously thus honored Decatur, Perry, &c, The Fc
derallss have been repeatedly CHALLENGED 10 assign
for this refusal, but they dare not attempt il.
KEEP 1T BEFORE THE PEOPLE, that llarri
son, IN lc2i, the ADAMS electoral ticket u
Ohio and dcfeated; that he in lisp for Con
gress on the FEpERAL ticket and was dcf'Gcd by GG
majority; that in 1881 he the FEDI.RiL tick"
for the lower house of The legislature and dcf,Gtod
that IN lo2O he ran on the FEDERAL ticket for Go
and received but 4S Of nearly 90 900 poll
ed: in his own county he received NOT "A SiNGLl
FOTE; and that four years ago President Van Burc,
BEAT him S32 votes IN his cogntg' Does this luo
like hr,ng popular at home
kEEP IL ObE lie lEOfI-B, That Harm
son, by his written and printed acknowledgment,
became member of abolition Society AT the age
ts"-a fact which he procured his friend Judge Gate
10 certify to- and that he has acrer reao"nr1d his ale
glance TO the society, but declares he JaWiy Pert"r"
I'd aH its 8aty.
KEEP II BEFORE THF PEOPLE, that Horr
son was nominated by means of the influence Of tn
Northern Abotonists, and Precipitation to the'
support that he is secretly in league with those DANCE
Gus fanatics, counting their favor and promising them hi
countenance and support although he holds anothe
face to the South, and al the same time Janus llkr
rndeavors TO conciliac their support also Can ei'he
party trust hyPocr'tt' No
KEEP 1T BEFORE THE PEOPLE, that Harrison
presents the frs las trust for the honor of human
nature it will be the las example of asprant for thu
Presidential chair STANDING MUTE before his fel
iowcountrymen, whose sufrages he asks and refusing
10 make any declaration Of his principles to The pubh
eyei" Would Washington, would Jefferson, Madison
Monroe, or the gallant Jackson, have done 50: No
they would have scorned conduct 50 Numerically a
war with The genius aud spirit Of our free institutions