Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1840-07-25

time closed the war Of the North West. Aud
yet there arc some subservient tools Of power,
with their hands rakng the rags out of an ex
haused Treasury, bawlmg out that Gen. Harrison
is coward.
But the mo I prominent instance Of the utter
sacrifice of all sincerity in the persecution,
which the office holders arc waginS against Gen.
Harrison is seen 10 their forged charge against
him Of being an AboliLionist. Now, when the
recorded votes, speeches and printed opinions oil
Gen. Harrison, through his life, oil stand arrayed
in favor Of the right Of the Souh-alLer the sig.
nal Missouri controversy, wherein he sacrificed
his local popularity, with non. sIavehoIding PEG
plc--aud now, when every abolition paper IN
the United States are as bitter against hlm us the
office holders themselves, the friends OF hts oppo-
nent, who was opposed to the admission OF
slave holding state into the Union, have the CT
Irontery to charge Gen. Harrison with being an
abol;onsl !! And those who are engaged in
propagating against him the vilest flanders, have
the iulpudcnce, under those circumstances, to
insult INN with pretended inquiries on the subject
OF Abolition! And when he treats them with
the contempt they deserved, they lase fresh
cry, that he con Gals his opinions. All this is
nearly equal 10 the charge, that Gen Harrison is
for selling paor white men for debt. Alter he
has speut his life by the side Of the Western
Pioneers to drive the savage out Of their way
after he has caused the Western lands to be sold
in small parcels to suit the poor-and after he
has kept himself poor by dividing his small
means with those who were more INDECENT, the
friends OF him who has princey fortune, and
who lives, in the splendid polnp of an English
Nobeman, cry out that Gen. Harrison is an enc.
my to the poor man But happily for the coun.
H. A..
cessluI, is now passed by.
But the advocates Of Mr.. Van Buren,, altogether
mistake the grounds upon which the people Of
Kentucky intend to vote for Gen. Harrison. They
DO not intend to vote for him because no hostile
foe has ever placed foot upon American soil, since
he was eighteen years OF age, that he dill not NEE
in the field Of battle. Not because on so many
hard fought fields, have they seen his eagle eye
to glory. In giving their votes for a President
they look to the rights and liberties Of Gteer
millions Of human beings, and not to reward al
individual. They will vote for Gen. Harrison
because he is a ripe statesman, having been prac
] Used in conducting the most important public al
E fairs from his youth, without even an mpuatol
upon his wisdom or ntegrty.-The contest i
not really between Gen. Harrison and Mr.. Val
> I}uren--t is contest between the ancient max
inns Of American policy, consecrated by the ar
n probation Of the fathers Of the Republic, and
d set OF new eXperim ntcrs.
j. Gen. Harrison's political creed is substantial
t that upon which our government has been admir-
T. istered by Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Nor
4 roe, and John Q. Adams. The light Of past e1
y p2rience is to be his guide, the nation is alread
!. well acquainted with his road On the contrary
o Mr.. Van Buren, is pro'essedly departing from a
e former experience. As fast as one experimer
i spreads its ruin over the land and received its DIT
Z served execratOn Of himself and followers he rc
j. commcnds another; and whittier he will lead u
!, no human being can tel-we can Judge OF the #
;, ture only by looking at the past. Then let tn
@ people look back upon the experiments. Ever
d ancient practice OF the government was to be sub
Y verted-the protection Of American indusn,
It must be withdfGwn-the National currency mus
= be overthrown--State Banks must be set up
the Internal Improvement powers. as well as TIT
, power over the currency must be surrendered tt
the States-IocaI banks must be made the liSra
agents Of the federal reasury--all old tried off
GERS must be turned out, and a new sci put ir
upon new prime plies. These radical PROPOSE
tons to subvert the ancient order of things, as
tonished the world by their novelty, and gained {
, momentary eclat from love Of change
The experimenters, to keep themselves il
countenance, had to work up party spirit to reve
heat; and while it is our sad duty to review thes
experiments, our country is bleeding at every
pore, from their effects. The LIST experiment wa
: announced officially to the world in 1929, anc
| 30, which in substance, was that tn Genera
4 Government should surrender to the States TIT
s Internal improvement power, and that the Fed
: eral revenues should be divided among the State
f 10 enable them to exercise this power. Such wa
. The enthusiasm infused into politicians by tht
Il party novelty that in five years from 1880 TO '35
d the States run in debt forty millions Of dollars
and in The three succeeding years, from '35 TO IS
4 they added 10 this debt one hundred and eigh
G millions more. Last year American agent
were in Europe with bundled millions more 0
n bonds in their pockets, which, fortunately for th
y States, they could not sell. And yet in the Mes
, sage OF 1880, the Nation was cXhortcd to Civ,
up 10 the States the Int NAL Improvement powe
when it could be exercised economically, be
cause Congress had, from the commencement O
Government, expended the enormous sum 0
q five millions Of dollars improving the county 4
The promise by the Federal Government Il
pour the surplus treasure Of the Nation, into tn
f laps Of the States, produced such excessive ac
lion in the State; such an undue proportion o
labor was suddenly Withdrawn from agriculture
that America became dependent on Europe 70
bread And in 1887 we imported amon
f other bread stuGS, near four millions Of buShel
Of heat whereas in 1880, at the commence
! ment Of this experiment we exported near fy
millions Of barrels Of -four, making a change il
those two years of business, Of more than twent
: millions against our country And now whe
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