The pilot. [volume] (Baltimore [Md.]) 1840-1840, 1840-04-18

Will not the whole South unite with the |
North and West, aud go en- snasse for General
Harrison, and rid the country Of the impotent.
vicious, and knaviSh men who now administer
the Government Who that did not vote for
him before is not n0,U impressed with the be-
| ef Of the misrne which has Frustrated every
interest in The country and parayZed every
branch Of business?
For one, must say that did not vote for
General Harrison at The last election. | could
not vote for Mr. an Buren,; preferred either
MIR. Clay or MIR. Webster. 1t is also true that
l preferred the nomination, at the Harrisburg
Convention, of either Mr.. Clay or Gen. Scott.
II is mos; true that rejoced that neither was
nominated, and that the Convention wisely Sc
ected General HARRISON. | had hardly paused,
IN other pursuits and with my preferences, To
examine carefully his entire history and charac-
ter minuiely. have, however, carefully ex-
anlined and contemplated both. His life is
beautiful and instructive study, repIete with
incidents and marked by wisdom in all its che
quered and varied scenes. IL should be IA
mIliar to every American parent, and be the
companion Of every schoolboy.
We ind his birthplace in Virginia, just be-
fore the revolutionary war. Born OF mother
who, like the daughter of tie Scpio, could
point To her sen as her brightest and most val
ned jewel; his father standing side by side with
Washington and Henry, and the great and
glorious men who gave lustre to that State in
the proudesl days of her history, aud his name
ecorded on the Declaration OF Independence.
iuherting the noble enthusiasm OF his parents
and the times of his youth, he goes forth with
a commission from Washington, to carve his
own destiny in the ranks of danger. Though
youthful, ripe in mind, collected and brave
when danger threatened, kind and gentle in all
d Il
with his sword on many hard-iougEt battle
field. The war ended, skillul ia civil council
prompt TO act upon the most intricate question.
aud his Judgment always controlling his deci-
Sl0us
Again, we see him, in the hour of our coun-
try'S perils, throwing aside his civil duties and
lis honors and yet rising in public esteem, uu-
ill he is commander III chieI OF the North west
ern army. Not executing, as formerly, peril
GUS despaches from his General, but leading
on 10 victory his gallant and devoted soldiers;
shaving, in all his hard fought battles, pru-
dent frmness and daring courage, which in
spired his men with confidence, whilst il spread
hlSmay and terror to his ent M es, and made
him victorious i'll all his dreadful engagements
The war ended, you find him again in civil
stations, as pronip and as useful as in the bat
ties front. As Governor. his conduct was
laultless, and his abilities appreciated.
In Congress, we fluid him deyisIng a system
To divide the public lands in small lois, so that
every poor man could purchase home and .
farm. In the Senate, wise in council, able III
,iebate-his opinions and advice esteemed by
all. AS minister, next to his anxiety for the
rlory Of his own country, his solictude was
engaged for the prosperity of the young re
pubIics of South America. What man living
has been in SD many stations 81 variant in their
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charged them with such conslimmate ability
and judgment? Who has mind so well bal
anced with so many high traits of intellect
SD we'll developed? And this eminent man,
who has added SD much lustre to the fame of
mis- country, is traduced and slandered BY every
adventuring politician Of the Van Buren, party.
Go on and denounce him, gentlemen, with
YOUR vilest epithets. You make his cause the
cause of the people. A man who has the CT
vic wreath enlwined with the martial on his
brow, cannot he injured by denuncialion. The
Unnatural hand is withered hat would pluck
one sprig from the ciaplet won by the toni oil
The soldier and the statesman. He is one of
the people, identified in feeling and interest
with them, and they with him. They are his
defenders and his friends. The people have
themselves brought him forward without his
solicitation, and the people will support him;
and he stands as deeply imhedded in the afec-
lions of the American people as the Allegheny
and the Andes do in their sniI. Hurl your de-
nunciaiions against him like the ftlul and
wrathiuI clouds against the mountains brow
1t will iertilize aud keep in perennial freshness
the evergreen on its summit.
The people have called upon his name to BE-
their candidate for the Presidency because you
have abused their confidence, not redeemed
your pledges and you have filled the land
with suffering, bankruptcy and distress. You
promised them gold when you closed the doors
Of the banks, and you have afflicted them with
poverty. You have made the hanks suspend,
and now you tell the people that they must
work for as low wages as the people of Flu
rope. You have told the manufacturer and
the merchant that they have no right to trade
on credit, and you have forced the workshops
to be closed and the factory hands to be dis
missed. You promised the farmer better pri-
ces for his -four, his corn, aud his pork, and
he cannot sell either for the COST of producing.
You have abused and deceived the people.
and now you insult them if they complain
You have boarded up all The gold by your Of
flee holders, and left the people not even good
bank uaper 10 do business upon. You have
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