Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1840-07-25

Cincinnati, which % The opinion ~ The people gener-
ally hIRhy dscrediabIc 90 General II II trae
hul beng newspaper account, many are no,
disposed 70 give It crcdenee. Therefore take the
liberty 81 addressing enquiry to you 10 rslatiou
70 the tmlhoi he said statement By giving par
tIcuars Of the affair at your earnest convenience,
yuu Nl obigc,
Respectfully, your ohcjient servant
l.. Y. STRONG.
ClSuSNLp, Jnne ith, 1910.
T.. T. Stro8S E,9
| Dear Sir: Yours OF tic 9Th ulL, came duly 10
hcnl, aud ia answer, have TO inform you, that the
enclosed statement OF The attack Of Cen VIM. II.
Harrison upon NE i substantially correct, and took
place on Fifth street, IN lrunt Of my office, during
the last month. AFTER The meeting Of lhe Democracy
tu this city, and on tho evening thereafter.
The conversation was as lollows.--Iho Sen
efal asked the it ! was at the meeting at tho
Court House when Buchanan made his speech
| answered was mol. lie the Generall then
commenced curslng Buchanan; said Buchanan
had culumnuted hun, ard was q DAMNED
SCOUNDREL for saylng that he hal signed u
bill While Governor Of Indiana, that man should
not vote without holding fifty acres Of land -
GOD DAMN HIM, tBuchnnan) he was law.
yer aud knew better for tho the ordnance OF tho
Territory required il, aud ho tllaHlson) would
not veto any law the Legislature passed. then
said to hum-lhcy make sorno charges against
you in the morning pepeis about selling white
men at auction by tho sheriff, IN Indiana. Ito
tIIanison) then snd, there were n great many
horse .thciyos--wo had ii tho Territory no penl
Tertiary, aud jals Of very little consequence, and
had no other way Of Furnishing them. then SAID
to him. (llauson,) did this law alludo TO all
crimes, or only to the higher' Iio answered, It
alluded 10 all. then remarked--how dld Mr.
Buchanan calumnlate you, when he only explain
ed the lawl He tIanson) got into a violent pas
SION, ucmbcd and Irothed at the mouth and sald
buchanan was a DAMNED SC0UNnREL,
and any person VINO took hi. part & tho party were
ali n SET Of DAMNED SCOUNBRELS 0!O
thon remarked to him, that tbs was strong Ian
guage to use to me- and should no, permit It.
iIo (llauson) then said, by way Of an apology,
that he did moi know, that was friend OF bu-
chanan then asked HIM # be did sign the law
10 sell irhite men al auction uhile GorerEor q
Indiana. lie said. he did. | SAID, think you
did ieroug. He replied hink did nghi.--
SAID then General, you will give me the same
prvllegc-to think for myself This Is the sub
stance Of the attack.
Con HARRISON called on mo the next morning,
and after conyetsing ca the subject said,
IIalisonl must retracl. | acknowledge did
wrong ast evening" | mus, rehact.' then
told Elm knew he would come back and obser
we'd 10 him tina, bad prayed Tor him on my knees.
lie thanked me, and left
These are tho facts, aud as the truth, ! must
give this answer
Your OBJ dent servant,
CHARLES HALE.
First as 10 General iIauison'4 admission. lie
admits he possessed he veto power, bu, would not
use it upon anu la,r The Legislature passed" He
admits that he signed tho bill to sell white men
at auction, and IS Of the opinion that he did rGh'
for that they bad no Pemienary, and lalls were
Of rGy Hhis consequence" Was OHIO without
a Pcnitcntary when he voted FOR slnilar law ior
that sialrl Jals We presume, no has ever con-
sdered Of "roy 'its consequence" lie admits
that the Indiana law was not intended for the pun
ishment Of the higher gIade Of crimes, but was
to apply 20 aH crimes committed within the limits
Of tho Territory Yes, for inability TO pay
fine, and co,is7 obtained (or triy2l Offences
such % "card playing keeping nine.Pln al-
leys," assaults and battery" "du'lng faster
than a walk over brldge,' sehnga elss Of T.
auor without license" &c, &c
Iuhumanily ceftaaly is one very prominent Iea'
ture Of his character rs these legislative acts ma.
king poor peope liable to be sod IN default OF
payment Of 4" fine and co,i',' however small the
amount, show
Finally in roglrd TO his profanity. -1hIs po''
llon Of his character VIC leave for the csusIdera-
tien Of professors Of religion. We are content
with the fact ha, ID no instance can charges OF
the kind be LAID 10 Dir. Van Buren,. liew tai
Gen. Harrison is BETTING candidate Tor tho
Presidency, tho people will Judge, to the severe
rebuke Of the different factions which now COM
pose the Federal party
A Locoioco paper called the Age, says it's
not true thai General Harrison lives in LOG
Cabin and drinks hard Cider
| FELL, ROT ofit: Suppose II untrue. what does it
proyel Nohlngi but that a lying Loco-faco pa
Der was laborng in its vocation, when tho Balt-