The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1840-04-02
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BRoM THE CHARLESTON COURIER.
GEN. HARRISON.

GEN. HARRISON.
We cheeriuIly give place TO the remarks
of our correspondent, A Subscriber y; and
he would have been just as welcome with
any other title or any other name. Ii has
been rendered manifest, We trust, by our
course, hitherto, that we are no, among
those who, merely because we favor anolh.
err candidate for the Presidency, would Willy
Gen. HARRISON, misrepresen, bis views, or
rob him Of the laurels he earned SO we'll, by
his skill and proves in the wars Of our re.
public, both against the ruthless savage and
The naughty Bri;on, or the civic wreath 10
which he has so well entitled himself by his
eminent services 10 the civil line. We de.
clare, in all sincerity Of heart, that il az
fords US pleasure 10 do justice TO Gen. H.,
or TO any other distinguished man TO whom
we may be politically opposed. |, is with
gratl6ed, and not with reluctant feeling,
therefore, that we open our columns to the
ylndcatlon OF that tried and veteran palrio,
against any charge affecting his fame, and
especially against the foul charge Of aboi.
,iouisn, Of which ever since our knowledge
of his Nincepnes' speech, we have believed
him, and still believe him, TO be as innocent
as We are. No one is more ready than we,
to extol the conduct of Ger. ~, in Con.
gress, on the Missouri questiUti, when bis
sense Of duty 10 the Constitution. the Union
and the South, induced him boldly and fear.
essly to oppose the Infamous Missouri 10.
siric.ion, against the sentiments Of bis con.
sil,uents of the Cincinnati (Ohio) Disirici.
and a, the hazard Of political martyrdom,
which was, in fact, subsequently, inflicted
upon him for his course on that memorable
occasion and perilcus crisis. So, too, al.
though We cannot but condemn, and still DO
condemn the doctrines ard spirit Of an oft
cited extract, from his Cheviot speech Of
1888, in which he expressed himself in "a.
yor OF approprlaling tho whole surplus nu.
ilonal revenue, eitA The assent Of the sidre.
holding States, TO the united purposes Of
emancipation aud colonization IN iaseparc.
bic coaneri0a, aud preached the dangerous
heresy that such a measure, il as,en,ed 10
by the slave.holding States, would be with.
in tie constitutional competency Of Con.
gfess, without an amendment of the Cocsll.
,u,Ion-wlich IS equivalent TO giving Con.
gress constitutional and therefore full pow.
er over the abolition OF slavery the quail.
Ceation proposed by him being oHe. not Of
right, but Of eSpedlency merely; yet We
haze always admitted and proclaimed that
the extract 10 question, was an isolated ons
found in the midst Of an address. replele
with sound doctrine on the question OF Slave.
~, and It's constitutional inyiolability in the
several States, save by their own voluntary
action and VIXEN we read his Vlncennes
speech, of 1895, rei,era,ing those seurI
doctrines, Iashlng the abol,ionis,s with mer.
tied severity, for their iana,icism, folly, and
intldelity TO their constitutional duty, and
taking the high ground that the discusnaa
Of the abolition of slavery, 10 a non slave.
holding State, was an abuse aud violation II
the constitutional privileges Of speech ard
the press-we at onco admitted and an.
nouuced, that the anomalous passage ia lhs
Caevlot speech, the particle OF chaH in the
b1shel OF wheat, was amply aioned for
and that II would thencetorth be unfair and
unjust TO a'iemp, 10 identify Gen. HANK.
son, siih abolition, or the ahorions,s, es.
pecialiy as those yile wretches had then lust
yilllied, and repudsicd him, through the
Emaucipa,or, their leading organ, aud the
anil slavery 4 Almanac, ono OF their insdious
publications, TO abuse and excite the public
mind Of the North, agains, the rights IN.
stliutIons and interests Of the South. With
unlelgned delight then, no, because VIC haze
at all abated our political opposition TO Geo.
u. for the Presidency, but because We love
TO do justice, ADD take sincere pleasure IN
arrayIng the distinguished men Of the Union
~ favor Of the constitutional rights of OUT
osn loved aad cherished South, do we tbs
day, ~ the communication of our CORES.
pendent, give place 10 an extract Of letter
from Geo. HARRISON, dated, a fcis days
sinee, and addressed 10 distinguished mem.
Der OF Congress from this State, land mich
ire knop TO be geauiae,) record his foil and
unqualified Endorsement Of bis Ninceones'
Speech, We said short time ago, in one
oi our editorial articles, that bu, d line was
needed, from Gen. H., TO clear his skirts,
SO utterly and thoroughly from abolitionism,
as to dlsarm even his bltteresi foes OF that
weapon against him. and to render them
ashamed to weld !. any longer. That line
has NOE been gireH and Gen. IARRIsoA
stands before the republic " redeemed, re.
generated and dlsenthralIed =" from the dia.
bolltal genius Of northern abolitlonism.--
We proclaim il, as We promised, and sound
It trumpei.tongued, tina, echo may take i,
Up, and send II, from hill top to hill top, with
loud and Joyous peals, IN triumph through
the land We, at least, rejoice 10 bo as.
sured that whether our own fayo,i,e can.
d'date, Mr.. VAN buren,, or his opponent
Gen. HARRISON shall succeed, overwhelm.
ing discontinue and defcat--that isolation
OF them for the scofn and indignation Of the
republic which the gallant and generous
ItfsA .Nsr A l.