Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-09-29

blow He is tried, convicted, and sentenced 10 pay :"
fine for the offence lie IS unable 10 raise inc i"o
and in obedience 10 the law advertised lot sd.'
- ,h ho,s,ed land of liberty YOU HIM sold ny Puo
lie auctou at the Jail door, TO the very 1,a' -
given him the Insult which he had rsssI -, ,ha
u,rrisons law of Indiana, if the ola nero 'et's .'e
pressure of tyranny, had escaped 't" "'s oPp.
p,, - addition have received thirty nine lashes
-; mo hack Was there ever snch a spectacle %!
onnresson exhibited to the world: No absolute mo
narch in Chrlstendom would thus dare 10 Insult t'e
feelings Of his subjects
AnI the free citizen OF America IS subjected to be
sold os slave merely because he IS poor Inc rich
man pays his fine, and goes free The poor man 10 not
able to paw his, and he stgmazed, ana ms sPit Is
deoraded by being sold slave. Inc disgrace en-
tailed upon himself and his children, his spirit broken
and theirs are BUNDLED. How could man VINO hau
been thus sold slave ever afterwards icei 'e rouG
consciousness that he independent ireeah' ana
stood upon an equal footing WIN IN, 49, a +
peonle Of this land2 He would be dlsgracea ana ae,
Graded from the proud rank of American ctzen and
tins simply because be was poor ana !st ,uis sa'e
Gen Harrison is the candidate OF the uriteo mig, An
timasonic and Abolition party
"A - can tho climax the proudest aristocrats OF
tb, have TO drink hard CIDER out OF
rouris and to profess nnbounded attachment ior the
interests of the poor aborng man According 10 heir
owuexnressiye motto at Baltimore "hey stoop to con-
ouer, Was there ever such an insult offered to the
understandings of the people 1t will be amply avenged
in PENNSYLVANIA on the Both day of October next
Such a candidate and such party protesting TREND
shin for the poor What ridiculous mummery
come now to say few words about the harrisburg
Convention which nominated Harrison. The Wing
party had in Mr. Clay candidate OF whom they might
have been justly proud-a man OF bold and fearless
heart--a Of high and commanding cloluehce ana
man OF dstinpuished ability Although opposed 10 his
noli,ical principles yet have felt for HIM the
highest regard And how he treated: lie was sa-
cri6ced by the Wings, to propitiate The Antimasons
and Abolltionsts. He too proud and too honest
toLeclara himself an Anmascn and his speech against
in rnp oil
hin, witt, that ianatcal party Mr.. Clay was, there
FORE obliged to stand back and yield his place to Gen
Harrison. Besides they wanted a hero. Now, do
not intend To attack General arrlsons military cha
racter Although have no doubt that like almost all
other Americans he personally brave, and did his du
~ according the best Of his ability yet he certainly
not a General whose name will ever go down to pos
tcri,y on the same list with Washington or Jackson
lie performed act however, worthy OF all praise,
and Tor which the American people ought TO feel for
ever grateful. This his resignation in tn" midst
the war which enabled President Madison To appoint
Old Hickory as his successor. Now if Gen Harrison
had adhered TO his command Gen, Jackson could not
have been appointed a Major General III the army OF
the L. s, and New Orleans would probably have be-
come prey the British invaders Other Generals
have acquired glory by Drawing the tolls and dangers
of war but the best service which Gen Harrison ever
performed for his country was that of reslgnlng his
command In order, they iooshy imagined, to
gull the people Of the country, the Wings had 10 CON
vert him into military hero, and supposed they could
aroused FOR General Jackson the greatest hero Of the
age.
But their candidate, in addition to his heroic quail
ties mu Il be an Antimason and on the subject % Aboir
ton his opinions must least be - equvoca that lie
might he supported BIZ the Aboltioniss without garng
inconsistency General Harrison the very man
for them in both these particulars lie IS now full.
blooded Antmason Although he boggled Il little At
first and did not At mp TO the mark, yet he
finally took the An,imasonIc rcdgc to the entire salts
i,cti If nj
as their candidate for President in December l>S In
reply to letter from 'lhaddcus Stevens, he says 81
consider myself ndo d. the Oldest An,mason in the U.
= NV preiudices against masonry were formed as far
back rs can remember. Ans again: "fwo sons-in-
law have been members, but have seeded q" them
upon my recommendation
According to the well known principles of the Anti
masonic party, adheriny mason can never be elected,
or appointed by them to public Office The Masonic
Wing office seekers had better keep sharp look out
On this subject. How far General Harrison is pledged
this principle of prescription, will best appear from
his own language On the 18th November, lr$b, I'M
mediacly previous 10 the Antmason,c State Conven
ton by which lie ..as nominated, William Ayres Of
Harrisburg addressed hlm letter. asking for some eX
plantations Of OF LIS former letters from which the
following is an extract:
at is not expected desired b. AntimaSons, IN
this section of the country that the powers Of the Gc
neral Government, any OF It's departments. should
BE- yercised to suppress masonry: hc "ppont'"g per
cr is he oait one M1 iandS Of tie Erccattre for tic
c0,omS Of applicants FIR office sion'd be h"ppyo re-
scjrc yOur riftrS in reiai0nt 10 tie tOrCnOiag.
To tins very significant inquiry, the General replies
under of the 2Gth November, lo3". Inc follow
ing is an extract from his answer:
Iest should be misunderstood also IN another par
tcular must take leave 10 say, that whilst deny the
rights Of the General Government, or any OF lis de-
partmenis interfere with the concerns OF the people
in relation 10 the! principles or party movements IN
all cases where the laws Of the Union not violated,
cannot be supposed to mean, that At nat The duty Of
HE appoinuag pouer strictly TO inquire into the prnci
pies o hosr rho candidates for office For my o'en
part ihcSitac not TO say that 'ro"d as soon INNS o.
0p1oiniing to an office undcr tbs Rcp"tiic one OF me
Sprigs ot English nobittya scion from The pure Tory
stock Of tie house Of Eon or Lorher, Jcnknson, or
HciieSicy american eHi=cn 'rao "o"d assert ms
right TO enter into any engagement or combination, 'chtch
2couid release him from has paramount 06i'gattoaS 81
dutyt 10 tie Constitution anil ia,cs Of lbs country.
Now il is of the fundamental articles OF the An
masonc creed, nay, might say It is the very funda
mental article, however unjust and untoundcd 1t may
be- that the oaths taken by Freemasons OF para
mount obligation TO the duty which they 10 the
Constitution and the laws. Has not, then, General
HARRISON as 'the Oldest Antimason in the T. 5. one
of whose sons-nlaw had seeded from the order of ma
sonrv upon his recommendation, soemny pledged
himself never to appoint an adherlng Mason to Office:
| leave vou fellow citizens, to answer the question:
This solemn pledge which he finally gave satisfied the
Antimasonic Convention; and he was nominated as
their candidate for the Presidency.
HARRISON and whom the Wing party have designated
his Secretary of State if not his successor, was also
candidate for the Presidency before this Anma-
sonic Convention. lie asked by committee OF
Antimasous Pittsburgh or his opinions the sub
ect of masonry; and unlike General Harrison, he took
the final leap INTO their ranks without moment hesl
taton He sprung into existence al once, like Miner
va from the head OF Jovc, perfect Anlmason His
answer Of such character, that all good Anti
asons declared che had come up 10 the mark boldly,
and deserved the highest praise for urse had
ken" Still his star waned before that of old Tippc
canoe and General Harrison received the nomination.
And what are Gen Harrisons opinions the sub
ject Of Abolition shall not say tina, he IS an Abo!i
tionst although IS fact capable Of demonstration,
that he could have supplanted Mr. Clay, before
the Harrisburg Convention, without the aid OF nc
Abotonists His nomination Abolition
triumph and his election viii greatly strengthen their
cause Should he be elected he will be indebted 10
them for his and common gratitude Will induce
linn, If support at least to display no open hos
,,hty 10 them their principles. In all this vast as
sembly which now have the honor of addressing, is