Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1840-02-27
LSNCnHUnG, FEBRUARY ~, 1910.
BEAUTIES OF THE ENQUIRER.

IN u htpOFttT, ~ winch gUHD handUlph
lion. though oonraditt,d an,b disproyed upon the
spot, is d'shed up in grossly exaggerated shape
The Enquirer has never published Gen. ilarrsons
reply 10 MI Randolph, IN which The Alien and Sc
diion law f,lsrbs d is rallied 10 The counter. The
Enquirer, and lis confed.,ates in the work ( de-
fani,g the Old Here, al continue 10 repeat this
slaniei-but OF one Of Them will ever publish the
rtfaiaon. Does the cause oil Truth need such vile
| aids
2dly. We have an article from The Woodstock
Sentinel, IN which tie braz,n falsehood is uttered,
aud, 10 give 1t more feet. in capitals. that Gen.
/ Harrison us an Authoritarian .hch tlerc
fever vas Il louler fab ehood coined IN The council
oi lie lnirinals-and they who proclaim il. know ii
10 be 50. Gen. Harrison an Aboli,ionsii Where
!. the evidence v hal ~eid did he ever utter
What vote did he ever gye-wha, att did he ever
p,ilo,m-whith gives The color Of plausibiluy to
this rank and unadulteraicd calumny We defy his
enemies 10 point 10 single incident in his life to
sustain The impuaiion. Gen. Harrison an AboIi.
tionis He who voted nth the South and for the
Ssuth. on be Missouri queslion, when Martin Van
Bnien, whose partizans no" m he this charge. lev
elled his artillery At our dearest rights. and by Pm
vaie enircaiies, aswe us by his public vote in The
Senate u New loik, stimulated his con peer, Ru-
lus King, noted Fedefalst of the old school,
never 10 latter" but 10 plant his standard firm.
y on tie ranpars, in lis upon Slavery and
State X ghs Gen. Harmon nm Abolitiouis, -
/ lie who voted for The introduction Of Saytry into
Arkansas and who eudeayored 10 introduce slaves
INTO Indiana The allegation crr,ies its own ,e(u.
,aIion upon its face and he who makes il, in the
/ Toe /, uTi Lc n, uTt
lis njuslce, has just as little regard for his own We
iaeny as hehas for the Intelligence Of The people,
whom he hopes to deceive by this cunningy devised
fabrication.
3dly, We are furnished with letter. purportno
10 have been written by a neighbor Of Gen uar,i.
son. in which an attempt is made 10 disparape the
Generals intellect. III lie ever was capablr " saws
he letter, abe is not so now" And who js This
'learped Theban," who sets himself Up as iudp.
often liarrIson's caraciiy :! A man of straw, 10,
angh we know-,hat celebrated Mr. Nobody
whose lracLs are every where seen, but whose face
IS always invisible Werpea. what we have often
sad that supporter OF Gen Jackson, whose friends
now admit tha, he was compelled To employ other
pers to write his State Papers has no right to urye
tbs ohJec'cn' even II II were well founded. The
Globes editorial comments upon and modiGc ,,;o,
ol, Gen. Jacksons famous Proclamation and Pro-
test, show conclusveiy hat, so Far from wr,pp h.
did not even uadostand the r.nirg of those c.l.
o'a'eo papers ol course, he CT uld not have writ,
ten them. With what grace, lhen, does sucb nm oh
Jecton, even II be well founded proceed from IN.
Ups OF his friends. But We deny The assumption al
together. No nan, who will cruise Gen. Haui-
sons speeches IN Congress- his OF ciaI letters In
the Secretary of War, when his u illa,y renius and
saot were lighting up blaze Of victory upop our
bleeding tronter-or his Ieuer,o Simon Bolivar the
first President Of the Republic of Colombia. warn.
my Inn OF the certain fate OF all military usurpers
who prefer the evanescent qualification of co,en,po
f"y p'audis to the eternal gratitude of liberated
people, and melting him TO follow the holy impulses
"i patriotism, rather than the selfish promp,ncs of
A"h'on' by ponrtraying the opposite course and
end OF "A Bonapare and a Washing ton-or his yar-
Gus Addresses before Agricultural instutions-or
ms learned Discourse before the Historical Society
OF Ohio, delivered but a short time aoo--,o man
we say. who will put himself to the trouble of peru-
! sing these numerous and varied evidences of Gen
liafr'sons vigorous intellect and varied a, onire-
menis, can doubt that he is PIE eminenily qualified
not less by his talents, than by his expansive love of
liberty. and his sterling patriotism, to preside over
The destinies and to govern the councils Of this Re-
public-lt may be true, as this euer.writer saws,
although we do6ot believe il, that his farm ais care
lessy managed" il may even be rue as the En-.
2a'rer says, that he uses fad instead of thresh-
my machine" (pe,haps because like 100 m; nv hon
est republican farmers he TOO poor 10 vie with hi,
richer neghbors )-but the monuments of his in
teffecaat power are numerous To admit of doubt
oil his capacity to discharge the duties which will in
vove upon plain Republican Chief Magistrate
t"By The way" this charge ofusing fail, instead
/ OF threshng machine, ("shows to what little
tricks the Power party "desccnd, to carry their
iaehous designs. the pathetic language of the
Enqunef,"hich always falls u,olhc ridiculous hen
II attempts the sublime, We exclaim "Oh world,
world; what a humbug art thou"
4,hiy. We next have Catechism, which from
the Infamous ialscboods which II institutes rather
than asserts, is, ought be- for the reputation
VI ''e ''"n 'efer VINO wrote it, anonymous. No Ia
iher owns The defor led and bloated banilinc II in
snuales that Gen. Harrison has not only BETRAYED all
want OF military skill.b that he is COWARD also
a.ea condrd We hardly know how to treat discharge
II any man can believe ii. his credulty is boupdIe,s
froGi aud argument would be wasted on him
IL lie were IN the vein, nothing could make HIM be-
''ese that The moon is not made of green cheese
But We appeal TO every intelligent and honorable
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