Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1840-08-20
J. X. POINSETT.
Hon. K. NJ. r. HuxrEL.
SPedker Of &e House Of H,PrcscHbafir

The Globe of the 81 August produces the authority
Tho Philadelphia Aurora ia condemnation OF the
Hartford ConvCntiun. The date is ISL The eX
tracts that the Globe presents from the Aurora are not
necessary "a inform mcu VIII" were on the Stage Of
life at that period that tho Phrlade phia Aurora was
cmphatcay THE Democratic paper of that day
They know It To have been su,h-ll know n 90 have
been such Now take that paper of 6 the earliest date
at which We have file Of it. aud whaIn says OF
General Harrison. You 10y the following that ia,
men who supported the Aurora and Madison
SUPPORTED also Gen. Harrison and the war Docs
,his give the lie the assertion 10y the Globe that
Gen Harrison is und a F"dcralis Yes, Gen.
Harrison was bitterly denounced Nv The Federal
lists of that day. and warmly supported 10y The
Democrats hc is now. lie always was "a Democrat
IIs principles Democratic. I'm practices are Dem
urr4iIc and his supporters. though thcy drspisc the
recent professions OF onocracy by the Fedcrss are
Democratic.
GENERAL HARRISON.
Since the rRuhca ion oft!.e treaty Of Gncnt
event has afforded ms more pleasure than he cleo
Iiuu 81 tins gentleman TO u scatin Congress. HIS
eminent scTvce-, from his earliest youth the pre-
sent day, aud particularly during The late with
Great Britain, have given HIM high claims on tie
gratitude of his cOuntrymcn; and the manner IN
which he has been treated 10y the powers that be-
n W. drawn still clos,r th, tics with when H. ms
UnS been connected with the lcoplr of tho western
states. They have Witnessed with Indignation and
astnns hmcnt, that the thanks of his country, the
= ldIcT's sole reward, were denied To- the chief who
had often ted them to victory: aud whose tNertous
had secured their firosdes against the Jury of the
a age; while HOuoEs OF every Kind were profusCly
lavIshed on other commandCTs, whose victories,
bought with blood, had gwen him ONLY an empty
w Injured by the insults Offered 10 their favontc
commander; aud have earnestly longCd for an OPP
porlUnIty of conipuning the malice of his enemies,
THIS, the late election has happily Afforded. Tn,
Iuvectve %! which the general has been the O. icci
both IN Congress and elsewhere, have augmented
only the glory OF he Triumph nd rendered mis- sue
cess more complete The voice oi the people has
loudly proclaimed hls nth, aud covered bis
sCrs with dIsgracs Although upuse,l by five com
petItOTs, al worthy and rCspe table n, aud by the
all powerful weight oil local interest, hc has obtain
ed an unprecedented malonty, not only all the
opposing candidates, but also OF all the he
disiuci hiCh he Us called To repre- cnt. Nor Is this
result 10 be a;tnbUtcd to the personal cNerions of
Harrison OF his friends or T. the influence generally
derived from long resi- i6uce and family connexions.
La all those respects, his hopes of success nust
have been much less sangulne than those of some
ri ms competitors. But u was the ultimate con
yIctIon IN The minds Of the great body OF hts fellow
citizens, Of the superiority of his claims their
detcstauon ui the injustice done him at the seat of
GOV CTnmCnt-aud their well iUuud,d belief that his
election was iHentIfed with the honor At the state
which prompted them 10 - rC their unanimous
support. THIS conduct Ofihe irccmcn OF the first
district is worthy of The highest praise, and they
have on this occasion conferred 80 much hon r up-
on themselves as upon their IlustnOus representa-
i've.
II has been the singular felicity of general Harr
sou, to be treated with neglect, not by hIs fellow
cit Zeus al ldT-C but by assembly Of legislators
who seem TO have thought OF lIttc else thau fill
Ing Their own pockets, while they disTcgarded the
claims ot the worn SnidIcT. Now, max the Sc
que The former has been exalted, by the almost
uHanImous voice of his cUunItymcn, To the mos
Important trust which can be Conferred on an ndI-
vidEa while the latter have received the sXeCra-
tons of he people from Main To Georgia and with
few exceptions, have becu forced t. rturr from the
national councils THIS circumstance = well calcu-
lated support the paiTot ~ the fitJful dI-cL argo
Of his duty aud to comfort him under the most cru
81 prosecutions of fOTtunC IL assures him that al
though he may he neglected lud injured by the
higher powers, vet the people, from whom alone
who have served tn'm with flelIty; and that al
though wicked aud designing men may oh HIM o.
has reward for season, yet, the time VIII come
when hc will triumph over the mali Of his Sne-
mics, and reap rich and plentiful haycst o. Tau