The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1840-05-21

Administration sdsocsird the sane d..r-
irinrs and gave me sane votes upon ihIs
subjeet lhsl General Harrison did. The
Vsre President. Mr. Benton. Mr.. Ba
ehsasn. and many nihers--noi ta ssv
Henry 81. George Tueker. The psesidrnl
NJ the new hedged :. Democrats Repbh-
licsn Stale Rights party" central ealnmis-
Ire ul Virginia. Nv. Benton to,sd Cor
The bin sppraiHiaiing money far ihr rsn-
slrnriian al the hayssilIe road. over &c
neral JacksaR's celehraisd seio. Upon
ihis question. lien. Nc. Van Buren, and
his Inrnds are 30 obnoxious % Grnersl
Harrison.
The f,nrsk ohjeriian 10 General Harri-
son is. thai he . friendly ia ihs insnis
linn az national brink. This 10 one ~
The charges ~hirh made against Gen
rral Harrison 10 1886. bal II seems with.
nai any jnsI foundation. IL 1882. On :
letter - The q Clneinnsli lnqu,sllar." ne
pronounced the laie Bank ~ The United
STATES unconstitutional. Ia his leusr Dc
Snerrod Williams he repeated this dsrlara-
linn. and nowhere and upon no occasion
has he ever declared himself favorable Ia
one. Being ln,eroga,rd BY Mr. VIII
liams, whether. IL elecied President. ne
would approve bill ehariering national
bank. he answers:
81 ~ould, jn rere clearly ascerfGined
that The pubic interest. in rrlalian 10 The
collecuon aud disbursement 81 the revenue
would materially suffer without one. aud
there were uuequivocal manifestations Of
public opinion IN lis favor. | ihink.
however. the experiment should be fairly
tried, 10 ascertain whether the hnsncisi
operations csnnoI be as we'll carried on
WITHOUT The aid nf a national bank. IL i,
j. NOT necessary fcr that purpose. il does
not appear 10 me tia, one can be con.
sil,oiinnslly chartered. There is no con-
srucuon which | can give The consliin-
ton which aould authorize il. on the
ground &c stTording faciIilies 10 com
mere"
From ihis-exiraci, il is entirely mani.
fest that General Harrison is. upon con
s,iln,ional grounds. opposed Ia a national
bank; and thai n, as President Of the
Uniled States. he should yield his own
scruples. and spprove an aet 70 chsrier
one. u would be frnm the actual necessl.
lies Of the Treasury. in relation 10 Ih.
receipt and disbursement Of the publ,
revenue. and The unequipoeoi manifesto
lions Of public opinion IN It's favor. Thu
occupying precisely Nc. MaJisOn's eroun.
when he signeJ.she charter % the les.
bank Mr.. Van Buren is. prolessedly
anrompromising in his opposition 10 !
national bank. but lie favors an executive,
machinery which is nothing more nor les
Than a bank. sni infinitely more 10 b
dreaded Than a jnlnt-slnck hank chariere,
by Congress. and any that General Iiarri
son could he hroghi m approve. Mi.le'
by the public prints Of the day. cerlalnI..
did General Harrison great injustice 4
charging him. in as round terms as ! ia
in 1886. with being favorable 10 naiInna
hank. and | cheerfully rrtract II. /
yielding his appreciation under any clr
cumstanrcs 10 an act Incorporating ma
iionai bank, General HARRISON would d
more than would. yet his opinions ar
opposed TO The system. ..
| Fellow. citizens, l find the recorded
votes Of many who stand high 10 the c"nti
dence of all republicans, who not onl!
asserted the constitutional power Of Con
gress To charter national hank. but vote
fr the bill chariering the late bank
Among the number are Mr.. Forsyth. tn
Secretary Of State. Nc. CnihberI sn'
ME- Lumpkin. now Senators from Gear
ga. Mr.. Crawford was It's decided al
vocale-Genersl Harrison never was
This objection, thea, csnn"t avail.
The 6l,h AFFECTION is Tia, General Har
rison is an Abol,,ion;st, in The moder'
sense Of this term.
Wihin the last five years. the snhjec
Iuf what is called {" modern sboltlon' Ia
lcaused, very justly. an anxious lnquIr.
Into the powers Of the Federal Govera
men, over the slave properly held IN III
lSouthern seclinn of the coniedrrscy. U
Iall the topics that have been made th
isnhierts of approval or condemnation a
1.-THE Presidential candidates. by the friend
aud opponents of either. there Is no ON
in which the party opposed To GeneIs
, Harrison have more grossly lnisrepresenl
ed his principles than on this. Feeling
lin common With every other citizen
l,he South. a desire to know the opinion
. OF the Two candidates now before I'll
. people on this subject. ! have sndeasore
tn trace them through their public cares'
, and from their votes aud conduct hereto
fore, if possible. ascertain what they has
lin former times thought and said, as We
as wha, they now think and say, .ouchln
1.-The question Of abolition.
), Willis, freely concede to every on
. the right TO entertain his own opiuons u
3 lgardipg the original institution Of SLAYER,
/. | consider j, a question Of very differel
4 mpor,, what may be the principles Of
4 lpubl,c man on The subject of the co,
e s,ilu,ionsl powers Of the Federal Cover
b ment over The existing relations OF MAST
' aud slave in The Uni'ed States. u
2 FIRST relates to the original organization