The Illinois free trader. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1840-1841, 1840-08-14

NO PLEDGE chould be made by All individual
when in nomination for any Office in the gift of the
people"
And at Cleveland, while on the came election
eering tour, he repeats it in these words:
81 deem it Inconsistent. with the genius Of our
free institutions, for candidates for Office to give
PLEDGES to the public before the election
Now mark how tenaciously he sticks to the prin-
cipleiu The following extract from the same speech
III elevated by the voice Of my couutrymen to
the Presidency Of the United States, HEREBY
PLEDGE MYSELF to withdraw from office at
the expiration ofa single term"
How easily the General "relapses into forget
funess!''
Next hear the General with ragard to his ceie-
hra,cd conscience keeping committee. In his le!.
20 The Hon. Jose ph /. Williams, Of it,iay 49, ls40
he rays:
"All the connection which have ever had with
che Corresponding Committee Of Hamilton coun-
IS ia, hat I requested he COMMITTEE, through
is chairman, Major Gwynno, to give the informl.
ton sought for"
Now see what he says in his speech at Colum-
bus, short time afterwards
a have no committee, fellow citizens, confden-
ta or other. When the famous Oswe-
go letter was received, it was read, and, as usual
with such letters, endorsed it and handed it to
Major Gwynne. But it seems, when the answer
was prepared, it was signed also by his colleagues
OF the county or city committee. Of all this /
hae'c nothirg-n0r in their capacity Of committee,
HAD THEY ANY THING TO DO WITH
MY LETTER"
VIII any dare hereafter to doubt the Generals
rerqcity?
The Genera nas also expressed himself OF the
speech, Of which he has lately 'allowed publ
cation to 30 on! with his sanction he .lolds the
following language
"1his division Of power between the govern.
ment Of the Union and of the states. has created
belief that they must Of necessity become ,nta-
gonisl principles. Not that they are equally dam
gerous; for whilst the general government is con-
sdeTed the very PaTUait, which is eventually to
destroy the whole system, the State Right interest
Is represented in the amiable gh, Of exerting her
sell to preserve the balance oil power intended by
the constitution. That some of the ablest and
best men oil the country are OF this opinion, most
sincerely believe. But las firmly beheue Mat TITS
dreaduI spectre Q consolidation has been sometimes
used and exposed TO the indignation of the people,
as means Of eDecting purposes ,ehieh are not al.
Trays prom0tipe If public good. Con-
shtated as as The Government Of the Union, IL an.
pea1S1o me there is not tie least danger Of hs en-
e'oaching on MerghtS of the states"
Now read the following from his speech at Fort
Mcigs, already referred to;
al b,ya laa la l. "A 4
is a Fcderalist recollect what the word for
merry signliicd, and there many others present
who recollect its proper Specification also. They
know the Federal party were accused of desigf.
10 strengthen The hands Of The General Government
al tie expense Of The separate suites. That accusa-
ton could not and cannot apply to me. Twas
brought up after the stric;est manner of Virginia
Anti-Federalism. st. Paul himself was no great
or devotec to the doctrines Of the 9harsces, than
was |, by inclination and fathers precepts and
example, to Anti-FederaIism. ,Cas taught 10 be-
Here that, Sooner Mter, thai fatal catastrophe 10
human liberty ,oouM tahe pIace--that the Go,eyal
Government uould avalo,o up aHhe state gorom-
menfs, and that one department of the Govern
ment would swallow all other departments"
Who will say that the above extracts are not
frow different creeds Now, it would appear, his
great object is to prevent consolidation, THEN he
considered consolidation mere "spectre." Does
not, then, according to the above definition he has
given of the term Fedraksi, the General prove
himself to have been one in 1888
The resolutions which Gen. Harrison offered in
the Ohio Legislature in 1919, insructing the Ohio
senators and representatives in Congress in favor
Of high Tariff, and his late promise to the Wings
OF Saunton, that if elected TO the Presidency "hc
would not interfere with the Compromise Act"
show that he has northern and southern opi-
Mon on that subject.
But the United States tank appears to be the
hardest knot for the General. 1t is hard to get
him out on this subject. He has, however here
too said something pro and con. For instance
in 1922 he said, "The charter given to the Bank
OF the United Sta,esswas unconditional and
the Wings of Virginia in their late Address to the
people thereupon say, that "his unqualified dccla-
ration that it was unconditional is before YOU"
and they assured that 'herc is no reason to be-
lieve that he is in favor of a bank in any FORM"
Yet in his letter to Shcrrod Williams he appears
to thiHk differently; for he says:
"The question for me TO consider, is, whether,
under the circumstances you state, if elected to
the Office OF President, would sign an act to chur-
| ter another Bank. ! answer | ,UOuH if il were
clearly ascerained that the public interest would
| materially suffer without one, and there were unc-
quiyocal manifestations OF public opinion in its IA
| yor."
BY the manner in which he has qualified his
expressions, it easily seen that he wished to leave
a false impression with the reader. But the
Wings always urged that 'fhc public interest
would materially suffer without one and would
not Gen Harrison consider his election an ''une-
quiyocal manifestation oi public opinion in its