Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1840-03-05

OF tae,ye Yeats of lis life he las been Withdrawn
| from The scene Of active peineal employment, anu
that while his name Was sei0rc The country III NV
last Presidential eiet ton. exposing HIM ei eoefe,
much decentralization and misrepresentation from nus
poneal aJsefsaf,es. the attention OF the opposition
paty IL the South vas mainly directed 10 disin.
ruisled citizen OF their own section. so thai ihfte
WIS no paf, interest felt At that u re, IN tue oouu,
IN detecting and exposing the numerous and gr'ss
nsfeptcsenia atoms uf " lieh lie was made The SUB
ieei b, an INSCRIPTIONS press. From tbs state OF
things II has rissn that M the South Renerails anu
IN Virginia IN particular. the mosi unioande1 chr
res have been widely proragated 10 regard TO ms
puJlie pine pies aud eonduci, aud al lately WIN
nut efficient contradiction aud exposufe-ulhs IN
posing on many good chizens, WHO VIII De no"
e.rer 10 repair the injusiee they have done him.
The mos, prominent Of these charges, when Is
still waniony repeated IS that Gen Harrison Is an
oboifioHid | have recent, Investigated Win care,
all the evidences OF hi principles aud conduct on
Ibis rs well as other important publ questions anu
| an, loroughly convinced that II there be one man
| " ho has enin-d himself to The gtatiiude ot The
South beyond all others. by The noble aud DIS nie,
e.Ird eel lie at all tunes manifested. tic sat'ih
&c. lac has freely made, the ngle heattedhcss WIN
winch lac has exposed himself 10 persecution anu
political prescription Ia defence OF the Consiilu lou
Al rights OF the South and the peace aud safety oil
their 6resides az alnsi all Interference, whether Of
fanal,cisn or political ambition, that man IS " NJ.
/ llfNEr HARnisoS Of OHIO.
| You have doubtless read the speech made By
Inn ut VBcennes. 10 The State OF lndian, III 1850
IN which. in the face Il anon-saveholdlng audience,
he gaIlanily rotaateered 10 defend The rights ard ia
tefesi OF the South. Where can be found, even IN
| the productions any southern statesman, a more
energetic aud inspiring denuncaiion oi the schemes
of the aboliaoaisfsi lie pronounees them 10 be
week, presnmpiuous and unconstitutional. III
legal. prrsccuting aud dangerous and alter DEPICT
ing IN glowing language the fatal consequences /"
which ibry must lead lac cills upon his audience
wuh indignant earDestncss, 10 'Jtopa upon measures
which aieto produce results 50 much 10 be depfe-
Gated" lie lays down IN the brofde and most
unrquiyocal tern s. the Fundamental liiHcrpe, that
The subject OF slavery is under the sole and exclu.
$50 jurisdiction OF the states IN which II exiss,
aud that neither the general government nor the non
sayeholding states have any rgi Whatever 10 lnie-
iefe with aud he moreover cOniends that discus
SONS. upon The sub jet ~ non slayeholdng states,
| tending IN their consequences, AS they do, 10 Jeo-
pard the peace aud impair the rights Of tie slave.
holding states, an abuse Of The freedom of
| spfcch aud OF the Press N violation Il The spflt
aud prevailing design Of The Constitution. The
sauc declarations WIRE nade By HIM. and wnh
greater emphasis, II possible, IN an address delIy.
cred 10 assrn bly, ui his iellnw- citiz"ns Al Che
NO, Ia OHIO. on The 4,h July 1888; from which an
| ISOLATED passage, lin which The author admitIin !
slavery 10 be cvll, says he would gladly see tie
s.rpus revenue Of The Union devoted TO lis pro-
grcssive extinction by the purchase and colonization
! VI Inc slaves = htW nc Sd"ct'o" ~ INC otditS H'tdWg
Hrm) has breb nfiiuy eulled AMI given 10 The pub
he carefully suPprcssng The contcn, IN which Genl
| Harrison maintains, in the strong and unqualified
language am about To cite that abe slave popula-
lion !, under the EXCLUSIVE control Of the states
whch ossess them aud that neither ihe general
government n0r the non-slaveholdng States IN
trrlcle many wiF, wiih the night oi property in
s,vcs and al the same time denounces the schemes
| al the abonioniss rs haught with " horrors, upon
which incarnute devil only could look with ap.
probation"
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