The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1840-05-23

SPIRIT orsTHr ALAbAAIANs.
The following letter has bssn communicated TO Us
for solicitation; - .s.o
pMr sir--Your Letter Of ~ slth inst touching
thu Ne Harrisburg noanination y nov before ne.
n the Whias are true 70 themselves, they will sup
pos that nomination, with unAnching vigor,
They went into council, upon stipulstions which
have bssn compisd with and they cannot now rcccde
from their own terms
when our delegates len home, il was no, known
how many names would BE- offered % the Convention
fos the Presidency Clay was chr frat choice Of this
State but Harrison was surely tbs next And a. we
agreed every where 10 abide by tho decision OF Ma
donal Convention acting in good fifth and a. Har
rson has been fairly nominated by majority OF that
body we have Just 70 believe that trustees
carefully surveyed the whole ground and that their
choice e judicious one.
We went into Convention with q perfect knowledge
Of all is responsibilities and the delegates who voted
for Clay frs and then for Harrison, must have been
aware that they only changed weapons, and how
much that change effected the peace Of their fire.
sdes and the sleep of the cradle The question must
have BEEN best calculated to concentrate their
porer, and snatch the country from the bondage an
der arhich il groans?
cal Statesman who has yet been presented to the
alteration of the American people for the presidential
chair since il was occupied by Mr.. Madison. And
where shall we find the man, who possessed the con-
fdence Of that iiustrious patriot in higher degree
than Harrisonl
In his numerous and well planned expeditions
against the North Western enemy, he ranks an q
military man. second only to George Rogers Clark
And while gratitude remains in the human breast,
while true merit IL erteemed, honor In mankind
reyered the abors Of Harrison in the country north Of
the Ohio river cannot be forgotten.
II was there that all the energies of his vigorous and
expansive mind were called into requisition and il
was in that vast wilderness that his wise and active
measures contributed much TO the steady and rapid
introduction of the elements Of civilization
From the date Of his first commission under w ash
ington down through the Olympads Of Jackson and
Van Buren, he has remained the same vigilant and
consistent statesman; and through all the marching
and countcr-marching Of parties for forty years, mo
calumny has been able TO fix stain upon his cha
racter.
But may be said, and has been said, that he too
| is an Abolionist SO il was said Of Mr.. Clay and
| so Il would be said Of Gov. Troup, any Other
man who should happen to stand in the way Of Van
Buren,
| Harrison is now our candidate for the Presidency
and in my opinion, IL is triseiy So lie has been
fairly nominated for that office by great National
Convention of the Wings, and upon their own terms
From Passamaquoddy bay 10 lake Caddo, Harrison
should be the slogan Of the Wings in their march
| against the throne ofthe Tarquins.
i For veal or for wo we have enlisted against thu
rapacious despotism Of Van Buren,, and sckly sen
sibty should shake ourconfdcnce in the choice made
by our friends in Convention where they were al
brought face to face.
In the language Of Brutus, the Wings ofthe Angie
American stock should cling to Harrison, as thu
g foremost of all this world"
| With friendly sautations,
| To DANIEL III. NoRwooD,
/ Member Of the House Of Reps, Tuscaloosa Ala