Liberty advocate., 1840-07-09

scd by him in the letters and speeches alluded
10. In his speech at Chevot, on the 4,h July,
1888, speaking orlhe designs of the abolition
lists, he says:
"There, is however, subject now begin.
ming TO agitate them, Uhe Southern States) in
relation to which, ifther alarm has foundation,
the relative situation in which they may stand
TO some ofthe States will be the very reverse
Of what it now is. allude TO a supposed dispo-
sition in some individuals in the non.slayehold-
ing States to interfere with the slave population
of the other States, for the purpose of forcing
their emancipation. do not call your atten
ton to this subject, (elow.citizens, from the ap-
prehenson that there isa man amongst you
who will lend his aid to project so pregnant
pith mischief and still less that there is State
in the Union which could be brought to give it
countenance. But such are the feelings ofour
Southern brethren upon this subject-such
their views, and their just views, of the evils
which an interference Of this kind would bring
upon them, that long before it would reach the
point of receiving the sanction of a State, the
evil Of the attempt would be consummated, as
far as we are concerned, by dissolution ofthe
Union. If there is any principle Of The ConSti-
tuition of the United States less dispuiable than
any othdr, rs that The slaue population is under
the EXCLUSIVE CONTROL Of the States ,chich pos
SeSS them."
Again, in speaking Of the results which must
inevitably follow the mad schemes OF this wild
and fanatical party, he uses the following en-
phatic language:
"IwlH not STOP 10 enquire into the mottreS OF
those ucho are engaged in this fatal and unconSti-
tuional project. There mayb some rho hare
embarked in it witlOm property considering isl
consequences, and tcho are dctHated By beneCoiem
and virtuOus principles. But, if such there are,
am rery certain that should they continue their
present course, their teliOw-citizenS wOuld ereI
long, curse The virtues which hare undOne their
country"
If any thing can be more emphatic than
the language already quoted, it is to be found
in the following closing paragraph Of his Che
yiot speech:
"lf lam correct IN tie principles here adoqa-
ced, / Irepeat my assertion, that the discussion of
the subject Of Emancipation IN The nOn-sIarehod-
ing States, is equally Injurious TO the SlaueS!and
their masters, and that ii has no sanction in the |
principles Of the Constitution. must not be
understood TO say that there is any thing in
that instrument which prohibits such discussion.
know there is not. But the man who believes
that the claims which his lellow.citzens have
upon him are satisfied by adhering to the letter
of the political compact that connects them
must have very imperfect knowledge OF
the principles upon which our glorious Union
was formed, and by which alone it can be main,
tained."
Such then were the opinions expressed by
General Harrison in 1888, in Ohio. In 1885,
two years after, he was in Vincennes, Indiana
"a public dinner was given him, he was toast,
ed, and as usual upon such occasions, he made
speech, in the course Of which he spoke of
abolition in the following terms:
al have now fellow. citizens, a few more
words 10 say, on another subject, and which is,
in my opinion olmore importance than any 9th
er that is now in the course Of discussion in |
any part Of the Union. allude to the soce-
ties which have been formed, and the move
ments Of certain individuals in some Of the
States inreIation 10 portion ofthe population
in others. The conduct Of these persons is the
under the garb Of disinterestedness and benev.
olence; and their course vindicated by argu.
ments and propositions which in the abstract
no one can deny. But, however fascinating
may be the dress with which their schemes
are presented TO their folIow-citizens with
whatever purity Of intention they may have
been formed and sustained, they wiH be found
10 carry in their train mischief 10 the uhole
Union and horrors TO large portion of it, rchich,
ii is probable some Of The projectors and many Of
their supporters haze nerer thought Of; the lat
ter, the first in the series of evils which are to
spring fromtheir source, are such as you have
seen perpetrated on the fair plains Of Italy and
Gau, by the Scythian hordes Of Atila and
Alaric; and such as most Of you apprehended
upon that memorable night, when the tomas
hawks and war clubs Of the followers Of Te.
cumseh were rafting in your suburbs. re-
gard not the disavowalS Of any such intention
upon the part OF the authors of those schemes.
since, upon the examination Of the publications
which have been made, they will be found to
contain the very facts, and very arguments,
which they would have used, if such had been
their object am certain that there is not, in
lnlS uSSenoIy, oneol these detude6 men, anu
that there are few within the bounds of the
State. lfthere are any, would earnestly en-.
treat them TO torbear; 10 pause IN their career,
and deliberately consider the consequence Of
their conduct to the whole Union, to the States
more Immediately interested, and TO those for
whose benefit they profess to act. That the
latter will be the victims of the weak, injudi.
cious, presumptuouS and unconstitutional efforts
to serve them, a thorough examination Of the
subject must convince them The struggle,
land struggle there must be) may commence
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