Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1840-05-30

us TIE privilege ~ tilsr cun.uiiih- il.f .i ....'-
uug tom, ta. opinions Of GeHCral Hanson, .a-
cause you aill nat f., Us klaw shat hose g1l-
ions are. We ars -rayry informed thar Lg great
Harrisburg Convention dl not deem O. prudent
10 make ary general a,g.Hanou Of ihc opinions
and principle O.. Ae Opposition parry aaa iHa'
the committee julo whose hands the candidate o'
the party hls been n csd lar ,slu keeiu.. base
determined thar be should make 40 more di,glo.
sure Of h,s opinions, whilst occupying bis present
position. VENTURE ihs assertion hat ihls Is 'bc
first tme M tac history OF this Government, dot .
any aspir1ui 10 popu,ar favor has taken the broad
! ground that he would make no declaration Of Hs Z
| opinions 20 fIcuds OF loes, during hts candidacy
| II does seem 20 me, Alr. Chairman, that gentle F..
men put a yefy poor estimate upon the intelligence
| Of the people. whose sutifages they seek In F
/ stead of coming out with a bold and fearless de.
/ claa,on ef heir opinions aud sentiments, 10 lmi-
alion Of that {" time serving, wire working non /
commliial candidate Of the Republican patty /.
/ they deem It most advisable to keep iheIr oPn /.
ions concealed and, as if they thought the people
a great booty, who could be caJoled and ilauered [
with sweet cakes, candies and sugar P'ums, they
discourse him most eoquenlly about distress, log
cabins, crackers, aud hard cider. Aud, Who siI,
Is " Ntdi - t''FlU- VI WIS Ffi Ptt''' N'i'"i
bout log cabins and hard cider" Who, 'lr,
bu lbe lords, arisiocfals aud nabobs Of the land
mon, who live themselves IN marble palaces, and
drink the best wine that France ever produced !
who use tho people at elections as farmer does
biz horse 10 perform drudgery, and then to be
turned out 10 Craze until he is wanted again. and
again to be caught up by shaking bundle oihay
or pounding on a cider barrel Sir demand OF
gentlemen whether any thing IS known oil the
principles or opinions Of General Harrison whc.
ther any thing is urged IN his favor, except bat he
lives in "Iog cabin, and drinks hard cider ~
Aud ate these qualifications that beht man for
the Presidency II SO, sir, congratulate my
colleague and mysel(tbu we represent more than
10000 fIeemen any one Of whom ~ qualified Tor
the first office IN the gfl Of this great Republic
for they live IN log cabins, in fact cabins unlike
the GeHeraPs--whch, in soolh looks very Ike
splendid county manslon--but the real hing
built Of small logs, and clap-baards; and, tough
our constituents do not drink hard cider, Nhank
God, they are alue above that) they can boast
Of az signal service TO the county il quafing a
iow glasses Of old whskey and if gentlemen re.
ally think that these are the only qualifications
necessary for a President, stlpuae, rs matter
|
(ol The next five hundred years, for five hundred
; dollars piece. In this, trust tho gentleman
!, from Pennsylvania will 90 with me, since It ls Q.
economy on much more extensive scale than that
Of suppantug our foreign ministers. say Moth
lng Of General liauson's political opinions tor
II tho reason that they are yelled in mystGy,or have
II been expressed in such dubious language as ia
give no dohnIiye idea Of what they were. ! have
d a word or two IN conclusion, Mr.. Chairman, lc
e say in regard 10 practice that has obtalred very
n generally in this House, and which IS justly es
+. tecmod Throughout lhe country as one OF bad mo-
s ral and political lehdoncy not lkely 10 produce
n any good, and out Of which gov most Oh our Pe'
o soual brolls and disasters. allude, SIR, TO ~
n practice of assallng, without reason, the persona
Z and private character Of political opponents, an,
10 more especially tho character the distinguished
10 men Of the country. The character Of our grea
= men belongs not 10 this House or this Congress
g but to tho whole country. 1t is the pedestal uPo
to which Is built the laires fabric that human wis
rs dom has eyer dGyiSr il - chs, saihi ~the arch
~ rs, ~ truth tho edtce Itself, OF our Republican
o. Governments destroy this, and the whole labrl
IN iotiors from its basis, and crumbles into atoms
D Rome owed hel greatness TO her Senate, an
o. Greece 10 her philosopher. In more modern time
IL the French Chamber Of Deputies has given ton
u aud energy and power 10 a nations character
D. England's bright escuicheon has been fendere
D. SUI more bright by the eloquence and energy q
" her sons; and America, young happy, proud A
VI meiica, when she has run the full race of a NJ
10 ions PRIDE, when having filled the measure {
T. her goodness and greatness, baied every dlfitu
y and ouIsirlppcd all competition, she sits quell
down upon the summit of her peculiar fame, fl
above the nations Of the EARTH she calls the B.
We set OF The now world to record her history sh
nd wIl bid hun write upon its lairest page the name
ne OF her Culhouns, her Clays, her Webscrs, an
an her Benlons for TO these will she be indebted f
a. her success, her greatness, and her glory. 81.
Sc when contemplate the character of the dstl
n, suShed son Of Massachusetts, | do it with prd
a and exutollon. Differing with him in politics
OF sentiment as WIDE as the eNtremtties Of earth,
nj can, nevertheless do him that Justice which b
ni greatness demands, lie is an American, aud
les an American 90 honor HIM, and envy not th
oe heart whose contracted limits embrace nothir
to but It's especial Iayorites. Look upon this ma
all SIR; how calm, aud yet how great; how like d
ad deep and placid lake that never moyes but in
he storm; aud then, loaming and casting high Il
IS bHlows OF passion, sentiment oad Wit, no seen
ne iroM the very bottom OF his soul to be THROWN
er. up the collected contents of thousand years
re Aud the great orator otbe West, he il whom n
ed uio has been pleased to blend all that is graz
be. and pecuar-sec how like the great father OF n
ate Tons be MOVES on IN Su'en, solemn, graudeu
ds. with ever nnd anon anppls or a spray, a gent
et- heaHns Of The waters surface, thing that "
sil may look upon with awe, and yet with admilad,
did lone OF natures noblest greatest works, mi
me whose name is commensurate with the ends
son the earth and whose lame is as bouudless cts
en- n'ly ITSELF Entertaining no sentiment in COMM
IA WIN hun, view him as only as an Americ
the statesman, aud as ~ American | am nropd n