Whig Republican. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1840-18??, 1840-10-21
GEN. WILLIAM IT. HARRISON.

in the keeping of committees tie Mum
Candidate. Let every candid man read his
reply to letter, addressed to him from the
President of the Harrisburg convention in
1889, upon his communicating the official pro-
ceedings OF his nomination, and decide how
| true the charge is. The charge is too ridicu-
lous to be made except by desperate men. We
challenge the friends of the "Little Magician"
to produce letter of his more to the point on
all the leading subjects that the people demand
of their candidates, than the following.
General Harrison says that the following
are among the principles to be adopted by any
Executive sincerely DESTROYS torestore the ad-
minstraton to its original simplicity and
purity, viz:
l. TO confine his services to single presi-
Dental term.
8. To disclam all right Of control over the
public treasure, with the exception of such
parts of it as may be appropriated by law, to
applied precisely as the law may direct, and
draw from the treasury agreeably to the long
established forms ofthat department.
| 9. That he should never attempt to inf1u-
ence the elections, either by the people of the
state legislatures, nor suffer the Federal Off
GERS under his control to take any other part
in them than by giving their own votes, when
they possessed the right Of voting.
| 4. That in the exercise of the veto power,
he should limit his rejection of bills to, list
| I, opal.
Such as tend to encroach on the rights OF
the states or individuals, 3d.--Such as invol-
wing deep interests, may, in his opinion, re-
quire more mature delberation or reference to
the will ofthe people, to be ascertained at the
succeeding elections.
5. That he should never suffer the influence
of his office to be used for purposes of purely
party character.
6. That in removals from Office of those who
hold their appointments during the pleasure of
the Executive, the cause of such removal
should be stated, ifrequested, to the Senate, at
the time the nomination of successor is
made.
And last, not least in Importance.
| 8. That he should not suffer the executive
department ST the government to become the
source of legislaton; but l. ave the whole bust
ness fmaking laws for the Union to the de-
partment to which the constitution has exclu-
sively assigned it, until they have assumed
that perfected shape, where and when alone
the opinions of the executive may be heard.
o. We notice two announcements, in diff
ferent parts ofthe country, of speakers to ad-
dress Van Buren, meetings-both little re-
markable. At Erie, Pa, on the 10th--the
day of the Bunker Hill Convention--Orestes
A. Brownson was to speak to the people,
This person is editor Of the Boston Quarterly
Review, and the author of an article which re-
Gently appeared in that journal addressed to
the laboring classes--an article so revolutions
ry in its character, that, although the writer
is an ofice-holder under the Administration,
we were unwilling to ascribe to the party with
which he acts the sentiments and principles
contained in it. 1t proposes, among other
things, to destroy the banks, to do away with
churches and abolish the priesthood; it de-
nounces the system of wages, and regards it
as species of servitude, and finally recon-
mends that mans property at his death shall
not descend tohis children, but go to the State
to be by the State disposed of.
Is it the wish of the administration party
to identify itself with these doctrines! 1fnot. a
decent regard to the public sense of propriety.
of religion and social order, might suggest
that the advocate of them should be kept silent
in the presence of the people at meetings held
under the auspices of the party.
The other speaker whose announcement ex-
cited surprise, is Peter V. Daniel, a District
Judge of the United States Court in Virgin
la, and, by virtue of his office, honorable. He
addressed meeting of the administration
party in Fredericksburg few days ago.
Let the president write letters to vndicate
his democracy and to show his ignorance of
"miltary affairs"--let the Vice.presidept
mount the stump and talk of his own merits
let the Governors ofStates canvass Ohio and
Tennessee--but while official robes. are he.
draggled in the dirt, let the ermine of the
Judge, at least, be kept unstaned
Gov. FoINDExTER AND GEN. HAKkIsoN.-
On late visit of GoyerAor Poindexter to The
Warm Springs in Virginia, he was invited to
address the people on the subject OF the Presi-
dency. He did so, and in relation to General
HarrIson's course on the Missouri question, he
stated that he was bv Gen, Harr;son,s eide IN