, 1840-07-18


JOHN HILL,
JAS. J. Mckay,
J. A. BYNUM,
General Harrison having shut himself up,
and refused to be seen by any but his keep
ers, or answer any questions asked him BY
the people, but ask Of US to examine his past
public acts and expressed opinions, saying
they are unchanged, and will be by him
adopted and carried out in practice should
he be elected President of these United
States, we therefore at his own request, and
in the discharge Of our duty to you, our con-
stituents, in answer to your numerous and
pressing inquiries, give you the above records
which cannot lie doubted by any. They
are the cool deliberate recorded acts and
opinions of General Harrison in 1907, and
in 1921, and admitted by himself and his
keepers as his present opinions and views as
to government, and especially as the govern
ment Of poor white men and poor white
women, and the proof we have Of his great
love and kindness, for poor men, so much
harped upon by the whole bank federal wing
party. We deem comment useless, and
will therefore only say that, on the 18th OF
September, 1907, General William Henry
Harrison, the then Governor Of the Terrific
ry of Indiana, AMI holding the sole control
of all the laws in his own hands, actually
signed the above bill, which provided that
poor white men and women. who are from
their poverty unable to pay sheriff. fees,
clerks fees, and court fines, should be sold
by the sheriff, at public auction, as sluves.-
How would you feel to see one OF your poor
but respectable and good neighbor men sold
at auction by the sheriff Of your country as
a slave, under this Harrison law, 10 some free
negro! And only think of what would be
your feelings to see one OF your poor but re-
spect" BILE neiehbor women knocked off I'm.
der the sheriffs hammer to a free negro as
his slave, to be under his commands, and
compelled tn obey them. what ever they
might be; and should she resist and disobey
and leave her black masters service, and he
should apprehend her, and drag her before
n single justice Of the peace, and under this
Harrison law, nave thirty.nine lashes inhic-
ted upon this white female slave, and then
compel her TO serve two days for every one
she had lost from her black masters service,
would you be willing to vote for such n man
as PRESIDENT and this is the bank federal
whig candidates former opinions, and acts
to which he refers US, and adopts rs his pres
ent opinions and principles; and this man,
with these principles, is the nominee Of tie
great Harrisburg and Baltimore bank federal
abolition conventions for President Of these
United States; and they strongly solicit your
votes 70. him, and particularly demand the
poor men, while at the same time he actual
ly refuses to be seen by, or even spoken TO,
by a poor man; and you are asked By these
federal wings to take him upon his former ex-
pressed opinions and acts, and they as above
stated. The above is a true statement Of
facts on record to which General Harrison
himself has invited our attention, as the only
proof he will condescend now to give us, and
the proof is Harrison himself, giving evi.
dence against himself; it is therefore conclu-
sive in itself, and cannot be denied. We
deem comment upon the above facts useless
to you, the intelligent people Of our districts.
We appeal to every honorable man among
you mot totally blinded by party prejudice)
who loves his friends. his liberty, and country,
to pause, reflect and examine well the prin-
ciples and recorded acts, of the federal wing
candidate before you give your votes to a
man for President whose principles are
avowed and recorded in favor Of selling the
poor white men and women OF the country
by sheriff. at auction into slavery, that sher.
ifs, clerks, and lawyers may be paid their
fat fees. In vain did our forefathers shed their
blood in the revolutionary struggle for liber-
ty in the days Of seventy-six, il, in 1910, a
man with the above recorded and avowed
principles, shall be elected to preside over
the people of the United States as President.
Hoping the above will be a satisfactory
answer to your inquiries, and holding our.
selves always ready and bound to snswer any
inquiries you may ask that our means can
supply, We beg leave to subscribe ourselves
your humble servants.
w. MONTGOMERY,
M. T. HAWKINS,