The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1840-02-25

,,nent. the present Chief Magistrate, mas de-
JARED from every leading principle OF Re
ppnblieanism. the profession OF which brought
Ill, INTO Office and for myself, cannot con-
"e;yo how any one who is truly Republican
saJ Conservative who, in the administra-
80 of the government is the advocate of
4aassrpaftee as opposed 10 destructive policy,
.bo Is the friend Of Sfate-rIghts in oppo-
a;,;on 10 Federal consolidation, who would
Daain,ain Legislative independence against Ear.
80. supremacv, who would see tho GO
'a,nment Of this great confederacy admlnis-
,a.ed as a high national trust, and not as
,,,, Who, in short, loves liberty more
f'm a yagper-can support his reelection. Let
' -hars decide as they may, certainly cannot
Ia, rs now see what are the public prin-
+. and opinions, the life and character, Of
re,raa,,l Hanson. the sole opposing can
1'1',e far the Presidency, aud il they do not
nresen, a better guarantee Tor the sale repuo-
Ian administration OF the government. II
hos been The singular fortune OF General
u,s,1soN to have been more misrepresented
"a consequently misunderstood, particularly
- native State, than any other dlstln-
;.ho5 c,izen Of our country. The reason
e III i doubtless to be found in the cir
y that for the last ten or twelve
~ Mis- lie. he has been Withdrawn from
he scenes Of active political employment,
and that. while his name was before Inc
cono,ry. in the last Presidential election, ex-
nos;,o him of course, to much Remuneration
lnJ instrumentation from his political adj
yersaries. the attention Of the opposition par
10 of The South was mainly directed to dis
,inqnished citizen Of their own section, SO
that there was no party interest felt at that
time, in the South, in detecting and exposing
the numerous and gross misrepresentation
of which he was made the subject ny an I'M
scrupnous press. From this state OF things,
il has arisen, that in the South generally, ana
in Virginia particularly, The most untoundeu
charges have been widely propagated IN re-
gard to his public principles, and conduct
and till lately without efficient contradiction
and xposure,--ihus imposing on many good
citizens. who will be now eager to repair the
injustice they have done him. The most pro-
mlnent of these charges, which IS still wan
,only repeated, is that General Harrison is an
aLolit,onist have recently investigated
with care, all the evidences OF his principles
and conduct on this, as well as other important
WINGED that if there be one man, who has en-
titled himself TO the gratitude of the South,
beyond all others, by the noble and dlsn'er-
ested zeal, he has at all times manifested the
sacrifices he has freely made, the single
heartedness with which he has exposed-hlm-
self to persecution and political prescription,
in defence of the Constitutional rights OF the
South, and the peace and safety OF their fire.
sides, against all interference whether of fana-
,cism or political ambition, that man is VIM.
HENRY HARRISON, of Ohio.
You have doubtless read the speech made
by him at Vincennes, in the State Of Indiana,
in 1885, in which, in the face of a non slave
holding audience, he CALAMITY volunteered to
defend the rights and.interests of the South.
Where can be found, even in the productions
OF any southern statesman, a more energetic
and unsparing denunciation Of the schemes
be weak, presumpuous and unconsttution-
alp" illegal, prosecuting and dangers y
and after depicting in glowing language the
fatal consequences to which they must lead,
he calls upon his audience with indignant
earnestness, to :" fro'rn upon measures which
are to produce results so much to be depre-
Gated" lie lays down in the broadcast and
most unequivocal terms, the fundamental
principle that the subject Of slavery is under
the sole and exclusive jurisdiction of the
States in which it exists, and that neither the
General Goyernment nor the non slave hold
M States have any right whatever to inter
iere with 1t; and he moreover contends that
discussions upon the subject in the non slave.
ho'ding States, tending IN their consequences,
as they do, to leopard the peace and impair
The rights of the slave-h holding States, are an
abuse Of the freedom of speech and of the
press, in violation Of the spirit and pervadng
design Of the Constitution. The same do.
c'arai'ons were made by him, and with greater
emphasis. II possible, in an address delivered
10 an assembly Of his fellow citizens at Che
Vlot' IN Ohio, on the 4th of July, 1893; from
whlch an isolated passage, I'm which the au
NOR admitting slavery to be an evil, says he
would gladly see the surplus revenue of the
mon devoted to its progressive extinction by
me purchase and eoiDn. alton of The slaves
run ne sanction ofthe States hotding fhem.1
y, mas neen attluly culled, and given to the pub
~! ~ CAREFULLY suppressing the conicrt, in which
''ne'ai harrison maintains in the strong and
w uaiiiled language | am about to cite. that
'he save population is under the exclusive
eo''ro' OF the States which possess them"
"hu mat neither the General Government
nor the non slave-holding States can interfere
~ any tcoy, with the right of proner,v in
slaves and at the same time deponncas N.
schemes OF the abolitonists as lrauoht with
"1,'"s, upon which an incarnate devil only
coqld look with APPRECIATION"
nu' even II the incidental and abstract
"sges'ons above noticed in the Cheviot
oPesen Of Gen Harrison were to be looked
~, a. disconnected ~ from its context, however
We might differ from him both as to its prac-
saon"y and some Of the principles involved