The pilot and transcript. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1840-1841, 1840-07-15

hove are precisely those which We're entertained
by Mr. Jefferson and MIR. Madison.
eeSeeond; do not believe that Congress can
abolish slavery n the District of Colombia,
without the consent of Virginia and Maryland,
and the people Of the district
ssI received a letter some time since, from John
M Berrien, Esq, of Ga, proposing questions,
similar to those made by you, and | answered
them more at length than ] have now done, but
to the same import.
In haste, yoSrs truly,
VIM. II. HARRISON.
"To Thomas Sloo, Jr., of New Orleans, now
in Cincinnati"
If ANYTHING be wanting to satisfy disposition
ate mind as to the charge ofrefusing to disclose his
opinions it is given in the following extr act from
a letter. addressed to committee, who had in
terrogated him upon the subject. He said:
tsI should not consider myself an honest
man to suffer these letters and speeches to be
thus used lcithoit contradiction, if any dtterG-
ton had AIKEN place la my opinion"
Now, sir, one of the letters referred to, is the
following:
Copy of a letter from Gen. Harrison to j M
Berrien, ESP
Near NEW LANCASTER, Nov. 4, 1880
NV. Dear Sir-This is the first day OF leisure
that / have had since had the honor to receive
yorIr letter of the 30th of September-and avail
myself of it to answer the three questions you
propose to me, and which are in the following,
viz
LIST. EeCan the Congress of the Una ID Stat S
consistently with the Constitution abolish slave
nv in the states, or in the District of Columbia?
I'd. EsDo not good faith and the peace and har-
mony of the Union, require that the act for the
compromise of the Tariff, commonly known as
Mr. Claws bill, should be carried out according
to its spirit and intention?
Sd. @Is the principle proclaimed by the domi-
nant party, that the spells belong to the victors,
consistent with an honest and patriotic admins
tration of the Office of President of the United
States"
proceed to answer these questions in the or
der they are proposed.
LIST. do not think that Congress can abolish, or in
aGy interfere with slavery, ms it exists In the
States, but upon the application of the Staesnor abol-
sh slavery in the District of Columbia, without the con-
of the states of Virginia and Maryland, and the
people of the District The first would be- III my Opin-
ion Palpabe violation of the constitution-and the
latter, breach of faith towards the states have men
toned, whe would certainly not have made the cesson,
if they had supposed that 1t would ever be used for a
purpose so different from that which its object, and
injurious them, the location of free colored
population in the midst of their slave population OF The
same description. Nor do believe that Congress could
deprive the people of the District of Columbia, OF their
property, without their consent Ii would b. revivng the
doctrine of the Tories OF Great Britain in relation 10 the
powers of Parliament the colonies before the TeVo
uonary war; and in direct hostility to the principle ad
vanccd by Lord Cbaiham-ihat ''what was mans own,
be taken from him, without his consent given by him
self or his legal representatives"
81. Good faith and the peace and harmony of the
Union do, my opinion, require that the compromise
of the Tariff known Mr. Cay's BILL should be CARR
ed out according 10 its spirit and intention.
Sd. am decidedly of opinion that the power OF APP
pointment to officers vested in the Executive of the
United States by the constitution, should be used with
single eye the public advanag, and not TO promote
the intere is of party Indeed that the President OF
the United States should belong TO no party.
You at liberty to use tAis letter for any purpose
am dear sir, with great regard and consideration,
w. H. HARRISON.
Yes, sir, such is the position of Gen. Harrison
before the country; and candid or impartial
mind can hesitate to believe, with these eviden-
ces before u.s. that the statements of the Globe in
relation to him, which have been adopted by
you in your letter, have more foundation OF
truth than the miserable ISLANDERS propagated
through the same pensioned organ against your
friend, Mr.. Calhoun They originated in the
same polluted source, and published for
the same purpose, to serve Mr.. YanBuren.
But, sir, the most extraordinary part Of your
letter is the repetition of KendalPs cant abou
the log cabin and hard cider. One of Mr.. Van
Buren's partisans, in derision of Gen. Harrison's
pretensions, derided humble residences, and fru-
gal meals, by an allusion to his '.log cabin and
hard cider"
| He said: s'Gtce him barrel Of hard cider,
and settle a pension upon him Of a thousand q
uear aud our ,cord far IL, he srW sit tteTemai1a
der of his days coTtented in a log cabin"
Here was an insult to the people. The para
site of the marble palace cast at the hu1n
bic inmates of the sleg eabini"
The term was throws bach on his assailants
and the people have chosen the log cabin, no
as disgusting mummery, bt emblem o
their stronghold the part which it become:
them to take in the election Of s-President.
Were you Disguised with The hickory tree, OIL
even with the image of the E'HoCs' that gracet
: rhe tickets upon which was inscribed the name o
Andrew jackson? This was also intended al
, the symbol Of 'sREFORM;' and, hence, it wa
the rallying sign of your party. Again, why il
the eagle placed on the flag of our country? l.
it not as the emblem of our national character
--our strength and our love of liberty, Is thi:
all mummery? Or is it substance?
So, sir, will you find that henceforth, the hum
BILE log cabin, the best emblem of the essential
principle of our government, viii be identified
with the popular sentiment, and many of those
who newaffect to consider it an side mununery
viii worship it as an idol, when it becomes, as it
is soon destined to be, the emblem Of the Erec,-
the, as it now is The emblem Of the peoples
poaoer
You, sir, are a man of honor. You have, it is
true controlling pride of opinion, which'makes
III ifhcult Tor you to retract an error How is it
that you have fallen into such associations, and
are lending yonr influence to re-elect Mr.. Van
buren, upon the ground that his principles, here
totore SO eioquently denounced by you, care dear
to the SouthF" In what has Mr. Van Buren, un
dergone changer beg you to review the past
to compare the actions, the promises snd pledges
OF Mr.. Van Buren, with those of Gen. Harrison,