Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1840-10-08
AN ADDRESS s.
TO THE YOUNG MEN OF OHIO


The friends of Gen. Harrison, have SO
much extoIled his virtues. and magnif-
ed his exploits, that he who gives a
simple, faithful, unvarnIshed narration of
his life, can scarcely hope to escape from
the charge of undertaking his merits and
assailng his fame. True, for period
of more than twenty years, the glory of
his military deeds was quietly allowed
TO sleep, but seldom disturbed by the
tribute of public remark from those
who are now SO ready to admire and ap-
plaud.
True, the greatness of his civil acts
was buried and hidden from the public
gaze, till his new relation of candidate for
the Presidency of the United States, so
suddenly revealed it 10 view. True, the
men of his State, who best knew his
worth, had, time after time, refused the
rewards that to vaIor and virtue are
seldom denied. And yet, we are asked
10 believe, by his warm devotees, that he
has ever been great, and they always sin
cere.
But we called General Hlrrison gem
tseman, of the most approved and ancient
federal stamp, and now, fellow citizens,
we ask your attention to the proof.
He was appointed by President Adams,
who was accustomed to confer office on
none but his friends to be Secretary Of
the North Western Territory, 1898.
He was elected in the succeeding year,
by the same federal Legislature that,
with only five dissenting voices, adopted
an address approbatory Of the adminisra-
ton of Mr.. Adams, TO be the delegate of
that territory, in the Congress ofthe Uni
ted States.
He was proved by John Randolph, to
have been whilst member of that Con-
gress, Gan open, jealous, frank support
er Of the Sedtion Law, and Black Cock
ade Administration
He acknowledged. in reply TO Mr.. Ran.
dOlph's charge, that Mr.. r. "might have
heard him express sentiments favorable
TO the then Administrations that he
certainly felt them, so far, at least, as
TO the course pursued by it in relation to
the government of France:" a course ap-
proved by the Federal, and condcmod by
The republican party of that day.
He opposed in that Congress, and
made speech, against the reduction of
Adams standing army. For this. devo-
ton to the administration he was again
appointed to Office by President Adams;
receiving, in 1900, the lucrative station
of Governor of the Indiana Territory.
He is shown by the testimony of Fowl
er, Mills, Price, White, Caldwell, Holmes,
and others, TO have worn the black cock
ade in 1900 as the badge of his federal
faith; and this being nearly three years
after he had left the army and retired TO
civil life, precludes the idea advanced
by his friends, that it was worn as an
emblem of military command.
He was an electOr on the ticket oppos-
ed to the elevation of General Jackson TO
the Presidency in 1924.
He was supporter of John Quincy
Adams administration, and ofall its un-
constitutional Federal measures.
He was appointed by Adams to Office
in 1928.
He opposed General Jackson's admin
istration from its commencement to its
end.
And now fellow-citizens, if any thing
further was required to show to which
party General Harrison truely belongs, it
would be abundanty found in the follow
ing facts:
OF the surviving supporters ofthe elder
Adams, ninety-nine out of a hundred are
Harrison Wings. OF the opponents of
the late war, the proportion is no doubt
nearly the same. Let US produce a few
examples to illustrate these facts. The
city of Richmond, Virginia, in 1900, gave
254 votes for Mr.. Adams. Ofthese vo-
ters, 33 are known to survive, who are all
save one, good Harrison men. OF the
81 who voted for Mr.. Jefferson, 6 yet re-
main, and FIVE of the six are for Martin
Van Buren,.
Of the Presidential electors of Massa-
chusetts, who were supported by the Fed
eralists of that State in 1904, in opposi-
ton TO the Jefferson electoral ticket, each