Madison Whig advocate. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1839-1841, 1840-05-30

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baya fha hunlf " ia. with sincere f'EfdiI
Yalfobslani tateani
lOliV HrG6Lhs
90 Nalfi5n Poe, ls.. anl ni."n
col smith, Gsa, naft sos and Atoiiiion.
The foI.osog Ie'nf from "ElI smith
Of Mobile, on s9m, SUBJECTS german lyI
points nov az ,sue, wlII be- fc1l Within.
lerost By al who know h.m It's adm
nbly expressed, TIC Macon man caught
him "iutbo vein but as weI' a. t roads,
we should hayo preferred to have heard
cold Sol speak t. The reader will
fad i valuable as testimony Illustrating
The opinions Of Gen. llarrIso1s con'tltu-
enls as to his aboltionism'
~ ne ,iii0p Of he .4drerts,t and Chronicle
Some "good.ualured friend has been
kind enough to enclose me slip from
newspaper printed in Macon, Geo, (us !
Judge from the advertisements. have no
other means orobtaning tsioc1ie where
in the editor, would.be modern Junius,
"cuts me up, secundem arten,' for hay-
ing made a speech at Columbus on the
l7th ult. The writer seems to think il
someN hat strange that should "post all
the way from Ohio, 10 lecture Georgia on
her political dutes," and expresses an
opinion that '1he modern Wings must
be hard pat to it when they have to i'm
port from Ohio the political opponents of
Gen. Harrison for the purpose of estab-
fishing his devotion to Southern princ-
pies, To set the geHtlemanIy editors
mind forever at rest on this point. will
state that | was not supported" from
Ohio, and that only "postedn from Mo
bile to Columbus, where with the edi.
tors leave) | had business Of my own,
unconnected with poitics-and without
the most distant idea of "ecturng Geor
gia," or any other State in this Union.
One evening saw very "talI crowd"
gathering at the Market House, and feel
ing curiosity TO hear what was going
on, took a seat on one Of the stalls, My
old friend DR.. Chipley commenced speak.
ing, and pretty soon | heard myself call
ed upon TO make a statement Of the
grounds on which Gen. Harrison was
defeated when a candidate for Congress,
nearly twenty years ago, in the Clncin-
natl District. This call was vociferous-
ly seconded By the meeting, and in less
time than it has occupied in writing the
proceeding, found myself standing on a
table in the middle of the Marketho
| stated that on the occasion referred to,
as editor Of the only paper in Cincinnati
adverse to the Generals claims, oppos-
, ed his election, principally on the ground
that he roted leith The South on the Ms
souri, queSiion--that Gen. Harrison did
not, TO my knowledge, attempt to crease
: his vote, but justified II as being IN &C
!, cord0ncc pith the Constitution and tn
1 rights Of The Southern States.
| also stated some other transaction
which had come under my observation
during long residence in the West an
}. South, all calculated TO reiute the calum
q MES which have been propagaled for pc
# litcOl purposes, by the enemies OF Gen
Harrison,
The writer of the article in the Maco
u paper is welcome to all the credit he wi
e. gain by the use of the various choice eT
u Ithets he has applied to my name. Ii
y, may call me what he will--he cannot IN
validate my testimony by designatin
me as 'pestiierous buffoon," or destro
my character as an honest man by &C
n. cusing me of numbering the classica
a. drama in cold blood" am no political
q nor do ever expect to be one; but
ii HAVE A VOTE; and | am yet to learn tina
le there is any improperly in answering
- call from my felowcitizens where | at
TO known, and where there is prospec
n, that my testimony can be Of any (at least
service, in refuting the vile ISLANDERS S
es currently circulated against the BRAY
IT, old General who fought the battles {
is his country while many Of those wb
cd traduce him were safely slumbering i
no their cradles.
nj The writer of the article referred L
We seems to chuckle at the dilemma j
nj which he supposes he places me by III
@. induction which he says is irresistible
IS. that "if General Harrison uas not The
ist l82a an Aboliiionisi, Old Sol ras.r-
&c lie then asks,-"which horn Of the d
~ emma will Old Sol takem Ny dear fe
OF low, (whoever you may be- | shall TAX
IS. neither. There is no dilemma in IN
n. case. In common with a majority Of Ii