Madison Whig advocate. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1839-1841, 1840-01-18
From The NeU York Express.
william Henry Harrison.

AseAEs I1aFtsOG.
We are not in the habit of INDUCING
10 strong language prior TO an election
with an affected certainty of a favorable
result, but there is "a conviction in our
minds we cannot get over, which is we'll
supported too by present facts,-that
Gen. William Henry Harrison will be
the next President of the United States.
We feel as if now, after q long struggle,
the question was settled. We see the
way clear. 1t is we'll known this Jour
nal has un(ured no banner in the little
civil war our friends have been having,
but it is we'll known too that it was our
belief The name of Harrison was nrccs-
sary for success. For the great Ken
tuck ian, that noble hearted man, whom
we have pronounced before, the best liv-
ing personification Of the character Of
his country, our admiration was so strong
thar We could not break ground but
the feeling, nevertheless. the instinct, ii
we may so express ourselves, was yet 50
strong, that Gen. Harrison was the only
man for the crisis, that the movements in
Harrisburgh excited in our minds breath
less apprehension. The time for the
kentuckiun was not yet come, Ii was
fore we put him in command. The sharp-
shooters of the enemy, we felt, would
pick him off,-wiih his brilliant honors
upon him. We shuddered over The threat
ening sacrifice. The Lieutenant Gene
raj must fight this action,--and then the
Commander in Chief will come INFO The
field. All is we'll now. The sky is
clear. Our way is to the Capitol The
GoIhs may as we'll begin To pick up their
baggage, and fly TO he holes whence
they came.
We are well aware that in the contest
we are TO hear the usual story of Gen.
Harrison's ''imbecility," and are to be
assured, and it is 10 be proved hat :'he
is u coward aud fool, IAN old gran.
ny" at best, and "a knave at worst" so
that ii the Wings had ransacked the
whole earth for an idiot and a scoundrcl.
they could not have Il greater. All this
comes oil course, and will pass for what
IT IS worth. The old men OF the coun-
try, however, who lived when General
Harrison most apurished, can easily put
the stamp OF lalsehuod Upon all this, and
he young men who take the trouble 10
read history, will soon see. that the man
who has held more civil Offices than any
man living except John Quincy Adams,
- he Profege OF Washington, Jefferson.
the Adanses, and Madison, could not
have been imbecile. General Harrison,
indeed, has passed through all the grada
lions OF civil life. If he be "a Military
Chieltain,n it was because the unsettled
condition of a new country. the inroadS
of hostile savagcs, stimulated by British
brides and influence, compelled him 10
take up arms TO defend the country: and
" hen he threw down the functions of the
civilian, and pot on, as OF necessity, the
armor of the soldier, he added 10 the
chaplet of the Statesman the laurels Of
The Hero. What civilian has done more?
What American soldier has done so
much? Gen. jackson? No, for Gener-
al Harrison has fought two battles 10 his
one He was Military Chieftain when
every man that ventured beyond Virginia,
or crossed The Ohio was compelled TO be
such a Chieftain,-wben arms were ne
cessary to defend the plough,-when the
woods rang with the war whoop,--and
the lawgivers debated with muskcts IN
their hands. No coward was he who i'm
mortalzed himself AZ the Thames, and
Fippecanoe! no inl5eciie was he, who as
Governor of Territories, and Represen-
iaiive and Senator IN Congress, and MIN
isler Penpoteniirry, firsi in civil posi-
lions, and first III military commands,
did all he had To do with honor. and won
the esteem Of all who conferred such
honors upon him.
Gen. Harrison. indeed. IS link Of the
present with the past, man ct The
good old times, who will bring back The
republic to such times. \ son OF the sign
err of the Declaration of independence
he was educated in the school OF the
men that framed that instrument His
conpafriots have been the best men of
the nation The principles he has main
tanned has made the republic AL II Is
The life he with his like have led, has
beoueathed 10 US all the blessings We
have. To abuse him is TO abuse hIsio-
~. To caIumniatc him IS to caiumniaie
every President before Gen. Jack son--
To deny his service is to deny the pro
grcss oil, the whole North West. Histo-
nv will discharge its duty TO him and
bear him onward 10 honor and victory
The fault we have committed as Wings
was. when without an effort the People
of themselves almost elected him, we
did not keep up his name, with which
long ago, we should have been certain OF
success
The Wings Of the Union are now en-
camped III superb position before the
enemy. Dscord is bushed,-and no man
will be more prominent Than Henry Clay
in the necessary populations Penn
syIvania is brought into line again If
Harrison cannot take the State, he can
keep the adversary in an cntrenched
camp, and he dare not sortie out. New
York and Ohio are arm in arm. indi-
ana is secure. The New England Regi-
men,s are impregnabie now. Illinois l.
wheeled into a wing position The Ma
ryIand Line and JeSey Blues are on
hand We will have n good guerilla
fight throughout the whole South.-bul
If the South wants to be rid by our Nor
thern man with Southern principles, we
-, ~, Si,x>r,l hi m off o,s hacks can look on