The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1840-03-26
LETTER or THE
pom. William @. Rires,
(oF VIRoIxIA,l
roseiuIed.

coaelu'sd.
q ns n0s see whst are lhe public
pri(iplss aad aplninas. lbs life and cha
racl J. 81 General HaREisox. the sole op.
pa4s candidate flr the presidency. and
IL ny da not present better gnsrznier
for e sale republican administration OF
ihe ksssfnmsni. Il hiss been lhe sinea
lar rsnne of General Iisrrisen 10 haze
bel more misrsprernled and eanse-
qnciy V misunderstood. particularly in
ms plise stale. Than sny other dlsiin-
eais W citizen Of our county. The rea-
saa shIs j., doubtless. a. be found in
the reuInsisnce that lar The Last ten ar
iwoiEs years af his life. he has been with.
dad from The scenes Of active political
empbymeni. and that. while bis name
Was brf,fe ihe country. 10 The lzsl prssi-
denib sleciion. exposing him. &c course.
10 mleh dennneiaIlon and misreptesenla
tion Rom his political sdsersaries. The a.
ieniifn Of the opposition parry Of The
sonit Was mainly directed 10 . disIln.
faislfd citizen Of their own section. so
thar hero was no party interest fell AZ
thai iinr. 10 the south. 10 detecting and
expo4ng The numerous and gross mlsrep-
resenis,Ions of which he was made the
subj4t BY an unserDpulous press. From
Ihis gate Of things. II has arisen. that IL
ihe sbusli generally. and 10 Vfginia par
ticulfly. the most unfo1nded charge
hare prrn widely propsga,rd IN regard 10
his public principles and conduc,. and
all la,eIy wilhou, efiieiens contradiction
and 2 kpesure.-,hus imposing upon ma
ny god citizens, Who will be ao~ eager
90 repair the irjusliee they have done
hin. The most prominent of these char
ses. wh,eh - snll wanionly repeard, is
that General Harrison is an abpl.uoni.i.
! havr reeenliy Investigated s,,h care. all
The evldenees Of bis rt,nclples and con-
duct on this. as veil a. other imparlanl
public questions. aud am thoroughly
convinced. that II Tiers be one man. whs
has entlslei himself % the gratitude o
Ihe south. beyond al Others. by The no
Bile and d,slnleresled zeal he has al al
times manifested, The sacrifices he ha
freely made. The single hearlsdness wi
whlrh he has exposed himself 10 pefs,
eusian snd poIIslcal prescription. IN d
(encs, &c he constitutional rights Of N
~~<<s~>-1 $50 s.~ sz~~~~ ana sxfn4x 80 ss.<
firesIdes. against all interference ~heshs
Of fanaticisG OF political ambition, ,h.
man is William Henry Harrison, OF Ohio
You have doubtless read The sperc
made by hin al Vlncennes. in the sta,
Of Indiana. IN 1895. IN which, ia The Fac
Of non sla.eholding audience. he ga
lsnly volunteered % defend the rich,
and interests OF the south. Where ca
be found. even 10 the productions nf an
sonihern stasesmsn, q more energetic an
nnsparlng denuncia,ion Of the schemes q
the abol,,u,nis,sl lie pronounces iher
TO be . weak. presnmpmous aud uncon
s,isuiionsr--. illegal. persecuiing an,
dsngerons;' and after depicting ~ glow
ing Language the fatal consequences /,
which they must lead. he calls upon BIZ
audience with indignant esrnesiness, /,
]" trornupon measures which are TO pro
duce results 10 much 10 be deprecated
lie lays down in the broadesI and mus
uneqnlvocal terms, the fundamental prn
'c'pls that the suhjec, Of slavery is undo,
The soie aud exclusive Jurisdiction OF the
states IN which il exists. and tha, neiihel
ihe general government nor the non
slave-holdIng sla,es have any right what,
ever 10 Interfere with il; and he moreo.
yer contends that discussions upon lhe
subject in the non.slave-holJing states,
tending IN their consequences, as they do,
,ojeopsFl The peace. and impair the rights
Of The save-holding states. are an abuse
Of The lreedom Of speech aud &c the press.
in violation of the spirit and pesvsding
design II the constitution. The same
declarations were made by him. and with
greater smphs,is. It possible, in an adj
dress delivered to an assembly Of hls lel-
low citizens al Cheviot. 10 Ohio. an the
4lh Of J,ly, 1893: from uhich an iso;al-
ed passage, IN which the author, admit
ting sla,my 10 be an evil, says he would
gladly sic the surplus revenue of the
Union tsvoled 10 lis progressive extinc-
ton by be purchase and colonization If
the slavr. :. miih the sanction Of The
STATES hiding fhem," has been sr,fully
|culled, adj gwen 10 ths public. carefully
suppresspg the context, IN which Gene
raj Harrison man,sins. 10 The strong aud
|unquallid language am about ~ Gle.
Thai I" III slave popuauon IS under the
'efclusius control Of the states which pos-
sess thea" and that ..neitaer The geas.
raj government nor the non-slave-nnldlng
states esAint rfere in any ,cay, with tbs
RICH, u property in slaves" and ., the
same iaa Senounces the schemes Of the
sboll,ians.s. as fraughs with "hcrrors,
upon vhch an inc raa,e devil only could
look viii appreciation"
Bun e~n IL the incidental and abstract
suggestirs above noticed in The Cheyiol
speech Gen. Harrison were =, be look.
ed al, disconnected from Us context, how.
ever We night differ from him both as 10
iu prsrseabiliiy add some Of the priacl'