Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-03-31

Messrs Campbell, Daggett, Gaillard, Gore, E;ng
Lacock, Mason, of n. H., Mason, of Va, Roberts,
TAFT, Tickenor, Turner, Varnum.
| Those who voted in the negative are,
Messrs Barbc ur, Barry, Chase Condit, Harper Dor
sey, Macon, .iorrow, prgsles, Sanford '9o, Wells,
| Williams, Wilson.
/ On motion of Mr.. dorsey,
Ordersd That the resolution be recommtted to tlle
Committee Military Affairs, further to consider and
report thereon.
Is SENATE, March 24h, 1913:
/ Agreeably to notice given, NJ: Dickc.son asked and
obtained leave to bring in resolution directing medals
TO be struck, and, togetc: wit. ,he thanks oil Con-
gress presented to Major General Harrison and Gov
ernor Shelby and for other purposes and the resou.
| ton vas read.
! Ordered, That it pass to a nd reading
/ Is SENATE THE U. S,
i Erdru MARCH, -, ID
| The Senat, resumed as in Committee of the Whole,
he of the resolution directing medals 10
| oe struck and together with the THINKS G Congress-
| presented to Major General Harrison and Gov. Shell
by, and for other purposes; and the resolution naVng
been amended the President reported 1t TO the House
accordingly; and :. amendment being concurrsd IN
on the question: Shall this rcsolution be engrossed
and read a third time;
II was determined in the affirmative.
Monday, .Iarch Is, 1918.
The resolution directing medals 10 be struck, and, to
gc,hc with thanks Of Congress- presented 10 Major
General harrison Governor Shelby and for other
PURPOSES having been reported by the committee,
rectly engrossed was read a third tme.
| "Resoirrd, That the resolution pass.
| No sooner had General Harrison cOaxed the Senate
II save him from disgrace and rum than he joined the
Federalsts in the House of Rc representatives. in their
violent and gratutous censure of General Jackson
military conduct in the Seminole war, and voice or
the resolution dsapproyias the proceedings on the rl
and execution Of Alexander Arbuthnot and Robert T.
Anbris2.; and declaring tine SEIZURE OF the spanish
Ports ofPensacola and ST Carlos de Bnr:nco, by the
American Army TO be contrary TO the Constitution Ct
| the United States.
| Tie feelings which should always altU..e gallant
man, who had himself suffered under suppose &c
plcct Of his military rcru''Io" ar" widely different
from those which governed General Harrison towards
his successor in arms The 'haud gnarus mali, mise
rara succurrere disco" c-gc in the unworthy re-
collection of the sodium in ongum Jacens.
But Congress and the natlo and the BRUSH an'ho
rites remembered and approved the conduct OF Gene.
raj Jackson and sheltered the fame OF that gallant and
patriotic man from the bodngs of that pltlle's storm
which folly and injustice, hatred aud E:aIgniy haa
| raised around him.
will not dwell upon The rcbuke - ,'st!y bestowed
upon Gen Harrison whcn in open wa, and under inc
cxp ctation Of battle at Tppccanoe, he encamPed
upon ground which the public enemy ADVISED nm 10
take; and which enabled the savage Zoe, at break Oh
morn the very next day, to surprise ana sia S:us
our gallant men because 1t Is nnneccs&Ey 'lrH %
examine and expose the unfounded and idle pretesons
of Gen. Harrison TO martial renown. farual D" "a
phers may manufacture materials for pa-;zan orators
and mercenary scribbers to blazon his military "a'e'
The living and recorded evidence refues them all.
But if his warlk, qualities can ur"'h the General
rational passport TO the PRESIDENTIAL once WHAT arc
the civil prctensions that should carry him there:
His warmest supporters dare not assert tor SO lmpo
tent character anv superiority Of wisdom and abilities
any tolerable qualifications for such an important pup
lie trust He has long passed that golden period OF hn
man life which least affected with the toes OF youth
and the inirmities of age. His mental horlzon-'.'er
spacious or clear-s contracted TO melancholy
span And Tor that poor remnant OF mortality yet To
come he only hope TO serve as passive ins'tu-
ment with which the master spirits who Halter ana ca
ioe him calculate to consummate and to compass all
the wild mschevous designs of the old Federal party
! The hydra Of the Federal dynasty, which has nth
erto covered before the indignant rowns of the multi
tude, rises now with keener vengeance IN his lang,
and aims to strike contagious poison into the vitals oil
the Constitution To this appalling purpose from
the public view, General Harrison has been coared
into the expression OF the most inconsistent ana IRE
concleable opinions.
In letter which he wrote to the editor OF the Cin-
cinnat Inouisor and which published there IN
September 1922, he makes prott ssons OF republican
principles which directly repuGnnnt to the acts
declarations and sentiments of the General on other
occasions both before and since the letter was written
In that letter he says 81 am myself republican OF
what is called the I'D Icfcrsonian school"
In his reply to MIR. Randolph he admitted that h"
was the friend of old John Adams and oE,r supporters
! OF his administrator. In the elter ne s'Ne Jill
in the correctness Of that Interpretation OF the Consr
tuition which have been g ve by the w-itrTs q hat
enlightened statesira.. 'Ir Jefferson. at the
head of the parly and others belonging TO II, particr-
lary the celebrated 'outons OF the Virginia Legs
lature during the Presidency OF Nir. Adams.
IN bis Chcviot speech, to which have referred, ana
in which he cordially sufrn.tS ne r'..1.pes 81 te
Proclamation and Force Bill he says, reconstructed as
is the government Of the InI", II appears to me mat
here IS not the least danger Of cncroachng on the
rights of the States that 'e tght Of H@te nfcr20
on s,rkes at Mc rery toug"ation Of me !cg'St"ttrr
vOrers of gross: aid that 't IS r"denIabiy true
that lie trainers OF the Constitution intended to create
nationai juaicai pocer, rh n rtaH be pc:0"onnt on
national Subjects.
These sentiments are dirc-ly against TIC cecbra
ted resolutions for which the General protested re-
satd.
In 1878 General Harrison, then . member of the
House of Representatives, voted for resolutions claim
ing in various fo:ms the power for Congress to make
roads and canals within the limits OF the respective
States and cspec y for the resolution declaring That
"Congress has power under the Constitution to appro-
pirate money ar the construction OF post loads militia
nv and other roads end of canals and for the improve
| Inent of water courses.
| In1SC as Senator from Ohio, he voted for sur
We between the Apalachlcoia and MISSISSIPPI rivers,
with view to establish inland navigation his
appropriatinn was opposed by Mes.rs. Macon, Ran.
doipb,, Berrien, Haync, Branch, Van Buren, and
White.
In March and April, ls26, he repeatedly Fo'ea ior
s.,ilar oppropriations and believe the assertion may
be safely made thai no proposition for internal iin-
prqyemcnt was presented TO either house of Cor
| press whilst Gener7' Harrison was representative,
which did not receive his cordial appreciation and sup
| port.
In 1e27 while in the Senate Of the United States, he
voted against the reduction of the duty on coffee from
five 10 three per and ganst the reduction Of the
duties on teas. And such was his perscverlng deter
mnation to fastcn the country the policy OF high
tariff for the Of domestic manufactures,
that in an address delivc, the agricultural So
.:c:y of Hamilton county, in 1881, he said:
sit may be asked, whether under ann circumstances
would be willing 10 abanGon the Tariff. answer
without hesitation in the affirmative Whenerer ne
streets Of Norfolk and Charleston shall be eoecred 'c'h
grass and our Southern friends find no rnarkt: or
their produce-and G;s state Of things can DC dTefHy
traced TO The Tariff would then instantly give my
| voice for its modification entire repeal:
Here, then, is a venerable g .iC'"an IN decay ST.
muated by the hope Of advancement TO me Presidency
continually manfesting the grosses departure OF Prac
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