The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1840-03-26

ifss 81 expressed bash by he press and
Pnblle councils Of Virginia. aud that >
plan Cor efseilne ihe sane object. slmast
identical wlll Inst lhFosn Qua By Gen.
Harrison. sss aevslsped and earnestly all
sneatrd BY Nc. Jefferson. in leI,er al
dressed by hIm. during lie last years IL
hls idr. 10 NJ. Sparks. Rhich ,Ou AL
ser an the Alb sol Of he snIines, page
s7s-59l. Bni sgain repeat. where 10
The man. shethrr Of The south or Of tie
north. ~ho Al Ihe piae,ied assertion IL
ihe rights of The south. aud in energ~l,e
and decisive rrpr0baiion Of ,be projects
OF the abolllIonssls. hes gone farther Than
Gen. Harmon. A Just people espnol
tofget the nOble and srIf-sacnfieiag tlesa-
ton with which be sssad slone. out Of al
The representatives Of lie western mn
slave holding siaI-s. and in liule band
Of bui Two or three from The whole non.
slave llnlding region ofihe Union. in slea-
Oily resisting. ON behzlf of the rights and
Interests Of she son,h. The memorable
Missouri resiurlion. and The kindred pro
position made al the same period to re
suict the introduction Of slaves ihlo Ihe
'erriiory OF Arkansas---a p,iripiIc self de
volIon. by which he losI hI. seal ia Con
gress, and incurred popular odmm aud
prescription. Tor season. in his own
state. All this Gen Harrison did freely.
from sense Of duty 10 the constitution
OF HE country. and 10 The rights and in.
leresls Of The southern states. at q time
when be had nothing TO ask al their hand.
! What was The course of the present CHEF
Magistrate, in wh0se behalf Gen. Harri
son - now sought 20 be sllgmaused as
an. abolilionlsi. uadrr The same cIrcum.
slsnceg. lie. then. as q member Of The
Senate of New York. voted in favor Of
instructions 10 the Senators aud Repre-
sentatises Of that state. ia Congress. 10
supper, the Missouri destruction. aud a
year ar Two aliera ards. as a member 81
The Senate Of the United States, voted IN
favor OF the proposition 10 restrict The H.
troducuon Of slaves inlo the territory OF
Finrids. We'll. therefore, might The
south require Of him some pledge If e.
!. deity 20 their rights. when he became a
candidate for their sutT,sges to elesa,,
him 10 The station he nov occupies. Blu
? wha, further or higher pledge can Geye
raj Harrison have 10 give, than his con
, duct and opinions. uniformiy su.,a,ae,
e through every change OF circumstance
" and a. every personal sserifire. conpfel
y with shsi Just aud republican detin,iian a
" The true province &c The Presidential We,
,. ~ his letter 10 Sherrnd Williams. esq
h IN which he says s.ii is a con.ersa,is
e power intended only 10 be used ~ .ecul
q the constitution itself from v,ola,l0n, an
/ 10 protect the rights OF the minori,y an
Is The areoker members of The Union"-
n definition obviously framed. ia its Ia
Y clause particularly. with reference 10 IL,
d vilsl interest of the south. &c which b
Il has proved himself. through good an
n through evil repor,. The dIsln,cresled an
i. patriotic chsmpion.
Another denn1cisinry charge again.
Gen. Harrison, add alike destitute q
D foundation, which has been ex,ensivei,
: propagatrd. il, iha, he was "a black
, scecksds Frderalis, and an advocate Of ,Ill
: Alien and Srduon Laws. during The al
ministratinu Of The elder Mr.. Adams
/ This charge has been most tlecisivel,
. met and reiuied by Judge Burne,, dis
! ,iaguIshed citizen. and lately one nf th,
J Senators IN Congress-. Of the state o
/ Ohio. who. from an intimate Personal &C.
qusinlancc with Gen. HARRISON at the
period alluded 10. declares that .. he was
!. fism, consistent. unylelding Republican
] Of the Jefferson school, and warmly al
voca,ed The. election ol Mr.. jefferson
against Mr.. Adams" Gen. HARRISON
himself, in a debate IN The Senate al the
United States. IN March. 1926. IN renIy.
ing 10 some obsersslions ol Mr.. Ran.
dulph. importing similar charge. exnl,-
city declared that, while in common with
his constituents, the legislature Of the
North western territory. whose delegate
in Congress he then was. he approved
The course of Mr.. Adsms's administration
\ in The controversy wiiiI The French go
vernInent. and had . great personal re.
spect for Me-. Adams as an honest man
and patriot. his opposition To The Air
en- and Sediuon Laws was so web knosn
IN the territory, that promise wss,ex.
lorled from hun By his friends in The le-
gl-lature that, as he had no vote in lhs
proceedings Of Congress. he would no,
unnecessarily compromise The loca inie.l
j rests Of his constituents by the expres.
sion of his political opinions" Bu, he
i Their Gen. HARRISON has been or is q fede-
ralisi. must depend on the character al
his political principles. and no, On the
! arbitrary classification of personal OF par
" prejuiics. Now, j, 50 happens that
i We have an authentic and sos, lucid ex
position Of his political principles by hum
cell. At period Of life, when they must
have heen fully maiured and thoroughly
settled, in an address 10 The voters Of his
d,s,sscs. before whom he was then can.
5ldase fur sea, in Congres, sh'ch vas
published IN the Cincinnati Inquisi,nr.
under dsle Of The l7lh September. 1922.