The pilot and transcript. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1840-1841, 1840-06-09

American people. In making the selectlonI those
who have been instrumental in bringing him be-
core the people, have been Influenced by the pa
triotic desire, of rescuing our loved country,
from the incompetent hands of the mercenary
band of empires, who for several years have
been warning against every interest and institu
ton, which Americans should hold dear.
You know, too, that Gen. Harrison 'leUer has
refused to answer any questions which have been
nut to him, and that even when approached by
he impudent and shameless pandery of power
BY men equally regardless of their own dignity,
as of his feelings-by creatures who were mean
enough to do the unholy bidding of their corrupt
employers at Washington, that, upon every sub
ect of their inquiry, he has referred them to bis
published opinions either in the form of letters
speeches. as the sources whence they might obtain
plenary information upon the subject matters
which formed the object of their deeorous mis-
sions.
2. You complain, in that unenviable spirit Of
cant and hypocrisy, for which you stand unrival-
led, that, through the courtesy of his friends at
Cincinnati, a committee of correspondence have
been organized, to relieve him from portion Of
which, through the Partially of the people, he
has been placed, and true to your purpose OF mis-
representation, you pervert the object and intent
ton which the organizers of that committee have
in view, and draw conclusions as foreign from the
truth, as you would wish them to be injurious 70
the interests of the gallant old chief Of North 3
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you uttered the malignant untruth-that ga com
mittee is interposed between him and his coun-
:.qyrnen, not to aid him in giving franz replies TO
their reasonable inquiries, but to cut off direct
communication, and keep his opinions from the
public" 1t is for no such purpose that this COM
mittee was created, but to increase the facilities
of communication between Gen. Harrison and
the people. Neither he nor his friends have the
least wish to ''eep his opinions from the public"
On the contrary, all they desire is, that his opin
ions should be freely disseminated throughout
our widespread country. Neither he nor they
seek concealment, and if they did, the thing
would be impracticable, as his opinions have long
since been given to his countrymen,-giv at a
| time too, when he could have no sinister motive
to influence him. In the course of his brilliant
career in Congress, as Representative and Sena-
tor, he participated in debate upon every impor-
tant measure, which came up for discussion, so
that the national records remain as the lasting
monuments of his opinions. To them his friends
proudly point for the glorious testimonials OF bis
patriotic devotion to the true interests of his cou
try. If you, and those of kindred spirit with
yourself, will refer to those unerring indices Of
his opinions, you and they will find there no
double dealing phrases-no mean attempts at
mystifcation-no effort to balance the construc-
tion of sentences, so as to avoid committal upon
the questions under discussion. The taste OF The
scholar and the frankness of the Old Soldier are
to be found in every sentiment which he has ut
tered With patriotism and public good as bis
guiding stars, he may well defy the ISLANDERS ef
the migrate wretch who, If he had lived in that
era, would have betrayed his saviour, and pock-
eted the thirty pieces without feeling any
of conscience.
Stripping your commentary Of its verbage, you
affirm, that Gen. Harrison ha; bluntly told an
'intelligent people" that they shall enjoy the
right of asking and obtaining his opinions; that
they must take candidate for the Presidency
upon trust; that they are required to relax that
eternal vigilance which is the price of liberty,
and blindly submit themselves to chief magis
trate who assumes the attitude of Irresponsible
ty." Ifthese assertions did not come from .6nso
Kendall, the famous witness in the impeachine
farce of the Kentucky legislature, against HenrJ
Clay, surprise might be excited in the bosom Of
4 ock "a
man to be base enough to utter three lies in &
small compass; but the reader, when he takes
a retrospect of your testimony in that ludicrow
compound of folly, and malignity, only wonder
how it should be possible for you to tell the truth
even by accident.
1t is untrue, and you knew it when you mad
the assertion, that Gen. Harrison ever told AM
one, that the people should not enjoy the right
asking and obtaining his opinions.
1t is untrue, and you purposely stated the false
hood, in order that you might deceive the peopl,
and injure Gen. Harrison, that he ever has ente
tanned or expressed the sentiment, that the peopi
hould "take candidate for the Presidency 0u
trust"
| 1t is equally false that Gen. Harrison has eve
assumed 'tthe attitude of responsibility to tts
people. III
Having charged you with uttering five falls
hoods, no less impudent than malignant, 10 u
second paragraph of your address, dare you
the proof Of your statements. But before clo
this letter, would remind you, that the obiec
of the Cincinnati Committee are precisely 4
same as were those of the Nashville Commute
which was organized by the friends of Gen. Jso
son; and surely if it was proper in that case,
cannot be improper in the present one, when
pudence, with its brazen front, is making sd
desperate efforts to be esteemed as one Of the c.