The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1840-03-19
MORE TESTIMONY.

The wing oil The 10Th instant, contains
letters 10 their constituents from Barrett
G. Payne. the delegate from Flnsanna.
and r. FonlaIne. The senator from Guoch-
land district. These leiiers are ably writ
ten. and give The reasons (Incohlroverii-
bic rrasansI which prompled these gen
ilemen To abandon the administration OF
Martin Van Buren,. and pledge their sup.
port 10 The true republican candidate, VIII
liam n. HARRISON. From sensinr Fnn.
Iains's Letter we make The following ex-
tract: Petersburg Intel.
. Besides that reluctance 10 which
I have alluded. always attending The
surrender af old friends. shrthrr so-
risI or political. 4 had TO encounter
he difficulty of having formed and
expressed very unfsvorablr op,niuns
II Gen. Harrison. Blu, when We re-
nrmbrr that Harrison has been. Tor
The last twelve or fifteen years. reiir.
ID among The body af lhr people. en-
gagged IN The pursuits of agriculture.
ailh the exception Of the iaN Prrsi.
Dental election. sbrn be appeared be.
fore the public in this quarter under
most unfasorshlr circumstance. inr
csd on the ticket against the consent
~ the friends nj Whitr--with no one
10 defend him-siih an army Of de-
ismers ready 20 meet him 81 ever,
turn: Is IL at oil wonds rful that 1,
Who then zraiously supported Mr..
Van Burrn. should have been misled
by garbied statements Of ne~ spspers
an uhich A fh.a L-4-s-... - ---
-it.s 4 L..s srtn esiLenre in satisfy
me that great Injustice Mas done 10
him; and the man Who wnuld persist
10 crnsuring snnihrr alter 10 Vas
convinced Of his error. Is not worth,
10 represent = Tree people. Aulhen.
tic history informs as. that instead 81
leaving Virginia aud taking reIugr
IN Ohio. fr"m opposition TO the insii.
tution OF slavery, he volunteered, q
mere boy al the age Of nineteen. in
the north western army, and exposed
his tender form 10 The hazards Of q
severe climate, aud The still greater
perils Of = savage foe. lie advanced
IN Station and 10 fame, until he be. |
came tine OF the must distinguished
Of the age. HIS decIs
ratIon that be would surrender sn,E
surplus of the federal revenue 10 M, I
purchase OF such slaves as the peoDlr
VI Tho southern states would sell,
"hilst IL does not accord With mM
opinion OF the powers of Congress, d
The reverse Of abolition: IL emanaI
pates them without compensaiIoa.
And the same authentic history b.
"rms Us. that on the same occs ON
re denounced the. aboiitinnists in tl,e
strongest trims, which he repeatrI in
1885 al Vincenne,, aud also drcl red
'll their movements " uncunstilu ion.
H." But whatever error he commit.
ed on that subject. let IL be REDEEM.
'ered that he erred With Mr.. .sffer-
ION. who proposed that the pr,cerds
u the public lands should be ,evoted
o that object. see his le'tas. 4lh
'oi' p. SSs. and at that time or V,r. ,
''n's politicians thought The evil 81
,rsat, that they even conteiIied Tor +,
lie right to take our sIaye,sW ithout i
and . Law Wis passed .
'ppropria'ing $4,000 dollss per an. :
'om. 10 colonIze irec slssesin Africa.
% candSnr ! an competed To say.
nat ! think either HARMON or Van
'urrn may be safely iraird On the |,
inject u abolition; but if We com. ,
ARE The two. there is crrts,nI, muc,
!r"nser objection 10 VA 3sren than 4.
rPtsnn !.