Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1840-05-07

ABoLrrIoSisr; tina, bis supporters. 'eAo haze ia
keH Aim NJ a meFe instrwmest TO cerk cut fAesr
otca advantage, eeH kaea Asse truths; that Aeg
thsm. But wha, should you ssy--whas ought You
10 feel, with respect TO any AmeIieaa-- with re-
spec; especially to any Southern man. who sustains
can comprehend the relations ofparcnt. husband,
father, brother. OF friend--whc chcrishes and APP
preciafes the associations connected with home
to crafty his lust Of place to glat his political
imosites, lend himself to the elevation OF one,
who. il not from wiekedness from folly equally ia
tai, is prepared to let loose upon these sources Of
happiness aud improvement (tothe humiliation Of
every trace of civilized hte,) the widest excuses
Of rage, brutality and ignorance This fierce IA
usticsm of Abolition, tina, has audacicusly thrust
itself into our domestic concerns, is an enemy wiz
which hold no psrley, and make neither
truce nor compromise. II must be utterly exlirpa-
ted from the land must inevitably spread over ii
desolation with which the EXTREMIST eonvulsion
Of the elements is as delightful calm.
The public life and professions Of Gen. Harrison.
as they have been manifested by himself. would a.
lone condemn him as altogether unsound, tried by
every great test Of Republican principle--when
these shall be viewed in connection with the origin
and manner Of his nomination with his refusal to
comply with the plainesI dictates OF duty and
dor, invoked especially he has been by the most
solemn consderauons-bound as lie unquestonebly
is, by the nature Of institutions to shun every
concealment--to present himself to his country
bright, transparent the cloudess day.--We shall
be borne by the honest and candid of oil parties,
when under such circumstances, we denounce him.
as We do before our country and the world as both
Fcderahst and Abohtonist--as man wholly in
competent for the station he emulatcs--as one
whose opinions and actions inmcal to the
principles of Democratic Republicans, to whose
confidence and support, therefore, he possesses
a solitary claim
The capitals and italics in these ex.
tracts, are copied from the publication of
the address in the Enquirer.
Now, as to the allegation, that General
Harrison made can explicit confession,
in The face of all Congress, in reply to the
charges of Federalism preferred against
him by the late John Randolph" we chal-
lenge the honest Secretary who has sign.
ed this address, to publish the speeches OF
Mr.. Randolph and General Harrison on
the occasion referred TO in the Enquirer !;
and then every candid mind will perceive
and acknowledge, that the speech of the
bitter contains denial, and not an erpk-
CIT confession of Federalism.
In regard to the next alleged proof of
General IIarrison's PARLIAMENTARY
" his public and enthusiastic admiration,
nvowed as late as 1894, Of the opinions
of DAME. Webster, the Ultra-F ederaIist,
and sweeping denouncer of independent
sovereignty IN the States we have only
10 say, that, not knowing to what Ian
guage of General Harrison concerning
Mr.. Webster, alUsion is here made, (un-
less, indeed, the authors Of the address all
luded to Gen. Harrison's concurrence in
the opinions of Mr.. Webster on the sub
Iect OF Notification, and General Jack.
sons Proclamation against it, we demand
full publication Of the language imputed
to Gen. Harrison, and far proof that he.
used it-not proof by letter, alleged,
without contradiction, to be forgery,
such as this address seems TO make the
foundation Of another charge against Gen.
Harrison. Ii is certain, that Mr.. Web.
ster is a Federalist, and that he maintains
many opinions in which we do not concur,
and from which Gen. Harrison has pub.
licly dissented; yet 1--WE say il iearlessly)
there is much, very much, in Mr.. Web.
ster's character and conduct, which all
candid men, ofali parties, which even the
most malignant of his enemies, must adj
mire; and that the gratitude of every
real Republican is due TO him, for the sire.
nuous exeftion Of his great abilities to ar.
rest the advent of Elective Monarchy, in
the form Of an absolute supremacy of the
Federal Executive over all the other de-
partments of the Government, which the
elf.called Republican party (most them,
we hope, unwiitlngly,) are laboring to es.
tablsh. If Mr.. Webster has ever been
"a sweeping 'denounccr of independent
sovereignty in the States" zoe DO not
know when, or where, or on what coca.
sion he uttered any such sweeping denun-
Citations, nor do we believe that he ever
uttered them and as General Harrison
is now assailed through Mr.. Webster, we
challenge proof of this particular imputa-
ton upon Mr.. Webster.
1t is said, and truly said, that the Wings
ask the people "to believe, that William
Henry Harrison belongs not to the mad
and parricide sect of aboliionisis." The
author Of the Address, then, knew that
the Wings denied that charge against
him. Let this be borne IN mind. We
must not stop to inquire, what were the
speculative opinions Of Gen. Harrison, on