Lincoln telegraph. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1836-1846, 1840-06-04

how he uses his power-who has seen him ever
disregarding the wishes and necessities of the
republic, and looking only to the enrichment and
aggrandisement of himself and his followers !!
But General Harrison is no such man. His eff
forts as president will be directed not to the ac-
comPlishment of schemes of personal elevation
not to the pecuniary benefit of troops of retain
ers--but TO the solid and lasting advantage
of the whole country. He will seek no crown
of power. His only crown will be, as it now is,
his well-earned reputation-his only power, that
delegated to him by the constitution, and accor-
ded to him by the affections of the people
After asserting that General Harrison was
by the Harrisburg convention, "not
because he was at all qualified for the station, but
merely because he had once been general, the
address proceeds to speak of him as "sham hero,
''.ceak and inefficient chieftain ho after series
of military biunders, fortunately for his country,
resigned his commission in the midst Of the por."
This is Mr. Kendall's opinion of General Harri-
sons military character. 1t does not agree with
the testimony of history, nor the sentiments of
Madison, of johnson, of Perry, of Shelby, of
the Richmond Enquirer, of the Albany Argus
of crowds of Others who have borne honorable
evidence to his merit and bravery. But what of
that What are the opinions of individuals and
bodies SO insignificant these, when opposed to
those of a man who has been postmaster general,
and who speaks to "the whole world at once
His voice must be louder than theirs-his judg-
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fortunately however, for Mr.. Kendall, the people
will not be brought over to this faith They
know that Harrison has served his country truly
and we'll they see that he is bitterly calumn'a-
ted, and they will protect him. 1t IS not IN the
nature of brave and generous people to suffer
detraction and SANDER to be heaped upon the
head of meritorous public servant, without
stretching forth their arm, to shield him and to
punish his defamers So will it be here. MIR
Amos Kendall, and those who take course ike
his, will find that they have wofuily deceived
the mselves and miscalculated the feelings OF the
people. They will be convinced, when too iate'
that they have sssowed the wind, and that they
mast 'sreap the whirlwind -
A large norton of the address is an outpour-
ing of wrath against the Wings because they held
q convention in Baltimore, and because they ex-
bibit degree of enthusiasm in the support OF
General Harrison which the candidate OF the
loco-focos cannot hope to excite, They are st'g-
matised as midnight brawlers-drunken jewellers
-ferocious, blood thirsty myrmidons OF federal
ism Their proceedings are styled nm insulting
mummery, and mockery of the people. Inc"
efforts to spread abroad light and to dispel the
murky darkness which has so long hung over u.s.
are said to be all fraud and corruption Inc
umossTER BANK" is described by the frightened
ex postmaster generator perhaps by his equally
frightened children, he does not exactly state
which-in the van of the battle, rearing alo1t lis
giant arm, shaking its terrible spear and making
fearful inroads upon the ranks ofthe "democrdey!
Every thing looks dark and gloomy. The mon
ster has mnts of money with which he is "buy-
;no in Senators and Representatives by the
dozen" and humber persons by the tens OF thou
sands. Oh, Amos Amos Are you not sensible
that this is supremely ridiculous Do you not
know that the people pass by these insane now
lings