The Madisonian., 1840-01-11
WHOLE NO. 299.
THE MAIDS MA N
GEN. HARRISON AND ABOLITION.

GEN. HARRISON AND ABOLITION.
The Western districts OF New York were all
dhpe IN consequence ol The abolition success In the
nomination OF Harrison" Giobe of Saturday last.
ABoLlrIoNIsM WARMED pp-The Abolitioni>ts Of
Ohio are in ecstacies al The defeat Of Clay and the
nomination OF Harrison."- Ohio Statesman.
We should suppose tha, libels so gross
would recoi upon their authors surely they
would, If the truth could be generally spread
before the people
Gen. llarrisons views on the subject of
abolition are either misunderstood or wilfuly
misrepresented. No man is clearer or more
decided on this subject than Gen. Harrison
For Tie South, no mans views are more
sound-no man is more worthy Of the conf
dence Of the South on this score.
lie is fully committed on the subject of
abolition and as much could not be said of
Van Buren before he was elected
His speech at Vincennes, Indiana, deliver
ed before the last Presidential canvass, gives
the lie TO all these gross attacks that are made
upon him. That speech ought to be perfect
y satisfactory to the South. II was delivered
no citizens Of nonslave holding State,
which is certainly high evidence of Gen.
Harrison's beldncss and sincerity on this SUBJ
ject. Had he desired TO conceal his opinions
on the subject Of abolition, surely it would
have been polite to have done SO in the lati-
tude of Indiana, if any where. But he con-
cealed nothing spoke freely and openly,
on an occasion and in place, in which no
thing but conviction Of the righteousness Of
the principle, and desire TO yindicate it, in
Justice TO the South, demanded such speech
He has left no room for even suspicion as 10
his position on this subject.
In proof Of what we say, we beg leave to
cali the ATTENTION OF THE SourH TO the fol
lowing
EXTRACTS FROM AN ADDRESS
Delirered By GEs. HAnRlsoN, at riuecnne., Ind
| have now, fellow-ctnens, a few words
more to say on another subject, and which is,
in my opinion, of more Importance than any
other that is now in the course of discussion
in any part of the Union. alludc to the
societies which have been formed, and the
movements of certain individuals in some of
the states in relation to portion OF the popu
lation in others The conduct OF these per-
sons is the more dangerous, because their OBJ
Ject is masked under the garb Of dsnterest-
edness and benevolence and their course
vindicated by arguments and propositions
whIchn the abstract no one can deny. But
however fascinating may be the dress with
W III faI tn thatr
fellow citizens, with whatever purity of in
tention they may have been formed and sus-
tanned, they will be found 10 carry in their
train mischief to the whole Union, and hor-
rors to large portion of it, which it is pro-
bable some of the projectors and many OF
their supporter have never thought of; the
latter, the first in a series Of evils which
are TO spring from their source, are such as
you have read Of 10 have been perpetratcd on
the fair plains of Italy and Gau!, by the Scy-
THAN hordes of Atiila and Alaric; and such as
most of you apprehend ID upon that memora
BILE night, when the tomahawks and war clubs
Of the folio yers of TeouInseh were rafting
in your suburbs. regard moi the disavowal
of any such intention upon the part Of the
authors of these schemes, since upon the
examination of the publications which have
been made, they will We found to contain ev-
cry fact and every argument which would
have been used, if such had been their OBJ
jec,. | am certain that there is not in this |
assembly one of these deluded men, and tha,
there arc few within the bounds Of the State
II there are any | would earnestly entreat
them to forbear; to pause in their career and
deliberately consider the consequences of
their conduct, to the whole Union, to the |
States more Immediately Interested, and to
those for whose benef, they profess to act
That the latter will be the victims of the
weak, inTudfcious, presumpluous and uncon-
efforts TO serve them a thorough |
examination of the subject must convince
them. The struggle land struggle there
must be) may commence with horrors such
as have described bot it will end with moro
firmly riveting the chains, or in the utter ex-
tirpation Of those whose cause they advocate.
Am wrong, fellow citizens, in applying the |
terms weak, presumptuous and unconstitu-
tonal to the measures Of the cmancipators
A slight examination will, think, show that
| am not. In a vindication of the objects of
a convention which was lately held in one Of
the towns of Ohio, which saw in nea spa
per, it was said that nothing more was intend
ed than to produce a state of public feeling
which would lead To- an amendment of the /
Constitution, authorizing the abolition Of sla-
very in the United States. Now can an
amendment of the Constitution be effected
without the consent Of the Southern States
What then is the proposition to be submitte4-
to them 1t is this -" The present pngSii=
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