Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-04-28

The prans lyauan doe injustice in noticing
aie 'vhi, appeared ia TN. paper i,w day! since. II docs
Jokr IL ,.rn,!s IIar"n "ior-tI. III comparative view
10 Owning good farm clear "l all ncIm5raner>, be
I'd with the opportunities OF General Harrison has hal Tor acqn
ing splendid Wealth. has present situation may BE- call,d that Of
A. the mIery Of la, large salary
from his ra station IN CINCINNATI after the positive contrad
tons Of H. which have been made BY those entitled 10 the highest
respect unworthy Of paper which has proper de-
gree ii self rep ct I" re. issue iL.iorta .iH,ra".
Disngeniousnessi 1t will puzzle the North Amer
can to prove the charge There could not have been
much disingcnuousnrss about the matter, when We CO.
pied the North American 'povcrty article at the time
Of replying il, that the reader could sec both sides
and this. We take II, not dls:ngrnuons process by
any means nor likely TO be r'Sortrd to- If the an
swcr was intended to be unfair. lf,hcfc l. any dis
ingenuousncSs either side, il lies, ~ think at orr
ncighbors door for. IN looking the poverty article
aforesaid, do find word about comparative
povertv-not Il syllable calculated 10 convey the I'M
precision that such was the writer meaning. II was
downright ecconeerng paragraph, claiming credit for
General HARRISON not because he was comparatively
poor hut, far one meaning be gathered from
words, because he was positively poor II was filled
with such phrases the poverty OF General Harrison
-bccausc he Is poor -",till remains poor tile fact
Of his poverty all without qualification, and al within
the compass Of paragraph Of twelve lines " mere IL
the disIngenuousncS-
The North American, we are pleased to find, admits
that Harrison is not very poor after all, for the
rrsp Of good farm is not positive poverty. Might
not sngcn louSn"ss have gone little !urthrr IN tins
matter without doing itself harm, and have stated what
i: considered good farm: The comparatively poor
lives in large and splendid manson on the banks
Of the Ohio, IN the midst of prnce: estate of 1000
acres worth, os the Cincinnati Advertiser informs us,
about SI0O,00O-a comparatively good farm this.
Now for the 'trumpcry story, as our contemporary
politely terms it about IIarrsons large salary Clerk
Of the Hamilton County Court-his official income Of
5000. The North American says that the fact has
been denied. VIII it tell us whcn where, and by
whom' VIII it produce the authentic denial We
find the assertion that such is the amount of his pay,
repeated ina Cincinnati paper published within week.
the editor Of which probably knows all about the mat
ter and wlo in the face of statements TO the contrary,
would scarcely have vcnturcd to rcterate the assertion
unless very of his ground. He makes alluslon
20 denial and have never seen or heard OF such
thing with the exception of what said in the North
American and, the existence o! the "Confden.
al Committee also for time '.said TO be denied"
but at last confessed do not III nix it any violation
Of 'ssefrcspect TO continue TO believe that the North
American comparatively poor man" is olerably well
of III his extensive mansion. IN his valuable estate of
1900 acres, both of which tn hun By marriage,
without any outlay on his part and in his So 900 year
If il s,ll claimed that Harrison ~ comparatively
poor, it may be important for those who wish to know
what poverty and what is riches t. learn that Har-
has actually received from the United States in
the way Of salary about sevenyvc thousand dollars,
this being apart from the emolumcnts OF his cerkshIp,
which he has held about ten years.
We do not make these illusions to Ilarrison's per.
sonal affairs with any view 10 his dsparagement We
have yet to learn that it is dIscredtabe to become
wealthy BY proper means, and 10 view, il is the vIlrst
Of endeavor TO excite prejudice agans,
men merely because they have ample resources, and
live in corresponding style The subject would not
have been worth auding to at NIL, it not that the
Opposition press cternay urging tas recommen.
daton Of their candidate that he poor, comparative
| ~ poor. Mems views this matter d fer perhaps;
we should call him rich positively rich; If he
barrassed in his circumstances, notwithstanding the
wealth poured into his lap, and without being deeply
engaged in hazardous business subjected to sudden
reverscs we repeat first observation that it does
not argue much for his capacity, or fitness 10 manage
his own affair hrGnian