Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-05-01

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Just look. sir five hundred and fory-two bank Off
GERS directors &C. seven hundred and thirty three
office holders three hundred and orty-sx lawyers and
doctors, and thousand and torty-eght merchants
clerks and spectators, IN one State convenon III an
twcnty-sx hundred and sixty -ninc representing the
interests of the poor man! and the iaboring commun
ty and presenting General Harrison as the log CABIN
candidate Sir If could speak TO every aborer in this
land would say to him, 'jc~drc 81 coircS M sheep )
cotay' These men will caress and Halter you Hnl'i
your suffrage cast and then they will order yon to
stand back "iike a poor man al danrc would
say look out when merchants, lawyers, doctors, bank
ers spectators and Shylocks, assume the guardian
ship of your interests and your liberties All the nat
tcrinG that the aborer or the poor man VIII re-
ceive from such a party will result from the same mo-
tive that induced the fox TO praise the music OF the crow,
which was TO obtain the flesh which she would let drop
! in the act of singing.
i assert that the supporters of Gen Harrison no,
the friends Of the poor and laborng classes OF the com
munty and those who live in log cabins On the con.
trarv they are those who seek the establishment and
confirmation of system Of policy whose natural ten
dency is TO make the rich richer and tie poor poorer
! From such gudr didnahip the Democracy, Is
nv PRAYER Under the guardianship Of such men, hard
cider and log cabins would be the Tot Of the poor man
through all time Sir, have than once said that
a.contempt for the intelligence of the people is fun
damcnta principle with the Federal party hold IN
my hand two communications, which will sustain Inc
in the assertion. ! ask that the Clerk may read them
! The Clerk read:
! "Erom ,sc o.uego Palladium.
Il GENERAL. HARRISON.
awe call public attention Ia the following most extraordinary
reply made by General iar,on'S Committee at Cincinnati, Ia
letter addressed him b the Union Association ci tins viac"
We obliged member OF the Association 1T copy o the
letter addressed by General aon aud I" the letter
I'll the COMMITTEE reply thereto" Measure the 'bc ie cor
re>pondcncc i genuine. =, $50
$50 the Hon. WILLIAM II. HApRsoS:
Dr,t Stain with resolution OF the Union A.
ISOLATION am instructed propose three questions
Ito
Of The country i, deep interest n. I.r iir>l /, T.,
of and referring petitions tor the
Immediate abolition OF slavery in the District OF COLUMBIA
:Sccund-,rr favor Of United States Bank or some
institution thai for The krcpn. and distributing o
r mcnr and for giving uniform currency Throughout
.tmd ra,tlyWuud You passage of general bank
rup, Congress that is operations might he equal III all
II have only 10 say >r above inquire. made in
accordance w the unanimous wishes OF this association The
past and hope, should You be elected t"
car c-maun of IA and free people
u am. respectfully your "br'.n! servant, ,.,
3 corresponding Secretary.
"CrscrSxArr, Feb. %, leio.
csmerYo letter of the 3ls, ult addressed 10 General
Harrison, has been placed in possession with we" In early
attention This unavoidable in consequence OF the very hume
letters daily received by the General Ia 10 when no s pG
fdcntal you will look this response ana Inc
policy observed by the committee should M" meet with your ap
probation, will attribute the error rather 10 ourselves ana m
mmcdiat advisers, than Gem Ilarrso That policy Is That TIC
eye whilst occupying his present position such course has
been adopted not for purposes Of conceamen nor lr avoid a.
proper responsibility; under the impression that the General
views, regard 10 all the important and exciting questions OF '
day have heretofore been given 10 The public fully ana "n,cy
whether connected with constitutional
other question 81 great interest," have ndree no chasc
ths policy that 10 new issue be made public The
The National Convention deemed imlolr at t
then crisis !" publish general declaration oil me views oi m
Opposition party and certainly The policy at the present re
uualterrd IN the mean time We cannot hS expressing IN.
hope friends where will receive the nomination
Gru.i Harrison with something akin I" generous confidence
mating covcnonhow ably al interests were represented !,
that b" certainly have high guarantee that should Gene
office viii be- happily and contucnay administered aud undc
the sG.ns t ia In MS yn a,T1G es " %
the popnts Of the policy adopted we have pleasure IN sub
DAVID GWYNNE
j. G. WRIGHT,
q. NJ. SPENCER
=, II. +. SrEscEE, Cor Secretary.
mir. Duncan proceeding, when Mr.. Mason o
Ohio interrupted him, and asked TO explain, Mr. D
rave way. Mr.. VI said that he had seen 4 communt
+ eaton ia Buffalo paper denying the gcnuineness o
these communications Gust read and that he (Nlr.
Eel, himself al liberty to pronounce the whole forge
! ry.
Mr. Duncan resumed, and responded that he pre-
sumed his colleague MIR. Mason knew nothing abou
the matter; and that he (Mr. d. felt himself at liberty
TO pronounce it no forgery, and that the whole cores
pondence is genuine, and precisely as represented OF
the paper which just read; and this he was antho
rzed say, not only from the presumption contanee
on The face of the paper ITSELF but from other nforma
ton upon which he could rely Sir it is genuine; ane
what are the impressions this correspondence mus
make on the mind of every man who may read them
They are twoiold First, they convey the idea mos
forcbly that owing physical and mental imbecllty
the party have been compelled to assign political Keep
10 Gen Harrison, and the necessity OF tins measure
with those unacquanted with Gen. Harrison, will be
forced upon the mind when it known that he is now
III or near the SEVENTEEN year of his age; period o.
life when the heart beats slow the blood flows sluggish
y, the limbs become pased the watery eye grows dim
the voice trembles the muscles wher the pantaloor
becomes slippery, the memory takes wing the EN-
pire of judgment toers and the mind sinks in human
frallty.
The appointment of the committee must give rise L
a supposed necessity; and that necessity will find it
reason in The natural fraes of ihrecscore and ten
It is not for to relieve General Harrison
from the difficulties and Imputations with which hr
friends cmbarrass him. II is for his friends TO expalr
away these n,putatons But, second: the answer o
the committee will not fail TO make the impression, Ell