The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1840-02-11
From the Richmond Wig,
GENERAL HARRIsON's POVERTY

The Washington correspondent of the New
York Evening Post writes
General Harrsons poverty has awakened the
sympathy Of the ladies of this District, and they
are now at work, getting up subscrI ption 10 sup
ply the fwar worn hero" with suit of clothes -
IL y"u have any old shoes, old bools old hats, or
old stockings, send them on, and they will be for-
warded to the 'hcro IF the North Bend"
Go on, gentleman we like to such sneers-
they will tell upon the popular mind of this coun
try in a manner you little dream of. Honest pow.
erly, contracted i'll the service of the Republic,
however much 1t may excite the courtly disgust Of
the Pundering crew now in power, will have u ve-
ny different effect upon tho honest people of the
country IhGy do not estimate n man by his mon
ey by his luxurious habits, his splendid display of
equipage, liveried servants silver plate, Nc ; and
by the millions which he may have plundcred from
the public. They estimate man by his moral &,
intel leciual WORTH by the important services he has
rendered his country, by the patriotic sacrifices lie
has made, and ihe perils he has encountered for
the public good. Gen. Harrison may live in Tor
cabin and drink hord cider, las he has been reproach
| ed by the Office holders with doing and he may be
in want Of sold shoes, old boots, old hats, old
stockings, and still be an honest man and patriot,
and worthier of the chief rnngistracv of Repub-
lican people, than the present incumbent, who has
an assed fortune Of more than halfa million out
Of the public crib, and sports his coach and six,
with white English servants in livery.
Poverty in itsefis reproach TO man. Its ef-
fects upon the human character generally of n
virtnous and enrolling tendency. lie that has
never known want, is from The very constitution
Of our nature, stranger to the kindlier sympathes
the purer and more generous emotions of the soul
Wealth engenders pride, arrog and sel6shness,
and fosters all tho meaner passions of the human
heart. You may often appeal in vain to the purse
proud creature, whose soul is centered in his Fock
cts, tor act of common charity when tho poor
man, under similar circumstances, so much livelier
| his sympathies with his kind, would cheerful
ly divide his last loaf
But if poverty we're "A disgrace in general in the
case Of General Harrison il is the highest honor
1t is pretended that he expended his small pat
rimony in selfish indulgence and luxurious dssipa-
tion. He is poor because, like the revolutionary
worthless whose bright example was held up to hls
admiration and imitation, his youth and his man
hood were devoted to the service of his comfy
He had no time to atnass money by ordinary pur-
suits and by honest means-and he had too much
of The old Virginia integrity acquire it by dis
honest practices. Nothing easier for him than
by specializing in the public lands to have obtained
ii princey fortune without any direct breach OF
honesty. But such was his keen sense of honor,
that he would not do that, which all other
tern officers were daily doing, and which Kendall
and Van Buren, even, at the present day, if report
speak truly, have not SCRUBBED to do so. Millions
and mill o. public money passed through his
hands-how easy would it have been for him. if
his honesty had been of the Sub-Treasury cast of
the present day, to have robbed hundreds and thou
sands ut the public expense. In word, he
served his country in high and responsible stations
for thirty years, had unchecked control Of, and
discussed millions and at last retired TO private life
in homes; poverty. Can higher euogium be writ
ten
That General Harrison is a poor man, from such
causes-ihat he is simple and tatious in his
hahits-that he is patriot, as evinced in many u
"well fougbten field, are, in our humble opinion
no disqualiicaons chief magistrate of Re-
public. md so the plain, Republican people OF
this country will decide--the sneers and reproach
es Of pprse proud oficehoders, who have grown
rich upon plundered people, to the contrary not
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