Madison Whig advocate. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1839-1841, 1840-02-08
General Harrison aud the ssasa.

! Already the South Is beginning n1sfv
/ to respond TO the nomination OF the IA
/ tlOnai convention The slave ho.fzaw
states cannot fail 10 acknox ledge the &
I Indebtedness to General Harr5sca for rs
/ patriotic efforts. Ia cooperation w5sh
/ Henry Clay, 10 stem the gale ef Gaari-
cIsm that menaced the South darlaw ths
| alarming crisis Of the Missouri Question
/ When Martin Nan Blrcn aad rs nor
thern allies were struggling With dezne-
rate energy To compass the dark fes5 ras
Of abOiitiOnism. and exclude Missouri
/ from the Union, William Henry Harrzsoa
and Henry Clay led the vanguard 81 tas
South, and boldly and successfully coa-
tronted and vanguished the mo-jev h1-ass
of anal gamatjOnIsts and a5o'stioo. SIS
Yet in the face Of known, notorious All
lncOntrOvertIble facts. we hui partlzanz
OF the administration 50 utterly sham
less, so lost 70 every impulse of masaa-
nImity and cantor, a 70 chsrse Harr.-1a
the defender OF the South X-I-h beng IA
avOwed uegrophIlisr- Yes. the lasczl-
pulous satellites Of that ab1fiffsrzsf 80
heart. Martin Van Barren. vel aware
that the name Of Harrison has carr.-..
dISmay into the serriei ranks OF loco g.
coism, and knowing thar in the parity 81
his private lise- AMI the patriotism ~ h--
public career NO blur or bIem-~l can . E
found, no '-lO0P 20 hang a doIbs o. are
compelled 10 rake among the viie al
lOathsOme garbags Of fool cllamaiez- &c .
some damnlng : a1der By wh.ch taes
may stir up the susce ptIble feelings q.
the South and array against him the
powerful influence OF sectional prrrl.ll- .
ces- Happily the atrociols iaisehool Is
too feeble % Withstand a moments laves- 4
tigation- The friends OF General H.--
risOn point fearlsssly 70 the record 81 bis f
life and actions, as the complete an srl
umphant returatIon Of the mali znlnr !.
charges levelIed against him
Il would, perhaps Be s1tfcisn. repls .
10 the wretched aspiratio1s o. o1r uoI.ss-
cal opponents 70 state that the n0mlna-
ton of General Harris0a reserved TIE .
cordial sanction OF such mea As Bazaoar
and Leigh Of Virginia. Oxea o. &orsh
Carolina. NetcaIft- Of kentuckv ffrahaaa .
of Louisiana, Johnson OF Mary laad. al .
son Of Missouri, the delegates fro-a "A
bama, all Of them the representatives. o.
states: al OF them deeply
im5ued with the sentiment Of Ga-omrro-
missing hostility 70 abo,itiO1tsm. a. O.
nestle Institutions Of the Sou-h Ma
rational man believes for n single ins-aa-
that the delegates IN the co8veE.iaa of
the southern and slave h1li.ng parrzea
Of the cOnfeieracv. would hare s1le-as-
ed the nomination Of Gen H2rrisol- p -
they not been fully convinced tAat tass
distinguished individual was solz3 sas .
On all subjects Affecting the Ia
terests and Institutions OF tn Ss1fh-
The loco fo-os cOmm=nced this con
troversy BY reeklessly assaIlinE ths chs
racter and falsifying the 0Pllioas 2.
Gen. Harrison They wiu uEs 81 The
contest long before il ) over Tie
friends OF General Harrisoa wiH Ee-
stand idly BY aud beh0li the generous
champion Of the South, the FaEraos xha-
for his viadication Of Der rtEhts- was
ruthIesslv sacrificed on the alrar q asa
ticisn. subjected - the hsartlsSs a-rzr<s
Of a press that SANDERS pGEtsy frself
when opposed TO is designs We d.s-
tIncrly make the assertion. nos only tasf
Gen. Harrison las pFsrsz zs-s tsssz go
other puIse -7an for AS zzr7r< ffozzs -
fence Of S1sfSsrz riz--zs- ~ tat IS -
liticai adversary, Martin Na- B.
was an sboIirio1is< before BE S~-a=@
President: tha, he opposed the nd sasssssi
o. Missouri: saSsa- 7xrf Uith - sz1ls-
;ioaiszs ca thai nlenacrGele t~sszss a.
that he xo,e6 IN the legssisszsr- % S=7s
York 10 bss.o~ Es~ right o. stag as-.
on negroes lie. tae ioc0 fo-os essFrosz
these asserti0os-sf fieg ca
We CON nen-e6 rl.is aFt1c-e oy ssass-
that the South ~ss Haosinz = sas go
cause With pride aai ex1.tassssa - =
,oint 70 the -hi- press shros-Ans1s i7rs-
i.,r. vfrzf,ia. r7-.a Ear1si-s- L9-sz-