Litchfield enquirer., 1840-08-20
THE VALLEY OF THE MISSISSIPPI.

~ | That immense and fruitful region now
 teeming with population, and which is soon to regulate the Legislation of this Republic,
 speaks, or has spoken its opinion of the ad-
 ministration of the Government of Mr. Van
 Buren, from Louisiana to tho Ohio. From Illinois we have got no returns, but the de-
 nlonstration in Indiana under only Lieut.. of Gen. Harrison, is significant of the result in that state when the General himself takes the field, whatever may be the local result
 now, in m election unimportant, but as it is a sign. 5- ~a- a".--'' q .'~s. s.s %-
 The Valley of the Mississippi, as a whole, | is a HARRISON valley. There may be excep- 1 tions in two or three small states, as the Pre-
 sidential Election comes too quick for the
 certain regeneration of Missouri and Arkan-
 sas-but the great and powerful states of the | Valley are Harrison states, and will cast
 their votes for him in November. - 1 When we remarked in our Journal, in the
 opening of this Presidential campaign, that | it would be as difficult to induce the People
 of the north and south to vote against Gen. l Washington, if he were their candidate for 1 the Presidency, as the People of the west to
 vote against Gen. Harrison, their Washington, ] we but expressed an opinion every election
 confirms. What Concord and Bunker Hill
 and Yorktown are to the north and south,
 Tippecanoe and Fort Meigs are to the west.
 The popular current is predisposed there to
 run for western man, particularly when in
 that man are embodied the pure principles
 ofan honest Statesman and gallant Citizen
 Hero too. Again, the same waters that lave
 the shores of the North Bend of the Ohio, wash the states of Indiana, Kentucky y, Illinois,
 Tennessee, Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi,
 and Louisiana. There is community of intercourse, a community of feeling, com-
 munity of sympathy, and of thought, on the great waters of the west: and the traveller who leaves the torrid sun of New Orleans, or the colder regions of Iowa, to look back upon his friends and his relatives of the East, sees as he passes on these waters, in the sim- pie dwelling of the Farmer of North Bend,
 beautiful illustration of practical Republican, ism. Again, the Flat Boat men, who come laden with produce for the New-O Orleans market, from the streams of Pennsylvania, Virginia, Kentucky and Ohio, see foo, and visit too this Farmer while on their course down the great highway of the west-and
 when on the lower Mississippi, they mingle their voices with the Boatmen of the north- west, or southwest, they tell of that Farmer at the plough. or in the workshop. as they delight, too, to narrate stories, or sing songs of his services in the Battle Field.
 The Valley of the Mississippi is also popu- lous with the citizen soldiers of Harrison.- Hundreds and hundreds have followed him in northern forests, and swamps, to the lake country-and they know him in person, and of their knowledge refute what falsehoods arc told of him. Never was Commander more popular, or more beloved. Victory was sure to attend his march, and if Harrison was chief, whether among the savages of the Prophet on the Wabash, or among the disci- plined legion of England on the Thames, they felt themselves safe. Tn, affection, the devotion of these soldiers to their old Commander is chivalric, now more than ever, for they who have traduced the servi- ceS and proweSs of their Commander, have traduced their honor and that of their fami- lies too.
 The only misfortune the whigs have in these preliminary and local elections in the Valley ot the Mississippi, is that they but half express the strength of Harrison him. self. Old Tippecanoe will out-run every ticket, and every man on a ticket in Novem- Der. With only his name in the field, he has tnkcn into power in the state of Indiana a Governor and State Officers against the pet ! ot the state, the amiabie, popular, and elo- | quent Howard-with every local question to drag down the whigs, such as without his | name, would have overwhelmed them-but ! when he comes in person, the effect will be 1 as electric as when Bonaparie showed him. l self to his old Guard on the field of battle.- What we have from the west, is but the be- 1 ginning of that a0hirl,cind John O. Adams spoke of as preparing to bring along Harri- l son-and it is impossible to stop it till it seats
 hiIn in power at WashingtOn.-N. Y. Erp.
 NEW YORK AND THE WEST.
 The following paragraph we copy from a i private letter from friend of great intelli- l gence and shrewdness, a close observer and an excellent politician, in the results of whose experience and reflection we repOse ! great confidence: ........ ls..7..
 "I was exceedingly grati6ed, in my tran- sit through the Empire State, as we'll us through Ohio. to find so much zeal and en- thusiasm manifested in behalf of Harrison, all of which satisfied me that the representa- tiOns that had received from our friends whilst in the city was correct, and l now in- cline to the opinion that New York is one of the safest States in the Union. found less else, but the apathy is now rapidly giving
 place to that wild enthusiasm for which the people of the dark and bloody ground are so remarkable. Owing, however, to local eau ses--StAte policy-our vote in August will not be u fair test of the strength of Harrison. l think il likely that old Tips majority will exceed that of our Whig Governor some 5000. In the States of Ohio, Indiana, nli- noiS, Tennessee. Missouri, Arkansas, Louisia. ma and Mississippi the greatest excitement prevails and l am satisfied that of these States, Missouri and Arkansas are the only doubtful ones, and of their redemption have much hope. Our news from them is of the most cheering character.