The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1840-03-28

OF war, and both are connected by numerous
ties with multitudes of their fellow country
men who served with them, who are. when
their old Generals are receiving the applause
oil their country, frequently prolific in their
letters OF congratulation and inquiry. But not
only so; Gen. HARRISON has been overwhelm-
ed with correspondence of every description,
some of which, il may easily be imagined, has
been not only burdensome in pecuniary
point OF view, but gratuitous, unnecessary and
frequently impairment and insulting. To
such an extent have letters been sent him,
couched in every form Of language, that it
would be an impossibility to discriminate fire.
quenlly between friends and foes-bona fide
letters, and impostions. We may also add,
that, General Harrison has thus far given his
attention so constantly and assiduously TO his
lnnumerable correspondents, that his health
has been not little impaired by it already.
Hence II is not surprising, in the disposition
OF the good old hero TO do justice TO oil, that
he should find it necessary to be assisted by
sort of secretarial committee. No fair man
can find fault with such proceeding, if in
deed such has been instituted, which we are
not altogether certain of.
Well, it is alleged that his Secretarial Com
mittee, if it exists, decline answering the null
titudinous intcrrogatories put in every magma
bic shape. And has this example no parallel 7
Certainly it has, in the practice Of Mr.. Van
Buren,. Did he not often refer his imporu-
nate inquirers to the history Of his public
life, embarrassing and non-committal as it had
been Certainly he did. And with how
much better grace, since Gen. Harrison has
People in Convention assembled, may he, our
candidate, stand upon the character and prn-
ciples upon which he entered the course of
competition, and refer those who wish to
know what they are, to the same sources from
which those who nominated him acquired
their knowledge. Let them take the trouble
to make themselves acquainted with the his
tory Of the country, civil and military, and
not uncharitably require gallant old soldier
to re-enact the scenes of his eventfu life, and
repeat for the thousandth time, his we'll de-
fined principles, for their exclusive benefit.
This would be unnecessary, not TO say I'M
gentlemanly.
Now, then, who is it that has drawn out,
as is alleged, this letter from the Cincinnati
Committee? II is smiles Hotchkiss,' who
pretends II be the Corresponding Secretary
of the "Union Association" of Oswego,
whose members profess to entertain the ''high-
est regard for your Gen. H.'s] past SER
vicesl' We affirm, on the authority Of let
ter before US from Oswego, he is The keeper Of
nine pin bo'rling alley, and groegery for
loafers. The i" Union Association" is title
assumed for the nonce, by band Of grace
less infdels and Loco: tocos, who whilome
were known as the " Pennyless Aristocracy,"
and whose custom it is to meet at the afore-
said bowling alley to revile religion by mock
PRAYERS and assumed titles Of Reverend, as
we'll as to deride, insult and SANDER their bet
ter nelgnDoTS. 1HeH Stcat aPoSAo 70 amy
Wright and the record of their proceedings,
we are informed, is tissue of obscenity and
profanity, interspersed with designs of the
most beastly and disgusting character. These
are the men who are put forward to send i'm
pertinent interrogatores to General Harrison,
and whose cause is defended with so much
virtuous indignation by the Globe, alias the
Coxsackie Standard Extra. These are the
men who are dgni6ed by Mr. Van Buren's
organ, as the Democracy" In conclusion,
we may apply the Globes language to itself
and party, with perfect fitness. There are
none so prone as fools to imagine they can be-
fool others. Folly is always caught in its
o,cn trap; and so ,ciH 1t be ,cith these besotted
deceirers, ,rho wiH end only IN deceiring them
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