The pilot. [volume] (Baltimore [Md.]) 1840-1840, 1840-04-09


rayed on the side of the country against the sup
} porters of prerogatiVe and power, and the apo
logists OF misrule and corruption.
In the first candidate of The Convention we
have a man whose proudest attribute is the pufi-
ty Of his character. All men may trust in his I'm
assalable integrity, tried as it has been through
long life of virtuous deeds. In him we have
citizen whose arduouS services in the field though
they constitute not his chief recommendation 10
the post Tor which he has been designated, I'm
doubleday claim large tribute of the gratitude of
his country; whose labors as a statesman both in
the national councils and in a high Executive
function, are best recorded in the universal re-
Spect and affection which they have gathered
around his name amongst all who dwell uponthe
WIDE theatre OF his exploits; whose life Of varied
experience, of thoughtful foresight, of moderate
desires, ofPlain, substantial republican manners,
OF home-bread wisdom, and long conyeTsancy
with men and books, assure us that in his eleva-
ton we shall find that which is first of all things
to be deSired-A SAFE PRESIDENT, yIRTUoUs AND
WISE STATESMAN.
Not less worthy OF the confidence of his coun-
try is John Tyler of Virginia, patriot who has
long occupied an enviable place in the esteem of
his tellow-cllizens. A stern, infexble republic
can, he has been distinguished in the Senate of
the Union and in the Executive chair of his own
commonwealth, as. a statesman of sound princi-
pies, cultivated talents and incorruptble honor
ANo CltlZSu VI our republic Is cdpaple oil reHeCt-
ing more lustre upon the Vice Presidency, to
which the choice of the Convention has present
ed him as a candidate.
In the nomination of these eminent individuals
we find every motive for union and persever-
) ance in the assertion of our cause. We address
ourselves 10 the contest with abiding faith that
The Right 1ClU be sustained bg the MtghL 0f tile
people, and that the end will be the restoration of
our country to its long denied prosperity.
Therefore Res0lred, That this meeting do heart
lily respond TO the nomination of William Henry
} Harrison of Ohio, by the Harrisburg Conven-
ton, as their candidate for the Presidency of the
T United States and, foregoing all questions o.
: preference for other eminent individuals in the
y nation, pledge themselves to an earnest and yea
P lous support of his election.
ReS0tced, That this meeting, in like manner
pledge their active cooperation towards the cleo
a ton of John Tyler of Virginia for the Vice Pre-
o sidency.
i YOUNG MEN OF THE UNITED STATES
= YOUR DEMOCRATIC HARRISON BRETHREN o.
;. BALTIMORE SEND YOU THIS ADDREss-GREET
l. ING:-
lie We have been appointed Committee fror
Ii six hundred of our fellow-ctiZelS, to invite yo
is to send Delegates 10 the Convention to assembl
h ID this place on the FIFTH DAY OF May next
al and we do, therefore, most cordially bidding yo
# welcome, Srenuously urge this duty on your
z tenion, and claim your best efforts to secure th
Of election of
e HARRISON AND TYLER.
y Addressing ourselves 10 men who have feH a
6 well as argued, and whose minds are informe
II of the daily political history of our country
Z, an untiring and most Jealous preserve deem
d needless on the present occasion to enter into
II long or detailed examination of the measures
u our opponents, but letting ii suffice TO Judge
e our RULERS by the results of their schemes, W
;, ask them what they have to hope from the inspec
u ton, and yon-why you should commence 0
l. continue your political career by extending then
, your favor or your votes.
q We ask the YOUNG MECHANIC to remember th
= scenes around his boyhoods hearth in bette
= times, and under other auspices, when the TOT
of his industrious parent was repaid, land promptly
too, by honest employerS;-we ask him to re
l. member his we'll spread board, and the hope
with which his young mind looked forward to tn
life OF an artiZan as one of industry, intelli gene
comfort and wealth,-and, then, to contrast thes,
+ scenes and expectations with his deserted work
u shop, his unblotted order book his idle journey
men, his undulled tools, his government redue
e ing the wages Of laborers, his empty purse, hi
il-ied family, the difficulty with which he secure.
/ even the most transient employment, and the ye
greater difficulty with which he procures pay
e ment even from the wealthy.
We ask the YOUNG EMIGRANT from GERMANY
or IRELAND, to remember the period when en-
: barking from Europe, his strength and has child
: rem his only capital he read over the glowing de-
. scriptionS of our country-its mineral resources
its kindly SOIL its lenient and equal laws its Ii
1 berty, and the certainty that sober industry had
ever promise of employment on the rail roads
and canals, those arteries through which was to
flow our nations wealth, the product of the soil
, We ask him 10 remember his hope of becom-
ing respectable and rich in the FAR WEST with
c er he proposed retiring with his earnings on the
public works OF Maryland Virginia, Pennsyva-
MIA and New York-and. then, to contrast these
i pictures and promises with schemes of internal
improvement abandoned, his countrymen and
4 fellow-emigrants unemployed, his children un.
, provided for, himself hopeless der, often sup
ported, when pride permits or starvation forces
, by the charity of strngers!
e We ask the YOUNG FARMER to remember the
returns which every Harvest Home" brought te
bis fathers Golfers, the wealth of their humble
} but contented cottages, the expectations which
cheered him TO labor by his fathers sides at thu
7 plough or in the woodland, hoping like him ONT
day to become atiilsr Of the soit and, like him, {,
S be at ease with his family around him, under ;
3 free and prosperous governments and, then, Il
contrast these anticipations with his now idle o.
proftless acres, the uncertainty of sales and in
come, the defalcatons of agents, the temptations
of idleness leading him from his dull and unpro
f vided home, where there is no hope in labor n,
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