Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1840-04-20

Opinions and actions are iuimicaI. to the principles oil
Democratic Republicans, 10 whose confidence and
support therefore, lie possesses not a SOLITARY
claim"
The c.piials and italics in these extracts, ara CO.
pied from The publication Of the address IN The En-
q0irer.
Now. as TO The allegation, that Geo. Harrison
made =. an explicit confession, in the lace of all Con.
gfess, in repl, to The charge Of Federdlsm preitr,ed
az sinst him by The late John Randolph. = we chat
| lenge The honest Secretary who has signed this al
dress. 10 publish the speeches OF Mr.. kdnoolph anu
Gen. Harrison on the occasion referred 10 III Tue
Enquirer and then every candid MIND VIII perceive
and acknowledge, tina, Tire speech OF the latter con
rains n denial, and not an tIP!tctt confession, oi re-
deratism.
In regard TO The next alleged proof oil General
Harrson's Eederatism-namely, " his public and
enthusiastic admiration. aso"ed as laie ds 1854. oi
the opinions of Daniel Webster, the ultrs-r edrai-
isl, and sweeping denUunceT Of independent ove-
re,gniy in the Sisles.' We have ouly 10 say that,
not knowing 10 what language OF Gen. Harrison
concerning Mr.. Webster, aIIuslon Is here made.
(uuless, indeed, the authors OF The address allnde
TO Gen. HarIion's concurrence Ia the opinions oil
Mr.. Webster on The subject OF Nullifaiion, and
Gen. J~ackson's Proclamation agans, IT, We de-
mand n full publication OF the language imputed 10
Gen. Harrison, and far proof that he used ii-not
proof by a letter, alleged, without contradiction, IN
be u forgery. such as this address SEEM, 10 make
the foundation Of another charge against General
HARRISON. |, is certain, that Mr.. Webster Is a Fed
erdHst, aud that he maintains many opinions IN
! which we do not concur, and from which General
Harrison has publicly dissent,d YET I've say II
tearessl,) there IS much, very much, IN Mr.. Web
steI's character and conduct, which all candid men,
oil all parties, which even the most malignant OF his
enemies, m Isl admire and that the g,alitude of esery
real Republican is due 10 him, for tie strenuous ex-
eftOn oil his great abilities 10 arrest the advent ol
Elective Monarchy, IN The form Of an absolute SUI
premacy OF the Federal Executive over all The other
departments OF lie Government, winch the sell
called Republican party (niost Of lh. N, We hope,
unwIlt Dgiy) are Iabourng to establish. Ii MIR.
Webster has ever been - a sweeping denouncer oil
independent sovereignty in the State ipe do not
know when, or where, or on what occasion lie III.
tered any such s,oeeping denunciatons, nor do we
believe he ever uttered them aud. as Gen. Harri-
son i, now assaulted through Mr.. Webster we chal-
lenge proof oi this particular imputallon upon Mr..
ebsier.
Il Is said. and truly satd, that the Wings ask the
people ITO believe, that Wiiliom Henry Harrison
belongs not 10 the mad and patricide sec, OF aboll-
,ionisis.' The authors OF the Address, then. knew
rha, The Wings acnted that charge against him
Let this be borne IN mind. We shall not stop 10
'nqnire, villa, we're The speculative opinions OF Gen.
Harrison, on the subject Of domestic slavery OF the
abolition oft, at The age Of eighteen years, or 10 de-
tend him against any other erroneous opinions ot
his boylood; a test by which the wisesi statesman
might, III his mature age, stand condemned even
in his own Judgment. We know, that IL is abso-
lutely impossible, that any opinions entertained by
him al that day, could duplicate him IN The mad
and parriclde sect OF ab0lu Ionisls" OF our tune, be-
cause no such sect had then an existence, Or could
have been anticipated. We know, 100, that, not
youths OF eighteen years, but bearded nen, wise
men. great men (ior Instance. Jefferson, Wythe, and
the elder Judge Tucket) were advocates Ion the
abolilIon OF slavery, and some of them published
schemes OF abolition, before or about the lime thai
Gen. Harrison was eighteen years old, bu, 1t never
entered lnlo our heads, that they belonged 10 that
"u,ad and parrlcide sect OF abolition ists,' which We
all now hold IN SO much deteslation. We know
further, thar. al a very recent period, Thomas Rit-
chic, aud Mr.. Jefferson Randolph, AID Mr.. James
Mcdowell, we're advocates Of sbultion. aud though
their doctrines were aid and mIscheyious enough
and particularly mlschevious IN giving countenan. {
to "Ihe mad aud parriclde sect Of aboli,ioni>is," yet,
IN %candour, we must say, that we do not regard them
as belonging TO thai particular sect.
W. subn.i, II 10 the good sense of our country men,
that the inpu,ation Of AbolutoniSm against General
Harrison on The alt ged ground that, lust beiole
the admission OF Missouri mo the UuIon,' he poo
posed a resolution ''ior the exclusion Of slavery
from every Territory then held or afterwards to be
acquired by The United States"-(suppuslng tht
assertion rue. which is MISUNDERSTANDING Ue
noforionstdct, that General HARRISON, as a Repiesen-
tatIve IN Congress from ONO, voted againsl The les
friction upon the State 81 Missouri, prohibiting the
admission OF slavery IA The new State, and tlereby
sacrificea, Tor the time, his lopuiariry IN that patl
OF the Union, and was afterwards rejected as a can.
dldate ior Congress for that very vote-and tins I'M
putatIoD coming from the friends of Mr.. Van Buren,.
who Vas a jealous advocate Of that restriction on
HE State oil Missouri, IS II strain OF impudencs TO
which the annals Of fGclion or Of jesuistry furnish no
parallel.
The address iniers that General Harrison belongs
10 The mad and parrIcide sect OF Aboluionisls. - lion,
ms proposal 10 apply all The surplus revenues oil
'he United States TO The purchase aud deportation
OF all slaves in the nation" The authors OF the al.
dtess can hardly be ignorant that this project 8 not
peculiar To General Harrison, and did not originate
with him. A similar project was sug gesled by Mr..
Jefferson, in a letter TO Mr.. Sparks, which will be
found IN The 4lh volume of his correspondence, p.
3es. A similar project was suggested by Mr.. Mon
roe in the Virginia Convention OF 1929 80, as will
be seen IN the Debates OF The Convention, D.. l49,
1873. We give our adversary every advantage IN
taking their representation Of General Harrison's o.
plnions, III this particular. 10 be far and true, though
we apprehend there is misrepresentation and then
we say, what ,hey must know, that those opinions
not only do not prove that General Harrison belongs
TO 'the mad and parriclde sect Of AbolnioDlsts," bul
.hey prove Tue direct contrary. They prove that
GENERAL Harrison proposed the purchase and depor-
tdton Of the slaves, by The application o: the surplus
revenues OF the United States 10 that purpose, ian
opinion, winch, whether II be wise or not, is not now
me qufslion) 1.-The maj and parricide sect Of Alb
"lit'onists' INSIST on ihe immediate abolition OF sla-
very without any tompens ton TO the owners OF
slaves, and sgainst their wilI, and on keeplug them
IN The county, al the Iisque, OF rather win Tie GER
Iain'y, OF "A servite war, winch must end in the ex.
termination OF one or the Other race. Gen. HARRISON
no more belongs To The sect Of Aboiitionlsts, IN The
sense IN which tins address uses the phrase, than a
member OF the Colonization Society belongs to it
Ihp 4 n1,a4y ~ -.