The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1840-05-21


is now in force in Missouri and Illinois
and perhaps in other states, which autlo
rises the letting out in the same way, q
the services of idle vagraats. Besides
ifit was wrong in Gen. Harrison it was
equally wrong on the part of those who
voted with him, and some Of them are
among the accredited leaders Of the Van
Buren, party in Ohio, to this day. This
charge, then, is as futile as the other.
The charge that he is an abolitionist is
equally absurd while his Vincennes speech
is staring every body in the face, and
while tits a fact that the Abolitionists as
"a body have so little confidence iii him
that they have recently held Conven-
ton in Albany and nominated other can
dldates of their own, and make their
boast that they have 100, 000 votes to give
these candidates
The charge too, that he permits Com
mit,ee to answer his letters, many, of
them sentas has been proved by lis ene-
mics TO ''catch him i'll his Words comes
with q very ill grace from those who per-
mitted a similar committee to do the same
thing tor Gen. Jackson in 1923, especi-
ally slnce one of Gen. Jackson's com
mlltee Is. acting precisely in the same ca
pacIly for Gen. Harrison now, as he did
IN 1928 for Gen. Jackson-wc allude TO
Mr. Swine. 1t would be impossible for
any one man to read, much more TO an
swer all the letters sent to Gen. II. at
the present tIme-and there Is Just as
much necessity Of a corresponding COM
mlttee now as there was in 1928.
The charge Of incapacity, likewise,
can be much more easily proved to be
slanderous III the case of Gen. Harrison,
than 1T could have been in that Of Gen.
Jackson, against whom it is well known
the same charge was preferred. His ex-
cellent administration of the government
OF the N. W. Territory-his speeches in
the Senate and elsewhere-iis compre-
hensive knowledge of human nature
and the testimony of such men as Gov.
Everett and Daniel Webster in regard to
his qualifications for President, give the
lie to this charge, and show conclusively
that ne is pre- eminently qualified for that
exalted station.
Thus have we, very briefly, shown
that there is no foundation for the char
ges the enemies of General II. have
brought against him. His democratic
no one can honestly dare ques-
ton, unless he be ignorant of the fact
that he possessed the confidence of and
received appointments from such stern
democrats as Presidents Jefferson. Madl-
son and Monroe. 1879 e
Why is it that he is thus slandered?--
Look at the character. of his slanderers.
and then answer. Do You find them a.
mong thema of the people? No. They
are ofiice-holdcrs, Office expectants, or
men under their influence. They are
self condemned. They know if Harri-
son IS our next President, their game will
De up. And in fear--a well grounded
'ne too-that he will become such they
ire growing desperate. We expect to
lear of more enormous acts Of despera.
ION than have yet come TO our knowlepe.
The destruction Of Wing log cabins and
he murder Of the Wing marshal in Bal.
more are but the beginning of sorrows
md unless the democracy of numbers ri
es in itsmight and majesty to overawe
md put them down, we lremhlc for DER
ountry.