Liberty advocate., 1840-07-09

loi the course pursued IN relation TO tho gov
ernment Of France; and, as we have shown,
accepted the commission Of lieutenant < eneral
OF the armies then contemplated to be raised 10
resist the threatened French invasion. Gen.
Harrison expressly asserted that he was op-
posed to the alien and sedIton laws. A sup
port of those odious measures was at that time
the test Of party allegiance. He explained
the conversation Of which Mr. Randolph re.
minded him, and on which the main portion OF
the argument in the circular is founded.
We will now consider, briefly, the evidence
which has been adduced to prove that General
Harrison was federalist in 1895; namely,
that he voted for the Panama mission, and was
Appointed in May 1928, by Mr.. J. @. Adams,
Minister to Columbia; and the author Of the
circular adds, with much apparent satisfaction,
"what other or better evidence could be wanted
:. of his being federalist of the old and new
SCHOOL," Verify it would seem that as testi-
mony diminishcs, the certainty of conviction
increases. Let it be borne in mind that John
@. Adams joined the republican party during
the administration Of Mr. Jefferson; was sent
minister to England, and kept abroad by him
and Mr. Madison until he was appointed Secre-
tary of State by James Monroe; and that, in
1894, he was claimed by his friends--as Mr..
Van Buren, now is-as the pure democratic
candidate for the Presidency. How the ap,
pointment to office by Mr.. Adams could have
wrought such miraculous changes in the polit-
ical opinions Of those who took office under
him, as TO make federalists Of some, and dem.
ocrats Of others, we are at a loss TO imagine
We suppose it will be admitted that Mr.. Pon.
sct,, now Secretary Of War, Paulding Secre-
tary Of the Navy, Cass, Minister TO France,
Richard Rush and Charles J, Ingersoll, of Pa,
and Alexander II. Everett, Of Massachusetts,
are all pure democrats Of .he Van Buren,
school. BY reference tothe Executive Journal
of ]. @. Adams administration, it will 0e seen
that all these gentlemen received important
appointments from him; and how il could have
happened that Gen. Harrison was made fed.
Ieralist by accepting an appointment from Mr.
Adams, while all others remained good demo-
Gratis, we submit to you, fellow citizens, to de.
CIcide.
The Panama mission was q mere question
Of expediency, involving no principle, and Gen
Harrison's vote in favor Of it, therefore, could
} not have affected his political creed 10 the
; Isiightest degree.
} The remarks Of Mr.. Webster, which have
been quoted to show that General Harrison is
now a federalst, so far as they prove any
thing, may justly be regarded as proving the
very reverse. M. Webster said "General
Harrison has now been selected by the general
voice Of those whose political principles agree
with his own, to 90 to the head Of the column,
and bear up the flag under which it is hoped
those principles may be maintained and defen-
ded." Fellow citizens, who are the persons
that selected Gen. Harrison? They are John
Tyler, Watkins Leigh, and James Barbour, Of
Virginia; Gov. Owens, of North Carolina, and
many other tried republicans Of the Jetferso-
nian school. These are the men who selected
Gen. Harrison to bear up the flag under which
it is hoped their political principles may be
maintained and defended. As you all we'll re.
collect, John Tyler cas the only m;mbsr of the
Senate of the United States ,cho uoted against
The Force BiHH He is the man for whom
Georgia vo!ed for Vice President in 1886. He
is now the candidate Of the friends of reform
for the Vice Presidency. Think you he would
permit his name to be used in connexion with
that of lederalist or an aboIitionist, for one
Of the highest offices within the gift Of the peo.
pie! The idea is equally ridiculous, unjust
and preposterous. They are both Virgi mans,
by birth and education, and politicians of the
Ole republican school, Gen. Harrison, in his
letter 10 DR.. Brownley, dated l1th October,
! 1909, on the election Of Mr.. Madison 10 the
Presidency Of the United States, says:
81 rejoice sincerely in the triumph Of The
republicans of Maryland. have written to
my friend, Gen. Smith, to congratulate him on
his appointment TO the Senate, without having
any other evidence Of it than the success Of
the republican ticket"
Again: in 1899, Gen. Harrison said, in an
address TO his constituents,
"I deem myself republican OF what is com
monty called the Jelfersonian school,"
We close this part OF his defence by quoting
the letter Of Judge Burnet, OF Cincinnati, to
the Hon. VIM Southgato:
'CNcINNArI, February ct, 1910.
"My Dear Sir: remark, in reply to your
letter of this morning, that during the contest
between Mr.. Jefferson and the elder Adams,
General Harrison and myself were residing in
the Northwestern Territory, and, of course,
had not the privilege Of voting. At that time
was in habits Of great intimacy with Gen.
Harrison, although was federalist honestly
SOY and he republican of the Jeffersonian
school. | supported Adams warmly, and he,
with equal warmth, supported Jefferson. Du-
ring the controversy from 1926, inclusive, |
conversed and argued with him times without
number, he sustaining Jefferson and John
Adams. You may assure your friend that
there was not more decided, consistent sup
porter Of Jefferson in the Northwestern Ter.
ritory than Gen. Harrison. For tho truth Of
this declaration, most willingly pledge my