Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-07-31

been constrained, as a Wing member OF Congress
said the other day, Speaking OF og!e $ speech TO
Democrat it as the only means OF meeting success.
fully the friends Of Mr.. Van Buren,. Demormt-
away, gentlemen! Sooner or later your natural
rcpugnance to Democracy, 'cabIns, 'cider, &c.
unless of te o0od od .Netc Ark stamp, not hard,
will unveil itself, and then the thunders of indigna.
ton will roll over your heads. A victory, achieve!
by such means, cannot avail you, cannot he yermanGm
To show YOU in what estimation the potent and purify.
ing influence of "hard cider" is held in other parts Of
The Union, and that the sacriegious use made Of /,
sbould not be a matter of surprise, | will quote the
opinion of n leading Federalist in Connecticut, W l!iam
Ma,her, a Bank Commissioner, who is SAID 10 have used
this lanpuagc:-"j had rGhcr h6rc the T.rdS mann
CIDER 10 get Me rOtes cfhc d,ctoyS IF CoHRoctcu,
Mcn Hashin.ton's FarereH .2ddress. -Ohio Statesman
Upon which the editor poured a strain of the most m.
dignant rebukc. We give one extract:
1.-THE log cabin, hard cider, coon skin, and corn
dodrer drunken orgrs have been put in motion with
this estimate of mems intelligence. The dandy law.
yers and starched bankers that get them up, and lead
them on, and pay the bills, look upon those ghn
thus crouch at their bidding-drink when they DRINK
shout when they shout-and act as the brute
beasts OF the field, to please their tyrannIca! mas.
tiers, as little better than galley slaves; chained 10.
gether by the arm Of oppression, that threatens them
with starvation and rum, IT they DO not submit 10 the
degraded demands made of them.
"Nn lover of human frcedom-no one who has accps.
toned himself 10 look upon the bright side of human
naturc-no defender OF the intelligence, virtue and
stern patriotism of the mass of mankind-no cuthusa,.
tic advocate Of Democratic government, and Of tie ali.
lily Of the people to sustain II, can look upon the scenes
Of dcbauchcry that surround him, and the Imsu.tn,
means taken to get votes for the Federal party, wlach
never can succeed upon principle, but with bathing and
disgust.
"Friends offreedom the genius Of Liberty calls upon
you to fly TO the protection of your assaulted privilege
The very blood of Revolutionary heroes cries up 10 you
for vengeance and vindication. Has 1t come TO this, liza,
the sSetnt ofa h0rd cjdsr CASH, is more effective atrhe
I -. 4. ,I.,. -. Eor,,.l til
These are the "evidenccs," Mcssicurs Wings, and
these the outrages your party has prrpctrated upon tie
religious feelings of the country.-Thcy will, If c0urs,
be denied, and stigmatizcd as false by yonr party
presses and party orators. But what of that: Do they
not deny and assert any thing 10 carry their ~cnds:-ii
they would deny the evidence OF the certificate Of the
Secretary of State Of Ohio, in order 10 screen their
%"humbug" Candidate against the charge OF having
voted TO sell, whip, and I%mprIson white men and NO
men, can it be expected they will not deny tins also,
and bring a thousand of their hirehngs 10 swear to lis
falsity: But, gentlemen, one positive witness IS worth
4 thousand of your negative witnesses. II you take
upon yourselves 10 defend all the atrocities Of your
party, YOU will have nothing else TO do. As Mr.. Pres.
ton advises you, "Eiind not their charges: but Son
onH mn Great clappingl-npon than
Many such instances of excess and profanity might
be adduced, if had preserved the evidences, but not
having done so, these, gotten up on the spur OF the &C.
casion, must suffice. | am sure they vii! be enon-h,
with all candid men, 10 sustain the article l wrote and
put in the Enquirer.
But, gentlemen, suppose al! this testimony aElrAst
you, TO he talschood and forgcry-suppose that liz, a
single extract have presented is genuine, or can be
sustained suppose these excuses have, IN fact. never
occurrcd-do your leaders deserve any creditor 1T
Have they not done al. in their power 10 lower tie IS.
innate of public morals, and religious Obligations
What man, who has been conusant Of the actRgS and
savings Of the Wing leaders for the last few years, can
fail TO recognize in them warrant and example for any
excess to which their followers might have gone: Lay
aside party, and the love of power, which constitutes
your animating principle, and venture to say, there Is
not a man among you, who could, for a moment, IN
ana baV, SANCTION the profanity anu aUonlhab!e stut-
ments they have uttered.
lst Then, allow me to present to your calm cons.
dcration the letter Of VIM. Hale OF Cincinnati. pub.
lish this first IN 0rdtr, because II refers to your chef
Scribc and PkariStc. The expressions and oatAs a..
cribcd to him should be brought 10 the notice OF all
good citizens
"CiScISSArI, June !, lao,
az. " Jomnsead:
Sir: Yours of the 2sth ult, came duly to band, and
in answer hav 10 inform you that the enclosed state
ment Of the attack of Gen. Harrison upon me, is sub
stantially correct, and took place on Fifth street, in
front of my Office, during the last month, after the
meeting Of the Democracy in this city, and on the
evening thereafter. The conversation was as follows:
"The General asked Inc If was at the meeting al
the Court House, when Buchanan made his speech
answered, | was not. lie tthe GeneraD then com.
menced curs;ng B~uchanan; said Buchanan had caIum.
mated him, and was n DAMNED SCOUNDREl ia:
saying that he had signed a bill while Governor Of In.
diana, that a man should not vote without holding tuty
acres of land; GOD DAMN HIM, buchanan he was
a lawyer and knew better, for the ordinance Of the Ter.
rtory required il, and he (Harrison,) would not veto
any law the Legislature passed. then said 10 him
they make some charges against you IN the morning
papers about selling white men at anctIon BY the
Sheriff, in Indiana. He (Harrison) then said, there
were 4 great many horse thieves; we then had IN
the Territory no penitentary and jaIls Of very IL.
tie consequence, and had no other way Of punish
ing them. ! then said to HIM, CHarrison0 did th's
law alludc TO NIL crimtS, or only To the hghG' He
answered, it alluded to all. then remarked, how did
Mr.. Buchanan calnmnlatc you when he only explained
the law He Ilarrison) got into a violent passion,
trcmbled and frolhed at the mouth, and said Buchanan
was a DAMNED SCOUNDREL and any person vino
took his part, and the party were all a set of DAMNED
SCOUNDRELS! -! Then remarked to him, thattnls
was strong language 10 use to me, and should not per.
nit it He (Harrison) then said, by way of an apology,
that he did not know that was a friend Of Buchanan. !
then asked him if he did sign the law to sell white men
into slavery, while Governor Of Indiana He SAID he
dill. said, | think YOU did rr6mg. He replied, |
THINK DID RIGHT. l Sid, then General, you
will give me the SANE privilege, 10 think for myself,
This is the substance Of the attack.
"Gcn. Harrison called on me the next morning, ant
after convcrsing on the subject said, 81 GiaFrison) must
retract. | acknowledge did wrong last evening |
must retract" | then told him, knew he would come
back; and observed 10 him that had prayed for hm on
my knees. He thanked me and left.
'These are the facts, and as the truth, | must give
this answer Your oh servt l.,
CHARLES HALE
| will make no comment farther than to say, he
! letter has never been disayowed by Gen. Harrison that
have seen, and that Mr.. Hale is represented 10 be I
highly respectable man and of nnquestioned yeracriy
Cd. | would call your attention to the famous cx.
preston of Mr.. Clay when he announced that 'rt
rcrc in the midst Of a Revolution MoOdiess as wst'
Sd. To another famous expression, made by Daniel
Webster, thai "therc ucre no SaGJahs IN Revolutionary
times"
What do these sentiments lead to: Directly 70 a
dissertation of "Church services and every manner o.
vulgarism and profanity-"ln the midst of a lIcyot"-
ton are We? SIC Sabbath in re evolutionary times.
and so on-These are atroc,ots sentiments, yctthcy are
repeated By many Of the party with conn endati"n.-
0 Temporal tt mores!-"O! Wings, how long "'! you
abuse our patience had always been taught to h@-
Iicvc that we were in the "midst' of a moral, religious,
and patriotic communicable these ektg sertbes have
found out ohcr1isc.
4ih. 1 take The liberty Of laying before you the fol-