Litchfield enquirer., 1840-05-21


lation 10 the politics of his State on the Pre-
sidential question, will be read with interest
WASHINGTON, CITY, April Ia, lS4U.
NY Dear Sir: The question has been ire
quently asked, what will Georgia do IN the
approaching Presidential contest My reply
has been, ago for Van Buren,, presume as
the State Rights party in December last re-
solved to support neither Van Buren nor
Gen. Harrison" This will be the result,
that stand aloof" course be persevereo ~.
When Gen. Harrison was first nominated,
confess l thought that the proper course TOT
the State Rights party. But, from u iuil
and fair examination of the political opln-
ions of the General, am now willing to sup
port him in preference to Martin Van Buren,.
To give you the reasons, deem unnecessa-
ry--for the last three months have been
chiefly employed in developing his merits
and dement's. My prejudices were against
| him, and so expressed myself; but justice
to myself forbids me to remain silent, when
an old and gallant man has suffered under
an improper prejudice.
i'll should be asked my opinion as to the
Course the State Rights Party or the State
should adopt in the Presidential contest, I'M
hesitatingly would say, go for Gen: Har-
rison and John Tyler. l do not design to
abuse MIR. Van Buren-I never have, nor
shall now do it. But his policy and his
administration generally, as John L. klng
said, "are whitening the head OF this young
republic most prematurely." LOOK at inc
country, who does not feel for the people!
and who does not perceive the ruin, desola-
ton and distress which is now overwhelming
the people! Who can tell the wretchedness
which the debtor class of the people are
doomed to suffer! Who does not know that
the policy of this Administration has been
| Az off hn
il has closed the doors Oft banks TO pre-
vent credit being extended TO honest and IN
dustrious men, whose property is or will De
unde: the sheriff'S hammer? But, sir, Will
stop. am prepared to defend my choice,
and am ready to give my constituents and
the people of the State, my views from the
stump-any way-any where-and 1t my
preference for Gen. Harrison over Mr. Van
| Buren, is any objection to me, will say to
my constituents, choose one whose opinions
more fully accord. :,
1t is not at all surprising that there should
have been difference of opinion among US
in making the choice; time will bring us to-
gether again-at least the mass of the party.
| | will be pleased to hear how far you accord
! with me. Amidst my extensive correspon-
dence, I have expressed my preference ever
since have satisfied myself. At first, was
for standing aloof; that is, going for neither
but my opinions are now different. The
State will go for Gen. Harrison and John
Tyler, when their claims are fully known
Let the Convention in June survey the
ground, and do their duty. Tell your
friends, Mr.. Van Buren, has a Waterloo de-
feat ahead. But he is a magician, in the
opinion Of many-perhaps he may avoid it.
Personally esteem you.
b. Your friend, WM c. DAWSON.
The Sub Tseasury.-What is the reason
the Administration majority in the House of
Representatives do not pass the sub.treasury
bill? Are they not afraid it will be giving too
much power 10 Gen. Harrison, who will, at!
ter the fourth of March, be authorized to say
who shall be the sub-treasurers? We would
not trust General Harrison, or General
Washington, ic living or, any one man, with
both the purse and sword of the Government;
but the Administration men would entrust
them both with Mr.. Van Buren,. AS howev-
eli, they have become apprehensive that
their President must resign all his political
power into the hands of Gen. Harrison be-
fore they can get their whole machinery in
to operation, they begin to hesitate and to
hold back. The Senate passed the monar-
chial bill long time since, and the House
have been waiting for a grand locofoco VIC
tory, in order to drive it through that body
but they have waited thus far in vain, and of
course the measure is still suspended by the
gills. fit now be passed at all, we imagine
it will be in q fit of desperation. But we
begin to doubt whether the locos will be
willing to put such tremendous engine as
the sub-treasury into the hands of the
Wings, though the latter we trust will de-
stroy it as soon as possible after they are
possessed of the ability IN. H. Herald.
Who did i?-We were struck the other
day, says the Alexandria Gazette, by the
plain common sense exhibited by gentle
man from the country, in conversation upon
politics. We remarked to him that we were
reioiced to hear that he was no longer sup
porter of the present administration, and OBJ
served at the same time that he had un-
doubleday good reasons for his change of
opinion. aPs et yarntr4! .Eft
,"My reason is q very plain one," said he.
"one that every man can understand. l
looked around me and found every thing
wrong, and asked myself what made it so
who made il SO? and my reason told me that
those who had power must have made it,
The Wings have no power-they could not
have brought about this state of things-the
Van Buren, men have had all the power, and
they must have done it," .u
This reason seemed to us a good one. He
had come to the same point that he would
have done had he waded through the whole
field OF argument. t,
The Van Buren, papers sometimes uninten-
tionally prophesy correctly. The following
is from the N. Y. New Era:
"We are confident, however, that this
state of things cannot remain much longer.
The Indignation of the people will, at the
1hou h,ar~ nth until csSRlne
fury, and sweep from their high places the
heertless nolitical dernoooo,,es who have