Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1840-06-13

CARiCArURrs.-we alluded a few days stree to n
shameful attack on The French Consul General canca.
turisi IN the city. a correspondent asks whether they
are lIbellous under our laws. Assuredly sO-ihe We
~ worst kind Of I:bels--tkey combine Islander. libel
and peronifralion. Innumorablo decisions have had
under the English laws, clearly shelving Them to be
such. Candidates for office and public men cannot
escape This political mode of chewing mp, but the Con-
sui General of France Is under the special projection
ofIho country. Ills public rights are invaded by these
cdricaiurcs, independent Of hospitality, respect and
kindness, to which he is eminenrly entiilcd-besides
an amiable private family is also cruelty assaIled in
these publications. We hear some say this Is a
strange free country, " We cannot DO these things.
What a mistake. We are a zDuniy Of laws, rot H.
centiousness the very essence Of freed, m consists in
our passing laws for re pDiectcn Of public and pri.
yste rghts-io for security, order and good government.
which we ourselves rcspSct and obey. Monarchs pass
laws subjects ohey them Ia our republic the people
are the lawmakers. and the people obey the laws
which they themselves make.
GES. HARRIsoS-In a letter to the Louisville Jour.
nal, wreucn from Cincinnati. under date Of May 80.
Dr. Daniel Drake thus writes, a. 10 the mental aud TO
Oily vigOr OfGcn. Harrison.
/ have been well. II not intimately acquainted with
Gen Harrison. for % years, and can state IN al since.
rty. thst he has cIsngcd as hule IN he intellectual
powers, through that long period. "A any one Of my ac-
quaintances at the same age. Engaged in rDme cn-
quincs concerning the early history ofthis country, IN
which he bore so praminouta part, have lately sought
opportunities # conversing with him. on various ev.
cuts from 1892 ~ 1914. aud have been surprised NJ
The accuracy and fullHcss of hrs memory. the yiyacity.
almost youthful, Of hs feelings, and the striking abil.
ity with which he ~ enabled 10 contrast The present
withslhe past conditIono Of the country. In shou, what
ever intellect md Information ho may have NJ any
time possessed. remains with him, unimpared by age.
As-to bodily VICAR. { must say, that his constitution -
a. good a. that Of most men ofhIs age.
OF The author Ofihe sboyc extract, the Cincinnati
Republican says. NO physician IN the United States
!, more extensively known than Dr. Dnke, aud where.
ever he - known. his statement Will be received with
implicit confidence
There i NJ, sou ofdouht indeed ,cvcn without Tins
unqBcstionod and conclusive testimony, ns to his yig0r
n bnIy and mind) hat Gen Harrison IS ihc very man
fr the crisis. tie has age and experience, he has hrm-
ncz and integrity and. he has above all that moral
lmurss IN The cause Of truth and right which first
commended him 60 he peolis. Fmthful in al the
past-true 10 hs country ~ every position. sod under
r,efy change of circumstance The rForiE. bis fellow
citizens. will. IN turn. prove true 10 GsnrIl Harrison.
And they will not permit him 10 be- sauiered down Jy
the Office hplJcfs--thpsc interested witnesses in favour
Of au Burcnistn.