Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1841-03-13
From the Rgcamoal Va

! GRHERAL HARRIsoS N RIcnuoND, VA-Gen.
Harrison. on Thursday, 18th ult, visited the C3s-
fee House 10 exchange sa.uiaiions with his fellow
Citizens Of Richmond. He was greeted by large
crowd, but - great the multitude that l. soon
became evident that all could net siagy be intro
dacl5 to E,m and cui3y the pleasure cf hearing
hia converse 1t "as therefore proposed that lie
should address the crowd in the street.
He spoke some 20 minutes, with o clear an3
distinct voice, and IN animated strain. lie
referred to the great cardinal principles Of his po-
Utica! creed and then noticed 4 few Of tho r.t-
maTous charges, which have been made agaiust
hta. lie had been called an AbalI;io.Isf, he
said. II one sense, as he had told a.s friends In
Baltimore, he was an Ab3iioGist. lie was ia
favor O. emqncipatng the oilce-holdeTs, and re
storing them 10 the rights Of citizenship. lie
would absolvo them from the tAfal3otn under
which they have been grooming for years. lie
would have them 20 speak and 10 act Up II the
dictates OF their conscience, as VIC wolI have all
others. lie would break the baBdagcs which
bouad them, and set them free. 10 tbs extent;
and 70 tins extent only, was he an Aboiitioa!s.
whilst uttcE!"r these sentiments, his counte-
nance wore q play smile hut suddenly Il assu-
med Steiner cast, as win increased energy of
manner, and voice, he inquired: but how coa!d
a hrglnlaH. who sees 10 every thing around him.
the "reminiscences Of his youth, he All Abo!iGonist?
How could Flrg.n!an born and bred en- the
lower James River, and in Z house noted for some
Iic!31-i$[Jtc iit-id hts III our ICFOtupaaTY Slfug
gle, be an AboIiuonlst? How could 4 Eirgnan,
whose sire received many distinguished tokens Of
and esteem al the hands Of this yrtu-
nus old Common ealth, be an Aboition!st? How
could a bIrr!nIan be so irrcyercnt TO the sacred
ashes Of his honored ancestors, to be an Aba-
!Itionst? Could such a EIrginian be called an
AbotIonist by another Elrglnian, and that ether
a true hearted Virginian, and sound to the co1a p?
lac thing was impossible. The bosom could no.
be free from faint that haFbored such = suspicion.
lie said he had not given pledges and promises
before the election, because such precedent was
calculated to produce mischief. and TO confer the
Presidency upon men Of promises instead Of men
Of performances But NOW that he was no more
Z candidate for the sulirages CT the poogle, and
coa.d not be effected by their votes, he had no
hesitation in declaring, what had ever been his
feelings; his stoadlasl devoton to the rights and
interests of his native State. In this c0nHeAion,
,j 49,, - ~ toG generous ,,.!,
port which he had received from his adopted State,
Ohio, the young giant, Indiana, and noble Ken
lucky, which had honorcd him Win citizenship,
although he had never lived w.tin her bagi rs.
Bat all this did not etflcc from las mind hat was
Tue to his generated mother.
lie alluded 10 the report @. Ir. Changer being
IN Aboltionist lie said ne had never been 50
ogI.sh as TO as. him whether lie was an a1a,itic-
$! or not-hno~iu-, as he did, his puaa life ana
history. Mr.. Granger had come II l.aa the
lay before he left Washington, and tod nlm that
10 article in Richmond paper, which admitted
he possibility Of his being an Atoiaaoa!st, had
ust fallen under his eye. lie i1Ir. g. desired him
Gen. II. } when he got to Richmond 10 say to the
Editors If that paper, that he was net only no
Aba.jionis, but he should cxpec. Gen II. to
5,:ci h!aa from office shoa!d he oyel become one.
When the General concluded; he was urged to
'gon on-b0t he begged TO be eXcred, believing
&c could better promote the wishes o5 his friends
5y 'goiug on, this day two weeks, wgh the pria-
.iples he had ayowed.
The address throughout commanded profound
silence and has elected commentators, bota for
is substance and taste, from all who heard it.