Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-04-23

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said as was reported the papers at the time, and ne
yer denied
The way public officer; although ne may "pp"s,
me, he does 50 honestly ana s n r e Az
ference Of opinion, WOULD SvpfEK MY RIGHT AKIN ~
Our next MONT il. that General Harrison brouch
the feeling here evinced with him to Washington 10
prove it, quote the authoritative language oil Col
Preston his intimate friend, made in the Senate alter
the Presidents arrival
the infamous maxim that the vlctors belong the spo' t
>pos spo The spells Of our common country Ih'
quscd Country. Gud forbid. should as soon think OF maxim.
spoil Of The possessions Of my own family Too long hav'
principle acted upon all over The country; we COME
into power epudane from the very bottom Of our hearts
Dd moi the distinguished person who advanced tht
Of GuvcrnEcmt expressly take ground against sneh
sentiment bill he introduced into Congress- ID" mol s zen
40, Sir, ths epro'pton IS iy Be
stand that grounds and so help me God, Will 50 lar as a
The third pon, is, that, after his induction into office
and after the prescription began, General HARRISON eA
pressed his utter repugnance to The work. Here We
regret that we obliged to use names IN vndcaon OF
our own verocity but we use them only in connection
with facts haynr already general publicity No breach
f intercourse be imputed to u.s. for they
had been communicated 10 others without reserve be
fore to exonerae President Harrison IRON the imputa
ton for which them to v'hocale MS character
They had become matter OF common conversation
Those however with whom the knowledge and stale
ment Of he facts referred by u.s. originated II IS just
to saw gave them political applicaton and TWO OF
them had neither seen communicated with US on the
subject.
The snecEc fact on which we founded the assertion,
h, capor,l Harrison expressed his adherence of the
nroscrinon visited upon the subordinates in The De.
nor,ments grew out of an occurrence TO wnich The
Rev. Mr. Thornton, "a clergyman OF em'nense OF thus
city, and another highly respectable clergyman MI
| r lind were witnesses. We understand that those
r.n,Iamen went with letter from Judge Mclean in
! fvor of the latter prevent his removal from ms
cbaplaincy They found the General in the circum-
stances me ntioned by correspondent, whose commu-
nco,ion we gave days ago in the Globe, and then
it was that lie said to these excellent men-n the Ian
quaoe which the individual TO whom the facts were
communicated reduced them TO writing
"enreIncn been almost run down cannot stand II
tbs turning Of rOrhy men nerer rA consent TO- Only ss
now brauu young looking woman called on me, and said,
MY husband turned ou OF employment ana we are acnai
here in this expensive city having nothing To cat Ny dear
S continued the President at almost k's can hardly
stand The unworthy will not 60 out and the worthy shall moi
Should MIR. Webster be inclined 10 test the vcraci-
" of this statement, let him call before his Commits
sion of Inquiry the pure pous, and venerable men
whose names we have given We have not comnu-
nca,ed with them the subject, and they doubtless
had no expectation that the statement would find its
way into the public prints, but we do not hesitate to
say these patterns OF integrity and truth will make
rood every SYLLABLE here written down. Gen flarrI-
son did say 10 them, ~ cannot stand IL. Tins turning
OUf u
10 the dstrcsses of the brokenhearted wife, and adj
ded an almost Kills nne'-and Mr.. Webster may have
solemn record made of it, If he wishes, in the archives
of The commission now sitting in the Star Chamber OF
the Treasury on the sayings and dongs Of the unhappy
workmen now drawn up before it TO undergo the law
as laid down in his circular. Nay will point
out 10 him several other persons, TO whom Gen. llar-
rson EXPRESSED similar feelings OF disgust in regard 10
the distressing process which of his cabinet
pushed forward, without his knowledge in many
and directly against his promises IN Others which We
have speciied in former article and which that oil
the National Integencer does not deny. For the pre-
sent however we point Mr. Webster and his proscrib
ing colleagues the testimony of the reverend gentle
men whom we have named.
The fourth controyeried point for which We will state
our authority is the late Presidents expressions Of
guish when his mind was wandering in the del'rlum o
fever and broken slumbcr, to the subject which hat
pressed upon it just before he was borne down BY
the affection which preyed upon HIM. The words
which we have quoted, and which evidently show tina
his mind reverted 10 the distressed wives who cuns
about him and mplored the restoration of their hus
bands TO the employments on which the livelihood o
their families depended were mentioned by MISS Clars
in the presence Of several most respectable persons
/ Miss Clark is herself most respectable lady. Gen
Harrison, have heard, had been nurscd scvera
years ago in her family, through most dangerous
sickness and he expressed the deepest gratitude
towards her having saved his life by her kndncs
and attention On the late affecting occasion, we IN
dersand this lady rendered her services, and soothe'
his last DAYS with watchfu attentions which seemed
10 be most gratefully received, from former assoca
ton in similar distressing circumstances. II was dur
nr this ladys vigs by his side that the touching e1
pressons fell from his lips, which showed that his nn'
dwelt upon the unhappy women who had mploret
him to restore the means of living TO their outcas
families. The through which we have thu
statement of Miss Cnrks report of General larri
SON expressions of kind and generous feelngs-n h'
hours oappoaching dissolution and without conscious
ness of any thing but affecting membranes, brough
up probably by the presence Of the sad female hgur
before his eyes-wl be made known to Mr.. Webste
if he desires it, In the mean time, he has name
of an individual TO whom we desire lie may apply
10 ascertain if our Intormants have mistaken Ill
reported expressions of General Harrison For VI
il is enough that they derived from persons OF
whose yeracty we have, and all who know them have
unbounded confidence. The stern expressions utter
ed by Gen Harrison in broken sentences, "Hts 'er0ns
y 1c0n't consent, &c. &c, occurred when Col Gro
CHAN watched beside him. The Colonel mentioned
them to US without the slightest reference to any po
tcal bearing they might have and only as particulars
10 show the absence of his mind from his sick bed ant
its recurrence the business in which he had been en-
gagged. We quoted his last expressions from the re
port Of his physicians, to show that II might nave
relation 10 the subjects on which ms mn
in It's Eighty moments invariably settled. And VI
again ask, what is more probable than that, whei
he MIR. Daniel Webster, and those standn!
about who had urged the odous work OF prescription
upon him. he should repel it upon the ground on whIci
the Premier himself had again and again, and 10
years, denounced ii: 1t is impossible that Genera
Harrison, in health, could have forgotten MIR. Web
sters solemnly announced opposition TO removals iron
Office constitutional grounds; and how naturally DIT
this grave objection press itself upon his mind wher
preyed upon by the engrossing subject And how ma
; tnray would it extot from his almost palsied tongue
the expos!ulating expression: Sr, tcish you to nm
derstaad Tie rue principles ofthe Constitution. acts
them carried out. Iask nothing more
4 We have something TO say in reply TO the Cab
net denial; but want of time compes US, postpone
until our next.
GOOD OLD MAyIM REVERSED.
i The golden rule handed down in the Latin elias
sizes, "De mortnis Mill nsi Lonum," is 10 be abolished
in this age Of victorious paper and pipe laying. Thu
doctrine is. that you 'saot speak ,csil Of III
dead." 1t is looked upon atrocious act on on
part "to attempt TO ertot General Harrison" by thu
!, National lnelligencer, and now understand tina
the Rev. Mr. Thornton is blamed for having mentioned
an occurrence which every generous and sensitive
mind must feel does the highest honor the humanity
Of the deceased President. That MIR. Thornton shoult
h. ba