Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1841-04-20
J. SLOANE,
Secretary Of State.

From the Globe.
DEMISE OF PRESIDENT HARRI-
PSON-ACCESSION OF VICE PRES
IDENT TYLER.
We despatched an extra by yesterday
mornings mails, announcing the death
of the PRESIDENT, and we copy below
the official notices ofthe event frsm the
National Intelligencer ofthis morning
To them we add nothing, save general
impression as to the origin of the disorder
which terminated so rapidly in dissolution.
The correspondent of the Journal Of
Commerce alluded to it, in the first mo.
ment of the attack:
"TEe President Is GnUeH. Many
hGpe predicted that there wOUld be a "a
tai reaction in his system after the late er.
citemcntj and change Of habits that he has
Undergone"
President HARRISON had recently been
involved in continual whirl of agitation.
HIS participation in the various trumphsl
professions, fetes, balls, etc, with which
he was every where greeted, aud which
we're continued until closed by those
Which followed the nauguration-the
large and constant press made upon him
since by the multitude who have pursued
him for Office, and the excitement grow.
ing out of the arbihament Of discordant
claims was more than one, truly repre-.
sented by his physicians as suffering I'M
der age and debility, could longer bear.-
The bodily labor he endured, apart from
The weight upon his mind, was more than
he had strength to support. Fora time
sustained by the exhlaratiOn Of the ami.
mating events he passed through, his con-
stilutiOn bore up beyond expectation.-
But resllessness, anxiety, and fever fol-
lowed, and as il seems, from the report
Of his physician, inflammation and derange.
ment was found to have effected all his
vital organs.
From casual information which we have
had from time TO time, it seems that too
little consideration was felt by his pOliti-
cal friends fOr his condition. We under.
stand that before he could reach the break.
fast table inthe morning, he was frequent
ly waylaid In the hall, and prosecuted for
office--that his rooms were generally
thrORged by the time he rose from tho ia.
Bile, and that on some occasions, when
under the necessity Of holding commu-
nication with his Secretaries, he was
obliged to make bis escape the back
waV
1t is just to Gen. Harrison to say, that
Notwithstanding this press upon him by
men who claimed 10 have given him
power, he resisted the ruthless prOscrip-
ton which has been. carried on in his
name. Several we know he saved who
had been marked for sacrifice. Others
were removed to whom he had given
assurance they should be spared, and who
were afterwards informed by him that he
did not know they were dismissed. And
can any hold him responsbleIfor Inc long
Ilsr0f worohy men anl l'excellant officers
who we're struck from the qIduf ing the
week in which he himseifiay upon lhs
bed o deatbs OuInaaui#t week MANY
clerks were dismissed irom ths Dnbartg
meats. and Expressly saldigllae 1t avbs .ax /
clasiv-Iy On p5iitIGail grounds. A saona
them WIS Mf tiautsnfIas l'reasary,ttny'
eminent auhoruf. the work On banking;
| who was recommended To his station hy
h e ex eas4e iaFarnaton and high cmr-
acter as a man, GOT asai partisan far he
usverlva as one THIS aietaomb of victims
Win were struck down during GeasFIarl
| Fison's iilaess, mHg Off whose fanilies
are now turned Guiana SOFT Of OTphanage
on the world, must have been made in
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