The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1841-04-15

/ Deg 10 assure you tuat Yn1 have Dune
asi,bsr The one nor The ulher. My lear.
however. is that have besn gully Of !
similar s.frnre tow srds ynu BY my speech
81 Wsshinelnn; for sIllsough hsd remsin-
ed 81 home during The Whole year up 70
. late day in September, within short
distance Of ynnr own fesidenee; and Of
though, IRON your admnied intelligence.
you must have weighed ihs ..possible"
contingency Of my sneeessioH "a The Pee
sidfncy. Tor he reasons which VOC assign.
esslier than The day on which yoar letter
bears dsle.-yei you have nal deemed 4
Necessary 10 question me 90 any point
~hsieser. Be thai ss il may. dsabt
not that il will be . souice Of inhni.e
ersiI6eslion 10 you N be informed. and
give you The Information on knowlr,lge
oblsind By myself during nv rtcen, visit
90 Ohio. thai General Harrison. sho 10
nov in his 66lh year. enjoys robust
and vigorous constiiuiion-Ihat he has
visited The mosi Of The slaie in which he
resides during the lasi three months. ira
yelling by night and by day. delivering
speeches 10 large assemblagss Of b. l.l-
low cil,zens-ihsl his hssl,h - perltci.
and thai the prospecl OF > c0nlnusnce
Of his life for Tour years 20 come. is as
great az that which spper.alns 10 mr. or
yourselves. shall also be permitted 20
assure you. that you sre mistaken IN sup
posing lha, his political views are relue
family given. or are confined % 20 his re.
lalions or psrizsns. On the contrary,
MANY come 20 hear his addresses with
opinions unfsvorsble 10 him, and go away
his warm and decided supporters. He
eandidly and frankly gives u,,ersnce 10
his opinions; and in proof Of this take
leave 90 refer you. with some emphasis.
10 his speeches AZ Columbus, Fort Meigs,
Carthage and Daylon--You will find
them IN any Wing newspaper. although
do moi remember 10 have seen them in
any Administration print
Before | proceed 10 answer your in-
lquiry, shall be psrdaned for saving
that am 50 Gar nninfnrmed ~ lhr name
of The gentleman whom The Admnls-
waIion party IN Virginia and he South
propose 10 sustain Tor The Vice .Prssi.
dency 10 opposition 10 myself-and Zoe
suggesting 10 you that in order To de-
eide upon my claims 90 thai distraction,
which | readily admit are OF no great
weight, whe,her u Mould no. have been
nysi-tssshhSa shhtte1i5bpnspanufsc10
him the same questions which you base
10 me--By . comparison ofopinlons be-
tween Us, wauld you moi have been bet
ter prepared to decide how to casl your
suffrsges on 2nd Of November next
And | submit u 10 you 10 all fairness.
whether when my opponents are running
blank ticket sgains, me without say de
siensted rival. u is altogether proper B,
!. put me in the witness stand aud Subject
). me 10 rigid cross examlns,ionl
This can only BE-. justified upon the
ground that you are firmly Of the op,n.
ION ihs, Mr.. Van Buren, cannot die. II
Though in his ed year. for four years
e 10 come. and lhs, General HARRISON must
: inevitably DO so. Ifthere wa. an indem-
ni,y from death 10 all who had not obtain
ed their 9Th year, while decree had been
pronounced by The Creslor tina, all who
: had attained THAT age should die before
the lapse of four years. could welllma
CINE that your desire "lo preserve our IL
berry and happiness" might lead you 10
: prnpound heterogeneous 10 me. aud TO
$ lake no concern as 10 the opImons and
/. views &c The person wbo vas destined at
some time or otber lo be placed on me
ucke, wnh Mr.. Van Buren,. BIZ, no
: such decree has gone lor,h-and The tact
. that ei,Izen has attained his 9Th year,
now exciies apprehensions with you
which were never displayed before. In
1892 Gen. jackson, then in his 6sih
year was re elected 10 The Presidency
without any Of the gloomy forebodIngs Of
his demise which are now said 10 exist
as 10 General Hsrrison--and am yet TO
learn that he was either more robusl or
active than General Harrison now 10.
Hoping to be psrdoned for the freedom
OF my Suggestions. which The style and
manner Of your letter have gwen rise 10.
will now proceed with as much breciy
as | can TO answer your numerous inqur
rIes.
. l. To your first inquiry | answer that
|, it is not only the right but the duty OF he
. people. or any pcr,,on oil them. 10 make
themselves acquainted With the opinions
and sentiments Of those who either re-
presen, them, or are candidates for their
, SURFACES, as 10 the character Of The
:. gorsnmeni, the po,csrs il may coasii
iationaiiy erert. and The measures and
policy il ought TO pursue" Bu. mus.
with equal csndor declare TO you, thai u
!. any portion Of the people. from no real
purpose Of obtaining iformation. bu,
e sc,naled 6y The sole desire Of making
political capital for his adversary. they
= themselves resolved TO Uote against him
!, no matter phat responses he may gire,)
I shall PROFOUND questions TO candidate