Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1841-04-24
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DEMISE OF PRESIDENT HARRISON:

EMISE OF PRESIDEN HARRISON:
ACCESSION OF VICE PRESlDtNTTYLER
We despatched an eNuRby yesterday mornings
mld., aun. uucug the death OF the President, and
We copy below the official notice, OF the event
from the National lntehgencer OF this morning.
L III m add nothing, save general impress
,lJu o.. l1 The uuglu ct The disorder Which ttImm
u'. d .o nmdIy "a dissolution The correspond
rut - tine journal Of Commerce alluded to It, 10
he h,,t momeal oI the attack;
&" The President is uowsL Many nave Irt
dcttd that there would be fatal reacuon N b.
system after the late eXclemenls and change of
habit, that he has Undergone
President Harrison had recently been involved
IN continual Whl Of agitation. HIS paltlcpa.
lion In the various trumphol proc, sslous, icles
balls ect VITA which he vas every whee greet
ed, and which were continued unit closed by
those which followed the nauguralloU--lbe eager
and constant press made upon him SINCE, by The
/ nuuudc who have pursued HIM for Office, and
the excitement growing uut Of the arbI ranenl OF
descendant cans--Was moe than one truly re
presented by his physicians as suffering under
age aud debility, could long bear The bodily
labor lie endured, apart from the weight upon hi
mind, was more than he had strength TO support.
For time, sustained by the eSblctauon o. The
aninaDog events he passed through, bls con,utu
ton bore up beyond expectation. Bnlrestless
ness, anxiety, aud fever followed, aud az It seem,
from tue report ol his physlclaUs, lnilmaJlon aud
arrangement was found to have affected all h
vital organs.
From casual information which We have baC
from time To ume, II seems that too little c0nsld
GRAFTON was lcIl by his political friends Tor hl.
condition. We understand that before be couI,
reach the breakfast table ~ the morning, he wa
frequently wayaid N the hall, aud prosecuted lo
oiiiee--lhat his rooms were generally througec
by the time he rose from tbIr, aud that on oom'
occasions, when under the necessity OF holding
communication with his Secretaries, he was obi
god to make his escape the back way,
II i Just to General Harrison TO say, that, not
Nithslaudng Ch press upon hm by mcn VIII
claimed to have gwen him power he resisted tb
ruthless prescription which ha, been carried o
IA bis name. SeyeuI we know he saved who ba
been marked Tor sacrifice. 0Ihero were remos
ed 10 whom he had gIyeE assurances they shtuI,
be spared, and sho were afterwards informed b,
hun thai be Did not know they were dismissed. &C.
And can soy hold h,m spnn,bIc for the lonl
ll.t OF worthy men and excellent officers VIII
were struck from the roll during the week i
which he himself lay upon the bed Of DEATH Du
upp that week muny clerks were dismissed iron
tbe Departments, aud expressly told that II wa
exclusively on pouca, grounds. Among tber
va. Nt Gouge OF the Treasury, the eminent au
thor oi ;ar work nn banking, who Vas recommer
ded % hl- station by his EXTENSIVE ItiounatIo
aud hJ.h character as a man, not As a partisan
for h. never was one, 1nl- hecat0mb Of victim
who were stuck down during General Harrison
illness, many OF whose families arc now turne
f out ~ SOFT oil o. phanage nn the world, must hay
bren made 10 splul ui hea0eu llmes, "hsn sac
alice. o unfortunate prisoners by custom allenC
.l H. aI 81 an ustIou. chief A decent u
gua No. appearances, ought to have suspende
afs distressing process OF removals While ID
Catl Magistrate, who alone could authorize d
vas TOO NJ 10 attend to auy Of his d1ues. tn
successor Of President HARRISON, man IN lh
Iliflt 81 lEltY anu 1hh"'C " i''hili W." Wv W"
da4a o' thnas ff himself. one who must feel lh
responsibility OF bls place. and Who may enter
rn d.-rp 90 MAINTAIN The position acquired b
accident, through the appreciation Of the people
will probably set some bounds to the Pfoscnpuo
when we understand was intended to be carrie
on until every Democrat was swept from ONCE
: One Of he Secretaries has distinctly avo"ed ina
the Democrats should al be removed Decdus
y they would nave no spies IN The Departments -
viii President Tyler sanction the doc'rns TIA
secrecy IS to be the law Of the Governments an
= that 30 man is to remain IN employment "no can
, ao, he rehed on to conceal The abuses which b.
n ''p ''o'' ,lilug 10 expose
As II regards the general polly Of the Gov
y, eminent, the new presiding officer CONES IN un
" der fortunate circumstances Tor his fame, i be la
courage and Independence equal to the occasion
lie Vas Nominated not rs concutung IN punclpl
y wuh the Nouhrn parry, nho controlled IN the Sc
lection II the Presidential candidate OF the wings
but to conciIae the South, taking lpr Wee Pres
, ldent one representing ITS principles. Mr.. lyle
! was known 10 be opposed to a National Bank, a
! both uncon.luuuonal aud lnexpedenL He va
! known 10 be opposed to National Debt--to
= Protective Tariff National Internal improve
ments--,n word, that be was Southern maj
with Southern principles Of the V"-,nia school