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oicpIlcf idu SCdiSc0
~ oeen made known, when another and
similar attempt was made upon her life.
Verify, little Vic must wear a charmed
life, or the attempts to assassinate her
must have been by unpractised hands.
In the Senate, on the 2lst ult., Mr..
calhoun introduced a petition from Mid
dlesex county, Va, in favor of free
trade, and against a tariff. Appended to
the petition was the following letter of
Gen. Harrison.
GAINESVILLE. Nov. 9, 1912.
~"GenHemen: | had the honor, this mo-
inent, TO receive your communication Of
yesterday. regret that my remarks of
yesterday were misunderstood in rela-
ton TO the tariff system. What | meant
TO convey was, that | had been a warm
advocate CT that system upon its first
adoption; that | still believed in the
benefits it had conferred upon the coun-
try; but | certainly never had, nor ever
would have, any idea of reviving it.
What said was, that | would not agree
to the repeal as it now stands. In other
words, am for supporting the compro-
mise act, and nsrcr wiN agree 10 ITS being
altered or repealed.
'ln relation 10 the internal improve
ment system, | refer you for my sen,i-
ments TO my letter TO the Hon. Sherrod
Williams. WM. II. HARRISON.
From this it would seem, that The
death Of Gen. Harrison has i~ntcrpOsed
no impeachment TO his supporters, so far
at least, as the tariff question and adhc-
renee to the compromise act are concern
ed, that would not exist were he living.
We have not been SO egregicusly inpos-
ed upon by Mr.. Tyler after all, as many
Of the Wing party are too willing to be-
iieve-or, if we have, it is our own flult,
and it is too late now to regret our al
tachmcnt 10 the man and repine IT the
consequences of our utter disregard for
his principles.
RESUMPTION IL EIRGINIA.-Wc learn
from the Richmond papers of last We'd
nesday, that the Virginia Banks, at their
convention on Tuesday, unanimously
agreed TO resume specie payments on the
18th Of September next. The Rick
mond Compiler says:
"All the banks in the state were rep
resented, except the Norfolk Branch Of.
the Virginia Bank, and the Exchange
Bank at Norfolk (the mother institution
is now redecmins its very limited ciycu-
lation in specie
The PHILADELPHIA Inquirer says, that
letters from Washington complain of the
conduct of EIr. Prcblc, one of the Maine
Commissioners, who is said 10 throw diff
t%icu!tias in the way of a satisfactory ne
gotiation with Great Britain.
1t is added that he defeated an AMIGA
bic arrangement some years ago.
CorTos.-Mr. Smith, of Virginia, af-
irmcd in the House of Representatives a
day or two ago. that the cotton produc-
tons in [. States amounted to 1000, 600
bales, while $4,000 would supply all
the manufactures of this country.
.NeSSrS. Editors: 1t is understood that |
am the individual alluded TO in an cdito-
rial of the last weeks Radical, as a 'high
tariff advocate" though l protest that
such sentiments as are there ascribcd 10
| never entertained, nor consciously
uttered. And as it was my misfortune
to be so entirely Inexperienced, thrust
o will do me the favor and the justice,
to allow me to explain myself more full
ly, through the same medium which has
introduced a notice Of the conversation
to the public.
The original remark to which you al
lude, was substantially, if not literally,
this-"The tariff and national bank poll
CIV, have reduced thousands upon thou
sands orthe laboring classes of England
to starvation in the stcets."
This cavil, (fer it cannot be dignilied
with the name of argument,) has been so
often repeated by the small fry of party
Editors and politicians, who have yet to
learn the rudiments Of Political EcOno-