Lexington union. (Lexington, Miss.) 1838-18??, 1842-10-08

HhIIlSon ndu llVeu, tie same quarrel
would have arisen! I called 10 see Gen. II
Harrison, after his Inauguration, just as !
was about returning home, TO enter upon
a canvass for a reelection, and found him
surrounded by wings, who were urging
the necessity OF making general sweep
OF Democrats from office. But what was |
his reply? so help me God, gentlemen,
sooner than do an act of such injustice, |
would resign Iny a.hSe! remained with |
him after they mad taken their departure.
He continued walking the room, for some
time, IN state o! great excitemen. prof.
tit said he, 'lhe Federal portion Of the
party are trying to take the reigns of Coz
vernment, and It they do, they will drive
us all to perdition'"! So ii appears that
General Harrison regarded himself as
genuine Republican, as his friends had
denominaled him; and that he was deter
mined to oppose himself to TIE Federaliss.
Had he lived, doubtless he would have ve
toed every thing that Tyler has. Now
for another witness: Gen. VIM Murphy
Of Chillicothe, Ohio, at meeting held at
Columbus, Ohio, few weeks ago, said:
He was delegate TO the Harrisburg Con-
ventiou, which nominated Ger. Harrison,
and that the Convention was composed of
three parties. Frs, the Clay men, who
went strongly for a United States Bank.
Secondly The Scott men. Thirdly, The
friends of General Harrison; and half Of
The latter were opposed IL any institution
OF the kind
! We, (meaning the Harrisburg Conven-
ton, y argued in this manner' We must Ell.
thet make an address, or we must not. Ii
we publish an address, We must 90 for d
Bank, or we must go against it. II we
take gcound for Bank, we would be bea.
ten; and il we went against it, the Demo.
Gratis would hnd we were insincere, and
| the Bank men might be made Iukewarm;
therefore we thought it best TO make no
disclosure for the public eye, and 10 remain
silent as to our principles. John Tyler,
genIlemen, is carrying out the principles
OF that Convention and of Gen. Harrison 81
These are the words of truth and sober
ness, from the mouth of one OF the Wings
own witness-a delegate 10 The great Har-
risburg Convention. To the same purport
has recently spoken, at CINCINNATI, Mr..
Cory, talented gentlemen, well acquain.
ted with all the secrets of Harrisonism, at
head quarters, in 1910; high priest ia
The Wing church, and deeply read in all
the mystic lore thereof. Ia support of the
position with which we commenced, we
could multiply testimony, until it filled
our columns, TO the exclusion Of all other
matter. 1t would be an easy task to
knock The dust and cob-webs of of some
of the thousand Wing speeches and adj
dresses, with which the press teemed in
1910, aud TO show that they speak but one
voice, as the voice OF the party, opposition
to the Sub.Treasury; opposition to the
Office holders, and the lubido nopdrum re-
rum, thirst for change. But ia mercy
to our Wing friends we forbear; remind
ing them Of how they cheated themselves,
in attempting to cheat the people, only
makes them angry. Could they calmly
consider The subject, Instead Of heaping
odIum on the Jefiersonian President, they
would acknowledge the great error they
committed, in running men for The first
offices, not for their principles, but TO Sc
cure SUCCESS. Instead of abusing Tyler,
they ought to abuse their unpnncpled
leaders, who imposed on them anti.bank,
) antl.larlf men, aud told them it was oil
, righl-cheated them into the support OF
men, whose measures were bound 10 be,
from their principles, the reverse of what
large majority OF their followers ardently
supported them for. The leaders should
ask pardon Of God and the country-pay
the forfeit of their fraud, without grumb>
ling, and hide their heads in the shades Of
private lie. What course does it become
Mr.. Tyler TO pursuee We have denied
that the Wing party have any right to
charge Mr.. Tyler with treachery--but it
does not follow that Mr.. Tyler may not be
, or may not become treacherous. There
was one principle one active principle,
which his whole party avowed; principle
known 10 him; principle that has moths
: 10y TO 90 with Banks, tariffs, bankruptcy,
distribution, internal improvements, ve'oes
or state rights, yet a principle; VIZ mean
,, the principle that no President should
, serve but one term. Had we the ear Of
Mr.. Tyler, we would say 10 him, IN the
, language Of CARDINAL WOolsey:
"aing away ambilionI
By that sin fell the Angels, how can man, then,
The image Of his maker, hope to win by't!"
You have already done yourself immortal
honor, provided your motives were pure.