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1 i til m ."' " . . 5 -U '"' I? i Vol. - :; - . - , , t Frwa lb Itetwuel Itclig IT lae great p'easare ia presenting It'Mt reader lb following letter from iht II. Joseph m William, a respect c4 Kefeeeniaiiv is Congress from the uwf Tennessee, ohieli explode th (mmjhii f on of th eontewipuble el fjrn in disparage tht Re publican caadi it fjt the Pteideney: TO THE EDITORS. Mers. UAe Si Seatoe: please, pub i.k m ike UlUtrrr the utjoined ex it fit Uuer from Gen. IIrriion, fen der de of she 58ih ultimo, li is in ao rr m arotuaiuniraiion which 1 addrese- eJ m him, relative lit tbsii ignominious ea'-jecti'Ms mi th (Wiuntii Committee which haa beta so fiea ascribed to (tin. Ut re,! the imputation .that hi 4 (Hi Um kctjig er Jt (Ut" of eomiiie. Tht publication of the annexed portion sf hit W i r ia Cat 10 Gen. Ilarriaon. li ill b apprriitrj bj ibteamittl and ilia j.ut if all pt'ii't. Tn f ie il athulici iv, i a aiitrici'Dt qtmive fur connccUiif mj Bt iH i publication. '(uia. I'apeifuUr. JOSEPH I W!LU.l!S. VuVa'i. Jac 1810 EtittitftM Gtn. llarritoiCt Letter, Alt i!ii f nne lion which I tvrr had will i'i ('orfeipni-lin Commiure aI lha Whi( of llaniilioa roomy (thai tm h 1 auppAae haa bfen allinlJ to,) i. (at reqirMe! alt rftiniiiiuet. lliroufh i t riiairma i M j r O jnne, 19 jire the iif.iffiuuon nutii ftr, in atn cf iht iiBcraut I'fera I received, in rela iKin m mv puluiral opiniona. and r ita i 1 my paat life. Tim waa tn be June bf arntlin la vrilfra of ihflfe Iriiera the ilncu.ufDii rliich contained the infirma Imiii i!iry i.iugSi. He was. 1a, author tif (I, in ratet l-erc furlher opiniona were akel ir, to etate my determination to (it ni oihff tlil(ea of what 1 would or wouU noi d i, if I almuld be tlrcled 10 the Preiiirn-y. The renona wlneh had in Uul me in adopt thia dele rmiaatinn are conuiiird in a letter written ti a com miiteeiaN York, and which will, I pre lime, betoan publithrd. With neither of ifie other mrmbera of theeoanaiitee did 1 eer etchao e one word. or. bv letter. i'turrveece any o;(eatione at In the manner ia which the Uek in which I had Mined ti the commiure waa to be per formed. Indeed, I did not know, on . lil try rtceaily. who were the membcre W thet tmmmrr.t- ..i 1 M Am.Ki 4 thrir being my pulitieal and peronal iiindi audi I found then to be. At it haa been auerted that I em ployed thia comiuinee to write political opiniona fur me, becauae I waa unable to write them myeelf, it may be proper to tay. that I waa neter in the habit of do inf U.i; and that in a'l the AdJreaet. letter, Speechet, General Order, Lc, which hae been publiahed undrr my flame and with my aanciiun, there ia nm a line that waa written or tugjeated by any ntlier indiiiJual. I do notrlaini for thate produciiona any merit; nnr would I consider myaeif blamebl had I reeeiv coniier myaeii o aiuctDie nau 1 receiv- ,J ii.. ..i,t .r. A(, r,i..i.i ti the occasional aasiatance of my friende : in thia wav; but I mention it,- to show how foully reckless are my political ene miva in the astenioua thej make in rela turn to me." From tli National .ite!!ignrrr. GEN. HARRISON AND HIS AD VERSARIES. Among the demonstrations of the Rich mnd Enquirer, blasted ol in the third number of i;a Views, it one w escaped our notice in ita preceding no ber, but which we are glad that the q'orer haa attracted our attention BVi . 1 1 ue auoatance 01 11 1. mat ienerai lar ns n waa appointed Minister to Colom bia by Mr. Adam. Uie Preaidcnt of the Uiiite l States, which aeema to be imput ed to the General at a deadly political sin. But, in hia appointment opnn thit mil aim to a aister Republic, can any thing be found 10 suatan the charge, insinuated by ilm Enquirer, tliat General Harrison i not calculated to support the princi plet of the Republican party?" If he wt not entitled to thit distinction by eery consider siion dial ahould govern a in I mug 1 reSIIICIII IU cir:"Uil I", oillt-r. ihea it must he admitted that experience furnishes no rule on which :h ihe appoint- ill power can safely rely, and that the hichjr irn. fto. olTi re. of .he country might at well bt - A fm d snhiited hr lottery. A rplendid mili-j " ; -.u lay ceer. rommencin? almost in hit! Gmtimm-I eend you herewith a boyhood, had carried hit own and hitjeopy ofa letter addretaed by co,.t,v'. ,m. far a her eagle flew.i Harrison, and hia reply to it. My letter Will, ;q, honor he had terved her in! fomwhei the whole explanation of tl.n th , walk, of peace. He had discharged ' use which induced me to writ . it-and ls.h r.w. tru-t. Ie,is!at..e. a.lmini.tr. - Hie reply conclusively Vnd'"levK JL in" use. and diplomatic, with aign.l abil.ty? bere.ofore Hken by the Whig, in I." was known a. ihe protecting gtniut rl to ihe opiniona of Gen. " "fan extended and exposed frontier: hb The Abolition humbug . at an end. and had r,,ei.ed h.gH tokent of confidence' the Enquirer and ihe "Secrelwy f Iht froo, Prea.de,.ts Washington, JelTcMon. Van Buren Uommme. can no longer -.l M,d.o. .a well as fromahe first rid upon that bubble. ! t"JJ er P...h,t Adns. and he had ahown that will now be teheed from the painful.d uty be .leser.ed then all. Hi country knew of charging Abolitionism upon Cellar a competent and faithful servant, n.on. wh.le the Editor waa " true in council and iro.ty in peril; a. jhe confessed, (ae I have been mott frieaj of.en tried, and never found credibly in.orti.ed.) ih,l he did not belters PNION. THE araatinj. If ,uej, , mn f W(J j, JfV"r fit u be Miaiater to Colombia, we ahould U tld to teara eou,J We eh.l!eBe the EnquWee to a company. f thia appoiatmeat with an dipUmatie V"1 ,b Jfk the Van Uureo Adiaiiraiioa. We will not aay ia) the Southern Republiea only, bet to Lorrpe, or any where elee, from the to rt hifhea t to the Iowetl of one Miaiatera abroad. Thonh Gen. Ilarriaon waa nt permitted by the tmhleaa a pirit of party 10 remain lone at Colombia, he remained Iflf enotif h 10 make a gWioue addition hia fame by hit celebrated letter to Bolitar a communieation called fwth by peeali.r cireamaiancea, and fracght with tentimenta aa wiee and noble aa ita coniniuan ia almirab7e. To tint recall of Gen. Ilarriaon from Colombia, eUoeion waa mado it 4 deliveredJo the Senato of the United otaiea, en the 4 b r March, 1830, by one of the truest patrioia and moat elo quent oratora ho ever traced that aa- nemlly, John M. t-Uyton, now Chief Juatice of Oelaaare: , Take another eae," aaid Mr. Clay, ton, and inform ua whr tUe (alhnt Ilar riaon. the hero f Fort .Meija. the tirtnr at Tippeeanoe and the Than.ee a vete ran in council at well at ia the field, dit Uneuiahed for hia virtue a in all the rela lion a t4 the citizen, the eolJier, and the euieenanhy, I ark. waa ho proscrib ed aa nnfii to repreaent hit country abroad, and withdrawn from Colombia 10 make room for Thomat P. Moore t He had ae.reely arrived at Uogoia the ink waa till freh on tht Executive record which in'ormed ihe Pitaident that it wat the ad vice of the Senate that he thotild repre tent tit Uicre, when the order for hit re moval waa announced. Thia could not have been done for any oflicial maron- due. . There had been no lime to inquire I t - a a a- a .5 into that. Wat bit fidelity distrusted 1 & .... T i then! Or how did the public good re quire hit dismissal! Think you it will tell wtll in the annuls of hiatory.'thal he who had ao often perilled life and limb, in the vigor of manhood, to accure the blessings of liberty to others, waa punish ed lor the exercise ol the elective fr.n chite in bit o!d age? Sir, ii wit an ad, dirguise it aa we may, which, by holding out the i'ea that ho had lost the eonfi dence of hit country, might tend to bring down hit gray haira with tor row la the grave. But the glory he acquired by tht campaign on tht Wabaah, and by thoae hard earned victorie for which be ra cerw.. , 1, ..Myu ef uient from the Legislature of Kentucky, and the full measure of a nation'a thanka in the retolaiinnt of Congrrat, can otter be eff-cei'; and any edorl to degrade their honored object will recoil on thoae who make it, until other men, in better dayt, thalt properly etiimate Ait worth. and a rain thttrhit derlininr tirart iniA vroof cf hit CQuntrv'a canfidinee anj gratitude." j 'lM '' "el roguea in office, and thriebr We have emphatized the last clause off mpported them, while they in turn aup thit tloquent extract, to work a prophecy, I VH JT their tupporl of htm (to of which, if any thing can preveul the 1 T noikmc of hit support of them.) his fulfilment in the moat eontpicuout man- . . , ' dl not be each n.eana of d.spa- . to by the organa of the Adminiatration.l Eery libel which it part or promise to pay lor, on the gallant old toMier. and true-hearted citizen, acemt only tn fix the people yet more firmly in iheir genemue resolre to cheer hit declining years" with the highest possible proof of hit country confidence end era' aw ' IIarrion' Letter Mr. Lyons. Tli fnllowintf enrrsnom!ence be- rttjoe 1 m4TmW. - - o - wil) roniluively.how how utterly with-, out foundation are the chargea brought up ngainst him of bring an Abolitionist, a Federalist, dee. In a few dayt hit let- ter to the Whig member of the New y,,, Legislature mill be published, and u m0fe jUlinc,iy defie the Gen- , , , . . : eral'a poe.t.on, and .how that he now,! what he alwayt hat been, a inenj 10 me South, and a sound Republican. tween Mr. Lyon., the Whig elector for """" " " " " ooe , . , 1 couragiAut Ilarriaon" "a Democratic lheR.chmo.id dittnct in irg.n.a, '( Generlwh.ch prompted him to de Gen. Haniaon, haa been published in(nuoce ,her very arbitrary General, the Richmond Whig. Thit, like all the aa "a Tyrant," and to deprecate hiaelrc other leltert of the General, it clear and " " curte." If ihe diatinguished explicit; and to erery unprejudiced miud Editor ha. not the tatisfaciion to know I " - ' that ho nr.. ri.ilil hi kilh nnminn h Urlll CONSTITUTION. AND-TBE LAWSTHE GUJRDIAN 5???Yt likf!l"M1"- , rt Hie i LditotwiiUad pleaaart ia rttraetiaf thia impiiiatioB ,po8 , aeaeraWe paUtol. of arhom be 'foemerly tho(ht well and epnke ao kindly, and will annoance to bit party that if thia charge ia to be rrpetd. they mutt find another to do the dity work.M Tbro will be some, perfaapa, at ho will tay, at they or oihtrt hate done, that if Gen. Ilarriaon be not an Aboltlioniet, bo it the candidate of the AbJuionitie that ia. that they will vote for him. Even thia ia not trnr; although I am aura that many ol Mr. Van Burea'e drammera and traiaera. and poatibly aome dote not eiiil diageaO end ma b ia of hie captame. feared it might be true, keeping with the tpirit .4 the timet? for and therelor have been moat anxioua lojauen thioga lue happened before. The draw from Gen. Ilarriaon a aew eiprea-Uood and the We at are alvaye moat re aion of l.ia opiniona, with ihe view there by to eerurc the volet of theaAboliliomtta for Mr. Van Burea. and aeeure hia elee- lum.- II by ammh k p.nigtna of Mr. Vao Unren can elect Mm. let them do ii; but the People of Virginia, at least, will, I hope, understand the trick by which, ondi-r tht pretence of oppoting the Abolitioni.tt. they are to be made fa act with them. Il thia be not the de tign of ihe Vao Duren managers, they win peeier to aee Mr. Van Uurcn beaten rather than elected by the aid of the Aboli ioniats because, by the ir argu- ment, if the Aboliuouisit tote for him. it will be evidence that he ia their candi date, and ai Abolitionist and hia South ern Irieuds, at least, mual drop him the moment it ia ascertained that he it an aookuodim, or cise trey wi;i, m toting for him, commit ihe terrible tin (ae I really think it) of voting for an Aboli - tionisi. Now, I pot it t the candid among the Southern friende of Mr. Van Buren, to tay, if there ia one of tnem who 1:1 ear, that being certain that Mr. Van Buren could be elected with the ai l of Ihe abolitionist, and must be defeated with out that aid, he would prefer defeat w'uh- ou ''t o eoccett with iu I hare, . a a a . in public discuaaion, at well aa in Con versation, put thia queauoa to many, and I have not yet found one ao uncandid at in tay that he would prefer the defeat Tht fiiendt ol Mr. Van Burea have loo much tcnte to avow or practice any auch folly first, becauie they go for the toe cess of the man they choose, without regarJ la the quality of the totei; and secondly, beeause they know thai if Mr. Van Buren be not in abolubnitt, fat 1 am aure he it not.) the tupporl or the Abottiionitia ia this country cannot make him one. If thia ware not to, then the candidate woujd take hie hue in every case frm the voters, and the President, urmk .Uetedbr Uit volet 01 AiMMtuooiaut and A mi-Abolitionist, would be both an Ablilt.t d. Aoli Ablni..iH m being voted for by knavee at well aa boneat men, he would bo both a knave and an linnet! man, which I believe ex ceedt the power of een the Little Magician.' Thit would be fatal doctrine J"'Mf - Van Buren, for at he certainly P'oe mm rogue, men s ..... i,. nn, -i,,!, 1 .....UmB hun 1 be ia not, while 1 condemn nun deet - r. no. j.-mii, th Koioea. nJ he Royaliata along wuh them. nPFs Uo, in taytng. that I oeiieva 11111 ina cuiior fi m cntuii.i (if not, the Secretary of the Committee.) ill find another aource of pleasure in the confiriDation now afforded to him of the judgment formerly pronounced by him upon Gen'l Harrison, when he declared not only that he wat a Democrat, but a Democratic General, at the head of a ictoriout trmy. He tpoko then aa he felt The eamt patriotic and Ke- nuTaVran tpirit moved him when he pro - x-v , .- . . - I ......r,,.. filld .... 1... a.ific.iion in the contiction that he waa right in one m of them; and therefore promptly retract the charge, made in a moment of forget fulness, (to which ! ib brightest old U ia turjeci.) that Gen'l Harrison ia a Federalist, -lie will not longer permit Gen. Harrison to be assailed in hit paper, . , . . . , beCJ,u,e he waa the peraon.l friend of joon Auamv, wi.0.0 name iini u.ru with our Revolution at one of in eailiett. ablest, and most fearleee advocatea. Those who" pig in the tame truckle bed" (to use a favorite phrase of the Editor) with Benton, Blair, Kendall and Duncan, cannot think it a reproach to be ihe peraonal Iriend ofa Revolutionary patriot, in whom Washington confided, and of whom Mr. Jefferson said to Mr. Madi ton, Mr. Adama and myself were cor dial friends from iht beginning of the re volution." " Hit deviation from the line of politico or which we had been united, haa not made me feat sensible of the rec titude of hia heart;" and 10 Mr. Gerry, "1 entirely commend your ditpotitiona lowardt Mr. Adams, knowing hit worth at intimately, and esteeming il aa much, at any one, and acknowledging the pre ferences of hit claims, if any I could hare iaily S OF 'TOVE 25, 1840. bad. to the hiib office Lferred onim." Let thoae who toprirt all the aboaet. wbberiea. and turPneBa. whir bare tbaraeteried ihe oreieat adsinittrauea eC the federal fnverac.cnt.wb denounce iu leading eseaaurea aa dineeroua 10 lib- en y, and yet toear to ik or awira with the man, tfenoence ihe patriot who achieved Uat rlberty witch thee eerrendar to the man. and proehim il a eio to t? ink well of him who waa tb friend of Wehirgtoa and JrlTeraun il wil, perbaii, net excite turpriae. (but w a . ... 1 miauae ue pet'e or Viwiaia it it tiled and The liitla fed nan with bis f aler be'l. til aaeer at bno a dr. AcbilcptttL Very resarcifuIlT, voors. . JAMES LYONS. RkfcanKt, April 1 1 lb. M0. Dear Sir -Thaaircumatancee which thia letter will esrmia. will eicoae me, I hope, fttr iatroJucig myself apon your attention. , . Among the noheroot charges which fcave beea pat inueirevtatioa againel vo by the pretlet aid pamxaaa of Me Van Buren. the two boat relied opoa and deemed most potest in tht South, are that yon are a Fferaliat and aa Aboli tioni.t. SailtfieJfroio Uie ei!ence be- .fore them and lb whole eouoirv, thai jtiieaecnargee arerqnally nnauatained by .Ira h. your friend! have met, denied, and lat they telitre, fefuted them. At the !rrorect of rouf flection inereaaet. how eu-r, and the hett of the patriot retivef with the bone of lie eueresa of one. from whom he expet? wise, economical, and Republican ldministrstion, the ma lignity of your efmiee seems to increase, and the epnilsmn become more recklesa and desperate injheir efiorif to retain Uie power by whicKhey make their spoil Of this, the conlusive evidence will be found in the Rihmnad Enquirer of ihe 1 cm iostani,ina production purporting to be an adJrs from the V.n Buren Central Ccumt'ee here. In that ad dress, it it rourily aliened that you are a Federalist antjta Abolitionist, and that your friends initio South tapporl you, knowing thai joa are to. Thit state ment is made rr with kn ledge of the view entrained by th Whig of Virginia, aa arrested in ihe addreae to the People of the Slate, publiahed by their Confain, which wat held in thit city In tl tnoh of February last, of jri lenJyo?Lrt T ,k rai of this day I ttlt - cmnt,- tmm, traa tmpo4 falsehoqd against you, aa it certainly I against th Whig t of Vitcinia, at wha it ia tspectally levelled; and if made by inanonyuiogs scribbler in s newapaperi sight b parsed by with contempt. D as the charge ia now put lor th in an intoting form, and .the sub ject of Abomifn i on 01 absorbing in teresi and psriubunt importance and a I could not, d I am tur th Whig of Virginia, and be South generally, would not rot far y Abolitionist living to S President of fcYUniied Slate, (scarcely sooner than key would for a Florida Indian:) and a" I have been placed before the People ojthis Stat for the office of Elector u pontile Whig ticket,' I have thought it ditto yow, to the Whig cause, and to myit'tko ask you to furmth. un der your osafland. your denial of th charge, in a iket to me, ohtch I may publish. , f; - I beg leavi I ttf. that the denial which I expect w ,' in my opinion, advance your came Kth all good and reflecting men througlthe land; but whether it will advance or ijure it. it it equally due to yourself anda ut. lhaiyou should furnish it, as I am itisfied thai you would be aa unwilling advance that cause by any fraud, a W ahonlJ be to be made the instruments apparently, or dupes of it. Be pleased therefore, to ssy to me, whe ther you elf entertain the entimem upon the object of Abolition expressed in your'epech at'Vincenne. in 1835; whether ye ever were a member 01 an Abolition $ciety in Virginia, and wha titer you t deaigoated th Richmond Society 4 ati AboWinn, Society 5 and what waajeuHfKtfHifal, conneciion, if any, with jeetJ rttlctal psrty. , -With gt Icijsect, I am, air, your friend, &c. ?. JAMES LYONS. ToGen. i. II. Harrison. ; Cincinnati, Ohio. Gen. :rri Narth jTton'n Kcply. Bend, 1st June, 1840 u I received your r , 1 wsa very tin Id in the head, Mmiiteni neural 1 commonly call. :H increased by ed for some time WfT ." When I red letterahad in ,7ia thai I have H through it, even lmy conscience -Jalihough I have etiing rid of a tyy dea. letter of weB !t! whi It te gia. or tx ed wbir' rjting ! to to'fi j redorcre" trirei i nol l et '. wiWi kerpii tdop J vj comuiiUiog OUR LIBERTY. them to the Came iaetead of the coat osiivee, each are the coasiant teterrep tioo to which I ana eahjeeted by a ronsiaal airtaaa ef visiter, that I aaa o bl so taak very-Iitd ptofres ia tea eaiiig say 1. Y have. io the above, my poUgy for treating yoa with appa real neglect, which it waa j impossible that I shotild do, a well front your b'fh tending ia society a from !e regard I feel for yoa in consequence ef the long and intimate friendship and connexion betoeeo our f.mihea. Bui for these reasona. candor induce aae to tay, that I could aettr have broaght myself to aasaer the political pari of your truer at all. 1 am ronrincrd that, upon r Section. ye will youraelf think it waa totally oktieeeaaary, for I cannot aun- pott that toy personal friend and roo nextoua ia my native attl could think I waa le.a of a gentleman oe an hoa est man than those ardent politician farther oih. C...!r. AKord. Is; Dawaon. King. A.e A;. , Thy uko it lor c ramrd that 1 eoulJ not u(Ter my Viiier one prech and othei to be quot- ed by my friend to show my opm ions on the etibjeel ol Abolitionism, if I did not hold loose opinions at thia lime ; they have therefore treated with acorn and contempt, the charge of my being aa Abolitionist, and truly aiterl that 1 hare done and autlered mmt to support Southern Right thin aay other person not th of Mason and Dixon' line. 1 has had, indeed, a great number of applica tion front indisidual (oin tenth, at least, my opponent,) requiring m to re iterate what 1 lis ai4 or written up on the auhj-ctof the United State Bank. Abolitionism, iie. I has declined to answer ihcra ol late at all; amnngat o Iher Masons, becauae it wtt phreicdly impossible that I ihould do it, and at they all require my opiniona ia roanu tcript, paitieulaily adJreased to the wri lets, they would not be talufied with my writing one letter and tending printed copy to each. 1 waa determined, however, to avail my telf of the first fav orable opportunity, and referring 10 the lestere and .peechee I bad made on Ihe suljecia I have mentioned, to endorse them all. Thit 1 have recently done in a Ititer to a committee appointed by the Whig membert of the Legislature of N. York, l ou ill probably tie 11 publith ed by the lime this reache you. In re lation to the discuaaion between Mr. Randolph and my telf in the Senate, of winch a aiatemeot it annexe J to ihe id dress, what belter evidence could be gir en, ibal there J no possibility of eati- ihail cooM write Than ihe garblsir ac count which they havtrgmoof thai dis cussion! 11 iu chsrg mad upon ml by Mr. Ksndolph i : authentie, taken from a newspaper report, torelr my an ser to him ahould be considered ao al so. It ia .worthy of rema.k loo, that Air. Ksndolph made no reply to my an awer to hit attack, and that he waa not a , man to leave a matter in that titualion if he could avoid 11. The truth it, that 1 believe be really regretted hi attack up on me. ue repeatedly told me to, and frequently tohcited me 10 burr the hatch el at a friendly dinner with bun, which 1 ! agreed to do. At the dinner were Mr. Lalhnun, Gen. Hayne and Gen. Hamil ion, and many otherv, all but myteif of ihe then Jackson party. Our friendly intercourse waa never afterwards inter rupted. In reply to yoar inquiry, as lo my connection with ihe old federal par ty, 1 will state to you the circumstance under which I received two appointment from Mr. John Adam. In the - year 1790. Gen. Wayne left the Army on a visit lo Philadelphia. I had been recent ly married and tendered to him my re signation a hit aid de-camp, but he de clmed receiving i; aaying he could er well dispense with my eemces in Ins journey. It was during this trip that be obtained the promiae of Gen. Washing Ion lo gie me a civil appointment, as I had expreased my determination to leare lite Army. This promise, the President repeated to my brother. Carter B. Ilar riaon, then in Congress, with some very kind remarka opnn my conduct in the Armv. . When (Jen. Washington left the frettdenej, I (its reason, to believe, that, he "obtained a promise from Mfj. Adiwn - tO fulfil. h" -4Minwrr-When the office of the Secretary of the North Western Territory became vacant, Mr. Adam appointed me. although I waa op posed by Col. Pickering, the Secretary of State. - t .4 ' ' In 1799,. I wat telerted by the He publican parly of the Territorial Legit lature 10 be their candidate for the ap pointment of delegate to Congress. Be tween Mr., Arthur St. Clair.-Jr., (the eon of Gov. St. Clair.) the Federal can didate, and myself, the totei were divid ed precisely ae the two partiet ttood in the Legislature, with the exception of one Republican who wat induced by hit regard for lha Governor to tote for hit on. .The rote wit 11 to 10, not one of the nine Federaliitt voting for rue. Be fore Lleft rinoinntli, the Republican metnbera mad a promts nut to auf ler my known oppotiuon to the mea sure of th Administration to interfere with the attainment, of the great object IVo. 1027. for Mea I wat eent. Uaa aay arriv. alio Philadelphia, :! waa received y . Mr. Adam in ihe moat Bstieiiag man.. aer. At bis dinner panic, wLere I waa often a guesi, he eemed t- take gttal ' ptea.ar to speaking 4 my lather e ser vice in the Revolutionary Congress, re latinf many anecdote to ahow hi dvo lioa ta Ihe Cause, and th effect whirk) hia pleaaaatriee produced ia cheering1 thera ia the gtoom, which the occaaioa- ally aopromtsiof elate of titeir affaire 01 lea produced. 1 bad ao coaversaiioa with Mr. Adams oa poluici. farther thaa to explain to him my viea ia rrlatioa lotho change ia the system of H'ng ihe pullio lands, which I wss glad la find h pprovd. A soon ae the law. wsa passed for the division of the Niwtfl Western Territory, 1 a a informed that' it was th ioieuiioa of Mr. Adam 10 nominal at to the Government of IndU ana. I hesitatrd not a moment lo de rlare that I would not accept it. although ' very much pressed to do to by several leaning tVUrU ..-.U 0f Congresa. I waa rot long in discovering the mo use of those gentlemen. There had beea ome meeting of th people of the ler riiory, in winch resolution had been a dopted recommending a to the Presi dent for ihe Government of tl territory. (North Western) instead of Governor St. Clair. . Those resolutions, with correspondent addresses, had been forwarded lo the President snJ Senate. Now it ao hap pened that two diatinguished Senatoia had fixed their eyea upon th same of fice. One of them, who had been most urgent lor mo lo go to Indiana, hud lrgo possession in the North Wcsttra Ter ritory, which wat prohablr one rettoa for wishing to go there. But, the main object wat to aeeure the territory to iho Fcdersl porty, when it ahould become a etate ; which it waa known would toon be the case. To carry out thia plan, it waa neeettary to get me out of ihe way. The appointment waa prested upon me. notwithstanding my refusal to take it. At length, my relations and friends, the Messrs. Nicholas. Wilson Cry of tht Senate, and John of the House, presid ed oa me to accept it. They pointed -out the advantiget to mraelf, aud'aisur- ed roe that there wat no doubt of Mr. JrfTrrmn't election in the ensuing No- t rember, anJ that I would be continued Governor of Indisnt, and torn republi can succeed Go. St. Clair ia the Nortb Western Territory. I therefore accepted the appointment, wi.h a determination, aa Indiana had no voice in the choice of ihe President, that ' l U,U ... ...... 7 , have iho ti-- ..rii amount' " of connexion with" the- Pridncy of u " Mr. Adama. I will conclude by aaying. that Mr. Jefferson lost no tine after bia inauguration, to assure me of his favor j . and hia confidence, and I . think there ia sufficient evidence that 1 retained both to the end f his adminiMraiion. Ia answer to the inquiry why I used th word Abolition" in designating a r society of which I was a member in Richmond. Vs., in the year 1791, instead of the word "Herniae," which ia knnwa 10 bo tho one by which the society ia really disiinguiahvdf All that I can say upon the subject, is, that if I did really . . term it an abolition eociety, a fact which . I can hardly believe, (lor I have not . been able to see the paper containing my -addrei to th people of the District ia 1822) il mutt he beea from forgetful nett, which might eatily happen after a lapse of 31 ye-us. At any rate, the word abolition waa not understood to mean ia 1822, what it now meant. There can be no doubt that the society of which Mr. Tarltoo Pleasants wat a member. and which in hia publication in the Rich mond Whig, he calls the Humane So. ' ciety of Richmond," (and by this title Judge Catch, w ho gave me the certificate V in 1822, also designated it.) waa th same of which 1 wat a member. Mr. Pleasants wat a member in 1797, I, in ljVl.-r-Mr. Kobert rleatantt waa the President at the former period, a , :S n waa when l waa admitted. I do not wish what I hare laid a- ' bore to be published, but I hare no oh- e(U ion Jihat, th facts ahould .be wtaieiiV'i u and reference made 10 me at having . V lurmaurd- tneBirrtrCi ' "V t"; 1 have written to a friend in Congrelt,"r Mr. Jot. Williams, of Tcnnetaee, ihow-'- . ing Ihe .connection which exiated be- r tween the Hamilton county Correspond-"' ,.. ing Committee and myteif, and authoriz ed him to mike it public. k ; ,1 I wit about to make tome further ob- ;': tervations, when I. waa interrupted by . a party of gentlemen front Louisville, and ' -must conclude by assuring you thai I am, ' Very truly, yort, " ' W. II. HARRISON. 1 . . . . T i-.-e S , From lha Msdisonisn. NEW YORK UNDOUBTED- ' " . The following letter from a well known "; and esteemed member of the llouie of ' Repteieotalive from th Empir State, -. whose dtroiion to republican principles -f . haa been long and, continent, will in- create the confidence thoio who" know beat, erery wher entertaia, in regard to " I : . - t
The Durham Recorder (Durham, N.C.)
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June 25, 1840, edition 1
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