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I I HoIH CAROUuA FOHTFOLIO mwm ? . .- ., ,,'i ..... . . , - . ', VOL. 1. AH political power ia vested in; and der.ved jfrom. the people A frequent recajFre je ha f fundamental principles is abso utelj nectisary to preserve the .blessinp aP flirty. ; . r . ; - .. ' X - ; . i ; RALElfcH.-FgSDi-fcr, MARCH 13, 1840. . I V V ; V - -i n i 1 - ' .. ! ' ; V j; ; lVg'' J- -1 - -J' jf-v-' : ; ' . ' - ' ' ' " ' ' J 1 ." " ', .' ?- n" mi f" '"Vfl." NO.' 1. it r inff freeholders: and, in most:iristancesJin 1 ' raense bodies of land belonginy; to lAe ". companies remained for many years wbt i r ; TOTHEPEOiLE NORTH C4ROLIA. Fellow-Citizexs: -In a fer months. a sellIer being retained under the hofSVif se one of the an opportunity of mating heavier andgibt you will be called on to exercise ' highest privileges belonging to an Ameri- advantageous extortions. The iimfpiel nnftii-r2 r no nave hPftn nre. . sentedto the Deonle lor their fiiiiffrao-ftsl Tn . cations, ' uhdar vvhich Ihe Bu.bliC'dbmaiilvv the observations 'which we intend tubmit-ifold " tracts of G40 and-320 lucres, Iffflerf tin? for your consideration, our obiet shall be to state c'; facts which have become a part of thje history v of the country. A few weeks since, a large number ""(if 3rour fellow-citizens, many of them respectable for their' experience, f and the high trusts they Had held in the councils of. the coun tryrepresenting almost every section., of the Union nominatetrGehV;vW. II. " Harri apn, ofOhio, for the Presidency, and John . Tyler, jof yirginia Ir 'he Vice Prcsi- : dencV . . ' . ! '(The, history of TQn. .arrisoh, for more than forty years pasl is intim.itely connects v ecl'with that of his . Qcruntry, . Immediately after thei close of the. Revolution, thejIh-i, dians .on the North Western frontiers, com? raeneed a series of wassacres" ; and .depre dationsj which forced the. defenceless inhab itants who were fortunate enough to escape ' the Tomahawk and , lealpinkuife, to a ba'ndnn their homes and seek protection in more -thickly settled .sections. : ; T,he gallant ' army under Oen. Harmer had ben defeat ed, and St.5 (flair was marching to the relief of the terrified settlers,; when Harrison, then but 19 years old, heard the story "of; the wrongs and sulfenngs his countrymen and Tesblved, to hasten to their assistance. . He reached the scene of action in time, -lb aid in collecting together nd providing far the scattered remnants of that brave band which had: met with so signals a defeat from life . savages. . From that time, he was actively engaged in mrtking preparation; . 'he !e- fencc.of the frontiers, until IT when he was pronfoted to a Lieutenancy, and joined! - the army under uen. V ayn, that u int , . less and' hardy officer,! who J rendered surh vaiuaDie services imnng i.:e ievoiuuonary War,tand who experteQ every man,' under nil ' ' circu sis tances, ' ho we verl tr v t nj, ' V 16:' do liis duty.- -Nor did; he find ; in the young, H arrison any disposition tp shrink from rsspohsibilityi however! Hangerous. ; He was nppointe d o ne of the Aids of Gen. Wayne, and in. the battle of. Miami, in which the Ravages- fought with a fury never surpassed, rendered services which i elicited the ap plause of the Soldiers and the highes; cbm inendatioh- ofhis General, who,, in writing to the Secretary of .War, remarked, that,-, I The brerv and cotulut t of ; e-ry otairer be liiniiin? loUie-Anny. tVtin; the Gner(Ii down,5 mriiVil the highest iiiiirciation,- there were itutii--lipwever who. conduct pjc.i! them jri ; cowp'C uoii pnf"of view mon.whitti I m list name ;. in fdiidifut and gII;int id. ( 'optima Buit-, Letw arid -ieuleuaut Harris. rJ, bo rendered must, cs aenltnl service " - ' i,':. J t f.--K:r , : A :i f " ; ! Thus,, at the age of f I , Uarrisqli: exhibit ed that' skill 1 nd bravely which s'Shsquent'y added so mu'cU.to.te, military renotv n of the nation.' The result of the liattle of' Miami gave the: savages stich a terrior of our arms, that the frontiers remained "for sometim un disturbed. : I n 1 797, 5en II arrison recei v ed frpm President Washington the appoint ment of Secretary,' and ex Officio , Goyefn ornf the North Western Territory; the duties of which oflices he performed with a fidel ity and promptness that met the approbation of all. The following year,' 'when the Ter ritory entered into the second, grade of Gov ernment, he Wi s 'lected a Delegate to Con gress. The rriode which prevailed at that time of disposing of, the .Public' Lands,,, was subject to many objections, and had. become odious to tlje. great body of i t!3, people. They could not be sold 1 in tracts . of: less than'4,000 acres. The v -sequence Iwas that theV were purchased ui.y large com- uiviuwig the . poor ... nnres. . v.l one v. hein , . . . - - then scarce, thisi system amounted to iar absolute' denial to the hardy and ! ndventur ons pioneer, of the; oppoTtuRity o? becom' can a privilege, to which is attached much ant! injustice of: such a system at once Jfut5 f iof responsibility. We allude to the Elec- lne sagacious mind of Harrison, antU qi tion of President and Vice President of the nr,sl "PPTtuW United States To enable one to'vote with Resolution lo appoint jiHiffmeni, ne snouiu certainty oe welt and; 1 v y, lie rntroaucfj t$ a uoramittce om It ttee he was thecal' Of this co'mmii : correctly informed of ithe principles and man and ported a bill that receivecTf m nua lhcations 01 those who havft hppn .nrP. . omkhvit u vuueressi wun snni , ra . . . y ----- t- r , . ( ; . . the North an ! Gen.. blo w," to the victorious army of the enemy Mackinac and Chicago had been taken, land the surrender of Detroit and T the American 'Army under Gem Hull aroused the indig nant mortification of every Patriots At this time, when !j the whole fr ntier was : com pletely, exposed ! and terror - pervaded the whole of that section of the country, - the a bility and firmness, of Gen. ' Harrison were not forgotten. Every eye was turned to hirnand at Jth6 Irecollectidn o his . former deeds in afnis,' every heart beat; high , !wjtt cohfidenceh ithat theirialtars and firesides' would find! ip Him a gallant ami succesfur defender, i Nor was -this confidence mis-"glacedi-'?rini'lh8 1 7th Septemher, 1812, ; he vasap pointed by President Madison, Com mander in Chief of the North Western I : Af- .m y,. and to shew, the confidence reposed in hirn by. that distinguished.Statesman, power was given him in his letter of .appointment, to act in., all! cases according . to his ovn ju(frffrit::i On the 5th of May,.1813j:the first siege of! Fort 5leigs "occurred., wheo the combined : forces of the .British and their savage allies, j were drivcb back witlii great loss;. and early in July 'following they made anotheriunsurcessful attempt to reduce th'e'Fort. !The triumph ' of the American Arms on these occasions, inspired the high est 'degree bfiConfidencQ in the Army, t and SSuperintendant of Indian Affairs, and?(lM contributeq greatly to alleviate the : disgrace Commissioner for treating .with? the !n'(liii$ n of our previous defeats.'.' .i On the 1 27th 4 pf In ,1805, he was elected V Delegate to OliM September ifbllowinT, Geri. Harrison invad- gressfrom Indiana Hardly5 Had he retyB-rl Canada; jaiid tocrk possession of Fort ed from -'tua duties in the Natiobal r eila:f Mamen; the strong hold of the British. On turey before circumstances wer0 1 deveKfpel ph0 5th of October, iGerrrf Proctor, "j. with a which threatened, another bloody: mcuTtoi force of 900jliegulars . and 2000 andians, of the Indians.' Tecumseh! and his IEli 1 vvks overtake p at the River Thames, and er, the Praphet,' had commehcelri' thbsl m defeatedbyi..Qfi.: Harrison,- Not less than it igues by which they expected ;to unirtl'lai I GOO of the Regulars, and a large number of uie iioitj'csierii i noes 01 inuians-aoFfis !J I1"! luutrtiiq vyjere . waue iinsoners,, linis brilliant victory terminated the1 war in that quartfr, and rescued th- frontiers from the hands of th ruithlesis Proctor, arid his bar- by affording the adventurous settler a c to secure aj comfortable home for his '$nixi ily. At the same session, .he(;i intro?:!4eri and carried throaffb, a; bill to chansrtS mode which ; the 'i existed "of tifi catinor Mil tarv' Land Wni rants; - In mi l '"1 . . 6 T J 1 1 t r-ti I West rn Territory was diviye"! n . was a pnoin tea : u o ver n o rs g ar i c - ( . i i i ; -j . - - i- SS 1 : ;T Inuiana-rf darj his jurisdiction j the whole countryHb yond the M is'sissi p'pf I including ; . that jflo 1 comprised Michigan, pbrtant clu within the iStates of I!linoiinU In the performance: of the; nll ie3 of this station, he "teoye iue approuauou 01 iviri jenerron, wnfri . rvrt i' ' I i 1 ' . 1 ' . Liiti oui, conierrea on riim.-tne apppintmeg ,m the whites. They went from ivillaiitc village miking inflaniatory liaitangue 'gki appealing to every passion of cruelty if me, ana re.veno-e. t uen. ri arrison lm ft tha ately adopted measn res to place tbry in a sixuation for oefence. gup-s of Tecumseh an ri) 1 12 ttVYl the Proniiet, thiM t not altbitther unavjdifini did not meet HvJtl complete success until 1811, wjien there ? barous soldiers vith fgratituclD Mr. Chevcs! J Thewhole country v rang to. Harrlsotrr-rl mr (of . South : Carolina, speech deltvered in Congress remarked:-- "that such, a vie would have sec1 in the best days ory as that of the Thames ired ' to a Roman ! General, of that Republic 1 the hon- proach of a war between the tJnited; Sia-iCj and Great Britain emboldened: the savtf&l ors of a triumph: Shortly after this time; and , made them -more anxious tfjan evsmp iiv nrtasrire aid; on e relrr qQ eofKa rra vs n r oc- rights' of the South. Ail examination of: ; the Journal. willUhow, , that e en on alljtho collateral questions, he, was true to the Con-; .. : ; the massacre of the: settlers. ' '1 neyjtfis Gen. H. iesiirh-d his commission , and Itired to priyatei life.x Here, however, re- he sembled their warriors in large numherElaj was not permjtted long to remain. In 1814 r ropiiei 1 qwn. un ire oin or ' ucmfpr he "was a p pointed, I together with Gov.' Shel 1841, Gen. flarrison With 90'a miliUa-bit'y.-ll by ahd.';Grih .iissi a Commissioner-, to trea ,his' comrnan' fV- comniepced his march-411? iW the Indians, which terminated success bing cbmdeUe(f to pass throu&rti aL:feodf Ifti'llV'-'In' f 8 JQ, lie was elected j-aJ member wnicn an. mea every laciniv tor attacxifit sorine,; nousc. oi.L.ueprescniauvei. oy in ai ma- ix a ; : . '.i.i : 1 11 e inaians; was H)rceq to exercKe the ffreas- riornv oi. i;uuu otes aver uitj waoie num- es; precauiitMl ana viguance., vn tne rfl-:..i rcivu .iiy :'si.r win pernors. inuring insr of the 17th of November, the army fe 4t!ie Sestsiob of Gohstcs of! In 16, a resold- ihg encamped in ihe yi'cinity Town, was dians under furipusly ed Pf V 7 Prof.ticjn.pf thanks toGen Harrison for his thelipl sf (vices, and tendenng him' a jgold medal, i ser was Jlie cbmrnand )of Tecums-jS passed unanimously by Jhe': Senate, - and ith bht onc dissebtinff fiict. considering- the number 'Cnairedtij At, the same seisiobv Gen. til not recorded m liistorv. T'ilf fcobl &m 1 Iprohosi tionj. to im ja-oi:e- :'the Mil sk" J and inlreoid valoiir. tlisDlavod bv M&k !bf the United StaieswhicK Harrison, (Hiring the bhageme!it, Avere;M cussd cr snrpas'se4-:';ir Was : . e ver..T(lunSd-1 iriim l;tlie"' apbrobisitiorj'' ot'M r. iMdnr i, ; jEncouragingj jnis ? it d; bravery. .'i'he -ro; corn piete,' and- the be ote m the 11 ouse. fntroduced ; a itia ' system w as ably dis- and receivrd c thufcest of 4ie wmU encouraging urns rial bv his presence and; bra very HjThe; ro$ of the savages was comp cial ; efieqts j throughout th ttite of Kentuc ed them , p assed u naiii m ou's I y5 tle nroe. in Jan uary, 18s 8, h introduced Sa resolution in i honour of the ntnmory of that ; gallant sol f diep Kosciusko, who1 left his home to fight on "i the rf victory, ! wlera'- tM ytlie' .battles bt our: freedom, h he rrecOffni- e Territories. The j Leguff Motion of ihe; jlncjependence bf the Sou th :.- A ky, so soon as:th'e)ievys ream ifitfieman Republicshlso received his, ardent folio wm. ? r 3 ii p port. ; iA t , the Session- of, 1 8.) 8-' 19 Resolution: ; ' c fi ..U :, .--f :; r: :;; .jjcoiniiienceq lne great and threatening strugj " , RfoJvVd Tliat in .thejlaiecornpa ign V$aintyf jj ge or the Missouri isqueson4 We ; say nrliaiia on the! WbaGen.VWiiliHm H thrbateniug, because it brbuglit; (us nearer rioj haW iri tie pp'n-Anjof ihis l I.rsfisjatnn', p than 'any o ther to the abysslbf; disunion and IS 3 panies of speculators, Uvho, after ; them into s'malle. .racis? sold . to . th U f m igrant at hea y " prices! ?,Tone) 5 ihaifor hi oool. deliheniie., ikflful con!uct. in the(late battle of Tipper he ve the tvarmenf ihank of the Nation.' I--.V V Other States jometlf in the complim and the whole people of (the North?yS! n. were enthusiastic in the praises' (hey towed on thelllero of Tippecanoe. ; 'Ul'i But a fewjmonths elapsed after jthis" hjj tie, before Gen. i Ilarnsoh appealed -t iri field of action! where Jiis genius had : a MM er scope, anq where 4ho awas cajled ! onK raise! the sinking reputation of his and protect her rights against the; power of BrLtiart." Ofi the;f 18 till sr. iinnn M insnnrtH'?! of Juli 1 8 1 2. war was declared against that Nali md :ini mediate' y our Northern .jFronU.(i r the House proceeded to the consideration of the byl, and; proposed am6tldraents. 1 he first amendment was as follows viz: That the farther introduction of Slavery, or; in voluntary. servitude be prohibited, ;: except for the" p u n i sh m en t of . c i i m es j w h cr'eo f the party shall be Huly convicted; and j that all children of Slaves born ) within the said State, after jthes admission jhereof into :) the1 the Union, shall be free, hut may be, t held ' service until! the age of years! 'V i oee Journal of Jl. R. 16 1 8!l p, . page : 72,)? A division being called for,!tKe bluest tion was taken bri all of the frrnndmefii' to the word convicted inclusiv arib! deeidec! in The question was then taken on the residue jjf the amendmenU and decided in; the af iirmative Yeas 81 Nays' 78 Gen ; H. a- J gain vot ng with the Navs.-(See the 274th Jage of tlie, same Journal.) Mr. Storrs moed still further to amend, the, bill, by krikingout the words the said State shall , be armittediipoii an equalfooting vith the j i original States in all respects what'so everv j which was rejectedG en flarrison voting n the iiegative. I On the following day; the bill was again taken up and the vote onj tlie , . adoption of the amendment ! reconsidered' -when the first cau se thereof was rejected Yeas 70 Nays 71. and the latter cause ad b pted 'rY eas , 7o- Nay s ! 73. (See pages 284-5 of same..) On the 19th, Mr. Rob ertson moved to refer the ;: bill to a Select Committee, withf instructions to strike . ouf the amendment adopted as suboy e; which pas ' 1 & sed Yeas 88-Nays 83---the ' Speaker J (Mr. Clay) voting in the aiirmative. ! The ? !j committee, iri a short time, reported the bill , i a!mehded, as" instr ucted, andjthe qu stipn oh I agreeing to the report was determined 1 in alii rmative Yeas 83 Nays 87 xMr. Tay lor, of New York then introduced the first clause of the amendaieht rejected as above, ? as the second section to ! the' bill, extend ing: the restriction to the. whole Territory, M r." Mercer moved the follo wing clause as . an amendment to the amendment, yiz: f ! 'Provided that nothing herein' iha!l divest t!io :" inhabiianm of Arkansas of their right, of proprrty in the Slave which they now hold, of the natural increase thereof. nOr to enritle to his freedom i any Slave carried therein and held there, for a . perioj not'jexreeding, 9 irnonths.' .: .' ''; '? I Mr. Mercer's amendmen t was Tcjected. The question w'as then talien on Mr. Tay lor's proposition' and decided in the neif.i .... ? . . . . krw ; lite bill ruo without any ro th e Senate, the' ti ve 'Yea 86 AVw.i VUO. sequentlr passed the Housei strictions. yOn its reaching! 5ame amendments were proposed & carried, and on the question Vof ebneurrence onjthe- part of the lIouseQE riRRisojLOteii siitution and our rights! t Ge. Hahriscns Opinions on the power.of Congress bverjtho subject of Slavery 1 have al ways beefi ;tlie ; same as those exhibited on the Missouri t'. : question . As early as December, j i 802 he ' acted as! Chairman of a Convention .which !,. assembled 'at ' Yihcennes, and addressed a' J memorial - to Congress praying the- repeal ' v: of the6th article of the ()rdimnce;'i787 l?l ; ' prolilbiling' Slavery--in 'hat Territory. I (SeaWiM, Aipeiv tate! papers,,! 803.) .Mnce that pe? nit ' rjod,r he has on no occasion concealed "his , t Opinions. His Speech at V mcennesi in ; 1834i (herewith annexed, and marked A.) covers the whole ground, and will be regar.!-. ; ed by all as. one of the ablest arguments ev- Nti er delivered- biy the subject-1 In 1 819. he also voted airainstresirictions on the Tcrri- h5 tqry of Arkansas and 'immediately aftcr he " -: jiecarrie a! 'carfdidate-;- for the Preside n cy fn -jt 1836J he addressed a letter to the lion4 Sharrbd .Williams; in which he again dcriicis'; the right of Congress to legislate on ihb anti-; jct of Slavery. .Two other facts should be. lit , Dome in. minu, wnicn exnion me nrranes oi ,r Gen: II. ; that there were but ?ro members,, from the. non-slave-holding; Stntes, besides i himself icht voted- wifh 'jhe Sowhl and f : lhat in 182; when ! he wasj againa candi- date; for-Congress, he wa? fteea ed n f fti'-'i very giomid. -.ln. add'tion b this,, Gen. U, :i j, is a native of-Virg'iniav a son bfbne of the ; - s sigbers of the! Declaration bf independence; k was educated in a fcmulhern Institution, and withSonthern, principles; and has, at thw j K time, a large, circle, of relations and .connec tions residing in llie State of Virginia, who V; i ' I . - t 1 .' t I Jt:l ' " -. v ' - V. . . 1. . 1 i . titer pest.. surrendered, almost witnoumT ifn. liamson'TOting- in the negrauve are deeply interested in slave properly. In the face, however, of all the?e facts, which -Have a plate on tlie records; f the Conn try, or -can be certified to by rotn . f the highest V respectability, and xy hich have been madf , . public time after time, there are those who . have tJiedndicity yes,! the meannes to. . . ajSert rls.tTiis venerable Patriot, who has ' ' fpent hts'life in the service of his country ;r whoi.dcfinde,d it in its bout of greatest peril, is. linked with .'''!' ,ii.tf ;a ban d of fann i... ties who are straining every nerve to Arrertchi. from you your iighu! Fellow f'i;izen, we (Set fourtli, pcr.) , 1 !i -P Ar i il ; tir
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