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,- I THOMAS J. LEMAY, " " pROFftlfcTOK . Ik.a ilnlUra Bar IBBUia half gcascairn", r - k adv perWO, residiar, without tht Stat will b r ,ir to py the woti aosooat of the jeer's sub--riptioa i advowee. RATES OF ADVERTISING. far try square (o exceeding, 1 4 tiaes thi size type) irst iasrrtioo, on dollar) each subsequeut iasertioo, tweets-five teats. rT Tbc aCvertiseii.eots of Clerk and Sheriffs will yt charged 85 per sent, bitheri and a deductioaof 13 per cent, will b mada from tba regular pri Mt for dverliser by tba jear. Letter lo Iba Editors most ba post-paidV nerelvln & Forwarding Bnslness. i ll. Subscriber oft'era his services to thipub. i u General Agent and Commission Merc hant. April. 1840. ' . " . LAW SCHOOL. I have opened a law school at Moeksville, Rvi !. Tiie mode of instruction is thai adopted by the taW Cbirf Juntioe Urmleri-n--fn)iUr eonvcrsa tiua No young gentleman" will be recommended for he until he has studied one year. I advie two .cars as the time of preparation. TbeeWReVdl be anc hundred dollars whether the student remains one .... mn Studruts who have enuntr court licence gar attend en conversation without charge honks ill be furnih-d. Mtcksv I'e is ttealtliv, and oftVrc Jul few tefnptaloita for dissipation and irrrgu1ainy. The nriea of baardini in tlie vitiate, $7,50 per mouth ml i i 1 1 . ...). fliciusiva Ofwasnmrwnieii nmwmpi ti ...1...1... RICHMOND M. FEAUSOX. June , 1140, 4 4w. JUNTO ACADEMY Tba Spring aessioa 0 Junto Academy will elusa oa Fiidrjr the 13th Jaaraudthe Kail session will eomnienee oo July the 113th. ' s. V rris tor tuilioa as heretofore, v'rc. F.nglisb De srtrowit, $S per session Classical Department, SU. 50. . . Ju por month. J he subscriber is prepare"! lo Se iiB'xtate twenty students with board at $7 SO per aomli. exclusive nl eamlles aad mending. DANIEL YV.KEKtt, Prinelpst. 4 M.y 30. NOTICE. THE Subscriber has resumed tbe Oyster busi ness. and takes pleasure to inform his customers and the Public, that he intends lo keep the best Oysters that can be procured at Petersburg. AH or ders promptly mended to. He returns his thanks lor the liberal patronage he has received and hopes for a continuance. THOS. WOOD SKC05B StRKTT, Kit Hoc. hcst. llamas. $ Petersburg 30ih Sept. 1839. , 43 Proclamation. -Jiy tlie Governor o ' Xorlti' Carolina. . . $200 RE W ARD, " .AVhercsS, it has - offitully reported to ttiVt Department, .thai on or about the lOili Kebuary ull. negro boy, the properly of Cut, Luke Kussell, ol Craven county, was supposed to hate been kidnap ped by John and Samuel Smith, which boy was dis covered, ten or twelve dsys afterwards, pear the mad side in t.reen county rturdered and partially Uried a -ball having been shot through his head, snd his l)i mat cut from car lo ear) anil as the said John and Samuel Smith stand charged with the lelo ay aforesaid, Now. therefor 10 the end. that the said offender j-a.r .Ji4: WniiwKffntlMl' -IM3 UtTHthl 4 4MtK a ' rew.Td ol a? tTundTSOoliirsTor Titncif t them, lo any person or persons, who will apprehend and confine lliem.or eiiher ol them to the Jail, or deliver litem to the Sheriff of Craven county j and 14 lo moreover hereby reijuire all omeers, whether sival or military, within this Slat, to us their best exert inns to apprehend or causa to be apprehended, tbc said fugitives. ..... ntM ii.tl- mw h.Ai! Hovernar. Great Seal of the Sin l North Done at our City ol Italeigb, 1 140. 'j?Vt EDWARD B. DUDLEY. I!y Command C. C. BAfTLE, PaiVATK SlCBETABT. JOHN SMITH is described as t msn of near m id le age, about five feel nine or ten inches high, stout ly built ruddy completion and healthy sppearanec, dark hair and has lost an upper front tooth. No des cription of Samuel is given. 'I'hjev were born and brought up in Craven but removed To eiiher Georgia or Tennessee some year since, but returned under pretence of visiting their relations and. have been lurking about under very suspicious circumstances lor tfveral months. They had, when they kidnapped Col. RuswII's Negro, a sorrel 1 horse with afUsen and ! fart aad fced are 4il to have a variety ot covers lo their Cart and to change Ihem very frequently. 19 Priucc Albert.and Queen Victoria' Pens. Gilbol's Queen' own Peo, (finrpoints) for ladies, " Princ Albert' own Pen, (middle point.) " . Victoria Pen, V" Eigle - (loid ruby - The above pen are genuine and far superior to !! other pen. Jut received by TURNER & HUGHES. May SOliu, ' tl. COMPANION TO MISS LESLIE'S COOK CUV. The Hons Itooki or A Manjet of Domestic Economy, by Miss Leslie containing directions for Laundry Work, Removing Stains, Cleanii.g Fui ni ter, Waiiihg on Wufaff!itl4?HlMe-!fy Linen, ka. I'his day received at tba North Caro- iiaa iloofe, Store. , . ,.,,, ' ,., .,:1vv,,: .- -TtTRSEtt fc HUGHES" May 19,1140 81 Tl A LEIGH ACDEMY The present Session will elase on 1'uesday 9ih ol June. The second Hestion wilt attmrnence on Monday, the S2nd of June, and cad on Friday, the 20th of November. The charge tor Latin, Greek and Mathematical Student will be $16, all other $11. No eitia charge eteept all injury sJoat to the Academy, desks, benehes, k niast be paid for by tba Injur er. - A competent assistant wilt b employed if waded. " JOHN Y. Raleigh, May 85, 1M0. HICKS. 44-2 MIOCCO If ALL There will be a UALL st Show, Spring, on Wednesday evening, the liih of July. A Sue band of Musis will be hi attend ansa. , ": ... ANS JOHNSON. Wanes) county, Jnne 17. 85 tf Los Cabin, Hard Cider, Ve. IIARUISOX ALMANACK, for 1811. JViih aomerous engtavingt, this day received at tbe ion a Carolina Book bloic Jan 84th fij ' " LsT Cabin Anecdote, Illustrated InchlcBt M the lit of Win. Henry liar riaoB, wub engraviags, thi. day received bv TDBNEB II uuhes. June 34th. gl - Tippecanoe. k u s u " " Weary (iarrlsoa, -, ihiit, whu m purinn. caso- lit l llart Hall's do da Call at No.l, Cheap Side Jane 34th JAMES HEURON. . Civil Ekcimf.eu, ,., ways. AdJreM, BaltHnwo, Mary laod". " North Carolina Powerful in moral, in intellectual, and in physical VOL. XXXI Sim The Proprietress ispiiully informs the public, that she will ba prepared to receive visitors oa the 10th of June. Additional aecoromo dalions have been nrnvided. and the rrcalest alien lion will ba paid to tbe comfort and coovcoieuec of Families can board, at the very reaaonaHe price of tixteen dtllan a month lor each person ahildrea and servsals at hall price. . (7 TliefepriagS are 19 mile from War realoa Depot, on tbe lUleigh and Gaston Kail Koad, whenee there is a -hack to- Shoccn three times a week, on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Standard and Krgister, Kaleigh, and Wi. mington Advertiser will please give the above 7 in sertions, and forward their accounts with one aura ber of their respective papers to the subscriber. ANN JOHNSON. St 7w. WM. S. IfANSOlW JTTORJVpr AT LAW, reside in Italeigb, wber ba wilt attend lo all Irgal business entrusted In his management and te anr of the aitioininr counties. He refers those 0naeusin!ed with him lo almost every distinguish ed Editor, lawyer or Statesman ol North Caroli na, for fidelity, honesty, and veracity in the dis charge of the iluties ol Ins protcstton. Kaleigh, My 13, 1140 SI Z fLtt V-A.: ItALEIGIf, JULY 1,180. T11E rEOPLPSTlUKE T. ran president, WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON, The invincible Hero of Tippeeanoethe incor ruptible SlatumanIteinftittbkJitinilRtan - " ' FOR VICE PRESIDENT, JOHN TYLER, A State RigkU ' Ilepubliean tf the scW cf '98 on tf Virginia1 1 nobltit sons, and emphatically one f America' i moat tawaciuut, tii luoui and patriotic ttatetmcn. XT The broad banner of HARRISON, LIB ERTY and the CONSTITUTION is now flung to the breeio. inscribed witli the inspiring motto thw sirrtv OP THR PUBLIC. a, 1. a, n- vrs a m-m t v m m a c - NEY THE DIVISION OF THE PUOLIC LANDS THE DOWNFALL OF ABOLI TION AND THE GENERAL GOOD OF THE PEOPLE. FOR GOVERNOR OF NORTH CAROLINA, JOHN M. MORE HEAD, or cuilfoiid county, 77i able ttaletmanthe lound republican the patriot the honeit man. People's Electoral Ticket. Col. Charles McDowell, of Burke county. Gen." Jas. Wellborn, of Wilkes. . David Ramsour, of Lincoln. . James Mebake, of Caswell. Hon. Abraham Rkncher, of Chatham. Johic 0. Kelly, of Moore. Dr. James S. Smith, of Orange. Charles Manly, of Wake. WMl"W.CVERRvVor UVrtie? ', James W. Dry an, of Carteret.' Daniel I). Baker, of New-Hanover. David F. Caldwell, of Rowan. Col. II. J G. Rurrm, of Franklin. Josiah Coixus, of Washington. Thomas F. Jones, of Perquimoos. ' 9'9 9 9 9 9-9- 9 9 GENEUAL 1IARUISON AMOXO THE PEOPLE. We noticed the fact the other day that Gen. Harrison had left his home to visit the site of old Fort Meigs. He arrived at Columbus on the afternoon of Friday wek, and left at tea -oclocau next tnortv. uig The short period he was present ia that Cjtjr f(?ww-khljintexe.ti,nn4 the moment when he was about to depart, lie was constrained to answer the calls of the sovereign people, and he accordingly addressed them nearly an hour in the frank and manly spirit of a soldier. We have read his remarks with unalloyed de light. No man, of any party, who haa a heart, can peruse thefn without an honest emotion of satisfaction. What a relief is such a speech from the bitter tirades of party slang-whangers! We throw aside a crowd of other matter, to give place to the following, which we find in the Ohio Con federate, of the 11th instant. T Madltoninn. Gen. Harrison left Cincinnati on Tours, day he arrived here, a distance of ISO mites, at 5 o'clock, P. M. on Friday. He was on his -feet, receiving the calls and congratulations of our cit'zens, for houis after his arrival. In the evening he re paired, by invitation, to the Log Cabin, where additional hundreds had congrega ted to meet this beloved and venerated pa. triot. Here, with the frankness and OR' reservetlnrss which have ma ked hi char acter through life, did he mingle for two i .1. .1 . . . . . e . nuura, wiui me iog sjrdio boys or the capital. Long before the sun, and before our youth were astir, the General was, on the morning ofthti morrow, up and out. Having breakfasted with a liiend at a re mote part of the City, he was soon again surrounded by the multitude of oor peo ple who refused to be satisfied without seeing and communinz with him. The period of Lis departure was at hand the fSOivJ RALEIGH N. O WEDNSDAY, JULY 1, IS40. crowd increased it was impossible that inj the brief interval every one could be pre sented individually to the General, and all were anxious to see ami hear him. At the instance of a friend, who noticed the popular solicitude, the General, from the ptatkirm of the National Hotel,, addressed the people lor an hour or more. We wish that every man in America had heard that speech. How would the defamers of thi great and good man have dwindled in their estimation into merited- insignificance! How would the slanderers who impute to him motives which never actuated him, and opinions which he never held, and de which he never entertained, and principles which he never cherished, and who infamously ascribe to Him imbecility and decrepitude and cowardice, how wouhl these slanderers have been indignantly re buked by the righteous juilz'nent ot an honest and insulted people! But as they! did not and could not hrar it, we will en deavor to possess, them of its substance. We took no notes. Neither Gen. Ilarri- making a public atitiress two minutes be fore he commenced it. It arose out of the circumstances which surrounded him at the moment and signallv illustrated a quality of his character to which we have before alluded the ability always to say! and to do eiactly what is proper to be said and done. The reader will bear in jor Gwynn. But, it seem, when the an mind, therelore, that we profess only te' swer was prepared, it was signed also by give Inn the subject matter, not the style and expression of GEN. HARRISON'S REMARKS. ucn. Harrison . said he was greatly in debted to his fellow citizens of Columbus and Franklin county (he most cordial hospitality had at 'all times been accorded to him by them. So long sgo as the time when he was honored wiih the command or the " Northwestern army," and held his head quarters at Franklinton, on the otherLfrien, in condttCtinz his correspondence. iue ui die river, u was ins lortune to unu to the people of Kranklm county, not only . good citizens, but patriots and soldiers. 0f Gen. Washington, that many of the pa Their unvarying kindness to him had laid perm wl,ct bear his signature were written n i m uiiuer maiij previous ouiigationa, auu vim. cciivivm iuciiiwu, ui me iiikiii his friends by making a speech, and he did' MO- "eM,u n,u no "neniion to oetain cf tntlch of Gen. JacksonV rfesonar. VGennilamso so in obedience to what he understood toeht o j0 any other sense than as he had K IK. ilalir. ,if llin.A .-linm k. ail.l rAa.a.I T I t . 1 ..-if! S.!. v ...-. i......v,ll)W explained it in requesting isinjor He was not surprised that public curiosity : Gwynn to refer those addressing inquiries was awakened in reference to some things' to nim tft jho public sourewe of inlorma- L- L L. I I : l-.-l Ll'.J I - I . ... .. which nau neen lairiy puuiiancu toiicrni-j ingium, nor waane unwiinng 10 sausiy the feelings of his fellow citizens by such proper explanations as became nun, in hia bearing his name, which was not written present position before the country. He wholly by his own hand. He said, to o confessed that he had suffered deep morti-n-n. read and answer all the letters re flation, since he had been placed before me peopie as a caiiuiuaie mr me nigiiesi hiiivs ,,, , i,i ..mi, HIVPI 1 A.t 11 u iffij-A In flmia. m'lfl n.W 1 1 1 A B . n I A . 1 - .1 station in the world that any portion of hu countrymen should think it neceasarythen present was with him the morniug he or expedient to abuse, slander or illify ,eft Cinciunaii, whetr he took from the him. His sorrow arose not so much from pogi office 16 letters there were usually personal dear as was to him the humble h.tf (ne number at the Post Office near reputation he had earned as from public ,is residence 24 letters per day. Could r ' , cottSKterahonsir He might- Cnwcwtwaf rtfanrhevattd"B t-on, unuer tins species oi injury, irom lention to such a daily correspondence, the revelation of history, which shewed !en lo ,he neglect of every other engage that the best of men, who had devoted ment? True it was, that many communi their lives to the public service had been !Cations were sent him which were not en the victims or traduction. But virtue and :,;,ej (o his notice sent by persons who truth are the foundations of our republican. j no other object but to draw from him svstem. When these are disrrrarded. i.: ..,i,;..k n;.i,t k. n,..i k; n. w t d - our free institutions must fail) he looked, uiciciore, ai symptoms oi ueuioraniauoii with sincere regret, as betokening danger to public liberty. A part of the political press, supporting the existing adnumstra lion, and certain partisans of Mr. Van Bu ren, also a candidate for that high office, to which some of those whom he address ed desired to elevate him, had invented & propagated many calumnies agaiusthiro; but he proposed on the present occasion to speak , o oat) yOnty o the numerous perver sions and slanders wicb filled the columns of the newspapers and misrepresented his character ami conduct. He alluded to the story of his famous " Cunfidential Com mittee,'' as they called it. The story goes," said General Harrison, that I have not only a committee of conscience keepers, out that they put uie in a tare. fastened with iron bars, .and keep me in in that.'"' (To one who looked at his bright and sparkling eye the light which beam ed in its rich expression the smile which played upon hit countenance, blending the lineaments of benevolence and firm nesswho reineinbeied also that he was listening to the voice of a sun of old Gov. Harrison, one of the signers, the pupil ol old " Mad Anthony," the' hero of 'I ippe canoe, the defender of Fort Meigs, the conqueror of Proctor, the idea of Wm. Henry Harrison in a cage! was irresistibly ludicrous!) ' When the laughter was subsided, the General proceeded. Ml have no commit tee, fellow citizens, confidential Or other, It is true that I employed tny friend, Ma jor Gwynn, to aid me in returning replies to some ol the numerous questions pro pounded to me by letters. But to such only as any man could answer as well as another. There Ss scarcely a question of a political rature now agitating the public mind, on which I have not long since pro mulgated my opinions, by speeches, pub. liehed letters or official acts. A large ma jority of letters addressed to me purported to feck my vie ws of abolition U. S. .Bask resources the land of our tires, and the and other matter concerning which inj views were alre'adj in pmsemion of the public, rhe mot suitable answer lo these and to well-intentioned persons the most satisfactory was a reference to the docu ments in which my opinions already ex pressed were to be found Such answers I entrusted to my well-tried and faithful friend, Major Gwynn. Letters requiring mure particular attention I answered my J self. Every body. wliu kriows.Maj, G wynn J knows that he is not one whom I would employ to write a political letter. He is a self made man a soldier and a gentle manbut neither a politician nor a schol ar. I asked the service ol him, because he was my friend, and I confided in him, and it was plain and simple. My habit is to receive, open and read my letters my self. Such as require special attention, I reply to myself. Such as may be easily answered by another, I hand to my friend, with an rndorsation indicating where the information sought may bo found as thus " Refer the writer to my r;Cr at -Yincejaea ot ,'I the . aps.w ex, is ''gff--ftinty le'tlrr ?'rjl r.fWn js ' &e. Rut it seems that Major Gwynn was Chairman of a Committee of the t itixens of Cincinnati or bf Hamilton county. When the famous Oswego letter was re- ceived, it was read, and as usnal witlvsuch letters, I endorsed it and handed it to Ma- his colleague of the county or city com mittee. Of all this I knew nothing nor in their capacity of committee had they any thine to do with mv letters. Yet by a little mistake and much perversion these Setllieilieii nirv-ucvu ciblhu iihv m vi,i,i mittee of my conscience i Iteeperi, " and nutU to shut uio up in - cage ,.JL. preef.Qt. me from answerinz interroffittaries. Ueu ll irrisnn remarked that, had he indeed u;. ,ianre the services of ,e wou,l ,aTe had hih authority to tustl f- hlin jn ,he meaSUre. It had been said k- others, and he believed it liatt never K,(n r nn t r (i if. i ni t ami lien. nrecKeri. ence. But he had not done so, to any ex (iwn. And he WOUltl here say, that in all public life, civil and military, there WM no letter, report, speeeh or order, ce;Te, by him was physically impossible, though he should do nothing else whatev er. To give his hearers an idea of the la- I ... I I I :.i . al knP ;, I.I renuire. he said, a oentletnan -, ' n . awiiiciililiu I,,W, lUlgllk W M . w 'jurr aC(j the injury of the cause with wh jch he was identiBeU yet, there were !, h of those which claimod hia resnect- fu consideration for the sources from which titer came and the subjects to which they referred, to occupy more time and labor than any one man could bestow up oVtnem7,-- , .'.Z, . ... General Harrison alluded to several other instances of gratuitous And unfound ed calumny, having ho shadow of apology in any. isci iorjioeirv.inveuioa..an4...puuii; cation.. He spoke of the battle of Tippe canoe, of the. death of . the brave nd . la--men ted Daviess, whose fall had been as cribed to him. He said the whole story about the White Horse was entirety false, and that the fate of the gallant Kentuckian had no connection whatever with his own white mare, which, by aecident, was not rode on that occaaion by any one. In re marking upon the atanders connecled with the battle of Tippecanoe, he said their ref utation, one and all, was found in the pro ceedings of the Legislature of Kentuckv, and especially in the extraordinary confi dence reposed in him by the gallant Gov. ernor and the people of that State, when they subsequently honored him with the command of their army, composed of the choicest spirits of the land, the best blood of Kentucky. Gen. Harrison spoke with deep emotion of the trust reposed in him by Kentucky, on the occasion a luded to, and said, that the commission which made him the Commander of that brave and pa tiiorie'ermy of Kentockians, he had al ways held as the most honorable commi. sion which it had been the fortunt of his life to have conferred upon him. He referred to a very recent story got p in hia own neighborhood anil sent forth to the world, corroborated by the sanctity of an affidavit which represent ed him as confessing to young man an a steamboat that he was an abolitionist, and that, although he vAted against restrictions on Missouri, he did so in opposition to the suggestions of lis conscience, te.J home, of our affections. lie said the narrative bora on it face the proofs of its absolute falsity and when lie pronounced it a fabrication, without the semblance of a fact or word for its basis, it was not because he thought it required a contradiction, but to evince the reckless ness and desperation of his political ene mies, who seemed to have given" up every ground of hope, save that which they lifyiBg Ins name. "It js a melancholy fact, iirllowrc tlisens'," said Gen. Harrison, "that the advocates of Mr. Van Buren should so far forget what be longs to the character of an American cit i?.en, and do so much violence to 'he na ture of our free institutions, as to place i the great political contest in which we are now striving upon an issue such as this. would n t accept the lofty station, to which some nf you are proposing: to ele vate me, if it came to me by such means. I would not, if I had the power to prevent it, allow the fair fame of my competitor to be unjustly assailed and wounded even for the attainment or that lulty aim ol a no Ut.AinhtUn .,NayJj!.avft .fieri tletViji-. ed Mr. Vair -fiftrW'inar't' better ed to be the misrepresentation, of my own mistaken friends and others. Fellow-ci'- izens, it Mr. Van Uuren be the better statesman, let us say so I shall bo the last man to raise an objection against it, or to desire to impose restraints upon the utmost independence ol thought and ac tion, and the freest expression or lecltng and opinion. I love r frank and eener ous adversary such a man I delight to embrace and will serve him, according to mr ability, as theeilully as my profea sed friend. But that political warfare which seeks success by foul detraction, and strives for ascendancy by the ruin of personal .tliiiri fesi pi ejrts $hj. i n d ijna t ion ot Honest men, is nateiui to every geuer ous mind, and tends too surely to the de struction of public virtue, and, as a con sequence, to the downfall of public lib ertv." Gen. Harrison apologized for occupying his fellow -citizens so long, lie said he would but mention one more of the latest slanders which had come to his knowl rtlse. A German pap'r, published in Presidency of U. S:,vas, many years ago, when a young man, an aid to Gen. Wayne during his Indian wars and that, when ever young Harrison found that a battle was coming on, he always ran off into the woods. (Again there was loud and irre pressible laughter. J The editor forgot, said the General, when he served this lit tle dih, that the only possible security to young Harrison's scalp, oil the approach of a battle with the Indians, was in keep ing out of the wood! Such a story as this can only excite a smile here, it is true, said Gen. II., but this paper circulates riot alone in the United- States copies of it are probably read in burope, where our history is less known, snd where the con tradiction of such silly falsehoods may possibly never comet Genersl Harrison said he had alluded 'partrcirrarly to this imrttirf4homiirt tee because it had so recently been the occasion of so much animadversion by his political adversaries. But it was one on ly of many misrepresentations of him, his conduct, his principle and opinion with which the party press was teeming.. He said it would occupy him many hours to discuss them, if it were necessary or pro per for him to do so. He referred, how ever, to. the Richmond Eiiquirei-v-and ex pressed his surprise at the manner in which his name and character had been treated by that paper. He did so, as it sffirded an example of the prostitution of the nress to nartv purposes. That paper. which f.irrnerlv did him more than justice, anil paifeijRj compl i me nts a t a soldier anil civilianwhose editor ' at one lime S! could designate, no, other man whom he considered so well quail tied tor he responsible place -of Secretary -f .War was now lending itseit to me cir culation of the most discreditable calum nies against hint, and endeavoring to per suade his countrymen that he was a cow ard and a federalist. He alluded to the evidence upon which the Enquirer sought to fasten the accusation that he was a Hack cockade Feditalitt fc-. the re marks of Mr. RatidoInU in the Senate of theUnitetl States. He said that the at tack of Mr. Randolph wa met at the mo ment it was made, and effectually disprov ed. He passed a high encomium upon the genius of that remarkable man, and said, that those who knew Mr. Randolph, knew that he never gave up a point in de bate, or receded from his ground sny where, until convicted of error. I he fact that he made no. reply to hia answer to the charge, is proof to any familiar with his character that he himself was satisfied that he had errcd. J General Harrison ex plained the foundation of Mr. Randolph's charge, made at a moment f temporary irritation. He said that old Mr. Adams. refused to adopt against France the meas ures which his party desired, and showed himself in that respect, at les, more an American than' a Psrtizan. It was that course of policy of Mr. Atlsms which commanded his approbation and induced him so to express litmseU. at the lime. Mr. Randolph remembered the expree. aiaai . V ST . .A f L. BkSk asO CMI1 SO ...Li... s. . j .i ... -i. . r.. k ' tun, uui urouauir inrgiti sue uuj?tk vi .11. Bull umt iue rery fact which HUGUMcQVEENj THOS.J.JEMA, Edilorc. proved him to beloug to. the republican party. of 1800, long years afterward, Is separated from its attendant cirevmsfan Ut. and useil to prove lnm- a reueians'. General Harrif on expressed himself wub ; much earnestness on the injustice which . was thus attempted to i indicted on hi character in his native State, In whit h, when truth and vittue and honor had suf fered violence every whera else, he had hoped they would survive; General Harrison aliuueu to several oin- erinstance ol grosmisrepreseiitaiins or absolute falsehoods indusrriouatjr ,nd shamefully propagated by a party -press. "It seems almost incredible, fellow .citi zens," said he, "but it is true that from a long speech, filling set era!' columns ol a . Eaper, two short sentences have been ra en from different parts of it, these two sentences, separated Irora ineir context, are put together, my name attached lo them, end published 'throughout the laod' as an authentic document.". He deplnr ed that state of public 'sentiment which could tolerate such a system of ' party ac tioo, and trusted for the honor of his coun- try and the hopes of liberty, thaj the re- ' formation of such abuses would soonte ' wrought out by the force of a pyre and healthy public opinion. ; ; Uny, leliow-cnizens, his urnrru Harrison. I have recently, in that House (pointing to the State house) been charged tth high yonences agninsi my countrj, which if true, ought to cost me my tife. Yes," continued he, accuatitni" wero 1 there laid to my charge which. being ) fablished. would sutriectme, even now to 4he"seveVr patt inflicts for, 1 have always heltl that an nflicer may not escape the responsibilities , i . . i : : I. .....-.'.a oi miiconuuei ov reaiEiuiiic vwmmia- sion. TUteae charges are not made by my companions in arms, by the eye-witnesses of my actions, br the great and good and brave men wlio fought by my side under my command. Thtjf tell a different sto ry. But their evidence, clear, unequivo. . a a . a -. cat and tliatinct the testimony oi uover nor.Shelby, the venerable hero of King Mountain, ot the gallant rerry, anm oi many brave and generous spirits who saw and knew and participated in all the ope rations connected with the battle of the Thame tho-vivlencw t impartial and history, ana the auuiomy oi universal public opinion,1 are all eBst aide,-i 4le- ference fo jhe reckless assertions of those who were either not in being, or dandled in the arm of their nurses! General Harrison said, he acknowledged that these calumnies were disagreeable to him. His good heme, such as it was, was his most precious treasure ana lie tun not I kc to that they are endeavoring to mutilate, he ' could bear their efforts with patience, and smite even at their success, But hsjeon-- fessed, notwithstanding his perfect confi- dence in the justice of his country snd . the decjafc- cf ;s impartial posterity, that these ruthless attacks upon hit military character affected him unpleasantly. Thit policy of hit adversaries, constrained -him to consider himself at now on trial before his country. He wt not reluctant to bo tried fail ly. The American people being hit Court and Jury his adversaries held to those rules of evidence established by . common sense and common right he fear. ed not the results of the strictest scrutiny, and would cheerfully submit to the deci sion of a virtuous and enlightened com munity. He asked but fair dealing and final justice no more. , ; Arw.4. h long bje.pr4istf rbiel of 4ld aoUsis..,-, diert, fellow-citizens, continued Gen. II., that they delight "to" go back . to, other days ami fight their' baftlea over again. - When I began thit address to you, I in tended only to speak of my far-famed 'Committer or Coksoienor kkbpers" and the "Irom Cage" in which ther con- " " fine me, but I have unwillingly taken ad vantage of your kind disposition ts SUten to me, and extended my remarks to other, though kindied topics. I will only add that, although they Lave made a wide mistake- who mska me dwell in an "Iron Cage," the unlucky wight who put mt lit a Log Cabin was a litt'e nearer the truth than he probably supposed himself to be. It it true that a part of my dwelling house uTlog'cabln,"- hut a -1 h) hard cider," (the laughter which follqwetl jhe allusion , to thrhartlcider,i branclr-tf vho atory drowned the voice of the spesker. V - - - - But, sait! Gen. HH admonished by tho proverb, that you ma ascribe my. long speech to the common infirmity, of an old soldiers and bring me umk-r tue suspirion of the loquacity of age, I will conclude these hasty and unpremeditated remarks, -by thanking my fellow-citizeni of Colum bus for tbeirpoliteneii omhe presen! oc- casion as well at for the friendly feelings of which they have uniformIyead-fien heretofore given. re to many gratifying prooft." . . V; ; , , ' The General retired, leaving the crowd, which had continued to accumulate while fie spoke, delighted with the prompt and ' satisfactory manner in which he had met the wiahca of the citizens, iThe upper, most idea in the mind of every one with, whom the writer interchanged a thnnght, '. was the wih (hat every man in the Union had heard the unpremeditated and extern- mmd. if rmpreed the crmviction that; tho opposition canilidate for, the Prriidency r was ih,e last man in the world to be math ihelnstrtiinent of a committee of "rr cienee keenersor Jo conceal hij t.jnu. ions of public rnyatures from -sinister mo. lives, when the Cipciosares oi iiieni wat rail J , for by the , propriety nd fitness of -thires., y. -:-..-.'., The General left the. cit abont 10 o'clock. etertd by a numerous cavalcade a . a " a. . I at at on horaehsrlr. and attended bv trie flllVor .:. . . . ,nd ,h chairman af. '-h Stat Central
The North-Carolina Star (Raleigh, N.C.)
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July 1, 1840, edition 1
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