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jl--i--i-;?fih of Nw ;Yoik.c be firretted
if.kt.iM. ArWii SHuiyhad not prevailed ia
1 dareJ hira wjihf nwal jr ' firmpessi" because '$sa
fcriew I -he choice cooia Qov oai fall pnj ati
ihiiVidual wurth'jr f he bupp.wt of the Aan,r-f
40 frffentiOHf toies have becn cajt m Im
cUbiuon lhalrlhe candidate a Ihis convf nltprt
i;lifitiy'cwry4'WexhaT,rew
iie pAop! a nanae tinsullied-by any apol of cU
and tniliiar?.'. delinquency. VVe have given thii
dHttngflishiid individual oor onhesliaimg swp-'
pbrf. . VV'e did not prefer Gen. bcon bpcaaseljwe
believed bim -ta be ol sounder principles tt)an
him in tvhiim havft Ihmwn our Voles. Dbl! Inr
nU democrat nQttni'ot irte Jefffrai i v.wvnTeiiKi,ui.Hi;o.ir
' : i ent 'dy Ke wasEand old fiiiont dirowrai.Mino jT-' !fn P -r-
aff lleVenli beliered-lbat ihenSme ofdeir
InaM had cheated ha!f tfeeTfIe Jeft of the$eovho the Vhg.jV oongf fn ,.f the,ernl hMes
thy I He here drew a viid" picture joi ine.currupiioo ijoaseemnie m i b5iiih.ii wi.j .hiiniwi..
1 of the nresent powers that be. and ine pnormities t day f yy n'l u'y r:r fM w "!auc,"X
nresent powt
nfimm iipH nndsr the; name vrs fleroorracy. - tie
romrAoA ii is bis ;"dutv he said! to warn th n.-
.0 ----- - L : J I . .!J
nie "flwainst socn oemorracj. rie nunpa, ne saia
in Ninclusiob. for iiamnh, ! TheJ? Hdnters of
Kentucky! will be foabdUQeltjlhe great Whig
oartv of tbe Union, -i I i 1 I .H;--'"1 ' ..
Mr. Uoaramarr, joi ucnnecttcai, earnesuy sup
ported the nomination.:! i I
Gen" Wilson, of New Hamoshire. was very
happy in his rematkcl He ei pressed the belief
that this State, (hough her prospects naa oeen
dart and ir loom v. woo Id Ires nond 10 inenuiiim-
hfcal reasons, fl 'he choice of. the convent 06 1 o.. u. u..mou p w "f;;' over
.Uii s.;.! .t r hiinda.. Ii Uiasttt-.whtch would enable, her to tnumpn over
Mr lv. sid.he would not oetam me conBn
the ranse of -sound priribiplpR.
Ti.o" n.htiion wa avreed to after the eulsfi
tuiion cf Dalttmore !ir ashinton. .
- A resolution was-passed tendering1 the thanks
of the ConreoUbrti to;i trustees of the Loihe
ran-Churchi andtohe' Rev, Clergymen who
attended the pessionii "
Also a resolution tendering the thanks a? the
Convention to tbe of&cers.
The President: responded to the resololinn in
some very appropriate rema:ks, when the .Con
vention adjourned sine die.
liarrisburg Telegraph
aine4 rsftiyte limil f this new Tfrn-
tory GemfiiJa'swDjwasJ pjnointed Gov-
f rnor,-' He became,' byviirtnebf his appoint-
rlirnt. Sipcnntrndenl of !odnn Afiairsrith-.
m his jiirisdit'tlon, and ,in : addition he. was
rtpfKiintesol "Comrdtssidber for treating
with the Indians,., Wd havei not room to go
into a detail ol his 1 rritoqaI admimstra
lion. 'S!ffie it:to say th it he wms re ap
pointed, Tiorn lime totinif. furfourteen years,
always at the Express ir quest; of tbe inhabt
(ants. His station ss Superintendent of In.
fl ion Affairs and Indian Commissioner in
volved him in complicated disputes with the
celebrated Tecumseb, and liis brother, tbe
rniesioru iut was presentli recalled by. Gen
eral 3aUonvlV:":; y-A':
'. - Since It's return from Sooth America, he
has' lived retired upon his f.rnv at .North
BendJ Hav ing vnev er been rich, and hav
ing spent a large part of his property in the
service of bis country, as a means ol provt
ding for those dependent upon htm, and of
supporting that plain but ample hospitality
m wbich he has ever indulged, he accepted
tbe office of Clerk, of the Courts for tbe
county in which be resides. In this same
way and. for similar reasons, ex-President
Monroe accepted the office and discharged
the duties of a justice of the, peace; a res
Prophet, the details of which, if we had pectabie and independent course, which the
ricn ana luxurious may nuiuuio, uui nuau
no true republican can fail to approve
1
IS
II
ttnn h a Bneeeli. bat would merely remark that
la the field that Gen. Harrison bas displayed, e
qai viltjr with Gen. Scott and he was ce;Mip
the latter would respond to the convention, fGod
prosper yoar oeciiioii-7-vuu jf . j t j
i Mr aontbarj Roberts of fennsylvaniajad
dressed : the convention in favor of the noraina
linn IIa oqiH hp tin rt hppn in favor of the; bom
ination of Mr Clay ; bbt71)eing out-voted,
nut xtA ara'iiese. bit would unite heartily ini
ih Anntx.rt uf Cleu. W. H. Harriatm. and iwould
do all in his ouwer to further his election
p My It, JoUsOn of Maryland, then ofleied the
' follow log -resolution : '--'l'''- i ' i 1?!
, ; " llesolocd. vThai Vhia Convention tinanisnoosnf
' vpmn'fnnd to i he nwinfe of Hie Unid $tatefe,
rieral V1LLIAM 'HteNKY HARR SpN,
nf (lhin a a fsiiuiiHaie far President, and JOHN
'l'YLKR, of Virginia, for Vice Presidentj. jj
x Ilfcfuie the oiiesium was taken. Gov. O wen of
Korih f Curolina said the balloltng- coram! uj?p
rpjidv" in re nor i on the subject of the Vkfi
Preshieney ; ,Tbai 2J1 votes" had been cast tyr
V ine Pe6idrtnl lhe vote it Virginia not naving
been rHS. arid, thrth 231 votes had ALL
cast for JOIIN '1 VLKll.of Virginia, who
areofdiiijly "fejioril -by Ihe committee as
Candida le f.ir the Vice Presidency.
Mr B, W'.;.L'2h, .d. -Virginia, then s
the present corrupt party in power. He related
several anecdotes, and applied them very happi-
ly t ' I ' J.-) ij ' ''
Mr. Hilliard, of Alabama sai? that he rejoic
ed to hear the voice of CongBtulaMon, sovinding
all rouod him, ana tnat ne emeriameo me same
patriotic feelings as the gentleman who had pre
ceded him. His own preferences, he said, had
been ardent for play but he would stand or fall
with the nominee of this Convention. He was
resolved to sacrifice and risk every thing for the
good of the cause 5 and; heieit assured that the
delegates would all g? home iwith an account ol
their proceedings that will impart a correspond-
ing enthusiasm in the Dosoma 01 tneir consutu
enis. : , ! i . i f
Mr. Merril.bf Pennsylvania, supported the res
olution in a few excellent remarks.
lYjr. x upper, or Mississippi, saia iuai. ue
Mississippi delegation bad ;cast the vote of that
State for Mr. Clay, and perhaps the Wbigsof
the Male will be disappoiQied in me resuu 01
AN EPITOME OF THE LIFE OF GEN
ERAL fif ARRISON.
Wm. Hknry Harrison was born on the
9ih day of Febrhajy, 1773, at Berkley,
Charles City county, Virginia, on the James
river, 25 miles bjw Richmond.
,His father, Bert am in Harbison, was one
of the representatives of Virginia in the
Continental Congress, in 1774, '75, and '76
the brother-in-law of Peyton Randolph,
the first President of Congress; chairman
of the committee "of the whole house, when
m for them, would; bo htghlv interesting
frhese troubles at length resulted in the ex
pedition toTippecanoe,by wbjch the schemes
of the Shawnee chiefs were broken up, and
ibeir forces dissipated. ( I - f
1. .t ' i I 'i. 1 f iL. :
I ai ine creasing out, uoweyer, oi iue war
wun ureal Btitain in lair:, an tne.aangers
of an Indian . war were renewed and aggra
vated, ami that danger became imminent
when inefficient conduct of Men. Hull, up
'on the Detroit became generally known. A
large body of Volunteers ws organizing in
:Kentucky for the protection, of the North
western frontier , and uenerai Harrison,
In 1835, without any previous concert or
arrangement, and without the assistance ol
any party machinery, Gen. Harrison was un
expectedly brought forward as a candidate
for the Presidency, and notwithstanding
there were two other Opposition candidates
in the field, he received a larger vote than
tbe entire Opposition had been able to mus
ter at either of the previous elections since
that of 1828.
In eveiy public station which he has lnh
erto held, whether as Territorial Delegate,
the Declaration; 6f Independence was a-
greed toone 61 the signers of the Dec- disposition. While in Kentucky, where be
our d
inee
th
I a ted
i
laration Speaker of the House of Dele
gates of Virginia and finally Governor on
that ancient commonwealth in 1782.
Benjamin Harrison having spent bis pri
vate fortune in the public service, left bis
children little else than his bright example.
After his death, William Henry Harrison
being under agej became tbe ward of Ro
bert Morns, the great financier. While pur-
whose conduct in the; Tippecanoe affair had Territorial Governor, Indian Commissioner,
been highly approved, throughout the whole i Major General in the Army, representative
Western country, was sent far by Gov. Scott I in Congress, Senator in Congress, or Foreign
to advise and aid in their organization and Minister, ha has discharged the duties of. it
with determined zeal and untiring industry ;
thlrtiie toie.ol Virginia had not been feast pej
ciose ii!,va8 understood that Mr Tylers obel o;
tbe delegation, iTouId. in allpiobability, recev
the nomuiaiior., and delicacy therefore forbad
their part'kiiaiion,ri ' . " , , ' -
Col,wift, of Pennsylvania, briefly expresse
his nrioioat preference- for the dtstingulshe
"5Siate.m'p Vof ' Kentucky Hnrj Lliyr-an
Conchtded by declaring his determination to yiel
his hrefertioce, and beartiiy and cordially togiv
his support to 4he .nomination of the Conven
tion. and feturu Jo. his: consiiloenis and, recpm.
mend thern lo di likewise. -
Mr Sjirague of .Massachusetts, next rose, and
concrratntaied the cinvenlion on the happy result
. . . - . . .- - ,i f
which was about to crown its labors. He refe
leliberations J but thev jrill go for the nom
of this Convention, and; the land of Poin-
dexier and Preritits, as she has done before, will
do her duty stil) ; and f rod the harmony of this
Convention, and the enthusiasm manifested by
the members, he felt satisfied she can be rescued
from the spoilers under ihe bannei of Tippecanoe.
Mr. Whitehead, of New Jersey, said he too
bad had his first choice. He had been over
ruled by the majority, but he! did nut complain ;
and would cheei fully abide b$ ihe decision of the
Convention. J he nomtnee had onc before re
ceived the vote of New! Jersey, and was assured
he would do eo scram. I i
Mr Russell, of M issour i 1 cemm enced his re
marks by stating that he came from the State of
the srreal exnunsrer Dark clouds had Ions low-
ered over that ;Mate but light is now breaking J Artillery, tnen.stationea near ine site oi ine
was received with the greatest enthusiasm,
orders came flora Washington, placing a
part of these troops tinder his command, for
the protection i of the. Indiana Territory.
The rest were ordered to Concentrate, for
the purpose of marching to he aid of Gen.
Hull. In Ihe mean time letters were re
ceived from Hull's army, complaining great
ing an earnest wish that Harrison might com-
.1 : A ' ' r ! 1 1 . ii I '. 1
and, more yet,! with a patriotic self-devotion
and inflexible honesty which, after all, are
the best qualifications for public office.
suing his studies! at Hampden Sidney Col- y of the inefficiency of Hull, and express
lege, the ravages oi tne Indians on our norm-1 mand the expected reinforcement
western frontier,; induced him to join the
army under General St. Clair, arid repair,
in the service of his country, to the scene
of danger, i His resolution, though opposed
by his guardian, -was approved by General
Washington, who; gave him the commission
of an ensidn in the 1st regiment of U. S.
The Kentucky volunteers concurred in
this wish ; but a difficulty existed, inasmuch
as bis commission fromlthf United States
did not authorize him to take the command
of any troops except; those intended to ope
rate within ihe bounds of pis jurisdiction,
which at that time embraced only Indiana
through ihem.l There are still somegrevn spots
on which the eye loves to test. His first choice
had not been selected, but we leave him in tne
hands of Ji is country, with Ihe wreath of fame
covering his brow. I j
1 he W higs oil Missouri, said Mr. It , will op
Ted to the fact that ihe delegates came here, port the nominee! of this Convention, Gen. Har
much divided in opinion, and to the hopes enter-
be Jd -
Happily
tained by Qur enemies that tbey would
ded in the selection of a candidate
tbey have been disappointed. He alluded ta the
cha acter and worth of Mr Clay, his disi inguisli
ed services to thercountrv, and his high admira
tion of hirq Masachusoiis, he said, ilo had
her favorite son, but she had yielded up her pre
ferencesand yielded them early for the saKe
of conciliation and success... She bad made hs
saqrtfice freely -cordially--and she wcoldj bow
rally under ihe banner of W . H. Harris on j ith
the same . al, and (ho same certainty! of buj
cess as with her own favorite son. jf
Mr Chambers, of Pennsylvania, was not on y
willing to snpport the resolution of the genfh -ma
a from Maryland, but to da so cordially ?ar d
with all his heart, i He wa9 ready to rally und ;r
the banner of W. IL Harrison, and support ib it
, banner with all the inflaenco that God and! ni
I lure. had aiven him,- "
r Simmons, of Rhode Uland, said in behalf
vi uiuiBcii ; auu ins ucit.atiuii mil tiiuuii iui
; to yield their preferences, ibey would he among
tbe first to respond. to the nomination. : !
. lr Vose, of .Vaine, warmly respond ;d :ta t!ie
f nomination. - j
,: Judge Barhetf, of Ohio, next addressed tie
; Convention at some leogih. Afier a brnsf eujlogy
of MC- Clay,' he referred to the early history of
Gen. Harrison, and his intimate acquaintance
with him, and testified, io the high estimation
' in ' which le was held by all who krewtjhim.
lie concluded by reeommendiner' the ' infuililng
the Union FlacT viih the motto ot Jtr. Wike,
of .Virginia, 4 Uninn for the sake the LTifoA'
Do Ihis, said he, an! all will be'SMill. j
- Mr. Livingston, of N. V- rose next. Ilehjm
menced bis remarks by asking -tbe queitfet
, where am 1 ? whjt hag brought me he revp id
answered with the emphatic responsn Zot-c of
p" Country ! a wish to see the powers that be ef
fectually prostrated, and ihe country rlpdetnied
from the hands of the spoilers. He alluded to
; Jiis old I age and feebleness, stating tl at ' ien
then he was scarcely able to proceed ; he j said
he had been a democrat all his life, had ij elver
been out of the harness. : He ever had and-ever
would adhere ttf the principle that ihe majorit)
govern. When that. principle was lost sigi tof
there most be an end of the republic. j (
Mr. L; briefly eulogized the character of; Mr.
Clay. The world he said would do him justice.
If is fame would be admired by after-generati ns.
Next he adverted to the character of Gen.t.ar
rlson. He 6aid he liked his character. He knew
Jiim wel,. and nothing had been said in! his
praise that was not strictly lrue.Ohio( be said
would go for him by acclamation, and he; was
persuaded from what he had learned that the
Key stone would yet be the arch of the Union.
He then drew a vivid picture of; Majtiik'! Van
Buren, and referred to the downward endncy
of the country undr his administration m ,tiich
be said, had put the republic "radically yliuug,
but h6 had every confidence that we waulj soon
get r'adifally rigbU When he had realized this
belief, he would descend to the tomb happ9 and
; cn rented. '- r . 1
r Gav. Metcalf, of Kentucky, was particularly
happy in bis remarks. Kentucky's favbriW son,
lie f niu, naa lost tbe nomination, but had he him j
sHf Wn henv Tie would have d5ne precisely
wm?v..r uciegauon rrom tnat Mate ae prepar
ed idoenter heartily tnto the snppirt if the
success is, and ever has heWri his
Ihe man who can best JenL ihai
"TT T ,ne, PJr!I' ,s be man he w utJ rally
i :f" J , !" - as regarded rnm-
11$ -Ikl "TO Kd,d. not sacrifice so much . as did 1 many
a ,s ?: -trr- l frt.m lh. ciH. A .1.1 . . . . ' L
lake tus
np less
unej vjeti.
hiscoun-
tban any
hd fri'Ma.
houid en-
eij Govl
Hitpcky'S
ca(vd4date
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il l tl
I -& t -1
a i 14 A' f
! 3 t-
nnminaiion.
first-'Ofy'ect.
if jtiijiH-' I'
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i if ; ' f
! v i .
ly frr.ro the side nf 6np n,.l frienH m
efanl firtntw k il... L'.jl'e Li 't ' J
un.nj,w; n.r iuem anoioer and
"'O'R t?nnf. ; 1 he jeountry had root d
Harrison jostice. He has d.,ne more for
try and received less for his services
man lini. H rKjesed bi:h civil n
J j ry rapHcUies ,.i the first order, which s
1 '-'Af, )XM lbe admiration of tlie neon
il. d t nil). Ur. m f L"
ir. - : r t
Said .'"fee- fSlhc ! hr in ..r
iavorn roo. behvirig hjm to be the
mosi iiKciy to .F4tTPwt. . s:AnA'h. U.A iL.il i.
v,..-,.Xr spni men s wiih IbA ril
- - . r - . r - ... . .
winw.iiie variu, Stat,, and had
tne conriusion tni Pe Wa8 mj,-.-h
bow prepared ' to go hn ihe i iooffest
overturn hp.iwerful desp.tism under
ara now saffeiiog. r -Ut not the sort'
rison, and if their decision should fall in the lat
ter they will hope to be rejoiced by tbe shout of
vic'ory from their sister Slates.
There are considerations Missouri, thatmake
the; fiarae of Geri. Harrisona tower of strength.
He is rich in the affections of his countrymen,
and the Wbigsof Missouri; will do their best
will die in the last ditch, h
Mr. Graham, of Louisiana, said that he and
the Whigs of the State he represented had their
first choice. But their; prayers will be offered up
fori the succesejojf the 'ticket! jj
A gentleman from Vermont, whose name tbe
reporter could not learn adlessed the Conven
tiojn. He said jthe Whigsfof that State will
never surrender till! the gates of the White
House at Washington, arej demanded and se
cured in the name of the 'people of thts great
-Republic.' . ' j 1 " :
! Mr. Newton, of Virginia, fsaid that the State
w hch had. the! honor to be jibe birth place of the
first saviour of; liis country,! will prove to be jthe
birth place of jhe second saviour of his country.
He said the character of Gen. Harrison is now
much misunderstood J and when better understood
wilL be better appreciated. j " 4-1 1
; Mr.; Bates, of Michigan said he liked tbe
ecoentric Crocket's mottoibe sure you'r right,,
then go ahead. : With General Harrison, said
Mr. 13 we are; rightnd Mean assure the Con
vention we will go ahead,'
! Juuge Huntington of Indiana, said that that
State has been1 Whig and !is Whiff to the core.
tie was certain ishe would give Gen. - Harrison
a: large majority in 1840. jHe himself resid
at rort; Harrison, and he knew there was
man there who supported Uie General in 1
Ll .1 Pi..L !. 'V; Syl rn ' .
wiiph ine-oiaie ;gave nim ouuu maioriiy, vrrio
would not do so again j .
The Judge referred to the course of Gen H.
in Congress in! reference tolthe public lands and
. i . . i . i i
ine eariy seiners, wqo instead ot an enemy as
they feared found him their ibest friend. Ile a'-
60 referred to Hie! declaration! pf Col. R. M. John
son, that Genj Hanison hail fought more bailies
than any man in the county, and never lost
a battle." ! l S f
The Judge said he was sure he never will
lose a battle, and that his nomination will be! re
ceived in the West with a! burst of enthusiasm
never before known in the country, i
? The question ;was then taken on the resolution
of Mr; Johnson! when it was UNANIMOUS
LY AUUH EU. If
A resolution wa9 then offered and adopted,
congratulating jthe constituents of the Conven
tion on ihe result of its deliberations, and recom
mending the same harmony and enthusiasm a
mong them that have characterized the proceed
ings of the delegates. Si (
Mr. Preston, of Kentucky, offered a resolu
tion rehtive to the adoption of an address to the
people of the United Staiesp f V j
j Mr. B. W. Leigh opposed the motion, believ
ing no address necessary. . jjle said he should be
in favor of leaving the noiinination to its own
weight. He was not fur feting on the defen
sive hut on the offensive. iHe was fornarrvincr
Me war into Africa for arraigning the poilers
before i herbar tf the American people for fiigb
Crimes and misdemeanors-! hen they will re
ceive the punishment due hem, and tlie only
punishment they can receiye under our institu
tiomsdismissal from office 4ow and foreVer.
j JIu Pendleion of Ohio, made some remarks
which we could not hear, ij
j Jr. BaroellLjof Aassachtisetts. said ther wi
no neea of an addressj) If theyoice from the West
foiling down from the mourytains jind along the
valleys of the Atlantic be mt better than all the
addresses that eyer i were k issued, then indeed a
biracle bas beed..wdp&ht. jl '
wlr. Prestopfi jesqlution was withdrawn.
Mr. Pendletbb, of Ohio.ktated that it was the
kish of GenerU Harrison only to. serve but
MWE I ERM.lf ected to the PresidenerL
A resnhiiiontwas iiien snanitted by R John-
fonrf JVirflaindarid agr4d recommending
uw inenos of couoct principles m the different
Maies, to hold Cnrentionf ion the 22d of Febn-
yj soch day as rdsy be agreed -upon,
for the purpose ijcf opminat!mg electoral iiekets;
present city ot Cincinnati on the Ubio.
Harrison, at this time, was but lf years of
age, and his first introduction to a long ca
reer-of Dublic service, was tte command of
ah escort having charge rf a train of pack
horses, bound toilforl Hamilton on the great
Miami, 1 hat country was men overrun by
the Miamies, thejWyandots, the Delawares,
ihe Shawners, te Chippewas, the Ottowas
and the Potowotomtes, who were flushed
with their vicjorli over St Clair, and were
stimulated to stil) greater hostile exertions
by the British)! Difficult and perilous as was
and Illinois,
been before
Territories.
Scott called
Missouri and Michigan having
this time elected into separate
In this dilemma, Governor
together, a caucus of influential
persons, among whom Iweire Mi. Shelby,
Governor elect, Henry Clay
United States House of Representatives, and
Speaker of the
be Federal Cir-
to their advice,
nomas Todd r Judge of
cult Court I In conformity
Governor Scott gavel Harrison a brevet com
mission of Major General in the Kentucky
militia, and placed the detachment march
in? for Detroit under bis command. This
appointment was received vitb universal ap-
WATCHMAN.
FRIDAY. DECEMBER 20, 1839. )
REPUBLICAN WHIG CANDIDATES,
"
FOR PRESIDENT, J
WM. II. IIARKISOiSr,
OF OHIO. f 1
, FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
JOHN TYLER,
OF VIRGINIA. i
this first e??roiyoung Harrison into pub- plauserespeciaIIy as the srrender of Hull
lie service, i the duty was performed with
such ability and complete success as imme
diately attracted the attention and received
the applause of jthe commander-in-chief.
In 1792, Harrison was promoted to the
rank of Lieutenant, and in 1795 he joined
the new army under Genera Wayne His
spirit, enterprise, and sagacity soon attrac
tedj "Nej of that able commander, who
apps. Tn one ot his aids de-camp, in
which
ed during
at the bait
wbich the to
are mentiohe
Wayne's offi
ter the clos
moted (o t
command
portant pos
in this co
r
niw-rtfTne
d responsible post he serv
His servicer, especially
Maumce Rapids, by
ought tc a close,
is in General
"ctory. Af
was pro-
Jlaced inJ
rrrjrtne most im-
rn country. While
ried a daughter
hn-Cleves iSymmesrne founder of the
ami settlements a lady in whom he has
ever found a faithful and affectionate com
- i - i
panion. i It
.'- -a.. ifV ! :-
m i7y7. itornson r
sion in the army! and
tary ot jthe IMprihwes
officio Lieutenant
year the Northwes
second grade j of Territorial Government,
i 1 L' r : - lit
ana oerpme enimei io congressional- oeie
gatc. General Harrison was chosen to fill
this important station. He remained in
Congress only pne year, but duiing that time
very1 essential service to his
As the law then stood, the
could only be purchased in
FOR GOVERNOR
JOHN M. MOREHEAB,
OF GtftLFURD COUNTY.
iCT" We are authorised to announce Col. R.
W. LONG, as a Candidate for the Office of
Sheriff, for the County of Rowan, at the next
election. : . . .;'
C?! We are authorized to announce JOHN
H. H ARDIE, as a candidate for Sheriff, at ihe
ensuing election.
i THE HARRISBURG NOMINATION.
Few of the Whig party in North Caroli-
na could have been more disappointed, and
even mortified, by the choice of Gen Har-
now became known, and General Harrison
put the troops instantly in potion, and ad
vanced through Ohio towards the seat of
war. In the mean time, however, letters;
came from Washington", written in ignor
ance of the surrender of Hull and the do
ings in Kentucky, appointing General Win
Chester to the command of the forces march
ing on Detroit. Having by this time ad
vanced far into Ohip, telieved Fort Wayne,
which bad, been besieged by tbe Indians,
and destroyed the Indian towns on the Wa
bash, Harrison surrendered the command
to General Winchester, much to the regret
of the Kentucky volunteers, whom he had
great difficulty j in persuading to submit to
uir,r.,Cw.cuu,u,anuer. : rison instead of Mr. Clat, than ourselves.
r roper representations Having uetii mauo i ; .
at Washington, in a short time, and greatly But for the purpose of preserving our prin-
to the satisfaction of ihe soldiers, despatch- ciples, we must preserve our party, a ma-
ibousnnd dollar?, f fcr v.
is now lacking.)
We congratulate cur
peet. ;We believe li e :
a head j and the work b
To the Citizens of 11.
-The undersigned, havir.
missic-rier9 to receive Suv
of the Fayettevi'.le as i
Company,' under the a .
bly passed at the last br .
ihis occasion to make tj v
of facts, and to urge up. s
tions which we think i;n;
By the Act of 1S3G ;
Carolina agreed to sub
sum necessary to cmp!e:
Fayetteville to soise p !
of theYadktn River, pre;
subscribe the other thr.
interested were procer '
themselves of what v.;
a most liberal act of lb ?
pects of success seemed :
the sodden change in the ;
ed all other kind of bu-in
great project. Thiers i
aging state ooltl last Wi
peal was made to the L
thecitizensof the Wrsi,
formed, that if another ;
should be subscribed by
would assuredly ra i s ? t
much contentiD.1 and di
as asked for : that is to t
Act, agrees to subscribe
tal Stock. Drovided i n u i v i
mainder. Under this L3
ville have commenced a '
have "raised on the Ca; ; 1
sura wanted. Somethir
thousand dollars howeitr
people of" the. West bef.
certain success of this ;
work of internal ioprav
raised speedily, we arc
characters to our fellow c
must be made. If, hov
scriptlon b4 not made, v.
the entire failure of th?
this address will cot p :
circumstances that have
sis ; bat it does mcst cc;
low-citizens are calleJ
P The property-holders i
deeply intetested in thh '
whether the Stock yieli
tbey will gain on the ir
land and its productions
the Stock will be unprif
much interest at staka r
case this should be cert:.
Farmers of the country t
any rate. The Road i .
presented as an Agried:
to be mostly benefitted :
take op this subscripii
Small sums only are if .
Ly facilities are presenu I
small sam9. Will you,
of Jtowan, not come fur
great Scheme from fail:
interest from hopeless r.
We are not eatbush : !
sidered what we say, z.
truly It will be a la
hang back at a crisis lit
Yours respectful!
WILL!
: R. :i.v.
D. A. 1
R. W
II. C.
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f
1 1
If v
ed his commis-
pointed Secre-
ritory, and ex
r. 1 he next I
tory entered the
es arrived appointing General Harrison
commander-in chief of the Northwestern
army, and granting him the amplest powers
for the conduct! of the war.
It is impossible here to give any detailed
jonty of that party have said through their
representatives, that it is safest to run Gen
eral Harrison and Mr. Tyler: so far as
the party in North Carolina bad spoken,
accouurfef the two campaigns of the North- the j bad pledged themselves heartily to ac-
he rendered
constituents,
public lands
tracts of fourjhousatid acres; a very great
western army, which resulted in the recov
pry of Michigan and, the annihilation of the
British army ot upperjuanada at tne battle
of the Thames" i j
These campaigns; were jponducted in tbe
midst of tbe greatest difiiulties and embar
rassments, but at length resulted in a com
plete triumph General Harrison was the
only American general during that war who
penetrated to any considerable distance into
the Canadian territory, or jwho gained a de
cisive victory upon British ground. Those
who wish to read tne details of these cam-
hardship upon the poor settlers, who were paigns will find them, with many interesting
thus obliged; !to f purchase at second hand, particulars, in a little volume just published
and at an enhanced price. Harrison brought by Weeks & Jordan, Of Boston, under tbe
this subject before Congress, and moved a title of " The People's Presidential Candi-
comroitiee to consider it. Of that commit- date, being the Life of William Henry Har-
tee he was himself appointed chairman ; the
only instancej it is believed, in wbich such
an honor hasjbeen conferred upon a Terri
torial delegate He made a report, accom
panied by a bill, authorizing the public lands
rison, of Ohio," a book (0 which we are
indebted for tbe materials of this sketch.
After lesigning his commission in tbe army,
Gen. Harrison was appointed a Commission
er to treat with the Indiads, and be took a
cime to
Hie was
1 . i
pah, sod
i hleh we
pf dttmuc-
Xo be sold in alternate half and quaiter sec-1 leadinffoartih the iwo treaties of Greenville
tions; that lsJini alternate tracts of three. j and of Detroit! by! which b final settlement
hundred and twenty and one hundred and I was made of our relations with the North-J
' :.irv 1..-J .... I ! . . .'. t . .-.i
sixty acres, j 1 ne report attracted great at 1 western tribes. In 18161 be was elected
tontion, as did, Harrison's speech in support 1 Representative to Congress to fill a vacancy,
C It U tYti kill . 1 .1 1 1 f .1' .' i 1 itjl:i
a cmw
ana general orcan.zuion
nmitieei,f je f0Bl ea(jh delegaticn was ap
ted 10 tnfuirn thV 0OtnifMes t.f ih Hnnven-
im r,f their niinination" r;j'- : . .-i 4 K
ur.liurnorot iNew Jer!sey. said. that in con-
of it, but the bill was very, vehemently on
posed It passed the House, however, by a
large majority. In the Senate the resistance
was so great that at length a committee of
conference Tyas; appointed. Harrison was
one of the committee, and finally a com
promise was agreed to, by which the public
lands were tcj be sold in alternate whole and
half sections,; that is, in alternate tracts of
six hundred and fony and three hundred
and twenty ! aci'es. ' Thi9 was a great im
provement upoi the former law; and as at
this time settlers began to flow rapidly into
Ohio, its beneficial results were instantly felt.
At this session of Congress a bill was
passed for dividing tbe Northwestern Terri
tory. Ohio! became a Tcmtory by itself;
while all the jest of the Northwestern coun
tr?f locIudingHbe existing States of Indiana,
Illinois, and Michisan. and ihe Terntorv of
Wisconsin, was4 created into a new Terrilo-
" I -r "v l.'r- -"t--"?- . . ""
vy, oy ine name ofi Indiana. Afier
and for the next two veara. While s mem
ber of tbe House, he principally exerted
himself with regard to two great measures :
one, a reform of the militia) system, in which
onfortunately be failed ; the other, the relief,
by the granting of pensions, of the veteran
soldiers of the Revolution, and of thoso
wounded or disabled in the late war, in
which he! succeeded. - -
In 1824, he: was elected from the State of
Ohio to the U. S Senate, and being appoint
ed chairman of the committee on military
affairs, in the place of general Jackson,
who bad. resigned, he devoted himself to
the duties of that station besides giving
much labor lo a Consolidation of the pen
sion acts, and the Jpassagej of a uniform Jaw;
to embrace the cases of al I tqose wbosnould be
deserving of this sort of justice from their
ounlry. yia- f.; -H'.'f - -r y A: - J
' ; Jrt. 1828 General Harrison "was appointed
quiesce in that nomination : it would be a
raud 'iu us now to back out from our prom-
n a 1 .1 a - .
ise. 1 ne cueertuiness wun wmcn tne mi
nority of the Convention submitted to the
will of the majority the readiness with
which tbe Whig members in Congress, and
the Whig press throughout the nation have
concurred in it ; convince us, not only that
it was the best thing that could have been
done, but that Gen. Harrison is a far supe
rior man to what he bas been generally re
presented by the Loco Focos. As to the
charge with which the Western Carolinian
opend its batteries upon him, to wit, that he
is an Abolitionist, it bas been as effectually
met nnd put down in his case as in its ap
plication to Mr. Clay. It has been time
and again refuted in the most explicit man
ner by his: original advocates, and needs
now but a simple contradiction : the very
fact that he has been recommended to Sou
thern men by Southern delegates sent to the
Convention for tbe purpose of obtaining in
formation upon that and other matters per
taining to tbe nominee, is a sufficient guar,
antet for us. .
Honor fair dealing, and the all prevail
ing motive 'of ttlf-preservatioh, require of
the Whigs to go for the Nomination. 7 We
shall do so with alacrity; and zeal.
. At a meeting of the-T
ment in'Fayetteville, en
ing gentlemen were a;
by whom subscription, f
the Fayetteville and Y
pSny, .were Jto ba opi:
Counties, viz :
Montgomery J a v.. t
Martin, Jno. II Mor.t-
Richmond 5. C '.
ery, F. P. Leak, J. L
io -Jno A. M I
d iU .iThtts. D. Pa r k , S. -.
; JIccklenbvr. I'. C
der, JMirwin; John 11
' Cabarrus.-- V. M. C
Allen, Geo. Klul ts, W.
- Rotcan. 11. W.
Chambers, Robt. Mac:u
Dame R. M. Vo v.
bin. John Clement, Th
Davidson. W. If. I
Rnswell A. 'King, Char:
Randolph John L
ander Gray, Je?se Har
" Guilfird. Ralph G
hall, James T. Morehe
Lindsay.
Iredell J. P. Call
Sam'J. King, Thomas A
1 irdkei Edmund J
James Wellborn,
Mitchell.
ICT Rev. S.COLT
eral Agent, on the par;
Books for Subscription t
" FAYETTEVILLE AND WESTERN
: j RAIL ROAD." .
; The" following very plain and energetic
address to the citizenls of Rowan, is so
much 'in the current of our t own views of
this sublect that we give place to it instead
of some remarks which we had intended to
chase of Louisiana, that vast countrv
gite. We cannot believe L that the Great
ir ' ' ft all tfiftf eli h9caclrt Fur
the pur-1 by President' Adams minister plenipotentiary, v vf, r.VAit;.i rVii iKiV
w.s an- to the Republic of Colonlbia.5 lie arrived is going to lei her favyoiteprojec fall hrongh,
want ol one nunurea ana ninety
oexca to tnerinaiana 1 crnlorr. and so re-fat Boaota: and tPrA nnUhm dntiM of " 11a lor tne
CON(.
Another week has L
or rather in the nefir;
sovereign State tf f.'
members. The work !
The returned member
a lie, and a resolution :
ceedtpelecta Speaker
worse than the Han;
Stevens: for that was ;
trufepotcer, acting un
These men who have',
say members, and hi 5
them vote.are not sworn -deed
being lawless, they
have by violence an J c
to bave a Speaker v( H
Governmen
f Those Whijrsin tt.:
who vo!ed for Mr. C ;
election, undr the,':
a Whig or a Ntvtml,
prised rto learn, that h
to oust the New Jerset
res. .Ilere are the v
vvhlch he voed in the '
U " Resolved, Thzx ;
Avcrig, John V . B.
Charle- L. Sirattiv, :-'"
are sufficienl toeni: !" '
HMise, leavjnf .the q -to
be afterwards drct t
v On this and vrv
with the: Van(jerpt';, 1
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