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I it IP 'flr- liiA u : M 1 SPEBC 1 or JUDGE BURNEOVh r f li tire ybVhiwnti Cmtwtiontw'nMtf history rj pu UJtoj uetwai tr luwmiiuirg fREPORTlJ FOB THC HARKISBuRG CHROSJCLE.j Mr lpBESiDirr i Laboring under the influ ence of a severe col jj which affecta both my voice and h: stl will not be apprehended that I shall Attain the: Convention by; a long address,) Bat, sir, iftdpUed as I ami! const add my apjjr&ving voJce to the Jast and merited plaudits which have bei prononnced freed every pari of this assembly on the distinoished'son of the patriotic State of Kentucky; flo admiration of his talents, ftrtues, and public services, no man on this floor goes for thr than I do; nor does any one repeat them with mor oleaknfe and nrida; i They are the proper ty cf the nation, and wa all claim ibem as ten ants in common, I Long "d ardently bate I de- him inj the presidential cnair, ano le hare t ioagbt for the accomplieh- desire. Bat few men on tn is floor th scars of political warlare,,receiv- ,t ! hi. aofpn. than 1 do : nor is there one more illiog to have them increased in, future j convicts, shpuld it again become necessary to vin dicate his character or b'is canse. - Geoeril Har- ! rison entertains towards him the same isings, aod has long ardently: desired to see hinjjatlbe head of the ination ) wor oold he have been a -candidate in 1830, had it not been distinctly an nounced that Mr. Clay had withdrawn ffom the canvass. - j - i , x;- -. The Slate of Ohio has witnessed thej honors ! which have been! paid to that distiogoished cili- zen in every' part of the Union with great delight, t and b as' been among the first to acknowledge or, 1 more prbperly spealyrS, to assert and; vindicate their justice ; and here, in the presence of ibis f august assefttbly, endorse Ihtm. I j ' It is; ho doubt, expected, sit, that-the delega j tin uf Ohio will say something on this occasion ; in cornmeniationi of their j favorite son, on whom s i this Convention ha just bestowed one among the r highest honois ui which the ambition of man can aspire-Ua onanimons nomination for the firstjof . flee in'tbegiflot ajftee anf powerfol nation! I I hope, air, I ahall hotjbe charged with vsmify When I say that 1 have been his intimate companion and friend for more than fort? years. The free and cantinoed' intercourse that has existed, be- tween ! os for so lonor a period must necessarily enable I tne to speak with some confidence; as to his character, acquirements, and course ot uie. : Ha Is a paii ve of the Old Dominion it and is an honor to the State which gave him birth. i v Ha is a: son of GoL Harrison of.' Virstdia' who was a 'patriot of the Hevolution, and a signer of : the JJecIaration)f independence prociatmeo oy the Continental Congress in 1776 ; by which sulemn act he pledged " his life, his fortune, and his sacrbd honor," to maintain that declaration, and he nobly redeemed his pledge. ' His! son, of whom II jpow ; speak, inheiiied fronT hisf Maker i an : ardent, active,; penetrating r mind far j very far, above mediocrity that mind has been im f proved by a classical education, under Jhe best mstractprsof that day ; it has been' stored: with valuable and useful knowledge, literary, scieptifie, ! and historical. .Von can, scarcely naman im Important subject on which he has not readj and re ! fleeted, and on which he cannot write and coo-1- Terse witli facility and clearness. He is t good , belles lettres scholar ; a ready, correct, and strong j writer.'and must be rank'd, wherever he is known :. in the class of men who are most distinguished 1; for improved and cultivated intellectI?lOvihe fi i lner qualities of the heart no man can justly claim a preference to borrow the strong expressire ' language of my friend, Gov. Metealf, 'IIabri h son has an expanded heart, and it is kilways in ythe right plaee." jThough brave as Napoleon, J he has much of tb0 milk of human kindness. - Benevclence, and a desire to better the condition ( of the whole humao family, predominate in bis -U soul, and are oitstaotly forcing themssfves into j aciipntf In dress, he is plain and onoslentatious ; k in manners aflable and unassuming. J When i seen engaged oo bis farm, which is his dally em T ploymeut, and necessariiy. fwllowed to: obtain his i daily bread, you cannot distinguish, hioi, by the 4 appearance of his dres3, from any of his; brother ; farmer?: wlio are laboring in bis vicini;y. His house is open to alt, andi its hospitalities free for i all. whether high or lowi tich or poor. !l;is not exHaffttration when I sav believe md. sir. it is vni poetry or fiction when I saj , if he had but one dollar he would not, because he could not, refuse j to divide iiwiihj friend in distress. - jp i In politics be' has always been a Democratic nepubliran ofcthe schools of Washington, Jefier ton, and. Madison ; he detests the agrarian, in fidel principles which aire gaining power and in fluence at the present 'day,. and resists .ie doc-, ttijoe that the spoils belong to the victors, and that an! executive or ministerial officer of Gov eriimtnt may assume the responsibility ;of con a'tuing the Constitution' and laws of the coun try fur, selfish or party purposes; ; ; i H jThese 8tatements,sirj are no surmises, nor are they taken on trust ; Jhey are gathered irpni his long life of civil and military service, 4nd have been teen by alt; who; have observed hinleitber at the ( head of the armv. in the Grobernatorial diple- sired to, see! many a batt rnent of; that boar more of chair, in the halls of legislation, oi in! a matio station, i I -! ..i ln In 1791, this distineoished son of the venera e signer of the Declaration of Independence was engaged io jibe stu iy of medicine under the care of Dr. llu?h, of Philidelphia. Hearing of the murders committed by the Indians on the do fenaeless inhabitants of the Norihwesiern fron tier, he resolved io go to thier relief j At his re auest. his Guardian and friend. Robert Mnrrila. of Itevolutionary memory, obuined for aim', from President Washington, an ensigncy in heAimy of the rUnited States. S W ith this parchment in f hii pocket he' hastened to Cincinnati, but did I not reach it till St. Clair had marched into the ! Indian country ; by which providentiaj event he was not on the bloody field where so many of his ; 'fellow-cfficers aod soldiers . found a premature I grave.:: The first tour of military duty he per- formed .was in the succeeding wioler,jwhen be '..-. marched through! the' snow on foot at 'the head of his detachment, ith his knapsack! upon .his back, to the fatal battle field, to infer the bones of the slain. This was his first miliUrv service. We find him afterwards, in 1791, an aid de camp yi tuoaiidiii t ajf tiv, uioiinvuisuing nimseu in the balile at the ftpids of the Maumeeiwhere, for his bravery,-and . good conduct, he recieved the thanks i of the. Commander in Chief, commu nicated to ibe army in general orders. In 1795, he was engaged in making the treaty of Green ville, oodrr the superintendence of Gent W-ayne, which terminated the Indian war. - He was soon after appointed Commandant of Fort Washing ton, and had the management of the public prop ertv ehitflv collected at that post. li I i ' Erly in 179SL the object being accomplished which prompted him to join the army, ie jresigit d his commission and removed to his farm. Th next military enterprise in which w find him n;agd waj the expedition to Tippecinoe. The treaty which he had then recently! made with the Indian tribes had-been violaeJf Te cusnseh , a mil ted by all to be the most intrepid warrior a nf the mt talented chief of the age. Ul on Ike tribes who 1 were parties to had prevail that treaty purpose of rt.!,'.f-f't:V trt r ' ViiTtmn nmonr : all -the tribes from the lakes fo the Gulff Mexico, He bad:visitVd thtf Northern tribes, nd had secur ed their co-operation, and was riegotiating with thoseV the douth for ibe same purpose. Har rison, who? was awarelof his plan, and f that he was aetbaliy engaged m .the I successful eieco lion of ft, was not idle. He commnnicated the facts to ilrrMadison; stating what would be the consequences of permitting it to he completed.- The President promptly pTaced: the 4tb rpg't- ment under the command cf.Harrison, then Go vernor, of Indiana J ordered : hini to raise four hundred volunteers, and proceed;, to the Indian country. The order i iwasi so! promptly obeyed that our gallant little armt of 800 men arrived at Tippecanoe before ..Tecamsehhsd returned from the Sontb. ' .When Harrison reached the settlement, twelve hundred warriors had alrea dy assembled. He fsentlfor the chiefs ; they came to his camp. He told them their ureal Father had not sent bim to fight, but to settle their complaints amicably j and .he invited them to meet him in council tfiej promised to do so the next day, and then returned' to their villager At soon as they were goneie told his officers ne knew, from their language and behaviour, 4hat they intended to attack him before morning. Confident that this was the comci! they medita ted, he eneamped bis army in the order, of bat tle, and directed his men to lie down with their clothes on and their arms at their sides. His pre dictions soon became history. ' Ao hour or two before day, in a dark, f foggy night, the attack was made with great; fury. . The conflict lasted neatly two hours, and until daylight enabled bim to see the position of : the Indians, when a, vigorous charge was ordered, which terminated in their defeat and dispersion. jThe army then marched to the village aid destroyed it. We may safely affirm that this was the first instance in which American; jroope have; sustained them selves against a superior -force of Indianas, in a night attack of two i hours continuance. As fruits of this victory the treaty was preserved, and the neace and safety of the frontier secured. It was from this baitle$Q impoitaot to the Gov ernment and People Of Indiana and so brilliant in the mode of its achievement, against a des perate foe, that General jHarrrjsion derived the appellation of the , Hero of rippecanoe." The savapres on the frontier of Indiana hav ing been thus defeated and scattered, Governor Harrison, hearing that they were taking scalps and breaking op the settlements on the frontier of Ohio.' resigned his commission as uovernor and Superintendent of Indian Affairs, together with their emoluments. repaired to Cincinnati, and Toluoteered in our defence.; In a few months he succeeded in scattering ifie savages on our borders; a part of tfiemj he drve to the lakes, and the residue he compelled to remove to a place of safety within our settlements. By this operation the settlers on our frontier were reliev ed from danger, and hundreds who had fled to ibe denser settlements of the State for protection returned to their improvements, and occupied them in safety. A person who has not an accu rate knowledge of the condition of the North western portion of Obioat the: lime of the late war, when it was ar unbroken wilderness, with out inhabitants, other tlban aborigines, without roads, bridges,' ferries, or improvements of any kind, cannot form an idea of the difficulties Gen. Harrison encountered, -in feeding, sustaining, and keeping together his army. The difficul ties and perplexities which beset him daring all his campaigns are known to but few, and cannot be justly appreciated by fany ; yet, by unceasing activity, and by the efforts of his powerfol mind, he overcame them all. But it; is impossible to dwell on minotia a volume would not contain the half of such a detail. Pressed down by all those difficulties, he kept the field ; he never despaired for a moment J and such was the con fidence reposed in his bravery and skill, by both officers and soldiers', that their spirits never flagg ed, their hopes never sunk. . It is not generally known that the fleet built at Erie, by which the command of the lakes was obtained, was a pro ject recommended by General Harrison, and that it was adopted by Mr. Madison, in conqoence of his unbounded confidence in the prudence and sound judgment of bim r who propped it Be fore the period of which I am now speaking. Gen. Harrison had been' appointed a Major Gen eral in the militia of Kentucky, by a law of that State, and bad been appointed a Major General in the Army of the United Stales by Mr. Madi son.'' " . : j' l J ' Passing over a multitude of affairs of smaller moment, let us point your attention to the mem orable siege of Fort Meigs; that work of defence, consisting of a mud embankment and an enclos ure of piquets, was defended, triumphantly and successfully, by about a iliousdnd men for many days (if I mistake not, 6even or eight) against the attack of froctor, wpo commanded an army of British and Indians at least four times the number ot the besisged, which was furnished with all the materiel necessary for the occasion. Such were the skill, the bravery, and the inde fatigable efforts of Gen. Harrisonsuch was the success of the repeated sallies he made, that he compelled the enemy to abandon the siege in despair. It is worthy of remark, that, on the second day of the attack, Proctor sent an officer with a flag, to demand the surrender of the post. The grounds of this demand Were, that the A merican force was too weak to: defend the works against the overwhelming force of the besiegers, and that General Proctor was anxious to save the effusiion of blood. The intrepid Harrison promptly replied t " If! Geoeral Proctor knows the osages ef war, as-1 am bound to believe he does, he most either hale considered me ignorant of them, or he must have intended an insult. It was his duty to make the! demand before he commenced firing'on the works. But, sir, (said be,; go back and tell your Genera that I know my own force and hisand that I shall defend the works to the last extremifv. )TeU him fur ther, that if he ever possesses the fort, lie shall wfofi xn u way; tnas tciu give mm more nuiwr in the estimation of his Governments than he could derive io) (njnd!timnietf An other incident is also worthy of notice : After the enemy bad retired, a number of the Indians who had leu them came into the toil and stated that a contract had been entered into between Proc tor and Tecomsehj that, as soon as the fort son rendered, which thrvf considered as Inevitable. Harrison should be given up to the lodians, to be disposed of as they might see proper, j Harri son replied : Then General Proctor can be nei ther a soldier nor a; man. But if it shall ever be his fate to sirrender tome, his life shall be pro tected, but' I will dress him in) t petticoat and de liver him over to the squaws,1 as being unworthy to associate with men.' On this story, sir, was founded an infamous slander on General Harri son, and a base insult to the ladies of Chilicothe, laoricated ov a person wnosei name i win not stoop to mention, and published by the Adminis tration press. f I :! It was not long after the successful defence of this fort that our honored nominee led his victo rious army into Fort Maldenj recaptured Detroit and the territory 'surrendered by the onlortonate Hull, and, pursuing the enemy to the Thames, subdued the united forces of Proctor and lecum- seh, and captured the entirelBritisb army ! The war hatin? been thuv rloriouslv termina ted in his own diettict, Harrison repaired to Erie Vaj.was.therI who fell'scmc private griefs unreqressed, and was ;.nireover: envious or tne laurels which ficr 0am jasliy won.4 Being enwtliing to see soother ad-: ced tpthe wreatn hiB ordeifed3im io repair jla Ohio, where Le had oo further duiy to perform having already brought thleHwar to a close in that qoarleri jThe order; wasobe yedl " Hetre- turhed to his family land immediately resigned-; nis ccmmission , oeciring init oe coo to cor noo estly'eat the bread of the Government when he was denied the jpftvilege of rendering service in return. Here, sirj terminated forever the brill iant military career of a hero who bad won ma ny victories,! but who never, test a battle. - Now, sir, let os look at this distinguished man in political and; private life. Time forbids to do more than 1 name the stations he has" filled. When he resigned his first commission, which was given him by the "Father of his Country," he was appointed Secretary of the Northwestern Territory.- The Governor being then absent, he was ex officio acting jGovernor, and vested with all the Executive power of the Territory, which he executed with great prudence, and to the ap probation of the Government and People. In 1799: the Territorial Legislature (myself being' one of Ibem) appointed bim the r Delegate lore- 4 present the Territory in the Congress of the Uni ted States.: ! His election had been opposed by a numerous class of inen who had purchased land from his father in law, and had settled on and improved it. They had failed to obtain a title from the vendor, and were at the mercy of Con gress, liable to be dispossessed at any moment. They wished to obtain pre-emption rights and othei! indulgences! It was the interest and the anxious desire of the vendor to defeat their ob ject, j On this account they entreated the Legis lature not to appoint Mr. Harrison, believing that be would be governed by the views of his father-in-lawand j oppose their claims. He was, notwithstanding, chosen, and, to the sur prise of tbjose men he voldnteered in their cause, and,; though against' his own ultimate interest, he procured for them' the boon they were so anx ious to obtain. -; 'J 1 P ' , At the same session he procured the passing of an act requiring the public lands to be' sur veyed and sold in small tracts. Under the form-' er law, it was impossible for a poor man to be come a purchaser from Government he was compelled to purchase from the speculator at an advanced price ' But by the amendment every poor man in; the nation, if industrious, might be come an independent freeholder ; and, sir, it is public history that thousands and thousands have become so, and every emigrant who now re moves to the West from any part of the Union has the same privilege. The benefit which has been derived bythe industrious poor, from the successful eBort of General Harrison, is beyond the power of numbers to compute. Having ac complished these important objects n Congress, he resigned his seat and was appointed Govern or of Indiana, li! He administered that Govern- ment twelve years, with such ability, benignity, and success, that all that portion of its present population, who resided there! under his admin istration, look nptd him as the political father of c-.L f uieir oiaie. vy e nexi una mm representing tne People in the Legislature of Ohio then in the House of Representatives of the United States afterwards inrthe Senate of the United States and lastly we see him the Ambassador of his Government at the Court of the. haughty Boli var, in ail these stations he has received from the Government and the People the plaudit of - wen done, good and faithful servant," and it may oe aaied, this has been his only reward. sutler me to aay here that it is the settled and publicly expressed opinion jof General Harrison, that no man however great, wise, and good, should be re-elected President of these United States. To the prevalence of the opposite opin ion be ascribes most of the corruption and strife which have agitated and j disgraced the nation, and 1 add, that, if elected, tie will enter on the duties of the office, having no griefs to avenge, and no obligation to fulfil, in relation to individ uals.;. '. '; Hj, If . ; . - And now, sir, what more can I add ? 1 have attempted to throw a ray bf lisht on the almost forgotten life of one of the most useful, virtuous, ot patriotic citizen! our country has ever produced. From an intimate (and confidential acquaintance wun nim, oi more man ipny years' standing, I can speak ex cathedra. The single fact, that after he has held all these offices with abundant opportunities of accumulating wealth, at the ex penseof his country, he Has retired to private life, comparatively poor, is enough to place bun on a level with Aristides. Had he nothing Jmore to complain of but the blighting negligence of his own Government, which has compelled him,! Cincinnatos like, to labor at the plough for the bread which feeds his family, it might be endured. But, sir, it is not so: malice has assailed his charac er, and thou sands who know him not .have innocently yielded to it their assent. An attempt to refute charges a gainst his bravery;, would be as insulting to him as it would be ridiculous in the eyes of the world. Insinuations have been made injurious to his mor al character: those .who know him personally smile at the folly of such efforts : and let me say to all others, that a man of purer moral charac ter does not inhabit our land; When ever v thing: else fails, they proclaim at the top of their voices that be Is an imbecile old man. Sir,. 1 had the pleasure of taking him by the hand the morning I left home ; scarcely a week parses in which -.1 do not see and converse with bim, and let me assure; yon' and this assembly, and the American People,? (Aaf his mind is as vigorous, as active, and a$ discriminating, as it was in the meridian of his days ; that he enjoys fine health, and all the bodily vigor and activity which be longs to a man tf eixtyfive or sixty six. INow, sir, let toe" attempt to fcive utterance to the ecstacy off joy knd delight which the trans- actions oi mis aay nas produced on my own mind. In common with all my associates in this imposing assembly, I feel that our country is re deemed aod saved. , ;lhe sounds of unity and concord, which strike the ear from every seat in this sacred temule the united declaration of en tire acquiescence in the result of our deliberations the enthusiastic pledges, tendered by every member of this jaugusl body, to devote himself heart and bandy to sustain the distinguished in dividoals we are about to 1 present to the People as the men ok our unanimous choice the ex pressions of joy. on the faces of to many aged j and yeneratea pairiois, woo nave nnisneu tneir course in public life who have long since crossed the meridian, are on tneir downward course, and will soon pass the horizon, to be seen here no mure t I say, sir, to near such men Jes tify their 'feelings i of approbation, pledge their zealous efforts to advance the canse, and proclaim (heir confidence in ; its triumphant success, pro duces sensations which cannot be described. To bear tha shouts of knnrobationT-the enihufiastfe promises of exertion, and! th confident predict truus wi Ticiory irom tne young ana vigoronspr tion of this botly is enough to inspire the- most confirmed stoic,! I In sburr. the entire mani- festaiionsof th s day. so exeitinv. so cheerinff have prodoced a geoeral iecstaey of delight, of wnicn mose wno nave not witnessed the scene and felt the threatened danger of Agreement in mis ooay as we nave coot, can form no concep s. i t- '1-1 . . . ... to refuse its exeeution ; and, tor me 1 and tendered bis services to (be army operating toso ring the success of bis project, in that quarter.! unfortunately, the secxetary tion. l For one, 1 mu3t say. that altbtmgft-1 am ataitne leraunaiioD or tine propneiic nnmoer In that Jonsr period, witnessed sucban imposln spectacle 1 1 am ainrosi reaoy to repea h. ply to myself the pious exclamation of the good old Simepn. r-'74p.t'4l:-.'ii,C--:: Mr: Presidenti'is rtot thitenoogh foi one day The great object which brooght us here from eT elyi parti of iheiUoloo ieUccom'pIbhettV y -Thtt , object was toj 'rodnctf unity-and harmony of ac- j of commencing a struggle to' save the liberty, ! the morals, and ibe happiness of the People, and to rescue the Constitution from the' hands of profligate men under whose, management it is sinking to decay. Thi object,! repeat, has been gained. -Ill the dpiniorf, of every American whose principles h aire not been debased by the corrupt and corrupting influence of the National Administration, i bat an effort should be made to sve the natioq ; thai efTor! his now been made and successfully made. The nnity and zeal it has produced have accomplished half the victory already, and will consummate it hereafter. It is now manifest that we came here deeply impress ed with the importance cfl the object at stake, which is! nothinz less thari ;the perpetuity of the glorious Constitution bequeathed by our fathers. f li l ! . .-al.. .LL- - : 1 yo an Know;, sir, mat in sucn a simggie, id b cfntest for such a prize, we cannot afford to dis pute and wrangle about minor matters and we bve therefore. offered spoor preferences on the attar of patriotism. his convention has carried otit its professions, that it : seeks the prosperity and happiness of the! whole Union, and contends for principle instead of men. Our choice nas not been restricted foir w'aqt of material. Jtaong th;e Whigs and Conservatives of the country there are a thousand enlightened patriot., hon est, capable, and faithful; into whose hands, we may safely commit the Exectitive Government of the country. From sucn men we nave mane our selection, and now giye to the nation a uni ted unbroken pledge; to support it. we cannot therefore, despair, or pertmt oar hopes to sink. There' is talent and virtue enough in the nation to save it. After what w.e have accompused nothing is wanted but unity, energy, ! and confi dence i let these be put tn : requisition and victo ry will perch upon our standard, the Constitution will be saved j the purity j of its, administration restored, and we will transmit it to oar children as we receiyed it from jour fathers."" I say we will, because every gentleman on this floor, old and young, stands pledged to redeem the prom ise. Depends on it sir, fthere is a conservative principle in toe great mass oi uo Aiuencau i. eir pie which may oe caneo into successiui action oy united effort ; and I am now folly persaaded that victory will crown our efforts, since we bave inis aay junrunea oeiore; n nsnuu iub uuiuu flag, inscribed with the motto of the Hon. Mr. Wise, o U 0100. Virginia, "Union for the sake of the WiAiTCHMAN SAJLISftiriZY: FRIDAY, JANliARY 24, 1840. UEPUBLWAJS ! WHIG CANDIDATES FOB PRESIDENT, WILLIAM IIENtlY HARRISON, i ! OP OHIO. . N - i 'j . I j FOR VICE PRESIDENT, JOHN jtyler OF VIRGINIA. ti ; FOR GOVERNOR JOIIN M. BXOREHEAD, OF GUILFORD, COUNTY. s. 1' ICP We are authorised to announce Col. R. W. LONG,; as a Candidate for the OflSce of Sheriff, for the County of Rowan, at the next election.! f I V f; ' - i 1 I j I 1 h . . . j itCJ We are authorized to announce JOHN H. HARDIE, as i candidate for Sheriff, at the ensuing election. j; ; itCT ' Veritas'! andl'f Neri" shall appear in ourinexti' I j- . .- jRETAXfr. Sitnce bur last number, we have incidentally received information as to tbo authorship of the article, published in the Rotherfordlonl Gazette, signed Hamp ton ; and we make no hesitation in taking back our uncourteous remark concerning him. We know him to be ss pure a Whig anld as perfeet a genlleman as any in public life. We youcb; )rtne assertion, that the author of Hampton will under no circum stances go for Van; JBren .: We believe that Hampton was penped in a fit of spleen and diappoiniment, h rejection of his favor ite, and ihat like many others of us, the au thor is now fully; disabused as to the charge of Harrison's betnjg anAbolitionist. icilhoul ctmvre or other reaaatk w hi 1 e other meetings of the people, farless erceptiona ble, held by" the Whis, had been scoffed at and derided by that paper, as most odious csurpations as Caucuses. We say again, that such conduct was imtneere. We will now say it is hypocritical If the Whig Meetings wero of the character alledged by the Carolinian, the meeting at Long's tav ern was much more so, and ought; to bave b6en condemned likewise : instead of that, we find en, apology for it at the expense of truth, to wit: that itwasa casual meeting" only. If the Whig , meetings (were not of the character pretended, then the charge a- mounts to falsehood. I The Senior may em brace either horn of tUe dilemma he chocs csl One of the '.-Carolinian's xorrespbhdents signed One who was there,1' thinks our paper i useless unless we publish all that is dona by respectable people in obr neighbor hood, when we are requested so to do in courteous terms. Well, this is a neto duly to US and we shall not with bnr t present lights acknowledge the force of socb an ob ligation. , have never pretended to ' be other than a pty press-a; straight forward and upright party jpressCWe Jiave" never pretended to bold communion oi-half way ground with Van Burenism. We therefore, ought not to be censured for not publishing more of their doings than we choose to pub lish in our own way. They ought not to complain of this, for tbey. know where they can find an organ: that does apologise for them, and will publish all that they do. A .;."; ON HIS I WAY TO TENNESSEE. We wish our neighbor would come out openly on the subject of the Governor's and Presidential election. We are sick and tired with (his fioessinc and pretending. It has become so thin a veil that it only makes our right worthy neighbor " the Senior" look ridiculous. ; We know right well, that on the week before the Convention which nom inated him, Judge Saunders intended to ride the Spring Circuit and then resign. We un derstand that such was his intention, until he was ruled ont bf the plan by operation of the Caucus; who would have a pledge of that kind before they would consent to take him np At Rareigh it' is understood, that it would have been just as convenient for the Judge to have had business in Virginia or South Carolina as in Tennessee, if the road to the line of either bad been as long Br tbe bye. if be travels all the way to the Unika mountains: as leisurely as he did thro' this part of the State, it will be " next grass5' before be gets home again. En passant : We should like to be in formed if the U. $. ' Mint Master ' Col. J. H. Wheeler, met the Judge here by acci dent, or design. No one that we have en quired of, knew of any4 possible business that Wheeler bad here, if it were not a po litical mission. We think old Mecklenburg is in strange hands if her destinies are to be directed and controlled by one of Mar tin Van Buren's Treasury -fed minions. This reminds us bf another amusing passage : we learn that the whole Mouotain District was publicly pledged in distinct terms to the Van Buren party, in the Convention the 8th of January, by a youth who had just received a Superior Court license, and does not, we dare say, know fifty voters in the dis trict. We learn; that on the faith of this pledge, Burke county is at least set down by the Central,1 Junto, as safe for Saunders ! ! We observe that JJf. Austin has cautious- ly worded his denial of a participation in the Van Btiren LocpiFoco (States-rights !) Caucus, which was: held in the night time, on Friday night Srq bf January. He says, be did not " suggest or arrange." This tnay be so : we do not pretend to know wiiat did take place between them : but this same Sen'r. Editor was jseen extremely busy in talking first with dnei, and then with anoth er of these Caucusites, and was with tbe party or some of tbem, immediately after they left the . Caucus room, and came into tbe public roomj of ibb tavern. So remark ablyyutsjwas tii gentleman, that a Whig boarder at the Hotel'j told us before it hap pened, that sometbing of this kind was about to take pi ace,- and ibe drew his conclusion entirely from Austin's demeanor. But why is ur. Ausiin so sensitive at tne charge ot hav ing participated e the Friday night Caucus at Salisttjy ? He s ibeen over and again charged fiat. he jdfiMfWeji, advise and forrwge'itbe Var jBuren Caucus that'mei m tjabamis Uoanty, at ihe House of Capt. Bost. He bat never denied that. He can oot he dare rlotl penjr thatf Then why ruffle his featbefsijjwto fearfully, 'it Z: But whether besVasihere or ootinakW noJodds. Tbe fujane of the charge re We are under tl.c i our correspondents t their letters find them to receive alter.'.: eral now in the Per. which Amo?, or sen have the pleasure of Jlfr. Tallmactee. nounce the re-elect: faithful public aervr.: Legislature, to the : States. He well dr The celebrated 11 belonging to Col. I! . per, on the 12th ins'. We have had on hand for several weeks the reply Jto Cyphon ; but the press of oth- w aajs aiiMM ior ute.me ci man, i rave never, ; meeting veie pursued in the Carolinian er matter has and continues to keep it out. mains unanswered, f The proceedings of the ANOTHER SLANDER REFUTED. i i . .' The last Raleigh Register contains a cor respondence between Gen. Harrison and the Editors off the Richmond Whig, and a Cin cinnati paper, confuting in the most trium phant manner t the charge tbat he voted for a law to sell freemen for debt." 5 So far from such being ibe case, he proves that he has always! been opposed evsn to the impris onment of freemen for debt. These letters are extremely well written, and contain tho most souqd and humane principles. We shall give hem in our next; We cannot but congratulate the friends of Gen, Harrison on the facility and com pleteness with which be has put down the charges that bave, thus far, been brought a gainst him. He has litterally overwhelmed those whoj have put Abolition at bim. This other charge is blown with equal success. Verily, the " log cabin and hard cider can didate "is, in the language of Mr. Buchan an, is " likely to; prove dangerous. mmmmmmm Massachusetts. The committee appoint ed to canvass the votes givtn at the late elec lion in Massachusetts, for Governor, has at length reported that the'Hon. Marcus Mor ton, has received the precise number of votes necessary to elect him, viz : a majority of one. Hejis an j avowed abolitionist; and we belieye, the first thatbasever been elec ted Governor of any Slate, j v li? 21 ? The people of Fayetteville, we believe are in great cotifidence of the success of the late efforts on the Rail Road subjeet. We are in good; hopes ourselves and anti cipate with pleasure, the. whizzing, lighten ing sped and roaring cars, passing through tvcsiern ivorth! uarolina. The replies of Gen- Harrison and Tyler to the letter of the; Committee, appointed by the National! Dembcratic'Whig'Conven tton, to announce to them their nominations by tbat body, will be found in lo-dsys paper. Am important c the Rules and Ore':. presentatives y ester J of freedom of actic of the Peoplo sre Hoffman, of hen Y on the select ccn::::;'. who. proposed it to t in this : that where: Question, when d: : '. has cut off all pend: ment a3 well as sll cut off Debate cnlj, to a direct queslicn c ment, in their f:r.. House will therefore as heretofore, to th :; : rejecting measures c: ed to them without I portunity to amend, ; FIRE IN V, : A fire broke cut i day at two o'cloc!;, House, which ;z ; by a passenger in l! the two most inipe; ness, and the value snmed, with the err Bank and two or thrc were preserved by t in consequence cf the owners. The two square? I East and Noith-V, the latter exlendin that on which was i Cape Fear Bank, which Reston's He. were situated. We have no roc:: as we stop the pre: calamitous notice.. THE HAitRic:;i AC: From th e Comv:. It I : :-'-i:pH Ha nr. ie "Sir : The under: pointed by the Net; Convention, iz::: nominate Candid:'.: sident . and Vies In states, have the hzz by a resolution cf t! mously this day, y: didat9 for the Pre John Tyler, cf V: the Vice Presidency The undersign: : with the highest rc: t vantSt John Owen, cl Elisha W. Al!-. Jamcs Wilscn., ; Isaac C. Bate:, : James F. Sim: ; William Henrv, Charles Davis, ( . Robert C IJic . , Ephraim r.fsr;'.. Richard Man:: J. Andrew h: ! Reverdy Jol.r James W. Pe Thomas Mete: Jacob Burnett, Douglass BltG ' G. Mason Gr: T. C. Tupper, William II. IU Geo. W. Ralp' Henry V. Hi!! ' Geo. C. Rate:, To General W::. . General II 1 North I J Gentlemen : 1 knowledge the r:: Harrisborg of the ' However object: many of our fell: mode of selecting : highest offices cf ti eral Convenlicn, t! in which the party Administration tve: leA them no alter r. -ly of action so r. : : The number cf E: exalted character; i the delicate task'c! was committed, i that their decu:cn the wishes of tbe t ents, I accept wiiL which, in obedie:., Convention, yen !. the honor to ccrr. .. Rut, however 1.: dence of the sttac' so large a poiticn c must beg you to I . one. is more -there I am that, in select! tending individusi ' Convention were i ces often ocenrrir ' to set aside the t ' cens, although f- : t t t f: n 1- .4! S I s '.