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THE OLD SOLDIER.(time, in the scntime nt of tho r. dopted by the LegH tare.”SPRINGFIELD, (ILL.,) JUNE, 02,1840FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORSB. S. Morris, of Cook County ;S. D. Marshall, of Gallatin ;E. B. Webb, of White;C. Walker, of McDonough ;A. Lincoln, of Sangamon.A. G. HENRY.Chairman of the Harrison StateCer..tral Committee.JOHN TODD, Chairman of the Committee of Correa, of Soldiers who served under Gen. Harrison.To the People of Illinois.Ever since the nomination of Gen. Harrison by tho Harrisbugh Convention, we havo witnessed a constant and malignant effort by the Van Buren loaders, not only to deprive him of his well earned fame as a soldier and a civilian, but to fasten on him the charge of being an abolitionist—an accusation equally odious and untrue- We need not be surprised at these efforts they have made;—first, because it is easier to attack than to defend; and secondly, because they cannot defend at all. There was a time in this State, when tho policy of Mr. Van Buren was advocated by his friends, and tho charges against him repelled, if not with facts and arguments, at least with zeal and apparent confidence.— But now, when the people point to tho disor. ders of the currency, they are told that Gen* Harrison was defeated at Tippecanoe !—if they complain of the reduction of prices and labor, they are told ho rodo Jo. Davies’ horse, instead of his own !—if they speak of the extravagant expenditures of the Government, they are told lie was not at the river Raisin ! —if they complain of tho boundless corruption in high places, they are told he was not at battle of tho Thames !—and if yet dissatisfied. tho peoplo (suffering under tho misrule, corruption, experiments and extravaganceIn 1835, Gen. .'tni . sited his old neighbors at Vincennes, Indiana who then gave him a public dinner, and on which occasion, he delivered a public speech, the followingextract of which shows most fully his sentiments on the question of abolitionism:“I havo now, fellow citizens, a few words more to say on another subject, and which is, in my o-pinion. of more importance than any other that is now in the course of discussion in any part of the Union. I allude to the societies which have been formed, and the movements of certain individuals in some of the States in relation to a portion of the population in others. The conduct of these persons is the more dangerous, because their object is masked under the garb of disinterestedness and benevolence; and their course vindicated bv arguments and propositions which in the abstract no one can deny. I am certain there is not, in this assembly, one of these deluded men, and that there are few in the bounds of the State. If there are any, I would earnestly entreat them to forbear —to pause in theircareer, and deliberately consider the consequence of their conduct to the whole Union—to the States more immediately interested —and to those for whose benefit they profess to act. 1 hat the latter will be the victims of the weak, injudicious, presumptuous and unconstitutional efforts to ssrve them, a thorough examination of the subject must convince them.—The struggle, (and struggle there must be.) may commence with horrors, such as I have described, but it will end with more firmly riveting the chains or in the uttor extirpation of those whose cause they advocate.”“But the course pursued by the emancipators is unconstitutional. I do not say that there any words in the Constitution which forbid the discussions they are engaged in : I know there are not. And there is even an article which secures to its citizens the right to express and publish their opinions without restrictions.”“The liberty of speech arid of the press, were given as the most effectual means to preservo to : each and every citizen their own rights, and to the , states the rights which appertain to them, at the ' time of their adoption. But it could never have been expected that it would be used bv the citi- i zens of one portion of the States for the purpose of depriving those of another portion of the rights which they had reserved at the adoption of the I Constitution, and in the exercise of which, none ; but themselves have any concern or interest.” “Every movement which is made bv the aboli- ! tiomsts in the non-slaveholding States, is viewed by our Soutnern brethren as an attack upon their rights, and which, if persisted in, must in the end i eradicate those feelings of attachment and affection between the citizens of all the States which i was produced by a community of interests and dangers in the War of the Revolution, which was°ni° ,°“r PPy Union* and hy a continuance of which it can alone be preserved. Ientreat you then to frown upon the measures whichare to produce results so much to be deprecated.—I he opinions which I have given I have omittedno opportunity for the lost two years to lay beforen,y °,w,‘ 1 have ^ !!b®*3 tocxPr*«* them hero, knowingthat if theythev wil|nh« k*ny n0t jCC0rd with yoors» that tney will be kindly received.”V al Hmen Let ed r chaiGCowT■ Spec thin] that slantSn yestei avowi of the —tha Col. ] quest, matte exist,; histor have i ulity a tions intellij The battle, is also which eratior Col. J, an efTc unjust] son relt; charge almosi the Reson it of In! had n of my with 1 most i of the sible.’ ticahli the frc son hs dering exclai: fellow: ^oon i McDcwing, in gre hearin latter —but ward, point c ty cloj owing (iismoi infantr the cowing ■ under mean than t sharpWithson’snosed
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