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FELLOW-CITIZENS! We have now done; we have only discharged a duty which ought to have been performed, even ifGcn. Harrison had not been a candidate for the Presidency. * The fame of such men is tho property of the country, and as such it ought to be guarded against aspersion and transmitted unimpaired to posterity.L • MICHAEL. C. CLARKSOY,. DANIEL M. SMYSER,-.r.- .* .* JAMES COOPER,■ i. ' SAMUEL FAHNESTOCK,JAMES A. THOMPSON,. * t * *. ROBERT SMITH,SAMUEL WITHEROW, JOHN B. M’PHERSON,„ _^JOHN SLENTZ, JOHN P. MACPARLANE,t»AVID HORNER,. JOHN M. STEVENSON, SAMUEL S. FORNEY,. JOHN ASH,October 20,1836. 1 ROBERT F. M’CONAUGHY.Plain Questions.1 Erom tho LoiusvillefKy ] Jounrnal.Who defended Gen. Jackson bt the eloquence of his voice when that chieftan was arraigned before the United Stales Congress for malfeasance during the Seminole Campaign? WILLIAM HENFjV HARRISON.When the din of warlike preparations sounded upon our shores, who flew at the first sound of the tocsin, to the defence of our rights, in the field of battle? WILLIAM IlENRY HARRISON.Who by his skill and tact as a military commander, achieved a glorious victory at the battle of Tippecanoe—aye, one of the most brilliant triumphs recorded in the unnals of our country’s wars? WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON.Who returned from the strife of war, only after having wreathed for himself as noblo a chaplet as ever decked the brow of the soldier, amid the acclamation and the grati* tude of a generous and patriotic nation? WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON.Whom did Madison call to the gubernatorial chair of the North Western Territory, when it comprehended Indiana, Illinois, and the Michigan Territory? WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON.Who discharged the duties of this appointment with tne uimost fiodi!}' HlK* ability, and to the approbation of his.countrymen? WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON.Who advocated the election to the Presidency of those apostles of liberty, Madison and Monroe? WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON.Who siGou by Madison and the leaders of the Republican party, during that critical period when a declaration of war was pending before Congress and advocated the measure? WILLLIAM HENRY HARRISON.Who opposed this measure, so important to our interest, and absolutely requisite to save U9 from National disgrace, and vilified the whole war party at that eventful time? MARTIN VAN BURENDuring the progress of that bloody conflict, who was sitting by his own fireside in affluence and plotting against the administration which was prosecuting that just war? MARTIN VAN BUREN.Who opposed the election of the Republican veteran, Madison? MARTIN VAN BUREN.Who exerted himself to defeat the election of Gen. Jackson, when he thought that individual was a weak candidate? MARTIN VAN BUREN.Whobss ever been found arrayed against the South on all important questions involving the interests of the Southern country? MARTIN VAN BUREN.Who voted against the right of Florida, to tolerate slavery in that Territory, without regard to the wishes of her citizens? MARTIN V AN BU REN.Who favored the restriction of slavery in Missouri? MARTIN VAN BUREN.Who acknowledges the right of Congress to interfere with the subject of slavery in the District of Columbia and the different Territories of the Uuited Slates? MARTIN VAN BUREN.Who denies the constitunonal power of Congress, to interfere with this subject in any manner whatever? WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON.Whom did Col. Richard M. Johnson, Col. Daviess, and a host of others, unhesita-(ingly pronounce a wise, a prudent, and brave officer, and a man, whose great military skill reflected unfading lustre upon bis countr’s arm?? WM. HENRY HARRISON.Who is now the candicato of the people, unaided by official patronage or wealth, or the machinery of Caucuses and Conventions? WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON.
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