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August 24, 1840
Vermont Watchman And State Journal
Montpelier, Washington County, Vermont
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Indiana voters give Harrison an 11,000 Whig majority, and Kentucky a 17,000 majority, rebuking slanderers who criticized his role in Indiana laws and battles, as reported in political commentary.
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'THE SLANDERERS SIGNALLY REBUKED!'
It was in Indiana that those laws were enacted, which Van Ness and Co. say were against the right of suffrage, selling white men into slavery, inflicting cruel and unjustifiable punishment, &c. and for which they profess to hold Harrison responsible. It was in Indiana, too, that Harrison fought on the battle-field, and exhibited, as the locos say, so much imbecility and cowardice.
Behold now the answer of the People of Indiana—the very men who witnessed the operation of these laws, who fought with Harrison against the savages, who know Harrison's private and public character;-aye, behold the answer of these men and their descendants: by the bold and mighty seal of more than 11,000 WHIG MAJORITY, they have stamped "slanderer" upon the foreheads of the calumniators of Harrison.
Behold Kentucky, too:-it was her sons who called Harrison to the command of the Northwestern army, who fought with him at Tippecanoe and the Thames, and who have known him from 1795 to this day. And what say the gallant Kentuckians of their old leader? Read it, read it, in the 17,000 MAJORITY just given for the cause of Harrison and Reform; the heaviest majority ever given in the state; heavier even than any Kentucky has ever given to her own favorite son!
These are the CERTIFICATES OF THE PEOPLE who know Harrison best. We commend them to the locofoco electioneerers with a single exhortation:
"Cease, vipers! ye bite a file."
It was in Indiana that those laws were enacted, which Van Ness and Co. say were against the right of suffrage, selling white men into slavery, inflicting cruel and unjustifiable punishment, &c. and for which they profess to hold Harrison responsible. It was in Indiana, too, that Harrison fought on the battle-field, and exhibited, as the locos say, so much imbecility and cowardice.
Behold now the answer of the People of Indiana—the very men who witnessed the operation of these laws, who fought with Harrison against the savages, who know Harrison's private and public character;-aye, behold the answer of these men and their descendants: by the bold and mighty seal of more than 11,000 WHIG MAJORITY, they have stamped "slanderer" upon the foreheads of the calumniators of Harrison.
Behold Kentucky, too:-it was her sons who called Harrison to the command of the Northwestern army, who fought with him at Tippecanoe and the Thames, and who have known him from 1795 to this day. And what say the gallant Kentuckians of their old leader? Read it, read it, in the 17,000 MAJORITY just given for the cause of Harrison and Reform; the heaviest majority ever given in the state; heavier even than any Kentucky has ever given to her own favorite son!
These are the CERTIFICATES OF THE PEOPLE who know Harrison best. We commend them to the locofoco electioneerers with a single exhortation:
"Cease, vipers! ye bite a file."
What sub-type of article is it?
Politics
What keywords are associated?
Harrison Election
Whig Majority
Indiana Vote
Kentucky Majority
Political Rebuke
Tippecanoe
Thames Battle
What entities or persons were involved?
Harrison
Van Ness
Where did it happen?
Indiana And Kentucky
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Indiana And Kentucky
Key Persons
Harrison
Van Ness
Outcome
11,000 whig majority in indiana; 17,000 majority in kentucky for harrison and reform
Event Details
People of Indiana and Kentucky, who know Harrison from laws, battles like Tippecanoe and Thames, and his character since 1795, deliver strong election majorities rebuking slanderers accusing him of responsibility for unjust laws and imbecility in battle.