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from generous and enlarged principles, or
to be a narrow, selfish seeker of his own
glory? Do we want the generous philan-
thropist there—the man who loves justice
for its own sake—the man of strong natu-
ral powers, rendered stronger and clearer
by honest principles?—or the narrow-
minded timeserver—the man who would
sacrifice any thing, even the liberties of his
country, for a selfish end—the legal oppres-
sor of the widow and the fatherless? Need
‘these questions be answered from honest,
high-souled voters? No! let every man
answer for himself, when he goes to assert
the rights of a freeman.”

This, and similar appeals, added to the
general disapprobation already felt, com-
pleted the work. Harvey was elected to
fill the vacant seat in the Senate for the
ensuing six years, by a majority of double
the votes polled for Abercrombie.

From that time, the latter took his posi-
tion as a third-rate man. Indeed, he never
afterward reached even to the House of —