Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-12-04

rclu.vclv Of the opponents Of the national ana sl'le
administrations Such movement az, q. ts rs. S.;ne and
tranou;ltv of the community; although IN TINS
il was too insignificant TO excite any other ieelhg 's
that Of contempt :. -. --.,,, ;,;o, of
Salem, writes us as follows on this snbJfct:
10 ,hc . County Post and North Star of the 2olh IN
slant is an editorial article under The mead ot 10ou'"n
in which: amongst other gross M ~.
vsntion ealludinr to the late abolition convention IN TINS
COUNTY, and the mnior part OF the people assembled a.
Arrve are the avowrd aud strenuous supporters "f MI
Van Buren," Tile impression sought 10 Dc conveyed oy
the hov- cy,rac as wcllas by the entire article is that
the friends Of Mr. Van Buren, in this county, Constitute
the abolition party This mpresslon as wei! as the as
sertion above quoted, is in all respects FALsL IS 1ase
that The padiuu men at the lac abolition convention are
the friends of Mr. Van Buren,, and il is false that the
friends Of that gentleman the abolition party or thai
they countcnancc that party . .
few plain facts will put this matter IN lis true light
Tho aboliionists in this county are few IN number ana
brnr almost exclusively to that part Of The late anti
masonic pa ~, who members vi Tie bapost socieurs'
Nearly ali the members of the late Convention at Argyle,
came from the ,ptst societies at Sarm Greenwich,
Hartford and Fort Anu; and the entire NUMBER rs ain
informed did not exceed fifty The movement, like the
introduction OF ml1onry amongst u.s. assumes 10 Pe'
to be religious. Thus, at tho late convention on the
18TH al Argyle, the meeting was opened ny prayer ny
IN. Rev A. C. futile Of Hartford. Mr.. futile is the
Baptist clergyman of Hartford, and was member OF
the convention; and there were one or TWO o'cr clergy
men of the denomination also present Elder Cn
YER who figured largely i'll the Anti.tnasonc excite
mont ,hounh moi present at the convention IS known
to be all active persrvering agator N Tits business
There were doubtless others present. IRON different mo-
tives but it is unnecessary to scan then at DO
! am dealing only with the assertion OF Tie fost an"
Star The p.oce, dngs Of tho abolition convention are
published in the Banner of the 2ls Instant bat as the
names Of all the delegates present ale not pubShed IL
is not possible to pronounce with en.re accuracy as
the political character of all them. They may h"weyt
sunposc be fairly Judged by tie officers appnlhcd C,i'
Straight the chalrnan of Inc convenon Is me
man. an old, uniiarm and underwriting federa'st. ne
was not an ut- Mason hut In never was it'puoHca
or acted them, except perhaps ut the two elections
Of 1870 81 when there coalition ~ lhls county
aranst political Anti Masonry DR.. CorIlss, VINO wns
elected President Of the Society, has been fcuealsl
all his ie and was an Anti Mason while that party
lasted At the election Of Sal he candidate at
the Wing convention for the office of sheriff. and Jailed
to receive the nomination He then seeded, with r-
ton of the old Anti Alasons the chairman OF new
convention at which another ticket was in part made
out and supported during the election. All INC olier
persons appointed officers of the society," and 'rho 'cTe
present. have either never been known except as ucmi-
promising opponents OF the Republican party, or lhey
ever were Republicans, they left Us during the AMI
Masonic excitement and have acted with MS since
With what justice, then, could the Post make the ass
ton, that the leading men ri the convention, ana .r
nrjor part of the people there, were the friends OF MI
Van Buren,:
There is another assertion in the Post tina, requires 70
be noticed 1t alleges that most OF the abolition papers
Johnson. The assertion is doubtless untrue. rs relates
to the State. So far this county is concrrncd the
only prrsscd abolition papcr the Banner, d"s y The
Van Buren, and J"hnsnn flag This nan1uvre ~ the
Banner is not to aid The of Van Buren,, bat the
cause ote aboltn!sls 1t is done to enable him to place
his paper in the hands Of Republicans. In this county
where the contrvance is we'll known, 1t dccei'cs
nobody. 1t is calculated, however, TO create an "i-
favorable impression abroad but for this the trputcans
of the county are not responsible. What the
facts? Previous TO the last election, Tie editor oil
the Banner prolesscd to favor the Baltimore n"iina'
ton is chnice Of evils lie did nat profess to abai-
don Anti Masnnry and claimed, and still claims, tIat
he will support An-nasonlc nomination, should one
be made He occasionally Inserted articles III ms paper
favorable The Baltimore nomination, and occasionally
an article slavery, free dScuSsOn &c but not rn'n2h
to create the impression that he intended his paper lor
an abolition journal Under these circumstances inc
cdito, attended the republican county convention IN Oc
tuber last, delegate from Greenwich tie was pre-
sent when the resolutions were reported to the conVeh
tion and when the vote taken tor their ai'pton-
The vote was unanim0nS These resolutions were con-
sdered by all, the republican creed on aboItion-
They were published in the Banner without Comment
or objection The acqucscencc OF tie editor OF the
Banner in these resolutions, was deemed by all a
pledrc on his part that he would conduct his paper
in conformity to the principles thus advanced
[rhrsr resolutions published IN the argus ano
deprecated the c"nduct and designs OF the lighthouses
In consequence, the editor was nominated by some
and apRpaSa n and he subsequent cOnvrscn
his paper into abolition JOURNAL is doubtless consider
cd by him. it is by his associates, and must be by all
honorable men, dccllnaton Of the office. These are
the facts. How, then, the friends of MIR. Van Bm
rem Justly liable To the charge Of setting foot and pa
tronizng abolition papers? The Banner was and still is
all Opposition paper. Ii is an Anti-masonc, as well as
abolition papcr-nc1cr supported the republican ran
didaes-it did not support them at the lust eccon-l
published their matter OF intelligence, and 1t
did rnoeits influence far as il was c1erted at ALL
against
p SIT is said the Abolition Convention met with
inter nt;nn his he d.
But it cannot be expected hat cunveutinu meeting for
such purpose, in church. and going through the
solemn mockery "t prayer for blessing on their de-
5rrations, &c, will be held by the people otherwise
than in contempt. 1t is not improbable that some Re-
pubcans drawn into the ,reting but the number
must be few, il any.--.3ibany -3rgus.
Ma. LE7cuER's LErrEn.-Wc frd the remark Of the
Hon Robert p Letcher who Of the CayJ friends
of Judge White chiefly instrumental in bringing him out
for the Presidency, by the Judges organ in This
city: carried 10 cur account Of onr utt"cEs on
fcmalrS;" and the abandon,d editor adds that
assalcd the character of Mrs Jackson, Of whom
wrote line but to defend. Indeed, safely
say, that wrote dlsparaging word of any ie-
male in the whole course IF our life.
With regard To MIR. Lclcier's introduction of Judge
White wife into his political cpstc, we think no re-
prchensen loo severe Enjoying as he did last winter,
the confidence and intimacy OF Judge White and his
friends, and the portion Of his fumy then in this city
living IN social intercourse with that of the Judge, VIC
cannot conceive of more ungrateul RETURN than the
ridcue he attempts 10 the victim of his political
intrigucs, through his dearest domestic relation.
So far from countenancing the whole tenor of our
comments The course Of Judge White, contradlcs the
idea Of the suggested agency which Mr.. Lecher would
introduce into his politics We have ascrihrd. and still
ascribr: the detection Of Judge White from his party
and the Republican cause, the Of the old polticul
stagrrs who have long figured at Washington, and who
use such instruments as Letchrr TO accomplish their dis
honest designs Against such men, Judge Whites *
prrlencr TO say nothing of principle, might have
supposed would have protected him-and the willing