Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-09-27
{ From Tie .NHsdycrHc SandardGt tn0H 81 l.M tnst)
MIR VAN BUKEN AND JUDGE WHITE.


FREE NEGRO SUFFRAGE.
I'm al,uI;ur few weeks since tn the charge, that
Mr. Van Buren, bad voted in The New York Contention
in 1-2l for the unGa9iifrd right OF free negro suffrage,
o., ur,nouncrd it tlis. and nDc repeat the assertion.
b. lore the year le2 the free blacks OF that Stale en-
;n;r the rahl of sniirngr. without fH"ycH""n Or re-
siriiinu Shortly after the organization OF The 1"nVeh-
linn of J-2I committees appointed to prepare re-
,,s uuun The various matters under consideration lie
nnr T., Which WAS referred the right Of sntifagr, report
I'd amongst either things, that no man Of cnor' unless
ne shall lv been for three years citiz"n ~ me "'a'
and for one year next preceding any t'cnn Deeh S'"'
nG ,rd yns> sseJ of Il FREEHOLD ESTATE OF he va
jr ri, ojn orcr amt abore nH drbS amt tntnmbrHnf'S
chgroed hrcon shall he entitled TO vote IN The e'ec'on
of any officer of the E"r'Irntht u
Pending the discussion, motion was mace u SUM
~ , rrvis, containing the property qualification, IN
hich hr Van Buren, distinctly stated that he was I'm
favor Of the lan proposed by the select coInnIscr and
npnnsrd to the Amendment See J9urha Nc" i"'"
Convention. page :Nrl
A, n,u no Of the same Journal, the yeas and nays
are rcordd upon the original provlso. containing Inc
proper qualifications wh;ch was carried oy ''e '''""s
vote p:
Hr,nkcrhrr Burroughs Carpenter, Carver. Case ".
Clark G.. Inns Dodge. BuJps. Dickman Llw"Fu ar
liz Fru,n. Ferris Frost. IiiIlpck House: humphrey
Hunt llnnling linFd Lansing La% ps p'L. p"r,r
pc:,r, Price Pumprlly ladc.h Richards, h"sebu'g,
Ross Russell Sag". Il Sanford Schemes Seaman. n.r'
~. Sharpe. Sheldon. J. Smith. X Smith, SnEg Sa'k'
tlrr Steele,
lnr T,wnsend Tripp Tuttlr. VAN buren,, Van firr''
Van lorrel. Ward. + Webster, Wendo"cT, "hcF"f'
Wopds Wnodard, Young-2 c,,,n
Nors-- Stssrs Bacon, Bnds"ye BROOKS ouT'' Y "'' !.
(,I,,L, Glide Durr Eastwood Fish, l'"rs Huntington,
Ixv I,,cs Kent, King Munro. Pauidng, titchrf la','
RInplandcr, SCOT, n. Sanf"rd. Spencer Han Ness
r Van Rsnsscirar, S. Van Rensselaer, wheaton, al"
F.. Wiiliams-3l. , .b, Al
, Errcn vrd ~ favor Of extending ~ me Tree eiacH'
ih. ,rgnn,jfed right of suffrage:
raj No York should have gone so lar IN excluding
them from the polls. az early as l7!i, 10 i''t.e
M hpn ~. consider that ihc free negroes OF HoTih Va
I;,, and Tennessee continued 10 enjoy the most unqA
fitted rrht of suffrage until lo34 and l-3' anu lnat o'
ny ali iris long period, it had never entered h'' '"e
L.,d or Judge White and his newborn wings, 10 cor"
slider ii evil, or to take measures 70 H. ~
i. j, ,r.s wonderful, that from Dec lc24 70 DEC i@
No., nm. word was uttered against Mr.. Y. Bun'h h'"S"
the columns of the Recorder; Tor was tue NJ V
s;oo made in that print 10 one solitary ".t u 49,.
Bnrens life, WHICH It no" ofi"gs ~ =" J1's
him. :. IT,. N.w York Cuoycn.
+ Mr. Van Burens vote in the tsf" OF ,onio",
;ion in lS2l WAS mSde'n' amor % 90 :, @ -. esd
m,gni,udr how did II happen tnu' -, ~ ,r ,I,,r
49,, IN enc. bv the RrcordeI: WY was l"e 'n''''
over ~ ' ~, ia, time when Mr.. Van Buren, was De-
r w., , n.npIe Inr .hr second Office IN tne'r gnu:
",, -" ,htened editors Of the Recorder cannot proa
;,nornocr OF the fact They we're inthasty ~,
si IN. unli,ical history OF MI Van buteh; anu yr'
% No., ,ulv withheld objections TO him. but placed MS
.y a. ;l head Of their paper anl supported hn WIN
NI' -, these things be explained Let the people kn'w
- understand wi,y and wherefore they were led blind
IJ to line support oG Mr.. Van Buren, in 1892 II his pre-
,;nus ac,s rrndesed him utterly unworthy OF ule pun
49, c,nfd,nce Where then these sentinrls uPo"
i've waich.tower of liberty; Where was the pubic press
and where sun,bered the editors of the Recorder
By the support which they gave hi" N leS '"ey V h
naiy waived all objections To his previous ac,S r.
"%v of his and seated by hs,
pf"PeH " h,mo, .hnx If he had committed errors, 1t