Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-04-05

known, III any error Of statement was made his oppo
nenis would expose IL. lie does feel himse II called
upon TO notice the very courteous and ELcra
which were made by the Whg further than to say that
Tue names oil The committee Were copied from the COM
mii'ee as published in the Enquirer, the Van Buren,
committee for the county; and not intended 10 af
r their names signatures 10 HE handLiu because he
had no authority 10 do So but they added merely to an
Them NE Corresponding Committee for mis- conn
~ Every effort will be made day at the election In
correct the mistake, among the voters of the county As
conscientious man, he feels his dutv as far as he
sam 10 correct any mistake which nc himself makes
is the cause of in others
2" NicHNoSD, Monday, April 4
3pPosdc Exf,oct from The Hand.LU
FELLOW CirizrNs--Our county is flooded with hand
phss Purpotng TO contain MIR Van Burens sentiments
upon the subject OF Abolition tie abstract rs well as
his opinions upon the powers OF Compress 10 abolish
slavery IN The District of Columbia. sentence or two
Is TORN from inc context, aud such passages entire
himself
do not hesitate to give it you us my deliberate
and well considered opinion that there are objections
the exercise of this power against the wishes of The
save-h oding States, Imperative their nature and
o1tgattons IN regulating the conduct of public men, as
We moSf Pdd0e icaat IF Constitutional pocer ,coud BE-
III the desire OF that portion of them which is favora-
bic to my elevation to the Chief Mags,racy, should be
grauhed must go into the Presidential Chair The an
crittc and unconproaisng Qpponcnf of ann aemDt ON
The part Of Congress to abolish sarcry in he Disfrt of
Columbia against the wishes os the slave holding States
ana aso WIN the determination equally decided To re-
sis the slightest interference with the subject in the
States where it exists
do therefore believe that the abolition of slavery
in the District of Columbia against the wishes of The
slave-holding States, assuming that Congress has the
power to effect I'D would violate the spirit of that com
PROMISE CT interests ,cch lies at The basis of our social
compact; and am thoroughly convinced that il could
not be so DONE without imminent peril if not certain
destruction, TO The U. States. Viewing the matter in
this light, 1t is my clear and settled opinion that the
Federal Government ought TO abstain from doing so
ana mat II is the sacred duty cose acom The people Of
Me u STATES entruSt .ch The control Of its action SO TO
use the constitutional power, with which they arc in
vested, as TO prevent it, ."
DO you want any thing satisfactory? But YOU
believe has dpcla
worthy of credit how You be called upon TO believe
Judge Whittier No. felowcitizens, Mr. Van Buren, is no
.1eonHoniss lie is no coasjutor of Tappan, Smith and
others OF the leading Abolitionss of New York This
the Wings themselves, know is the case If he were
an ASol'tlorIs how ~ it, that the whole of the Adolf
uonists IN New York. as well as in Congress- are op.
posed to him, The fact that then are opposed 10 him
proof positive, he is NO ABoLrIoSIsT You are told
mat Mt. Van Buren, has voted TO place free negro ON
iooting with the free of Virginia This is faise
lie did, in New York. vote to give a free negro WHO
should possess freehold, free of all incumbIance of
debt, &c, the right of suffrage and so far from advo
eating the principle, it then existed in New York
when the negro and the white were on footing in
mat respect he voted to restrict them (he free negoes)
TO freehold qualification of $3.50 value which i'm fact
almost amounts to their being excluded from the nolIs
a q, motion was made in the New York Convention by
nr: Eastwood, to reduce the freehold value to SiO0
which MIR. Van Buren, voted against And now what
has ali this to do with Virginia elcclons' This was
matter OF State policy and The Federal Government has
nothing TO do with it, And Mr.. Van Buren, tells Won
nat ne would resist every attempt of the Federal Go
District OF Columbia elsewhere
Whom are you called upon by the Wings to sup
port pSI, for the Presidency, Why, Hugh L. White
Where was MIR. White born' In North Carolina
We ana not Tree negroes vote there? Certainly they
did Where does Judge White now reside? In Ten
nessee; Well did not free Negroes vote there They
did And IT Hugh l.. White voted in ~ Carroll.
ma OF tennessee, he voted with free negroes And more
over he has certainly sold his negroes to gentleman
formerly OF Richmond. Now, fellow citizens, choose
you, whom you will ~
w AGAIN IL is believed that your opponents will drop
White if Gen Harrison should be likely to prove the
more successful And WHO'S Gen HARRISON? Why did he
leave Virginia. lift were not for his cruples
about slavery! Who is on the ticket with Gen Harri-
son for Vice President? Why Francis Granger of N
YORK And who is hes Look at his votes in Congress
upon the subject of Abolition. He is an Abolitionist
outright, of the Tappan stamp