Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-04-22
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AIR VAN BUREN,.


Honorable system of wa(are, have descended t" the low
and INITIAL business Of abusing his person and scrp
ssn,ing his motives Though the whole public i'fe OF
MIR Van Buren, has been devoted 10 tho advocacy {" the
mes. cherished principles Of the South; thons! his enc
mics at the North have always used it as a" argument
against him, that he was emphaucal!y o"ut!crh
Politician; though he has never bsen gutsy % OLE
act which should make him suspected 81 oei"S OPP
posed TO our peculiar institutions yet all tie organs
of the Nulii.rs are filled with s'ern warnings
and dreadful apptehensions Of what would oe the
state of affairs should he he elected ffeslcent -
fraction Of ,hsI "a y m Va, p"I burcn with being
himself an Aboltonist, when they know lnat u
his influence than that OF any other person. Is 10
be attributed the universal scorn ana contempt WIN
which the aboltioEiss and their proceedings have oeeh
visited by the people of the North; and the others, ina
ginning, perhaps, that they yet have soc reputation ''
veracty TO lose instead of openly asserting lhs tais'
hood, strive by Institutions and Suggestions, ana i's
TO produce the impression They Know II 10 Dc q
subject upon which the people Of the Such are ost
silly excited and they therefore seize upon It 20 aar'n
the fears Of those whose reason they cannot c"aFtncc
But We believe it will be an nnavaii'ns ch'rt We ka"c
abiding confidence that the people 4" The eouta ana
of Georgia particularly, have intelligence enough to dis
cover the difference between facts and assertions ne"
warranted by factst!at they can distinguish souho az
eument from sophslry-truth from ialssh'"d .
That MIR. Van Buren, is disposed 10 STIR lhe qucSuon
of saycry-that he has entertained an oiAiob .!
feeling hostile 10 our Interests Us Inc naefs % se
property is only not proven, but utterly contaoct
whole political career lie has uniformly held The doc
trinc that to the States individually, belong the esctnstce
power regulate their domestic concerns and we have
his pledge that his influence and authority shall always
be exercised in opposition TO the scecs Of the alli-
ton fanatics. What more need we ASK: What more
can want:
But. say the Nuiers, MIR. Van Burcn's professions
are not sincere, because he voted III the New YORK Con-
yenl:on grant to free negroes the same privileges ut
elections as were allowed to white citizens. Tins ASSET
ton we have before alluded TO, and again pronounce
it utterly false MIR. Van uren advocated NO such mea-
sure. But that readers may know how he did vote
in that Convention and the circumstances under which
the vote was given here insert the part relating TO
elections in the old Constitution Of New York, aud LIE
substitute inserted in the present one which was ud"pt
ed in 1921 The clause IN the old Constitution reads as
follows:
sr.ry iabas: Of u! who ta'l have per
sonu resulted within OF the counties Vi ths snte oo month"
oJs the day oil election sa' nj such election" DC
fE.Su 10 ,, nV o M been itee,oIIe pos>s,
in freehold Of III. cny pounds, within tn. couy
therein yeury value OF Folly sh
c!scqs That every person OF city Al
bany who was made eaian Of the @ OF New o", ~ Ell
fourteenth day OF Octo5er The Of Lord
thousand hundred aud seenve and shall be actually sH
usually said respectively, shall be entitled :"
vote Tor representatives III Assembly whii is s''d place o. eS'
dence"
In the Convention of 1891 much difference Of opinion
existed upon this subject Many nieu:Jels i'll favor
of giving all classe: OF persons the privileges but
through the excrtions of Mr. Van Burcn friends,
the following article WIS adopted in lieu Of tho former
"sec l. Every citzs of the age Of 81 years,
OF tins rarrcce"s election"
h. NAV oTe VOTE shall proceeding
tho I Or shall by 1u siT o
OF being armed equipped according Nav, err
ed wihu sss from peonng militia u s
ben: fireman il any cy' town Or ons And al"
c,n for three wears preceding such I'e''
OF h. sa and for s h !S s md shall
IN Ihe last ycar assessed to labor upon tno p Say,
and shall nave shaII be entitled ~ the town or VI
where be actually resides and not M nI but ~ M
Of eoior unless he shalt been for 'hee years T h.
State and for one yaa' mex. % s oa
Sd orrr and a6orc oil aud aeumbranees
s a been &c aS' sst ssS .
sss ss sat ts sn1S
class and coors' What has been its practical effect
Why, that out of population Of 20 0OO negroes in til
City OF New York, one hundred legally entitled
vote Before ISL the right of suffrage equal All
it then reduced relation people Of color 20 tn
proportion Of in 2UO by Mr. Van Buren, aud his friends
II was at time, too, when only other Nortlicr
State (CounccticuD had adopted any RESTRICTIONS an
when two slave holding States, IN. Carolina and Ten
neSsee permitted the exercise vi this privilege by lie
free negroes. In Judge Whites State, they not vnl
voted bot performed military duty until las, year. aud
not al all UNLIKELY but the Judge has often rcaprd Ii!
auran'age OF ther Support when soliciting office from
The people In New York LOO ou Of 20 600 are cuti,c
to vote; in Tennessee all free males Of y yeurs of ,u
could until recently claim the privilege; and w., NJ,
AN bp!en VINO advocated the restriction must be Gale,
an aooi'tionist while Judge White, who never has !,
our knowledge objected 10 a negts's vouy is ., ~, =
the Southern canddac-the true cxp,n.uf III S,n,b,-
Prlnciples--the peculiar advocate Of S.uLcr, ;,,,
lions. wi" 'hSu'o
Taking all the evidence now before the public ,c a.
opinions Of these two candidates for the Presidency an
the candid Of all parties admit that while ,i.rse
not particle OF proof against MIR. Van nrrn on Thu
slavery question, there is enough produce strong sus
picon that Judge White is as l.cr from rrpruac
his friends would have believe MIR. Van buren, Iu
no abolition supporters in Cungress-Judge White has
and among them Mr. Slade, Of The violent aut
tanacal Of the tribe. MIR. Van Buren, does not SUD
port any aboitionis for oiice-Judge White has been
charged with so doing, aud the charge has not been pub
hcy denied II is alleged against hun That he supported
one honas razcr OF Tennessee candidate Tor the
Legislature OF that State, last summer aud that sal,
Frazier the Chairman OF an Addition u,crlin,
IN Knox county. These specific charycs anu
must be met by something equally to the point
lot Inc mere idle rant OF hi, multiplying supporters will
scarce be taken good authority 1t may not b. i'm.
proper here to remark, that there abolons,s IN Ten
nessee Us well as in New York. though in both States
'he'r numbers are few; and in our opinion the Southern
supporter OF Southern Ahoiiicnst, is Il much more
oo"seious person. to enlrust with office than any citizen
9i Nof'iietn State, whatever his opinions Mir Van
buren, however, is with the South in feeling and priuc
pie, anu ms popularity at The North will e1ab. him Il,
GoNtio puo,.c opinion IN that quarter more eirctuay
LOT our oeneh' than could the efforts of any man Sni,
OF the Potomac. To those who really drs;rss =, ,,'
OF our Cn'on tins should be strong argument And
the South has for forty out Of iorts H"u
nished our Presidents, masnanimous people WI, NO,
now r. ect Statesman Of correct pr,ncipls ana Nv"
scendans abilities merely because hts place. is -
more Northern latitude than their own. :"
Southern Banner
A DiLEMMA-Some time since the editor Of the u :
Telegraph and other nuication prints were BUSH
employed in denouncng the Postmaster General Tor
having given permission certain Postmusters in tho
South to withhold from circulation among the slave. in
that section of the country, such ncendary publications
would be likely to produce excitement among them
against their masters IL was alleged to be dangerous
power to be given to our Postmaster und one which
ahoud not be exercised by luan hax IL,z ..