Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-10-14
TIE .3YECDOTE njout Judge White.

Yesterdays Wing makes appeal to Inc PeGplc q
Yunorer against portion Of the Address OF lis Van
Buren, Committee ltrpates to the statement taken from
the aillcdecvillc Standard, that Judge White went to
the polls arm in arm, with free negro. Vi this ancc
dotc Of course personally know nothing-Bnt l!s
know, that the anccdote IS not takcn as the wing
SAYS it is from the Columbus (Mi) Dcmocrat-Nor is 1t
true that the letter Of Mcssrs Howell and others, which
the Wing rc-publishcs, with flourish, from the Colum
bus Argus. does meet the point al ISSUE They breathe
not syllable upon This charge.
We owe it 10 the Committee OF Hanover who are
thus coarscly arrayed before the public to lay before
them the further statement Of the Medgcve Standard,
giving up the authority which it made the original
assertion It is of justice aso to the Standard,
permit il to he heard. Here are The original ana The
contirmatory statements:
(trO,n the .iHNcdgcciVc Standard Of Union)
nJuDGE WHITE ASU THE FREE NEGRoEs.- 1t is well
known that in Tennessee, free persons OF co Tor were
entitled 10 vote without any property qualification or re-
stricon for about twenty eight years previous 10 1854,
and that Judge White took measures to exclude them
He was in the habit Of going 10 the polls with them,
RoI AR Writ 'iua FREE s
HUNDRED AND TWENTYfIVE, in warmly con
tested election at KNOXVILLE, in which, Judge White
took very active interest for his bEothernaw, Col!
Williams who was then candidate
awe make this statement adciscdiy, and challenge
its denial We can PROVE IT. and shew, by the evi.
dencc of citizen of Georg of the first responsibility
that upon the occasion referred to, JUDGE WHITE
DID LOCK ARMS with a FREE NEGRO AND
WALK WITH HIM TO THE POLLS.
If this was not full recognition Of the most per
fct EQUALITY between WHiTE and BLACK, and
total iercng of all dst;uctionS at loss to know
what would be considered.
What would be the effect Of such scene in Georgia:
"Now we ask, what is the difference between Mr. V.
buren, and JUDGE WHITE: We answer, MIR. V.
BUREN, drove the free negroes from the polls by pro-
perty qualification which elitctually excluded ninety
nine out of every hundred, while JUDGE White, was
dragging them TO the polls and encouraging them to
vote without the least restriction.
(From the same.
uTur PRoor-When the above remarks were submit
ted to the public we anticipated denial on the part OF
the Nuying presses That denial has gone FORTH and
it now becomes us give authority for the state
mcnts We have made -
For proof of the facts set forth in the above article
we refer our fcowc citizens TO BENJAMIN l.. Les
TER, Esq, of Baldwin County, gentleman Of high
and unblenshcd character who present at Knox
vile upon the occasion referred TO-
has not been habit 10 raise false charges against
our fellow citizens nor to make assertions which we
could not suUstanale We have too much respect nr
The rights and feelings of Others and too much regard
for our own character, to attempt TO in ure any man by
SANDER and viluperallon.
In the present instance, we spoke adriscdty and
upon the authority of citizen who is wholly unlin
pcachublc."