Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-11-01
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VINO TrRPITuuE UHH:SEED IL there bc any nan
v, has kent an to the ig !asrluds, ~ frequently
published aud harpcd upon, agninsl hiaTin AL 9:e:
lei thai ll,1u read tie following ltleEs: ALI: they will
remove from his mind, with the HIis'nanic touch {" ii"th,
all the i,!u lnr3 # We need not ny
word in dcirnce: recommendation oi the hono'"I!e
rnlleuien wicse names attached Ia iicsc letters ir
they arc we'll known fer the ioal lnrgnr ui s1h"T
To wag anins, them with !;Hrntg !! woGd ie as tic
serpent biting f!s, the poison would only Iecoi en- IT,
scl-and Ike following letters un!nhsk the " !g false
hoods clearly that 1t must soon fash BACK upon iat
parv that first gave it birth Then let The love: n run
and Halter Of tischacd read the following We ask, Tor
the sake OF truth and Justice that every Drn1ocIac ana
nentral paper in the United States, w"u'd publish Tile
following lrLicrs: ,,
Sr. CLAIRsSIILE, Sept. l0;h, 1886.
GrSrLrmEy-You request me- give you such facts
as .rar hr able in relation TIE truth a!sily OF Tie
charge Of Catholicism, made by the Wings. against NJ
Van Buren," Without any introductory tr'naFh, VIII
say TO YOU that have hesitation i'll SAYING mat MT.
Van Buren, is rot a Roman Catholic. There are many
reasons proving concusvey TO my mind that Tie cl'arg
is untrue, some of which will briefly state: The Fact
is that personally acquainted with NE an iGfch,
aud have convcrscd with him upon the SUBJECT. nave
asked many PERSONS wo have known him from child
hnud, and in whose yeracy have Tie utmost conil-
dsnce and they all say that there is no truth Ill The
c!larg". Last winter, Dr. Il. Casey, win Whom was
associated on the committee public lands, addressed
! Il Litter. 10 he Honorable Mr.. fand"Tpocl; % view
| York. ard obtained from him an answer, winch IS
| herewith transmitted TO you. That letter ought 10
sasfF every rnprej JUDGED mind IL has Already ecch
published in the Globe, in papers IN The Stale Of ne"
York. in the Eastern cities, and in almost every par! OF
Tie United States 1t has gone bach to Mir van Burn
native place. and has been seen and examined mere ana
| yet believe Wing prn in the United States las
! ever attempted deny the truth ot single sentence
contained il; that letter. II should suffice to ask the
question: if that statement had been untrue in any par
cuar yaulL it not nng have been contFadlced ny
the Wing papers: 1t cannot have escaped your obser-
valion that while in this county, where Catholics are
(cm, the charge is husily circulated la other parts Of
the United States, where Catholics Numerous 1t
is denied that he is Catholic, by the leaders OF the same
Wing party who make the charge.
The u. S. Telegraph, paper which opposes the eicc-
ton Of Mr.. Van Buren,, bitterly any other paper IN
the L. s., attempts to prove that he is not only mol c"-
a:0ic ,u: that he is OpPoSd 10 Catholic emancipation
| in England So that you must pcrcelTe Inc story IS
nlae and changed to suit the meridian in which 1t Is
circulated.
Yours, very respectfully.
WILLIAM KENYON.
Nlessrs w. NJ Blake. G. W. Smith, a. Patterson. L..
i. Anderson. ~
MANSFIELD, 18th Sept. l.%G.
Deer Sir: Yours Of The 18th duly received: by
which van iGnrnl that yourself and others were "-
ponled inquire into tie truth tusy OF the charge
made by the Wings against Mr.. Van Buren,, Of being
n Roman Catholic: and you ask Inc Tor snah iniHria-
ton may be in the possession OF OH i:ls SUBJECT
The same question was put TO- me during the lasl SEES
sion Of Congress, by Of my constituents; and al
though fully aware tn there was no lrnii IN s!c
charge, yet to satisfy the gentleman who made the en-.
qury and his neighorS who desired he should make
il. called s;ch uf The niri'!brrs from Nrw l"rk
as | supposed knew hlr Van Burcns character; and
who, if he had had any connection with the To-
man Catholics, they would have known IT, Among t
those on whom called the Hon. MIR. EanG.r
peel and Judge Lansing. both of whom are, be-
l;cvc, members Of the Presbyterian church. aud certain
" men Of urhicmisIed reputation. They all informed
me that he absolutely not now. never iaC been,
Roman Catholc-lha he had been raised in the Dutch
Protestant Reformed church. They represented lin as
man who Paid due respect 10 religion and wa5
generous supporter Of the same; but said that he rot
a me ibrr Of any church. Shortly after received This
insnrna on read in tie newspapers the correspondence
between Governor Casey nf Illinois, and the Honorable
Mr.. Vandcrpuc Of New i0:k, who represents The dis
tric where Mr.. Van Buren, was born and here he lived
for many years. and gratitied 10 find that his
count Of Mr.. Van Buren, cor:eSponded with what had
rot Of others, only that he knew about it. He
said as YOU have 30 doubt read that his (r Y. b.
parents had him Baptized in the Reformed Dutch Church,
that he had been constant attendant 10 lis services
while h" remained there &c During The three sessions
of Congress that hay" spent at Washington, lave
yer heard 4 single individual whether Il member Of
Congress citizen Of the District say that they bccr
cd Mr.. Van Buren, 20 be Roman Catholic. But on tie
contrary have, whenever the subject has been spoken
Of heard il terrified 4. Il hoax attempted 10 DC pamcd
of upon the Western people, in order to Ircjn:ce
Pedestrians from supporting him for The Presidency
This is abrut The amount cf wl2t know this
subject. And really astonisied, that there shngId
be Il Gvubt existing in the mind o! any one. | 10
not believe there is intelligent in the L nitcd
S;ales that believes il. Nor do do believe that any
honest man will assert il. ! have taken pains To
read what was advanced by the Wings to prove the
charge and find nothing but base nsnuaons, and in
rr"nces attempted TO BE- drawn from them, entirely un-
supported by c:er truth evidence
WI. PATTERSON.
Me$srs. W. NJ. Blake, e. ". Smith, a. Patterson, X.