Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-07-10
RICHMOND, Va, FRIDAY, JULY 10, 1910.


EXHIBIT the strange contradictions anu The suspicious
eauiyoca,ions of one who has filled no little space IN
the eyes of his countrymen. But The position ne mas
assumed is so eauivocal, and the means to winch he
has resorted are so little calculated to adorn the first
Magistrate of a free People, that We regard 1t as our
duty to speak cut. The developments which are pour
inq in upon us arc absolutely startling. See the fol-
loving facts which have reached us since our last No.
.lb0Liiop-Gen. Harrison in his Address TO the Poo
pie of Ohio, in l-22, declares that when ne was IL
years of age, he was a member oil an Abolition society
in the City Of Richmond.-But IN ms ietter 10 WI
Owen of N. g.. in February last, he declares he never
was a member of an Abolition Society. In his late
Correspondence with Mr.. Lyons, he SEXES upon that
gcntlcman's query, rhy he SAID he Ead been a member
of an Abolition Society in Richmond IN l'9i, when II
was an "IIumane' Societv-and he says, IT must have
becp q forpetrulncss" which mislcd him-and that al
ter all, it was only an %"llumanc' Society. But the
General was in all probability right IN lc22, and wrong
nom-We have befo'e US 4 pamphlet Copy oil tle FRO
ccedings of the 4h Convention OF Delegates IRON The
Abolition Societies established in different parts OF the
e. s, assembled at Philadelphia on Bird of May, 1871.
Among the Delegates present, was Joseph Anthony,
n Delegate of the Virginia Abolition Society at Rich
mond. In the whole pamphlet, there is nothing like
the title Of Humane ~Socciy-but 1t IS all .iboia,on
Soritics. The pamphlet proves throughout an eXlen-
sive Abolition organization all over the L. States.
But in conncxion with this yactllatlon OF mcnlory on
the part of Gen. Harrison, what can he more extraor-
binary than the various characters OF the letters winch
he has written, North and South-his lettersto Mr.. Ly-
w lIu ~ WI. LNdlIS.k stt Il cli'ip 49,
page from the Boston Morning P~ost:)-But there are
other cxpositions upon this question, which startlc US.
Among these is the following article from the CincIn-
matt Advertiser of the lst inst.
MORE DISCOVERIES.
ssThc following article has been published in the fhI-
lanthropiSt, an abolition paper IN this city, on TUESDAY
last. We have for some months, held the OPINION That
Gen. Harrison had been giving the AbolitioniSts secret
assurances that he was favorable to Their canse-ahu
the following disclosure shows that we did not mistake
The matter is now placed out of all doubt. The cNposi'
ton made by the editor Of the PhiIanthropiSt, IN that
part Of his paper Of Tuesday, Immediately relating TO
The communication tthc General with HIM, p%rccIud"s
the necessity o!anv further remark from Us, than merely
that the tcrgivcrSaiiOn exhibited hy HIM III these com.
munica,ions must rob him Of all confidence on Tie part
of the Abolrionists, without advancing HIM 4 s'mgl"
pom, in the confidence of the Southern and Southwest.
crn States.
1.-THE magnanimous, high.minded Southerners can
not place confidence in the man who has acted SO m
consistently. They cannot view his cajollng probes
sions Of fricndliness towards them, and towards Their
system, who has, upon so many occasions, where, as
he expresses it himself, Mcrc rms no temgfdion 10 de-
ccirc, declared his opposition 10 slavery. lflhere was
nolhino to be- said Of that spccious policy which he
has adop:cd and prac:iSeG, Of cndcav"r!ng TO be "all
things 10 all men"-an AholttloniSt with the fanatics
Of the North and East-an anti-AbolI';onlst with the
Southern slavcholdcrs-a Fcdcralist with the Hartford
Conventionists, and a Democrat with Their opponents
at one time an adhcrcnt to the Alien and ScdltI0n Law
Administration Of IN" elder Adams, and At another 4 pro
f.sscd disciple Of the Democracy Of Jefferson and Mad
son-and again, the supporter OF that worst OF all frdc'
ralism, the coalition administration oi John Z Adams
and Henry Clay and then, after accepting othc'
under that administration, turning round and attempt
mo TO rain office by the help of the friends of Genera
Jackson, and in opposition To Clay and Adams? Nha'
consistent politician-what homes, man, VINO feels 50
licitndc for the honor and prosperity OF his country
can support such n man for the Presidency Of the
United States. No man, or Sctof men, VIII" have The
true interest o.! the country at heart, can, consistently
with lI"nor and patriotism, give support 10 such
candidate.
aGcncral Harrison has been treaicdby his opponents
with more moderation and dcltcacy than perhaps any
other candidate for superior Office. lie has heen SUIT
fcrcd 10 escape all attacks upon his private character
!. but he has furnished more matter against himself du.
ring the present canvass, than has ever been brought
against him by those opposed 10 HIM. His military
talents, il is true, have been questioned, and his inca
pacity as a statesman has been insisted on-and good
grounds have been given for both, BY evidence furnish
ed by himself His public acts-his speectes-his let
tcrS-his outrageous drawings and contradictions, have
all furnished matter enough to prevent all honest, candn
men from supporting him for the Office to which he
aspircs.
ITO the article from the Philan,hropis,, in this dag
paper, wc recommend the attention of all our exchange
papers, particularly those Of the north and east and We
hope they Will generally copy it into their journals, toi
the special benefit of the abolitionisrs, who will find by
it how much their delegates in the IiarrlSburgh Convcn-
ton have deceived them, BY putting such 4 man in nom
ination as candidate for the Presidency.
70 ri nf!" 1s % Gir %S1.r r@i %T TTE WEST.
Sour course thus far must have convinced our friends
in the West, that we have no p]rcjudices against Gen
Harrison. With the more hope, therefore, ofbeing lis
tened 10 calmly, and with candor, we besecch their pa
ticnt attention TO what is To follow.
"a most important correspondence has Just been pub.
lisled in the Richmond Wing, which fixes the position
Of Gen. Harrison on the abolition question beyond al
doubt. Mr.. Jas. Lyons, OF Virginia, writes 10 the cdl.
tors Of the Wing as follows
Here follows the Correspondence.
"'Ihe following letter we copy from the Cincinnati
Gazette:
Gm. Harrison's Opiaion.
The Wilmington :. {. Advertiser furnishes the following cNii
| cl answer of Gen. Harrison Ia 4 letter Of Governor owen, asktu!
s~ociG,y:'
Ny Dur sn--Your letter Of the aI,t ut.,, reached my rrsideTrl
nj North Bend, BY the mail Yesterday, from whence ii was sent Il
RI me nj this place.
lon ask me v hrther now am, or ever have been, a member Q
an Abolition Society:
, / answer lrci,ivrly, No.-$o Ear from being a member Of such
Society, dhl mol know bat as You knew il, w. by common
ton II any Of the Norih Western STATES, until Tire" weeks aso,
when received 4 letter from a citizen # this City; an r"in'
stranger to me-, who styled himself President Of The Abolition 20
"in relation 10 tho Ohia Statesman. from which a. you say, thu
charge 'uf belonging to an Abolition Snctriy, was copied int,
some papers of yonr State, such Is the reckless course, winch u
ana -'nlt Otter, "i l. same politics, ihirSit ,nNara, ~ "'''
have determined H. notice nothing which they may publish.
am "saf Sr' 'f"'y XVIII y" Il. HARRISON"
f awe fear The conduct of Gen. Harrison Oh the slavery
question has been marked by dupiiciiy.
"lfI did really term it an abolition society, 4 fact which can
still hardly believe, II must have been from int.etinincss, whiti
hi, III easily happen after - lapse "f 81 years"
"lntwo interviews we had with General Harrison on
this subj Get, about four months since, he was at pains
to assure us, that he had himself belonged to an "Abo.
lition Society in Richmond, Va. lie did not hesitate
about the phrase; he did not use any Other. 'Abolit'or
Society seemed the only name which he knew oil
cared to know. And yet, IN writing to Mr.. Lyons, he
says
'IfI did really term it an Abolition Society, a lacr
which | can still hardly believe. ii must have been from
forgctfulncss. Besides, we know, that he has been in
The habit of using the term "Abolition' as the distinctive
title ofthe society al Richmond.
Look next al the letter to Governor Owen.
'You ask me whether am now, or ever have been, n membel
OF an Abolition Society.
'Ianswer decisivey, No.
"This declaration is made unqualifedly. There is nc
acknowledgement that there was even ground for such
a rumor. On the contrary, in tie concluding para.
graph of his letter, he tries to confirm his contradic-
ton by casting odium on the Ohio Statesman, winch
had published an extract from his own writings, de.