Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-07-10
COMMUNICATIONS.
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COMMUNICATIONS.
1 I-VRTELANU COUNTY.
Al : meetina OF the Republican Committee Of Vi
oilance for the county of Cumberland, held at the
9Sourt house. on the 22d June, l-4n, pursuant TO notice,
John c. Page was called to the Char, and John /.
Wilson appointed Secretary.
a motion being adopted, that II would be c~xpedient
10 present an address to the people of the County,
Carter II. Harrison, upon leave granted offered and
read the following
Address
TO THE PEOPLE OF CUMBERLAND.
F,Uoae. Citizens Of tie County Of CHmdsr0ad
The Committee Of Vigilance for our county, appoint
ed BY the Republican Convention held IN the city OF
Richmond in the month Of February, beg leave 10 pre-
sent 10 YOU a few considerations upon our political al.
fairs, which cannot fail 10 be interesting 10 the patriot,
and more especially to the pc0Pie, who vii soon be called
on 10 exercise the highest prerngativc OF sovereignty IN
a free country, the right Of suffrage, in the election Of a
Chief Magistrate fthis Union. Never since the achieve
ment Of American independence, has there been a more
momen,ous period in our history than the present
The effort Of the Fedora! party to EJECT irom the iEesi-
dental office its distinguished incumbent, who was
elected by a Republican people, and TO elevate to that
commanding post, a man whose political character
through life bears the impress OF the most high-toncC
Federalism. and whose election would inevitably result
in yuttiay this "0rcrHmcnt in comMtSs,0H, because Of
his imbecilty, furnishes the only parallel to Z similar
attempt of the same party IN the year l-JU. 10 set ASIDE
Mr.. Jefferson, who was the choice ofthc people, and 10
elect Aaron Burr b. i congressional vote-or failing
in that, 10 devolvc the executive Office upon an o:ilcer
ola subordinate department Of the Government, also a
Federallst. After j desperate struggle RePub!lcanisn
triumphed on that memorable occasion, and has main.
tanned the ascendancv IN our councils from that day
TO this, with the exception Of one term Of the presiden-
tal office, when a scion os the old Federal tree Oh.
truded itself upon US as 4 graft upon the Republican
stock. Beware, fellow-citizens that 4 Seeding from the
same parent stern, 4 b2at!ing Of John Adams. and an
ayowed supporter ofihe measures Q. both the AGamses,
e ~, I,-,.S m tho MACE NJ ,pC y.cr and made the IcSiru-
ment o: etf-c:in g the designs not cFthc old !cce.a! partr
only. 5u, .: the various !4ctions tina. muster under IL
banner. 1t is no apology fox Gen. II. that he was retained
in Office br NJ. Jefferson and Mr.. Madison; uecaus"
they did no; make their appointments upon the cIc'"-
SIRE priactpjs adopted by Nj. Adams wt;u III" approba-
ton Of his Federal ad..sers-;hat Offices should be gwen
only 10 the siaiti:ul, and all others excluded Tor OPT
Mons sake. Beware especially q. that FLAG Of Ill omen
whose dari: folds wave among the host and marx the
encanpment Of the abolit!onists! Yes, these are
among his most jealous supporters, as proven neon
testify by the fact that his nomination at the Harris.
burg Convention was effected By the Abolitt0nists, not
a single sa vcholding State voting for HIM on the first
ballot by the fact that when the nomination reached
New York, the EmancIpa,oF, 4 paper dedicated TO the
cause Of Abolition, sung 'tpral=cs 70 God for j great an
ti-slayery victory and proclaimed that now "a slave
holder is incapacitated for the Presidency OF the L. ,
by the fact that the Boston L:berator, edited by the
infamous Garrison, added It's ~piaudlts on the same occa-
sion, and declared that had it not been for AbolItIonsGn,
n. Clay would undoubtedly have been nominated =
Ly the fact that the anti-slav.ry society Of Maine, III its
annua! report, declared, shat Mr.. Van Buren, must
abandon his Southern principles, and Henry Clay
must emancipate his slaves, before either can receive
the SURFACES Of intelligent AbolitIonsts III the pole
star state by the fact that upon the vel! known re-
solutions Of Mr.. Anterior against the right Of Congress
to abolish slavery in the District Of Columbia aud IN the
Territories, out Of f!ty-two votes given against the
last resolution, fOr,y.eIght were Fcdcraiists and sup
porters of MISUNDERSTANDING in the latter number,
Of course, all the representatives Of the Abolition par
;y-bv the fact, which the Journals Of Congress VIII
establish, that in all the voting upon The reception Of
Abolition petitions, the Northern wing of the Fcdc-
raj party (Harrison mem are found in solid column
voting in the affirmative, and by numerous evidences
which could be adduccd to prove that throughout the
Union the Abritonlsts axe the supporters Of the fcde-
raj party, in the elections; among which we will cite
only one case-that before the New York elections IN
1888, the black Aboltionists Of the city Of New York
held a meeting at Wilberforcc hall, al which they
adopted resolutions, earnestly requesting their colour
ed brethren to vote the whole Wing ticket'-the pre-
sent Governor Seward being at the head oflhe list
who has recently made himself notorious by his efforts
to prevent the apprehension and delivery Sf 'iugitive
slaves from the Southern States. The Wlir Legs.
lature of New York have actually passed a law provi-
ding that ssbeforc a master can have a wit OF Eablas
corpus to arrest a fugitive slave, he mus, enter into
bond with surctes ofSlO0O, TO pay all expenses and two
dollar per week for the support OF such fugitivc"-and
if a master attempts to carry away ms slave without
going through the forms prescribed, she IS to he adj
luOgeO gullty vi Kidnapping, aIu subIcCltn 10 lnlIri-
sonment al hard labour in the state prison, not exceed.
ing ten years.
We now proceed, fclow-citizens, to give you some
of the reasons for the preference of Gen. Harrison by
the Abolitionists, over Mr.. Van Buren,. In reply to a
letter addressed TO Mr.. Van Buren, in lS"6, by Junlus
Amis and others of North Carolina, propounding Ques.
tons on the subject Of Abolition, hc sad, "that the re-
lation of master and slave is a matter which belongs
exclusively to each State within It's own boundary
''that Congress has no authority TO interfere in any re-
spect whatever with the emancipation of the slaves, or
IN the treatment of them in any of the States -''that
conccding to Congress this power in the abstract over
the District of Columbia" -"there are nevertheless
objections to the exercise Of it against the wishes of the
slavcholding States, as imperative IN their nature and
obligation, IN regulating the conduct Of public men as
the most palpable want Of constitutional power would
be" "Ihat | desired (said hc) the people Of the Z.
States then to understand, that if elected, | would 90
into the Presidential chair the infexible and uncompro-
missing opponent OF any attempt on the par, of Con.
gress TO abolish slavery in the District Of Columbia
against the wishes of the slaveholding States, and also
with a determination equally iniiexible, to resist the
slightest interference with the subject in The States
where it exists" In these sentiments is found the un-
pardonable sin; these are the Southern prjncipl,s which
Mr.. Van Buren, is required 10 ssabandon before he can
receive the votes of intelligent Abolitionists."
E contra, of General Harrison-ln lS22, he was n
candidate for Congress, and was charged with favour
ing slavery. Agains, this charge he indicated himselfby
a circular letter, in which he said-sAt the age OF Is,
] became a member Of an abolition Society, established
at Richmond, the object of which was to ameliorate the
condition of the slaves, and procure their freedom by
every legal means. My venerable friend Judge Catch
of Clermont county was also a member of this Adolf
ton Society, and has lately given me a certificate that
j was one. The obligations then came under ] have
faithfully performed" The Federalists, sensible of
the force of this evidence, endcavor TO destroy it BY
the existence Of an Abolition Society at that
early period. Had they been required to prore the ne
gatiye, they might with justice have complained-but
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mony without the production Of some evidence going