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their cause-and the following disclosure
shows that we did not mistake. The matter
is now placed out of all doubt. The exposi.
ton made by the editor of the Philan,hropist,
in that part Of his paperof Tuesday immedi
stely relating to the communication of the
General with him, precludes the necessity of
any futher remark from US. than merely that
the sergervisation exhibited by him in those
communications must rob him of all conf.
dence on the part of the Abolitionlsts, with.
out advancing him a single point in the con-
fdence of the Southern and Southwestern
States.
To the article from the Philanlhrnpist, in
this days paper, we 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, for
The special benefit of the Aboliiinnists, who
will find by it how much their delegates in
the Harrisburg Convention have eceived
them. by putting sucha man in nomination as
Candidate for the Presidency.
From the Cincinnati Phiian hropisf.
TO THE ABOLlTIONISTS OF THE
WEST.
Our course thus far must have convinced
oui iiCuuS III lie NtS's t1dl we nave uo
preiudices against Gen. Harrison. With the
more hope, therefore. of being listened to
calmly, and with candor, we beseech their
patient attention to what is 10 follow.
The following letter we copy from the
Cincinnati Gazette:
GEN. HARRISON'S OPINIONS.
The " ilmingion n. c. Advertiser furnishes
the following explicit answe "f Gen. Har-
riSon TO n letter of Governor Owe n. asking:
'are you now. or have YOU ever been a mem
her of an Abolition society?1
CINCINNATI. Feb. i6. 1910.
Ny DEAR SIR: Y ,ur letter of rhr 3l>t ultm.o
reached my residence at North Bend. ny the
mail yesterday, from whence il was sent to
mt at this place.
You ask me whether | now am, or ever
have been, a member Of an Abolition society
answer, decisivelv, no. So far from be-
ing a member oil such a society. | die not
know but as YOU knew il, viz: by common
fame: that there was or ever had been a
society of that description in any of the
Northwestern States, until three weeks ago,
when | received a latter from a citizen Of this
city, an entire stranger TO me. who styled
himself president; OF the Abolition Society of
Hamilton county,.
In relation to the Ohio Statesman. from
which. as you say. this charge "of belonging
to an Abolition society," was copied into
some papers of your State, such is the reckless
course which it. and some others Of the same
politics, pursue towards me, that | have deter
mined to notice nothing which they may
publish.
am, dear sir. truly yours.
w II ADDISON
We fear TIE conduct of General Harrison
on the slave question has been marked by
.dspliciiy.
"IfI did really term itan Abolition society.
a fact which can still hardly believe. it
must have been from forgetfulnesss. which
might easily happen after Il lapse of3l years."
In two interviews we had with General
Harrison on this subject, about four months
since, he was at pains to assure us, that he
had himself belonged to an abolition s"cie-
ty" in Richmond, Virginia. He did not
hesitate about the phrase; he did not use any
other. sAbolition society," seemed the only
name which he knew or cared to now.-
And vet. in writing 10 Mr.. Lyons. he says:
NIfI did really term it an Abolition society,
a fact which | can still hardly believe, 1t must
have been from forgetfulness." Besides we
know, that he has been in tina habit of using
the term sAbolition," as the distinctive title
OF the society at Richmond.
Look next at the letter to Governor Owen.
You ask me whether | am now, or ever
;haue been, a member of an Abolition socie
tI.
81 answer, decisively. no."
This declaration ismade unqualifiedly.-
THERE'S 20 Acknowledgement that.t!ere was
even ground for such Il rumor. On the
contrary, iR the concluding paragraph of his
letter, he tries to confirm his contradiction
by casting odium on the Ohio Statesman.
which had published an extrac; from his own
writings, declaring himself to have been a
member of an Abolition society. Or course.
il was his intention to prevent Governor
Owen from knowing even the truth M this
subject. Now. what did General H~arrison
saw in 1922 IN his address to the public?-
Here is his own statement:
81 ana accused OF bein friendly To slavery.
From my earliest youth TO the present mo-
mem, | have been the ardent friend Of human