, 1840-07-18
From the Globe.
TOOUR CONSTITUENTS.

OOU CONS III Elm Ia.
knowing the interest you feel in the opin-
ions Of the candidates for the Presidency, on
the subject Of Additions; and having seen a
letter of General Harrison. recently published
in the Richmond Wing, tending to show that
he is not an Abolitionist, we feel it our duty
to communicate to you certain evidence,
which we nave ourselves seen, ola contrary
tendency. 1t was recently stated by one OF
the speakers at an Abolition convention in
Boston, that the honorable W.. B. Calhoun,
a Wing member of the House Of Representa-
tives. from Massachusetts. had written home
letters, making statements on the authority
of General Harrison himself. which went to
identify him with the Abolitionists; that the
letters contained an Injunction not 10 let
them get into the newspapers, but that copies
of them had been multiplied, and secretly
shown to the Abolitionists, for the purpose
o~fconvincing them that the General was one
of them.
In the National I~ntelligencer Of 18th in
slant, Mr.. Calhoun made q publication ad-
hitting that he had, on the 4th February last.
written home one letter on the topic in ques-
ton; that this letter was based upon a letter
from General Harrison himself, which had
that morning been put into his hands for
p~erusal; that General Harrison's letter con-
tanned an injunction not to ALLOW II to be
published in the newspapers; that in conSe-
quence of this Injunction, he annexed a SINH
lar one to his letter; but that he had n copy
which would be submitted to the inspection
of any gentleman who had a desire to see it.
Startled at this development of the fact,
that General Harrison, while Withholding his
opinions from those who asked them for the
use Of the public, had himself put on foot a
scheme to satisfy the Abolitioni,ts, we
thought it incumbent on us to examine the
evidence of that fact which was stated to be
accessible for inspection. We found 1t OF
such an extraordinary character as TO re.
auire Of US to lay it before you in the most
authentic shape within our power. In con-
sequence of General Harr;son's injunction.
MI. Calhoun refuses to let even his own let
ter be published, or to give a copy thereof.
so that we are obliged to rely on memory
in submitting TO you its contents.
Having each ofus carefully perusedi II, and
compared our recollections, we are sure that
the following contains the substance, and
does not vary materially from the firm and
language of TINT letter, viz:
WASHINGT0N, { eD. q, l63U.
Sra: | observe in the doings Of the Anti
slavery convention at Springfield, a resolu-
ton ~denouncing General Harrison. think
this quite premature, to say the least OF It.
! have seen a letter from the General, in
which he pronounces the story circulating
in the press or West, (not certain which0
tina, he, while Governor OF Indiana, for ten
wears, done every thing in his power to
spread slavery, a foul SANDER, and speaks of
it with great Indignation, and says that 1t
would be impossible for him to do any thing
OF the kind, either privately or publicly, for
the reason, he says. that while only eigh-
teen years of age, in Virginia. he, with 9TH
ers, pledged himself to do every thing in his
power to effect the emancipation of slaves
that he was to inherit large property in
slaves, and subsequently, not only emancipa-
ted bis own, but purchased others. for the
purpose of enancipating them. This is
what tn, General himself saws. write you
this for such use as you may think proper,
except putting it in the newspapers:
- i At WIN. B. CALHOUN.
81 Hon. Judge MoRRrs.
The letter of Gen. Harrison, herein alluded
to-, is understood to have been Addressed to the
Hon. George Evans, a Wing member Of the
House from the State Of Maine. III f
The letter of the Oswego Union Associa-
ton, asking Gen. Harrison's opinions on the
subject o. Abolition, was dated Jan. 81, 1910,
and must have been received about the time
his letter. to Mr.. Evans was written, inasmuch
as that letter was shown to Mr.. Calhoun on
the 4th of February. The Oswego letter
was answered by the committee, Gwynne,
Wright, and Spencer, on the 2sth OF Fee
bruary, 10 whom the General admits, 10 his
letter to the Hon. Joseph L. Williams an sx.
tract Of which was published in the National
IntcIligeucer of the nth inst. he turned over