The pilot and transcript. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1840-1841, 1840-06-18

n,eoa vs,.r dispositions towards Efr Adams,
kno,s;nr his worth as intimately, and esteemieg
n as much. as any one, and acknowledging the
preference Of his claims, If any could have had,
to the high Office conferred on him. Let those
who support all the abuses, roeberles5 and usuTPa-
tons which have characterized the present adj
ninistration of the Federal Government, who DE- :
nounce its leading measures as dangerous 70 Lib
erty, and vet swear to sssink or SWIM with ''the
man, denOunce the patriot who achieved thai
liberty which they surrender TO '.the man." and
proclaim it a sin to think well OF him who was
the friend of Washington and Jeierssn-lt viii,
perhaps not excite surprise, (but mistnke the
people of Virginia il it does not excite dsglsts)
and may be in keeping with the spirit OF the
times: for such things have happened before
The good and the great are always most reyled,
and
The little boatman with his Peter bell,
win sheer at him who drew AchitoPhel-
Very respectfully, yours,
JAMES LYONS.
RIcHmosp, April 18th, 1910
Dear Sir--The circumstances which this letter
will explain, will excuse ms, hope, for iatrudi's
myself upon your attention.
Among the numerous charges which have beer
put into circulation against you by the presses
and partizans of Mr.. Van Buren,, the two most
relied upon and deemed most potent IN the SoHtb,
are-that you are a Federalist and an Abolition
the whole country, that these charges are equal
ly unsustained by truth, your friends have met,
| denied, and as they believe, refuted them. A.
the prospect of your election increases however
and the heart of the patriot reyives with the hope
| of the success of one, from whom he expects
wise, economical and Republican Administration,
| the malignty of your enemies seems to increase,
and the spoilsmen become more reckless and des-
| perate in their efforts to retain the power by
which they make their spoil.-Of this, con-
elusive evidence will be found in the Richmond
Enquirer of the 10th inst, in production Pur-
/ porting to be an address from the Van Buren, Cen
trail Committee here. In that address, 1t IS round
| Iy asserted that YOU are Federalist and an ABB
oltionist, and that your friends in the South sup
port you, knowing that you are So This state
nent is made here with knowledge OF the views
entertained by the Wings of Virginia, as express
ed in the address to the People of the State, pub
lished by their Convention, which was held in
this city in the month Of February last, OF which
| send you a copy BY the mail of this day. re-
/ gard the charge there fore, as an impudent false
/ hood against YOU as it certainly is against the
Wings of Virginia, at whom it is especially lev
! elled; and if made by an anonymous scribbler Ii
4 newspaper, might be passed BY with contempt
| But as the charge is now put forth IN an lmpos-
| ing form, and the subject of Abolition Is one of
| absorbing interest and paramount Importance
| and as | could not, and | am sure the Wings OF
/ Virginia, and the South generally, would not
vote for any Abolitionist living TO be President
of the United States; (scarcely sooner than they
would for Florida Indian,) and as have been
placed before the People of this State for the of
fee of Elector upon the Wing Ticket, have
thought it due to you, to the Wing cause, and to
myself, to ask you to furnish, under your own
hand your denial of the charge, in letter to me,
which may publish.
| beg leave to say, that the denial which ex-
pect will, in my opinion, advance your cause,
with all good and rejecting men through the
land; but whether it will advance injure it, it
is equally due to yourself and to us, that you
should furnish it, as am satisfied that you would
DO as unwilling to advance that cause by any
fraud, as we should be to be made the instrq-
ments apparently, or dupes of it. Be pleased,
therefore, to say to me, whether you still enter
tain the sentiments upon the subject OF Abolition,
expressed in your speech at Vincennes, in 1885,
whether you ever were member OF an Abolition
Society in Virginia, and whether yeu have desig-
mated the Richmond Society, as an Abolition So
| ciety; and what was your political connection,
| If any, with the old Federal party.
With great respect, am sir, your friend, &''.
JAMES LYONS.
| To Gen. w. II. HARRISON, Cincinnati, Ohio.