Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-04-14
Va,
1l LC.neys of the Log Cabin Candidates Conscience
- i !. 10 in, :hich the OSweGo Cnrres

The Keepers Of the Log CaLi" CGndd@te CONSCIENCE
| The deGraded attitude, in which the oswego Torres
ndence places the nominee, has caused an effort 10
be made TO clear his skirts OF the whole transaction
II has been stated in Buffalo Journal that 1t was all
Quiz-or forgery on the part OF some assoe'ass III
0sweoo and in Cincinnati. The Richmond wing,
no1s TO deliver his hero from tie awkward position
in which the whole matter places HIM, has eagerly sez-
cd mon the rumour-commiserates as ior inc eihoaf-
rassment in which would throw us; and pleads guilty
IN some little confusion of which IT'S f.dtitor would
be conscious in his own person The II. wing
| founders in vain. The Correspondence is genuine
| John c. Wright Il Co. are the CONFIDENTIAL commit
Tee of Curators-and they have auhorltatiVely pro.
nounced the irrevocable decree, that zine Heneral
fcan) make no further declaration of his principles tor
the public eye, whilst occupying his present position
The papers are no quiz or orgeres They truly ema-
nate from the mint of John G. Wright q Co.
Who now doubtsit: The Wing press has wonderful
" cooled off upon the subject and now seems to aban-
don the field despair. The correspondence has long
since reached Ohio. No member of the Committee; no
Wing press in that quarter has denied its authenticity
we have late letter from Chilcothe, which treats it
as perfectly genuine. The Columbus Statesman OF the
1th uives the whole documentary evidence in relation
TO the celebrated vote sell treemen for costs and
fines: and then adds "Like the letter of Harrson's
scieneekespers it first deaicd-then efcnsed-
and The strongest whence
ITCHY. AT the very moment when these developments
were making at Oswego, similar movement was taking
the scene of this drama The Register OF that town
had previously mentioned the rumors in circulation re-
speeding Gen II. s ACKNOWLEDGEMENT his being
under the guardianship of a committeeman on the
2lst March, out in the following confirmation OF
its previous suggestions
"S1,RrLsc De opMESr-We informed in Wing
held evening" the Of Commerce and Govern
members party Mobile, had written 10 Cen Harrison
M AEoo" ,s hy p5Iy aG s
mott permit them to be made public was also 'ohisseu m
Of answering them transferred clique Of his friends 10
whom he had committed the keeping OF his conscience The old
man. il he chose 50 10 do could not give an explicit
He Of those who resolved 10 sell themselves TO the
highest bidder 900
IT, Thus it appears that similar letter has been re-
ceived at Oswego and at Mobile, from clique at Gin
cnnat who undertake to deny all access to Gen II s
opinions No denies it al Cincinnati; and the Buff
fao Journal which first offered bet, that the whole
thing forgery, has all at once ceased its abuse and
prudently withdrawn its bet. What will the R. Wing
now say Will it deny, that its candidate IS in the
hands of Select Committee, who are pleased to de-
clare what they please the voice OF the Oracle but
who has now hushed it up altogether According to
the picture then drawn of him by the Dorchester Re-
\ publican"
ale confined his plantation, not only his plantation
cahn under kerpeIs deprived OF the liberty Of
speech, lips sealed book He not allowed TO open his
oy ii. weakness his nbeciIy, he should commit himself and
end pieces the shattered fragments OF that party who would
and deception fos him into the Pesden
He the candidate Of The universal his party
He o@i "s s mason of 81
York Vermont &C., but he must not open his mouth To tell them
ID the Abotion The North for support but say
friendly opposed 10 that respectable fraternity tie hopes
South of the Pooacha burst not himself IN favor OF
M fSyS The S % nS se ana n ia So
oer Thus OF the Wing party appears before me
Si s vpw ,Ssd friend & his ers
under the direction oil eoHHdea'iai eom'cnit' ;, !,
, As of our Correspondents says "fie ~ IN their
bapd he eOfl
That Correspondents must open the eyes Of those who
are not wilfuy blind the views of the AbolitonIsts
and their candidate. they can elect him. Garrison,
. Tappan and Bloodgood may claim and deserve 10 be
a the controlling COMMITTEE his person and conscience
: during his term OF service
y John G. Wright is the sou of this Privy Council.
II was he who violated his peige to vote in the Pres
Dental Election of 1896; and voted for j. @. Adams
sveD him AZ va HI ssSae which d WAS
e yered that notorious Speech which was oeve TO all
e the South in which he made the following declarations,
81 thought Ohio had given unequivocal evId.oce of
her de yotons 10 at least three great leading feature.
policy in the Administration of the General Govern
s. the perpeatIon of free principles; the prosecu
al ton Of system Of Internal improvement, and the at
ford,ng protection 10 home industry. ! thought she
was in favor of the american System. felt anxious
to ascertain the views of the candidates III relation &c
m this policy. thought with us attachment TO men
g should yield TO attachment principles and measures
he Ant he proceeds show that lie found J. G. Adams
much with Ohio upon these points, than either OF
lie the other candidates. In the course OF tins same
e. speect John &. Wright, the cackllng hen OF Old
lie Geo kreemer said arher:-"rhe opposition Ito Mr.
Adams is mostly confined TO the slave holding states
u and seems particularly characterised by marked at
"a achent to the policy OF the slave states, and open
J. hostility 10 those of the free states, Sc.-"Nhen
n The tariff was under discussion, which intended
among other things to make manufacturers profitable
o consumers of bread stuifs and open market al home
10 to our farmers, the Southern members opposed with
IL great violence, and several threatened TO dissolve the
\ ~. A. to fIn n
&c ma, which is so intimately connected our markets. We
OF meet the same determined oppostion-and we have
&c other threats Now touch their slave property, ant
81 are modestlv told that this IL question Thch theg 'ca
10 not pcrm TO discuss or negotiate db0m That Tins
III is domestic question they will not allow TO be calico
s. in question in any way; question the nation has no
thing to do with, &c. &c-CNOSe'tT Soc"% W.
~ must Judge Of Gen. political sympathes and am
~ mites by those of his confidential advisers Such, too
as the tase which would preponderate in his cabinet
ne 1t was this same John c. Wright who exhibited him
{, self in such degrading manner at the late Dabooi
OF Convention of the Wings of Ohio:
I'd hon John C. HT;gi held portrait Van Buren, in hi
of hand, when he commenced peakingad after pnmg on" an ~
bitterness magniy his soul the character oil Mr. VA
H Buren, dashed the picture the scaod and jumped upo
which he WAS joined BY 1G"s'G ,a@n G%. a ES y%
ID ling never wi srd, this side Pandem1nlnm D.
~ Such is the situation Of Gen Harrison; such IN n
~ yery soul of his Committee. 1t is in vain, that the
- Wing seeks to him, by screening him behIn
u the embarrassing Committee, so then vugarly call
~ ed of Gen Jackson. Does not every one with hall
- eve see the essential difference between the two com
a. muees3 Let the Pittsburg Mercury blow the rid
e culous comparison of the r. Wing skyhgh. The FOL
p lowing argument defes all answer:
"H.Rrr.os, coMMrrrEThe Gazette attempts to compare III
h. thinking HARRISON 10 the Nashville committee
formed 1929 Jacksuns ncebbos defend him froI
and continued Federal aspcons-
N That did (ie. Jaekson's hsrs-they In
charge of his correspondence either public or pvat
o. matters They did speak him. They cOmmi,e
vigilance raised watch and repe the malignant attacks Of Zoe
which General Hbjeei and not to correspond Il
s. with his friends and supporters matters OF @
NJ 20
p''es In. .i rcndered ridiculous the
frank and fearless Of Cen Jackson and perfect
reconcable with the the yrannca
ascbed the old hero by the Wings. We defy Gaze
point smlitude The of the duties of
vile committee and those Of liarisons guardians
will search in vain through the whole history Of American polite
parallel the ptiabr which Iar
rson-a garrous old gentleman than whom
write and talk in his weak and waywad Style prohibited
his friends from expressing any opinion for should
his imbeciliy and injurc the prospects of his party