Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-06-19
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: u,nn.o, FQR 2 E.vQrRER.
The Nhlgs have boosted of the s~oundness Of their
candidates views on the subject Of domestic slavery
He IS held up in bold relief as the great Champion ..
our Southern institutions; and his opinions on slavery
'Inpudently contrasted BY his Southern supporters with
Mr.. Van buren, :. Let US bring him before the bar OF
the southern people, and examine him: and pray YOU,
fellow planters, holders Of slaves, and upholders of the
rights ana interests of the South, pause and ponder
well over Harrison sentiments VIM. Henry fIar.
rlson was born in Virginia, III the midst of stdrcs
and a Slarth0tdiag population. His father was 4 slave
holder. lie was born and reared IN none Of the
Northern prejndIces against our institutions, and has
no such excuse for his repurnance to slavery. He was
educated at %liampden Sidney College, in the midst OF
Shareholders. We might have expected, from these
favorable circumstances of his birth and education, 10
find HIM, though the citizen of another State, a gallant
defender and unfinching supporter of the institutions
of his native Stale. But, even before he left Virginia.
he became the member Of an Abolition Society; and he
no sooner became the citizen Of 4 n0n-sidrehoLdia
territory and State, than he imblbed the .anatical cant
and the deep detrstatIon against slavery, which cha
racterizes the wild Abolitionists OF the North. II is true
he voted in Congress against the Missouri restriction.
and that Is all that can be SAID IN his favor. Now, let
US hear what he says in regard 10 that vote, as early as
"a, IN a letter addressed 10 s'thc public, in Ohio
aad mark we'll. We shareholders Of Virginia. how this
native horn son of Virginia, and son Of 4 Shareholder,
talks in a nOu-slaveholdIng State!
"FELLow-cIrizE~. Briug called suddenly home 10 attend my
:" SICK family, have bat 4 momrnt to answer a FEW uf the oaiam-
. nss which are IN circulation concerning me.
81 am accused vi being friendly t. slavery. From M earliest
. human Ebe'g. Atthc ~" u T., ! became a nTcmdor n an .2bair
!" t"a saetcY established Al Richmond, Va: tn" object Of which
: va, % am.l'"sa,r Is Irna,rD" .. -l'.s>' ".i 70 l'"Iirn .hrIr
" which then came under. I have faithfully performed. have
. ." '"ni"@". i@."g. i'' 's r',, - I''2r.@., 4" raii"i 70 .Rr-
'."''a t' .3""'1t'' ~. ~ ,f .-".' a-o"rri.". EIt E.'r pr,""-
I" gross fU~ proposition. '1o' IN ,e s,aairv aso~r .hs-fy,. nItrh,
= having 80 inhabitants. wa Is.e IRON III" objection. made 10 Ms.
Here he rcpcls IS 4 caiumag the charge ..ot being
friendly to slavery" and 1, dtsproye tins caIumnv. he
procures the certificate Of a certain Judge Catch, that
he was the member Of m Abolition society al the are
Of i. He denies tina; his vote on the Missouri ]restrc-
ton was At al! inconsistent with those principles, and
boasts. that he was the first 10 mare IN Congress to OK.
cludes slavery from MI that portion Of territory West
Of the MISSISSIPPI river, and above Missouri State. THIS
proposition from Gen. Harrison virtually gave up the
Observation-Disclosures his constitutional scrup!cs in re-
rart 10 the restrictions ana cancelled all the obi cations
imposed on Us By the opposition 10 the restriction in
Missouri. It's still falsely pretended, he IS the defender
of our slave property.
But his shuil no and eqn.vocal votes on the res.
friction Of slavery IN the Western territories and his
published declaration thu; he vas 4 member Of an Abo-
!ItiNI sptlGtN. anu Tx Ju' 4'4 ~ ''ihiIA t''lh ' .
which he found necessary or proper 10 support ~ the
certificate Of ! .'vcncrabir Judge. are not the only 90
ject'onable features IN his po!tica! picture. In 18th Of
JULY Speech delivered al Chevio:, in Ohio, he uses the
following language.
.SboulI b. asked, finer" i no way ~ which the General
. { Government can at the cause Of emancipation, answer. that
/" it ha- long been an object near my heart to - tn" who'd" sur,
:" plus R"ron1~ appropriated = t!at object: "li.' ~" SANCTION "i
:. the STATE. holding the .lavrs. fh"r- appear. u Ge no ron-trl-
colonization Of those tnat may b. Otherwise freed. 5r' TIE pr
: etG.s II ts Jrseds" = ot7srs. BE a ho!lons prosecution OF 4
!" not lar distant, when a North American sun would not TOOK
confidently ask Of the Southern States, as there
am ran BIZ which the General Government can aid the
cgg.e Of snapripGtJRs Does the Constitution con.
Ter upon Congress the power - purchase Slaves. Or
can the sanction Of a siayrholdu- State confer that
constitutional grant Of power. Most a~ssuredly, no
Congress can appropriate money for no such purpose
it can raise revenue only for specific objects, enumrTa-
tod in the Constitution. and the power - raise money
to purchase slaves j. no where enumerated or intend
ed 10 be granted. Yet General Harrison can see no
Constitutional objection 20 such an enormous propose
ton. and rs jealous prosecution IS an object near his
heart. The South has ever planted itself upon the pro-
lection Of the COnstitutlon-and has ever declared, that
Congress can. in no icdy Or form, AID the cause OF
emancipation, or, III any respect, lEte.ier" with the sub
4act Of slavery, with ar without the consent of the
slaveholdiag States. Gen Harrison, on The contrary,
a:iirms. that Congress can aid n. cause OF emancipa-
non. by the purchase OF our slaves and cnlncipltfn-
IL III . lfIt. A4lfi - "a 49, '"N'~
and Harrison, OF vital Importance 10 the South. VIII
the South surrender that protection guaranteed ~ the
Constitution.
Bot apart from constitutional ~scruples, let us cast up
4 few irures on this monstrous proposition so nea: ta"
hear, Of the Wing candidate. The number Of orr
Slaves is now more than two millions and a haii. lnese,
at a valuation o: four hundred dollars each, would be
worth one thousand millions Of dollars. This valua.
t,on i, not far from the true worth. To carr out that
n-opo,iuoa Of purchasing and emancI patiag our slaves,
would cost forty millions 81 dollars per anngin tor
TWENTY-FIVE wears allowing that there was no increase
IN that time But our slaves double IN number IN
TWENTY-FIVE wears: counting. this increase, the annual
cost for twenty-five years would be ri:ty millions of dol
Iors for each year DO not include IN tins estimate
III. cost of sending them to africa or anr other Colony.
and supporting them for one year. 1t an oo'rct near
his heart to sec tins plan jealousy prosecuted, that
"wc might look forward u a day mt tHF dtstdHd when
North American sun would not look down upon 4
.lave"rl have allowed Twenty-Five years. a period
IN which our slave population regularly doubles IN
number, as the d0y not far dJStdni. tor the total eEian-
c,pation Of our slaves: and by Gen. HarriSons plan,
), mus, involve the annual expenditure OF more than
Say millions Of dollars The conclusion IS p!a'r-
that Gen. Harrison means 10 take our slaves without
navinp for them. or h. means that Congress shall cX.
nnand forty or fifty millions Of dollars yearly in Their
; mancipation. The Whits-aye, Southern Wings
danounce Mr.. Van Burcn for the extravagant expendr.
,pre Of his administration, and support Gen. HARRISON
Who wishes to cxpend forty or fifty millions yearly. in
the purchase Of negroes alone Tins would truly be
a rreat ref0rm-a vast retrcnchmcat-a most econoIn''
cal administration The object 50 near Harrison )
heart cannot be accomplished wIthcrtths means and the
moneY here estimated. Will offer, Mr: Richie.
through your paper, a premium Of 4 line hat TO any
person. who Shall from the political proceedings
Of the nation, from the period Of the Declaration
of independence TO this time, ransack a more ab,
surd or monstrous proposition, than the one quoted
from Harrison : speech. Yet he i held up as The de
fender of Southern nstitutions-th friend Of the South
and on whom we are to rely 10 protect Us in our slave
property. Must not such base interpretations re-
coil upon the heads Of the whole Wing party.
4 still bascr effort is made by that party, and esPe
cja!lr BIZ VIM. c. Rives. 10 impose upon the people; n
order 10 protect their candidate from the oa.ura and the
rid cule Of submitting stch 4 plan, they boldly affirm ina
Mr. Jefferson was the father Of the scheme. They cast
the broad aris of Mr.. Jefferson popularity over the
shoulders of their candidate. 1t is a beautiful! exem
oliication Of covering the ass with the. !ion : skin In
the letter to Jared Sparks, referred to By VIM. I. Rlres
page IS, 30l. Jetfersou's Correspondence, vol ith.
III. Jefferson enters into a calculation to prove BY Il,
CURES, that il Is utterly ridiculous 10 talk OF purchasing
and colonizing our slaves on the ground ~ofexpense alone
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