Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-10-29

the Committee, endeavorInItn TX upon the
the charge of having sanctioned negro evidence agansc
white men: hut il will be seen, upon examination OF
the case even they present IT, that the question oil
the competency OF black witnesses, was never before
the President. See iinoc Case
4th "The Missouri Question. We hardly know
which feeling 10 let prednmnate at the mention OF ts
question by the Wing party-d'sgust or Indignation
scorn or rdicue. The Missouri question, III no way
connected will, Abolition, gotten up IN 1919 aud
90 mainly by the present political friends oil The Up
position party aud enemies of MIR. Van buren, Twas
not question of Abolition, bat contest for power be-
tween the slave and on-slaveholdng portions OF the
country. Mr. Van Buren, then member oil the
Senate of New York All the Northern States passed
resolutions against admitting Missouri without restrc-
tinns rs to slavery There was no division among the
people New York passed resolutions which Mr.. Van
Buren, may the time have consented to, as he was
bound do by the viii Of his people, but there is no
evidence show that he voted for these resolutions or
indeed approved their object because they passed with
out a count or division. Gen. Harrison voted for snl-
lar resolutions in the Senate of OhIo-yet the Wings
can sustain him without difficulty or objection. Mr.
Adams MIR. Webster, Mr.. Sergeant and others Of the
Wing party at the North, sustained these resolutions
Yet the Wings of the South could find no objection to
MIR. Adams that account in 1924, Immediately after
the excitement, nor in 1923. They could find no OBJ
lection to MIR. Sergeant in 1882, with Mr. Clay, can
ddate for the Vice Presidency And they could find no
objection TO taking Mr.. Webster to their bosom shall
fenOn iceU met, the 9Th October last. Their sto
macs do not nauseae al all this, at nm anal sama-
ton Of their party with negroes al the North-at the
solemnzaon of marriages between thcm-at their vot-
ing The Wing Ticket there to n man. No. Oh, no! But
most wonderfully sick do they become, after Teasing on
such of putrdity, ''the vote Of MIR. Van Blu
rem the Missouri question, "the negro testimony,
&c.
5h "The Arkansas and Florida questions. The
which Mr. Van Buren, gave in reference to the ad-
mission of slavery in the Territory of Florida, bears no
analogy whatever TO the Missouri Arkansas qucs-
lions The ordinance for the Territorial Government
Of Florida was reported by n committee OF Southern
men, and literal transcript Of the one for Lonsi-
ana which had been penned by Mr. Jefferson and which
excluded the introduction of slaves thereirom, except
by citizens of the T. s. removing thther, and owning
such slaves Mt the time Of removal by citizens OF the
u. S. travelling in the Territory with not more than
Two servants This provision worked we'll in practice,
| and Louisiana prospered u was MIR Jefferson Sand
similar law exists al this time in all the Southern
States. Mr.. Van Buren voted against striking II out
that's his offence this head. The vote which HARRISON
gave in reference Missouri aud Arkansas against
total prohibition Of slavery in their limits But Of this
he repented. when he went home-secured the votes
and influence OF the antl-slave nerestwas elected to
the Senate Of Ohio, and there took strong ground in d.
opposition his former course, and voted for IN
strnctons keep Missouri out of the Union, unless she
would give up her slaves. Can any many deny Tins:
What credit, then does he deserve ofthe South Mar
lin Van Buren, has furnished such evidence OF hos
tty to the South as this.
9th. Abolitionsm This charge is attempted to be
met by the pamphlet before us; but it furnishes nearly
all the proof desire to convict him Of his dslngenu-
this subject. We have briefly alluded 10
il already.
eth. aWlie Slavery"-Tbs charge is also attempt
cd 10 be met but in vain The record stands III the
way. There il is, rs large as life Gen Harrison dad,
when Governor of Indiana approve law to sell, whip,
and mprison his ellow-ctzen for trivial ofences-ior
breaches of the penal lnw-for fines, fees, NC lie voted
for a similar law in 1919, Ohio Senate. In reference
to these laws he says he dill right. HeaPProved law
also Governor of Indiana, requiring freehold qua
LITIGATION for poor man TO vote.
variety of other questions placed in false light
by this pamphet-for instance, the "Tarih. Now, If
there any question more than another, upon which
the opinions of the two candidates better known, II
is this of Tie Tariff Gen. Aorrisons views of Tariff
have no limits-know no bounds. Mr.. Van Buren, is
avowedly in favor of bringing II down To economical
expenditure On the part OF the General Government
As to "Fedcralrsm, think there can be no doubt,
after reading what have said, under that head that
Gen Harrison always has been and Is Federast.
The old charge of The Standing Army IS vamped mp
with few msre ena,i"ns, and put out 10 de-
ceive and misead The public mind Mr.. Van Buren,, so
far from any design la press the OF The M
tia Congress, the inrm propnsPd lay Mr.. Ponsett,
has only approved the Plan but more than once
discaimed as his own, yet seems nothing will satisfy
opponents This charge again is trying +" the pa
thence nf every Just and honest man, that whilst Mr..
Van Buren, is dsclaiming Mr. Pr bill, and Gen. liar
rson is approving his own of 1917, much more oblcc-
onable the Wings abusing the President and lnud-
ing their hero to the Notwithstanding the con-
elusive evidence to prove that Mr. Van Buren, at
at all times the friend of Mr. Madison and the war, this
pamphlet lalsifes all history, and undertakes To make
the IMPRESSION that he actually opposed The war, be-
cause he supported De Witt Clinton, who had been
minated by the Republican members OF the New York
Legislature. De Witt Clinton nm advocate OF the
war and member of the Republican party. There
may have been something selfish in New York, to bring
him out in opposition to Mr.. Madison; but it is very
certain that the assigned for It was that Inc would
Tho one
Madison had doue. 1t not to oppose Mr.. Madison
much, pay just tribute To the merits OF one OF
her own distinguished sons. But in these proceedings,
Mr. Van Buren, took part He came into the Senate
after the nomination was made, acqniesced III 1t, and
voted for electors favorable 10 Mr.. Clinton with the
whole Republican party of the State. Let US trace Mr.
Van Buren, from the embargo down to the end Of the
war.
In 1909, he is found reporting and supporting strong
resolutions in vndication of the Of Mr. JEFF
erson administration then Just closed, and denounc
ing the Federalism of the day in the strongest terms
In 1870 he is found, with equal DEVOTION reporting and
sustaining resolutions in support OF MIR. Madison ad-
minstration. In 1871, he is again found reporting and
sustaining strong resolution, declaring that he SEN
ertained undimnished confidence IN the integrity WIS.,
dom and patriotism Of James Madison, and that he
was emuently entitled 10 the esteem and veneraton of
every consistent Republican In the Spring of ol2 the
Republican members of the New York Legislature no.
minated De Witt Clinton as candidate for the Pres'-
dcncy. In April 1912, Mr. Van Buren, elected n
me mber oil the Senate OF New iork IN june, ici -,
war was declared. In November, 1879, the Legsla-
ure met; aud Mr.. Van Buren, one of a committee for
that purpose, wrote reply to the Governors Speech,
fully sustaining the declaration Of war. When that
reply was under discussions he voted against proposed
amendments condemnng the war. In December of
that year he voted for the Clinton Electoral Ticket be-
cause Clinton was the nominated candidate Of the Re-
publican party in his State In March, 1913, he made
report in the Senate lauatory of our brave navy md
eyincing continued confidence in the acts of the Ge-
He tod for u
horizng the Comptroller to subscribe five hundred
thousand dollars, to loan proposed by the General
Government means for carrying on the war
He The author of the eloquent appeal to The people
of New York by the Republican members oil The Legs
ature in support of the war, which did much 10
the reelection of D. D Tompkins to the office of Co
vernon in April, 1919 At the session of l7l3-l4 Mr.
Van Buren, was still the eloquent defender of The war,
of the patriotic Gov. Tompkns, and of the Republican
Administration of the General Government. At the
IL A ari lslI he aidrrsx.