Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1840-07-16
RICHMOND. April IL, 1910.

DEAR Sir: The circumstances which
this letter will explain, will excuse me,
hope. lor inirudns myself upUn your al
tentua
Among the numerous charges which
have beeT put into circulation against you
hy the presses and parlizans of Mr.. Van
Buren the two most relied upol and deeM.
ed most pntenf IN the South are-that you
are 81 FeIeralist ami .Abolirionists. Sails
fled, from the evidence before them and
the whole country, that these charges are
equally unSu>tained by truth, your friends
have meet. denied, and as they helieve.
refu;ed them. As the prospect of your
election increases. however and the haarr
OF tie patriot rcvivcs with The hope Of the
success nI one. from whom he expects Il
wise. economical. and Republican Adj
ministra,;uu, the malignty Of your eue-
inies seems 10 increase. anh the spOilsmen
become more reckless anu desperate IN
their e!l;rts TO retain the power 10y which
they make their spoil-Of this, the CON
elusive evidence will he found III the
Richmond Enquirer Of the 10Th instant,
in production purpor'ing 10 he an ad'
dress from the Van Buren, Central Com
mi,tee here. In that address, il is round
/, asserted that you are Fpheralisl and an
Ahoitionst, and that your friends in the
South supper, you, knowing that you are
so. This statement is made here with a
knowledge Of the views entertained by the
Wings of Virginia, as expressed III the
address to the people of the Stale, pub
lished by their Convention, which was
held in this city in the III NTH of February
last, Of which seud you a copy by the
mail of this day, regard the charge,
therefore, as an imrudent falsehoud a.
sainst you, as it certainl y is against the
Wings of Virginia, al whom il is especial
" levelled; and if made ny an anonymous
scribier in newspaper. might h" passed
by with contempt. But as the charge is
now put forth in an imposing firm, and
the snbjecl of Abolition is one of absorbing
interest and paramount imporlance--aui
as could moi. and I'm sure the Wings
or Virginia, and the Snuth generally.
would moi vote for any Abnlitionisl living
10 he Presidenr Of the United States:
(scarcel, sooner than they would for a
Florida lndian.) and as have heen pla
ced before the People ofthis State for the
office of Elector upon The Whig Ticket,
have thought it due to yon, to The Whig
cause e,and to myself, 10 ask you 10 furnish,
under your own hand, your denial of The
charge. iu a letter 10 me, which may
publish.
heg leave to say. that the denial which
l expec. will. in my opinion, advance
your cause, with all good and renertine
men through the land; bnt whether il will
advance or injure it. is equally due ia
yourself and to us, that you Should fur
nisb it, as am satisfied that you would
he as unwilling to advance that cause by
anv fraud, as we should he to be made the
Instruments. apparently, or d"pes of it
BE pleased, therefore. To say Io me. whe'l'.
er YOU sill entertained lhe sentiments
upon the subject nl Abolition expressed il
your speech at Vincenues in 1885; wheih
ervou ever were member Of ana bolIiou
Society in Virginia, and whether you have
designated the Richmond Society as an
Abolition Society, and what was you,
political connection, if any, with the ole
Federal party.
With great respect,
am, sir your friend. &c.
JAMES LYONS.
To Gen. w. II. HARRISON,
Cincinnati, Ohio.