Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1840-08-06
From The Extra Globe.
UARRISON'S LETTERS.

We have. as vet, no 0icr 10 puhllSh
Gen Harrison's lettrr to Mr.. Evans, 10 he
accompanied by that TO Mr.. Lyons. II
would seem that the managers OF the Gen
erals ntf;,irs, are resolved that what he hn&
said for the private eye of the Abnlitionisr.
shall unt see The liahr. while renewed ef
fnus are made TO satisfy the South hat h
is not an Abnlitinnisl. A(ier long search,
il appear. that Mr.. Berrin. Of Georgia. ha,
found an old letter of the General, which
is now republished for tn, information oi
the Northern people. |, is in The follow.
ing terms: viz.
Copy ola letter from Gen. Harrison 10 J
NJ. Berrin, Esquire.
NEAR NEW LANCASTER, Nov. d. 1886.
NM Dear Sir: This is the first dav of
leisure thar have had since had rho
honor TO receive your letter of the Both
September, and avail myself Of II t"
answer The three questions YOU propose 10
me, and which are in the following words.
viz:
lst. "Can The Congress of the United
States, consistently with The ConstlIntion,
abolish slavery either in The S'aes or III
the District Of CoIumbia?"
2h. 'Dn nnI good faith and the peace
and harmony Of the Uninn require that the
act for the compromise of the tariff, COM
mnnIv known az Mr.. CIay's bill, should
be carried out according TO lis spirit and
inrenlnn?"
3d. "Is the principle proclaimed by the
dominant party. tha, 'ihe spoils hclnneng
to the virrors,' consistent with an honest
aud patriot administration Of the office OF
President Of the United SIates?"
pmcred To answer the questions in the
order they are proposed.
LIST. lo not think that Congress can
ahol sh, or in any way interfere with, sIa'
very, as it exists in The States, hut upon
The application of thr States, nor abolish
slavery in The District Of Columbia, with
out the consent of the States of Virginia
aud Maryland, and the people of the Dis
trirr. The first would be, in my opinion.
n palpahle violation Of the Constitution,
and The latter a breach of faith towards The
Strres have meuIinnrd. who would GER
tainly mol have made The cession, if they
had supposed IhaI it would ever he used
for a purpose 81 different from that which
was ITS object, and so injurious to them as
the location OF free cnlnred population
in The midst Of their slave population OF
the SAME description. Nor do ] believe
Congress could deprive the people Of The
District of Columbia of their property
without their consent. II would be revi-
wing the doctrine of The tories Of Great
Britain in relation 10 The powers Of Par
liamenI over the Colonies before The Rev.
olurionary war, and in direct hostility 10
the principlc advane by Lord Chatham,
that What was mans own was absolutely
and exclusively his own. and could not he
taken frnm him. wrhout his CONSENT, given
by himself or his legal representative"
Cd. Good faith and The peace and har-
mony of The Union do, in my opinion. re
ouire that tho compromise of the tariff,
known as Mr.. CIay's bill, should be car,
ried out according 10 its spirit and inten-
lion.
81. am decidedly of opinion that the
power of appointment, to office, vested in
ihe Executive Of the United States by the
Constitution, should be used with sim
gle eye 10 the public advantage, and not
to promote the interests of a party: indeed
that the President OF the United States
should belong to no party.