Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1840-04-23
FOR THE NIRGINIAN
THE CRlSiS-No. ,.

HE CkiSlS-No. .
In my last number enlenvored /, slow Il at
Gen. HARRISON was "A high protective Tarlll man
luterual Improvement mat, by the general govetn-
mrul-.-and a Bank mau. stall Low, by lutquivo.
cal evidence, SLOW tilal lie sau AbolIt ouist m 1teIlue
x sentin emI and HAT lie tnleiuiIns the odluus nd
dangerous docttnc. thai Coagl,Ss las the power
under tle c. Institution file unlted States, 10 le-
z eisIate ON tie delicate and VITAL qaostion oil slavery IN
The Sta1rs HdlctIi NIX.
Let IL lie re- conferred TAI Gen. Harrison was a
candidate ohore The people Of Quo, to reI resent his
district IA Congress IN te year Ice; aud amore
OH I things VAS eNaI ged with helug luiudly Ia sla-
veiy. lie tepelicd lhe charge Ia the following n4-
cqufFocal l@1s uaRc, Mich appeared ia the Phi.
lanthropi,l, Il leadiug "AhoAaot,p paper OF tllst
day, and devoted 10 the interests oil Gen. fam
SOM:
ToTIiE PUBLIC.
'Ftllon-CitZ zen: Beng edllrd suddenly home,
TO atlend ~ sttk ianlly,l have not il momeul 10
answer a lev I HE caluminus "iuth dIe IA cnrula-
iiou eoncel uing me-. AN ACCUSED oiie1pE hitnd-
' to slavery. From ny earliest youth To lie PIE.
sent moment, | lave been lie ardent iieud Of li-
m4ulIbrrls: Al the aye oils | became The mem
her Ian abolition oc,etA, established Al Rich ooj.
he object OF MhiclI Was la amelIoialr The condition
ot slaves, and procure tHe,f tee,iom Ly every legal
mea >; ms g%rurldhle Iueud Judge Catch # Ger
mont county. Was also a mt mheI of lhIs Society, aud
has iAteiy gwen ne a certificate tlal was ope.-
The allegations tatd lien eaAe uaicf ! fate }duat.
july PeJoImed.
WlLLIANIlENRY HARRISON"
We find Gen. HARRISON tAcu, At Tie catIy age 81
Is, according to lbs own acco nj. enIofllng himself
under the banners Of emancipation, AID deeaiisg
that The obi. aiiois " Inch he tien erme under, be
q ad + ilhtuiIs peli rned. dU@u to ihe period OF his
irlttt in leg. } his declatdHrA ndlitsl feelings aud
Nishes on tlle su' Jecl 81 sla'ety are fully sustained
by the lollo Nioe X solution whlct lie tbltodaced M
t,iLe. Senate ot Ohio o. ulc 3 ol J,undfy, LEO,
when toe Federated Ai,sauu Question aas uuder
Ynn.gI,t,f4,r tu Il4 (f,F.tYs.-n 81 tl4l | &f4fr.. 4 -
Res lulun was iuinudueed BY Inn IS an ahtndnent
TO one which hid been onrfcd bf Mr. THOMPSON ui
Tie san bully, aud a,lle SINE dnta ~'lteseI-
we'd, That cur S,ualuts ald Il preseut Ives bc
requested 10 use lheIr utmost eNerlIans, and
tahe efOy BcaHS Ia pfrfcHt the tNHcbsipn o. stitcfg,
wlthln tie Territory OF lhe u. States, west of ue
Mississippi, and lhe new Statrs 10 be found wllt1ln
fllat tsrIiufy, which Tie conSitati on aud tbc treaties
made Lnler II, wall allow" Itls kesolntit n, 80 Ia
@itodueed By Gen. Harrison, wa> supported by h,ni,
allh much zeal, aad was I%nieaieI To operate upon
he Missouri ca slior, den under consideration IN
he Congress oil tlt L. State: aud pte-supfo>ts lhe
over OF Congress 10 prohibit slavery luthe states Il"
BE- iorp.ed west Of the Mississippi. Bat Gen. llulson
0eut stu iar;her on ibis slLjtrl, WHEN II H. inber ol
Congress himself, IN 1919, AID mien the Missouri
Question WAS then a. der consideration. Mr.. TaA-
lot OF New lnik. Lad offered an amendment 10 The
Nlssunri bill. ~ hat nelher siavtty nor tnvoiu Ia
~ srIvtude shah hereafter be introduced luio an,
par Of the territories oil tie L. States, yiuR north q
% GbEttts hhU - " minutes u uiIl idi'uht. btH'
llatlison rose in the debate and asseuted 10 The
pfoi rlety OF making some liHe of discriminatory
and for reasons which he explained, ~prnIofed an
amendment 10 Mr.. Taylor's amendments, as follows:
THAT oil that att o. the present territory OF Ms
souti, lying north # a line Ia be run due west nom
The mouth Of he river dc MONIES to the territorial
boundary oflhe L. States, should forn d pat Of the
teitifufy OF Michigan, aud The laws now IN lotce ID
the said Territory. as well as the ordinance OF Con.
grcss prohibiting slavery, OF inVolunlaiy sefyItude IN
said territory OF Michigan, shah be IN force IN that
part of the NJ IS vi l%elritory, lytng norlh OF sad
east and west line" i his ameudn ent Of Gen.
llarrlsous, oil red III he Congress otthe L. States
aud upo u tie Missouri Question shows his feelings
aud WISHES at that Time, on the suit CT, AID epn.
coded the whole "consliiulioual' power OF Con-
grcSst TO interfere and leglslate Oh lie subject OF slave
~ IN the Sales and territories; and 1t pr SCENTS hs
views aud opinions IN a SAL more depioreble condI-
ton. lie claimed, by ts amcndtnenl, the right oi
Congress 10 allow the existence OF slavery IN one
portion u Missouri, and 10 prohfDii It's existence IN
another portlon-llereby rendering II paruaI, une-
quail add unjust. II il VAS rIgnt at the 35th de-
gree ofldtitude. ii was equally SO al the 4O,h degree,
II IT was constItutlcnaliy wrong IN one part Of HE u.
States, twas equally 30 IN anoihert and upon no
princI lie Of reasoning can Gen. Harrison re, oncile
lis con0lcling views aud sentIments upon tins aud
many other subjects.
But II aDy otller evidence should be wanting 10
stamp upon hs brow. the mark Of Abolliouism and
the power OF Congress 10 legIslate ul on our slaves,
IT may be iUund IA The extraordinary language used
by harl in IA public speecn on HE 4h day ol Juls,
le33. lie say:
.'Sh0uid be asked il there is no way by which
the general gotefnn1nt eau aid the cause OIL en- aHcI
patton, / answer, that II has long been an OBJECT
near my he an 10 see the whole OF the surplus rryc-
nues appropriated TO that object. With the sanc-
non 81 The STATES holding he slaves, tllofe appears
TO ne 10 lie no constitutional [ Jecioa 10 us bang thus
al pied-embr1cing not ouly the coiontztliou Of
lhose who may be Otherwise freed, but The purchase
JHc Jretdom oCoheFS. BY a jealous mose,utlon OF
"a.d 10 a day. not very dlstent, wlieu ~ American
sun would not look down upon a slave"
This Is the Lar guage Ut Gen. Harrison in 1888. Ia
which he says, an 0Iject near his hedrt is 20 see The
whole surplus revenues Of The Federal Governmeht
disposed Of IA buying zip The slaves Of the Sontil,
and freeing them aud, with the asset Ui tie
States, he secs no Constitutional objection. Can the
ircemen of this Republican, couDty read opinions
and declarations iihc these, and not b. alarmed for
tlIeir consituuon, aud country Can they hear
OPINIONS like these promulgated 10 the world, aud
not feel impressed w1h me CONVICTION, that Gen.
Harrison is an abeiitontst, aud The C%audidafe OF the
abo!uIouisls! Can HEY read opinions Ike these,
aud believe that Gen. Harrison Is the true Repubii-
can. oi tie Jefferson School. and a disciple OF the
Virginia i esoluI of '95 AMI 80! What, believe
that Congress- has power under the constitution 10
Construct roads aud canals IN lhe States OF lie Union,
10 establish a high proterilss Tariii, aud 10 buy ne
slaves OF Tie South, WITH the Felelal revenue, ard
Tree them, aud still be a JeiierseniIn bepublcan VI