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


il TO be published in The newspapers; thai
in consequence Of this injunction he an.
nexed similar one to his letter; buI thai
he had copy which would be submitted
10 the inspection Of any gentleman who
lad n desire to sec it.
Startled af this development Of the fact,
Iha, General Harrison, while withholding
his opinions from those who asked them
for the use Of the publi", had himself put
on foot sciirrle to satisfy the abolition.
isis. wr though it incumbent on us to ex-
anime the evideuce Of that fact which was
stated to he accessible fur inspection. We
Iua"d it ni such an extraordinary charac-
Ter rs 10 rq":rc Of us to law it before YOU
in The mpsI authentic shape within our
pnwer. In consequence Of Gen. Harri-
sous injunction, Mr.. Calhoun refuses 10
let eve. his own letter he published, or TO
rive copy thereof, 50 thai we are obliged
10 rely on memory in submitting to you
its contents.
Having each of us carefully perused it,
aud compared our recolIec,inns, we are
sure that the following contains The sub
stance, and does nol vary materially from
the form and language Of that letter. viz:
WAshIHGToN, Feb. 4, 1910.
SIRs: observed in lhe dnings Of the
Anti-Slavcry convcntinn at Springfield,
resolution denouuciug Gen. Harrison. ]
ihiak ibis premature, to say he least Of it..
have seen a letter from The General. in
which he pr''nGnnrcs The story circulating
in the press nF W"<l. (aor certain whicE)
that he, while Governor of Indiana for
zen years, dnrr every Thing in his power
10 spread slavery, a foul sIander, and
speaks nr it with great Indignation: and
says that it wcnld he impossible for him To
deny any Iiling privately or publicly, for
the reasnn. be saws. that while only l5
years of age. in Virginia, he joincd an Alb
oitinl Society, and, with 'hc other mem
hers, Of The sHrIle, pledged himself to do
every Thing in his power 10 effect ihe
Gnancipalion nl slaves; thar he was ~
inherit large properly iu slaves. aud
y noi only rmanripatcd his
own. ,uI purchased others for lie purpose
IF 'mancipating them. This is what TN:
General himself saws. | write you this fur
such use As voiI may think proper. except
putting il. iliil!I9 sAe spaners. -----
Hon. JUDeE MoRRIs.
The letter of Gen. Harrison herein allu
ded to- is understood TO have been address
ed to the Hon. George Evans, Wing
member of the House from The State of
Maine.
The letter of the Oswrgo Union Asso-
cialinn. asking Ger. Harrson's opinions on
tile subiecl of Abolition, was dated Jan.
81, 1910. and must have been received
about the time his letter TO Mr.. Evans
was written, inasmuch as that letter was
shown to Mr.. Calhoun on The 18th of Feb.
ruarv. The Oswego letter was answered
by the Committee, Gwynne. Wright and
Spencer, un the 29lh of February, to
whom the General admits in his letter TO
the Hon. Joseph l.. Williams, an extract
of which was published in The National
lu!elIgcnccr OF the lth ult., he turned
over many letters for reply. How then,
stand the facts?
In January last, Gen. Harrison himself
IN Injunction, that il should not I've allowed
To get into the newspapers, the substance
of which was secretly used TO satisfy the
tholirirnists that he was one of them, upon
his owh authority.
In February last, his committee, in re-
plv To the O,wego letter s;iii: Thar the
pulley is. that The General make no further
declaration of his principles lnr the public
eye, whilst occupying his present posi-
tom"
On the 10th Of April last, The General
declared to Capt. Chambers, and G. Van
Bnrkirk, Esq. who were bearers ofa letter
to him from Louisville, Kv., asking his
opinions nn the snhjec, of Abolition, "thaI
nolIling could induce him to answer such
in,errnSalories, coming either from friends
or iiIrs."
Yet. in January last, Gen. Harrison did
such n color 10 his course aud opinions on
the subject of slavery and Abolition, as 10
enabl" his friends al the North TO election
cer 'or him rs an Aholilionist; with strict
injunction hnwever, thai this letter should
not he allowed to &c, into the uvws-
papers.
And now, we have got his letter of
June lsl to Mr.. Lyon. Of Virginia, 50
worded as to enable his friends of the
Son,h 10 electioneer for him, as opposed
10 Abolition: in which letter he says, |
do not wish what have said above. TO DC
published.
We should moi consider the interests OF
the American people safe in The hands OF
man who refuses his principles "for The
public cye," but does not hesiia'e in his
private letters, written with express ~
functions that they shall not be seen by
the public, 10 give such coloring TO those
principles as may be hest calculated to
gel votes, without regard TO frankncss or
consistency.
We should deem the interests of our
constituents peculiarly unsafe i'll the hands
of any man, whether really ahnliionisl or