The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1840-07-16
From ,hs H.sisnsl InieIIrgen,sr.

From ihs National InteIlgenssr.
Washington. Jane 20. 1870.
Hessrs. Gales & Sesion:-I must ask
permission 10 add few words 20 shat |
have already said in your columns upon
The subject 10 whieh ] have been eomprll-
ed 10 invite the stieniian Of she public in
reply 10 The Globe. That paper 10 The
organ VI the administration. and lie edi-
'or 10 On officer of The House Of Repre-.
representatives.. His perversions and mis-.
representations therefore, cannot to suif-
cred 10 pass unhseded. Besides: he has
nos called 90 his aid 6ss members Of
Congress. Ohio make letter Of mine the
subiec, Of an address 10 their eoasiilu.
enls.
have already declared he charges.
published 10 the Globe upon The suppos
ed authority Of that letter, % be false.
Under The new light which has broken
upon The editor Of The Globe. through the
medium oflhe address ofths i've members
Of Congress. be exclsims. in his paper Of
last evening. !" what did Mr.. Calhoun
wriis home that Gen. Harrison belonged
TO an abolition Society lori lf il was
NOT TO SATISFY THE AsrEsLAvERy MEN
THAT RE WAS WHOLE soULEp ABOLITION
Isr. what vas his mouyei We think IL
will be d,fieul, for Me. Calhoun 10 90.
sign any ether"
No easier task could be possibly as
signed 70 me Than this. ] NEVER WROTE
TO 4 HUMAN BKINo ANY TaISs or THE
KIND. The idea iha, General Harrison
was /" . whole souled sboli,ionisi.' OF On
sboli,iohist Of any description. never en-
tered my mind. nor, ~ believe. hss il
ever entered the mind Of any man Who is
capable Of reading. thinking. or judging.
!" But" says The Globe. . in his let
ter Mr. Calhoun called ,ha, association
an Abolition Society,""
did no such thing. I used no such
language approaching such an ides. My
leuet |. open 10 The scrutiny Of all who
wish 20 see il Let tie man stand forth
who can find in IL ,hess words, or any
words Of similar import.
But the Eve members Of Congress hsve
go certified Have they Indeedl Letus
examine that point.
I stated in nv FIRE, communication the
reason Why | was no, .. liberty to pub
lish the Letter in The newspapers. j fell
myself under an obligation Of homer MOI
10 do il. At The same time. | offered to
show the letter 10 any gentleman OF any
party who doubted The correctness Of NY
sis,smeni. or frlrany curiosity ON The sub
jsc,. Very many gentlemen htvs accord
ingly examined the Ie,,eh
| certainly never expected to see il in
print. sincerely anxious as was. from the
beginning. 10 publish il. could do so but
honorsbly. My surprise may be conjrc-
iuret, when the letter itself. or rather
~hs, purpor,sd 10 be the letter. vas pre-
ssn,sd to me by friend This morning in
the Globe. bu, 9th those 81 gnliicaht ~arGs
-"he joined an Abolition Socie,y"~in
,erpsIa,ed IN the very body Off! can.
mol wus. myself To utter a syllable about
The proceeding here. leave To every
one to make his own comments.
But there stands the leuer in the veri-
table Globe, certified BY Messrs. Jane.
son, Boyd. Sseenroj. Turney and Bynum
' 10 contain the substance. and no, TO ".
~ materially from the form and Ian.
gusge" Of the original.
Not 10 vary materially from the Ian
guage!" Indeed! The Interpolation Of
those FIVE OMNIBUS words--" he Joined
an abolition society"--does no, :. vary
materially the lsngu,ge!" I would be
glad TO know what 10 the meaning Of .
variance Of language. and in wha. il ma
ierislIy consi,s.
The truth 10, that those Eve words
change the whole character, the whole
tenor. the whsle meaning Of The letter.
See what folloswd. a. quickly - The types
could be set up. /" What" cries out
the editor Of the Globe" wha, did Mr.,
Calhoun write homs that General Hsrri.
son belonged TO an abolition society fort"
The leiier in question uas written with
total ignorance Of General HarIison's
opinions on The subject Of slavery. and IL
took Tor granted thai ihose who had sx-
pressed disstfscsioa .. his being nomins-
ted vas - ignorant upon the subject -
myself, /, was therefore, simply Z caution.
and 90 expressed. against any premature
dsnpncistory action.