Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1840-06-27

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Dear Sir The circumstances which this letter sill
explain. will excuse me, hope, from ~H,.udmg myself
upon Your attention.
Ampsg the numerous charges which have been put
IN circulation against you by the presses and partizlus
OF Mr.. Van Burcn, the Two most relied upon uud deem.
Cd most poicn; in the S1uih.aro-,ha YOU are n Fedc-
ml;si and an Abol.iionist. Satisfied. from the evidence
before them and Inc whole country. ilat lEgsr charges
are equally uusus,ainOd by truth. your friends LA G.
met, denied. and rs they believe, rctIIcd them. a,
the prospect ot yuur election increases, however, and
the heart of the patriot rCNI,cs with the hope Of ,ho
success ut ono, from whom he expects u wise, CCouy,
meal and Republican Administration, the maligusIy O
your CuCnlc IS seems To increase, and the spO.sIHCH be.
come more reckless aud desperate n their cIor's 10 re-.
tain the power by which they make thu If spoil. Oh
THIS the conclusive evidence Will be found ma the
Richmond Enquirer of Ihc lO:h instant, - a production
purpOrtiUg 10 be un address from the Van Buren, Central
Committee here. In that address, II Is rouadly assert
Cd that you are a FcderalisI and AZ AbolIliDuIst. and
hat your friends in ihe South support! YOU, knowing
that you are 80. This statement is made here with e
knowledge ufIEe views entertained hy the WuI.s OF
Virginia, Is expressed IN The Address TO the people of
the State, published 10y their Cpny ontion, which was
held ia this ciiy IN the month OF February last, Of which
| send you a copy by the mail of this day. / regard
IhIs charge, therefore. rs an impudont alsehoJd a.
gaInst you, as II certainly Is against tho Wings OF NirgI.
ma, al whom il Is especially leyclled; and II made by
any Anonymous scubbicr Ia a newspaper. might have
been passed 10y with contempt. But as tho charge Is
now put forth IA an imposing form, and the subject of
Abolition - one oi absorbing iu;cres; and paramount
Impor;ance-and asI could not, and / am sure the
Wings ef Virginia. aud the South generally, would not
vote for any Ahuii!iouisi living 10 be President Of the
United States; tscarccly soonor than They would for a
Florida lndiuu) and as | have been placed before tie
People Of this State for the office of Elcc,or upon the
Wing ticket, | have thought IL due To yoI. 10 tho Wing
sausc. and TO myself 10 ask you to furnish. under your
own hand, your denial ol,he charge, Ia u lcUcr ~ me.
which | may publish.
| beg leave To- say, tia; the denial which | expect
Will, IN my opinion, advance your cause with all good
and rejecting men, through the land but whether IL
will advance or !uiurc II, 1t Is equally due to yourself
and To Us, that you should furnish II, as | an satisfied
that YOU would be rs unwilling 10 advance that cause
by any fraud. as we should be to 10. BE pleased. there
fore, 10 Say 10 mc, whether you sill entertain the scuti
mcuts upon the subject Of Abolition expressed in yuui
speech al Niuceunos, m 1885, whether you were ever
a member Of an Abolition Society in Virginia. uu,
whether YOU have designated the Richmond Society az
an Abolition Society, and what was your political con
nccuon, If any, with the old Federal party.
With great respect,
am, sir, your friend, &c.
JAMES LYONS.
To Cen. W. II. lAREISJN,
C.aciuuau, Ohio.