Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-08-04

which alarmed the Tariff men SO much tI,at inc i r
Iature Of n. York instructed him 10 vote LOT NV :"
ac 1000 This he did, as the advocate oi INC fieht "
instruction.; but when ne au ""''
painfully. -r,bo svs,om Of Internal
Imnroyements by Congress, and introduced m w.
:. r. Ohio LEGISLATURE, recommending me feSehue
:" :. - - ,Lo nrotoction of domestic manufactures 10
=. .ne,;.d hv CONGRESS to Internal Improvements -.
:. "a ~ e n,vnr off the national debt! Mr.. 'an burrh
IL onposed to a system of Internal improvements !.
Congress, and has voted against every applupiI'a'" nh -
,b,, nnrnnse. except one, which was to establish a ~
60 ~. on r,he Cumberland Road, in order TO get back mo
H. Traasmrv. moneys which had been expended n'he
c - Of the road. In 1e2l, he opposed The alarm
inc assumption of power by the uei''ra'
i, regard to Internal improvements.
" $50 50 Harrison saws that he is opposed TOT National
~ -. cnns,;tutional grounds, but ~tlatitthc revenue
conno, otherwise be collected, and a dcc'aca n"J"tttc
or the neonlc desire a Bank, ne should be III favor u
ono Th;s EXPRESSION, taken in connection win tne
ca, ia, III the friends Of General Harrison are IN Ia
~ - Rank. il sufficient to indicate what course
- Ill n,r.ue. Mr.. Van Buren,. 10 opposed to a Ma
,;on,, Rank on Constitutional grounds, and believes
sncb m institution dangerous TO the liberties Oh inc
country. ,, o, , ,,op-
- 60 Abolition Society from the time he was niIe-
,oo, ,s,rs old, and that he "looks forward to the Gay
"vhnn tho American sun will not look down npon a
slave He saws, also, in his ChevIot speech, that "a"
oh;cc, near his heart, to see the whole surplus revenue
onnronriotpl 10 lie pHlaNcipIilDH VI saws, "''
sem, nf The slavcholding States Although ne Vo''u
,no;,e, The Missouri restriction, yet he went h9inc, hol
be;,n , candidate for Congress, and was ciectcd d
member Of the Ohio Senate, and there introduced r.
solutions, in lS2o, denouncing slavery rs 4 go
mara, uad poEtical ori,' and instrucimG their mem
MRS of Congress to oppose 'thc extension al slavery
IN ,nv Territory West of the Mississippi, ana 20
prevcit the admission of slavery IN any nt'e VI
T,,rritory, where it does not already exist, ana 70 pre-
vent its extension where it does exist, and to oppose
H., tt,d,n;Ssion of any Statc into the Union, unless
the further extension of slavery within snch Stale De
expressly prohibited" He also declares IN the same
Resolutions, that "thc tendency OF slavery IS directly
IN ;,upajr he ]Daiionai character, and affect the haprl-
moss Of The pcop!e.' Let those who charge Mr.. Van
| Puren with voting for the New York Resolutions con
slider well the purport ofthe above language. Nothing
has heen more miSrc presented than hir. an bureH $
conduct in that matter. The facts are Simply t'icSc; In
| $50, Governor Clinton, to whom Mr.. an bnrrn naa al
WAYS been opposed, recommended The New YORK Ltgls-
Ia,n.r to pass resolutions instructimg their members oi
| Congress 10 vote for The Missouri restriction. itcs0In'
| tons were accordingly introduced IN the ii"nsc Ivy 4
friend fGov. Clinton, and after passing the House, were
sent 10 the Senate, Of which Mr.. Van i'urcn was a mem
Der, and passed w;ihout dcb0ic or diri$io"--Mr, Naa IN
rem being present, but taking no part in the matter what
ever. In his Inaugural Address. Mr.. Van Buren, h"S
given a solemn pledge To sustain the ri@h!soi The S"nt!
on the subject o! slavery, and 10 veto any IN wli'r"
may pass Congress ab"!islilng slavery III tn" D.S:rirto'
Columbia. He gave the same assurance before he was
elected President, in private letters 10 gcntle.en IN
every part of The country. As Vice President, he gay"
his casting vote IN favor of preventing the circulation
Of Abolition pamphlets BY means Of the tnitrd states
mail. 1t was the Vice Presidents vote wh'ch passed
this Bill.
General Harrison has been brought forward in true
Dcmapogue style, rs sIhe po0r maaS candidate. =
What are his prcteusions to this popular cognomen:-
lie was born amidst the splcndor of wealth, ;'irSed III
the lap of luxury, and inherited from ,s iatii'F, Il 90
vernon DIVA, wealth, distinction and family influence
He had every advantage Of education, and all the inhu-
ence which a popular family can give, ana he soon re-
ceivcd an important appointment under The elder
Adams. From that time 10 the present moment he
has been almost constantly N the possession a
some hiuh SHARED Office. lie IL now the nnintna!
Clerk of a Court, with an income OF five thousand
dollars. He has at tliS time o large and valuable
property. His love for the poor IS OF an exceedingly
singular caste. Whilst Governor OF Indiana, he ap-
proved aud signed a law, 10 sell 10 nc higdtSt btdd'T,
such whitc persons as were too poor IL pay a State fine
and the costs, and to whip thhcIn with thirtr-ninc llsiirs,
if they ran away from their masters, In oi!io, he also
voted for \ law 10 sell at public GutcrT, the poor who
were indebted to the STAT tie likewise approved and
signed n law, as Governor Of Indiana, restricting the
ri.li, of voting to pcrspns worth titly acres Of land,
valued ut one hundred dollars. Now, what are Mr..
Van Buren,. claims . the love of the poor: He WAS
born III poverty and ojscurity, inherited from his parents
neither distinction nor family influence. Ey has own
industry and honesty, aided By lis great ability, he has
has risen from the humble lot of his birth to the highest
cnice within :hc rift of the American people, and the
proudcst distinction in the world. Instead of passing
laws 10 sen tie l0or, lie voted in The Senate of the L. S.
TO abolish Imprisonment for debt, aud he lahorcd for
wears in New York, 10 effect this Object. In the New
York Convention, he abolished the restriction requiring
a qualification OF 500 to vote for n Senator, and eX-
tended the privilege 10 all who paid taxes, worked on
the roads or did militia duty. lie was opposed 10 free
negroes exercising tbs right, unless they owned free
hold worth ~S250-whicI right they already cnjoyed
under the. old Constitution. The Frdrralists Of New
York proposed eytcnd,n NJ the right of suffrage II free
negroes, as well as white persons. THIS Mr.. Van Eu-
rem opposed. The restriction which he had laid on free
negroes has literally driven them from the polls.
Genera! Harrison = friends have refused To publish
an Address, setting forth their principles. The have
great meetings, and carousals over cider barrels and log
cabins; they have long speeches in abuse o. the Ad-
ministraton, and in praise Of their hero, but they will!
neither tell what principles they are conlending for,
nor let us know what their 'sdraj idoiS creed -. The
reason is too obvious; the Wing party is composed of
as many different djscordant materials as there are hics
in the rainbow. Tariff men and .~EnhifcrS, .S0rihsrn
.3bolitioniSts, and SOGihrR sMrchaldcrs, 9TH F,dcraiiSts
and ''red hot gOnng Republicans, are al! drinking hard
cider and building log cabins together. The friends Of
MIR. Van Buren, have published TO the world The great
political principles on which they are united, and on
which the administration has been, and will continue
TO be, conducted.
The friends of Gen. Harrison from the North arc ne
yer found voting III Congress for a Southern measure.
The friends Of Mr.. Van Buren, from The North do sus-
tain the South, as their votes will show on many i'm
por,ant questions. Need ! refer to any other question
than that Of Abolition, TO prove this fact:
General Harrison has refused to let his opinions be
known, and SAYS he will give no further pledges Of
what he will or will not do # elected President. Mr..
Van Buren, has never yet refused TO make his political
known, when they were asked Tor by his
fcllow-citiZcns.
General Harrison is about ten wears older t!an Gen.
Jackson was when he was elected President, and the
Wings then coniendcd that General jackson was too
old TO be President of the United States.
The friends Ct Gen. Harrison have raised Il great hue
cry concerning the plan of organizing Tic militia,
by Mr.. Poinsctt. Secretary OF War. And
yet strange 10 say, q similar plan was PROPOSE and nd-
vocatcd by Gen. Harrison h;msclf! SO mrci. for lie
Of Gen. Harrison, 81 the demerit OF the plan pro-
posed, or the sincerity d :he Whi.s.
Tie friends Of Gen. Harrison, sot0c wears aro, cried
out "r@r, jHmiac ard p~cstl,acc,' ra,hcv than a .uuitary
Chic1cin-a&d now, they have taken one wto has no
other mesit or claims on his country And it history
IS 10 y credited, the c"nrsc of Gen. Harrison during
lie late war was marked with 3xoL,ISr r,thnr ti,,n