Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-07-10


he should so use it. Wha, folly then, to carp about a
word, when the whole design is 50 paipab!e.
MIR. Calhoun may deny by tolios, but 1t IS vain for
him to escape from The one fast tact, that lie did make
use of Harrison's letter to Mr.. Evans, as good crtdenee,
10 satisfy the Abolitionists Of his district, that they were
premature in denounciNg Harrison as a Pro-siavery man;
and that Judge Morris did use MIR. Calhoun letter ior
that purpose, with MIR. Brown ana o'her Ao9" .n 80
So that so far as the main issue IS concerned, VIZ; mas
Cen Harrison written private letters used u the North
10 satisfy Abolitionists, and al the oouth 10 paciiy Tue
owners of slaves, and have they been SO used by his
friends, il is conclusively settled, and Mr.. Calhoun can
not bubble II away, "he'set '"e oo zee "a' ~
the letter or not.
we now want some explanation of the by-play that
has been gong on at Springfield. According TO Mr..
Calhoun, the moment Mr.. Brown disclosure appeared,
(which was Nav 2S1 his stneishbor, at Springfield
semi a copu Of his letter to Washington. Did not Mr..
Calhoun send for the letter himself, and III what acay
did he send for it, to his confidential iactotuin, Judge
Morris: We want that letter.
The appearance of this disclosure IN the post, sub
;ec,ed Mr.. Calhoun TO deep Indignation at Washington,
from the Southern Wings. He accordingly sends OH
for the letter he had written of February q, and gets a
copy, as he says, whether a true ana J@n copy, IS
question, Of the genuineness OF winch copy we nave
- much doubt that we should trust no evidence except
that ne the oriqfaal letter of William b. Calhoun to
Oliver b. Morris, of February 4, with the genuine
Washington post marx.
we saw this for several reasons:
Eyr VII. uIUDu III IOl utloN a wi "a h5 III
leoed copy TO be taken, nor will he publish it himself,
though pretending TO give its whole substance, and
complaining that five members of Congress have pub.
lished il incorrectly .rom memory. Why does he still
keep back that letter, if the copy and original are alike2
Second. Five members Of Congress who read the
copy, certified that it contained the words Though the
meaning is the same without them abolition Society"
The next day Mr.. Calhoun showed them a copy mtM-
ont those words. Has he tro copies of the original:
Third. MIR. Calhoun, in his letter to the lntelligencer
Of June IL, says
sThe letter of General Harrison, referred TO in my
note, was a short one, and consisted, tJciuSsrety, OF a
response to this inquiry: is il true that General Har-
rison. whilst Governor Of Indiana, did make an effort
TO introduce slavery into that Territory Ihis IN.
auiry he responds to In The sumo terms which he used
in replying to the same questior eighteen years ago, IN
the address TO the Public, also referred to IN my note.
Here Mr.. Calhoun says that Harrison letter, 'the
substance of which he communicated TO his neighbor,
contained the same terms, he (Harrison) used, in reply
inp TO the question about Indiana, in lo22.
In Duff Green's Tippecanoe Text Book, to be
circulated at the South, while Cushing's and Hill
dreth's 1.-THE author of Archy Moore,) life of Harrison
is for the North-this address of lS@2, in part, is pub.
lished, page 81, as follows, and afterwards explained
away =
In the year ls22, when he was a candidate for Con
rrcss. his opponents, to defeat his election charged him
with being a pro-starery man-that he had owned
slaves; and been in favor of introducing slavery into
Indiana. In refutation of this sweeping charge, Cen
Harrison published an address, from which we take all
that portion relating to slavery. 1t is in these words
ssDeing called suddenly home 10 attend my SICK ia.
mily, have but a moment to answer a few Of the en-
dummies which are circulated concerning me.
81 am accused of being friendly to slavery. From
my earliest youth to the present moment, have been
the ardent friend of human liberty. At the age of
eighteen / became a member Of an .7JO}tti0H Society es-
tablished at Richmond, the object Of which was to
ameliorate the condition of slaves and procure their
freedom BY every legal means. The obligations which
i then came under | have faithfully performed. have
been the means of Gberatlng many slaves, but never
placed one in bondage
These are the terms General Harrison used in 1S22,
and if Mr.. Calhoun is to be believed, these same terms
("I became a member Of an abolition society" were
used in Harr;son's letter to Mr.. Evans which was
shown to Mr.. Calhoun, and copied into his letter to
Judge Morris.
Fourth. Judge Morris, the correspondent Of Mr..
Calhoun, has also concealed the original letter, at
Springfield. 1t now appears that Mr.. Calhoun has
written toe letters on this subject. This is another sin
gular fact in the train of this system of concealment
and deception.
The Springfield Gazette of June II, (afer the stir
caused by Mr.. Browns avowal and in its eagerness
10 defend Mr.. Calhoun published a letter of William
3. Calhoun to Oliver b.. Morris, dated June :, 1910.
In that letter Mr.. Calhoun says
"a friend, whose seat in the House of Representa-.
tives, is directly in front of mine. placed in nay hands
one morning, a letter which lie desired me to read. !
did 50; and thcreupon Immediately wrote the letter in
question TO you, communicating all that was material
IN the one ] had Just read"
Here Mr.. Calhoun again afirms that his letter ofFcb-
ruarv 4 communicated "aU that iraS matertaL' in Gene
raj Ha.ri,on's letter, which he had just seen. Mr..
Calhoun gays that letter was the same in terms, as the
Generals address in lS22. And yet he now shows a
eopg Of his letter 10 Judge Morris, from which the
word abolition is carefully excluded.
In this letter of June :. he describes Harrison's cor
respondent as "a friend whose seat is directly in front
Of mine" This would enable any one, who knew the
seats Of members, 10 know Mr.. Calhoun meant Mr..
Evans Of Maine, for Mr.. c.. sits in No. l53, end III.
EeGns's is No. l49, directly in front.
But in his letter of Feb. 4, he said, IA friend who
its near me-" In his second letter hc was more def
mite. The Abolitionists had perhaps called for more
explicit evidence. This letter was written immediately
upon the stir at Washington, and it appeared ia q Wing
paper Of June II, by way of defence. Col. Beach,
Editor Of the Hampden Post, was called on by Judge
Morris to publish the explanation which appeared in
the Gazette. He very naturally desired to have the
original letter of Feb. 4, but this Judge Morris refused.
Why was that done, but to keep up the deception and
conceal the contents?
No wonder that Mr.. Calhoun is apprehensive that
the exposure ofthese crooked facts, shonld exhibit him
Gas acting in the manner somewhat sinister, and be-
fore our n~cighbor Of the Courier undertakes to repre-
sent ethe Globe and its colleagues as being placed in
talher a curious position, would it not be advisable
10 ~exticate Mr.. w. B. Calhoun and his 'ncigllbor at
home" from their very curious position
"fi,E BUCKEYE BLACKSMITH"
Among the arts oi Federalism to catch the working