Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1840-10-03

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-grS.pENCY OF THE UNITED STATES.
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...--. IN t4s following va-i~, s.z:
.T-s views of g1...s.aver. editors re--rlr-
~ IIgr-,blrE nomination, should 5c known D,
.-lerS. They al. we b.Eeyc, recognise ia
II, fat the rejection Of ur. Chv, and retention
.sas, HARRISON as the condil,o OF the O9ros..
~. are. 20 some extent, a concession % he sJi-,,
.f45sr,g in tie North.
The Liberator sad, IN February last: 1T vii
~ -s,nembeled, that ia baio,ng for candidate
:. Harrisburg. az the delegates from the s1ychoIj.
y, STATES voted for Clay on orsrg trial, unit a
.55..s was effected. The South then was De.
a.5,si ia all its wishes. Il tr.d to get a slave
.llsr nominated. and caat net succeed, SOLE.
r. BECAUSE HE HAS 4 SLANEHOL.
DER
The following is part Of y resolution adopted
sy tic Massachusetts, Anu-Sayery Society a,
,.sr annual meeting. VIZ:
@Reso.yed, That We regard the refusal Of the
Harrisburg Convention to nominate Henry Clay
s,acauddats for the Pres drncy as signal and
srralas triumph Of truth orer error, Of liberty orer
,i,r.ry, and We believe the course Of that man on
he subject Of slavery has completely bighcd all
as toaly cherished hopes Of becoming the Chief
Magistrate Of this uatioG," &c, &c.
Passing over volume Of similar testimony, we
come TO the report of the Executive Committee
ofihe American Anti.sayery Society" made at
beI late annual meeting in New York. an extract
dwhichis published in the AnisIavery Reporter
Ils document beng the embodiment ofthe views
Of aboItion.sts for the whole country, holds the
following language, viz:
"We declare our entire conviction thai ! He
CAUSE Itself for which the Society was formed,
ana 10 saeH j. IS therefore merely secondary, IS
alcancing in The public NINA ... iREAT RIA.
PlDlTY AND POWER. The rejection Of Hen.
~ Clay--a sIavenolder and defender OF slavery 49,
WAIMARk IN OUR HISTORY"
We have now shown you, teow.citizenS, from
proof ncontestbIe, what the designs and plans Of
the abolitioniss are; that they aim at nothing
short Of the immediate and unconditional abolition
ofthe slaves in the South; that they have entered
the political arena TO effect this object, and that
through their influence in the National Wing
Convention they forced the nomination of Gener.
al Harrison on the South.
Do not the facts we have stated convince you
that abolition IS no longer to be regarded as an
imaginary danger" Do they not tell you that, if
YOU desert your Northern friends in this crisis
YOU cannot blame them if they refuse to do battle
for you hereafter Do they not admouSh you that
the safety Of the Unicu is involved in the present
contest Prepare then for the momentous strug.
gle, by adopting whatever course you think most
likely to preserve your rights and maintain the
tranquility and permanency Of the Union.
GENERAL HARRlsON's OPINIONS.
As General Harrison is the candidate Of the
AbolllonstS, it Is necessary to examine wsit his
views are on the all absorbing question of aboIi.
ton We shall therefore proceed to give YOU
bret but correct view Of his expressed opinion on
this subject. In his Cheviot speech of 1893, in
his Vmcennes speech of s35, and in bis letter
10 Mr. SIoo, of November 26th 1896, he express
ed decided opposition to Abolition. In this letter
be denied the right of Congress to interfere with
slavery as it existed in the States, without then
consent or in the District of Columbia, without
toe consent Of Maryland and Virginia But the
letter to Mr. SIoo asserted the right of Congress
with the consent OF the saveholdng Stats s, to
appropriate money to the emancipation Of slaves
Of the extrpaton of slavery. In previous letter
to Nlr BerrIen, the power TO appropriate the ma
uonal funds 10 the abolition Of slavery, with the
consent of the slaveholding States, was also as.
serted, and tor that reason, It Is supposed, the lei
Ter was never published. General Harrison also
voted for the admission of Missouri INTO the Uni
on without restriction. To this extent he ayow.
ed and manifested opposition to Aboltionlsm- -
IT will be borne in mind however, that all this wa,
before the AbolitionlstS became an influential 20.
lllcaI party.
Now for the other side of the pictcre. Whcr
We Missouri question was under discussion II
Congress, February 10, 1919, Gen. llarrsor
welded tho great point in controversy by making
me following proposition " That all that part d
he Territory of Missouri, lying north line to BE-
run due west from the mouth Of the river De-
Moves, to the territorial boundary Of the UnIteC
states shall form part Of the territory of Mich
gan and the laws now in force in the sail Ter
htofy as we'll as the ordinance OF Congress pro
inOIlIng slavery or involuntary scryltude IN salc
territory OF Michigan, shall be in force 10 tha
part Of Missouri Territory lying north Of said cas-
and west line" 1t has been well remarked, tina
THIS amendment conceded the whole question o
Constitutional power" Mr. P. p. Barbour, il
reply argued THAT if the principle was wrong il
HssIr land the question had been discussed Of
pFlnclpe alone) ii ought not 10 be withheld from
one part of the Terrilory,and applied to another
II the rule was wrong at the 25th degree 0
latitude, it was equally SO al the 40lh. Genela
Harrison was in the Senate Of Ohio the next yenr
before the Missouri question was finally settled.
and IN that body he assisted IN maturing and yotec
Dan. 10, $780, for the following preamble anc
resolution
Whereas, the existence Of slavery in our coun,
y mas ever been deemed greai moral and po.
"ucat 'rlt and It's tendency directly calculated to
impair our national character, aud materially al
ltCl our national bann.uaps md tnaSpalpb a. the