Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-04-17

them; for he SAYS 81 am aware that this subject
wolves constitutional scrupcs. But liberal con
struction, justified by the object may 70 fur, and AZ
amendment Of the Constitution, the whole length ne
cessary. See his Letter TO Jared Sparks dated Fc
bruary i 1924, to be found in the 18th vol of his Cor
respondcnce, p. 3SS General Harrison would 30 til.
rhofc length under the Constitution, it is-Alr JEFF
terson, in spite OF the iavorte object could not but &C
knowledge that amendment Of the Constitution wa:
necessary TO the full completion of his plan But lei
US go with the Wing Address:
The Wings will let opportunity escape, without
giving blow at "Presdent Van Buren,. He must be
put omt 10 put IN their military Cheitan Why talk
OF Gen II S notion of approprlaing the Surplus Re
venue as really speculative, because MIR. v b. leaves
not dollar of surplus; Is this the argument OF logI
clans, or of sophiss. Was there surplus in the
Treasury rhca Gen ii. recommended the proposition:
Were there not forty millions alerwards-and would
not Gen. H. have laid hold Of every cent TO carry out
his Abolition propenses: May there not be surplus
hereafter And If there he at this time, ii the
| fault Of Mr.. Van Buren, Was it he that recon-.
mendcd those extraordinary expenditures which have
contributed, along with unusual emergencies OF the
times, TO exhaust means: was it not rather the
Northern Wings who sanctioned almost every appro-
priaton for the purpose Of carrying out their unconstl
tutional schemes, or of keeping up high Tariff:
| We pass other points i'll this Wing DatrIbc,
which Vindcx has blown sky high. But ask, wlic-
thcr any one mistake the position Of Gen llarrl-
son; He is TO all intents and purposes the canddate
Of The .lboliOnistS Bloodgoods secret Circular re-
MIN because 1t, not WI
Clay, could take the Abolltionss with him. In that
Convention, he pressed by Mr.. Stevens and has
Clique. His nomination was scarcely made when II
drew forth eXuting strain from rank Abolition pa
per, that henceorth the Slaveocracy could again
elect President of the u. 5 The resolution of the
Wings in the Lcgi stature Of H. York. upon the right OF
petition shows that they there counting the Adolf.
toniss. The Phlanthropist Of Cincinnati and other pa
pers have come out openly for him. 1t is idle to say,
this Wing Committee have said, that "The Adolf
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own for the Presidency and Vice Presidency" They
should have known that this movement OF the Adolf
toniss very partal-tha it has not met tn
renee Of the Abolitions,s even of New York-that
those of Ohio have demonstrated against t-and the
reader may Judge of its results by the following cx-
tract of letter. received but yesterday morning. from
one of the most respectable citizens III Albany:
"Tle results Of the township elections except in
very few show decided improvement in the po
ltica condition of the State The State Republican
Convention the oh, very full asScmhlagc, and
the members gave encouraging accounts from all parts
of the State The following resolution the subject
Of AboItionism, was passed unanimously by The Con-
venon:
Rcorsd, That have with alarm aud regret, and r
drd dsapproval and condemn the efforts Of certain misguided in
vlduals win" seek I" Interfere with tr dnr''c institutions u"
other States; thus disturbing thu harmony Of the mon" and sow
ing the seeds of IL iiSsnlu"n.'
"The Wings coqucitng with tho Ab"lIiionsts-
and although the latter made independent nomlna-
ton for President, by small majority of the Conven-
getting the candidates to decline, on getting most of
the Aholitiosts to support the Wing ticket; and by
their legislation the Wings seem determined 10 make
such Concessions to the Aboll,onists necessary
10 secure the votes Of the great body Of them
We pronounce Gen. Harrison, therefore, 10 be the
candidate Of the AhulitiOnists. Let not the Wings
press any "hoy horror al this, when they rccolIcct
hry readily they supported him the ticket
wit, Granger an vowed Ah"ion'st 1.-The be no, their
candidate, why have not the Wings taken measures 10
put down the allegation. Why has not Gen Harrison
come out like 4 man, Mr. Van Buren, has done.
WHY have his friends in the South not called on him
10 come out As the Address of our Republican Com
nttee declared on the ;.2i Fcbruary.-"Will his sup
portcrS in Virginia complain "t this SuppoSon; TErn
let them remove il. They have the means in tIrsir
own hands In the course 81! tw" days. Wing Con
vention is TO meet the Capitol Of the largest slave
holding State in the Union for the purpose o! further
ing ms election Will they ncrogac their candidate
ahont his intentions No. cllow-cItIzcnS, they will not
venture 10 demand from Inn such unqualified
pledge, Mr. Van Buren, has given 10 the world They
will no, offend the ib"Iltonlsts o; OHIO and New
York. Their silence will be more expressive t!an al
arguments
Did the Wing Convention Of the 9th call upon HIN
to come out. No--,hcy dared not Not question
was put 10 hinnot hope expressed, that lie would
remove every doubt upon this important subject
And what have we SINCE Letters have been adj
dressed Gen. H. from the South. He dares not
swcr of them He will not toe the mark, for fear
of offending the Abolitionsts, and losing all their
votes nd TO dodge the question, and 10 l all further
importantly, he has put himself into the hands OF
confidential Committee who have Theoretically sealed
his lips /, is in vain, tina, Mr. Leigh and his Commit
tee deny this iactin vain that they pronounce the
Oswcgo Correspondence 10 be a for.sry. They arc
mistaken The evidence To ctab!i*h lis authenticity IS
now before the world Here il is:
(Erom Lhe GlohcJ
"IIarrsouS organ at Cincinnati, the Gaccitc admits
the existence Of the committee of Keepers VIII" have
80 4 4.
ing but Of acting or thinking for himself. Il admits
the verify Of the correspondence Of MrSSrs. J. {.
Wright, Gwynnc, and Spencer, with the Oswc@o AS
ISOLATION, which the Federal press in New York, Penn
sylvania and elsewhere, together with the New York
adjunct and correspondent oftc National lntcncnccr
have pretended was a hoor' The whole body o lar
rison supporters of CINCINNATI sensible Of the de-
graduation which the facts apparent on the face oil the
letter of his committee would reduce him. have cndra-
vorrd 10 avoid the consequence by throwing doubt on
the arran cement: hut IT il acknowledged by the
Cincinnati Gazette, That the committee which dictates
the "pucv, and takes the responsibility, for llarrI
son exists: and poor attempt is mad" to deceive The
people as Ia lis functions From the texture q" this
ticr il will hc that - prepared by the commit
ice itself 1t contains the identical excuse for denying
Harrison the privilege Of speaking for HIMSELF that is
rivcn IN the OSwcmo letter:
All public meeting the opponents :" Mr. Van urcn'- Al
Committee appointed This body subsequently, appointed
spondg committee I" confer with committees aud 'mdtvi
nothing confidential IN III" appointment ." this
mltrr IalS published repeatedly
in The newspapers tins CITY, They good and true la
boring openly and honestly ocirc change IN the Government al
tlIr country.
sincr Cen Harrison by The Harrisburg Com
ycion c literally uycrun 10y letters from all parts Of
nlon asking Tor information vahhis points Connected
with public and documents Illustrative of his
on crrttI political IucStunS
a V Harrison underwood these
trrs himself. fpuai ho would occupy all
his time the neglect of his fam and his other private
accordingly " rmiurd 10 hand these calls for
information Corresponding Committee oi Hamilton county,
that they might he answered aud the documents which
called transmitted BY them. The calls for information touch
ing the public and the political opinions nf General arr
that The committee actually
Of volume that noticed in the Gazette few
DAYS documents these paints
the letters answered hy sending copies Of that
work"
Fudge. Here is a sort of Irish committee appointed
to answer who 1rH not HHSlocr, at all, ut ALL llaw
easily could the General have answered HIMSELF for
one answer like Mr. Van Buren's, on the great ques
tions and then published, would have cut off thou
sand letters.
"And so it appears that the Office Of the committee is
not to the ncrrogaorcs propoundcd to the man
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