Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-06-26
70 TnE EDITOR or ryfr E.,QrlRrR

RlCnTuNp, juno ~, l-ib
In the Globe of Friday evening there is a comm"ni
cation from NIessrs. Jameson, Boyd, Stcrnrcd. Irr.
new and Bynum, of the House Of Representative
addressed 10 their constituents, touching Gen. lIarr0-
son opinions upon the subject Of slavery. IhiS CON.
munication Will, presume, appear IN the LngGr'r-
and as it refers to Gen. HARRISON lrttrr Ia me, and
does him much injustice, have 10 ask Of you 10 pup.
lisl this note along with tie said COMMUNICATION,
when that is published. The object ot tn" commrn
cation Of Alcssrs. jameson X Co, IS to prove that & 80.
Harrison holds two sets Of opinions upon Abolition.
and meanly cndeavors tn obtain votes, b. representing
himself TO the AbolitionistS as an Abolt"Gist, and -
the Anti as opposed to Abolition, aud To effect tbs
object, the letter of Mr.. Calhoun Ia Judge Norr,,
and Gen. Harrison's letter to me, are referred to, w;J
a quotation from the last 10 prove the dr>,rcoi Gen
Harrison to conceal his opinions, which IS directly
charged.
Wha, Mr.. Calhoun may have written, ] pretend oa:
to say, because do not know; but OF THIS am sUm,
that when the whole truth is out, the effort H. convict
Gen. Harrison of double. dealing and Jcsul'ry, wNI
fail as decisivcly as the effort la prove Inn an Aa"I.
ZIONIST has done. My purpose *, moreover, t. corlng'
the injustice, unintcniional presume, winch Nr,,-
jameson x Go. have done Gen. Harrison m their g#a-
tation from his letter 10 ne. Thos" gentlemen quoted
that portten Of the letter IN which Gen. llaursnus says
81 do mol wish what have SAID above To b" p~uh1-uto,
and 0mit hc COniIHHat0n OF the same paragraph, 80
which he says. "bm / hate M ohy,1.0n that thr jl4s
" sh0Wid be Stafcd and ~rctcrcncc mGdr Ia mr. rs burng
g turniShcd hem Now the jac'> IN that letter, fv-
njShcd bg Gm. HarriSon, are, that he reiterated she
sentiments contained in his Encenncs speech and
s.cndorscd them all"-that "n a letter TO tie commit
I. tee appointed by the Wing members Of the NcU
j" York LEGISLATURE, = which letter he supposed would
be published even before his letter reached M, lha' 9-
an "honest man and 4 gentleman, he would have
considered himself bound to prevent the use of H,
ynccnncs speech which his friends were mahlngct',
If he did not still entertain the sentiments expressed
in it-and that he did not consider the Society Of winch
he was 4 member IN 1871, as an Abolition SJc,,ir
Will you, or the honorable members, say how II Tho OBJ
jcct of Gen. II. had been co@r,0imo"t, that object c'f'!
been effected by the publication Of these 'taas, with
a JJotncc 10 Gca. HarrisO" as having furnished
them" What more is effected By III" publication OF
the letter entire, than would have been effected by 'IH
publication Of these '..tGH$ upon the a"Ior"g ct "r"
Harrison, except TO Shcw the manly bearing and beaa.
tiiul simplicity of the old Virginia gentleman. winch
appears throughout the letter. and especially ~ i"at
part of it in which as can honest man and a gentleman
he repels 9 with scorn and contempt, AZ tao gi.""
spirits from the South 10 whom be- refers had done, '"r
idea that he could practise any trick or dpnh'r .deat"-
Time was, Mr.. Editor, when you would have con,
!ncnded the sentiment and sad, ''1hcrc spoke lbci.'a"
old solder think the honorable members wt,Ihna'
when they reconsider tins mattcr, that they have -
oil too quick and done injustice to Gen Harrison. 1"
in their zeal, they have ''prnctis"d upon therr""n
and quiet, or fallen under the influence 'oi ;ho, gT@-.
eyed monster which doth make the inca, n !e.os' "'
as they have found tIat in the letter Of Gen Ii"Ia.."
which is not thcre-a purpose of conccalmrr' h.~'
proof than this mast be had 10 wan u" Affections O. !. ~
people from him, who has been one Of thclf most iN"
fuI servants and most fearless and victorious Gc;e"c'''
am, very respectfully,
Your obcdIent servant,
JAMES LYONS
We might have excused ourselves to Mr. Lyons
not publishing the foregoing Card, upon the gF''"a
tina; party spirit runs 50 high as almost e. haze SUP,
seeded the usual courtcsIcs OF the press-Wc m.CHi h"'
plead the example of the Wing, which cannot mo "'.'
room" for the productions Of the Republican Ia't
We4Higlt have urged, that The Wing presses g"'H'"
Der ours-and that for every shot which the hht''.
fires, the Wing discharges threc-Bul whatever "
may do for-thc tu~;ure-whatcvcr We did IN the '%''
James NJ. Garrett, who went beyond the record anu
instead Of defending himself, was absurd enough ~
tack us-we yield to the spirit Of courtesy, ana "a! ="
Lyons's Card before the Public. As he brings our 'r.
name very unnecessarily into this Card, th"a@"
might have been contcntcd with the free use ""1' ="
made of it in his late communication TO the h'c".'"
Wing, we Will take the liberty OF subjo'Eing a *"
very few, comments on his Card.
Nj. l.. says "Ihe time was when (wcl wou'H ~"
commended the sentiment, and said There spo"I
frank old soldier" Time was, when the Old 'o'.
was not placed in his present predlcament. I''' ~" ~,
when he was not 4 candidate for the Presidency N"cb
he would not have refused to answer any quest!o" WIZ