Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1840-08-08
From the Globe.
GEN. HARRISoNS YERACITY.

the Federal Wing candidate for the Presidency
during the last few months in relation 10 the Ab
olluon Of slavery.
When candidate for Congress in 1922, he
made the following declaration IN a printed "ad-
dress to the pubhc,' via:
." am accused of beng friendly TO slavery -
From my earliest youth TO the present moment,
have been the ardent friend Of human hbsrty.--
Al the age OF Is, became member of an Alb
clifton Society, established at Richmond, Niglnia,
the object of which was TO ameliorate the condI-
ton Of slaves, and to procure Their freedom BY
ere,y legal msnns,'
On the 4th of FEBRUARY, 1910, letter from
Gen. HARRISON was shown TO tho Hon. W. Is.
Calhoun, Of the House OF Representatives, of
Which he gives the following account in his note
10 Messrs. Gales aud Seaton, dated the l2Ih of
June last, viz:
The letter Of General Harrison referred TO in
my note, was q short one, and consisted exclusive.
ly of aresponss to this inquiry; is it tue that
General HARRISON whilst Governor Of Indiana,
did make an effort 10 introduce slavery into that
Terutopl This inquiry he responds 10 in the same
terms which he used IN replying TO the same ques-
ton eighteen years age, in the Address to the
Public also referred to 10 rry note"
1t is well known that the letter Of General llar.
rison referred to in this extract, addressed to
the Hon. George Evans, member of Congress
from Maine, and was undoubtedly dated in the
month of January last. The Address TO the
Public" referred to by Mr.. Calhoun, is the same
from which we have quoted above. As General
Harrison in his letter to Mr.. Evans, employed
"ihe same terms rhlch he used" in that address, he
said, H. writing in the month Of January, lS4o,
that when only eighteen yeats old, he became
a member of an Abolition society established al
Richmond "a"
In his letter TO Governor Owen, Of North Car
olina, dated FEBRUARY IL, lSi0, General Harrison
uses tbs following language, VIZ:
"You ask me whethsr J nor an, or ere hare
been member Of an abolition society.
81 dnswer decisipely, no."
The editor of the Philanthropisi, publIsrd in
Cincinnati, in bis paper of the 3Oth ut makes
the following statement, VIZ:
In two interviews we had with General
Harrison on this subject, about four months since,
he was at pains to assure us that he had himself
belonged TO an Abolition society IN Richmond
Va. lie did not hesitate about the phrase no
did moi use any other" Abolition society seem
ed the only name which which be knew or cared
10 know"
-Four months prior TO the 30lh Of June last chr
res back the date when Gen. Harrison made
these declarations, to about tho first Of March
last.
On the 10Th of April last, Gen. IIaulsoa Said
to Capt. VIM. Chambers and &. Var Puskuk
esq who were bearers Of u letter from the dsm.
ocratic committee lo the State of Kentucky,
asking, among other things, Tor his opinion on
AboIi'onIsm that nc;L,ng could induce him 10
dnsrer such 'nterroS dlories, coming either from
friends or to,s,"
On tho lth April, only one short week there.
alter re wrote letter TO A. &. Henry, Of Spring
heid III, which was used At the time Of tho Wing
Convention at that place, TO satisfy tho Abolition
lists, and was afterwards read in part to DIR. Isaac
S. Berry Of Vandalia, and others TO satisfy them
that he had been explicit on tho subject OF slave
ny. This letter, # Il could be seen, would no
doubt, hike that to Mr.. Evans, be found 10 repeat
tho old story Of having Joined an Abolition socl-
ETY. at the age Of eighteen.
Finally, IN his letter to Mr.. Lyons, dated on
the lst juno last, Gen Harrison says;
Ia answer to the inquiry, why used the
word abolition in desIgua'iong society OF
which was a member in Richmond, in the year
1871, instead Of the word humane which is
known to be the one by which the society was re-.
ally distinguished, all that can say upon the
subject is, that if did really term it nm Abolition
society, fact which can still hardly believe,
for have no, been able to see the paper contain
ing my addresses 10 the people of the district IN
1922 il must haze been from forgetlUlncss,
which might easily happen after lapse of 8
years"
This caps the climax After using tho same !
terms the terms "Abohllon society, in his letter
to Nh Evans Of January last, as were employed |
in his address of 1922; after about the LIST Of /
March employing on two occasions the terms
abolition society" using no other phrase 10 dc. |
scribe it after on the 9Th April, writing some
thing Of the same tenor TO Mr.. Henry Of Spring. |
field, Illinois: he nov can "hdrdiy bsiiere," that I
IN 1922 he did really term il an abolition so.
cieiy" at all r.s
Hi were probable that after lapse Of thirty.
one years he could forget, and apply wrong
name 10 the Richmond society, is It possible that
he could have forgotten what be had repeatedly
called 1t within the preceding FIVE months And
when his address OF 1922 had for months been
paraded in the newspapers by both friends and
foes, who can believe that the GensraI had not
been able 10 set his eyes on il a, SO late day as
the LIST of June last If this b. true, be must
have viglant keepers!
In January, Gen. Harrison tells Mr. Evans,
hat he belonged to an Abolition society when on,
y eighteen years Of age.
In February, he tells Governor Owen that he
had never belonged 10 any such society.
In March. be tells the editor Of the PbIlanro-
'ist repeatedly that he had belonged to an Aboll'
ION society.
On the 9th April, nothing can induce him 10
answer any inlerogatsries about j. coming ron
friends or foes
On the 18th April, he answers the intorrogaio-