Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1840-07-23
Eron, the Crisis.

none has hecn more deeply lnplicdie" '''""
the Richmond Wing. Vt frstit was rep
resented he was an AbnliioniSt. His
honest revelations on this subject qnleifd
the slander. Then he opposed The ad-
mission of Missouri without restrictions As
to slavery. The proof is, that Mr., van
Buren,, on question of power between
The slavehollins and ami islaveholdIns
States, made no decided objection to the
resolutions of instruction in The New York
Legislature in 1919 against Missouri, be-
cause he well knew such objection would
have heen fruilless. Upon thuse reson-
tions he gave 10 vote, for The Legislature
was unanimous. They passed without
division nr count, Shortly after, how
ever. a large meeting was goilen up al
Albany, to give tone and strength to their
proceedings: in other words, To express
opinions in precise conformity TO The in
strucrions to Mr.. King. Mr.. Van Buren
| was moi present at that meeting; but by
permission his namc was used IN the com
Initee to draft an address-and when that
address was presented 10 him, he refused
to sign it. This is brief history of MIR.
Van Buren's connection with The Missouri
question, showing concusively that the
proceedings against Missouri. in his mind,
were no, free from difficulty. General
Harrison, however, surrendered the whole
question by the amendment lie prupused
in the House of Representatives, for which
he was severely chastised by our own 2.
| p. Barbour, then rnnmber also. He re-
signed his seat, went home, and was cleo
ted to the Senate of Ohio promptly, no
douh, on account of his opposition 10 the
extension Of slavery; and then, together
with Mr.. Thompson, cunc0ctcd and
prepared resolutions inslructins the United
States Senator from that State TO oppose
the admission of Missouri out and OUT
Yet the Richmond Wing, With knowl.
adge of these facts, has The cold blOodcd
heartlessness to draw disadvantageous
comparison of Mr.. Van Buren, with Gen,
Harrison, on this Interesting occasion.-
The next effort TO create a prejudice a.
eainsi Mr.. Van Buren,, was the part he
took in he proceedings of the New York
| Convention in 1921, in rcgatd to The right
of suffrage 10 blacks. This old charge is
continually rake') up, whenever others
have failed TO perform their office, A brie
statement will put this whole ma,ler in
its proper light, 'Tis true, that Mr.. Van
Buren, did vote 10 strike out the word
"white," and why! Because under the
old Constitution. ALL the negroes voted
and The political friends of the Richmond
Whig, and Mr.. Leigh, wished to defeat
the adoption of The new one before the
people, in order that they might cun,inuc
10 exercise The same right 10 the same ex-
tent. This was in part The reason why
Mr. Van Buren, voted 10 strike out The
word white Mr.. Van Buren was in ia
vor of restrictions as to the rishr Of suffrage
10 blacks, in order To procure the adoption
of other important principles in rhr new
Constitution. He knew The People were
moi prepared for total exclusion, and
that such exclusion, would be fatal. The
Frleralists know the same; and hence the
motives for the opposite conduct in the
| Convention. As further proof, that Mr.
| Van Bnren was in favor of Ibis restriction,
he approved the report from the commit
lee 10 which the suhjecf had heeu referred,
making the right Of suffrage almost uni
versa to the whites, and requiring of the
blacks that voted, a qualification of $3.50
clear ofincuubrances. Mr.. Eastwood OBJ
jecrcd to the report, and proposed the sun
of Sl00. as the qualification. Mr.. Van
Buren, voted against this amendmeut.-
This is enough 10 prove, that he never
voted to give blacks The right of suffrage;
bu., on the contrary, did every thing he
could to diminish that rishl. Proof of
this may be found in The prefect unanimi-
~. with which the vote of New York aud
all the Northern, Eastern aud Western
mons n-slaveholding States was given a
painsl Mr.. Van Buren,. Besides it is na,u.
raj that Federalism, undertaking, as it al,
ways has done, the popular intelligence,
should he in favor of extending the right
of suffrage to negroes as a means Of Ell
larging the basis for wealth and money to
operate on. The last effort to add to this
prejudice, originated The other day with
John NJ. Bolts, member of Congress from
this District, in The shape of a resolution
of enquiry into The proceedings ola certain
Court Martial held on board U. S. ship
of war, in the hay OF Pensacola. concern
ing certain charges against Lieut.. e, VI.
Iiooe ofthe Navy. The charge, as drawn
from these proceedings, and as set forth in
tie Wing of the 18th, editoralIy, and by
Congressional Cor'espondent--none
olher, we doubt moi, than the Hon. NJ.
Bolts hmsell-is, that Mr.. Van Buren,
has sanctioned and approved The inIroduc-
ton and reception of negro testimony a.
pcinsr willie persons in The South. in vio-
lation oIlaw and usage--thus furnishing
another evidence of his disposition to ele-
va,e blacks to the level Of white men. II
will he seen, that The whole affair is
most pilfuI humbug. Every thing con-
necred with it, will no doub, shortly ap-
pear in the shape of a report from the Ma
w Department TO Congress. In the
meantime we stlbjOiD n letter which has