Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1840-03-05

II has not been, heretofore, OF importance to re-
fer, in this paper, to the opinions Of General bar
Rlsos, upon the subject Of he Abolition ofSlayery
The charge, 10 the sense ia which il has been pre-
ferred, that he il an Abolitionisi, from which, nei-
Their a sense Of honor, OF fair dealing, among his oP.
ponents, nor his own purity OF character, his nne-
quiyocal declarations, and (more thon these) his
acts, which "cannot lie,' could protect him, has, IN
some measure. become tho cant, even here, reno.
we'd as we are, far from the noxious SQUIRE, TINT gem
Grated il, Of the partisans of tho administfation.-
There need exist, however, no apprehension, iha
he system of party tactics and misreprasenta'
ton, which enables shameless Demngogucs 10 de-
lude the people, upon subjects of vital interest TO
The county, will, upon this subject, be successful
in arraying the South against the Wing Candidate
for The Presidency. The evidence, upon he whole
matter, is clear aud pol aable-the Arguments are
tangible-"he that runs, may rend.'
The case stands ihus.-Gtn. HARRrsoS, doubt
less, is opposed to The Institution Of Slavery. He
believes, as did a large number of the prominent
men Of Virginia. in 81 and 80 (among the rest,
Mr.. Mcdowell, the candidate Of the Van Buren,
party. upon tie late occasion Of an election fol
Governor, as, also, the Editorial Organ Of that Par
". in this Siate> that the interests of the Slavehold-
lng States and oflheir citizens, are injnriously, aifec-
ted, by the existence of his Iasiiiution among them.
This opinion is, still, extensively entertained, in the
Southern country. 1t may, OF may not be, errone-
Gus. Ihat, howerer, IS not The question. The en-
qliry is, has he, on any occasion, coHateRaaeed NE
scheme IF emancipation, proposed By he sect Of
A5oitionists, which. of la;c years, has Obtained a
motto iety Of infamy, in the Northern and other por-
tior, Of the Union Upon this, the evidence, be-
fore the Country, leaves no room for a shadow of
doubt, upon the mind of any reasonable man. lie
is hostile to the interference of he General Govern
ment, in any shape, v it'll Slavery in the Soutb. That
ev.dencs-or such of il as ii is matciiel now to re-
fer to-exis's:
lst. In tho speech, delivered, by him, at Vim
cennes. Indiana. in July, l835-an ,xlruct, from
which, may be found below -
Cd, In the speech, delivered at Cleviot, Ohio,
IN the 4th of Ju'y, l933-in which the same views
we're expressed, as those contained in the Address
At Yincennes -
Sd, In his vote against The restriction. sought to
be in posed, upon the State Of Missouri, upon an
application to be admitted into the Union, to pei
nit slaves to be held within her iimits.-This fact
is notorious, and needs no record evidence to sup
port ii. [Alr. Van Buren,, as a member of the So
nate of New York, yo,ed to instruct the Represen.
of that State in Congress, to require the re-
This is the simple truth Of the case; and, we i'd
dress ourselves to The common sense of such, as
have been duped, 10y those, to whom they look for
fa9ts and opinions, upon political subjects, and ask,
fthey aud in G neral llARRisoS's opinions, upon
the subject Of Slavery, any thing which should Oc-
casion distrust or JEALOUSY
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