Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-06-26
POLITICS..

The following - an extract Of a letter 10 the editors,
dated Ravtown, Taliaicrro county, June -, l-io
81 have nothing Of importance to communicate to
you. Our crops are seriously injured by the great
freshct, The wheat crops have been in some instances
entirely ruined by the rust; and our cotton crops have
been damaged considerably by the lice and cool wea-
Their
The following are extracts from a letter ola distin.
guished member OF Congress from 4 neiglboring State,
dated Washington, June {, 1910:
81 have just seen the nomination OF The Harrison
Convention, &c. The game must be a desperate one:
| cannot see upon what grounds it IS, that any South
ern man can support Harrison. He is supported by the
.Anti-masons, The Anti-slavery party, the High Tariff
and Ultra-bank men. They unite with zeal on him,
simply because each faction hope 10 get control OF hun.
He is 4 weak, VAIN, Garrulous old man, with no bad IN
tentions. ihe Wings boast much and talk loud; but
they are poor Judges Of public opinion, being too VAIN
and arrogant, assuming far more character than they
are entitled 10 in reality. may be mistaken, but |
think V. 4. will get a larger electoral vote than any
man ever did. You know the majoritles IN the large
States are small, and therefore the race may perhaps
be close, or it may be an overwhelming defeat, although
the minoritics in the States NAV be large and active.
My impression is that V. b. will get New York. There
is a reaction going on now against the Wings evary
where. Sensible men have become disguised with The
low appeals 10 the weak and unsuspecting. In this
contest arc involved great principles that he at the
foundation ofonr free institutions. The issue IS, whc-
Their stock. Iohbers and Incorporated wealth, or the Tree
VI tniS GtpHDlit, Sld Iutt. i Ut SllHpRAI % W.
ter, and well it may be, for those who are in pursuit
have supposed they were about TO succeed and triumph
over the rights of the country. And like wolves, who
have smelt blood, they yclp and howl after the prey.
The Independent Treasury will be passed.
We ~ecommend to our readers the following re-
marks, taken from that able and excellent paper, the
Charleston Patriot:
M. 4 buren, AND SLAVERY.
tits matter of surprise as relates 10 Southern Instr
tutions, that there should be any hesitation in choosing
between Mr.. Van Buren, and Gen. Harrison, to con-
duct the government ofthis country. 1t IS susceptible
of the plaincst proof that the former has purchased
peace TO the Union and exemption from agitation for at
least a considerable period, BY casting the moral weight
of the government into the scale of Southern rights.
lie has wrought a reaction in public sentiment in that
section ofour con!cdcracy where danger, in this regard,
was most imminent. He has arrested midway in, rs
fell career, the progress Of agitation. He has rolled
back the billow Of Abolition. So soon as his lnaugu.
raj Address was made il struck at the heart Of the AgI.
tators and their plans. Their weapons fell from their
hands. Their o~ratory was dumb. Their inventive
powers were p~aralyzed. Their presses became mute.
He dealt them a blow from which they have not yet
rallied and recovered.
Who that looks at the present and past condition of
Slavery Agitation can doubt this Who but must as
sent to this wheu it was perceived that the AbolitIonists
openly held their meetings in places appropriated to the
alteration of Gcd-that they addressed all classes,
through the Press and by means of the Graver-tlie old
by appeals to their moral scnsibiltics-tlI young by
pictures addressed to their senses and imag,nat,n-
Who now sees an Abolition paper or pamphlet Or PIC
ture; Who hears of Abolition harangucs: The fell
spirit-the demon Of agitation, has been exercised, at
least for a time. We owe this public blessing to the
open, manly declaration of a Northern maR wih South
crn principals, that at all hazards he will maintain those
peculiar privileges Of the South which are among the
guarantees of the Constitution.
Since this declaration by Mr.. Van Buren,, where is
the slave holder that, guided BY the instinct of interest,
does not feel self.assured that his property stands on a
more secure basis than it had for some time previous
to its promulgation' Which of our Southern states
men that in their sagacious conclusions do not perceive
that by this declaration we have renewed the bond of
Union-strcngthened the links of interest between the
North and South-made doubtful allies steadfast friends
confidence in those frontier States that
formed the outposts ofour defence, Virginia and Ma
ryland' In short, converted a region of agitation into
a land of peace?
Now, not only has this great good been effected for
the South and the whole Union, but it was wrought al
the most opportune moment. 1t arrested the spread in
our country of the anti-slavery movement in England,
just as it had acquired energy and activity, by the aid
the British Government, TO be newly envenomed
with the diffusive poison of prop0gnndism. Mr.. Van
Buren, boldly met it by a counter movement. The
spirit had passed our Atlantic frontier. British
West India emancipation was hailed by Northern
apitators as the advent of American Emancipation
They were emboldened to make renewed efforts
Their incendiary orators were armed with new ener.
gies. Their press became invigorated with fresh mate