The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1840-07-02
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LETTER To GENERAL HARRISON.
RrcnqoND, april lllh, 1910.


Dear Sr-.lhe circumstances which
this letter will explain, viii excuse me. |
hope, for Introducing myself upon your at
tentlon.
Among tho numerous charges which
have been put INTO circulation against you
by The presses and partlzans Of Van Buren,,
the two most relied upon aud deemed most
potent IN the South, are--tha, you are Fed
eralst and an Ahnitionst. Satisfied, from
the evidence before them and the whole
country, that these charges are equally un-
sustained by truth, yo1. tiicuds have met,
denied, and as they believe, reluled them.
As the prospect Of your election increases,
however, and the heart Of the patriot re-
wives with the hope Of the success of one,
from when he expects Il wise, economical,
and Republican Administration, the malig-
nifty of your euumi's' seems 10 increase, and
the spoilsmen trcymg moro reckless and
desperate in then eapr;s 10 retain The pow.
Ter by which they make their spoil-Of this,
the conclusive osldeace will be found in the
Richmond Enquirer Of the l0th inst, in a
production puFportInG to he an address from
the Van Buren, Central Committee here
In that address, il IL roundIy asserted that
you are a Federa!.st and an Abolitionist,
and that your friends in the South support
you, knowing that sou are SO. This state
ment is made here with knowledge of the
views entertained by the Wings of Virgin.
Ia as expressed IN the address 10 the PEG.
pie Of the State, pubIished by their Conyen.
ton, which was held in this city in tho
month Of February last, Of which send you
a copy by the mail Of this day. | regard
the charge therefore, as an inpudent false.
hood agaius, you, as it certainly is against
the Wings Of Virginia, at whom it is espe-
cially leVelied; aud if made by any anony.
nous scribbler in newspaper, might be
passed by with contempt. But as tho
charge is now put forth in an imposing
form, and the subject Of Abolition is one of
absorbing interest and paramount impor-
tance--aud as [ could not, and am sure
the Wings Of Virginia, and the South gen.
orally, would not vote for any Abolitionist
living TO be President Of the United States
Scarcely sooner than they would for a
Florida Indian and as have been placed
before the people of this State for the Office
Of EIector upon the Wing Ticket, have
thought ii due to you, TO the Wing cause,
and to myself, TO ask you 10 furnish, under
your own hand, your denial of the charge,
in 4 letter to me, which | may publish.
beg leave TO say, that the denial which
| expect will, in my opinion advance your
cause with all good and rejecting men
through the land but whether it will ad.
vance or iniure it, it is equally due to your.
self and 10 US that you should furnish it, as |
am satisfied that you would be as unwilling
to advance that cause by any fraud, as VIC
should be to be made the instruments, appa.
rently, or the dupes oi it. Be pleased.
therefore, to say to me, whether you still
entertain the sentiments upon the subject Of
Abolition expressed in your speech at Vim.
cennes, in 1885 ; whether you ever were
member Of an Abolition Society in Virginia,
and whether you have designated the Rich
mond Society an Abolition Society; and
what was your political connection, if any,
with The old Fedora. party.
With great respect,
am, sir, your friend, &c.
JAMES LYONS.
To Gen. w. II. lllrlis0Q.