Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-06-23
Va, TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 1910.
From the Crisis.
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rvsry ct,rt has been made TO prejudice the South AGAINST y.
Van Biren. In these efforts none has !, been tsal '% r%n,r " = 'M Ir was an
I"i;,inrit Ills honest revelations on Tins SUBJECT q'l'I'u nv
.i,uG ds,"" Then he opposed the admission Of Missouri without ="
,, a.,;n =. IN slavery. The proof is, that Mr.. Van Buren,, o ~ o
cn.S,inn of power between the slaNeholdlne ana am nv tn"'" ".
STAT. made no decided objection 10 the Resolutions, 81 ins. n :. -"
~ nM ,s '"' York Legislature in 1919 against Missouri, because ne
Wi; knew such objection would have been l,a!l.rs., np 'nin nm"
resolutions lie gave no vote, for the l+si>lhlaIS W" o. nnnny",
The n,sscl without division or u count. Sh"rtl! atsi' :
= Hare meeting was gotten up at Albany to eve tom nv ~
- - nnorrrIinrs; in other words, To express opinl"hs.m p''Si>t
~ !. NV . The instructions 10 MIR. King. Mr. Van Buren, wa,
not ,n nsf cemm - ,mt /" drait an a addmss-amd when that address was
prrsrntrd 10 him, he refused to sign IT. III y 4 pmr, NV ho" !"
co,ciu.iyrly thai the proceedings against Missouri, III ms NINA
were not free from difficulty. General Harrison hnWrrrri w. W., ~.
%.,.d' The whole question hy the amendment he proposed III IN,
House Of Representatives. for which he was severely sills - "
our own T. I. Barbour, then a 'nslnnsr md,"' - nhIn nrom",ly. no
inIL, on account of hi opposition To lc 'Nt"h''1n ~ ~
m VI ai ~" inlrrctng the United states Senator from that STATE
n onnn.c The admission III Missouri wt aGd."nt-l, ! uc ~, ,n non
Wiz, with a knowledge Of these facts, has me coid,nI"1Gen
I'M "mI to draw = d<advamtag"ou- comparison OF Mr.. Van
Rurrr with General Harrison on this interesting nctH>'"h.-i nr
neat effort To create a prejudice against N,; ."', hu,n, m"n ;p e
",,, ~. took in the proceedings of the New YORK Convention
in h" ls2I. in regard to the right of suffrage I" blacks. ms "i
charge i continually rakcd ny, Whenever ",Is,s ~, En .", ",,,. ~
prrfIrn their office. 4 brief statement will put ihs whole matter
IN liz proper light lis true, that Mr. Van Buren, "i VOC, +" 'tflh'
ont the word white, - and why: because "hhtr me "a, "n'i ~
tuition, All the negroes voted, and the political friends "i IN" IL.
Wing and Mr.. Leigh wished 10 defeat the adoption OF The new on"
before The people, in order that they might continue I" exercise the
sane right TO the same extent. This was IN part the reason why Nj.
V. L. voted Ia strike out The word white" VIZ. '. !. was ~ "a
yor of restrictions a 10 the right of suffrage Ia blacks, IN order 10
procure the adoption OF other important principles ~ the new Con
sutWlUN. Tie hntW III JttVlf" tlt NV pi'Ea'' w . t"'
SION, and that such exclusion would hc fatal. The FedGrallSts
knew the same; and hence the natives for the opposite conduct ~
The Convention. As further proof, that Mr.. Van Buren, wa- IN Ia
yor Of this restriction, he approved the report from y committee TO
which The subject had been referred, making the right OF suffrage
almost universal Ia the whites. and rHnrln. OF The blacks tial
voted n qualification II 500 clear at membranes. M. fhS'-
wo,J objected Ia the report. and proposed the sum ui 800. a. the
qualification. Mr. Van Buren, voted against this amendment
This il enough 10 prove, that he never voted 10 give BLACKS ,nt
diminish thai rigIt-Proor or thi, may liz found in The perfect una
marty, with which the vote of New York and al The Northern,
Eastern and Western nnu-laveholdrn. States was gwen against
Mr. Van Buren,. BESIDES, III l. natural that Federalism, nndrrrai-
ing, as il always has done, the p"pnlar Intelligence, should be ~
favor of extending the right of suffrage to ncsrnr" rs a means "i
enlargiGg The basis for wealth ami money Ia operate on ne la.t
effort 10 add 10 this prejudice originated the other day WIN John ".
Bolts, a member OF Congress from this District N thc snap. 81 a
resolution Of enquiry into the proceedings OF a certain Court Mar
tml held on board a I. :. ship "i war ~ NE ha! "i r'n.ar"ia'
concerning certain clt1r.r@ against III. o.. W.. ZOO 'l 'h' .ch.H:-
The riaTg", a drawn from these proceedings, ana a q lDr'h III
ihe Wing "f The lrh, c!ilrrialIy, and b. a Congressional Core
ponirnt : none Other, W. d 'nli mol, thHn t" li9a. ". L'i'. "n'
sells, that W. Van Ii1rn hAs sanctioned and approved ihc m
trudrctnn aud reception Of negro testimony a.iia., whlt" F.f''H,
IN tie S"uih, III violation 81 ~" ana .,'..-,"i, 'u'n,,"',. ny
ihrr evidence .. III disposition /" "ie'ai" blarS. tolhe level OF
fui humhue. Every thing connected with II, viii ~ dniht shortly
appear in the shaP, Of a r1p"t, from the Navy Department TO Ton
ed u> ly a gentleman, received from Nr. paUllins during III" past
Spring, winch, Of itself, cNcuipaIr- The President, and disSipates
Navy nsrAnrnrsr, April -, 1870.
Sn-Your application of the Isl inst. for Il copy OF thu proceed
mcs in the case Of Lieut.. Geo. Mason IIoo", was answered on the
nh, and YOU were informed that the Clerks of the Department
WEI. : entirely occupied with the current business, that II was
,lnun,.sible 10 coiaply with your request without neglrctinct the in
di$!cn>ahle du;ir> ii their desks; hgt that any person you lr,ah,
designate should have access 10 the files for the pirr'sc OF making
a COPY. | can only say in reply 10 your litter Of IN" l2h instant
renewing your request, that the same reasons tAs' 10 prevent 4
compliance with your wIshrn.
II would seem, howrvrr. that a brief statement OF some Of the
facts IN THIS case j. necessary 70 prevent erroneous impressions
and The attachment II c"n>Trr where u i mui deserved.
In the first niIrc, II Is proper L. state. That ih' hdhI'',''n nl thf
d..rriu;ica of testimony objected 10 by Mr. IloOr, i Il nni"rTsaI
pracEicc nn board nlr ships Of war.
The objection of Lieut.. Ilpoc was, that these persons were IN
competent br The laws Of Florida Ia testify against 4 white hta,
and should IN like manner be- excluded from t"siiytig Oh Courts
Martial. The Court Martial wlICl! was held on b"srt q y. :. Shi
ot rar ~ me bay II Pcr,ac"1i, aud cotnro~cd rfinclpaiiE 81 ON
c..rs horn in .IarrloFiRs STATES, uvrrnird the objection, and ad-
United the testimony. This decision was ~" donbt Ihha" ~ NJ
.-.J ,b,, -, It.nuaI fear pfn LEGAL nature, which could uNli
exist by a law Of Congress, was shown.
II would appear unnecessary To consider THIS objection, ior
annrhrr very j,nunr,aut reason, which Is, that IL Is apparent from
the face oi III" proceedings that the evidence of IN" negroes ma!
he ,y,irf'J r-;rteg without, aF,rtn. the sentence OF the court
The testimony of the other witnesses examined on ne tlh, wa;
! ahundantly sufficient ~ produce the same result.
/; i. moi deemed necessary 10 GO further INTO thiS subject 'Hai
mC rely 10 add, that the Prc>iicn; had nothing 10 do with ih'
! CONT or ns proceedings. I'll" Judgment OF the Cont was ap
! oroyrd. ard carried into effect rs the order OF tins Department.
Tho onnroy,l or orIniun Of any higher power was not necessary.
am, very respectfully,
/ Your obrlicmt servant,
], II. PAILDISG.