Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1840-10-03

'... I'D i.-Hlf 90 .ts cl.lUGils WINS. NE .r c.-- F
l-.a..au laa,. ruuE me.
] lH 1-slsta at teu. 'gr+.g 10 slavery
rom rE earliest yga,a To- ,lr present moment, I
gave h.tn .1e ardent tl.rl aI human liberty. Al
Y. a-s g. eighteen BECAME A MEMBER
vi An ABOLITION SOCIETY. established
ai Richmond, ne object of which vas a anella-
rate Coz condition 10 Sayc,,aud procure thtIr iiee-
DOM BY every .ega. means. Myteuerable rueal
Judge Catch, ol Cl2.mout county. was also,
member Of ta.s Abolition Society, and has lately
gwen me certificate tha, was one. The obs.
cations mach then came under hare laiittt'.
'yPoloru.sL
WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON"
This was IN 1922, after the Missouri question
vas disposed OF IA Congress, and when General
HARRISON was about fifty years OF age. By the
certificate Of Judge Catch General Harrison pro-
we'd himself an AboIuoust. In 1922 he evident
Iy g.oHed m the nlme, and claimed credit for ha
wig continued TO perform the obligations under
which be came when be Joined the Abolition Sc
cieiy. A toe same time he remarked 81 have
been the means of hbera,ng many slaves, but ne
yer placed one IN bondage
In his Che,iot speech, delivered July 4. 1898,
Ger Harrison SAID
" Should be asked 1t there is no way By which
the Geueia, Government can and the cause oIemau-
cpatiun, | answer, mat has long been an object
near my heart % see the whole Of its surplus Itve-
uue appropriated 10 that object With ihc sanction
OF The States holding he slaves there appears to me
/ 10 be 40 constitutional objection telts being thus
applied embracing not only the colonization ut those
that may he otherwise free, but the purchase OF the
/ freedom Of 9th CrS. By jealous o. oSrcuiion al a
/ plan formed upon that basis we might Iook forward
I 10 a Day not very distant when North America
sun would not look down upon slave"
What is this but advocating the abolition Of
/ slavery In 1922, General HARRISON referred to
slavery as a blot on our national character, and
was opposed to the extension OF II within the new
/ States to be formed west of the Mississippi Two
/ years afterwards he referred to charge tia, he
was friendly to slavery as a caiumns-wben he
va, fifty years old he proclaimed and proved HIM.
| self an Northumberland that he had kept the
| VOWS he took when he joined the society, aud had
been the means OF hbemlIng many slaves. And,
as late as 1898, emancipation was an object
near his heGrt'-he was for approprlatng the
! whole surplus revenue 10 that oblect-and looked
| forward /" to day moi veIy dlstaul,when North
/ American sun would not look down upon a slave
when the scheme of abolition would be fully
consummated. What, but this, are the Tappans,
the GarrsonS, aud SHADES, conlendng for They
| proclaim slavery moral and political evil, and so
does HARRISON, They assert that slavery Impaus
our national character and so does lIartlSon.--
! They look forward, with hope that the day may
soon arrive when North American sun will
. not look down upon save,' and so does Har-
I Tho 'Ianp,,pp and 4 H.,
with liberae three millions of slaves without com.
pensatIng their owners but less daring Aboli-
uoulsls propose TO Purchase the slaves with the
funds Of the General Government. Both aim at
one oblect--lhe complete abolition of slavery il
the United States and the difference between
the classes Of AbolItonisls is not so great as may
be imagined Perhaps those who propose direct
iob5r,y, though more daring, are not so danger.
Gus as their discreet and wary associates. One
part Of the ruthless IacNou' propose nothing
shot Of FORCE, and the other would tempt yot
with money to consent to the demolition oC the
Constitutional barriers on which the security o.
your property and the safety of your wives anc
daughters depend
If General Harrison is opposed to Abolition
and will veto any bill abol,shng slavery in The
! tJtcUlCl Ol CDluiIlDlis us SOME Dl HIS Ilt'liiGd
iiends at the South assert, why does he not give
pledge to that effect as Mr. Van Buren, has done.
| Why adhere to the policy Of writing letters to the
abollllonsts of the north, and to the slave holder
of the SOUTH " not INTENDED lol the public eye p
When mterlogated on these questions Of para
mount importance to the south, by the Democra
TIC Committee Of Kentucky he replied that ro
thing could induce him to answer such nlefroga
tones coming from friends or foes !"
THE TARIFF question is one of great and
growing interest to the people el the South; as
an attempt in all probabitywill be made IN 1912
to alter the "compromise act" 50 as to increase
the protective duties. II is therefore important
that the opinions Of the aspirants to the Presideu
cy, on this subject should be known. Genera
Harrison having expressed no recent opinion, We
have to refer to those formerly expressed 10 ar
rive al some conclusion as to what bis views nov
are.
From 1916 to 1920, he voted for, and sustain
ed in Congress the tariff acts for the protection
of domestic manufactures. He has expressed
himself decidedly in favor Of the tariff Of 1928
the effects Of which produced the notification ex
element that came nigh scverng the Union
Ia the Legislature Of Ohio, be supported tie
following resolution:
4" Resolved, by the General Assembly Of lhc
State Of Ohio, that IN their opinion, the presen
pecniary embauassments Of the county, are It
a great degree, caused by want Of encouragement
and protection to Domestic Manufacturers; anc
that GOOD POLICY requires that such modI6 a
tons OF the tariff, on imported articles, be mme.
dately made as will stop that nundation Of For
eign Merchandise, which has destroyed Or sus
pended the operations Of the greater part Of the
man ulacturlng establishments Of the United
States" The yeas end nays being called HAIR
RIS0N voted N the affirmative"
IN 1891, in an address to an Agricultural soci-
ETY. in Ohio, he said
+" II may be asked whether, mdrany circum'
stances, would be wiling to abandon the Tariff.