Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1840-04-20
WHO Is THE ABOLITIONIST,

In ms Vlncennes speech, Gen. Harrson
Neither the States where slavery do.. '"'s'
'nor the Government of he Uni,ed 'M'
without assumption Of power and the y;ol,, W,
"a solemn compact, do any thing to rcp,ov. "
OUT ae consent oil those Immediately in,er..,.a :,
We ask, empha,icaiiy, is Ibis Abohtioajsm ~,
Aboiiilonist ever expressed such a sentin...
livery man north of the Potomac enler,;,.a -.
pinion, would not Aboli,ionism he virtually ~,
For who would be guilty Of The folly of asking O..
gress or the non-slayeholding States to Jo an :.
which they admitted that neither Of them en-, d.,
But the Abolltionists themselves deDounce G..
Harrison as a chief pillar Of the . Star, po,,,E,
even while the Southern organs Of Mr.. Van Hna.I
denounce him as an Abolitionist The =. r..u..
Pdtor,' (the same paper which iejoiced a, n.
o'ays delea, at Harrisburg, and upon which b,,
been pred Gated an argument in the South a,a,n.,
Gen. Har,ison,) says w declared the rei,,,;o.
oil Mr.. Clay 10 be a triumph o: Abolition; bu, (au
the beginning we felt assured that the nomipai,u
of Harrison and Tyler was a concession Ii, 9TH,
'ody-as definite an act Of subserriency 10 The .Slor,
Poi0er as has ever bern performed by any pa,ty."-
The Emaucira,or refers TO the assent given b, NJ,
Leigh and other Southern deleg ales to Hari,o.,.
nomination., aud 10 the tone of his Southern sun.
porters, as farther evidence that the Aboltio,i,,
have gained nothing iy his nomination., aud lh,D
adds, that the Southern delegates at Harrisbug
''ielt, tina, in giving up Henry Clay, they had onl,
sacrificed "A favofite man, but had rather gained bo.
lost in regard 10 their iavorite institution, (Slay., ,
which they love more than they do even Henry
Clay" The Emancipation is tight for once. Every
Southern does love the institutions and custom,
amidst which he has been reared, more than h,
loves no, Henry Clay osIy, but any other man: and
# the Wings believed that Harrison was opposed IN
them. not one voice would be raised in his behalf
South of Mason q Dixon's line-uo, one. The re.
marks of the Emancipa,or show lha, If Abolition
vengeance was %gratifed by the rejection Of Mr..
Clay. ii would have been sull better pleased if Har-
son also had been defeated.
A.ain: The Abolitionists of Gennessee. IN. "
have lately held a meeting, and resolved not to sun.
port Gen. HARRISON; and indeed every Abolition pa.
per in Mr.. Van Buren's Empire Stale S opposed Ia
his election Look, TOO, at the follow ing te.olu.
ton, adopted by the Anti-Slavery Convention Of
Western New York:
Resolved, That, 10 our opinion, Gen. Wm II
HARRISON ought not 10 receive The vote Of any fee.
man Of the Uniied States. for the Office of Pes.
dent thereof. because he has az ostarizeJ from IN.
talih OF b 5 father, one ot the sigoers of the DE.
claratIon OF Independence" aud habuuany made war
upon the most essential OF human rghts-lsf. in
urging the national Legislature 10 suspend The pro.
hibIllon oil slavery in The Northwestern Territory,
which he dd as President Of IA Convention held
therein in 1902 for the purpose Of introducing it
here. though the prohibition had been sulemuly
enacted by tie unanimous vote of The old contneu.
tai Congress, and ratified by the first Congress u-
der The new constitution, with only one dissenting
voice.
I'D, in giving his influence and his vote as
member ol Congress-, in 1919. IN favor of admitting
the State OF Missouri into the Union, with a pro.
VISION TO legalize slavery therein, and also against
a clause loI future emancipation therein, aud III do.
my the Same during the same year IN respec, Ia Ito
Territory of Atkansas.-3d, in maliciously mise.
presenting the abol'iionists and The constitution, 10
their prejudice, and to the injury Of the great rgi1s
oil Tree enquiry, freedom OF speech and vi The press,
in a speech delivered al VIncennes in 1885, 10
which, also. he in effect, encouraged The lawless vo-
lence OF mubs 10 suppress the movement Of lbs
abol'iionls's, though they were right and conslta'
tional, by declaring that they should be immedl-
ately stopped by the foIce of public opinion; and
that cannot 100 soon be brought into operaliOn."-
4th, IN authorIsing a committee Of his political
friends in Virginia, ~ 1885, Tor the sake OF procur-
ing HIM the support OF slave owners in the election
for the Presidency then pending, to say that
- lie was sound 10 The CORE on the sui Jet oisls-
very. 5ib, IN conserving this year TO be run asa
candidate for the Presidency, on a ticket which can
not receive a vote which is not at the SAM ZINE
given for a stakeholder, as Vice President"
Such is the language held towards the dishn'
guished Hero Of Tippecanoe, by the Abolitionlsa'
at the very momen, that the hireIing friends oil The
Missouri Restrictionist in the South are s"earin!
that he is himself al Abolitionisl and The AbolltI n
candidate foi he Presidency
1t may be asked, will the Abolitionists support NJ
Van Buren, We can't tell. We should Moth |
1t very unnatural, however, il those who object 10
Gen. Harrison on account Of his vote against tho
Missouri Resslric,ion, should support, in preisTr.
ence to him, Mr.. Van Buren,, who voted for that 10
stnction
Besides, Gerrit Smith, the leading New Yok
Aboliiionisl, whom the Van Buren, member is olihs
New York Legislature lately voted for as I. s.
Senator, in opposition TO Mr.. TalImadge, declares
IN a letter recently written to Mr.. Gates, a member
o! Congress, that he has "nore points of affinity
with the Van Buren, than with The Wing party, aa
that, for 'strong reasons he should deeply re-
grel the asccndancy Of the Wings, Why-iV Van
Buren, be not more acceptable 10 the Aboliiion'"
than Harrison?
A word 10 The wise, il is said, is sufic,ent-so"
leave these stubborn trutl s To the contemplation "
our readers.
" We invoke The attention Of the people TO ''
letter oil John NJ. Bots, Esq. in this morning pa