Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1840-03-26

ALTERED his views. And so little was know
, among Us Of any regent manifestations on tn
: subject. and so little interest was felt, that 81
!, Industrious a collector Of facts as Judge Jay
found nothing to insert in The revised edition o
|. his "View," but statement by General Hdr
rison's friends in Virginia, IN 1886, that "h'
lis sound to the coren on the subject OF slavery
Atthe same time, reports, originating no one knei
. ,chere, and grounded on no one knew rhdi, were
.lcurrent among aholiliopis,s, that Harrison wa,
Iconsidered TO be favorable 10 our cause, tina
!. he was doubtless the least exceptionable of at
! 1.-The candidates, that he hated slavery, that he
,, had not said and would not do any thing Il
: strengthen slavery or hinder abolition, lha io
defeat Henry Clay and ger Harrison nominated
6 would be an abolition triumph, that he would
undoubtedly answer all our questions in such a
lwav that abuliionlsts could consistently vote
> for him. and so on"
The reports ''originaing no one knew where
land grounded on no one knew what" were IL.
ken from the southern tory press, which has
been for some time asSailng every 'chlg ~
pr0mineRce, as an aboilionlSt-0ilen by way
OF screening VAN BuREN's odous votes, pq.
cling black people upon equal footing with the
while population. Reports which were circu-
lated by thoss journals topreudice the south
ern mind against the wing cause, and forslall
public opinion by impressng upon 1t erroneous
and injurious opinions oil wing leaders. Bun 20
return to the EmancipotOr.
! That abolition organ, after remarking, that
1--WE may remark, however, that so far as we
are &C Iliainted, there was not single known
aboliionist present at the Harrisburg conven.
tion,' goes On to state that "lhere can he hut
one conclusion when we see such men as Ben.
iamin Watkins Leigh, OF Virginia, so cordially
the man Of their choice, and
" no was emnenlly the man Of their choice on
account of his devotion 10 The interests Of sa
very"
Again
"The southen delegates, on the other hand,
promptly and without reluctance, gave in their
adhesion TO Harrison because they were assur-
ed thai he was "sound TO the core" in thesIaye-
holders sense, and by uniting in him they run
no risk"
The Emancipation, after quoting passages
from General HARRIsoN'S speech at Vincennes,
when in the midst OF men supposed to be friend {
ly 10 the views Of the abolitonists, he boldly
denounced them measures as "presumplucuS {
and unconstitutional" says
"These extracts show, that SO late as 1856,
Gen. Harrison retained, with all its bitterness
The spirit of devotion TO slavery which had
marked his course, when in congress, fifteen
years before"
Markthe rancour OF the above quoiation.-
General HARRISON was known to have been
e tb, IL.
ling the Missouri question. One of three mem
'ers in congress from non-savehclding state,
Who rallied TO the succor OF the south, and
matched her institutions from annlhllatlon.-l
The venom OF the Emanoipator knows mol
ounds, when contemplating his.parriotic de-
otion to The constitutional rights of the slave
oding states upon that occasion in connection
With his more recent and eloquent defence Of
heir privileges.
We make another quotation from the Eman'
ipalor:-
"The Richmond Wing, the leading Harrison
,apcr IN Virginia, in an article on the same
1bject, JAM nth, refers 10 Ilarrson's merito,
ous services to slavery, in 1918, when llIl-
iois presented herself for admission as state
With aviriual recognition of slavery incorpora-
ed in her constitution. James TaIlmadge and
Marcus Morton opposed the admission, but
harrison sustained it on the ground olthe right
If state to adopt slavery, Notwithstanding the
ordnance OF SO. The Wing also refers to
darrison'S support of slaveryin Missouri and
he Arkansas territory, and mentions the ar
ynnent by which he attempts to Justify his
,ote on the latter question, where no consttu-
ional grounds could be alleged, He said the
south had equal right with the north to the new
erriiory purchased with The common treasure
81 the nation, and to abolish slavery in Arkan-
saS would shut out southern emlgrants. The
Wing says that al that day, carrlcaiures were
IN Ohio, representing Harrison in
he character of a negro driver. with his whip, |
following a gang of slaves in chains. II closes
by declaring, that the true issue before the
south now lies ''betweeh Il northern man with
southern feelings, and n southern man with
southern feelings"
Here we see The abolition organ making ex
racts from the wing southern press, to contirm
Is views OF. Gen. HARRlsoN's devotion TO the
rights Of The slaveholding states. This is one
II the objects in keeping up the discussion in
he south on the part of the tory journals
The northern loco-loco journals do not de-
lounce Gen. HARRISON as an aboltlonlst.-
They rely upon the. coalition withthe nboli.
onlsts TO carry some Of the northern states.
They consequently keep silent on The subject,
md leave their allies OF the abolition journals
o manage the lmaiics for them This is
rue expose ufthe tory tactics Upon this vital
question. II behaves the south TO know it,
md knowing it, rally to the support Of Gen.
HARRISON, who supported them in their utmost
reed. For this support he lost his election to
congress, has been denounced by the enemies
If the south, and is still denounced by those
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