Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-06-23

hcresy which should be secuted down by every good
and honorable man-that ~rcpudiate all their schemes
and all communion with then-l believe Congress has
no power TO abolish slavery in the District of Columbia,
and ri elected, will go INTO the Presidential chair the
initexible and uncompromising opponent Of any attempt
on The part oil congress to Interfere with the subject III
the District OF Columbia or the States where it cxists:3
Does he use language like this? language, that might
naturally have been expected from one who was not an
AbohtioniSt or the candidate of Abolitionists. He is
afterwards told too, that I" the denial which expect
will, III my opinion, advance your cause with all good
and rejecting men throughout the land; but whether
Y VIII advance or inlure II, It is equally due to your
self aud TO US that you should furnish it, as am salts.
tied that you would be as unwilling to advance your
cause by any fraud, as we should be to be made the in
strumenis apparently or dnpes Of it, Here, If the
Eieci"r had cut short, the General might have found
himself in a position not i little EMBARRASSING one
winch would have rendered Unnecessary for him TO call
on his committee to reply, that il was the policy of the
Generals friends that she should make no further de-
claratlons for the public eye but he goes on rs il were
~purposely 10 relieve tie General from any embarrass-
ment on the subjcct-"Be pleased, therefore, to say to
me whether you still entertain the sentiments upon the
subject 0! Abolition expressed in your speech at Vn-
cennes IN 1888 whether you were 4 member of an
Abolition Society in Virginia, and whether you have
designated the Richmond Society as an Abolition So
ciety; and what was your political connection with the
old Federal party At first, it was certainly the intcn-
ton OF MIR. Eiector Lyons Tor if not his intention, the
letter will certainly bear no other legitimate construc-
tom to draw out from General Harrison on the sub
lect of Abolition something more than his Einccn-
mes speech; but the still small voice Of Harrison $
observation-disclosures whispered in his ear that policy
required the General to make no further declarations
for 1.-The public eye" and true to the instinct that ami
mates the s'party without principle, the purpose Of
drawing out the Wing Candidate is abandoned, and the
whole correspondence comes before the country 4 mise
rablc farce, an attempt to gull and deceive, and fur
nishing another to the many proofs which already ex-
list of the contempt, in which the popular intelligence is
h.lH hp In thIrc lf hA,p hnaS mara rr,S
reply 10 this letter: Does he comc out with the manly
avowals before suggested: Does he endorse his Vim
cennes speech in u manner to convince Abolitionists
he is not one of them; Does he not shuttle and pre-.
varicate; In fact, does he not refuse 10 endorse his
NIncenncs speech, and can any Southern man be salts
fled with his answer But an endorSation of that speech
will not be satisfactory; II existed when 1t became the
"pohcy Of the Generals friends to make no farther de-
clarations for the public eye He ran on the same
ticket with the AbolltionIst Granger, at the last PrcsI-
dental election, after this speech was delIvered-Hc is
now openly supported BY Abolitionists, on The ground
that he is an Abolltionist, and he must Come out clearly
and decidedly against them-but how does the Ge-
neral reply Awaiting himself of the tilnldity mani
tested by MIR. Lyons, he overlooks the whole letter,
calculated to make. a serious impression and dis
courses in this wise about the Ninccnnes speech
.'For | cannot (says he} suppose my personal friends
and connections III my native State could think that |
was less a gentleman or an honest man than those ar
dent politicians farther ~SoutIl-Stanly, Afford, lie.
-HlNN " N ll-, 49, ~ Nv ' 'NNA y ~ s'.fN
ed that | could not suffer my EincenncS speech and
others to be quoted by my friends 10 SHOW my opinions
on the subject Of Abnlitionisin, If dad not hold those
opinions at this time. This is truly udicrous.-The
Wing candidate is called on by n friend to deny that
he is an A.bolltionist, and he replies by saving, that he
is as much of a gentleman rs Stanly, and others IN
the S~outh-tlat "they take II for granted he IS no
Abolitionst-and therefore cannot be, because he IS a
gentleman, and permits them 10 quote his Nlncennes
speech. Such stuff as this ought TO disgrace a school
- Al L.. -. thn nl.-.ut ,nn ,plNrh
is held up BY Mr.. Lyons and the Wing Press as a evan
gushing of his enemies 4 vanqursning certainly
worthy of such a hero. Bnthow does the 'Old Hero
dispose of the other enquiry about his having sad IN
le22, at the age Of Is, that he was a member OF an
ABOLITION society. "lf did use the term abolition
instead Of Humane, 1t was from iorgc';ulncSs. Is 1t
possible that any lapse OF time could make 4 man Tor
get the name and nature Of a society of which he had
been a member: Bat let that pass. 1t matters not
whether il was a ~"iiumanc' or "AbolitIon Society =
He appealed 10 the fact in l722, that he had been a
member Of an Abolition Society, and proved II by Judge
Catch, in order to court the support ofthe Abo!htonlsts
this he neither denies nor cxplains, and IL must there
fore be true-in tins he admits then he was an Abolition
ist, and the Aboltionists use ii at the North. According
10 the argument of the General about the Vincennes
speech, he must approve this. Gates, a member OF
Congress, in a letter 10 his constituents, appeals to TINS
address as a proof of Harrison 5 AbUlitionlSm. liarri-
son admits that Harrison IS as much OF a gentleman as
Gates, Slade, Adams or Characterization Harrison Is
an Northumberland Harrison endeavors still to
get rid Of the charge Of Federalism, but IN VAN
It Will stick 10 hun Ike the shirt OF Nessls. A
man who is ultra Federal III all his notions OF Con.
stitutional law-who is supported hr the Bank, Tariff,
Internal Improvement and Abolition paTticS-who
took Office at the hands Of both the Adamscs-
need never expect 10 make the country believe he
is no Federalist. 1t is worthy Of remark, that Har-
rison is invariably called on by his friends to testify to
his own Rcpublicanism, when charged with being a Re-
deralist by those opposed TO him. Now, it is u well
known principle OF law and Justice, that no man should
be permitted to give evidence for himself. Harrison IS
charged with Federalism, and his votes, speeches and
acts are exhibited. He is Immediately said by some one
10 be a Republican, and Harrison himself comes in to
swear to its truth. Every act Of his life proves hun a
Federalist; and if, by the ialsclood, misrepresentation
and humhugs now in daily use, he should ever be e!e.
waited to the Presidency, Republican Democracy will
receive u blow from which it Will perhaps never reco-
yer without The horrors of 4 Revolution. Gen. II. says
in the conclusion of his letter, though requested tor
publication. 81 do not wish what | have SAID above TO
be publishcd: but have no objection the facts should
be stated and reference made to me as having furnished
them" How much caution IS here manifested, and
how much like the secret influence through Abolition
circplors that led TO his nomination at Harrisburg
Don't publish what say, but merely refer to ut and
rive me UP as authority. The whole country IS Hooded
with these. secret letters, with injunctons not to pub
isl, them. Was the country ever called on before TO
subrl, 10 such degrading acquisitions, 10 supports can
didatc who dare moi speak ont-who is afraid to have
published what he writes: Never! never! The posi-
ton Of Mr.. Elector Lyons IN tins unfinished poI'''ca'
drama is truly characteristic OF Southern "h'ggery
At ,his time. lie the prospect of your cleo
ton increases, the heart Of the patriot rcvives, Nc
therefore, you should come out more fully on Abolition
Thus, in effect, saying you have not already done So
But the General does not seem to appreciate thiS sort
of PATRIOTISM, or to enjoy the prospect alluded to,
and refuses TO come out more fully; but says, am a
uren,Ieman,' and therefore would not permit stam'y to t.!
quote my speeches if did not approve them; Ih,s, rs
the amount of the "Old liero's' reply-and a pretty
renlv il is. if reply it can be called. What subject IS
there upon which the General speeches, letters, votes
and NJ, va,e assurances may not be quoted on both
sidcss-xor ONE. He ccrtaimlyh has two sets OF opinions
one for the South, and another for the North. roor'
Mr.. Lyons, he is indeed content with small iavorS; no
,hinc but a sense of the mos, lmportunatc ego''ain or
consummate vanity could ever have induced The pub
LEGATION Of 50 ~impolitic and nonsensical an ahatr as t.,S
momcat0uS correspondence. 1t truly inaicates ~ 'i-
len fortunes Of Whiggery.
Put IS there no other reason, why the Wings should
not be satisfied with this letter of Gen. Harrison $,
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