Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-06-05


To .nessrs ID. Gacvnne, o. NJ Spencer, Rufus Hodges,
and John c. fright, Confidential Committee Of Gen.
Wm. IT. Harrison.
GESrLEMEY: The attitude in which you appear be-
fore the public and the highly responsible trust you
have voluntarily undertaken, justify me in addressing
This letter TO yo rather than to Gen Harrison Indeed
should be wanting in respect to you, and should nt
mate doubt of your veracy, were PROFOUND inter-
rogatories to him on whom you have imposed silence
You say, you have gagged him without his consent;
that without consulting his wishes, you have denied
TO him the privilege, enjoyed by every other citizen OF
This Repnblic of expressing freely and publicly his
opinions on ali political subjects No doubt you have
done this for great wise and patriotic purposes iad
YOU not appropriated TO yourselves the whole crea OF
The deed. he might shine in ai.er ages in the an
mails of History for this pententia act of seltdcnla
as ssblessed martyr in The cause of human liberty
Like lust and honest men, however, whilst claiming
the merit the act you also assume It's whole respon
sblity You undertake to relieve Gen Harrison OF all
censure for policy dictated by yourselves invoke
the public to visit IFS Indignation Your own PERSONS
should it dsapprove the policy pursued by h'm
The reason you assign for imposing silence on your
candidate for the future that his views IN regard 10
all the important and exciting questions OF the DAY
have been heretofore given to the public fully and
g explicitly" My purpose in writing to you IS to en-
ouire whether the annexed extracts from the puoic
press contain true expostons of the General Opinions
and whether they constitute part OF the
Of principle for the public eye
.adly Last autumn during the sessions of the American Anti
Society CITY, resolution was presented Calling o
distinct nominations of President and Vice President rey
respectable Wing Abolition Editor from The sHnef P o o
ourselves among others, that he had recently nen az ui
ndn he was authorised say the General fully coin
cdcd with Aboionsts in their doctrines ana T
oey we do not But that the General auo
the statement be made we nave no @ gentleman who
was the medium of the communication ;, te.so,,r
Letter 10 The eftke HarrentOn prgnG) :fersonnan.
IN
society," who travelled with General lew @ h ~.
o on, on the subject of Abolition that he expressed himself
freely tina, topic and ha s Raned his vote
upon the question admitting Missouri INTO he unE
So,s "a seeosdnaee with The Of that STATE
but intaed that he voted against ms Se in The West
and boased would support Of the Dd am her
All this in the presence Of tha, he was tho
roughly and radically Abolhionist. .ha b.-,e that
You saw tive cannot help expressing the nN,e ma
our friends in the South VIII receive .e annsd,uee
Gen Harrison with something like generous dsn
When they (Southern friends) reflect upon .'e
u;sbed inteilpence and character OF the ConVentoh
which placed him in nominatlon-no" ao.y "a o..;nn
rests, and especially those OF their or
represented, &c. DC NO W TVa0s santhern folks
have a great deal of "generous commence UNI . ~
sentime Mt about us; and you ere right w t n
to appeal to these traits in CIR character srnat oId
nimity will dictate 10 MS to forgive ahu -
ecsgse we refused to do SO four years ago. to
him the very man for the South, because @
the whole baotng Harrisburg did ID not .nb gee o
Southern rote; to believe him souno on in the
Abolition, because there were MH'y c 60 o.ro mast
hs wSg friends at the North they have
mo, tooeiher in Conventions in State Leg'su'u.L,
in have sd wns ;,b the S a5o
of Abolition agitated, to take slaes
on because all the Bank ho the
in such matters to him on 1 hs
subject of the Tariff and Internal improvements