Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-07-03
No. IG.--yOLJ ME NXXyIi.

the .hbolItionisls by the Wings. and he (Ar. Brown
had seen some Of them, in winch Dir. Calhoun stated
that Genera! Harrison was wish rs Che Abolition
istSl aud would % all lengths, and that he Mr.. Cal
noun, had this fton authority which was understood to
mean General Harrison himself. But al The end OF the
letter was this remark: 'Alaae such use OF tins rs you
think best, but do not let 1t set INTO the papers! This
was sent by n member Of Congress, TO induce US TO be-
Ilcve that HARRISON was an Abolitionist, and ought 10
receive our support. But ii must not gel INTO the pa
pers. Oh, no! That would hurt Harrison with the
Shareholders! It was wrong TO deceive rs, # Il was
not 50. | have also understood, said Mr.. Brown, that
there WAS another letter in circulation, from a great
man IN Ohio, who certified that he knew General ilar-
rISon was an Abolltcnist; bat ! could never see 1t. II
was TO be kept from the press. SIR, liberty has nothing
20 gain b. the election Of Martin Van Buren,, so far as
the slave is concerned; but h" is open and manly IN
ms course. But this course Of General Harrison Is too
mean 10 be thought at.
REMAEKs.-A pcruSal Of this sketch shows the pre-
sent posture Of the Aho!itionists in regard to the Pre-
sidential election. M mite in Announcing Mr.. Ian
Baun as 1rh0Ly init for heir pnTEoScS. 4 portion
prefer MIR. Birney, one otthc founders Of their society,
and nj present 4 delegate IN London at the Worlds
Convention Of .Abolltjonists. But the greater part
prefer Harrison to BlTncy rs more "~raadJie, and as
having given secret pledges, which are considered
''g00d crid'Ncc If Fundamental chaRgs in his former
views of the subject, VIZ those contained in his Vim
ccnurs and Chcylot specrEcS, his letters 10 MIR. Berrren
aud Siou, and other private letters t. his friends IA the
South. The sketch Of the debate furnishes the posi-
| i've PROOF OF iIc ittE. ABEL bIfWn, WHOM the | OSL
charactcri7cs as a .'respcctthle Baptist Clergyman, OF
unimpeachahlc vrracily," that hlr. Calhoun's letter
was used 10 saiiSiy the society IN his district, that there
was ''@oOd triLcacc 81 n fnadamcaGi chaHge IN Har-
risou's former views, which viii justify them in sup
porting him according To the terms OF their resolution.
Mr.. Leayitt, of New York, uhc Abolition Editor OF
the Emanc;pator, who preferred Brrney, because he
believed Harrison TO be acting a double partO gresthc
most distinct evidence OF tie existence Of another Sc
cret miSsivc FOR Harrison, which is going the rounds
privately AMONG the AholtIon's,s Of New York.
Mr.. Leavitt says: '.ir. Ga,S al .Ttr York had rrit-
ten a icn,r, ~hjch he C.Vr. LcoriJ had S.eH, affirming,
from tGciS within lis arm k0ow!cdg6, NGt NaEis0n h:d
rkGRgcd hS opiDt0HS IN .~iboiiijoa .incc his spr1ch ar
IincrnncE, 0ad his Checim ]orGtion, ~hich Is q"Oi'd by
.rr. Rjses. IN his ictcr IL Mr Iir@iniaRS, 10 prOrc HTr-
riS0H 5 pso.$i"r.ry.
Mr.. Gates : one Of the most avowed AboIiiionsts N
FConrrcss. He IS the only man ot the Joint fcdcraland
Abolition party in TIE House Of Representatives who
would venture Ia contradict the disparag'n NJ remarks Of
Naddv Thompson IN regard 10 the Abolitiomists.
While Slldr and Adams, and all the rest, sat mute,
and, for party purposes. permitted Mr.. ThomrsomS
idea 10 70 abroad, undcncd, that the Abo!rt'onists had
really no sincere friends to their cause IN toe House,
Mr.. Gates stood their solitary champion. And now he
is llarrison's champion among the Abulitionists. He
tells them that "iIarrison has otaHgci his opinions
on .iLoiiioa since his speech AT IiHrcTHrS and las Che
riot ]Orntioa.' Now We call on Hr. Gales To say whe-
Their he has written any such letter rs that described by
his brother .Aboltionist, Mir. laavItt. II he does
not uDlY Wy. l'iSitl y S'itcNiGIt, II !lhl,t w
a. true. If he DOES not deny II, the inference is IT.
rcsisiialc that he dareS not deny it. Mr.. Gates ~
kuo%n to he in favor Of the election of General
Harrison. lie s"rs that General Harrison has writ.
ten a letter to the Kentucky Wing committee, in
which he refers 10 the NinCcdncs or Chevlot speech,
rcpu5lishcd by Alcssrs. Todd and Drake, and de.
clarcs that he could not be an honest man and allow
the publication 10 20 ont with his sanction, u he had
chdngfd his opiHioa. If Mr.. Gates, then, being a friend
TO HARRISON, could deny that he had written q letter
ia mako ihp ,iur-FSSInu Mat HARRISON Ill Tn1nUpt
his opinion, he would, for public, If not for private
considerations, deny It. While the Gncuntradictet
testimony of an unimpeached witness gives assurance
that Mr.. Gates "haS facts within his own knowledge,
proving that Harrison ''hGd cdGRgcds3S opinions,
and While Harrison himself assures the public, that,
If this he true, he cannot, under present circumstances,
BE- considered n" hnmfSi nun, what must the public IN
fer 10 regard to llr. Gatcss motives, if he stands mute
Is Il" wIIliag to let the strong suspicion rest upon the
public mind that Harrison is, through him and other
Abo!riionsls, seeking to impress the belief in one sec
ton o: the country that hc has changed his opinion.
and IS favorable 10 Abolition, while, through the Ken
turky Committee, he cautiously cndeavors TO make .
different impression in another quarter: In other
words, is he willing that tie suspicion shall rest on the
public mind, that the man whoin he supports for the
Presidency is not an honest man, but a hypocrite
If Mr.. Gates has written nothing 10 persuade the Abo-
ltionists that Harrison inclincS 10 their cause, by II
frank and candid statement OF the whole truth, he may
cXomcratc himself and Harrison from the inference
which must otherwise exist, that there has been a con
spiracy between them TO practice deception upon The
North and South, IN regard 10 his real attitude Oh
the Abolition question. Dir Gates will not, we trust,
he less ingenious than Als, Calhoun, "f Massachusetts,
We hope he wll he more 30, and without hesitation
give 10 the public eye whatever he may have written
10 influence The popular vote in his district on 4 subject,
in regard To winch, II seems Harrison has authorized
his friends in the West to make n publication for tho
avowcd purpose Of operating on The election III that
section. II the modes Of operation are consistent, It
viii rebound to the credit Of the parties conecrned.-lt
they are not, is il honest in Mr.. Gates to AID Harrison
IN carving on Il clandcs. ne system 81 "lrctionecring
IN the North, and to keep this Inconsistency from the
knowledge o' the people: Is it a part of the under
stanGin. with A.5olitionists that the pledges TO them
are to be held IN srcras", while the Southern support
rrs Of Harrison are = have the privilege Of making an
omen d;spli: Of their private correspondence with
Harrison. and 9th" declarations they cNtort from him;
Are Evans, Gates, Calhoun, and other Abolition Re-
representatives., 10 stand mute, while Lyons, Bcrrien, tho
Kentucky Committee, and others oil the Southern sido
Of W~higgery, talk OUT
u~,rnrSoX h G3o /. Il II MAINE.
Proofs multiply daily Of the thorough union of the
Abolition fanatics with the Harrison party; and from
the rapid developments now making, il Will be hardly
worth while for Federalism - keep on the mask long-
er, unless ii desires 10 make itself ridiculous as well as
dctestcd.
In further proof Of the IDENTITY Of Harrison Federal
ism and hh"litionisT, we sujirin an extract from The
Portland (blc) Weekly Advertiser Of the 9th inst, n
Harrison prpcr,D publishing the proceedings of a Har-
riSon meeting in NInct, Maine:
"UIiiG MEETING IN nlE0T.
ssAt a meeting Of the friends oI Harrison. in MiDot,
1t the Town House, on the 31th day of May, lc4G,
Benjamin Johnson was appointed Chairman, and Jno.
March, Secretary.
THE committee, through Jabcz C.. Woodman, re-
ported the following resolutions, wb:cl. were adopted,
unanimously:
sThat the refusal to receive the PETITIONS or A Go-
LrTlosisI> on the part Of Firril ID. Parri-, and all other
members Of Congress, who voted for that gag law, ~
equally as tyrannical as the sailc conduct was in the
British Kirg, when lie rejected the petitions Of orr
s~orriathcrs wrihouta hearing.
'sReSoirrd, That the declaration Of the President Of