Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1840-03-05

or Tuesl'y return 10 Washington.
We yesterday consigned 10 the grave "all that was
mortal oil our associate and friend VIM. ID. Hodges.
The procession was an imposing one, aud furnished
The best evidence oftle higl, regard entertained ft
his character, and Of the deep and universal regret ia
sri,ed by his sudden death.
RICHMOND, Feb. %, 1910.
Ever since il has been discovered that MIR. JET.
ierson, the great APOSTLE Of Democracy, is in reality
TIE anthor oi The proposition to appropriate the sur
plus revenue 10 the purpose Of purchasing and
co!onizing slaves, the assallants Of Gen. uarison's
Chesi"t speech have been comparatively dumb up
on that subject. They very naturally reason, thai u
proposition which recei,ad the sanction Of Mr.. JEFF.
sun, can never be regarded as very dangerous 10 HE
South. merely because ii was adopted by Gen. liar.
rison! Driven from tins ground, because ,hey
could not assail Gen. Harrison without aiming a
deadly blow at Mr.. J, tlerson. whom they claim as
their great teacher aud leader. the Administration
party are now eniravo,ing to coujure up o,her :. af
finiues between Ilarrisoni,m and Abolitionism."-
Among them, | observe in the Enquirer Of This
morning. copied from the "Philanthropist, an
Abolition paper printed in Cincinnati, a ~mutiaied
extract fiom a note said to have been addressed 10
that IA CRIB Gen. Harrison, in which tie General
says. AT the age Of Is, | became y member of an
"Abolirion Society established at Richmond the
object Of which was TO ahcliota'e the "conliliun Of
OF slaves, and procure their freedom, BY crery legal
means" l. is probable that Gen. Larson wrote
this nnte-but il is not equally certain that the
asterisks (tF*t) "lIicl separate the extract quoted IN
the Enquirer nom The name Of the sisner, do not
stand in the place q language which show. that
willie Gen. Harrison has always deemed slavery
ian evil" (as ] sup ose Mr.. Van Buren, does ais"
or he would not have been in favor of exclu ling
Missouri from the Union far lolerating it with
in her limlts,) he is equally opposed, (as he declared
in his Hioccnncs spccch,) to lie LEGENDARY, pre-
slmp,uaus and unconstitutional measures resorted to
by The Fanatics To ,fr1t lis abolition. Why IS not
the whole letter published BY the Enquirer ! Is the
latter rart rtetcrnitied because, so tr as he f'ghis
Of the Suuth are involved, it neuiralizes the muiila-
ted extract 1t isa common practice with law,eis
at the bar TO read from the books so much Of prin.
oiple or Of decision Us makes in favor Of their
client, and they are almost certain 10 stop at any
qualifying phrase which may succeed, nn'ess they
are detected IN the thick by their opponents. Tn
same course is doubtless pursued towards Gen.
Harris III in this particular instance. Just SO much
e his letter is quoted as shows his aversion to slave
ry; and that portion Of il is omitted, which, without
ever secingii, | venture to say, demonstrated his
firm adhctence TO the constitutional rights Of the
South, aud lis determination, If elected President
To maintain ,hem in'ioia,e. Such lrikcs are unwor-
thy of honorable men; and, when resurtcd 10, they
only show he desperation Of the Power party.
But even il the extract published were unmu,ila-
ted, we beg to ask in what Gen. Harrison's offence
AT the age of Is, the was a member OF
AN Aboli ion Sucie,y in Richmond, himself IA slave.
holder, and l'vit & in The midst of shareholders. the
object of VIII CHI was TO ''ameliorate the condition Of
The slaves, and to procure their freedom, By ertry
legal medhS.' 1.-THE object had been in itself crimi-
nal, lie youth of The offender might be pleaded in
extcnuation Of The act. But we shall resort to no
avoweJly to the use Of illegal MEANS" there was no.
thing Improper in the act, at that tine, wlieE slavery
was universally admitted, evcn in the slaveholding
STATES, TO tie ian evil' the removal of which was de-
sired by almost every man-Mr. Jefferson himself
being one Of The earliest and most active friends Of
emancipation! But even il This had not been so,
Gen. Harrison had not only been Of mature age,
but had run to"nter to the tide Of public sentiment,
how can The Richmond Enquirer complain, which,
so late rs tie year 1882, was itself IN favor Of CON
VERTlNG THE LEGISLATURE OF VIR-
GINA INTO A GREAT ABOLITION so
E moi for the purpose Of procuring the free
dom OF the slaves under existing laws,but Of enaciine
new laws which would have wrcsted them from their
owners, tven against their consent! With what
semblance of ~proprieiy can they objec, to Gen. Har-
rison, who but lately voted Tor James Mcdowell As
Governor. knowing lhathe was in favor Of "dbotish-
ing his property by ido," without the consent Of.
and without compensation to their owners! leave
ii for any man to say whether he is most to blame,
who, in 1895, pariook Of a general, # not puniveisal
feeling ofhostllty to slavery, or they, who, in 1889,
were in favor Of making the STATE LEGISLA-
TURE the most efficient ABOLITION SOCIETY
that ever existed in this county Let The impartial
decide.
II trus, the Commonwealth will not be bothered
much longer with Mr.. Rives"-says a letter from
the county in this IN rings Enquirer. | doubt
not this is the earnest payer Of " the party" gener-
ally, Mr.. Riyes bot ers' them more than they
more han they hate him-biaer as is their hatred.
Mr.. Rives's recent letter in which he traces, with a
pencil Of ligh', the ambitious designs Of the Ereeu-
iire, and the ail(ul means which have beer resoricd