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

Cnn.t;tuents, Of five respectable members Of Con
oress. without substantially eXClatming Let there be
more light Mr. Calhoun must no" come "ut-""1
publish his own letter, il not insist upon hr. Evans
nrbE-hiuo Cen. Harrison s.-Ihe Genera! Should be
The frs, 10 call for the publication. lie drsctalms all
false colors. In his letter 10 Mr. Lyons, he THINKS It
IiucompatiJle with the character al a gentleman, ana III
III. le,ter 10 the Kentucky Committee OF Three, he de
cI,res Il to be Inconsistent with an honest man. Let
rs then have the document. We trust that the veal
will be withdrawn, and the letters published
' H"EE i LiGI i"I
"Alessrs. Jameson, Boyd, steenrod, iurncy, and BY.
mum. in their address to their constituents, winch we
Law before our readers, bring to the light facts that
dcvelopc some of the motives for the adoption o! The
non-committal policy by the Harrisburg Convention,
and which, no doubt, operated IN the selection OF The
Federal candidate. The facts now disclosed show That
.no declaration Of principle for the public eye was to
be made pending the present canvass, because a secret
system Of imposition on the different scots and sections
OF the country had been determined upon, as promising
most success. a candidate was, Of course, selected who
was, willing TO lend himself to iists scheme o: deception.
/ was moi difficult for General HARRISON 70 play The
part, for he had been placc-huai"r through i'tr, ana
had learned the art of seeming to /" all 'nin-s, I" a.!
men, as the only means OF success TO one OF ms narrow
faculties.
allow promptly he entered into the views Of The Con
vrntion IN REGARD 10 the secret management, - son
in the letter, revealed IN the address ot l " E!rnlrts
from Missouri, Kentucky, Virginia, Tennessee, and
North Carolina. IiarrSon's nomination was III Dcr"nA.
! her. In January, ne Wiz =" '''1' ~ -''' i''''' "a
member from Name, (Which has gene all lengths "'th3i
Shade in his Abolition u0vcnentSLn Congress- telling
him that he belonged al! his lie TO an Abolition Society,
and still adhered 10 ITS principles; that he might us"
the letter but Il was not to ret INTO TIE newspapers.
uow il was used npou the Abolition Society Of Spring
field. the letter Of MIR. Calhoun of Massachusetts 10 the
brethren in his district, makes PLAN enough. No nan
can doubt but that the samc secret use OF 1t was mad. ~
Nj. Sladc, MIR. Gates, and every other Aoohtionls' IN
both branches of Congress. HARRISON saw the necessity
,r IN. uuirk and secret aDDpal 10 me aDOiIlipa!St>-
Thev we're flushed with their success III COMPRISING tie
rejection of Mr.. Clay for his "Pr0-siarcry SP1Grh, as
they called il. If convinced that Harrison was mem
her of san .!bohtiOR S0cUCtH-wasi IN heart wIlh Them,
however he might have been induced to throw out de-
rcratory remarks for political effect, would be a SuMI-
cicnt bond Of union; il was thought, to ensure tIr'F Sup
port of his nomination. To strike whIc the IRON VAS
hot, was then the policy Of HARRISON ; friends ihrtai'
rcr was that the Abo!itioniStS might set up u canG'data
for themselves, and organize as a 1istihct parry
Hence, Harrison was Instantly written t" Tor private
letters, giving assurance OF has membership wan an
| Abolition society, to preventive separate organiZdiioa 81
the Abolition societies against hm. And lie "h"r'H:d
never find time TO wr.,ca public letter to the Abolition
ISIS. from 1884, when he was first Interrogutcd, up 70
the present hour, could answer vi, Evans ny d pL'f"'
IIn2cr, not for .'the public eye, by the return mall
THIS was used cticctuaIIy to prcrcHtih me .Np"iiunh "I can
iyl,ion araiust him. This being effected, Gen. Harrison,
ION tho Isl June. writes a letter tu iir. Lyons 81 Ntc.l-
mnuG, .not TO be pub! she'd, telling hiin ti4l, ~" c"ha
scarce bel eve that lie had ever sad he hat lo'irG IN
Abolition Society! He Thought It wa' liup's>'.'" nc
had ever used the term .~ibOtnOn although he mad
rscJ !. IN publlshed address. to catch .Aho!uo. yora,
m Ia, and had appended a certificate OF Judge Ga'elL
to prove the fact, a. asserted 10y h'in; and n"iwiinstan&-
inc he had used the same phrase"l"gy 70 designate ,h'
society TO which he belonged. IN has late i,tierto @F
Evans. to &c; the vote of the Abol't"nlsts tor The Ire
sldcucv, the facts now before the public show coae.n-
sivcly that he Is PLAYING a double ScCre, game, Il choa'
the people Of the South and the Ah"ltrou'sts, ana trs
viii the connivance Of the old Federal party, winch IS
, A. ., .,, ,..V.r TIA n toe IN Yt mower t|.
any instrument of It's own, but by such fraud and m.
,rEsuc. We close BY calling on Mr.. Evans for iI"rr-
sons letter TO him, TO confront that published ~ AT
Lyons.
Ia our Constituents.
Knowing the interest Won fcelin the opinions ttle
candidates !1r the Presidency, IN the SUBJECT ct ADO"
ton; and having seen 4 letter OF General HARRISON, 70
Gently published IN the Richmond wing, tend ~ -
show tia: he is not an Abo!Itionisi, wc feel II our GG'r
to communicate 10 you certain evidence, wh'rH We
have ourselves seen, Of a contrary tendency. II was
recently stated by one OF the speakers at an .ib".u"I
Convention in Boston, that the Honorable w. i Ga!
houm, a Wing member "i'thc Hous" o! representative,
from Massachusetts, had written home letters, making
statements on the authority Of General Harrison !!iu.
self, which went 10 tdunttiE HIM with The Abolt"u's's.
that The letters contained an injunction MOI 10 lei thrAt
ret into the newspapers, but that copies OF ii'rin h"'
been multiplied, and secretly shown 10 Tie Abolition
lists, for The purpose Of convincing them that Tie &c
neral was one OF them.
In the National Entclligcncer Of 18Th instant, NJ
Calhoun made a publication admitting that he hHc, oa
the 18th February last, written home one Ietier 90 lie
topic in questions: that this letter was based upon Il .e..
Ter from General Harrison himself, which bad that
morning been pat INTO his hands Tor pcrUsai that I1H
ilarriSon's letter contained an injunction not 10 a!io" u
10 be published III the newspapers: that IN consequence
OF this injunction, lac annexed a similar one 10 iUs JET
ter but that he had a copy which would be submitted
to the inspection ofany gentleman who had 4 ceSi'e
to see il.
Startled at this development Of the fact. that General
! Harrison ulila vifLhnllunr his Ouiu4Dus from those
who asked them for the msc Of the public, had himself
put on foot a scheme 10 satisfy the Aboittton'sts, V"
thought 1t incumhen mt on us 10 examine tie evidence 81
that fact which was stated 10 be acctSSlbl" for Inspection
We found 1t otsuch an cXtTaordinary character rs 10 r.
Guirc OF us TO lay il before you IN the most anii'nit
shape within our power. In consequence Of Gen. liar
rison's Injunction, Mr.. Calhoun rc!usrs 10 let even .I.
own letter be published, or To give a copy tArre"i. 81
that we are obliged 10 rely on memory N submitting To
you It's contents.
Having each orus carelu!ly peruscd it, and compared
orr rccol!ectjons, we are sure that the following con
tarns the substance: and does not vary materially t.un
the form and language Of that letter, VIZ
"WAsuINoToS, Feb. j, l-i1
"Sir: observed in the doings Of the Ant->!ar,r;
Convention at Springfield, 4 resolution dcnounr1ug
General HARRISON. think this premature. !, say the
least of IL. have seen a letter ircm Tie General. u
which he pronounccs the story circulating in the press
or West, Clot certain which, that liz, while Governor
Of Indiana, for ten years, did every thing IN Us poser
I 'sprcad slavery, 4 foul Islander, and speaks Of 1t with
great indignation, and says that 1t would BE- imp9s.t.c
Tor him 10 do any thing Of the kind, either privately
or publicly, for the reason, he says, that whll" only
eighteen years of age, in Virginia, he joined an hoa#-
ion Society, and, with the other members Of the sane,
pledged himself 10 do every thing IN his power 10 effect
The emancipation Of slavcs-that he was 10 ,.Ars' .
large property in slaves, and subsequently not only
cnrancipaied his own, but purchased others, FOR the
purpose Of elnancipaiing them. THIS * what ih" He.
neral himself says. write you this ,Or such rs" a'
you may think proper, except putting i in the n."sga'
pers. WM. b. CALIutN
Hon. Judge Morris.
The letter Of Gen. Harrison, herein alluded To- Is r"-
dcTstooi TO have been addressed to the Hon. H"'-r
Evans, a Wing member Of The House from tie >,4tr"i
Maine.
The letter Of the O<wcgo Union Association, asan5
Gen. HARRISON opinions on the suhIect OF A'"Ii"''
was dated Jan. 81, lc40, and must have been !ece'yeH
about the time his letter to Mr.. Evan, was @Ti'en' ~
asmucI as that letter was shown To Mr.. Ca,Dpuu "a'a: