Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-09-04
Massachusetts Anti.sIavery society at their annual


becoming The C'''i Magistrate Of TN. na,on,' &r &c
SIR IS II not startling to hear these extracts from
the i.beraor, EEanc'pator and Phlanthrop'st: (nte
.iboiiti"n organSJ They ring in very ears an aw
. inl alarm; the South with Wanting and braradh
lad PROSTATE at the feet Of the demoniac spirit Of b"
lItion "We r'yard HGrrisons nomination o1er Clay
as signa dccnt Of lie siarocracy poorer ha Can
rrntion. "Ao si0rehnder ,cW 0gain he PERMITTED
10 IN nc Presidential o9fre in this Republic. - s1rs-
hoIdcr IS nrapacitatSd far hr Preid,Rcy of the L. -
"Tdc Souih Men rns deftaed in all is ciShes htried
10 gd siHrchoidcr m0mma'sd, 0nd eoHd not surcesd
Sofc'y hcrH"sf ne rms S!arthDIdsr. What says In.
resolution Of the Massachusetts Anti-slarcry Society:
THAT We regard the refusal of the Harrisburg C"nvcn-
ton to nominate Henry Clay candidate for III" Pre-
s'd"nry sgnnI nnd Curious Triumph cf truth orrr
error, IF HJerty s'arsry SIR, the South
main passive under such menacps W she rush
mrdy into the Of those who TINS aimost scotland
spit upon her; who would fan the deinonac spirit of
Abolition, TIL we would trrmtle in our very shoes
FIR wives and children Is this IDLE de.
clamatinn: My God, Sir Can we not read And
startling and incredible as the language j., still the
gans of th.se mldmen thus speak to ". Sir | am
willing tn frankly admit that cannot believe Mr.. n.
is al AholItIonst in the in which the term
ders"od at this day cannot believe that n born
nj the South would second aura'c spirit that
would caus" I" CLEAN before ~ the nht dark hour,
the whrticd knife ot Mountaineering rs victims
when wrapped IN The "f scrp-cau>ng our hab'-
a,inns 10 flow with the blood of our dearest kindred
unhrsiiatIngy say, that Mr. HarriSOns anitude IN
reI"ion 10 hnse lboitOmisS is too tq~roca, and
h moral by MGsr intense feelings 1rhich oUght T.,
'rist IN tic b"som n 'rcry Sonthcrn IN rtia-
tan 10 this SHhjcd, NE WOULD Long siSCE HAVE USE
QuIyOc ALLY TOLD THEN, TmEY nan xurmING 70 Ex-
Pct SIR, what is his position | quote
from ia" fipp.caune Text Is r"k
~" ite l.! r'o he caHrt"r Congress, his oppo
Hs, "rhr pHrs Gdf"g h '"1io", chare,d han ri 6stre
ir rs, had Gesr taeor nj
'r"!' l,.,g"to i'Ho1e 10 rtf"ar," Of TN, sweeping
l.r Gcn"'a Harrison published an addre-s from which We
Iakr ALL" that portion r"amgio the subject "f slavery II i IN
ur Gated suddenly home 10 attend my sick family have
but moment /" answer rew of The calumiys l cir
cuIati, cnrrrTrn"
~ am accused of ing friendly slavery From my earliest
youth L. Iii" moment, have been III" araaf tte0d Of H
Lry At agr uriaitcrn Latrc ucmj,r a ~ 7n.
SgD,y Established Richmond Virginia; the GIjrc, IT
which To anrlinrar the condition q" lav aud procure their
sco By errry egai Ny venerable friend Judge Catch
Clermnn county, also mrnhrr q" this Cily aud has late
then came under hare fa,ttfGNy pSGfJrmed.'
Observe when he wrote this address, !: was refute
charge, that hr in fnror of slavery, aud to do
50, among other things stated, lie 'bccamc member
of an Abolition Society al the age of l." THIS very
extract published in the Phiianihropist, Adolf
ton paper Ohio late the ltih February last Of
course, TO prove that Mr. II hboltonist. Some
;im N the succeeding juno became generally known
from remarks made BY the Rev Abel Brown, in
the Abolition Convention, held in Boston, that VIM b.
Calhoun, n member of Congress from Massachusetts,
had written HON" h Jud re o. b. Morris, Abolition
ist, TINT Mr. Harrison with them the subject of
Abolition. In the same month"; Mr.. n. 5 letter TO Mr.
Lyons, appeared IN IN" papers, holding language friend
u to the South, on the same subject. These contra
dct"rv statements meeting the public ear al about the
trmc, gave rise, very naturally, 10 inquiry Five
members Of Congress from the Soulh) investigated
the subject They called Mr.. Calhoun who refused
tn give them copy of the letter he had written, be-
il was based which he had seen from Mr.
IL in mhich tsrr ~aS an Injunction Ma shGDd MT he
p"biishcd IN tdrnerspapcrS. However, these re
hnrS Rp,I
Tnrney, and Bynuml who had been shown THIS letter
Of Mr. c. managed 10 take copy of il from memory,
which was published. Here it is:
W.m;xGro~, Feb. !, $50.
SiL: observed in the doin-s Of the Ati->Iav Convention
n Springfield, resolution denoncng General HARRISON think
This premature 10 say the ra,t Of H. have seen lrt,- from
the General. which prunounces the story circulating
pes, or West. mot certain wil'r tha, he while Governor Of
slavery foul SANDER, and paS Of with great lnii.naIi"n
and ia would be- impossible for him do thing Of the
KIND either privately publicly, for the reason he that
while nniy eighteen Virginia joined Ab"iI
ZION S", and with the other same, pledged
himself I" dnrvry thing IN In! power 10 effect The enanral'"
Ut >avethat lie was 10 inherit, urge property In slaves. aud
IL" ig purpose OF cnancpng them THIS what the General
hu, If write tins f- such may think pro
wM. h. CALHOUN.
lEoa. Judge Norris"
The publication Of this letter gave rise TO a denial on
the part Of Mr. G. that he had used the words "A boil.
ton Society '-hut he would not say what words he
did usc however, this is gotten al by another method.
1t appears. Mr. President; that the remarks made by
The Rev ABEL Brown, in the Convention were denied
t, be by Mr. Calhoun which gave rise to cores.
pondrnce, from which the following are extracts
This That now read, from b. F. Tlallrt, the Rev.
Abel Brown [who is represented by Mr.. II. in letter
to the Morning Post, "a Baptist Clergyman Of unm-
peachabe chaTactcr:)
"BosroN, June 10. 1910.
''Sjr was present, "a spectator, in the Cnnvrn-
tion Of Abolition sis held at the Mrlndron in Boston,
the 27th of MAY last, To nominate Electors for resI.
dent &c, al which Convention Won were member.
heard yon state that the Convention nfthc Abolition
Society, f llampdrn County, (Which held the lat
ter part of January, Springfed) passed resolutions
against Gen Harrison, and that therrupon Mr.. W'.
b. Calhoun, member "f Congress from your district,
had written home letter from Washington, 10 con.
vince the Ahnlitinns's that they wrong i'll nppos-
inr Harrison, and that you had it, That copies
were handed privately round among the Abolition SITS
by the Wings. That Mr. Calhoun stated in his letter,
in Substance, that Gen Harrison ,cuh UIr Abo-
litonis's) aud would 20 NIL icngths and that lie Mr.
Calhoun, had this from authority which under
stood to mean Gensr0l Harrison himseif But at the
Ind Of the letter this rcmark-"makc such use ot
this as Won think best but do nat let ret into The Pr
prrs. That THIS letter sent By q member Of Con-
press tn induce iAbonnists) To bel eve that fiar.
rison Ahotonist aud ought to receive orr sup
port and that II to deceive III, IT IT was moi
fo also alluded to letter TO the same effect from
great man in Ohio, hut you never could see IT. 1t
was kept from the press.
This is fr m Mr.. Browns answer, dated from Nor.
Hampton, Massachusetts, June 30th, $40:
81 have carefully examined the report Of my remarks
de at the late Abolition Convention IN your city, as
given in your letter before me, and unhestatngly say
that your report is substantially correct. may not
have used the expressions which are attributed to
me your letter; neither do suppose that any one IN
the convention understood using the eIdet cords
of Mr. Calhoun letter. hut did intend T. give the sen.
mens Of the letter, and Of his confidential friend,
Judge Morris Your report, gwen IN the letter be,
fore me-, does express the sentiments winch INTENDED
to utter and which have doubt did utter upon that
occasion.
permit me, in addition to state few facts respecting
that mysterious letter:
81. The reasons uhy the letter 'eas "r'tfn
Hampden county Abolition S"cety, at MS annual meet
ing, the oath January, le4O, passed resolution de-
caring
"That no Abolitionist give his vote for either
Of these men for the office of President of the L. S,
tlout good cridsnee Of Jundamenal change IN their
former views and practices on this subject
The letter iiself.-"I shall not attempt to give the
precise language Of the letter There is i'll it ac.
know gment that the writer (Alr. Cahoun) had
reivrd information respecting certain resolutions passed
By the Hampien county Abolition Society, touch ng