Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-03-29
To the Editors NJ IA, IYk;r

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| see that Ritehe is quoting from New York
aosilion papers 10 prove that MIR. Granger ,sas ar
Aooutlonst, or as he terms il, quasi A6olitionis
soHe zen years ago. Uhai tcas that Editor at tai
s I n"t was he not the most thorough blood
CD hool'tlonIst in the State1 And did he no, do
more to iniuse life and vigour into Abotionism than
any man IN the coniederacyl Even admitting tina,
Nif Granger was an Abolitionist tAen, he was no,
worse nan MS assailart-and IL is undenia BILE nO,s
'hat ne mas as little faint of Abolition about him a,
the ally and co .adjuior Of Garrison and T'oppau
| can lay claim tot TF
| Ought not this old man TO be ashamed of him.
seHt respect for truth and Justice cannot.
shouIu not ms age restrain himl The day of reck-
onng cannot, IN the course of nature be far dist,n,
Let me suggest TO his consideration the SAGE and
p'ous aphonsm of a noble old Spaniard on re,irng
from public life: Oporiei inter rtr n,gota n di,,1
,'r"S sPd,turi aAqucd interceders Ii is Il, that
"een the business of life and the day Of death
some space should intervene The good man
should desire II, TO compose himself TO meet his
| and prayer. A cITiZEN
KEN tetiges aeu-"A Citizen" ,ouche. the raw.
There Is proprety in his interrosa,ories. from the
ioree and poln, OF which the CALLED Jade oanno, as
cape. How dare the Editor OF the Enquirer object
AoolIiioni'm TO any human beinsl Has he not as
hea'y sins TO answer for on that score as any man
h'ing' Did not his abolition discourses in 1881.
revive the abolition spirit which had been virtually
deiunct from the time of the Missouri controyersy1
lew months since, we saw his editorials of tina,
day quoted by an Abolition print, to Justify md
sustain the movements of the Fanatie, TIL. ono.
tauon was pertinent. The premise, there laid down
Gu 70 'ne conclusions Tor which they contend. And
they carried with them additional force from tho
i'c'' 'hat 'hey emanated from the midst of slave
population No-the Editor of the Enquirer is On
any fair construction, the last man, who has anv
Just cause OF complaint against the Abolitioni,,s
lie has been their most powerful aux iliarv and n,
Is 50 Hotc Do we not see him daily exagger,,in,
their numbers and inauence-pufing their papers
into consequence, and cooperating with them with
all MS might IN assallinE the Republican Admins
traton OF Genl Harrison-a Vngininn born-and
rs deeply committed, by deeds as we'll as words
against Abolition, as any man North or Sou,b7
lhere Is something in the recent imputations Of
the Enquirer against the orthodoxy Of Gen' Har.
rison and MIR. Granger, on the subject of Abolition
disereditabe even to the candour Of that print
When Gen'l Harrison was here, the Editor did M,
dare TO intimate doubt oi his perfect soundness on
that subject So far from it, he had to CO Mess tina,
Eenl ii. came out strong against .46Oliiion." lie
also heard what Gen'l ii. said about Mr.. Granser
and for the time, he was overpowered. and nil hi,
batteries were si'enced. But Old Tip having left
the field, the animal is at his dirty work again
hIn'ins and insnuaiing what he does not himself
believe, and exciting preudces, which he knows to
be unjust.
BY the intelligent his low game of slang and do.
magosuism is well understood-all in time will
come to appreciate it. In the meanwhile. let peo.
pie Pry into the Anti-Aboliion orthodoxy of him
who makes such an ouicry about the Abotonisn
Of others.