Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1852-10-27
To DE Continued
The Campbell Foreground the "e-
publican.

Last Friday morning We published the de-
NAL by Hon. Lewis ID. Campbell Of written
statement, imputed to him. that II was within
his knowledge. that Gen. Scott would II eject
ed President, sign bill repeating the fng'tlYe
slave law. We referred TO the Republican OF
this place as one of the journals most active IN
giving circulation To the forgery. 1t was 10
have been supposed thai the Republican would
have FASTENED to clear itself Of any completely
in the transaction, by prompt publication oil
the denial. Not 30 however The regular 49,
sue of that paper was made Monday morning
one Veek and one day oniy bcfore Tie election
-adording barely time enough to give any
thing like general circulation TO the correction.
Not one word does that issue contain about
the matter. Thursday, when it again appears,
will be 100 late to remedy the mischief it has
done by giving currency to the forgery. Our
friends see what sort of warfare they have TO
contend against. We invoke them, by their
love of all that is manly and just, and their
hatred Of all that is unfair and unjust, TO
see to it that their gallant and noble old leader
sholl not be borne down and beaten by misrep.
resentalion, SANDER and forgery. Below is
another letter from Mr.. Campbell to the Ma
liona lntelligencer, published in the Repub-
lc,) branding the statement as a base .Jorgery !;
TO tie Editors Of tie National htelIigencer:
A friend Of nine has just sent me the Wash
ngton Union of the l2,h instant, containing a
most Infamous editorial headed General Scott
and The Abolitionists- the Wing Candidate for
the Repeal of the Fugitive Slave Law" This
article attempts to prove that General ScoTT
is an Aboliionlst The editor says
"By the positive and unequlvocal dcclara'
ton of Wing member of Congress, who
stands high in the confidence of his party, and
gives the Wing candidate cordial support,
we will show that General Scott is in favor OF
the repeal of the Fugitive Slave bill, and that
he would, if elected President, sign law for
its repeal"
To prove this assertion the Union adds
"On the 20lh of july 1852, the Hon. Lewis
ID. Campbell addressed from Washington city
a circular to his constituents which was pub
lished in the Lebanon Star, an abolition Scott
paper. From this circular we take an extract,
which we submit to the country without COM
ment:
Il have been elected twice by free-SoI U0tes;
l AM THE REPRESENTATIVE OF FREE SOIL PRIN-
CIPLEs. / KNOW GEN. SCoTT TO DE WITH ME
ON TIE SUBJECT OF SLAVERY HE IS A FRIEND
or LIBERTY, PLATFORM OR NO PLATFORM; AND
If WE CAN MUSTER VOTES ENOUGH IN Con-
GRESs TO REPEAL THE FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW, AS
| BELIEVE WE CAN, 1T is WITHIN MY KNowL-
EDGE THAT GENERAL SCoTr WILL SIGN THE
LAW. Nor so WITH GENERAL PIERCE lie is
AS COMPLETELY SOLD TO THE South AND To
THE DEALERS IN HUMAN FLESH AND BLOOD AS
EVER FILLMORE AND WEBSTER WERE"
LEWIS ID. CAMPBELL"
pronounce the foregoing BAsE FORGERY |
| NEVER WROTE ANY SUCH CIRCULAR AND NONE
SUCH WAS EVER published in the Lebanon Star.
The entire article in the Union is A TISSUE
OF FALsEHooDS AND NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
SUPPORTED ONLY by A MOST vILLANous FORGE.
RYl
General Scott never expressed to me any
opinion as to the Fugitive Slave law, nor have
! ever so represented. My support of that
distinguished man is not and has not been found
ed upon his opinions upon that question.
Until the editors of the Union produce the Lee
banon Star containing such publication over
my name, they must stand before the world
branded as LIARS and FORGERs.
LEWIS ID. CAMPBELL.
HAMILTON, Ohio, Oct. Is, 1862.
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