Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-04-27
F0T n" ER7nU"r.
MIR. FLUuRNUY ON THE SLAVERY CUES
TION.
CHARLOTTE CorYrY, April 81, 1853.

SHAhioi 70 SOtHi1, HP!i ~, I''''''
Mcsars. Editors:-By mere accident | Yesterday
crossed the Richmond Wing Of the Eth ultno, III
which found piece, headed 'Mr F!ournoy and
Sluycry;' also stating from the authority of Mr.. +.
that he had been most shamcfuy misrcpreseuted by
correspondent of thcEnquirer, in regard to srnti-
mcnt attributed to him in his internal Improvement
,pcrch made at Charlotte Court House in 1916. Tina.
sentiment was this THAT the descncracy of Virginia
| WAS attributable to negro slavery: II" then pro
crcs copy his disclaimer, made III iormer publ
| eat ION in that journal, i'll these words:
MIR. Fl"urnoy has never uttered such sentiment
He has never entertained such senlncnt. lie has
never nj any period al hs HE, or ulh any occasion"
| used such language"
cnnnot am, will not do Mr.. r. the injustice To be
licvc, for one moment. that his name can ever be got
ten To the above assertions in the face oil tho t"sti-
nony that can be brought forward To establish the
facts, nor have heard it c0ntradlctrd before
either by friend foe | will now assert III the most
positive and emphatic manner, that he did, IN my
hearing, ut that pr"d Of his life at that place, hih
| On that occasion, use inst such language and ruc
sentiments denied above. and that III the presence
al mo-, less thun one hundred avohod'- and Tins can
BE- amply sustained by men OF Us unIInPcaclabc We
rn,ty any cNtant.
While thu, debate was still in prosl,. 49, | raInc in
contact with very near blood "on'Niru OF Mr.. f..
and remarked, that thought his political sun would
So. with that sentiment. Mark bis r,rly, and the I'M
preston produced Oh his mnd. well ns on lninr.-
lie said il accorded entirely with hi. sentiments, and
that ,. himself had been ubolItIoI-t, in principle,
Tor ri least ten yrars.
The noxt day had the pleasure of meeting with
Mr. r., on his return to Halifax Court House. did
not hesitate 10 call his attention To- and dcn0unrc
what considered lcrrsy, thr most dangerous and
impulitic, Tor the community in which live. He
however, did not attach The same Importance 10 the
sentiment that | did Yet heard al no denial or
diSIvowal. l. il not incumbent upon Mr. Fiounoy,
occupying. the high station nt nominee and candrlac
iur The first office IN one 81 the FIRST Commonwealth
on the globe when charged with entertaining scnti
m.ns and views d'ru@al"ry IL her vital Interests H.
II community. and that by VOTER, to come on over
his own signature, and ;vow openly what hc ul or
did ut sav IN that occasion! hen lie comes Ia plead
up suIlarcly Ia the Indictment. guilty "r not Gully
yuu will iiu him guilty, notwithstanding The Dlach
and the white" nj the Richmond Wing. MI
Fluurnoy has not been msr"pr"r"nied, riiih"d or
caumnincd: but aS correctly reported ar II done 10y
II prnclisrd reporter. wc"id sooner come t" III"
garotc ar gLbct than misrrrr"-cnt amy man under
such rrrnis tanrcs. very few days past III II con
yrrsntiUn with Wing of ns high character ns any III
the county, and warm personal friend at Mr. f.,
aud who. fear, will cast his v0. hhr Inn alone "i
that ticket | found that he understands that sem |
limcni precisely as | do, n..I regrets it much.
For example If the Governor elect thinks that
peculiar Institution IL detrimental Ia the growth
ami prosperity Il The State, does not his oath
VI office force linn 10 take the luaIury steps,
if not directly, indirectly, {" nh"lI-h the mus
rnrr' Nor. dangerous doctrine ramna b" propa-
gated aul II thu editor of this Wing wall convict Mr.
" lsr nl any thing tending 10 such results, assnr"
him he will have vote n least less; i"r my V".
sl,a never h recorded Tor man that i not entirely
-nrnd nli that subject. View III" delicate position
ntsini. situated between II and 10 deg. - mIu.
mrlh Et.!;udc--lhc link connecting ia" North and
south or would rather say, He'll and Heaven, II,
n,lrr,l such ,mncrii"n can b" mar; i"r ih!nk,
INV suslrnl,s man can pay II small boot between
l,l ana the Universal Yankee Acknowledgements
POSITION is the most delicate al any State III the
nol,. for sooner ar later, she must br the scene q!
nor" blnody wars than IN the Crusade "t HE tenth
md twelfth centuries would il not Dc II rich treat
ar the AbnItnni.ts and Know NoihlngS I'll the
North, If Virginia should elect II man 10 preside
over her Lcsiiml,s who had openly nv"wrd such zen
imrn;s, think Harriet Br"chcr Stove, Fred.
Douglas, and The Devil, would 4 int" rcSiasirs.
WIN. BALDWIN.