The votes and speeches of Martin Van Buren, on the subjects of the right of suffrage, the qualifications of coloured persons to vote, and the appointment or election of justices of the peaceIn the Convention of the State of New York, (assembled to amend the constitution in 1821.) .. . ?^^i L,. (Copy of a letter from Greer W. Davis.) irdeau County, MMay \9th, 1840. Jackson, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, \ Dear Sir : It is my desire, if compatible with your duties, toobtain from the Secretarys office a certified copy of the votesof Martin Van Buren in the New-York Convention, on the fol-lowin
The votes and speeches of Martin Van Buren, on the subjects of the right of suffrage, the qualifications of coloured persons to vote, and the appointment or election of justices of the peaceIn the Convention of the State of New York, (assembled to amend the constitution in 1821.) .. . ?^^i L,. (Copy of a letter from Greer W. Davis.) irdeau County, MMay \9th, 1840. Jackson, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, \ Dear Sir : It is my desire, if compatible with your duties, toobtain from the Secretarys office a certified copy of the votesof Martin Van Buren in the New-York Convention, on the fol-lowing subjects : First. His vote on his opposition to any manvoting unless he was a householder. Secondly. His vote on theproposition to restrict the right of voting to white citizens ; andThirdly. His vote opposing the election of justices of the peaceby the people, and what he said directly on these subjects. Ifit is proper for you to give me such a certificate, I want it pro-perly authenticated ; on the contrary, if the votes of Van Burenwere in favor of universal suflfrage, in favor of elections of jus-tices of the peace by the people, and opposed to free negroesvoting, your simple statement to that effect w^ould be sufficient,and I would no longer urge the contrary against him as a revotesspeechesofm02vanb
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