HON. L. D. CAMPBELL'S COLORED CONSTIT
UENTS.

MR. EDITOR:—In the Congressional proceedings
as published in a late number of
, was an error in
relation to myself, which I believe originally
found its place before the public eye in the
columns of the .

It is in a colloquy between the Hon. Mr.
Campbell of Ohio, and Hon. Mr. McMullen of
Virginia; when the former gentleman, by a
simple phonographical mistake, is reported to
have represented mine, as the unlawful Negro
vote cast against him, and in favor of his pro
slavery opponent at the State election. To
this, I have only to say, that my feeble influence,
and my suffrage, were both given at that
time to secure the election of Mr. Campbell.—
If their is any one having desire enough to examine
into the matter, I would refer them to
the official report of the House debates, in the
of Dec. 9th, which is substantially correct and corroborates what is here
said.

I will now inform you concerning Mr. Campbell's
colored supporters. I believe it is a fact
pretty generally understood that the gentleman
succeeded in his election to the XXXVth Congress
by only nineteen majority. This you will
please mark was than the vote given for
him in his district by a small class of colored
men who, in consequence of their nearer approach
to the white race, are, in consequence
thereof, by virtue of certain decisions of the
Supreme Court of the State of Ohio, allowed
the exercise of their elective franchise.

It is charged here that several of this class
also voted against him. This I do not believe
to be true to any considerable extent, and the
proof of the assertion has not as yet been very
definitely ascertained. The "Negro" spoken of
by our worthy representative in the proceedings
referred to, is a man by the name of John
Robbins; in whom unfortunately the objectionable
blood predominates, and who strange as it
may seem, rejoices in the faith of latter day democracy.
He proved to the world his faith, by
his works, in voting against Mr. Campbell.

A. J. ANDERSON.

HAMILTON, O., Jan. 2, 1857