Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-08-20
Friday Morning, August 90 ls47.
GENERAL TAYLOR NOT A WIG.

GENERAL TAYLOR NOT A WHlG.
TOuR PROMISED Pot Poisrr,.l
AS soon as the gratitude OF the people for &C.
neral Taylors services on the Rio Gfsnoe oe-
pan to show itself, the Wing party lasked all lis
cunning to make political capital Of Inc c''cum'
stance The fac, that he commanded our army
IN Mexico and was engaged in active operations
aoains, the enemy, did not restrain them. Ihey
claimed him as Wing, and endeavored 10 al
raw him against the Administration. They in
sisted on blending his name with Tie parry con-
tests OF the day, regardless oflhe influence sucha
course might have on the Interests OF the cou"uy
or his usefulness as an officer. They not on'y
made him GU, 10 be Wing Of the deepest ua'A'
es, dyen bpl claimed for him The support OF 'ne
neople. because he was a no.party man. "nen
tho .normi,y of Wing principles was assal'eo'
Gen. TAYLOR was Of no party. Waeh 'he "n's
nar,y was accused OF deserving their pI'nciPieS
IN order 10 supper! him. he was not on'y
a Wig, but an OBSTINATE WIG. Inns won"
>nosesl 10 the uninila,ed that there was so''e
analogy between the Wing party and no parry
between Wing principles and no prihciPes
How far The uninitiated would be l'sh' IN surii
snrmise i, is no, for us 10 say-a, least now. ou'
nresen, purpose is TO -all public attention '" .
,.w naraora phs taken from the Wing papers OF
Richmond during the las and the present moh'n
making such comments as they may Suggest ~
our mind. s
The Times, of the I'd of July, in speaking OF
Gen. Taylor, says:
uHe states. without equivocaion. tnat IN no
case can he permit himself 10 be ihe canaioa'e "
apy party. II Gen. Taylor adheIes 10 'nis leso'
LUTON, We are constrained to express on op'niou
,bat me Whig parly cannot be expected 10 sur
rcnder their ORGANIZATION and their principles, Tor
The purnose OF elevaling him 10 the Presidency.
This looks something like an inima'ion that
the old General must unsay his Signal letter he
fore be can &c, Federal support. He IS required
no, only 10 give 10 his adhesion 10 Wing prlncl
ples bu, mus, bow his neck TO Wing orsanza-
lion. The following extract from The same pa
per of The 7lh Of the same month, goes further
and administers casisation 10 antl-par'y men,
wi h as much emphasis as i, reprobaled no parry
candidates on tie 2nd
~, Is 10 The md se7etion OF the premature nor
ton of The press, which have BY embarrassing Ge-
neral TAYLOR brought him apparently 10 repei
the Wing parry, that we desired 10 direct suen
tim The tack which they now pursue, Is 10 re-
nudia,e yar;y-as il parties were not necessary
in free government and inseptraae IRON The
exercise Of freedom OF opinion among Tree peo-
ple. Some Of these re,y 0nt,?a'ty n,ssi, seo, arc
hose arho in times pas, hare been intole1ont par
cans. But break ~ parties separated BY d'ter-
ence as TO principles, aud what mus succeed =
Parties fighting tor Place and pafronage'
This is consistent and sensible. The Times
is a party paper, and gives its support only 10
members of its party. General Taylor must
come out as party man, or it can have nothing
10 do with making him President. But the Wing
Of the 9th OF July, from which we make our next
extract, opens the designs Of the Wing support
crs of General Tayicr, and we lear that it had
some efIec, on The purposes CT The Times. This
is the language OF The Wing OF july 9th
"When we published the letter OF Genera
TAYLOR 10 the Editor OF the Cincinnati Signal o!
which ,ha, TO The citizen OF Lansinshurg is snb
staulially repetition We remarked iha: i cum
,ained nothing which would induce us 10 withhold
from General Taylor our humble support, and
we repea, that remark now. bui II IS proper 20
add that We said 50. not doubling, as We 90 n2'
now doubt, thai General Taylor, though not de-
string TO run as party canada.e Is, nsss n
aiI.iS eosfespS adencc, could tqawcc as tc cdco
cate his election"
The game is here partially exposed. Let him
be run a. an inccpcuden, candidate, and rally
around him all the personal strength his course
in he Mexican War has wcH !cr him-we will
not brighten off any by an issue between the par
lies but We believe him 10 be Wing, and will
support him on party grounds.
On the i4ih July the Republican uses similar
language. Il speaks as follows:
"That he is The advocate OF Wig principles scc
hape no d.ub., and that he will, at the proper lime,
make formal expose OF his views, cannot be
questioned by any one acquainted with his can
did and ingen uous character.
"Our belief that such would be his course, In
daced US 10 raise his flag; for no admiration OF
his course on the battle field could induce US 10
support hin, for he Presidency unless IRE 6el.ered
thai he ,rculd adrccaie and eaDy oL the conserve
tive pr,nc,p'es Of The Wig party These Prlnca
pics are, Ii our IS imaiion, sbrye any mere party
divisions and il the people: By elcva,ng pro.
per man ~ The Presidency, will carry them oul,
We care not straw Ter any mere party 'oTgahi-
cation or names"
Il y
10 be supported only because he will carry OIL,
j. elected, the princip es Of the Wing party. We
would humby ask if ,ha, is not the only reason
they would support Clay, Criuencen, Clayton or
Mclean. Yel are 70, they purity men? And
what constitutes a party man il determination
90 carry oul the principles OF party does not
constitute one I The Federal press o. lale have
baa
such meaningless sentences as The last enc quoted
above, they are separating parry divisions and
parry principles, and talk OF parry Organization
as separate aud distinct as Bank OF Tarif-a
thing 10 be believed in TO make a party Han.-
We had always thought that ali parties worth
naming were divided BY principles, and that rar-
" organization was nothing but discipline TO
make parties more effective in The political field.
But new lights have arisen Of lale. II has
been discovered that if man be s.eered 10 the
eyebrows in party principles, yet he is no Psr'y
man and may be a candidate Tor The Presidency
rs no party candidate, because organization has
not laid lis hands upon his head.
The Wings had satisfied themselves that Gen
Taylor was with them in principle and in many
quarters they wsre supporting him after his decla
ration that he would not consent 10 Leads parry.
The Democrats commended that Gen. Taylor
was really what he professcd TO be, no parry
man. The Union stated It's conviction that he
had not formed any opinions on The leading ques-
lions of The day. No sooner was This declaration
made than The Wing papers OF Richmond deny
it empbalically. The Times of the 2ad July says;
"Tha, Gen. Taylor may have admitted his ha.
biual inal,enlion to political subjects, we make
NO question; bur thai he has actually formed no
opioIons Of the prominent questions Of the day,
mi does not understand his own principles, it Is
i'm possible TO believe"
On The next day the same paper says:
ITh,, nan T,ylor ,e On ,ront;n0 in jntpllI.