Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-07-05
RICH MOND, VA.
Monday Morning, July 5, isi7.
THE EFFECTS OF THAT LETTER.


dard OF Gen. Taylor. It's article is as follows,
and though no names are called ii attempts to
specially parry the blows of The Times, and init
mates tina, tina, and other Wits papers have re-
cozniz.d and encouraged the popular preferences
for Gen. Taylor
"rhe National Wing stoully denies that Gen.
Taylor ever wrote The letter recently published BY
the Cincinnati Sgaal 1t boldly pronounces that
leuer a FORGERY. Ii places il side by side
with the letter OF Gen. Taylor to Col. Taylor OF
Louisiana, and calls upon The reader 10 observe
the difference
"Whe,her this letter be genuine or moi, the de-
sire of Gen. Taylor not 10 seek the Government
as The head o! party, nor TO receive IFS honors
aAd administer lis trusts as par;izan politician,
were as we'll understood before the appearance OF
his document as since its publication. Suppos-
fpe him 10 be The writer, he does mol appear, as
some think, 10 renounce Wing principles. II is
only "party schemes" with which he refuses TO
de6le his hands, and We honor him the more for
his manly independence The letter does not ex,
press or imply any remuneration ot the politca.
principles which we suppose him ~ entertain. Il
merely delers ill the close oil the war, declara-
lion of his views, when MS usefulness as MIL
lary chief shall no longer be compromised by their
discussion. What the principles Of Gen. Iaylor
are. we have no more douh, than we have OF MS
existence. Long before our own humble sneel,
in response 10 the universal popular sehtnneu',
nailed his flag to the mast, we were sa'isieu ie
was Wing, on evidence when we regard as
good as that he fought the battle OF buena visa,
Nhcn he disciaimS these principles, we shall
lower his standard; though never, were he bap.
lied in The deepest waves OF Democracy, never
would we cease 10 honor and reverence his gloTi-
Gus name, nor 10 admire character VINO more
nearly resembles the Father OF his Country, than
any pa,riot.hero who has ever graced the annals
OF the age.
"Bu, we can multiply proofs, we can pile
mountain OF testimony on mountain, TO demon
strate that TAYLOR is a Wing. And, thus believ-
ing, we shall not iorsake him, because, like
Washington again, he prefers private lie TO me
Executive station and does not wish 10 leave MS
loved retirement, except al The call OF ms conn
try. We know that his nomination has oeenre-
pealedly stigmatzed as premature. II Il ee pre-
mature. The fault must be laid 10 the PEOPLE,
who ma We dared 10 indicate their preference ior
TAYLOR without the intervention OF any pohucai
CLIQUE If il b. premature, il is because me peo-
ME have acted before Convention What effect
these premature movements have had upon his
mind we do not know except that they have
some time since drawn from him deciafa'ion
that he will mol refuse 10 accept The preferred no.
nor. thus deciding question which was at one
period supposed 10 admit Of great doubt.
nVe have hois,ed his flag sabc.- % the decree
Of the American psopie: and, in SO dons, have ap-
nealed 10 the same tribunal which this Letter ac-
knowlednes as supreme and final. ], cannot be
denied ina, even those who have not formally
proclaimed his name, have recognized and en-
couraged the popular preferences Tor Gen IaY-
lor. Ii cannot be doabed that he is The iavorlte,
for the highest station in the Government, OF
vast majority OF the American people; and thus
believing We see nothing premature IN Visible
sign" OF the onward feeling nothing premature
in declining 10 wait I'LL ConreGtien has given
permission 10 The COUNTRY 10 eject To the IRE
sidencv the man al lis choice.
"The nation waits with anxiety for the advent oil
4 President, whose patriotism scars above parry
schemes and who with moral courage only equal
led BY that physical valor which has covered win
resplendcnt glory The american name. boldly re-
solves iha; he must be taken az President oi inc
PEOPLE, or permitted 10 retire 10 his farm, ana
preserve there the independence which he deems
100 valuable 10 barter Tor The highest once on
earth"
The Republican is satisfied beyond dcut! that
Gen. TAYLOR is Wing, and does not in his
letter, "renouncc Wing principles" We shall
lie, the following items in yesterdays Times
speak Tor themselves on his point
"IMpoRrsSr.-The Wing Central Committee
OF the STATE 81 Ohio, III 4 late address Ia The
Whigs al ina, stale, use lhe following iahsmasc
"a word IN tie s:hicci 81 tie f!s'@ei'iai
candidates: Ear r. i! !lc:n Us 10 GeaaT any man,
even il we hal li.e power, from aspiring 10 The
highest Office within The GIT OF The people Nei-
,her would we make military successes, however
brilliant, les. Of qualification And while We
condemn and REJECT no man, 50 neither do we
propose any man in conneNion with the ilesl-
dency. We are pledged 10 no one--we are COM
mi.!ed 10 10 one. We do not think The present
proper lime 10 select candidate. Let us !e-as-
seft our principles, aud declare The policy on
which we in,eEd 20 aci."
The Knoxville Standard, Democratic slales
that al The recent Taylor meeting i'll that place,
Wings and Democrats participated, and that one
of The speakers-Gen. Apderson-a leading De-
mocra,. knows enough of Gen. Taylor 10 salts
fy him that he is moi Of the protective farm
Wings"
TIE Times also clinches its article OF Friday.
Referring 10 The letter Of Gen. T. TO Democrat
ouo,ed BY The n. Q. Delta, which says that ne
"can only be candidate as The candidate ol all
par,ies-as the spontaneous choice OF The people
OF all parties and Ina, he would not have The OF
nee unless il was unuammclltd By party politics
or charlottesville Times remarks:
"This is very decided. But in a free country,
where The peoa!e arc understood 10 lie the source
OF authority, where parties do exist, and -%nete
political principles ale discussed ard entertained
by the people, ire h0rdig suppose II PoSs'bfe mae
ticy 1pH be so,sssd 10 60 10 The PATS and rots tpr
man rhoss political PRINCIPLES hare mol been cpe1s-
y declared and ,rto IN his administration oGtars
* pkragcd 10 no particular p1cB-horerer great
snay be Ae nationa! regard tor aim personally"
The Wing N. o. Bulletin, quoting this same
letter, goes i, 6l,ad, and says:
1--WE are perfectly willing 10 snppoI, him on
these lerms- wiling that he should be voted ioi
by both Wings and DEMONSTRATING 10 'aEe
him Jus, as he is, ans! no questions asked.
Who can compare these conflicting positions
and make even lair guess Of what will be The
ultimate course of The Wing party2
To show how tic letter is regarded in the West
we quote the following from the Columbus (Ohio,
Statesman
"SoRE REBURE TO THE WHO PARTY.-IHE TRUE
STATE OF THE CASE ST LAsr.-General Taylor has
at last been drawn out fairly on The suelect Oh Inc
Presidency, in a letter 10 our friend Iaylor, ol
The The Cincinnati Signal and which we copy
below. |, is mos, terrible damper 10 that por-
lion os line wing parry WHO have been holding
him up rs leader OF their parry schemes. IN
NO CASE says General Taylor 10 the wings, who
have been believing for him with SO much aIdoI
In No CASE CAN PERMIT MYSELF To BE THE
CANDIDATE or ANY PARTY, OR YIELD MYSELF TO
PARTY SCHEMES Our Wing Stale Central Com.
mi.ee were wise in epud,ating him in effect
il not in words-as he declares he will have none
of their party drill, and obey none OF their party
schemes, Alter this We presume, we shall heal
no more Of Zachary's being "a good whig,' "a
whig sound in all the principles of the party,
a Clay Wing Wing Of The right stamp,
&c. sc. We shall now look with anxiety to-
the next move on The political chess-hoaId Of fed
eralsm aud an,i.warism, since be who ioushI 81
we'll his couairy's battles refuses 10 be candidate
Of The party tina, leagucd with our enemies WIKI
he was fighting lhsm. This singulal anomaly
conceived b. the wings, is thus repudia,eG ~ IN
only man that could have consummated so grea
an absurdity. Bnl 10 General Taylor's letter
which will speak for ITSELF Here il lie, read il
evrrv who In the land"