Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-08-20


Ior The very hight honor and hatlering cstimo
mails oil appfoya (which they have thus conferred
upon me. IL The cool people of he nation should
so greatly honor me with elevation 10 the Chic
MasIstracy, shall, by all jealous endcavors and
10 The best Of my ability, strive 10 serve them and
maintain The bes. and highest interests Of tic wloit
country yet, though feel impelled TO yield IL
inc call Of tae people at large, | should hail with
pleasure their determination TO confer SO great a
gilt on some eminent statesman"
And besides these, there is still another letter OF
the same date, in reply 10 one addressed 10 him
by Peter SLen Smith, with design 10 elicit his sen.
limenis in reference 10 the Native American par
ty; which letter The Richmond Times, in its IN.
mitieaied torture al seeing 50 many Democrats
OF the same stamp, cries aloud, without further
comment, "anolher Taylor letter." In this let.
ter The General says:
"The prospectus OF Native American paper
TO be edited by yourself, forwarded 10 me with al
tached rcmaks irom you, has been Gully received.
Upon The points alluded 10 in those remarks, and
10 which members Of The Naive American par
" require assent from those whom they favor
for the Presidency, can only say, with ali can
dor, that il elected 10 that Office, il must be By tic
spontaneous srW NJ Mcpcope al large and without
/
Lar. II ever Fill that high Office, il must be I'M
trGalneicd ,r party obligations Of Interests NJ any
htna, and under none but those which the Consi.
tuition and the high interests OF The nation al large
most seriously and solemnly demand"
| Now, we have no doubt tina, Gen. Taylcr has
| written similar letters TO the Democratic party,
rihat he has replied in similar manner TO all
who have addressed him On The subjecI; or, il he
has not written lhen tina, he will write them 10 the
same effect, when approached on The same subject.
|, seems 10 Us that he is fficently explicit. We
orr own minds, and knowing That Ihe Universal
Wing Party claim him to be Whig-a Wing
all orcr--a Clay U1ig-a aloa Incorporating
Wing, and mast obstinate Whig-and seeing
unequyocally that Gen. Taylor says ,ha, he
"wil yield to no call that does not come from The
| spontaneous action and Tree will OF Inc nation at
! largc"-ihal lie "can in no case permit himselflo
he candidate of any party, or gieM himself 10
parfg scdenes'-that he twill not he the candidate
Of any party Of Clique, but the good OF all parties
and The national cool will be his great and alb
sorbing aim he twill serve il elected by Tie
people NJ eloaairy"- he twill serve them and
maintain The hest and highest interests Of The
whole counuy"-and, finally. that he "must be
unIrammclled with patty Obligations o. intsres's u
ann k.pd"-we have fell al a less 10 know what
the Wings will do under certain contingencies.
Suppose that Gen. Taylor is elected, and he car
ries out honestly these pledges. lie must call
around him cabinet. How will that cabinet be
constituted Will he, being "Whig all over"
call 10 his aid all Whgs?-of, being ]effer>o-
nian Democrat, as he is claimed By many OF The
Democrats, select all Democrals2 -or, being I'M
trammel!ed with party obligations OF interests Of
any kind, will he choose Democratic Wings, or
Naive Democratic Wings, or Native Abolition,
Peculiar Institution, Wilnot pivyiso, Democrat
ic Whiss2-ur will hc 10 60 justice 10 all have his
oil w ar a JtIlrisuninn
OF the Navy anli-W ilmoi, iADolonst- his
Secretary OF the Treasury Native, Catholic, Pro-
teslan,, anylhinga rian-and his Attorney Gene
RAJ 4 Constitu;ionalis who is able 10 steer clear
oil ScyI!a and Chaybdi neither Strict Con-
sruclionisi nor Latitudinarian?
Suppose, under such circumstances, il shall be
found impossible, even il it were desirable, 10
carry through any strictly Wing measure, what
will the Wings do? Should il be his province
and his good fortune 10 have 10 recommend
treaty OF peace with Mexico, by which some
portion OF her territory is ceded 10 The United
States as indemnify for their claims and losses,
will the Wings carry on The war rather than ra-
,ify the reaty2 Will they. who demand peace
so reremplorily, insis, upon war; Suppose II
| should be The new Presidents fortune TO think
that The present Tariff is better for the interests OF
the whole country, aud that Inc high protective
Tariff of 1912 is only intended 10 promote The
| interests OF one class OF people; and suppose,
no, choosing 10 be lrammelled BY party, he should
pfopcse 10 let the present Tariff stand Suppose
he should think that we a:e getting along per-
trcly well without Bank, and tia, no particu-
lar interest would be subserved b. bshing
one and that he will not yield himself to party
schemes 10 revive tie dead monster! Will The
Wbigs cry out as they did under lie Tyler dy'
nasy "Traiior, Rebellion i"-Suppose they who
nrofess moi 10 desire prescription or The spoiis,
sbou,d seek 10 ,uln out officers whose opinions
hapnen not to square with their own in every
particular, and Gen. Taylor should say, Il am
nal uallizan-I do nol belong TO any party OF
CLIQUE. and | am so uncompyomisins and otss,rats
that will not violate my word, so empha!'caliy
EXPRESSED before my ceciioD;" what, 'rhat VIII
they do?
We have asked these questions in all sober
earnest. Many Of them say, "Wc care Move
will 20 il blind" We say, this is Tree country
and men may vote as 10 them ssemelll hi. FOL
our own par, we believe that Gen. Taylor is old
enough 10 have formed opinions and fixed pm.
cpes, and we wait in all patience 10 ascertain
whether those opinions are consonant with Inc
rripciplcs of the Fathers of the Democratic ialln
The nearer he approxmatcs this touchstone, the
beuer we shall like him. As tor an obstinate
nncompromisne, all-over, Clay-Whig, we would
c,claim with The Teeloialler, "Touch moi, Taste
not, Handle not"
ANOTHER LETTER FROM GEN. TAYLOR.
Since writing the above, we find in The New
Orleans Delta, received BY yesterdays mail, Inc
following letter from General Taylor. II II
addressed 10 Dr. Edward Deoney, and was mrs
published in The LOUISIANA !oi iu'd" " ''e ~
OF August.
We hope that we will nov hear no more o
Gen. Taylor's being Wing. His letter is clea
and explicit on thai point lie declares he is NJ
noli,ician-that he has no; made up his mind al
to the expediency or conslilutionalily OF unieE
States Bank-the effects Of high PROTECTIVE
Tariff-or The right Of Congress under The Con
.,i;u,ion 10 create such system OF revenue. IN
one "a n believe for ore moment there is any nan
,omuilLaism in this declaration, noiwithsano
ing The Richmond Wing OF July I'D sa'd' ID re
n,v 10 The Washington Uuion when 1t asserle
This same tact, nj ii were true, il would necessa
rily reflect upon the patriotism or intelligence
| General TAYLOR" The General now asseTls Ina
wba, the Union said is h;lk-and 1t remain
- 10 seen whether The Wing will contlnu
-, ITO ;,fcrencc the declaration con