Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-08-27

pecially 10 The Philadelphia American and ia
zeuc-in what altitude before the people ana De.
fore The Wing party does This letter oil General
Taylor place those Whis journals who "oi lneli
own positive knowledge" have SO often and SO
loudly claimed him as IA sound Wing and a
staunch Whig"-sa whole Wing and nothing
but Whig"-nay, and a full toned Henry Cay
Wig to boot :" Is a full-loned Henry Clay Whtg
one who has no settled opinions about a National
Bank" or a PROTECTIVE T~ariff'-about their "ne-
cessi,y," their "~elects," and The "power Of Con-
gress" in reference 10 lhem2 Can a man be a
"whole Wing and nothing else" by saying no
thing about The urar, lis ~"jus,ice" or its necessi-
W" save only 10 acknowledge "his duty as a CT
tizen 10 do all in his poncr 10 bring it 10 a speedy
and honorable close by The most rigorous opera.
iions?" Is Ibis The platform upon which The sound
and slaunch Wings" OF the country plant them
selves in relation 10 the war; Is il The ground
OF MIR. Corwin and his followers2 or oil Mr.. ber-
rien and his followers? or OF MIR. Schenck and his
followers? or of The legislatures Of the Wing
States from Massachusetts 10 North Carolina1
The time Of this revelation, loo, is somewhat
remarkable. just now, the Wings are, after their
fashion, flushed and triumphins out OF all due
measure, in such partial success as they have
been able 10 achieve in The August elections
Forthwith We find in an influential Wing paper,
in Kentucky, a studied rebuke OF The Taylor
movement as injudicious and premature. Then,
even our staid neighbor OF The "lnlelli2encei'
breaks his cherished silence, and tells The Wings
that they must see that they are now The majority,
and that they must maintain themselves, "andh
true 10 Themselves" Ready on The instant that The
scene is ready for him, forth starts mr.. Ct0girom
his retreat al Ashland, and just as The news Of The
elections gels here, he is a, Philadelphia, The
Clay headquarters, all ready 10 be shouted for,
-. - H. In,x,, Ma, III;0s-f Ln1f- mon r
all ready 10 make The welkin ring with shouts
for himl "There be strange condolences here"
quite a chapter Of "lucky accidents" and IN
the midst OF them all, out comes this letler from
Gen. Taylor, absolutely ignoring the whole plat
form of Wing policy-bank, tariff, war, opPcsi-
lion, and all!
The explanation Of this does not lie far of,
nor is il hard TO be seen. Admitting, in The face
of ali General Taylor has written, that he is a
whig, still no lnan in his senses can believe that
he is nou, or ever has been, The first ctOics OF the
whig party, and especially OF The whig leaders
They want a tried and reliable party man. IL
they think they cannot elect such a man, they may
be willing 10 take up a p~rolessed "no-party" man,
whom they suppose they can elect, trusting thai
when he gets 10 The While House, they can turn
him into "a riis, a whole arhis, and nothing bmt
a mhig." This is evidently their whole game.
MIR. Clay frs. (such is their fseling,) il there be
any lair chance 10 elect him ii not. then Gen.
Taylor or somebody else. That this is their rur-
pose, is shown by the very phrases in which their
leaders and journals have urged Gen. Taylor on
their parry. They have stou,ly claimed, as Ge-
neral Taylor's ~crowning political merit, that he
is a Hc,uy Clay phig. But if they want a Hen
~ Coy lch,g, as such. why not take Mn'y
Ciay himself who is The most ot a Heavy
Clay wA,g Of them ala Mr.. Clay is "ed
10 ,nsniag, and has not declined 10 ,na, maj
ire kncw al, nor hare his friends deciincd ir 1im.
On the contrary, we hear constantly, and from
quarters of high wing authority, that The Tay
Tor movement in the whig ranks has about
finished its allotted work-that the August cleo
lions have pretty nearly settled The matter b.
giving hope that Il, Wings may e eel whom lhey
please. II was very well, say these Wing lead
eIs-we do not SPEAK unadvisedly lit was very
well To hold General Taylor in Tcscrve-Buena
Vista was a good cry'-il would help us in
electing members of Congress-, nigh. bring
new men 10 our Isnks-Cenainly il would en-
able Us 10 keep our old o!t-deiealed issues in he
back ground and, after all, il woist come IL
wofsi, the General might turn out to be mol Who'll
Is unlractable as a parry man. But nor things
are changed. The August elections indicate thai
we are gaining ground. And il We arc the mojO-
ruy, wha, do We want OF General Taylor, When
we can gel tried man OF cur 6En2" Such are
The comments which ire kao,r 10 have been
made in high Wing quarters, in view OF passing
egents. We predict that ere many weeks pass,
this spirit in the Wing party will force itself
upon The knowledge and the attention OF General
Taylor himself. We wait with some interest 10
see how he will stand such a use OF bis name
and services 10 promote anolher mans election.
We wait 10 see how he Will bear himself in Ihr
secondary U, subordinate and 'ice1m tensas" position
in which the Wing leaders have deter mined
''nclens rolens" TO place him.
The moral OF this STATE Of fittings is clear. Let
the leaders Of any party beware how they com.
mi, themselves 10 any nan before they know his
opinions. Such 4 commii,al must III all t,eais
destroy the whole moral ioTcr ui heir pariy oreani-
zalion. II made in god faiM, j, subicc'S them 10
the danger Of 6aci-handed blows like that which
The Wings mus fri 10 dis letter ot General I'ay- |
lor. II, on the other hand, such a premature
commiula. be made Gas The facts would indicate
in The present case) IN bad faah and with 4 design
10 subserve Other Interests, il is sure 10 cover iis
authors with the suspicion, if not with The proven
guW. OF political treachery.-[H ~. LuioH.
Geo. w. Hopkins, Esq. United States Minisiei
TO Lisbon, and his wife, sailed for Liverpool in
The packet ship West Point, on The 18th inst.