Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1847-04-20
The Pledge! The Pledge

The Washington Union, in tho following paragraph
sndehvors ovade the force OF Mr. Botss auson 10 lis
failure to give pledge" oppose any nominee for
the Pres dency, who may be favor Of the Wilmot Pro-
yiso:
The 'heod-him-or-die' candidate Of the Richmond
district whose m0tesIy equal his veracItv and whose
principles equal 70 both, has aGIrcs ed some eypl,a
tioas 10 tho district upon the Wiulot proviso The En-
quiref has used him up sufficiently upon that point But
MI John ht Bos has thOgEht proper b:lng IN the editor
az the UnOn with view o. mystying his o,yn poslt,or.
md upon this, too beg saw that this a,,r,n
Gus natter introduced by Mr.. Bots about the Union and
thc Charleston Mercury utterly out OF plsee,-p,,,
rulSr, the Enquirer justly observes when the Mer-
has essentially msrcpresenled the Union We INNS,
protest any bill tina. drapH by the Charleston Mercury
hat 6Rd0rssf by J. VI. Boits. We have correctly de-
hu,d position. We have stated that the Sou,b
could and would ncquicacc in the Winot provisr.
and that nothing would SATISFY them but n conciatory
feticment the Missouri compromise prncipe accord
ing spirit IN which the Constitution was formed ana
in which 0 has been ndmnist, red"
The Enquirer declined replying fully TO 50 much Of Mr.
Boss address had reference the course of the Union
because tho Union compsteni "o take caro- OF tsl
and now, the Union instead Vi meeting the question tell
that the Enquirer has FUSED Mr.. Bous up ,ufici.,,l
that Point" Let us look moment at the fact, of the
case.
!, had been proclaimed by the Enquirer that Mr. Ror,
"unsaie" the Wimot pToviso because ne woud NOT
give unconditional and unqualified pledge TO vote sg,,p,,
any candidate for the Presidency might be in favor
tbe wilmot proviso.
Mr. Bolts retorIed, by showing that the editor of the
Umon when asked by the Charleston Mercury to give that
pledge, had refused do So and the inference il
res.uble II the fact be stated that Mr. Bolt, and ,
Editor OF the Union being IN the category If the for
is "unsuie," the laief be also From this co
clusion there is escape.
Bur the Enquirer says, and tho Union reerae, IL
"tbe Mercury has essentially msreprcsentes the tno, -
But neither Of them has informed the public in ybet t,
misrepresentation consists The fact that the Union wa,
called upon TO give the pledge, is dened-nor il the
other fact hat has refused to give thu, pledge Tia, =
ihe get u the and II the Union has not been mil,
Represented upon tto point submit that n depv,. IT,
sell OF the right do w friends in Virginia TO demand If
MIR Bous or sny other Wing pledge which the 9rss, cs
ira organ Of the Administration party itself reIu,,s 10
give
The Union may PrSisH any bill drawn by the Mersy,v
and endorsed by MIR Bots-bu that protest cannot avail
IN tho present instance. The people will see that IN.
"pedge % much relied Upon by the Administration org.n
In Richmond which addresses Itself almost exclusively al
Southern men, cannot be safely gwen by the Admip.,,,
ton organ IN Washington, which speaks TO n.r-1
audience, and which looks to the effect produced IN the
North well ihe South by the course 1t NAV puspc
And they will Of draw their own inieronc,, In re-
gard both TO the vehemcnco q the one and the char,
ness OF the other
the Union however, snys, it has correctly defined
Ni'l posiu NJ "o-what 70 that position " We nav,
stated Gays that paper that the South could and yyoI,
bot arguicseo in the Wimot provso." This We submit
with Oh difference. defining tho position oJtLe South bY
boot of ne Editor Of The Union Every soutbsrn ma,
prepared 10 rctorae the declaration that the South will no
submit Co tho Whmot pfoviso-but t docs not follow tb,
every Southern will give the pledge which the Eno,i
F 90 anxious TO exact from Mr. Bots aud which tb
Charleston Mercury equally an1ious and with AZ ,,,l
success, 10 oEiort from the Washington Union Why dbl
that paper speak Tor ITSELF instead Of saying what IN
South" would do OF would not do Why does IL d,s,
back just tho mark i The reason s A. Gle,
sa Che Of MONDAY. The Union is an open and d,
cdsd advocate Of smother Baltimore Convention and
Tcrcsy's very clearly, that. h.s pledge" be gwen
which some of i friends in Vrgna have been rather or,
rpiuio boz proictug they will hereafter discover
termination w that body irHpossLis snd the Admuisirr
ton party musi enter the Presidential canvass o Isl,
with twoseu of candidates Tor the Presidency end the Vic
Prrsidency-ouo composed Of Northern and the ofbs,
g1u,hcfn lf when shat Convention shall moe, ,t
Southern delegates shall require the rspudttap of the w.
mot povso sins faa be obvious tha BE- must 5u
band ~ Do mectsof in the cnuro North W, du
vhsi4cr one leading con be found, who will refu,o
stad 3D. she principle Of hat provsoor. II there b. il
sb.outsy certain that such Northern man can get
E.ccioia IN Of the non-sIavehoding States.
fleece 'ho tousLiss" Of the Union upon this point
Asani While The Enquirer 10 proolsirninz thst Mr. Bo
BE- unsafe" bscsuss he refuses give THE pledge
observe. be- the columns Of the Union letter from he &C
rsspoudoni 10 Paus-undsrsto1d 10 be Mr. Martin fJfms
" cnrf errk n the State Department and now our char
de- adtWs II the French Cour-in which We find m
significant aud remarkable decarauon-ths more sgnhoa
and smsrksb'c, 10 is published by the Union witho
no,e or comment That writer sayss
"wer rspis'oo',ng dlsuiot n Congress