Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-04-25
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WHY NOT SUIT THE ACTION TO TIKI
WORD?
The Republican quotes. on The authority of tn
Montgomery (Alabama) Journal, the decIara'
tions of General Twiggs, that General Tay.
lor's "Whig opinions are as decided as any per
sons 10 the country, and that lie fell and criaccc
an intense interest in III: success Of .hr. Clay
When we read his, We took il for granted, o
course, that Gene al Taylor would give practi
cal proof of his ~"iat.nse interest in the success.
of Mr. Clay" BY Withdrawing at once from the
Mr.. Clay, who is now fully in the field, and b,
his own act. But no such thing.
In the same column Of the Republican, an
Immediately succeeding the evidence Of Genera
Twiggs, isa Washington letter in the Charleston
Courier, which says
general Taylor will certainly be run as an
independent candidate He will take the States
of Florida, Louisiana, South Carolina, Georgia,
Virginia ~ and Pennsylvania and, perhaps,
others. But, at all events, he will command
force enough TO defeat the election before the PEG.
pie, and bring it into the House, where he will
certainly be chosen"
Indeed, the very spicy editorial Of the Repub.
lican is Of The sam tenor. II falls upon the
Clayitcs shot and heavy" as if they were worse
than the "yillainous Locofocos.' II says:
ave have always been taught that violence
and trickery were the peculiar weapons of Loco.
| focoism; but, we blush to acknowledge il, we
have never yet heard of Wing meetings being
interrupted BY Locofoces, as those of Taylor
| friends have been by men calling themsclvt:
Wings; nor have we ever seen any Locofocc
| RoO,backs superior 10 those TO which The Tri.
Dunes and Expresses Of the North give curien
cy."
II denounccs the Clay organs as industriously
and Systematically circulating hundreds of ru
mors, mot only duplicating the political charac
ter of Gen. Taylor, but representing him as a dis
honoTed TOOL and miserable puppet in the hand.
Of afew intriguing politicians"
With much passion it asks, 'way should Gen
Taylor be thus remorselessly ,raduced and as.
sailed7" and it clearly points 10 Mr. Clay's course
when ii asks. "Haa he (Gen. IT, thrust himself
acrosslhe path OF any mans ambition7 Has he ex
hibiled an inordinate desire TO secure for himself
The Wing nomination." &c. Again, the Reputli
can avows that ft is miserable cant and nonsense
10 arraign" Polk, "the Ficklins and Thompsons'
for their iugrali,ude TO Gen. Taylor, 'while, at The
same time, the conduct Of the FickIins and
Thompsons is substantially initiated by those
(the Clay men) who, for the wrelched purposes Of
faction, would sully the honor and The good name
of Gen. Taylor, and, while they cannot steal The
laurels from his brow, would seek 10 slrew among
their leaves The lhorns Of ridicule, contempt and
detraciion."
Finally, The Republican appeals 10 the friends
of Taylor 10 present a firm front for the old hero,''
not to be alarmed by The movements of The poll.
teians," but to stand by "lhe man who will be
their (ttc poopk's) President'-in other words
Convention or NO Convention, 10 keep Taylors
flag flying, and run him, if possible, as a candi.
date independent of "lhe politicians" Strange to
say, the editor who INDUCES in such "indepen-
dent" language, is a member of the "Hdig central
committee" recently appointed and published to
the world