Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-09-15
GENERAL rAYLoa,s SOUTHERN FACE.

written 10 reply 10 aud answering Cc''o 49,
rosatOres propouDded 10 a letter rom nun u
had pledged himself not TO veto any D'ii wnle'
might be passed oy Congress 10 when was Gun
bodied The Wilmot Proviso TINS mons'lou
assertion, so entirely al war with The chafdc'ei
the man and The leoor Of his whole life, could on
ly have been made by political leaders when IL
the last Stage OF desperation when they saw Ina
everlasting political rou. and ruin was approach
Ing them as fast as The cour,e oil lime Wouid per
nit
"How dare these INSCRIPTIONS mailsnefs SAY
tina! General Iaylor--a man OF such pure, moore
and unsullied character would prove uai'o,
10 those among whom he was born ana faisea
-tha, he would b.tray the southern people on
This vial qaestion7-lhat he would prove laise
10 his own Interests, and scurnfully turn MS oach
upon old associalions7 What ground nave Iney
70! pulling ioflh such vile and uniounuen Stale,
menls7 In the course OF long lie, mas GENERA
Taylor ever displayed any disposition 10 oetay
his country Does he bear the marks OF hal'
tori M! Let his yilest traducefs point 10 a
single act OF his life rha, smack, Of treason On
The contrary, for forty years be has stood oy MS
country, and on many desperately contested battle
fields his strong arm, stout heart, clear ana coo'
head indomi,able bravery and iron will, have
rolled back The lurd Tide OF batlle, ana covered
himself and his counrY's flag with unaerisnaoe
fenown WIZ should such man-so pure, 50
exalted, SO patriotic, so devoted 10 ms coun'
try who has consecraled long 'ile 10 MS
counrJ's service who has shed immortal
glory upon her arms, AMI who Is 50 nohes!, So
masnanimous, SO generous so noble 10 all me
relations OF lie be slandered in this s1Tt OF style
True il is that we have no, ye. mel with any
Democratic editor who dare openly charge Gen
eral Taylor with abolilionism yel such game
mas been Tor TWO or Three mOntns and IS now 60.
ing on all over The Sou;h by implication and
nsinuaion! They insibua,e Silly what they
dare no, charge openly. This is wors-, mean
er and more deesiabie, han il The charge was
made boldly. There would then be some mani.
ness about The matter.
III the people OF Inc South demand stronger
evidence OF a mans souniness on The slavery
question than The facl that he is sou sherner by
hirh, HABITS, and associations that he has al.
ways been Identified with The South, and that
all the property ne has 10 The world is vested in
cotton piantation-r is not likely that they
will ever get il. They d. mol deserve more."-
.Hlssiss,ppi Courier.
"a desperate a,temp. is making, and will be
made to impress on tie public mind the belief
tina, General Taylor is no, thoroughly with the
South on the subject IF slavery. Such an at
nenls are driven, in o.ter to iniure him 10 the
estimation of his admirers. Why, who is Ge.
neral Taylor and vince does he lv9 Every
body knows that he is citizen of Louisiana
an extensive and successful farmer-and owns
more slaves than the most Of his slanderers can
ever hope honestly 10 obtain. Is there any fear
Of such man on thi:subject Born in a slave
Stale, and still resting in one; with large
IF ital cfod ~;
property; identified rom interests, inclination
and education with ts institutions around US;
will any sensible mannesitate on this subject TO
prefer him to his Columbus, Geor-
gia, Enquirer.
1he subjects Of aariff, bank and internal
Improvements, are dHriei into Insignificant d.
mansions when comared with The great and
nvershadowing one which an uhprincirled
Northern and Northeastern Democracy has
dared 10 throw beiores e people, [alludng 10 The
tree territory principal Il is OF vital conse.
guence that The Souis should march up 10 this
question. BY birth, edeaon, sentiment. feeling,
association and iherd, General Taylor is one
ot us The South ins well answer The North
through him, and REDEEM the pledge it has made
10 support no man wb,is moi OF us or with Us"
[Charleston IS. CO. Csr,er.
zone reason why he Sou:h should sustain
Taylor Tor The Pfesidtcy with great unanimily
is, because his nomn1on affords final and un
ookei for chance Of Sctins Southern man 10
that Office. The i1prtance OF placing al Inc
head o. GovernmenDne who, from birtn, asso
citation, aud CONNECTION, is identified with
Inc Sauh, and will ,arlessly uphold her rights
and guard her from oppression, canno, fail 10
strike every mind. Llbis view, his election be-
comes a question 'ta moment 10 ihe slave
holding portion OF thlContedefacy."
NrD ORLEANS Bee.
IS NORTHERN FA;E.
upon he taJh-that iayoiei 10 kill The bill This
summary and UNANIMOUS action ~ ite parl of
me Wings has shocknsiy cisapp ines these po-
li,ic.l croakers; taut finding aboIi,ionis,s and
boiling Wings; who,doua'less, would have pre-
tered they should &C otherwise. Never was the
wind mufe completef taken out OF The sails OF
these croakers, than pon this occasion. Since
Inc nomination of Ge! TAYLOR BY The Wing Ma
tiunal Convention, my have daily charged tie
Wings with being fac 10 their Tree soil PROBES.
sions-wi,h drsenin.,,he doctrine laid down in
the ordinance OF l751-of being recreanr 10 liber.
", aud doomed 10 ceIlasling disgrace! How
uliellY unjust these sser.i0ns are is proved By
The decisive action oiihe Wings, when The time
Tor action came.
"And the motion ttlay the bill upon the table
came from Sou,herWhis, loo-Mr. Stephens,
OF Geofgia-np0n won is poured, in copious
measure the indignation Of the organ OF Mr.
Polk. Mr.. Stephens sas assailed in the House
By the harpies of the ADMINISTRATION, who created
prodisous nproar yhen he moved that the bill
be laid upon the table. Bur, although an invalid,
he is of as nyiednamaierals as any man in
Congress- and goes at.ad in his purposes, even
if Mr.. Polk aud his etire army OF satellites lie n
mis- path. Eight Soudern Taylor Wing, voted
10 pu, the bill upon b lable-lhus performing a
better service for Tree gil than the whole troop OF
political malconien,s the North seem in way
10 accomplish, so lons3 as in their present posi-
lion."
"We have said expressly, over and over again
that the lime YVES comns and al no distant day.
when he whole Nor would plant herself on the
ground no slavery aod stand TO il 10 man.
are ripe Tor this. When they are, our CORES.
pIndent may coun, OF our support. A; present,
we feel That the sreatWhig party are certain 10
come into power, viii General Taylor al their
head; an We have aIconfltence that the moment
Congress shall passa law 10 circumscrbe The
unmilisa,ed curse ilhin The Limits OF the Con.
sliulion, as inlerpren by Daniel Webster and
oher OF our soundes northern men, that momen.
susa a bill 7iu rsseis Tayl0r's signature Con.
vince us that il will LOT, and we will pull down
his name from our PIPER.
"Wnat, we say sain, then, does our friend
"A Freeman want, pa. we cannot give him7-
Does he want any stnnssr opposition 10 slavery Z
Blu, where will be fSi il, asserted over and over
again, than in our clumns long before the Bufa-
10 Conven,ion2 AID we say now, that We are
ready Tor any and a movements, JUS and pro.
per, TO confne tn. ei within limits dictated By
right, But we lhinI there is power already
working for this end and spirit making for this
end and that power nd that spirit are the body
and spirit of The Wing party. This party has
ever been for justice nd truth; j, is for that now
and The instant the the comes TO cut The head
from the monster, the Wings will DO it. Does "A
Freeman want more
"Or is II, afier all, a he does not believe thai
with General Taylor, re can do lhisl and does
: he think We are deceived in Gen. Taylor7"
Nsto Haren Journal
IL el Them ponder tbte things we'll Let then