Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-04-21
=. 80 \ THE TAYLOR PRESS.

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WIKI =, v,or nress of Virginia. a lew weeks
since, Taylorism waslhe nc pt"s y "|D c,.u
wbiseery. The idea oil eleclins flein5 o.'1
~. ,;d;cn,ed as a humbug : Bolts, Tor urging
-. .,,;ms and his availability, was actively
,nn,., down as a "mischief' -maker, a very
"oan;us -, discord"-and, il faith was 10 be put
n rho leading Wing politicians, TayloT'sm was
w. : avalanche 10 carry along The Wings, and
Democrats 100, efthe Old Dominion. na'' SUI,
denlv. a s,huudel"-peal comes from 'ne imp'i'a,
Ru,sr Of A shIaud, and, in the classic Language u.
Senator Wilcher, Instantly lhs noisles' organs =
1,avlorism are seen 10 squat. a raP'd ie'e"
NAV not be undressing.
The Alexandria Gazette will "be more than con-
tent" il Mr.. Clay be the Wing nominee. ihe
Petersburg ln!eilisencer, among Inc ea'iies' -
aise The TAYLOR flag, which still floats 81 10
masthead, "Fcr President Of The ohhea o'a'e''
Gen. Zachary Taylor"-lh The editor having 'o's''.
Ten in The last moment 10 take it do~n-says VI
Mr.. Clay's hali-supplicating, hall lhrea'en'ns =
Ter, lha; it "bears The stamp oil opehh'Ss !"
dor which cbaracrerizes lis author. II, IN 'he
oninion ri the Convention, Mr.. Clay is lnaI MAN.
he will be nominated, aud every WING !" '"e
Union will 90 into the baule jul 81 energy ana
hone. II, on the other hand, some oInef wing,
good and true, shall be selected as our Sahua'u'
bearer, the Wings 10 a man viii raiy under 'nc
flag and bear it proudly on 10 victory. WEE 60
for The Waiy cause and the Wing man VINO IS
most likely to achieve a victory !orI'."
The Richmond WING, which scarcely a week
since laughed TO The winds all hope oil elec''ns
Henry Clay-unequivocally asserted that ne e0"'a
nal be elected, and that Mr.. Bots would "predlct 10
death" Mr.. Clay and The Wing parly-on tues
day last exhibited a rare specimen oil packing
wafer" Hear what il says:
awhile we have thought, and still thlnk, ior
reasons that it is not now necessary 10 fepea',
that Mr.. Clay would have acted more Wisely =
he had taken counsel of his o,on judgment ana tee-
mos instead of welding 10 the entreaties oil a
norton of his friends, yet we have no rIsht 10
complain, nor do w%ecomplain, that ne has 'honSht
nroner TO decide otherwise. We believe mat
while his election 10 the Presidency can add not
a cubit to his stature" another defeaI may wound
him most deeply, while il cannot iail 10 oeuacl
from The splendor OF his historical lame. But
our attachment to MIR. Clay, which dates back 10
our entrance into political life, has undergone no
diminu,ion-and, should he be nominated ov me
Philadelphia Convention, by no man VIII ms
triumphant election be hailed with more del,Snt
Than ~ ourselves. u may be that Ire hare 6een
in error IN regard 10 his comparative apattao'HtN-
lr MAY BE, as some OF his more sangnine ana pei
haps more sagaeious friends assert, that ms eietton
nor is 6euond all reasonable doubt. III this be SO,
and can be made apparent 10 The Convention, ne
ouoht 10 be, and doubtless will be its nominee
and in thai, event, we expect 10 give him our fee
lie SUPPORT, as we have done here'oiore,-if win
less hone of a successful issue, with as strong a
desire that our iorebodines may prove 10 be as ue'
ccpliye as were our an'icipaIions in lS44.
1.-THE Wing progresses al this rate, we may soon
expect 10 see it demonstrating by bold figures,
that Henry Clay will be triumphantly elected,
and that he fought 10 be The nominee" OF The Con
venlion. The Wings premature" commi!lal 10
Taylor, and utter abandonment OF Clay as a can
didate, have certainly placed in a most "embar'
RAISING position" In its own language, incor'
rectly applied 10 the Democratic press, Mr.. Clay's
letter has "produced very remarkable change in
The toni" OF The Wing and other papers, which
have "become suddenly conscience.smilien," and
are now "particulaIly DESTROYS OF making some
small aloncmeni for their past ~injusiicc towards
lha, iilus'rious statesman" For what greater Of
fence or "injus,ice" in his eyes, can be commit
led against a man Of Henry Gays ambition,
Than 10 swear that he never can be elected. and
TIA, he mus, he defeated by 10000 votes, If his
friend Bolts 'predicts' that he will be elected BY
that NUMBER
The Fredericksburg News is still an unoe-
lever. 1t "shall continue 10 oppose the nomi'
nation. because of the inability of the party to
elect him." and it thinks that 'any reasonable
m nm" mot .such nm as Mr.. Bolts, and others OF
like character,") Unjust come to the same con-
c%lusion." 1t, however, pledges itself 10 sup
port cordially, with zeal, the nominee OF the
| COMMUNICATING, at the Same time: 'As we
cypected, his III. Clay'sl name will be before
The Convention, and he Will, nc suppose, receive
The nomination for tn: Presidency" What
nzeal" can be felt when one is perfectly con
WINGED that the candidate cannot, by any posi-
bility, be elected, we cannot well conceive.
We admire the bold and ''indcpendent' course
OF the Taylor Wing n%o.party, no caucus Repub-
lican. Nothing can shake il. from its Proprieiy
1t refers feelingly TO the "threc score years and
ten of Mr.. Clay, who 'longs for nothing more
than a few years Of calm and quiet beneath the
shades Of Ashland, and wishes, above all
things, to enjoy uninterrupted intercourse vii
his family and his God,' but yet is forced, by
jealous and ~sanguinc partizans, TO mingle in the
dus, and hea. Of the fray! as it an act of kind
ness,n asks the tender-hearted Republican, 'to
sound the hunters horn again, and let in the
dogs once more upon their noble preyl" But its
kindly meant words will prove gall and worm
wood" 10 the heated ambition Of Henry Clay
What more grating language 10 such a man
than the emphatic and solemn declaration of the
Republican, that if Mr.. Clay be the Wing can
didate, "Defeat-gloomy, disastrous, total de
reat-is the plain and palpable result. Defeat
is too mild a name for that fourth failure. II
,ilt be a rout-H ,cil be annihi!ation'i
The Republican writes as il il 'supposel' like
the Fredericksburg News, that Mr.. Clay was
certainly 10 be The nominee. But j, is not Mr.
Clay alone, that is TO bring defeat 10 the Wing
parry. flhe Republican will consult lis files o.
last summer, it will hnd the argument jus, a:
stoully maintained, that, unless Gen. Taylor be
the Wing nominee, all other nominees, both
Wing ami Democratic, would be utterly defeated
and kat Old Fac would sweep away all oppo
si,ion on either side. No one now seriously
argues that Gen. Taylor will &c the Wing nomi
nee, and The Republican may have an opporluni
ly Of trying It's experiment OF "IndepenGcrNy."
The Washington correspondent of The Balli
more Patriot says:
"New candidates, compromise candidates, arr
now seriously talked of by the Wings al the sea
Of Government. Some are Tor running Critlen
den and Abbol Lawrence, while others are TO
running Scot and Mangum. Some hold on 70
Clay, and others for Taylor. A great change /
roTk,no. nj nh ersnts YOu will soon see the re