Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-06-20

,,s,;,.nce makes it too probable will he veTlfea |
i, already is not. Indeed, as The dera'e VIII
how he could see bat little 10 exnlI over IN Inc
ale French Revolution bu. This act, which Por'
ended such fearful consequences.
In this address Of Mr. Ashmun he says:
"Gen Taylor was not my preference; ba! o.
ieve him 10 be true Wing, an honest an'. I'D, "a
,able ~ ar, opposed 10 The acqnisi'ion u
IS with sound and conservative princiPies, W
,oscd 10 further cula,gina The boundaries o. 'ne
Union: ard. although lie lives IN the ia'i.uue
a here slavery is tolerated, yet DO mol he.lese
hat he desires or approves its extension. HS4s-
clared sentiments are guaranty taaine '0 ~
psr in the slightest manner interfere 'otn nse ~
lion of Congress ,ohen it shall faT6ia me s1'.e"e'
Of slaperu in our ne,oly acquired terr't0r'eS.L
! o. Inc ,enrpseptatiyes OF The people ana Vi 'ue
S,a,es he ief, free 10 aci upon that question, uh
con,ro,,ed nv Executive influence and Executive
vs,o ond we are safe. need not, am conhden',
olive ~ Won any new assurance mat Wnenese'
The question, in any form, shall De presented w..
ring my official term, he rights OF nuua n.y.
shall find in me an unyislding ADVOCATE ~
issue will soon come; il is 10 he met IN The nails VI
Congress-"
Take in conuexion with this The Letter oil ''e
Hon. A. Stewart who is known TO DC warm
advocate of the Wilmot Ploviso, ana deVo'ea
friend 10 Gen. Taylor, and was voted Tor in Inc
late Wing Convention as Vice President. here
i, is as published 10 the National lnieigencer;
WASHINGTON, March |, lS4S.
cs,-, r,,ey. Since wiring my letter Of yes
rta n
dencen and find it, on the point therein referred
10, to be as follows:
The editor of the Signal says: 1.-THE extension
over the continent beyond The Rio Grande ct Inc
ordinance of 1887 is an object 100 high and per.
mauent 10 be bafied By Presidential veIoes. All
that we ask OF The incumbent OF The highest once
under The Constitution Is 10 hoiG hts hand, 10 DOW
10 the will of The people, as promulgated IN leSis
laliye forms, and restrain the Executive action m
its appropriate channels" General Taylor, 10
reply, expresses his thigh opinion and approval
of The sentiments and views embraced in your
'"''' s'"'''A'' A. STEWART.
But some OF those who profess to speak the
sentiments of General Taylor upon this subject
20 much farther. They not only maintain that,
upon this question, he will surrender the veto
power conferred upon the President by the Con-
stitution, aud designed by its trainers for just
such an occasion, and hand US over to Inc
tender merces of Congress; but that he is him.
self individually in favor of excluding slavery
BY Congressional action from all the territories
we may acquire.
The Boston ATLAS contains the following
very important announcement
"Coonel Johnson, Of Upper Piqua, Ohio, who
was selected by the Wings of Mama as their
delegate 10 the Conventional staunch, undoubt-
ed Wbig-who has. in long life devoted to the
cause, done it great service delegate 10 Har-
risburg in 1889, and to Baltimore in 1874, and
who has known General Taylor Icing and init.
ma,ely, writes, in letter before US, that ne IS
all We could desire upon this very point. He
writes that he has heard him declare, with much
force, that he regarded slavery as great evil TO
the country, and expressed strong hope that
the time might arrive when we could get rid of
it altogether; and Colonel Johnson declares his
firnest conviction, that General Taylor lis the
last man TO countenance its being extended 10
any new territory that may be brought into the
Union
These are the views relative to General Tay-
lor's opinions upon this all-absorbing question,
presented by leading organs Of public opinion
at the North aud the West-while at the South
we are told that our only safety, as far a, slavery
is concerned, lies in General Taylors election.
In this state Of public opinion ought not the
country to demand more light. If the present
state Of things is to continue, it is evident some
body must be deceived. We do not believe that
the. South desires TO deceive any ono upon such
a question. Her security lies in no such trick
as that, but in the Constitution, and the election
OF men to high places, who will pledge them
selves 10 maintain il in all of its compromises.
And we are quite sure she does not wish to be
deceived b. others. To avoid the one or the
s1hsy tbfs IS aSsub jet about which there should
be no doubt in the minds Of any about the OPT.
Mons of candidates for the high and responsible
post Of Chief Magistrate of the nation
We have already referred TO the facts that the
casting vote upon bill excluding slavery from The
Territories might very probably devolve upon the
Vice President; and we designed to produce evil
dence of the opinions OF Mr.. Fillmore upon the
subject. Blu, we have only space now 10 refer 10
one tact, which, however, is 10 the point and is
conclusive. The Wing Convention which no.
minated him for The office he now holds, passed
unanimously, The resolution in lis very words
which the Syracuse (HunkeD Convention laid
on the table, when offered by the Barnburners ap.
proving Of The Wilmot Proviso and making Il,
the "corner stone" OF their platform. Mr.. Fill.
more accepted this nomination by this conven-
ton; endorsed their platform, with its "corner
stone" and was elected by the party which held
II. This is fresh in The recollection OF the coun.
Try Need words be multiplied or stronger proof
be proiuced2
Wehad also designed 10 show, from similar au.
lhorties, that the Wings looked 10 re-estabIishine
The Bank and The protective system-in word,
all the Federal measures-in the same way that
they contemplate excluding slavery from the
Territories; but we must reserve this for another
occasion. We canno', however, conclude With
out again calling The attention Of our readers 10
the strange injustice with which Gen. Cass is
treated by The ultras North and South While
few al The South object 10 him as nj going far
enough in favor OF sustaining our institutions he
is violently assaiie6 al the North for going 100
far. A, late meeting held al Utica, in New
York, by the Barnburners, the following resolu.
lions were adopted
she has declared that any action by Congress.
prohibiting slavery in the Territories, is uncon.
stituiona; he would therefore veto any bill con-
tanning such prohibition.
"And we see in his nomination that subservi.
ency TO The aggressive spirit Of slavery under
which the non.slavehodipg States have so long
suffered, and whichthey are now fully justified in
resisting"
Let those at the South who are disposed 10 ca.
vii al Gov. Cass's position read these resolutions;
and, If they have sense of shame lelt lei them
blush for their injustice. Some OF them object
to Gov. Cas-, a. unsound on the subject OF slave.
ry, yet support Gen. Taylor and Mr.. Fillmore, in
the cquivocal position Of the first, and the une-