Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-12-12
RICH MOND, VI.
.trr:iay forming, December o. 1913
iNKLiNGS OF TIE FUTURE.

We have amused our readers with the various
and conflicting views Of the heterogeneous s'pPo''
ters o. General Taylor. We have shown lhal
,hev differ among themselves, mol only IN Inc
measures which each oae says was decided IN
The late election, and in the political associations
OF these vino will be called upon to carry on The
administration. but even IN the very name which
is hereafter 10 designate The loosely cemen'eo
fragments We have placed bat iiule confidence
in ,hei. an!agonis,c sp=culaiions. which nave
only served 10 pass away an socr. But there IS
long and cautious, and apparently wel-con'
siiered ara SEMI fife al article in The New
Orleans Picayune, which we have read with
some interest Mr.. Built, an editor OF that pa
per, has been claimed as the putatiye ialher o.
the second Allison letter, and This assumption
has Dol teen contrsdiced. He is regarded as oc
cupying confidential relation towards Old Zac
and his givngs.oui may. therefore, be entitled 10
some consideration.
The article in question, gives sketch OF uen'
Tayiol's h,s:ory. and ascribes 10 him the genu.
ine Washingtonian qualities. we pass over
this episode preterring 10 let The future CIVIL acs
vailed Washington, he will make as valuable
statesman as soldier. We come 10 the giA OF
the aniclc--the probable course that ne will take
at the outset, in assuming The reins OF govern
men,. The Picayune says:
"Wha,eyer 1isirus. of Gen. Taylors Admins
tration vas urged during the canvass was based
upon his avcwal oi WING principles We ex-
cep f;o-l this remark those dafibes which were
dictated by parry spifii and The virulent ehIsions
OF the patty press, which IN times OF high excite
mrnt sa id things mat made liue impression upon
the putic al ;.e lime, aud deserved less heed al
ter The bai.ie = lost did Won. II was Impossible
Tor Gei. Taylor not ~ De -i,her ing or De-
mucra,, as paities have been divided Tor years
pasl 10 regard 10 the services which0foughl his
name before The people Tor The highest giil IN their
grant, his politics were accidental. de was and
is Wing; bul so moderate in his opinions that
The opposillon To Eim ON The score OF his Drlnci-
ples tooK extreme grounds 10 make his declara.
ralion oil iailh Objectionable 10 the par allegi
ance oil the masses. His first Allison letter
would scarcely nave given offence TO the Rspub-
llcans vi Jeffersun's tune whilst his second leue'
10 Capt Allison is a mere consolidation oi his
several letters upon the subject OF which II i!eas.
Though no pubic man, no Candidate Tor othce,
wne,he, such by his own choosing or by comPul-
a political creed OF a mi der cna scier, ytt The
great body ut the Dtmo,r cy Tell fl from him
upon MS enuocIat,on of Wing opinions. Even
many uf IhDSs VINO supported him before his
avowal OF Wn'gsery abandoned him on The APP
peafauce OF HI, lifst A son Letter, as il il we're
po.sib he snoGd nave been ff.Tent 10 The
issue Of Inc preceding pres'dst canv SIS
Many OF those VINO adhered 10 .iim after The
publication OF thai leller abantoGed him al
Ter nj, nomination by Inc Pnilade phia Con-
veotion-ihus ey,Dcing Willingness that he
should accept the nomination oil any and every
parry but his oWD. However The secession OF his
Democratic supporters may not add 10 or dirnin-
ism the substance Of his frs, Alison letter, yet
shows iii Il party spiru Stw high and too omnip'
tent tr a mtze4 C46iaet; AMI Ihs revelation, OF
The last tour months may conline his selection OIL
consii ulional advisers 10 he parry Of which he
Is a memorr-ths Wing party. This is me only
Te!rencameat upon the exc, else CT urboun1ed
latitude in forming Cabinet, aud this restriction
IS enforced by the impossibily, as established by
known iacis. OF conducting an Administration
with Cabine; q, mixed, sn'agonistic and rePul-
sive materials
Viewing, theD, he position OF General Taylor
10 regard 10 the quality o; his Administration,
the sfuc urr ot his character, his freedom ifom
individual responsibilities, MS moderation, his
sound juGgment his Republican principles hi>
clearness ui all ianaticlSm, pledges or combina-
lions, what may ~ b. expected 0! his Admins
lra,ioa! In his poiica opinions he is moderate
bur d.cidei "a communicate, bu, not prupa- |
gandsi. That h. will form Cabinet Of belev-
ers in the sans tain may be taken for granted; |
but that he viii avoid fanatics Of all creeds may |
be equally conceded Withou knowing more Of |
his purposes titan any disintelested person may |
gather from wat as ben published 10 The |
nix mar n tv.ll he m fp
gather around him in he high places OF the Gu
veromepl statesmen Of iDe highest reputation for |
integrity, talents and experience but first OF all |
integrity. This done, the business "i making |
laws for the people, aud shaping the domestic |
policy OF the na,og, wii b. lett - nli.r measure |
Inan j, sa- been III. cu>;o'a Of late 10 leave j.,
where inc Cor>ttu,on otihe United states placed
with The Congress oi III Republic"
The above IKE al other emanaiions CT Tay-
iorisC, Is iogsy enough hut cne fact is indicated
beyond question. viz: Tha, Geo. Taylor i
a "modcfals, IL! decided" Whig-and that he
will .orm his cabinet, not OF /" fanatics" but Of
J" believers in he same faith" with himself, that
Is, OF moderate, bur decided" Wings. Why,
in despite OF his own no party declarations
before the election, he should thus turn cold
sooo!tcf TO the Democrats without whose aid be
could no, hare bsca =,sclca, we &c. no sufficient
reason. II IS well Known, tina, after his acceptance
OF the Whig nomination, &c declared that ne
wouli haze accepted he Dem ,rilic nomination
upon the Same terms and iha' h avowed the
timmaiable condition." TIA; he would not be
party caus.i@a.e, Gai an exponent OF party doc
irines" The taos had can'oiiing influence
upon .aTee FAINTER Of Democrats, who suS-
tanned bi.a - party man, and who, united
to the Wings, Scared his erection. The Taylor
Democrats now 10 be disappointed, and
Cabinet OF Wings exclusively TO BE- formed tot
the singular reason ihai" party spirit is too high
and too o,nnipoieut for mixed Cabinet" Here
one Of the promised fruits OF the election Of Tay,
lor is 10 us ;cr-ea 20 dus. and ashes on The lips
OF The confdiug Independents" This programme
of the future is peculiarly incomprehensible,
when subsequent sentence in the same article
Of the picayuae declares that "he (Gen. Taylor
will not look upon one halt of the American
people &c aliens in their own land, Incapable OF
public !tusi, and unfit Tor Executive employ
ment"
Asthe New Orleans Della says, in lis able re-
view OF lhs Picayune's oracuIar revelations:
allow do the revelations Of the las, tour M nths
change General TaJ iur's posilion7 His views
aud opinions are not 10 ee controlled by the &C.
tion Of uhers ii The mass OF he Democratic
patty vc,ed asains him, although he was NJ, OF
their parry, is that a reason WY the Generals
fr,eads should call upon him 10 belle his pledges
II admiai,'er ne government irrespective OF par.
iy7 General Tdylor's conduc, ana opinions, we
take it, are to be dictated ard regulated by his own
sense 81 right ant Judgment not hy that OF others;
least OF ali by those who opposed him His friends
before his election, called upoG The Democrats TO
support nIm nnier assurances that his admins
Irat,on would be tree from partisan prejudices-
The General himself prolessed his perfect will
lingness 10 run as the nominee ofIhe Democratic
Convention. With these professions, is it not a
startling avowai, ole which smacks strongly OF
dalt fhat