Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-10-31
RICH MOND, VA.
saturday Morning, october %. 1s4s.
WILL THE SOUTH FALTER3


he Pennsylvania Election. 1t FIST assa''S 'iie
Democrats OF Pennsylvania, and one OF is p'o'h'
pent objections is that they have "hucKea 10
Southern policy" and are "sycophan!s oil slave
Wand, singularly enough, this aricie . pun
i.bed 10 the Times here, with but iain' Hiui-
muir. II one portion OF The article IS 10 oei'e'eu'
he whole is, and the Times has iufn'shea 10 us
readers strong evidence, that the Democrats Oh
are denounced and put down LOT
heir devotion TO the constitutional rish's OF 'he
SoulhD
The Bulletin next comes 10 The position Oh
Gen. Taylor on the Wilmo, Proviso, zone oi inc
mos, important elements entering into The pfes'-
DENTAL contest" "And YET, strange to say Inc
opinions on This subject Of one OF me cand'aa'es
are vet, within tortoieh, OF The eleclion' In
doubt. No man can tell certainly whether uch'
Taylor is, or is moi, 10 favor OF the Wilmot Pfo-
yiso" The Bulletin continues:
1--WE mean what we say Many, we are aware,
will be surprised, for the impression IS general IN
the North that Taylor is opposed 10 extending hu :
man bondage: but when any man Sis down 10 e!'
amino the grounds OF this belief, ne nnds, 10 ms
establishment, how baseess is The taollc. lake
away a few vague rumors not lraceaoie 10 any
authentic source-take away The popular conn
dence in Taylors sincety OF purpose ana hu,
MANLY Of hearl-take away the unauinoflzeo
endorsement of his sentiments on this point by
Cotwjn. Clayton and olh.rs-and what have we
loT,q Not one whit OF eYidence that he may not
yrto any territorial bill which may pass Con.
axcludino q frnpo Ne " Mexico and
California.
ais it possible that great political fraud is
being perpetraicd, akin 10 The Kane letter, which
gained the vote oil Penns, lvania Tor Polk in SAT
Corwin, at the North, declares Taylor 10 be IN
favor of tree soil; while Truman Smith, IN his
letters to the South, recommends him and Fill
more as the reverse. Honce Greeley argues that
The General must be in ia'or Of The Wilmo; Pro-
yi,o; while Mr.. Benz one OF the Wing cleo
tors Of Louisiana, has affirmed, in speech al
Baton Rouge, Taylor's osn residence, that The
General would "prompily ,eto any thing like The
Wilmoi Pfovisc." Whichue right, his Northern
or his Southern friends' We confess that zee do
not like The appsa, anee Of !hinss, and, for one,
would wish to see the position Of the General
explicitly laid down. Wease not satisfied that
TAYLOR is Free Soil MAJ. Il is true, that no
letter of Taylor has foud the light, or, al
least, has met our eye, in which the extension OF
slavery is advised: il is ire, also, that many OF
those who describe him q opposed to the Pro
piso are his enemies, and GN evidently 10 in1urc
him-bul that any doubt aould exist as 10 his
sentiments, and doubt dos exist, is most unfa
vo,a6le TO his, or his friels character for frank
ness. A single letter frrn Taylor, explicitly
ayowing his sentiments, l,uld settle all diteul-
~. Why hare the Wing Leders no such ep,stie?
They have Allison ettersSaunders letters, and
other letters in aDundape. On nearly every
point of Wing doctrlnelhe leaders OF that
party have an epislle TO sbw. Why have they
not hing on The Wilmot P,yiso?
"Corwin, who is stunning Ohio in favor OF
TAYLOR, relies chiefly onthe assertion OF the
General, that he will not clio the acts Of Con
gress. His General Talor'sl singular silence
on this very delicate pom and that, too in the
face Of the opposite view attributed TO nun al
the North and South, s:ertainly remarkable,
and nat in unison NTH tsrank character attri-
buled TO him.
ave allude 10 this supja The more particular
ly because numerous solilatons have met US,
and from all qnarers, 10 ldeavor to obtain in
formation ON 50 vital qution Who will give
the enouirers light Cattle North American
do i'll Can Greeley dol, Can any one do it !
The public ,cant f,cts, Datrgume,ts; pledges, not
suppontions Shall ,0s la Them?
1--WE have 80 frequent expressed, in these
columns, our high eslimalot Taylor as man,
that We have TO fear OF bag considered, hy This
Categorical inquiry, as csins any impusalion
on his character. But wsanl light. The SEN
| t,ments of Cas- and Van uren are nell kno11n
THOSE OF TAYLOR ARE NO and 10 behalf OF The
| people we ask for LIGHT"
| The Times which noee ms 10 keep Old
Zack's conscience, thought one lime, with Mr.
Bolis il ridiculed his Presinlial aspirations, I'M
derlakes 10 answer The emalic and positive in.
terrogaIories Of the Bnleliin The following ar
ticlc, which indeed is no aver al all:
"GrN TAYLOR on THE LAvERY QUESTION:
The Philadelphia Bnllelirnquires why General
raylor's friends do not pruce Letter making
known his opinions ON th Wilmo Proviso}-
Gen. Taylor himself has be- ago answered The
question. He has said Il, he did not mean,
10 his Signal letter, toec!aIe his opinions
in regard 10 The prohtion OF slavery in
the territories, and that does not intend to
say any thing on that suecl. He mas never
said that he will veo othat he will not We
10 The Wilmol Provso. stands before the
country perfectly unrsmelled on this great
question, and occupies the lily position in which
he can act as an imparlial ledialor between The
North and The South. Me OF national patriot.
ism, OF boh sections, can mostly vote for him,
wiIhoBt abandoning their paciPles or even their
prejudces. For, j. The Unn is 10 be preserved,
II will be only By The displsoi a mutual spirl,
OF compromise; and il is f the purpose OF en-
couraging and carrying ouhat spirit, that Gen.
Taylor declines to take s,desafore hand, Dtth Ell
Tier Of the contendtng partie. The supporter, or
Enemy, OF Gen. Taylor, wbasserls that he has
committed himself 10 the WIS of either one or
the other, has no appreciate OF his exalted pal
rio'ism, and outrages eren h,rerac,fy."
We ask the Democrats ad he Wings of the
South TO look a, and rebu. this double game
which the Taylorites are plying. The Times,
Southern Taylor paper, AZ been among the
most violent and clamorouain denouncng as
unsound Gen. Cass, who declaring that IN"
Constitution gives Congtesino power 10 pass
the Wilmol Proviso, goes lrther for the South
Than John s. Pendeon, RI. Daniel and oiher
Southern Wing leaders ltihs Iitcued The idea
that Gen. Tay Tor was moi en- iely with The South
con,ending that his Interests ere all SoulherD;tha'
Hc UWNeu OUU Slaves anu lut WTcIUc tuc Souh
could put The fullest confdace in him. Noic,
within little more than eek OF the election,
This same Southern Taylor organ gravely tells
I he insulted South ha, j, is sslande, 10 say that
Gen. Taylor has 'commilteehimseltto The views
OF e,ther" the Southern peole or the taualical
free soilers OF The North. We hear it solemRly
admiued by Southern prss, that Southern
candidate for The Prcsidery declines to take
sides, BEFOREHAND, with ettr of The conlending
parties" and refuses 10 say that he is in favor
OF Southern rights and The Constitution and that
"mcn Of 6olh sections can h'hes!ly vote Tor him,
wilhou, abandoning their principles or epen Their
prejudiees" In other w'rds, Corwin and Tru.
man Smith may show elIer from Gen. Taylor
in favor Of The Wilmo, Pn7iso-and Dr.. Pannill
of Virginia may show privately letter from old
FAC Of precisely opposiuendency; and each sec
lion will vote for Gen. Tailor, hoping that he will
ca.rv ont their resn.c,;ve yieWs Sul when The