Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-11-21
RIG II MOND, VA.
Monday Morning, November 20, 1874.
THE FRUITS OF THE ELECTION.


Northern Wing and BarnbuIning press rejoice
over the election Of Taylor and Fillmore, as a
"lree soil triumph" They have every reason
thus 10 denomnae il; as recurrence 10 few
events in The pasl, will make evident.
Dan Webster said that the Wing parry was
The Tree soil party, that The BanbuIncrs had SO
len their thunder, and thai while Gen. Cass' cleo.
lion would secure 10 the South the Missouri
Compromise, Gen. Taylors success would do
as much Tor free soil as Van Buren, and Adams
Tom Corwin said in speech in Ohio:
GAS TO The questions OF the tariff and internal
improvements Gen. Taylor was pledged not to
veto them, as well as all other questions oi do
mcslic policy-the Wilmot Proviso or any other
measure tina, the people, through their iepresen.
! tatives, may demand. Cass is already pledged TO
veto these measures"
"Mr. CuIwin commended that the only power
The President had over the people was where ne
could use The veto. Strip him OF that power, or
elect a man Who is opposed 10 The use oil Il, and
the people can have just such laws enacted as
| they want"
In appealing 10 The Abultionisls 10 vote Tor
Taylor, Corwin added:
"Were moi the Wings opposed 10 the further
extension OF slavery7 Was there Wing in The
Northern Sales who was opposed 10 Free Sulii
II there was he must have exceeding long ears
Look at lhe voies Of the Wings in Congress on
The Oregon Bill. Every Wing member from the
Free States no, only voted for the bill, but labor
ed night and day TO secure its passage. Whai
better Free Soil party do The Aboltionists want
than The Wing pary7"
Moreover, what said The New York Tribune,
rabd iree-soil Wing paper, whose Editor came
into the support OF Taylor most reluctantly, and
only upon conviction of his pledge mol to veto The
Proviso, and has since been elected 10 Congress:
ave believe the cause of Free Soil will gain
by Gen Taylor's election:
a. The defeat oi lis most unprincipled, mex
cusabIe, and aposlale enemy. Gen. Cas- has
none OF General Taylors excuses Tor being
wrong on this question. The latter was born and
reared under slaveholding influences; he does mol
sin so grossly against light and knowledge ne
never pToie>sed ardent yea Tor The Wilmot Pre-
yiso and then turned against il; denouncius il as
useless, perilous, and unconstitutional. II only
as a lesson 10 future Doushaces, We think the
election of Gen. Taylor would be OF great value
10 the cause OF Free Soil.
~ The establishment Of the principle that
Congress is 10 be the aw-makns power OF the
country. Presidential second terms, Presidential
veloss Presidential e,.icls and appliances, have
LONG and pcrniciously shaped, or rather lis otted,
The Legislative action oil our Government. Gen.
Taylor is clearly, repeatedly, abundantly pledged
10 leave aw.makng 10 Congress, aud cunhne
himself IL his Executive duties, save ~ some ex-
lraordnary instance OF de'elfton from duly ~
the PEOPLES Representatives, such as can very
rarely occur. We haps good reasons fer mr. ossm
rance that Gen. Taylor does no, place in This ca
leeory any action Congress may sec n 70 take
with resarl 10 Slavery in the United States Ter
rories
"3 Because The election 81 Gen. Taylcr will
expel from power the advocates AID n>talc in
stead The opponents Of Slavery Extension. both in
Congress and the cabinet. large majority OF
Gen. Taylors supporters are lh1eSlbY hostile TO
such extension, and his Administration must, from
the necessity vi The case, conform ITS p0lt:g 10 the
predominant sentiments ~ us supporters"
But we have farther evidence from a Southern
Taylor man, who stands high in his party. MIR.
Gentry member of Congress from Tennessee,
said 10 his speech before meeting OF saVehcld-
ers, al Memphis, land % reported in The Mem
phis Eagle, Whig.) that Gen. Taylor, il elected
ought not 10 veto the Wmot Proviso," and far
lher, tha, he himself, Col Gentry, was in favor
OIL odious measure. Here is what he said:
~ am in favor OF The Wilmol Proviso as the
onlu hope and onv affirmative ofsAviSG TIL GREAT
AND GLORIOUS UNION. He argued, The Norh has
the Numerical power. and in the Congress OF me
United States can and will overwheIm The SCUM.
il she is aggravated on this fearful SUBJECT.
TIC Philadelphia North American lands The
':inleerily and bravery" Of This "laTge cotton
planter" who "sees that the Free States are de-
termined 10 resist the extension OF Slavery, and
knowing that they have The power, has, like
man OF sense, concluded 10 submit 10 what he
cannot successfully oppose"
After this sneaking sur ender ofSou'hern Tighis
by prominent Southern Taylor men, have mol the
Northern supporters Of Taylor (who form much
the larger portion Of his parly) every reason 10
expect his full sympathy and surrender 10 The
canse of free soilism 2 Can be surprised
TO see The Taylor organs at The North who con
troll public sentiment, asserting with confident as
surance that General Taylor will not veto The
Wilmot Proyiso, and that the North, who nave
elected him, will be content with nothing less
Than a full surrender 10 their demands on ms
subject A few days since we quoted The Phila-
delnbia North American, as evidence II the pre-
bable course Of General Taylor on this question.
under his implied obligations. That paper real
firms lis statements with new emphasis, and 10
The most deliberate and solemn manner We
extract portion Of lis article, headed "IHE CASE
stated" II is worthy OF the serious attention oil
Southern Wings and Taylor Democrats; for, The
election uow over, these views cannot be regard
ed as designed simply for party capital, but as
embracing The solemn convictions and uninch-
;np resolutions Of The Taylor men OF The North:
apul The ENQUIRER takes particular exception
IN our advocacy OF The prohibition oil slavery III
The territories OF California and New Mexico,
| and endeayors 10 excite the S0u'h, because such
. sentiment has been avowed by the leading
Whio Journal We have no apprehension oil
| losing favor or confidence Tor maintaining ms
position.
me election OF Gen. Taylor on sectional grounds,
but upon the broad political platform, that the
| will OF The majority should govern, and that me
President should not exercise the vcto poccr aTo-
Irarily against the legislation of Congress. ms
was our doctrine North and South, and we should
consider The President elect IN duty bound to sign
| a bill imposing the ordinance OF l7o7 on inc YER
ritories of California and New Mexico. more
than this, breathing as we do Inc ilee all Oh 'iis
North, and opposed AS we are TO the exlehsio" VI
slavery in any and every form, zoe saan 1''a; ~
the ultermos Of our influence, upon Inc adop'.on
oi such restriction. |, has been, over and over
again. proclaimed by Southern journals, ina.
slavery cannot exist in California and New
Mexico. If they are sincere in opinion, there
can be no reasonable objection TO The pfoposea,
prohibition But whether or moi, zoe shaA urge I.
rsalously and continually. mt recognising t'at
code If political morals 'Osieh induces men 10 aa'0
cate a prine,pk before an election md abandon u
afterwards. If we cannot expect The SCUM 10
unile with US in carrying such froposilcn
through Congress, we can e1p.cf 70 aeqHNs%@ u,
the decision Of majority oil The people. Nu"ne
proposes to interfere with The institution ., sias
~ where it exists, or TO disurb any oil Inc flsn,s
., The South; but The question assumes qalle
enoiier shape when we are called upon TO e1-