Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-08-04
THE RICHMOND ENQUIRER.

ven,ion and that rho aratemen, made In that Con-
venlion, by Judge Saunders, was 10 lac. uene,a'
| Tnulor,s 0un statement, maize ~ ms du'noi'ty,
and sanctioned by his "enlITe, luil ans 1n.Ia a.
cal appreciation" BY that sIatehens y appea'sr
that when he said THE people alone WIZ auV ~
lied TO withdraw his name from inc cdn S,,,
neant "his friends in that ConVcn'ion' n ne u
he said that he would not b. a parry cahaiua,ea
be xaeaW Ina he authorized ms ''eHu ~ 10
Ccnvenlinn' 10 1citidrap ms hd'he Nv" M, 49,
! canvass" unless he should be seec'e' Is '"e '.tS
anildate. When he said m. ny "ou'a NV
Withdraw, no matter who might pe me par NJ
minecs he mean, ,hat hp would authorize "h's
! friends in that Convention 10 withdraw h!m, I'M
less he should be The Wing nominee. Nhen ne !,
declared thai he would refuse lis accep'dnee y
any nomination. unless he should De zen iiee
OF ell pledges, and permuct 10 haih'dln we
position ii ndepenIrnce in when IN people
ard ms own sense OF du,y hal Pia.s" .'t", ,.e
| reserved 10 himself ,hs right 9! du'',', 'Is ".
Louisiana Wing delegation u ore'''as 10 s,"ss
of duty and The aoN of tie pc"pf, ana 70 GsH'oy
~, position Of inGpcndence an'ssSa1' ~.
he declared that he woult yield 10 no can 'hh,
did Not Gene from "he spontaneous de: =: ana
Tree Will Of the nation al large, anu w :, WV
slig"tssi agency OF his OWE. he u'o ~ W. -
Ia Preclude hinsel! from IT, =. 49,,
HhtS Irieads," Of 10 rcirala liem asI,.'" N wv
spontaneous action and Tree "''i :. 'ue "'
convention, by representatives. 'n,ous ~ if,h.
lsiana delegation. When b .eclaF.d 'ha' u lue
WING pauv drs,,ed 10 VOC to- him. hey must 10
50 "cn their own responsibility and wi!hon' my
pledges from him. he intended nothin2 more
han IL say Tia, ne would make piec2's nr"u-a
his friends to with Itaw il mol no'nina'eu, aaG
Iha! they might vote frr him On 'hc f"s1ohs'o'll
y ~ those pledges Am ALI THIS IS SAID DONE,
RATIFIED AND AID PIED, ,,i1oAf '1:hss ~ pas'ta
ton other than The assurance On 'ht l'h'' u '"e
Louisiana delegation that III Is 'feir ac', ho'
his AMI that they swish il 10 b, disiincly uaher
slorl that il involves no inconsistency on he
pari o. General TaYioil'
We have been educated in the plain school,
which teaches that what a nan cannot 40 d'Tcct-
" he cannot do indirectly that what man docs
through others, ne doe, aim'eJ Incur support OF
Gen. Taylor, we have lsaif plainly, aud eNpec
ted plain dealing We have used no suoteriu-
ges aud made no mental reservations Meta
physics and casuistry were moi part oil our con
tract. We meant what we said, aud we SAID III
we SUPPOSED THAT GEN. TAYLOR DID The SAME
On TINS principle of construction We now stand
The act Of the Louisiana delegation we treat as
Gen. Taylors act. 1t is his, IN It's length ahd
breadth. H. Consistent or nconslsient-ln
good faith or bad faith-far or false-it is all
hisskl! VIZ REGARD 1T as Az ABANDONMENT
or EVERY PLEDGE Of WHICH HE HAS YET BEEN
CALLED TO ACT. We deem il a descrtioa Of his
position paipabie aud unequirocai. We are sat
lsisd that having derircd The ben fit 4 indepen-
dent principle, and organization IN thetr erect
upon the Wing Contention, he abandoned them,
al the eleventh hour for what he then believed
10 be more oaiuqbie alliance. Finding him
thus - unreliable in one thing, we know no
reason for supposing we can rely on him IN any
,nng. His pledge to substitute the Consli'u
ton for party creed, in his administration, i
fortified and can be fortified by no stronger faith
than that which has gone Nth the pledges ne hare
shopn TO be broken The ground, then, Of our
adherence having fallen from under US, OUR AD
voGAcY FALLS WITH 1T. As frankly as we sup
ported him, WE VOW ABANDON HIs SUPPORT. We
l6us u hdrara his name from the head Of our CO
lunns. Others may if they please support ms
election as choice Of evils We can no longer
honestly advocate him, and we should pcrpelraLe
fraud. were we 10 pretend the contrary