Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-06-27
"HAvE soTHAD TIME TO ropuno,.

OPINIONS" folLTIcA.
IN No CASE Can PERMIT MYSELF "a =
MYSELF TO PATTY SCHEMES +" :" ilei.0
II AN A MODERATE WHiG.n
~ ANA WIG, AND A QUARTER OVER.
Upon The above en- rely eonsrteu. declar.,,,.
OF General Taylor, who is noa tie candida.
tie Wig parry. the Petersburg Republican vri,.
very spirited and conclusive review # =
awkward position in which Old Zacs and !,
friends nave involved him. The Republi,.'
truly says:
We might safely defy the mos, cupnin. >.
Ingenious OF our opponents 10 reconcile The w..
/ ly conflicting statements of the old hero in -.
renee 10 The Important subjects 10 which thew !.
/ fer. :
| He did say, and he did often repeat T., o..
time with Increased emphasis, thai "ia NO c,,.9
could he permit himself 10 be The CANDIDA. =
ANY parry" and ye', although he made Tia ).
ciaralion 10 the pe'pte and Tor The satisfaction :
that same people, whar is lie nov but The br,,,
candidate The WIG party7 Who comoo..
the Philadelphia Convention but Uiis,7 A..
who sent The &legaies 10 that Couyenao -.
Ways? Ant what porlioL If our fPow.ci,,,r,
cons rutes he Whie parry unl. IS he ly,;s,sr.
Ard yet Gen Taylor, he nominee OF tbalc'.
venlion, posuirely declared lha, ''in y, 49,.
would he permit himself ITO b. The candit,.a
any parity"
/, TINS vascillatine, gum elastic dsposi;.,
| com Bile characteristic in one who i ~.
d!ae for The highest office in he gil. II ~,
people2 '''s
Ami, further, il, in difec' opposition 10 he -,
unsolicited d, c'afaion, he dies "permnn h,,.1i.
10 be The candidate OF the ring "panyn ~.
guarantee have the prope, whose voc. h. s|,
CHS, that he will not also in violation Of h,sos..
positive, unsolicited assua nce, "yel; hin,sl. J.
partySCHEMEo7" =
| Bui, again, in one Of his letters he says,..
ne has, lor Inc last forty years, been 50 much.
cupird In mis- professional (mili'aryl punuil.s..
nc has nat had time 10 iorm airy pol,ticel cytrn-,
particularly IN reference 10 a Bank Of thr /
SIaies-and q Protective Tariff, AM vet in A..
other letter he adopIs The c enonen Of me 8, i.
parties in This country-Whch lor years has hee
characterize BY lis advocacy Of Bank sno
P p5oh iasse Tan'ft1ana places himse qs
MODERATE WHlG."
In addition 10 This, We have The assurance 1.
the Richmond Times that at The ,afitca 10,
Wing meeting in Independence Square PhiIs
delrha, alter The nomination had been mair
| Col. HASKELL OF Tennessee, "anlonsslo her hing.
that were received with vociiefous applause
said, I'll any body questions the Whssuy {.
Zachary Taylor, tell him that you htaii Has.
kel OF Tennessee declare. on his ko1ser as d cs..
Aeman, here n the city Of Philadelphia, in lnc.rr.
dence Square, that Gen. Taylor told MIN, when /:
visited his tent as private soldier, ina, he 81,
"a WING, AND A QUARTER OVER
Further, alta Wing ratification meeting al b.
ton, Major John P. Gaines of Kentucky cecIa /.
thai ''ne knew Gen. Taylor intimately" anil CO.
cuded his speech with The following bold a.:
unequi2Ccal assertion
'One word, says he, in conclusion, as to ca,
Taylor; he benga Wing h. walks like vi,
ne looks like Whis, and he talks more ia !
Wais ttGn pig can squeoi ikea pr. an ea.
sdered al home a high PRIEST Of w.,
principles, and Gen. Taylor is AS Am.
Notwithstanding all this testimony, v.it.
comes in such shape that ii cannot be msg..
deIslood or, We presume. conlracc'et, Gen. Isy
| lor has declared 10 the world that III had rst-
| TO form political opinions
And, in the tac- OF his, too in another .,,
he discusses the Veto question, upon which ai
The two political parties in this country have ~
been divided
But We will make no further com mems Is
morning, and vii simply ask every cantc Il:
10 consider these things and then maze up d
own decision.