Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-09-01
"WHAT A PARTY IS OURS !


WHAT A PARTY is OURS"
The Richmond Wing II the lO;h June last, IN
announcing The nomination Of Genera Taylor,
ustt the following !iourishiUg language
What ps,ty ours, What other that now is or has
heretofore existed could time present a no
nnaflmg convention such list of names Zachary
Taylor, Winfield Sect, Henry cay John NJ. clayton
and John heLsGn Such array % talent - absolute
y dazzling. The least at these QUALIFIED BE-
leader any party under Rsarta. II proud reflection
t. the Wings, that their party shrnd embrace much
u al that renders truly ennent, and that IN making
choice, Thee "as no Necessity 10 separate TIE good
from The bad, but 10 choose on, Of the vrfy suprfrIy n
the former
FoR HirnRR q THESE GREAT NEE SHOULD g,vs
6"nE W.T.. rLEssuRx Eltse- Of thern re are confident
roLi hGre administered The Government luh aG,,y ard
Ea,tty- EITHER 81 them would hare done honor 10 the
ea0ies " tse par,y-ihtr If hrm would have rendered
MS administration remarkable season ctta the Con
srt'os rn5 restored 20 ITS OrIginG! inerprefaor when
the arts OF peace Cultivated and when prosperity
once more spread her mantle over the lane. We lett,
a. we said We should de-, The matter entirely III the
hands 81 the Convention, certain that, amid such
wilderness 81 hI:h qualifications the VIII. party
presents, they could 20 very far wrong. We had
determined. from the commence neat 10 sustain
thr nominee, IL. hts b To he msa and had either OF
Tie other dstln gentlemen received the nomina
t" re sh0uM hd1e barn found fshng ds hard for hi'7
a. "r shat! hom hght ior Grn. Taylor.
We stated Al the Time inc Wig Conven-
ion was held in this place, that il was the bound
ca duty bl tue w H'9s VI llc coulH, dS Wei Do
Southern Democrats, to declare ihsir unwaver-
ing determination n. q suppaf; aay nan TOR the
Presidency and Vice Presidency Hho was not
on.n,v ono,sst ), m. .y,Ir,,t p,nv;,o Faction.
and mol interest an loyalty % the South, ruled
'"c "oul ;" '"e WING oo"'ei'''o''' 'ao '"e 'ssu''
OF is deliberations was, hat Zachary Taylor vas
the choice OF The Ways # Virginia, but ,hey
rIrdoai lh,meeIvss ~ sunnort cpy nominpe of the
VIII, con,.r,;,n ~ no Eell IN philalslnh;3
,,,'s =" 80, =
w" W "''''''e'''' e"io''ieo ~ ny 'e''' :
John NcLean, We would pl' NE question 70 eve
~ Wing whose JnGsmcnr, interest and Loyalty 10
the Sjmh have NOT been ran rough shoe" over
J., no s,,;, ii ma ,oc.s ana f,c,ion which marx,
....o,.iaaa,.a ), ~. A..
,"e 'o"''' = '''s"y = -
Le"" : 'u,' "''" - '"'''
could sus'alnf Ana yet The TRENDS ot Mf. NC
Lean united in the support q Gen Taylor upon
the reliance they placed in his pledges not 10 velo
,be WiImo, Proyiso. Coucedine this position 10
- a fns ,bo M, ,hon ,ba p;chm,ot
80.
wing "oui1 nav 'ou2"' - "d'u -. - io' oe".
Taylor, now trailing The efmne IN me dus', and
pulling kindly 10 the Aboli;ion-Van Buren, Dis
unioo traces
,,,c !, me. ,c,,,. i,... .,,c .,a,. VINO, me wing
49,, uo,.h6st +, IL. = LEADER IN anv Marry
under heaven"
"CoLuMBus, July 2o 1913.
o".,s e Tho I'm ;nstan, ,b.tI
your communication VI .no ii'n ,"'.au.' 'nr.
tnlsn, nave -, ,'"I - N,.alf - ,hn snhiec, and
was Que 70 Sou' ~ niss'"' = Wv - 5ess, a"a,
perhaps, 10 me country nave e''eo'oieu "
consider the matter in all its aspects and conse-
quences.
"Ihe grea, ana eSc,tns ques'Io" OF s'a'ety
extension ~ '"e Juu'1'a' =. ~ : -, y
w -. mo honor. rho use Of ms name N Tho
",e.en, canvass and the rejection Of il by tho
Ohio delegates to the National Convention, the
relation which Mr. Van buren MAINTAINS 10 the
public-have all peen oeiioeratey colsioe'eu,
and am brought 10 'he conclusion 'la' ousn'
not 70 30 oe'o.o n,o Du"a.' foaI ',aoa,,.n
-a.,as',l,v ~, honor Won have done me by tbs
e,nres,ion Of your kindness and confidence, in
connexion with that high Office.
"Restlng upon Tue Pr'"cip'en ~ WV Iy"7, 80.
.ioh a. .ne' na,. x;n,,,ncs ana 6rmnrs,
STATES " NJ ~ 81 s,ayerr >, mo fre,
territory lately anheSen. n'.o". ''e s'n.''o''
than man can breathe without ar Slaves are
not property where .ney aai no, 'a a. &c - TeT
The mun'c'pai Jaw. Nc n.s n.hioh i 70, con
r"ol, "a" ), :. 49,, &c i,on,r,.s
win Inc highest respect, atn gratefully.
YOUR obedient servant, JOHN MCLEAN.
"Jamcs A. Briggs. Reuhcn Hitchcock, 1.
Nohle Samuel Williamson, H. T.. Kingsley,
Thomas Brown, Trad Kelley, John Deiama'er'
and 7. Turner, Esquires''
Mr.. Mclean Tell his qualification 10 become
the leader Of me Buffalo Aoa,"'o". ~ p.S"
Convention, bu' he determination OF 'Se barn
burning Dsunioniss OF New York Q support