Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-06-27

,"n nnd n n,sner of some two hundred slaves
ia an aholtionis To the Enquirer we say, oblise US
by proceeding in this course. II WIN naSe sUpT
Tor and Il will encourage the Wings by showing then
the de operation of their opponents In The anguaae
the ring ;hs would he termed hshiins b'u,
fighting as boxer does after he has hah oo'n es'
bunged up. =, ,,.ir
I'VE trust the Wings who have the use Of ,nem
vision, will make no such blows as inis. say .."sct
ahnut General Cass that is not tfue-trea. h, lien
fuy-mdke charges that you cannon Prooe-a"' ~
you do strike, you will strike home, ,.u;..,..r
The Petersburg In,elligencer here violates Us
own advice, and directly makes c'a's.
which il '.eannet proye" We have never sa'o
that General Taylor "is an Aooii''0hls'
,ye have declared. and we still repeat, tna'' as
far as his public declarations go, he is maae -
f,vor The Wilmot Proviso, aud, as such, Is re-
commended by the Wilmot Provlso wings %.
the North and West. We now bring forward
facts to sustain our position.
The 9Th article of the "ordinance OF 1907
;s as follows being identical with the Wilmot
Proviso:
CART. 6. There shall be neither slavery nor
involuntary servitude in the saio 'erl,so.J'
otherwise than in punishment OF crimes, wneie'
of the marty shall have been duly convicted.
Provided. ALWAYS, that any person escaping inlo
the same from whom labor and service IS law
fully claimed. in any one of the original States,
such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed, anu
conveyed to the person claiming his or her iaooi
or service as aforesaid"
The following extract from the Address, IAN
official docuuept,) Of the Ohio State Central
Committee to the Wings of Ohio earnestly re-
commencing Taylor and Fillmore to their Vo'es'
shows that General Taylor's high claim upon
the support of the Ohio Wings, is his advocacy
Of this very Wilmot ProViso. Hear TINS COM
mittee:
II would doubtless have been more consonaht 10
The FEELINGS of the Wings OF Ohio had a canoi'
date been selected, whose residence ana associd
,ions would have naturally inclined MIN 10 dsiee
with US fully on this subject. His residence anu
associations, however, have not blinded Geherai
TayIor 10 the evils OF the institution oil slavery,
and The mora depravty Of lis extension. Ol INC
subject Of slavery extension, The views OF zen
Taylor are freely expressed in his approval OF Inc
sentiments contained in The following e1'rac' o.
an editorial article, published in The CIncl1hd'i
Signal OF April, ls47, and sent BY the Ea''of 10
Gen. Taylor:
hereafter fiji The Presidential office, is 10 resi- IN
the discharge OF Executive functions, and lei Inc
legislative will OF The people find utierance ana
enactment. The American people are aoout ~
assume Inc .esponsiblity Of flaming Inc insli'u
lions Of the Pacific States. We nave no ieais
for the issue, if The arena OF the high aeoate is
The assemblies of The people and their represen-
ialiye Halls. The extension orer the Continent DC
uoud the Rio Grandc Of the Ordtranee ~ 10 4 Is
an objcct too hich and permanent 10 De oeD1sd W
Presideatial rtt9es."
To The article from which The above extract IS
made, Gen. Taylor responded, in el'er OF ua'e
May l8, Is47, acknowledging his high opinion
and decided approral OF the views anu seh'i'
ments."
Here il will be noticed, that Gen. Tay or dse',
dedl,, o,,Drores OF giving 10 The will and acts oil
Congress- "iorce and effect" unrestricted by KING
" pctoes, and that no Executive veto should pre-
zen. ne extension of The Ordinance OF 1877 ops'
As rsaoly acquired Aerisan Territory.
Moreover, in Gen. Taylor's Allison letter he
says, 1.-THE personal opinions OF The ipdiViaua'
who may happen 10 occupy The Executive Chair,
ough, no, TO control The action Ct Congress upon
questions OF domestic policy"
AGAIN, the n. Y Express (Taylor Whig) says:
The Wings have presented Zachary Taylor,
slave holder but plsdg.d not 10 reio aefS"f Con,
eress upon the ground Of e1psdteney or sanctioned
IN precedent. The ordinance oil 1857, and lne
subsequent acs OF Congress, making ONO, iili-
nois, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin and Iowa
tree territory, are the presidents that IN me opin
ion o. all Wings OF The North and West, Justify
tbprl iLp
California 10 say nothing OF the annexation acl
al Congress, restricting slavery in Texas, NoF'h
of &c 30 or the act admitting Missouri into Inc
Uuiuu. Tt. L---- Canal h We presented Cas-,
Northern man with Southern principles, hmo'cH
10 be adrersc toths W1imot Prtr,so and pledged 10
net, am such at Of Congress
Again, Mr.. Ashmun, member Of Congress
from Massachusetts ana member OF the Phila-
delphia Convention, publishes in The National
Inlelligencer letter urging his constituents 10
vote for Gen Taylor whose "dcclared sentiments
arc guarantee that he will neusr, IN The slightest
manner interfere rih tn. aetion Of Congress WHEN
1T SHALL FORBID The existence Of slavery an or ncv.
~ acquired territories"
These are some few Of The many evidences thai,
a, the North and West, Gen. T., upon The strength
OF the Signal and Allison letters is held up as an
active or passive friend OF the Wilmot Provlso.-
All they ask of him, should he BE- elected, is TO
bold has hand, 10 bow to The will OF the people, as
promulgated in legislative forms" and 10 sane
ton, by not veloing, the infamous Wilmot FRO
viso. His "dsclared sentiments" admit OF no oth-
er construction; and we challenge the Petersburg
Inleligencer 10 produce any letter or declaration
from Gen. Taylor which is opposed 10 the WI
mo, Proyiso, or which, in The least, does away
with the construction Of his letters that the North
ern Wilmo, Proviso Wings are now zealously
pressing, to secure The election Of Taylor and
Fillmore Gen. Cass, Northern man, has shown
his hand denounced the Wilmot Provso, and
yindicated The constitutional rights OF the South
Gen. TAYLOR, Southern man, has not spoken
out as he should Al This critical period, when
Northern fanalicism is banding itself against the
South, can the South vote for any man who is
ashamed or afraid 10 speak out in defence OF her
rights2
The Charleston Mercury (Which opposes Cass)
thus answers an argument which is often used ::
1--WE are told lha, Gen. Taylor is Southern
man, that he is large STAKEHOLDER, and that this
alone is a sufficient assurance OF The soundness
of his views as 10 the question al issue. II we
were assured that Gen. Taylor regarded The right
of The people OF The SIaveholding States 10 hold
slaves in the Territories as essential TO The main
tenance and security Of slavery in the States, we
might safely assume that he would not permit
that right TO be denied; hu. We have no such as.
surance. On The contrary, we know that there
are some Southern men and Shareholders who do
moi think that slavery in the States would be i'm
paired or endangered by The adoption OF the VIII
mot Proviso, or by leaving The question I" be de-
termined; by The people OF The Territories, as is
proposed by Gen. Cass-and for anything that
we know, Gen Taylor may be one of these, and
may not even be opposed 10 the Wilmol PfoVlso
as Gen. Cass processes 10 be-"
If Gen. Taylor be opposed 10 the Wilmo, Pro-
vso, let him say so-and lei not the Northern
fanatics longer have the moral force of his "de.
clared sentiments" TO press their dangerous
schemes. All We ask is fair play and open, M.
diseuised commillal on question which has