Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-02-18

The conles. between Two OF the leading wing
journals in New York, the Tribune and the tx.
press, and portion Of the Wings in Virginia Is
very striking.
Ara meeting held in Washington county, 'the
object Of the meeting was explained by Z. :.
Triss, Esq., in his usual happy style. In ms
explanation he said (aIuding TO Gen. Taylor
"iathi particular politics mt beng sno~n ras n"
o5ecsono him, 6nt His highest his eaiefree0"l"le'''
dation." The Express says:
awe think that We have never seen a Doldef
atempl-and its very boldness IS oeau'ilui-U
un.Whig us all and 10 make noneniiies, u no'
ninnies, OF great and powerful pany-lhan 'hiS
determination of some among u.s. 10 lnroW up h''
their principles, and, in masks aud masquerades
10 90 into fight against an enemy.
"But Gen. Taylor is Whig, we are loiu y
Well We presume he is-but are ms iiiehus
ashamed OF his Whiggery, or is nc ashamed 10
say so7
1--WE see no kind OF reason that man VINO Is
Wing should not say so-and say 81 clearly
thai everybody can understand him. o noou
wink us, or TO attempt 10 give US nooo"ih'eu
candidate for the Presidency will, IN The ena, lult
on, 10 be an abortion; and, il we mistake not
himself "Show your fas"-"put on your UNI
iore"-"speak out"-this the cry OF about al .hs
ircemen Of the Union to General Taylor ana u
he intends 20 run as candidate Tor Ihe Fleside,
cy, ont that Rag must conc. or 10. corpora!
guard, anon, will follow The white sheet that no
flurries bout US. In due time, we presume, INA
he trK speak; but meanwhile, let the white-sheet
ed men Of all parties squeak and gib6er about MN
like ghosts from their graves, as their candidate
for The Presidency.
as il possible that Gen. Taylor can't see The
motley crew that he is assembling about him fcr
the Pre.idency7 There is not a deserter from The
Wings or the Democrats, from Dan 70 Beersheba
that is not Taylor man. Everything that ha'
been cast of, or kicked of the two great parties o.
The country, have fastened himsel. 10 the Skirts
Taylor. We DO not mean TO say that there may
not be thousands who are not his friends, anu M
would mt be friendly TO him as liAig candidate
for The Presidency-but those men who howl 10
him, and who howl after him, as a "'lo-parfy can
didate," are the odds and ends, beyond all doubt
of both parles-the residuum OF what was lei
OF their respective parties, when they wen
through The process OF boiling and publication
Is Gen. Taylor going 10 trusl himself 10 foun(
party upon them7"
The Tribune also feels the necessity OF frani
avowal by Gen. Taylor Of his mtknorn politics il
The following:
1--WE have said, in the fullness Of our convic
ton, that Wing National Convention can no
inmate none other Than a sound and fearless
Wing for President, that we will support Gen
Taylor il nominated BY that body, and that we be,
lieye New York in such case will vote Tor him
Now we ask The National Wing 10 toe the marx
as squarely. We ask it 10 say whether General
Taylor and his supporters al Washington Will as
candidly support Henry Clay, or any other sound
Wing who may be nominated, IN case General
TAYLOR shall no, be. Is not this reasonable re-
ques!2 II Gen. Taylor permits his name 10 go
before that Convention, should he not abide lis
decision? II he is willing 10 take National
Wing nomination, should he not be as willing 10
ayow himself unequivocally Wing. and 10 sci
forth his views with regard 10 the Tariff the Sub
Treasury, and the acquisition OF Territory by
Conquest? Why is i, that, instead OF clear and
definite statements OF his views for the guidance
of the Wings about TO choose delegates 10 Phila-
delphia, we are favored by the Washington or
gan OF Taylorism with clustering assertions OF
his strength in such paragraphs as The tollowlnef
"If The (Whig Nationally Convention does any
thing else, (lhan 10 nominate Gen. II Inc pc0pto
nil rep,diatc the action in manner that vii! sink
the whole Convention system 10 The lowest depths
sure either the nomination or election OF your Ia.
vori,e-rely on i'll"
When the Wings were denouncng MIR. Tyler
no greater af1ront could have been offered them
than the remark, that leading men OF heir party
would be found in is49 advocating candidate
for The Presidency on the grounds that his poll'i-
cal opinions were unknoirn, and that construed
"his highest, his chief recommendation" They
would have said that the speeches of The leaders,
and the whole Of the Wing party, presented a
bold contradiction of any such speculation.
They could not at thai time have thought il pos.
sbe that their ongngs after The spells could have
iniuced hem to abandon all their principles, and
risk every thing upon the chance OF clecling
candidate whose principles were unknown.
MIR. Clay had said that, if elected in 1874, his
friends should reap the benefit OF their e1erIions
by his distribution OF the spoils Of Office amongst
them, and as General Taylor would have cast
his "raaidsn' vote for him, they might hope Tor
that dispensalion Of iavoTs from General Taylor,
in the event OF his election, which had been pro-