Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-09-12
MORE OF GEN. TAYLOR'S NORTHERN
FACE

We repeat.whai The Cincinnati Enquirer says
OF speech delivered recently in that place by
Caleb B. Smith, of Indiana, Wilmot Proviso
supporter Of Gen. Taylor. This version Of the
speech is borne out by The report in Cincinna II
Wing paper:
"a stranger remarked 10 Us (say, the Cine in
natl Enquirer) that he heard Mr.. Smith make The
same speech in Wheeling las! week, with tie ex-
crption OF that part relating 10 free territory,
which, moi suilEs Virginia soil, was omiIled al
Wheeling. Mr. Smith made a statement, which
il may not be inappropriate 10 put on The record
Tor future reference. He said that Gen. Taylor,
il elected, would MOI veto bill containing pro
vision for The exclusion OF slavery from the terri
tory OF New Mexico and California, and that the
Southern Wings would sustain him in such
course; hat The Hon. w. Ballard Preston, a
Wing member of Congress from Virginia. had
60 assured him Nr. S,nih1 moi longer ago than
two weeks This tale is for the free States Mr..
Smith did not dare 10 tell it in Wheeling"
The Springfield Post makes the following posi-
tive statement. All these concurring statements
show that 'ihere is something rotten in Den.
mark" and that either the North or the South is
10 be cheated. The South will mol vote for man
who occupies so suspicious position especial.
lv when he is associated with an aboliionis':
1--WE kno,o tba, Mr.. Bates (ot Connecticut
has, or has had, letter from Gen. Taylor in his
possession, 10 which The writer virtually If mt
positively, pledges himself mt to peo The Hilmot
P,opiso. This is not matter OF doubt g. all it
is fact, Tor stating which we have satisfactory
| authority.
"For our own part, we are perfectly willing thai,
| the Wing candidate should pledge himself in ia.
vor OF the Wilmot Proviso, if he chooses Il is,
of course, perfectly Indifferent 10 US what opin
ions Gen. Taylor may hold We certainly do
moi object 10 his thinking as he pleascs, and telling
| what he thinks. But we do object, and every no.
nest man will join US in making the objection, to
| This hish-handed attempt 10 deceive The people in
regard 10 his real opinions on this exciting ques.
tim. We do not say that Gen. Taylor would, or
would not, veto he Wilmot Proviso, should he
have an opportunity, but he certainly could not
do both; and in pledgng himself 10 do both, or
| by allowing his friends 10 make such pledges Tor
| him, he must intentionally and deliberately de-
ceive either one side or the oher-eilher the North
or the South.
I'll The letter 10 Mr.. Bales gives Gen. Taylor's
real opinions on the subject, why moi publish il2
| Why not set the South right in regard TO the mai
ier2 Southern orators are continually dwelling
on This theme, advocating The election of Taylor
| on The ground Of his opposition 10 the Provso =
They hold him up as The champion Of The South.
They e! their hearers that Gen. Taylors Interests
seule the question with him; that every slave he
owns is pledge against the Proviso, and that
there are three hundred such pledges. They pro-
nouoce The itea,h h. wonld approve bill hav-
ing attached 10 the Wilmot Proviso an absnrdiiy.
Some OF The Southern papers go farther, and in
innate that il there is such letter in existence
as that held by Mr.. Bates, it is furgeryl II they
are wrong in this WHY moi set The matter right nv
showing General Tayor's Southern friends and
neighbors their error, which can be done by pub.
| fishing this Northern leuerp
We are glad 10 learn, through The Charleston
Mercury, lha, the wounds of Mr.. Stephens of
Ga, are not considered so serious as al first ab.
pretended, and there are reasonable prospects Of
his recovery. The Savannah Georgian says