Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-11-28
PJCHMOND,V VA.
saturday M orning, November IS. ls4s.
4 hundred thousand Bruises for Cd Ia

The Tayloriles OF Ohio richly deserve the ii'ie
Of cred Republicans, if The Xenia Torcni'sn'
"a 6rebrand in its very name) be fair spec''
men. That Southern Wings may know their non
s,avebodipe allies and their rabid spirit on The
Wiimot PIoviso, we qnoie IRON the io'cn-
light" The following thunder and lightning anu
Gle:
Tur Wu,aoT PRoyso-There are many free
coil Van Buren men, who look upon the election
nj Tayor To he Presidency by The votes OF North
crn Whiss. as an expression OF opinion by mem,
| nnfavorable 10 the great principle emooaleu III
,ne Wiimot Proyiso. notwithstanding they have
me evidence OF past history and The most postlVe
and explicit declarations o. the Wings that nine
" nine out oil every hundred OF Inc parry IN Inc
| Nurlh, and very large number. IN me oou'ni
deem this principle second in Importance 10 none
in The Wing creed, they denounce them as PER-
sakers OF the measure, merely 10 acquire Victory
which would in that case be oi litlle pracu.
cal value This charge is false, and y IS iaise-
| hood which carries upon its face evidence OF us
character The Wings are as unanimous IN a
vor OF The Provisc, as any other Teco2n'zed prln.
cipe Of The party. Many oil those who yoea lor
| TAYLOR, did 50, because with HIM only, OF me
| three candidates before The country, were .nfy
willing 10 enrusi this cherished Ptinclple. l. nc
Wings were sincere in expressing me oPih!oh
,hat 4 Wing Congress would pass the Ptovi>o,
and that Taylor, il elected, would sanction it,
they have YET seen nothing to cause them The
least doubt on the subject. TaeyG cute a0at,ag
10 stake tpsruth,ng on the rssuA-lu sink or swim,
as The result may prove their predictions 10 have
| been true or false.
awe see hy the Cincinnati Enquirer and Cleve-
land True Democrat, AMI other locoioco and ice
soil pa that il is the intention OF The Demo-
cracy, to pass the Proviso, and make Gen. lay
lor veto iIp Go aheadi say we, and such VIII
be The language oil the Wings all over me Union
| Lei the question be brought before the President
et his veto or approval be the tribunal OF The last
resort and may that patty which !. proved by
The Presidents acs, 10 have gone before Inc peo-
Die with lies in their mouths receive the con-
| tempt which such men deserve. But we have no
fears OF The result. Were the President tisct to
vet9 The P,opso, has life 1ould mt be north
a sic oeeks purchase There are q hundred tto1i-
sand Hhigs IN The Union, VINO would teel, indivi-
dually, that the assurance made 10 The people ay
them, on the strength OF Gen. Taylor's pledges, had
placed stigma on heir characters, which could
be removed in one Uau only. hey iconLa mol
hesitate nj its remopal But il is TOO late day for
Presidents 10 auempt TO run counter u Inc ex-
pressed will OF The people"
The comments Of the Cincinnati Enquirer are
amusing We wish that we could believe with
him that General Taylor would veto The Wilmot
Proviso-bu We canno: think 50, in view OF IT,
deliberate and determined tone oil The leading
Wing presses aud politicians OF The North, all
arriving al The same conclusion as The incendiary
Of Ohio, based upon what they have proclaimed
land without conlratictionl 10 be The solemn
! "pledgesn OF Gen, Taylor. Oar hope and prayer
are, that he may dsappoint the incendiaries in
his parry and do iusiie 10 The South and save The
Union--b bur we confess, our fears run the other
way. The Cincinnati Enquirer says:
"There are some very strong figures OF speech
in the exlrac,, which we commend 10 the Wing
party South. The parade OF that army OF an
hundred thousand outraged Wings, every one
with dagger in hand, 10 slaughter old lack, upon
mis- yeloing the Provso, is sublime-equal 10 The
burning Of powdered rosin, and the railing OF
shee, iron behind the scenes Of theatre, 10 get
up fictitious thunder storm. We lake il 10 be
a demonstration upon the nerves OF the South
But lei nobody down there be bad scared. The
face OF this I1rci.ight concern, which now looks
| like the signal light Of steamboat, with red
| flannel rag round II, lurid ami threatening, is a
lace composed OF mere dough- Il put on iusl
such an appearance when Taylor was nomlna-
ted-sworc II wouldn't take him down, no how;
but eventually the clammy, raw lips opened-the
guzzle dilated, and down went Zachary and the
Two hundred and eighty slaves-not one oi the
laller having his head builered or his ears pinned
back Thus, when General Taylor ve'oes the
| Proviso-as he will-lhe ToRcaLIGaT will look
terrible, and swear-od's, dlggsrs and blood !!
how il will swearl But IT Won't DO ANY THING
ELSE! lE he long run dough will assert lis SUI
premacy : the rosin lightning will be safely con.
I.., opA h,,r roda ha al al
worn mask OF dough"
GEN. TAYLOR AND HIS FLATTERERS.
The Taylor papers are publishing with mark.
Cd seli-complacency passage 10 Judge Storys
Commentaries uroE the Federal Constitution, in
which the learned jurist draws an imaginary
character OF what a President Of the United
States ought 10 beta man of elevated talents,
OF ripe virtues" &c, &c.-and This imaginary
character the Wing papers most aatteringy as
crbe to Gen. Taylor, as really his OWL The
New Orleans Courier has hunted up The passage,
and, strange 10 say finds that il is taken from The
18th cha1er Of The 81 book, which treats of the
"PIesidenls negative" and i, is most mastery
and conclusive argument in favor o! the expedi.
ency and necessity OF clothing The Executive with
power OF that nature:
"The power is important, (says Judge Story ]
as an additional security against The enactment
OF rash, immature and improper laws. II esla.
bish,s 3 s,luiary check upon the legislative b
dy, calculated 10 preserve the community against
the effects o. faction, precipiancy, unconstilu-
iional legislation, ant temporary excitements as
well as political hos lily. II may, indeed be sa Il
that single man, even though he be President,
cannot be presumed 10 possess more wisdom, or
virtue, or experience than what hrlungs 10
number OF men Bul this furnishes no answer 10
the reasoning. The question is not how much
wisdom, ct virtue, or experience is possessed hy
either b:aGch oil The government, (ihoush ,hp
Executive magistrate may well b. presumed 10
be emineny distinguished in all these respects
and therefore The choice OF The people,) but who
lher the legislature may moi lie mi.Ied by love
OF power, sprii Of faction, political impulse
OF a persuasive influence, local or sectonal
which, at the same time, may not, from The dill
terence in The election and duties OF the Exeru-
! tive, reach him al all, or not reach him in he
same degree lie will always have a primary
nducemenl to defend his own powers. and The
! legislature NAV well be presumed TO have no dc
sire 10 favor hem. He will have an oppor,uni y
soberly TO examine The acts and resolutions pass.
ed ny The Legislature not having paraken Of he
feelings or Combinations which have procured
! their passage, and thus 10 correct what will
sometimes b. wrong from base and inadver
, ence, as vel! as design. His view OF ihem il No,
more wise or more elevated, will al least be indie.
pendent, and under an entirely different respoasi
tiy 10 The nation from what belongs 10 them
He IL the representative OF The whole nation in
the aggrega!e-hey are The representative, only
of distinct paris, and sometimes d lille more tina
sectional OF local interests"
We have no room Tor a longer extract from
This admirable and patriotic view. Il is evident
thai General Tayor on this poiCt, does moi touch
the character drawn blythe iuris Unlike Geo 90
Washington, VINO was n4cei worthy Of the pic
tnre, and who had the frmness, good sense and
patriotism 10 ve'o bill on mere grounds oil ey.
pedency, because he regarded ii as rnischicvou,
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