Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-08-25

from an article in reply TO the ifioune ~
,.r.. ,I,;son letter satisfies every reasonao'e
M! ino ,nan Inc subject of Protection, hon'c
, "ms and Harbor improvements nol .'o
n the Tribune, while he is pl9itinS t',c
,,u and destruction Of the wing parry
49, IN the North, demands that Generai lay ol
Ill write letter, that will lose hun every
S"n,bern vote. Would Mr.. Clay have ever
written such letter. We answer empha'icai'
10 .Nor Would he ever have given such
nlodge, We answer again, mo- General
TAYLOR has gone as far on this SUBJECT as Mt.
CLAY has gone To ask him to speak now III
the present excitement, and when Van buren,
AMI the Aboltionis,s are trying TO Undermine
him in tho North, is T. ask him TO commit 20
ltica suicide. Besides, in his Allison letter ne
is pledged 10 approve any Free Soil BIZ 'na'
Congress may pass, and unless Congress passes
one, no action will ever be necessary from the
President
Here we have il latly asserted, that the sup
port General Taylor IS 10 get at the Sou'h IS 10
enure 10 the benefit Of the North, IN virtue Oh
General Taylor's "pledsed' (pos'lon) ITO ap-
prooe anu Free S IL Bal that Congress may
pass" For Mr.. Clay we can only say, mat ms
holiness Of character, in what ne may suppose
to be right, warrants the belief that ne would
not shrink from any responsibility III declaring
openly, and TO tue world, any OPINION ne might
hold in regard to any matter OF such vital I'm
portance as the one at issue.
We cannot think that the steady rank and Me
of the Wings OF the South are prepared to al,
low themselves TO be used as the "cat's paw,
| 10 draw the hot chesnuts cut Of the hre Tor Inc
| benefit of the Hmonkcys' OF the North We are
told coolly that General Taylor must DC sup
ported at the South, on the grounds that he IS
| not required 10 write q letter advocating Tue
Wilmot Proyiso; but the North has HIM
"piedged" not TO veto such bill shouiu oon'
gress pass one.
Loyalty to the South ought to induce every
member of the Wing party in the SlaSenold
ing States, who has not become factionlst, 70
insis, upon General Taylor's frank declaration
of his position upon this all important question
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aR,owINc nor AND COLD IN THE SANE
| BREATH"
The New York Evening Express thus speaks
of Gen. Taylor's letter 10 Mr.. Lppad:
The LETTER OF GEN TAYLOR avowins his
! position 10 be that OF a "no.paHy cand'da' cue,
4 was transferred 10 our columns from me fnia-
delphia Bulletin in which journal ii originally
L anDeH[eQ i
| il was addressed 10 gentleman IN mat c,'yj on'
from The lact thai no name was sivea, II must u
confessed that the etier published. wears very
! apocryphal appearance.
| This letter 10 lie sure, is no, in conflict win
ANYTHING that Gen. Taylor has previously said,-
| M, letters publ from now 10 The election, are
| mi 10 be credited, unless published with well
known names, or By we'll known authority.
P. S. One oil the city papers, we see, cfeai's
| this letter 10 The Philadelphia Ledger, (oi whal
| dale il does mol say; but il is not IN our copy OF
that paper for Wednesday, The name OF
some what notorious iit,raieur 10 small way,
wa, also attached 10 the ellsr as it appears in Inc
ga me iourna!-a name that certainly throws very
lille credit upon The document. as its bearer has
been long notorious foI his inventive powers IN
the S, hool OF "hish romance" @
| If,b. letter "is not in conflict with anything Gen.
TAYLOR has previously said" why is il mot 10 be
credited" and "wears very apocryphal appear
ance z"
The truth is, the old General has written so ma
ny letters which orenly conflict with each olheh
lha, The Wing parry leaders feel convinced that
the publc are in state OF mind 10 credit any letter
which may have old Zack's signature, though
gross inconsistency may be The only impeachment
in the way OF their belief and hence he advice that
letters "are moi 10 be credited unless published with
we'll known names or b. we'll known authority"
| From The very equiyoca position which the
Wing candidate Tor Governor OF Ohio has as.
suned towards Gen. Taylor, We are led 10 be-
ieve that the following statement in the Cleave-
| land Plain. Dealer may be relied on:
"Our AT LAsr-We predicted some weeks
400 that General Seminole Ford would not define
his position ill after The Buffalo Convention
! We have il IRON gentleman intimately &C.
| ooain,ed with F.rd, and Nho is nov in this city,
| tnat he, Seminole, sometimes called Seabufy,'
has now declared his intentions 10 support The
Buffalo nominee.
1rbis course he could not avoid, With Gid
| dines, Briggs, Judge Converse, Wade, Hich-
cock, and all The leading Wings on The Reserve,
stumpins all around him for Van Buren,, he is
| ie no o. her Alternative bal 10 fall in and 90 IT,
| Il is expected by This course he will gam more
abolition than he will lose Taylor votes. Very
likey-tut what dilemma.
| Oh hol what nominee
Was Seabury Ford Of Geaug-cc"
This is evidence that the lreachery Of Mr.
Martha Van Buren, towards The Democratic par
" will not furnish the 'aid and comfort" 10 The
| Wing party which they 30 exultinglY promised
themselves after the Utica Convention was held
The Wing publishes an extract Of letter
| from C. K. Field, who was nominated 10y the
Democratic Convention for Lieut.. Governor Of
Vermont declining The office and vilifying Gen
Cass. Why did not the Wing go further and pub
/ lish The following addlional passage OF The same
letter. showing The motives for mol sustaining
| Gen. Cas-. Field writes 10 The "Ffes Sol" men ::
go on and organize. good will come nut OF i;
| il il does not relieve suffering humanity. il vii
al leas, subdue The hanieuT and insoicnteof South
ern po',t,ciaas, who hav. loided il over Nor he!n
doughiaces uni they have made them as supple
and cringins as he degraded slave"
Here Gen. Cass is denounced b. Barhburne:
for his sonndne on lhc Constitutional rights Of
he South. Should il not sill more endear him
70 the South, instead Of having the opposite effect
as intended BY The Wing? Strange, how The
Southern Wings and The Northern tree soiler,'
affiliate in denonncng Gen. Cass and The Terrific.
rial Compromise bill
VALUABLE OPINION.
| A Western paper asks:
"What is The opinion of the Washington Union
WORTH"
A Cincinnati print replies:
$273.O0O year, besides pickings estimated al
as much more.
The abaye which we find in yeserday's Wing
is a fair specimen Of the truth an! deceGcy Of
that leading organ of he Wing party OF Virgil
MIA.
The Wing quotes The lei,ero OF Mr.. Kercheval
| Of Detroit, 10 prove particular facl. Why has
i, no. n. justice 10 copy he whole letter. Ii is
evidently afraid 10 lei its readers see this conclu-
sive refulalion Of one of the most abominahle
Roorhacks which Whissefy can boast The
lrhoic letter is too damning be spread before The
deuded Wings.
For the EnGa,rer.