Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-01-21
dence" with which The Taylor Wings Ego ii blind"

dence" with which The Taylor wings "goi oiinu
for 'the Great Unknown."
The Mobile Advertiser, Jealous and able
Clay paper, ridicules all such demonstrations OF
"enlire confidence" Referring to a "no-pary"
Taylor meeting in Montgomery, Alabama, in
which members OF both parties participated, il has
some curiosity 10 see on what "paiorm OF pri'lei-
pie" such conflicting elements could stand TO-
sether. The President OF the meeting, Mr.. Bel
ser, we well recoecl as having delivered pow
erul speech in The African Church Of This city,
TO prove the perfect title of Texas up 10 the Rio
Grande. After naming him and some other gen.
lemen OF both parties who took part in The lay
lor meeting, the Advertiser says, with cutting
sarcasm:
"Of course these able and distinguished men
are all guided solely by principle; they are not
dazz!ed with military glory; they are moi going Tor
a man, regardless of principle! The resolutions
will Of course explain how these hitherto discoId.
ant materials have been brought together and
show US he principles of the Taylor parry, as
well as the plan on which the campaign is 10 be
conducted. When We see them We snail see
,,hat ice shall sse!"
The following reflections Of the New Orleans
Courier are sound in principle, aud strongly ex-
pressed:
eve maintain that the form OF Government under
which live is great and that it therefore de
mands clear enumeration Of the principles on whlch
it is to be administered We maintain. too, that II is
the creation Of the people, In the exercise OF Their So
vereigny, and that therefore, has the right TO
appeal for his elevation to The Presidency to the sPo
will ofthe people at large, without saying one
word reference to the important questions on which
the minds of the people are divided.
s.The President of these United States should be Dei.
ther an ArrohAros, nora NEGATIVE AGENT lie Is the
elect Of the people, and should therefore assume the
highest Office in their gift, with clear understanding,
both on his and their part o: the policy on which, rs
basis, he Is going TO administer the Government, ana
Of the amount OF responsibility attaching to MIN as the
Chief Executive officer OF the Republic We are not VIII
ling then-and the entire people would virtually aedi
their sovereignty were they wiliing-io raise any
man To the Presidency simply on the strength OF WHAT
VIZ axrEcr AND rrLIHvE HE WILL NOT Do, If elevated
10 that high station
'But such is the grand finale of the address the
People of Louisiana We cite its own words:
"'Our decided preference for General Taylor to all
others for Chief Magistrate NJ the United States, does
not rest wholly on what he has done, what we eS
peet him 10 do but raAer on what zoe expect and 1see
he will not do, if elevated 10 that higb dignity
1.-The six enumeratons Of what he will aerer DO,
which follow this general declaration, amount to no
thing but so many unworthy slurs on the past ADM
nistations of the government. 20 that, while quietly
telling the people that the General s their candidate
OF the people called (Query, are there any PEG
pie In the country independent Of The people so called
the address tells them, many words. that they
have gone astray from the path Of recude, and need
Zachary Taylor TO hiring back the government, which
they have perverted to its original purity and simpci.
ty-;o rrimpress 1t with the smitude Of has opn mot
tlsir) character Verify would The platform on which
he would thus stand have-in The language OF the al
dress-'no other tennnt!'
'Nuw, is General Taylor willing thus to be elevated
the heads Of the people will he not rather
ont, repudiae the noparty principle clique, ana
tell The people what principles he is disposed to ad-
minister the Government: