Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-08-15
RICHMOND VA.
Saturday Morning, August IL, ls4s.
THE JANUs-FACED TICKET.

buation Of no partyism and ultra-Pars ism
honesty and dishonesty military gioiS a". r.
I;,;ca, Observation-Disclosures and anti."iitno'
,rov;so;sm The most ardent admirers oil oeh'
TAYLOR can only say that the ticket mar'ei'ou,'
resembles one of those terrific monsters =. '"e
ses mentioned by the ancients- having the neaa
.rd ,,ner mart of the body of human beng, Inc
,.u,;on comaosed of loathsome and disgust
inc monsters. Whilst the South IS, by Inc wing
,;cket exhibited picture Of military glory ana
renown, the North is shown man known 10 oe
onnosed TO the most cherished institutions oil Inc
Southland even General Taylor is held up as
an opponent of the best interests oil Sou'hefh
Shareholders. All this Misrepresentation ana
DECEPTION, which is practised upon the people OIL
.ome portion of the Union or the other, arlse'
from the failure Of tho Wings to lay down
national platform of principle BY which the en-
tire party was TO be governed IN every part oil
the Union. If Ibis had been done, the people
could have at once referred TO the great
declaration OF principles by the party, for the
purpose of detecting the trickery of dishonest
politicians. But for reasons best known to the
Wings, the Convention in Philadelphia, after a
session of the most turbulent and disorderly
character, adjourned having done nothing, save
tina, of selecting MEN for the Presidency an ]
Vice Presidency, about whasc PRINCIPLES not
one ao9rd ,ras SAID.
Soon as this course was made known TO US,
we declared it as our opinion, that the failure OF
the Wing party to declare their principles in
the National Convention would lead to system
of fraud as widely extended as that Of 1910.
From our experience we saw al once that The
object OF this move was 10 enable designing men
10 declare the opinions o. The candidates 10 be
Tics, Of The pscplc Of epsyy portion OF lee country
that the policy Of the parry was TO secure birds Or
every feather, whou; regard 10 their beauty.
cleanliness or nature--that the Jesu,ical maxim
OF "tie end justityng The mans" was now 10 be
that OF The Wing party. The results OF this dis
homes, course have been precisely such as we had
anticipated. Scarcely had The intelligence gone
forth Of the nomination of Taylor, when the Wing
press OF The free States, seizing hold of The Sig.
nal letter and The declarations OF Gen. Taylor thai
he was opposed 10 the exercise Of The Veto power
By The Executive, declared that he is opposed 10
the extension OF slave territory. The recommen-
da,;ons OF The most rabid aboliIicnisls OF Taylor
upon this ground, we have shown heretofore To
oar readers, in the letters OF Ashmun, Hudson,
Smith, and The address Of The Ohio Central Com
mitee. In The slavehoiding States, the very idea
o! Taylor's opposition 10 The extension OF slavery
has been viewed by The Wings with dcrision,
whilst the great mass OF their party, out Of TIC
sarc States, are recommending him ''sater" than
Cas- upon this very question.
Admitting, however, Taylor 10 be safe upon
his question, We al leas! may be permitled 10
entc,tgig doa6is about that neglected gentleman
Mi!ard Fillmore. We have said that, as Pfesi-
dent o: the Senate, he would be in position 10
do the South much harm in case OF tic upon
any question reia!los 20 slavery. This, TOO, was
sneeled a! By our Wing friends of this State
From he Philadelphia "Daily News" Wing
paper, we take the following extracts, by which
The game OF the Wings to the North may be Bet
:cr understood. VIVA, our objections 10 Fillmore
were en- these things whic are urged in mis- favor
he,e, we ask our readers, we mplorc them, as
patriots, as Southern men 10 reflect upon The
reasons contained in this extract, showing why
The Wing ticket should be supported:
THE FREE SOIL MOvEMENT.-Like our respect
ed contemporary Defrees, Of the Indiana Stale Journal
vt claim 10 hr as mach opposed 10 The c,eLs"n Of Sa
men, can M he If GEN. TAYLOR HAD PLEDGfn
HIMSELF, AS GEN. ASS HAS, To VETO ANY
MEASURE PASSED BY CONGRESS. EXCLUDING
SLAVERY FROM TERRITORY NOW FREE, WE
Uoutn NOT AND WOULD Not GIVE HIN OUR
SUPPORT. BUT GEN. TAYLOR Is OPPOSED TO
THE EXERCISE or TIE VETO POWER, He has
taken his POSITION upon the Republican platform Of
bowing In submission To the will of tie people, as
pressed through their representatives IN Congress
Hence we shall feel ourselves safe in case Of his elec
THE SLAVE nND FREE STATES ARE NOW
EQUALLY DlvID IN THE SENATE II WILL
nENr TT GIVE rue CASTING VOTE ON ONE
slpE OR THE OTHER. ELECT WILLARD FILL
WORE. AND THE CASTING VOTE WILL Re GI-
VEN lN FAVOR OF FREEDOM. ELECT GENE
RAJ BUTLER, AND IT WILL BE GIVEN FOR
SLAVERY
Let ali those Who like ourselves are opposed To all,
ve.y extenson, reflect upon this matter and il seems
US ths. lh:y must decide the sAFE,T cnLRSE Is
To VOTE For TAYLOR, IN PREFERENCE To
cAsS, AZ ONE OR The OTHER WILL BE THE
NEXT PRESIDENT
This is 'ruIy comforting to The people Of tie
Sorlh. How fully can hey appreciate The rea.
sons of this Northern editor for warrIng tor Tay
Tor and Fillmore. The first having lied hm.elt
hand and loot, is TO be made nose Of wax by
iana,ica! House oil Representatives, whilst Fill
more is 10 s,cp forth in the Senate aid, in the ex
e,cisc 81 lis power there, crush the people Of lie
South. Admirable and patriotic pan! Stabbed
and hall killed in The lower House, The poor
STAKEHOLDER rushes 10 The Senate Chamber, where
Fillmore "pnts him out If his mixyy" THIS
Is like tn groans Of re B,itaias," where ii was
implorinaly said, "T.c cruel inrqds,s driu, Us
Nth the spear and $40 ,rd into the ocean-Gnd the
wares Of the ocean hrow US back upon our yfoes."
But whilst The slavery question IS thus 10 be
treated in The two houses OF Congress, in what an
unpleasant position is General Taylor placed as
President. Like The spectator at eladiatora
exhibition or bu / fab, he with perfec, iadifer.
ence Sc, he oietim III! but does not "tur,, up has
thumb" to save him. lie does moi think it proper
10 interfere with The viii OF the people, as reflect.
ed BY Congress.
What mockery is this! What inbuman sport!
what delesIable plan, by which the South is obe
made the victim Of parry, desiring 10 elect Gen.
Taylor, not on account o! his candor, his capa.
city, or his principles, bu for the purpose
curing The long coveted loaves and fishes. We
can scarcely think OF Southern Wings, with all
iheiE interests identified with Inc Soulb, lending
themselves 10 The purposes Of northern fanatics.
Let ii be borne in mind BY the people OF Virgil
MIA that This question OF slavery IN The territories
would have been disposed Of by wise and ju-
dicious Compromise, one which me, with Tie ap.
probation ofevery member Of The House oil Repre-.
sen,alives rom The Sou;h, "bultcn Southern Wigs
selected from strong Hhig distriets"-onc mh,eh Mr.
Calhoun eren approved of-but for the VOTE OF
Southern Wings. We feel constrained to say that
we can see no reason Tor the course OF the Wings
rom the South, save that The settlement of the