Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-10-06

election takes place, has 81 Locofucos and .
Whlss-making a majority OF IA against us
Now what grounds oil hope have The friends o
Mr.. Adams, that he could be elec;ed2 File woul,
probably receive The votes of Messrs Miles anl
Dix, and no others. and there will sill be ma
joriiy OF len ever Fillmore and Adams, for But
Ter. On The superstition then, that the third par
~ can elect as President any devoted friend o
Tree territory, even one whose whole lille attest.
his sncerlty-what will il avail us, provided {
man hold The office OF Vice President who by hi.
casting yote Will prevent any bill, prohibiting
slavery from the Territories, from ever reaching
the President fer his signature
The friends oil Freedom must be douby guar
ded on This great, this momentous question: lhis
question which in importance oyershadaws al
others. They must have moi only Pfesi
dent pledged not to peto a Free Territory Bill, hu
also Vice President, who, il he be called upor
TO DO SO, will give his casting vots favor Of scl
6iH
"And no candid man will for moment doubt
that General Taylor is uncquivocally pledged
against Ih- exercise of The veto power in lhr case
IN question. Such is the testimony Of the Wash
lngton Union, and Of The entire Locofoco party
oil The South, who, as avowed slavery extension
ISIS, object 10 Gen. Taylor on this very grouDd.-
AND as to Fillmore. who doubts him2 Not one
Detraciion itself dare not assert that This great
and good Northern statesman, whose every word
and action throughout his public career, has been
Tor freedom, would not vote on the question OF
slavery as The free North would most wish the
Vice President 10 vote
| "Our only safely is in Taylor and Fillmore,
and they must and will be elected by the peop!e!'
here we have the frank admission that the qucs-
ton OF slavery "in importance ovcrshadows all
others" and that Gen. Taylor and Mr.. Fillmore
are to be supported by the entire free States upon
'he ground that they will exclude slavery from the
vast and valuable territory we have acquired
from Mexico. And while this game is being
played al the North, we find leading Wing
journal al the South playing into the Northern
hand, by the decla ration that il supp,ts Genelal
Taylor without any regard as TO his being for or
against The South on the al!-absorbins question
as to The rights Of the South in said ter,ilory.-
Truly has faction accomplished its utmos', If
Southern Wings are prepared to fold their arms,
and allow their leaders 10 abandon both their
rights and interests, and surrender unconditon-
ally this great and vital question. II cannot
have escaped your attention, Soulhern Wings
that General Taylor is regarded as pledged
by the entire Northern Wing party not 10
Veto any bill which will exclude slavery
from every foot OF he lerrt1ry acquired
from Mexico, nor have you any assurance from
Gen. Taylor himself that he will inlefpusc his
veto to project your rights against such unjust
legislation. The South has contributed larcc,y
in defence of the honor OF our sloriou, coun-
try in The war which Mexico forced upon Us;
and now you arc old by The entire Northern
Wing parry that the territory acquired by The
common blood and Treasure oil the country
is not to be dissrac.d BY the Footprint OF a
single saVe-owner, and they call upon you, as
Southern men, 10 and the in trinsi ing such abicc,
degradation upon The SaG:h. You are called
upon, as Southern men ans Shareholders, 10 cen
Tribute your ull share oil The purchase m .ney in
the way OF taxes, IL pay Tor he Land, AMI then
as eqoal and joint partners, you are tod by Your
Nortncrn friends 10 stand bach, ior not a single
acre OF that vast Territory shall be polluted by
manliness OF character, as freenen, ought 10 re-
volt al he idea Of your lending any laid and
comfort 10 those who desire lhns 10 degrade you.
You know as well as we do that Tie strength OF
The Wing party is at the North and you also
know full well that your party al the North in
tend to strip you OF your rights, il you will by
your vstss for Taylor and Fillmore help 10 clothe
them with The power ID do so.
We will now show you that your dignity as
freemen demands your support OF the Democrat
ic patty. Loyalty 10 The Constitution on the
part Of dislineui>hcd Northern Democrats impes
,hem 10 respect and advocate your constitutional
rights, and hen &c We find many such 10 Con-
gress; while we assert, without The fear OF contra
dic,ion, thai there is not single Wing in both
Houses OF Congress who is not in la4or Of ex-
GLIDING The South from every foo, OF The land we
acquired from Mexico Even Mr.. Webster
boldly says, if Gen. Cass is elected the South vii
secure its just share OF The land our common
county owns from The Rio Grandc 10 the Pacific;
and he supports Gen. Taylor because he believes
| thai his administration will exclude every slave
owner from any enjoyment OF the common pro-
perry Of our common country.
We are no advocates for arraying the South
against the Nonh. though we advocate both the
necessity and eIpediency OF the entire South
sustaining That party al The North which sus-
tainS the constitutional rights and guarantees Of
the Soulb; and that patty is now, as it ever has
been, The glorious Democratic party. The policy
OF the Wing party II the North is 10 break down
The Northern Democratic parry, so as 10 remove
the barrier which has always stood in the way Of
Northern Whiggery in every effort j, has made
TO entroach upon The constitutional rights OF tie
South. Accomplish the destruction of The De.
mocra,ic party in the Norh, and Southern
Wings may expect from their Northern friend,
the forbearance that the hungry wolf shows 10 The
lamb.
II we know ourselves we have no, written this
Article in paIlizan spirit, bu, with an earnes
and true hearted desire 10 warn Southern men o
the danger that threatens them.
| FILLMORE A BETTER ANTI SLAVERY MAN
/ THAN GfDDINGS.
A few days since, the New York Express a.
tempted to humbug the South into the belief tina
Fillmore was marvellous proper man" though
il has mol ye! answered our challenge 10 show
that Fillmore dares to reoant his other odious
anti slavery doctrines. We ash Southern Wings
10 read what this same Express, The accredited