Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-08-11
RICHMOND, VA.
wednesday Morning, August .. 1s4s.
SIGNS OF DISMAY.

rolpa. and the call for Convention OF lhd
friends Of Henry Clay in Hanover, have hilea
our neighbors of the Times and Wing with EVIL
dent alarm. The Editor of the Times, VINO SO
cavlierly deserted Henry Clay Tor General
TAYLOR, falls into quite passion with US iof
giving two insertions 10 the notice OF zine ole
Guard of Hanover" for the call OF ConVen-
lion. |. is our desire to avoid during tnis ca m'
paisn all 'smal game" though, in the oemo''
ton OF Wing Roorbacks, we cannon aVo'a oeca'
sionallv lille dirty work. We claim The PHI
vilege OF giving full expression to our ieelIoss
and opinions as TO the manner in which Inc
friends OF Henry Clay were treated in the Wing
Conventions in this Stale and in Philadelphia.
Whatever text we may take for our comments
is a matter of our own. The readers OF The
Times will draw their own inierences as 10 Inc
Justice and polileness Of that paper in assall'ns
Captain Perrin, a respectable lawyer, and devo-
ted friend of Wing principles, simply BECAUSE
| in common with others OF equal respecIaoili'y
with himself, he has ventured 10 express his de-
termination OF cinsing 10 the great statesman
| who has been abandoned for new God-o7'ee
no, so popular ,oith The consistent Editor Of the
Iimss.
The desire OF the Times to throw ridicule upon
the move of the "old Guard in Hanover" will
have no effect The honest, worthy gentlemen,
who, from all that We can learn, intend holding
the proposed Cd entioD, will mol be deferred from
| their object by The fulminations OF The Senior
Editor OF the Times. As to the donation oil Two
| ahickory nuts" from our friend Captain Perrin,
we know that gentleman to be person Of great
wit and humor. In his dry, quiet way, he, doubt
less, intended TO reward Inc Editor OF the Times
in the mos, liberal way for his devotion and con.
sisten, advocacy of Wing principles and prolong-
ed devotion to Henry Clay.
II the gallant Captain continues his struggle
for Clay, he will give The TayloIiles some more
NUS to crack before This campaign is over. In
spite of the sDecrs of the Times, we, In common
with many others, await with deep interest The
result OF The Hanover Convention. Our neigh
Dor OF the Times can we'll afford, editorially, 10
assail Captain Samuel Perrin. But we would
not wish better fun than discussion between
the Captain aud some of the orators OF the Tay-
lor party in old Hanover. II is hard for man
TO be abused, and then 10 have The papers abusing
him closed against bis replies. Will our neigh
bors permit Captain Perrin TO reply, through the
columns of his paper, TO the gralui!ous assault
which has been made upon him2
Every independent man in the Wing party,
whatever his talents, must expect to be assailed
by the Taylor organs if he adheres 10 Henry
Clay and Wing principles. That Captain Per
rim should be an exception 10 this rule, when
Mr.. Bolts has no. been, would have been strange
indeed.
In our editorial, few days since, on the sub.
ject of General Taylor and the Wilmot Proviso
we did not allude to the letter of Andrew
Stewart of Pennsylvania-a letter having an
important bearing on the question. Mr.. s. is
the great gun of Whiggery in Pennsylvania, and
the dsvo!ed friend of General Taylor. He is
electioneering for, and pledging General 7. 10
the people of Pennsylvania as man of honor,
who will adhere to bis declarations in the Signal
and Allison letters, that /" The personal opinions
Of the individual arho raoy happen to occupy the
Erscutive Chair, ought MT to control The action
Of Congress upon questions Of domestic policy
&c
Should General Taylor be elected, will he
dare 10 falsify these pledges, made by his lead
ing friends in all the Free States-pledges made
upon the faith of General 1'aylor's ocn pledges'
He cannot do it, without flying in the face of
his own friends, and classifying his own pledges.
The Wings rely upon the fact, that General
Taylor resides in Louisiana, and is the owner
of slaves, 10 prove that he is reliable on the
Wilmot Proviso, Free Territory question. That
fac, proves nothing. General Taylor wants the
Presidency this is now the goal of his ambi
ton and, if needs be, he may sacrifice his love
of negroes to reach it. The passion for the
"White House" may override all other conside.
rations Men, least qualified for Office, are gene
rally those who desire it most And we have
all seen melancholy instances of the effects upon
men who have been seeking this same "Whte
House, which now so much haun's the magma.
ton of General T. Already wo begin to see
the effects upon General Taylor. The "backing
and filling" in his numerous letters-his shut
fling, equivocating and double-dealing course as
whig-a Henry Clay Wing one day-a not
party man the next-preferring Henry Clay TO
himself one day-the next declaring that he
would not give way to him even ifMr. C. should
get the nomination-one day refusing TO place
himself in The hands of any party-the next
placing himself in the hands of the Wing party
Convention of Philadelphia all this shows too
plainly what is now the object of General rs.
ambition, and that be may compromise his prin.
ciples, (if be has any, and disregard the rights
Of the South, to reach the dazzling station. He
has placed himself sin the hands of his friends
and these friends are in the North. He wants
Northern votss-and he may have a greater re-
gard for these important aids to the White
House than he has for his negroes. Stranger
things than this happen every day. He can do too,
as some of his friends in the North have already
done. When he thinks proper TO Join the anti.
Slavery party, he can put his negroes into his
pocket, and then he can be as good Free Ter
ritory, Wilmot Provisost as Mr.. Stewart, Mr..
Fillmore, Mr.. Corwin, or any OF his Free Ne.
gro, Free Territory friends.
Let not the people be deceived by the fact
that General Taylor resides in the South. We
know not what influences arc at work to turn
the poor old mans head. The Wings made the
attempt with John Tyler, 10 shape him TO sui,
their own purposes. They did not succeed. But