Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-08-04

other nations. and the DIsMsMBsa"s'i =
COUNTRIES BY CONQUEST.
We should certainty INFER from 1nis seh''".''
that TAYLOR entertained the Wing doctrine '"a'
!, u.s hsuer ~ end the war without Indemnify
than 10 demand landed INDEMNIFY % "ieA'eo'
POSITION TX,
He'll in faror Of the acquisition % 1"'"O's "
Conquest.
In Gen. Taylor's letter 10 General ua'"'''
which was accidentally made public, the oppo
site doctrine TO that in the Allison letler IS e'i
IDENTIFY entertained as TO The proprle'y oil ac-
curing territory by conquest. Hfaf me "e
neral in the GENES Letter
! nH SEEMS 10 me, the most 1udte,oas COURSE 20
Be pursued on our part, ,could be 10 taRs pos
ssssi II al once Of The line 1ro arould accept oy
NEGOTIATION, ertendingJrom The G,dfoi .her'co 70
The P.ei6c, AID occupy The same, or Keep 'raa'
ice already hare possession Of, and that, toee'ner
with Tamp o, which hope soon to take III 1ne
course Of next month, (or as soon as can pro
cure the means Of transportation. u'H gtre ~
all on this side of the Sierra Made -and soon
as occupy Satillo, wILLIscLupf SEVEN STATES
OR PRoylscEs.'
The line of acquisition marked out oy Inc
General, certainly would suit the most greedy
"Lccofoco" in the land.
Blu, VIC suppose it is all right, as General
Taylor says so-and he is now Ire Candidate Of
the Wing party, and that party - understood
to be opposed to tho acquisition 9! territory
upon principle.
POSITION Y,
That he is in Jaror Of the Hitmot Fror'so'
For this assertion we have the authority OF
the Signal letter, the evidence OF Ashmun, Hud-
son. Smith and the Ono Central Committee :
the Generals friends throughout the North
passim, enc his Southern friends, Governor
Jone. of Tennessee, and Mir. Adams, mem.
Der OF Congress, from Kentucky. The Sc
nal letter has been 50 often referred to, that
we will merely quote the passages OF the
editorial, and the Generals letter, which refer
TO the subject of slavery in the territories. IN"
Editor says, among other thing: "1ae extension
orer the continent, beyond The RIO Grdnas, 81 The
ordinance # 1857, is an OBJECT too high and per
mancnt TO be 6!Eed BY Presidential rsoss," &c.
To this, as well as 10 the remainder OF he
editorial, General Taylor responds: "With
these remarks. trust you will pardon me for
thus briefly replying TO you, which 1 DO p'p' a
high opinion and appropa! Of Inc sentiments and
0 eps embraced IN uo,r editorial
We leave this matter withou, editorial CON-
ment
POSITION XII
That he is against the Uilmot P1oc!so.
As we announced, in the commencement. OF
this editorial that We should prove the incon.
sistencies Of General Taylor BY his letters and
declarations, We do him injustice in declaring,
upon the light authority of his friends, unau
thorized By himself, that he has Withdrawn
from the position taken in the Signal letter II
is, however, the best we can show, and can
venture to do so, as il is the generally received
opinion among his supporters in the South,
though contradicted 10 the North and proved
sbase fabrication" in the non. .layeholding
States. The Wing Electors say that berauSe he
liuss ia the South, he must be opposed 10 the Pro-
uiso, though we have his Signal letter to the
contrary. Tho same argument would hold s cd
as to Fillmore's inevitably being an Abolition
ist, or at least opposed TO the extension of
Slavery, because he lives in non .sayeholdiug
State, and has given TO evidence TO mega
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