Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-08-15

lumns length and TO Inc various equ"i'
EDITORIAL, on the subject which tha' PdPei
h,s taken such delish, in giving to the pub
liz we have prepared the following article WIN
come care. and take the liberty OF callns'o II
the attention oil our speakers, and our readers
generally; if we cannot produce such arguments,
We can al leas, furnish such facts as will be OF
use 10 them in The present canvass. we nope
the length OF The article will be pardoned, as we
propose 10 examine the positions OF The wing
and Democratic candidates Tor the Presidency
and Vice Presidency on The Slavery Question.
l. GEN. TAYLoR's POSITION.
The Times sets on! BY complaining that we
msstaed lis argument; that il did not refer 10
Judge Douglass speech aud The articles IN
the Georgia papers, as eonclasiue prO9t OF, oul
merely as thigh authority" 10 prove, wrong con-
slruclion by the Virginia Democrats oil Gene!ai
Cass's Nicholson letter. That is not worthy Of be-
ing disnihed by the name ofargumentw which ether
does not prove, or strongly tends 10 prove, some
thing. 1.-The lactlhal tho Georgia Democratic pa
! pers and two or three Democratic speakers repre-
sent Gen. Cass as holding, in his letter, The obnox-
ious doctrine, that mere Territorial Legislature
may exclude slavery proves, or even tends 10
prove, or is even singh authority" TO prove, that
he does in fact hold such doctrine, 10 what ex-
eui does he fac, that evs,y Taylor Wing speaker,
every Taylor Wing press, I've fnow OF no
execution; does the Times y ard biz enife Tay.
! or Wing party in The free States so represent
him, convict Gen. Taylor Il holding, in his let
| ter the far more obnoxious and more odions doc
rine Of Inc Wilmot Proyiso2
The Times refers TO The UEANIMITY OF the Rich
mopd Democratic Association, in perceiving no
| difference between the Nicholson letter. and the
Virginia platform, as furnishing an ine1picable
metaphysical problem. Here is another; will
| The Times undertake 10 explain, ION The ordina-
| ~ principles OF the human underslanding-ihe
fact thai" there being exactly fifteen free States,
and fifteen slave States, in the former, The Taylor
| Wing Central Committees, the Taylor Wing
| Speakers the Taylor Wing presses, and in short
the entire Taylor Wing party, are UNANIMOUS in
representing him as mos. soiemnly pledged not to
veto the Wilmot Proviso, while in The ater, the
Taylor Wing party, their presses aud speakers
are equally UNANIMOUS in declaring him utterly
| opposed 10 il Some pretty strong "polilical
necessity" must exist, somewhere, sufficient TO
make Taylor Whisscry, 10 man, in one hat q
the Union, $50 strangely blind" 10 what Taylor
Whiggery 10 man, in The other halt, has not The
slightest difficulty 10 perceiving. The following
is the first question we propounded 10 the Times:
| al. II member OF the Rough and Ready
Club were 10 rise up and offer The following reso.
| luton,
"'Resoved, That General Taylor does not en-
certain high opinion aud decided approval of
the sentiment. that the prohibition by Congress
Of slavery in the territories, is an object loo high
and permanent 10 be arrested b Presidential We.
toes
"Woud the Club unanimously vote for the re.
soulion7"
In reply TO cur first question, The Times says,
the Club would pass no such resolution not te-
cause they do MOI believe it 10 be true, 5ul because
it is "al,fuy couched." What great ingenuity,
what consummaic ART was i, necessary 10 employ
10 add 10 General Tayor's own words, those OF
the Signal article Of the "views and sentiments
of which he expressed his decided approva4"-
The extract Of the Letter published in the Tnsca-
loosa Monitor in which Gen. Taylor isrepreser!
ell as saying "hat it was not his intention 10 init
mate his concurrence nth anyoi the pisps Of The
/ Signal Letter." we altogether reject as evi.
| dsnce, because The wholc letter does not appear
over Gen. Taylor's own signature, and because
the verbal statements Of Gen Tayor's friends
shat he was in favor OF free territory, and oppos-
ed TO The extension u slavery published in an
Ohio and a Massachusetts paper, are entitled 10
Just as much weight, 10 prove him in favor OF The
Wilmot Pnoviso.
Whai We have said above is sufficient no.
,ice Of The Times answer 10 our 81 question:
We will simply add tina, Gen. Cass has not ex-
planned his Nicholson letter, because il was Who'll.
" unnecessary; the leller sufficiently explains il
sell. II was not necessary for Gen. Cass's friends,
or Tor Gen Gas, himself, aa!5 10 contradict him.
set 10 eat his own wc:is or 10 ialsify his most
explicit ceclara ions.
IL. MILLhRD FILLMORE.
But the most amusing part of the Times
whole article, is his answer 10 sposer' No. g.
ISIS Willard Fillmore for or against the Wimot
Proviso' Prima Jaeic, and presumptively, says
the Times, 'uery Northern politician is in .fau0r
Of the Proviso; if he is against it, then where is
the proof" To which the Times answers: "We
are not aware that Mr.. Fillmore ever declared
an opinion on the subject Of the Wilmot Pro-
viso. IF he ,rere in f:por of II, we should
trust him much sooner than General Cas-, who
only abandoned il ia distinct admission this,
that General Cass has wholly abandoned it, 10
get the Baltimore nomination MIR. Wise as
surrs US that Mr. Fillmore is moderate anti
slavery man. and such man is all that the
South can expect from tho North. NH. Wise
mas lately assured the people that Mr. Fillmore
IS as Objectionable 10 the South rs alm 5, any
Aboltionst who could have been selected. Ac-
cording 10 the Times own rule, laid down in
the last part OF our question, Of course Mr..
Fillmore is in favor OF free soil. But there is
positive testimony, of the very strongest charac-
ter, to convict Mr.. Fillmore of beng out and
out against the South on ,he Slirs7y question
The testimony Of Mr.. McAllisler Of Georgia, !
who heard him in Hestern Ne'o York, and not in
New York City, as reported by the Tribune |
'pour forth his diatribe agains. the South and |
her institutions, underneath the folds OF a flag,
upon which James K. Polk was caricatured, |
sitting on the back Of negro, with the word |
''Texas' issuing from his mouth; and his vote or
the Atherton Resolutions, are more than suai
cent TO satisfy any Southern man how utterly
obnoxious Mr. Fillmore is 10 them. And how |
has his vote on the Atherton Resolutions been
defended? BY publication OF extracts from
Mr. Wise's Louisa speech, and the letter of T.
J. Word, 10 show that the resolutions ough. not |
to have been considered satisfactory to The
South because they did not go sufficiently far. |
How did the inefable absurdity ever enter any
mans BRAIN that the reasons sci forth by MIR. |
Wise were those which induced Messrs. Fill |