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

| ooutn on ecery qucstion ""cn mas Oecn agitatcu
and when il is equally notorious, that Genera
Taylor is afraid or ashamed TO ayow his OPT
Mons on the WiImo, Psoviso, and TO give 10 the
South the moral influence OF his name, if he
be with us-bu wilfully allows his prominent
friends, North and South, 10 elcctioneer coyertly
for votes, upon grounds directly antagonstc
On this question ale who is not for the South
is against the SOUTH and il is n strange eyi
dence of "indomitable lirmncss'' in this "South-
ern man with Southern feelings" TO allow him
self to be used as tool, an engine Of assault
upon Southern rights. Let him show q little OF
this assumed .sindomilabIe frmness,'' come out
like man, and, like our fearless Cass, say whc
Their he is for or against the Wilmol Proviso!
So much for Mr.. Lyons highly wrought culogy
upon General Taylor, which we have thought
proper 10 submit TO the Test Of facts as they
exist.
We shall now bri fly refer 10 The points in Mr..
LIS letter. In the first place il will he recollcct-
ed that on The appearance OF "the nameless Ad-
dress" from The Wing Central Committee, We
extracted few Of lis choice BEAUTIES, rs speci-
men OF the whole. We said boldly, al The time.
that we did not believe that Mr.. Lyons though
the Chairman OF said Committee, could have
written or approved Of an Address which con
tanned such a sentence as the following:
"Ol all the antccedetis Of The fearful question
which now perple1es lie councils Of The wisesl--
~ iha NJ tpd mh ia a M
tatcd an issue SO alarming upon The counlry-o of
the guiuy ambition, The ust Of torcign poii fired
By the struggle for political power between The
different sections Of The Union,-it is consoling,
amid whatever Of misfo1une may ensue, TO The
Wing parry, TO know, TIM IT is wholly innocent.
Ii opposed in a body, TIA insane s'p fr f0rcigE
acquisition, and warnei he country against the
relribulive evils which You'll surely follow in
the train of national rapne and spoliation."
We further said that, INN what We knew II
the man, we could not btieye that Mr.. Lyons
could have pcnned or embossed an Address, which
in the most offensive teryB s.igmalizcs his De.
mocralic feilow.ci,iZens { Richmond as gully
OF "mons,rous fraud" an "glaring hypocrisy"
and the Virginia Delegies 10 the Baltimore
| Convention as srhimble-ig political jugglers
and mounlebanks," wanlig in "honor and fidcl
| ily." We were reh-ir Mr.. Lyons in The
| beginning Of his letter sayslhat our commentary
in The Enquirer gave him The first notice" OF The
| Address! We care not Wo may he the author
| in pau or "hc sole aut1r" If that unworthy
| Address-but il is rerialy mos, strange and
unprecedented, lha! such Address shonid he
graveIy PIT forth as Going from The Wing
| Central Committee, Of whh tts Chairman knew
nothing! This is iair sscimen Of The Wig
method OF conducin. The lnvass and enlishten,
ing The pubc We rejoe that the Democrats
pursue no such reckless al sIip-shod course.
The next point i The ur-and We thank Mr.
Lyons Tor his concise and Inclusive vindicaior
Of the national honor He aces he question OF
the imprcsnablc ground III the President va:
bound ard was fully jus;ifl in taking measures
for The defence Of Stale rc1as) agains. for
LEI: and we CT nmcnd the ldcpendencc RI Mr.
Lyons, in standing up Tor e honor 0. his coun
try, in the face OF the iurioy md iaclious cours,
OF his own party III aniimerican speeches o
whose leaders, beyond alHoutl, gave aid an
COMFORT 10 The MeSicans oil prolonged The war
Blu, Hcyond The Rio Gmte, SAYS Mr.. L 'th
war should have slupprdunless Congress chos
to carry il farther" M L. has surely forgotten
The letter Of his own catidate, Gen. Taylor, da
ted on tie DC b April, i46, (bctorc The news Q
hosililes had reached yashinc!on) which cor
lans the following strcg language:
"Hosliliries may no be considered as com
meucri and have III day deemed il NECESSARY
to call uaon The Govcfur Of Texas Tor tour r.
simenis u volunteers two 10 be mounted All
two 10 serve or lool. Some delay must oc u
ir collecting these iroos, have also desired hi
Governor OF Louisiar to send out four req
mens VI infantry as s)n as prac Icah!c. lai
will constitute an auxiary force 81 nearly 3,OU'
men, which will tc redired 10 pro>ecn'e The wa
with energy AND CARR 1T, AS II Sill luLD De, INT
THE ENEMY's COUNTRY | trust HE Dspartmen
will approve my cours 10 this maiicr, &c.
Here we fni Gen. aylor acting on his owl
responsibility, calling u, strong force 10 ena
bic him 10 "prnsecutc ,e war win energy az
carry it, as It qtouA INFO THE ENEMYs couS
TRY,"&c This suggestion, proper as we reeaF
il, was originated By If. Lyons own Prcslten
lial candidate, and wa al erwaIds sanctioned b.
"Consress" and The Executive. II II was WRONG
Gen. T. must share a, responsibility, and III
Presidcn, is not D Inc last hamcab!e; Tor Cor
sress expressly sarc.iaed he proposition {
Gen. Taylor.
We agree with MIR. L that if ''thc war was
unconstitutional aggression upon Mexico frol
the beginning" we should mol only not have II
ceiyed any Thing from he, but should have con
pcnsatcd her Tor the wrhg we had done her.
Let the Wing par y nj that in theif pipes an
smoke il; But we MOI decidedly differ win MI
in The opinion that she most enormous evils
which he describes asEgrowing out q The acqu
sition OF her territory" singh! have been avo
ded by a more wiseand rradeni administration
Had Inc administrator failed 10 exact and OF
tain, after Just anil honorable war, "indemnit
for The past and security for The futnrc," il woui
have been guilty ola frlly and crime, whic
should have covered it with iniamy. To hav
refused to acquire Indemnity would have expos
ell US 10 he insults andallacks Of every power
for i, would have IBERIA temptation 10 them
play at a game in which they had every thing
gain and nothing 10 lcsd Asto the evils connec
ed with slavery, which have been exclusively a
cri5cd 10 The acquisition of Mexican teri
tory, e,ey would have sprung up on ant
lhcr theatre for sol long as the couniT
contains such lnischsyous politicians as FL
more, the Whis Vice Presidential candidate
ready TO strike al Southern rights, and yet SUI
tanned by a great party at the South, whom
has injured and ins,llled-so long shall we ha'
factions agitation on this subject, new 'err'''
~, or no new territory. The election oil Ca:
and Butler will kill of all such odious and da'
gerous politicians, will settle the Slavery que
ton upon proper grounds, land so says Dam
Wcbstcr,) and give peace and strength 10 10
Union. But again-It was our duty 10 INC u
tion 10 lake Mexican territory, and the SOU
would have been recreant TO her constitutions
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