Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-07-11
GENERAL TAYLOR'S POSITION AND HIS
CONSTITUTIONAL VIEWS.

Il
The Times OF Friday morning last founders,
in two mortal columns, TO show our lnconsls.
tency in regard to General Taylor's surrender
to Peyton s. Co., touching the action of Judge
Saunders s. Co. in the Philadelphia Convention
1t discards all rules Of law in overthrowing les.
tmony which is entitled to belief until it is
proven TO be false. Our position was, That Ge'
neral Taylor had Surrendered! 10 Peyton q
Co.. while at the same time, from the language
used, it did not disprove what Colonel JOHN
Winthrop and ColonelJ n. Stewart, friends OF
General Taylor, had stated; and that position is
untouched by the labored effort of the Times.
sold Zack" had fortified so many different
positions, that in speaking Of surrender of
any one of them, it did not, of course, cover the
ground that all had been surrendered by his ap
proval Of Judge Saunders conduct, nor in that
did il set forth the fact that Judge Saunders had
his authority for the course he took in The Con
vention. We have not the space TO present all
the different positions the old General had Jort,'
fed but we present few Of them.
In his letter written to committee appointed
by citizens Of Montgomery, Alabama withoui
distinction Of party, nominating General Taylor
for the Presidency, dated 23d January, l845
The conclusion is as follows:
81 shall efer no ac'irs opposition 10 The use
of my name, in coRnerion with this responsible
cfc>, as long as they continue 10 use il thus indie.
pendent NJ party Distinction"
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that the "actipe opposition spoken of by Gene
raj Taylor would have been drawn into "actise''
exercise, when his name was identified with the
great Wing party of the country, by the action
Of the Philadelphia Convention.
In his Gallaher letter he says:
Sscond,y-I do not design 10 withdraw my
name ii Mr.. Clay be The nominee Of the Wing
National Convention and in this Connection
beg permission 10 remark, that The statements
which have been so positively made ~ some OF
the Northern prints, 10 the effect Tint shoattd KT
Clav be The npnlince Of the Wing National ConrsH-
ton" | have stated "that Mould nol suffer my
name 10 be llseG,n are not correct, and have no
foundation in any ora or written remark OF mine.
|. has not been my intention, at any moment 10
change nv posiun-or 10 withdraw my name
from ,he canvass, whoever may be the nominee
o! The National Convention, either VI the Wing
or Democratic party.
From this we find that General Taylor did not
intend 10 withdraw his name il MIR. Clay had been
The nominee 4 the Wing National Convention,
AM ma; ir ,nal event This position would not be
",urrrntcrcd" by hir; and had he action Of
judge Saunders failed 10 secure him The numins-
lion he had this s;foGg position 10 tall back upon
in defence OF his chance OF the Presidency, jorii.
fsd BY the one frs, quoted, viz that his "oppcsi-
lion" would be "active" against every effort 10
identity him with either OF The erea' parties back
ed, TOO, as he is by the genuine no-parly Taylor
party 81 Maryland, which was ready from the
repeated declarations Of General Taylor' 10
stand firm in support Of the old hero's no-pany-
Tayor-pary position. Messrs. Pits and oilers.
electors and members OF the committee Of The no.
pauy-Taylor. parry Of Maryland in their card
say:
The undersigned, relying upon the repeated
declarations Of Gen. Taylor as 10 the ground
unon which he stood before The American PEG.
pie as candidate lor The Presidency, are sails
| fed that The statement above referred 10 is not
correct; and lhev are taking proper steps distinct
| " 10 relieve Gen. Taylor from any misunder.
standing on that suhlecl-lhe result OF which will
be in due time announced
II has doubtless been some twenty-five days or
more since The "proper steps" have been taken 10
communicate with Gen. Taylor, and as yet no
response, so far as he public are concerned, has
been made 10 Them by Gen. Taylor.
In his Joe IngersoI letter he says:
aAt the last Presidential canvass, without in
Ier'erine in any way with Inc same, il was well
known TO all with whom | mixed, Wings and
Democrats, lcr had no concealment in the mat
Ter, that was decidedly in favor Of MIR. Clay's
election and would now prefer seeing him in
that office 10 any individual IN the Union cer-
laioly much more so a, any lime 10 myself"
In this region OF country we are accustomed
10 believe, that when man desires The election OF
his friend above all others, including cren hims:V,
,ha, all his energies are TO be directed 10 promote
an end SO ardenily 10 be desired. And ye', in
The face OF Gen. Taylors declaration that he had
rather see MIR. Clay elected than any man in the
Union, We have, staring US in the lace. his deIeT-
minaion 10 be candidate for the Presidency
against Mr.. Clay, il he should be nominated, and
thus exert himself 10 defeat the very object we are
told BY him was nearest his heart. Mr.. Clay
was forced off the track by General Taylor as
Stunning the ground that ne would make him
(Clay) carry 50 much dead weight that his defeat
uould be CERTAIN There are many OF Mr.. Clay's
friends who doubtless see This thing in The light
we present, and hence The desire OF Wing editors
10 show Inconsistencies" in every body except
| Old Zack-and We doubt il the Inconsistencies oil
any statesman who has been before The country
Tor the last forty years [durng which lime &C.
neral Taylor says he has never voledl are 10 be
compared 10 those Of Gen. Taylor, since he had
his ambition fired up for The Presidency We
do moi know that he has ever read The Conslu.
ion bot We will undertake 10 say, and mill make
good wiatpe do say, that Gen. Taylor has pledged
himself 10 violate The Constitution unless il is 10
be claimed that his mind possesses The elasticity
OF ndia-fubber, and that be can thus, In advance,
approve all the acts OF the two Congresses which
may be passed during hi, administration; and as
the second Congress NAV be directly the oppo-
size of the first, Gen. Taylor must find himself
approving directly the opposite measures which
he had approved during the sessions OF The Con,
gress which commenced with his administration
! We copy The 2nd and Bird clause OF The 7;h Sec
| ton OF The Isl Article Of The Constitution:
~. Every bill which shall have passed he
House OF Representatives and The Senate, shall,
before II becomes law, be presented 10 the Pre-.
sden, o! The United States; if he approve he
shall sign it; but it not he shall return it, with
his objections TO that house in which it shall have
originated, who shall enter the objections al large
IN their journal, and proceed TO reconsider it. II,
ater such reconsideration, Two thirds OF that
house shall agree TO pass the bill, ii shall be sent,
together with the objections, 10 the other house,
by which it shall likewise be reconsidered and il
approved by Two thirds Of that house, il shall be-
come a law. BuI 10 all such cases, the votes Of
both houses shall be determined by yeas and nays,
[ and ,ha nannnc ~ The nersons voting for and