Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-12-12
RIG MOND. VA.
Monday Morning. December II, 1913.
TIE WAR OF THE ROSES

TIE WAR OF THE ROSES
! Ptogre se> tnosi slrikngy. Desiring 10 IL, oar
readers see both sides oihis beautiful qnaTe VI the
/ two factions 81 the great Taylor Army. though We
| are much pressed fJr room, We maze sn,lt el-
| llacl from very l1lg and lomahawkish article
| iI Wednesdays Wing upon Mr. Bots the Wing
representative in Congress from this District,
who voted lor Gen. Taylor like IA child taking
physc." 10 publishing The Examiners sketch
OF NJ. Bolis speech, the Wing INDUCES in some
amiable hits al Mr. b 's"eminenlly characteristic
remarks; his "bloaed arrogance, rude assaults up
on those who differ with him in opinion, statements
without shadow OF proof, ms "slan2 which he
has spent whole year in raking from The very
kennels Of Locuucoism," MS "yitnperation yen-
ted against Gen. Taylor" The "malice OF dispo-
sition malignant beyond the conception Of ordi-
nary men," his "litle variety II talent" one Vi
whose speeches 'lasts him as long as any other
persons # me present day." his "ns!aliiud,;'
his 'opcn, scandalous, uncallcd for neglect Of ill.,
~" as Representative; his disgusting egoiism.''
&c. Lei this little suffice as a specimen Of the
very gentle structures oil the Whia; which paper
says, that il would have lei Mr. BIS repetition
OF his slang, "pass in silent conIemp', but Tor
Two reasons:
"Firs,, we wish the Wings OF this District 10
know, ,ha, their Representative, who is again
| asking Tor their suffrases has, IN advance, de-
clafed war against the Wing President elect, al
a time hen even The Lo 'ofocOsm press proes.
ses determination 10 Try him by his acts We
wish 10 know whether, after all the trials and dit.
ficulles through which they have just passed,
aud which have resulted in 4 glorious victory,
they are determined 10 support any man who
viii place himself in that attitude. As Tor the
vile assaults ami irsinuaiions level'et al General
Taylor he people have already nailed them 10
the counter.
s1he second reason is personal 70 ourselves. =
After Ting published for HIM. an avOSed enc
my Of he cause We were supporting more lban
for all the other public men OF the State united,
we are denounced for having refused 10 publish
letter from him 10 Dinner Committee in New
| York, oil which those excellent Cas- Wings
} Willis Hall and Dudley Seten, we're the head,
| and which he insihuates was OF Importance 10 his
defence This is perfectly characteristic OF the
man, and We are not al all astonishet al II. An
| apprfc citation Of tavors was never among his DIS
lineuishing qualities. So far from il, we have
/
excessive can secure from him the slightest To-
ken OF recognition, or excite the smallest emotion
Of gratitude Never was man supported with
more zeal BY any public print than ne was Tor
| years by his per- vet on no occasion did he
ever recognize the service 50 lar, even, as 10 send 10
the editors public document, the slightest lestimo-
/ NAL one would think, il were possible Tor him 10
beslow. He has always ihoush, iha. he was cE-
| titled % whatever he received Of right AMI that
no gratitude was due ior any favor, however con-
| siderable"
The Wings explanation "embfaces review
| ot Mr.. B's whole course" and is too long for IN.
scniun. Is il no. strange that paper should sup
nor, "tor ycars" and with ''zeal" an arrogant,
rude disgusting, malignant, ungraleful egoIist and
slang whangef2"
More important affairs postponed this notice, and
Fridays Wing follows up Inc subject, 10 which
are devoted FIVE articles, making nearly Two and
a halt OF lis broad columns Mr.. Bolts seems TO
haunt the Wing like hob-goblin. II can think
or write of nothing else but "he immortal" and
all The varieties o! style and attack, argument,
sarcasm, riticule, are brought 10 bear upon this
Wing TAYLOR member Of Congress. IL goes 50 Tar
as 10 eS-communica'e him, and ne IS tc he quoted
lin future as Len, ami no, as Wig" Ia Inc
leading article Of the Wing IS formidable Isl
oil COLLECTIONS" to Mr.. Bo'ts-at least sixteen
couns 10 the indictment, regularly numbered
and broadly set forth. Among them, il i allcg-
en that Mr.. B. denounced The Philadelphia Whg
Convention as equity Of The basest lraud"-tha'
in his letters he charged Gen. Taylor with lying
or al least with prevarication, which We hold 10
be equally digraceful"- after having gone
into Convention, he afterwards refused 10 be
bound by its decision; ",hereby destroying all reli
ancc in his word" His letter % The New York
Dinner Committee is pronounced "a farraso Of
nonsense and vanity" and he is duly notified
that the Wings al Richmond, fare determined
no, 10 endure The dclalion" AMI not 10 return min
70 his sea, in Congress, for which (and here We
have new fac) "Mr. Bots is entirely indebted
10 The iofbearance and literally OF K. l. Daniel,
who "enreatrd members oil he Convention mol
10 nominate him, (Nr. Do We presume iha
Mr.. D. "orbcarance and lib.raliiy" have Ion:
since been exhausted-and Mf. b. should 4
once throw W his lprf'iied seat, AMI lei Mi u
wear line Congressional robes. We did no. know
before, thai The des'nics Of lhe Metropolitan Dis
lrcl were 50 "enlirrly" in The hands Of Two indi
viduals MIR. D. and Mr.. B.
We do not mean 10 defend Mr. B., though the
Wing predicts shat, "ailef pausins decent time
with Gidinss, Paltrey AMI Tuck, he will take ~
his permanent abode with The Locotccos." Gu
sole object is II ''yiniicate history" ard 10 sho1
that no faction Of the Taylor party is guilt
less Of ccnsoIting with the enemies Of hi
South II Mr. B. is 10 be condemned Tor hi
alliance with Willis Hall and Dudley Selden
al Clay meeting where Tree soil s-ntimenl
were spoken, but no deliberate resolution
to The same purpoIt aiuIted, what mus b
said Of the Richmond Wing ami he SonIhcTI
Taylores FOR cxuiins in The 1nyt'r meetings II
New York, where the strongest free soil resolu
lions were passed, and opposition 10 slavery ia
laid down as the rue sentiment 81 The VIII. par
H. l. Mr.. &. cunsort. with Giddings, &C., III
Southern TayIorites acted in the la'e election
with Corwn Seward, Delano and Horace Gree
lev, he bitter foes Of the South. The Northern
Wings, 10 a man, are opposed 10 US, AMI We hol
Nil the factions OF the Southern Wing party re
sponsib!e for their intimate association with then
in the late election. 1t is unjus. to Mr. B. TO re
gard hin, alone as gully. Oren war is now de
cared between The Two facions-we shall loci
on and watch Inc amusing fgh, taking part viii
neither.
THE ABSTRACTION"
The Republican ih;us,s i'self into the little ii'
crssion between the Times and ourselves, an
UNDERTAKES 10 convict us Of Inconsistency, in q
much as, while We complained q The epi'he
"miseratle abstraction" applet BY 'he Times
me Wilmot Proviso, We endorsed The language {
L. n-..idant n ih,t r,ninf ,rhnsa MESA .