Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-09-15
cEyERAL rAYLoe's TWO FACES
NORTHERN FAcE-[CoscLuprD.l


:, Inc Senate against Mr.. Clayton's COMPROMISE
declares the Wilmot Proviso to be cons'Hu>
,;,na and, speaking OF case in which Congress
,srcised jurisdiction over he question OF slave
=, No saws. "Nor was this an instance of haay
~ ~ ,neonsads, ate aetion' So, according 10 vi
esdssr Gene-al TAYLOR would mol, ii eiecteo
P,sslden,, veto the Wilmo, Pfovis"
,Esks the Philadelphia North America" las'0,.J
a declaration, incidentally made, at'ne niooA.
,vn meeting. by Colonel Haskell, SHOWS Wna'
M, gentleman. himself Southern man. in'nss
= ,hs. nns;tian occupied by General Iayiot 10
aoa,d - Inc Wilinol Proviso. "Fhongh
s,saesol5ern said Colonel e., IF Zachary lay'
~. ,,sds,d himself to reto the Witniot Prorso, ne
TCol y would desert his standard"
/, Is no, 10 be inferred from this that Coionei
HasEell is himself particular friend or adVo-
Ito n The Proviso; but thai, under the ueiopran
r;ul, anronnced bp the General, he holds nam
ba,nd 10 nj least Presidential neutrality on
tSot ,ubiset-bound not 10 interfere 1clta refo o.
a,5e,,,,,e against the measure, but 10 hare u 20
he seated 6v the majority in Congress. Lei any
free sill man consider the force II maj ueciaa
,;on LEI him remember the vastly superior nu.
mer;cal strength which The free States can 'n,o"
into The House OF Representatives; anu ara,
NDelaware voting with them, they nave = m ,Sa 60
q votes, if they choose 10 INVOKE Il! General
NE. The fee States, therefore, . si,a + Msy
ident, can 's sM;, w s.ss nc ass The
tsc Is directly opposite; the organ al washington
:, :. ~ 40 remembered. has pledged hun 10 Ve'o
The Wilmot Proviso, If passed by Congress
W. recommend the above declaration oil Co'.
ua.keI 10 all doubling voters in Pennsylvania
,pho tear ina, General Taylor should assume Tue
Southern side and The advocacy ol sidSe'''
cause Southern man aud slaVehoioel. .,,a
We know that the veto oil Geherai CdsS VIZ" wI;I
destroy all possibility of the measure V ns
mo, Proyiso.) and General Taylor is CONSIDERED
bv a So.lsern Wing and stakeholder, as SO so1en''s
~ bo,,nd mot 10 ,ntere,e against the prouiso, "a
ina, HONOR ITSELF should reql ms ooA1H,"
NB;u friends 10 desert his standard, upon any
proof OF inhdelily 10 his pledges.
Coy. JONES, OF TENN, AsRoAD.-Ihe oaYusa
IN. W New Era, an an,i-Cass paper gives an
account O. the speech of Gov. Jones at that place.
II says:
aThe meeting was a large one Inc speech
of Gov Jones was long. Writ'eh ih'eiiosa'o
RES were propounded 10 him; and among mem
in relation 10 Gen, Taylors position on the qnes-
linn Of extending slavery. The only answer gi-
ven that he did not kuow how TAYLOR stood upon
This question: that he had no doubt that ne scoal4
not reto a bill il Congress should pass one; 'oa'
as for himself il any body wanted 10 know now n
he TGov. Jones] stood ne was opposed 70 'ne
Proviso."
Mark the admission This is the fourth time
Gov. Jones has expressed his belief that General
TAYLOR would moi veto the Proviso.
,rrou ths LYNN (JHassJ Nsps WAig Taylor Paper
"TRIuMPH or FRKEDoM.-The vote ON Inc
mis- called .Compromi.e Bill" in the House OF
Representatives, is one OF The most cheering IL
has ever been our LOT 10 recoTci ana me result :
gratifying, far beyond our anlicipaiions; ior we
have so often seen The dictates 81 me Ssaos power
obeyed in Congress, that we greatly learea us as
cendancy in The recent conflict
"But we consider the voie-and lis indications,
as discovered by analyzing the state OF The par
ties on the question-as particularly gra''iying'
hecanse il disproves the assertions OF some oil Inc
anti slavery Wings, that the wing parry mas
proyei itself recreant to every principle OF 'fee-
iom-and dispels the fears OF those VINO nave
been afraid that The Wing party IN us present pc,
sition, might have lost sight, in some measure u
the great question on which lis action has been
rsneralIv correcr and consistent. We see by the
Vote that NOT A SINGLE WING from The
tree STATES has been recreant 10 duty; that, while
Northern Democrats hare poted for sterery, NOT
lhern Nhies hare opposed ii, earnestly, uniediy
sfsctuaIy; and that, in the slave Statss, all inc
votes Tor laying The Compromise bill on me laoie
were WHO'S Are not these cheering INDICATIONS
that The Whies have not deserted all their Princ'
ples9 ,,..
"Let our Democratic opponents sly whal ,hey
may about The want OF consistency oil ihosc wing
members OF Congress who claim 10 aci consist
emily and conscientioasly when they supper. ne-
neral TAYLOR, il cannot be deaied that hsT 0'fe',
aet, are anti slavery-and by their acts are men
generally Judged We have before us the trTetTa'
SabL. uroof hqt The Wig party IS get an antssa.
pe,y payty: and we have at The same time evi-
dence equally strong, that the Democratic party on
he subject of apsrp, rs 10Th the Stare party at The
Sox1h, and against the Whissof the free States -
Could We wish for palmer evidence. that IN CIV
inc adherence TO The nominations of The Wing
Sxs~-y-~ G.,nsvsaave, WIN Inc PfsRcfpfss oil Tree
dom as their main concernW
The Hon. Dan. Duncan, NJ. C. from one of
the abolition districts of Ohio, is more EN-
phatic and specific in his approval of General
Taylor's nomination
ION the subject of the extension Of slavery,
General Cas- will veto any bill containing the
Wilmot Proyiso. General Taylor is pledged 10
approve any bill passed by Congress, not clear.
ly violating tho Constitution He has further
informed u, 'that he considers that constitu
tional act, which has been settled by the various
departments OF the Government, and acquiesced
in by the people,
1.-the Ordinance Of 1887 comes under this
description, and is, therefore, in the opinion Of
General Taylor, constitutional, and, if enacted
BY Congress, will not be subjected TO the veto.
The Senate of the United States contains sixty
members, when all the States are represented
one-half representing the free States, and one
half slave. Suppose the question of extending
slavery 10 come before the Senate in the next
four years, there is tie vote, and the casting
vote of the Vice President decides the fate Of
the measure. If General Butler be the Vice
President. the casting vote would be on the
side of slavery; il Willard Fillmore, it will be
cast on the side Of freedom"
But the Hon. Mr.. Sohenck, distinguished
Wing member of Congress, also from Ohio, an
tlcpates other benefits from this surrender of the
Veto power. He says:
.And it is not only upon the subjects Of the
Tariff. the currency, the improvement Of our
great highways, rivers, lakes and harbors, that
General Taylor declares the will of the PEG
pie, as declared through their representatives in
Congress, ought to be respected and carried out
by the Executive but he makes an avowal Of
opinion TO me far more significant aud pregnant,
with assurance OF the liberal course ne would
feel it his duty to take upon another question of
deepest. and most vital and universal interest
He will not interfere to influence or prevent,
but Dil. so isave to Congress, yh re II rigat It
should be iejt, to arrest the er ension of slavery
and prohibit l. from being introduced into the nep
terr,tor.es. Con DO mistaken in this?
After quoting the declaration in ths Allison
letter, M. Schenck says:
"Has there ever, in the whole history Of our
Government, been question of constitutional
power settled by such frequent and unvarying
Precedents in all the departments legislative,
executive and judicial-as the exercise of
right of Congress to control, and regulate, and
prohibit slavery in the territories' Has there
ever been power more strongly confirmed By
the ooGstant acquiescence of the whole people,
From the glorious Ordinance of 1887, re enact.
Gu ny inc very nrst Congress that met under the
Constitution, down to the present tims tbere bo.