Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-10-24
RICHMOND, VA.
Monday Morning, October %, Is4s.
FACTS FOR TaE SOUTH.

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The time for elaborate argument has passed
but il is not vet Too late to place before the South
ern people facts. which should guide them il
their choice al this momentous cisis. Genera
Taylor has refused TO avow his opinions on III
subject of the Wilmot Proyso, aud though
| Southern man, is afraid or ashamed TO take hi
stand for The South. Indeed, his last letter, a
published, shews that he does mol regard 1t
necessary or important" that he, even as Pre-
sideni, should have any opinions OF his own, an'
the inevitable inference is, (and il is SO wielde'
with power al the Nor,h.) that should Congress
adopt the Wimot Proviso, or any other asgres
sion upon The South, he, Gen. Taylor, will hav
no opinions of his own, and will therefore ALLOW
Congress 10 do ,ohat IL pleascs. We deem
proper to reproduce here, the positive opinions
authorised bodies and leading Wing politicians
al The North. We commence with the follow
ing extract from the address OF The Wing Con
venlion of Massachusetts:
1.-THE sentiments OF General Taylor are BE-
lieved 10 be in accordance with those OF the
Wings OF Massachusetts, while those of Gen Gas.
are known 10 be directly opposed TO them. :
"Now, il there ever was question settled By
the various Departments Of The Government ant
acquieSced in by The people, il must be that o
the ordinance OF 1857. Ii was affirmed by the
first Congress, and expressly recognized in The
organization OF Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michi-
gan, Wisconsin, Iowa and Oregon; and has the
sanction OF Washington and his successors in
Office, and has been sustained by The highest Judi.
cial tribunals OF the country. HERE. THEN,
Is A CASE WHERE GENERAL TAYLOR
WOULD BE BOUND TO WITHHOLD
HIS VETO, IN CASE CONGRESS SHOULD
PASS A BILL EXCLUDING SLAVERY
FROM THE TERRITORIES. Nor is this all
he has pledged himself not to attempt 10 infu-
ence the action OF Congress on this or any other
question OF domestic policy.
"Under all these circumstances OF the case We
ARE SATISFIED THAT THE ELECTION OF GEN. TAy-
LoR is THE MOST EFeEcTUlL WAY OF SECURING THE
OBJECT WE ALL HAVE At HEART. Such are our
conuictiUns and such roe beicp. 1ciA lie the co,el-
sion 10 ,ohich ALL FREE SOIL WIGS aol!
come on due rej9ecti0n.'
See too, the address OF The New York Wing
Convention:
"All We have right 10 ask upon The subject Of
Stree SOIL or all we can expect from the candi
date OF Federal Union in which there are as
MANY save-holding as non-sayeholdiDg States,
are pledged 10 the principles OF the Allison lei
ter. II we can obtain majority in Congress 10
prohibit The extension OF slavery, or 10 maintain
freedom where freedom already exiss-if the "de-
mocracy" of New York, $50 Called which has
been hitherto opposed TO us on this subject will
unite with us now, and create that majority,
THE PRINCIPLES OF ZACHARY TAY-
LOR, WHO HAS NEVER BROKEN A
PLEDGE, WILL SECURE FREEDOM In
A TERRITORY WHICH THEIR WAR
CONQUERED FOR US TO QUARREL
WITH THE SOUTH, AND TO LEOPARD
TIE UNION ABOUT"
Read again these extracts from speech of
Hon. Walter Forward, leading Wing OF Penn.
sylyania and once member oil Mr. Tyets ca
binet, delivered on the li,h ult /, a, Pittsburs:
"Mr Van Buren, is the candidate vi the free
soil parry. AS FOR THEIR FREE SOIL.
1T WAS NOTHING BUT AN OLD
WING DOCTRINE The wings as patty
have always been opposed to the extension OF sa-
Ws1s JN pTQReesn! wings 10 the slave States
s;,ion 10 slavery extension. Where were these
men these free soil men, in l8447 Were they not
united. 10 a man, in favor OF Mr.. Polk, and IN
supoort OF measures Of slavery extension which
he embolied Who then wilhsood The schemes
With which MIR. Polk was iienlitied-the slavery
annexation OF Texas, and all the issues growing
nm, nj i. of war. debt, and dcmoraliz tion : The
whig pariy, fellow-ciliZen.; the WING parry dld u
while no, a word on the sutjec, was heard from
Mr.. Van Buren, and his friends" (Cheers)
ale was glad 10 see the principle OF l'eedom
appreciated by those gentlemen, Mr.. Van bufen
and his friends, but their Tree soil doctrine was
one item in the old whig creed. lCheers.J IL IS
our old principles, and their new posilioh
Loud and prolonged cheers.I
"Mr. F. would repeat what he had once before
said The Wings want nothing that they cannot
auain from majority in Congress. They desire
to see the viii OF the people carried out and not
defeated by an exere Use OF authority as arbitrary
as that OF The Emperor Russia. rhey were III
favor of popular sovereigniy-and Gen. Taylor,
in his Allison letter, and by various other means,
was pledged to their views on the veto power
Gen. Taylor said it should never be exercised,
except on great occasions-when necessary 10
save The constitution from violation. The veto
question was question between Inc EIecuive
and the people, Gen. Taylor was on The SIDE OF the
people. He will sign tariff, if passed BY Con-
gess.
"But lie, us look lille further into this qnes-
tion as 10 the extension OF slavery. Gen. Taylor
has pledged himself 10 the wing doctrine on The
veto question. He has pledged himself 10 abide by
and submit 10 the will Ut the people as expressed
through Congress- unless such expressions lnvoi-
we'd an iniraction OF the constitution. Nha'
man. the least acquainted with The constitution,
does no, recognize the right Of Congress either 10
permit or prohibit the extension oil slavery 10 ine
,errilories7 No question has been more PLAINLY
decided, in effect, by the Judiciary II IS qnes
tion Of rights and Limitation about which there
can be no difficulty. State sovereignlies have the
power of controlling the institution within lheit
own limits. Congress has The power OF controlling
il in the lerr,tories. GEN. TAYLOR, WERE
ne TO VETO A BILL PROHIBITING
THEEXTENSlON OF SLAVERY, WOULD
FALSE to The MOST SOLEMN PLEDG-
les. He WILL NOT DO THE CAN
NOT-DARE NOT"
Is no, this evidence difficult TO be resisted
coupled with the fac, that Southern Wings re-
ioice over, "free soil Iriumphs," achieved under
such foul auspices, and the further notifying anc
alarming fact, that Southern Wing leaders de-
clare that if Gen. Taylcr is True 10 The South
and v.loes the Wilmot Proviso, he will he re-
cream, To his solemn pledges, and will lose The
coua.enance and support otevery honest nanf
Bur we have worse vel To tell of-ihe South
ern Wing leaders are pledged 10 the support
Willard Fillmore who has never recanted ane
w;,, never recaur, (for we have in vain chaliens-
ed the N. Y. Express. The organ Of Fillmore, ant
Southern F,lmorenes, 10 "sand hlm on mt
pointl") the abominable declaration that ne Is
10 favor Of Immediate legislation for The aboh
lion OF slavery in The District OF Columbia t'll
more is, moreover, an unqualified advocate oil lhf
Wilmot Proviso-a measure so odious and dan
gerous thai in l847, the Virginia Legislature
by unanimous vote, (Whigs and alb Piedge'
themselves to go 10 the last extremity TO resist Ii
Yet, so far from redeeming this pledge, we hne
these same Wing Leaders hugeing 10 their be
SONS Fillmore, an ultra champion OF The Prov
so and an undenied abolionist Of slavery in th'
District of Columbia. But it is not only her
that Fillmore is sustained as Wilmot Provi
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