Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-08-01

lieye that nothing more on this poin, was said by
The Demucfaiic elecor but that having got The pc.
ser" he passed on 10 other topics, IS unworthy Of
The commonest party hack IL has not The resem-
blauce oil truth it, as the two or lnfee hunuIeu
SPECTATORS 10 the Courthouse OH the occasion Can
testify. Instead oil the Democratic eleclof men
nassing from the subject, he proceeded TO exhibit
he additional leh shed on i, since the discussion
a, Hanover Cour House. He referred 10 me
tact. iha, General Taylor had been nominated on
The 9Th OF June for the Presidency; lha, The ia
mover discussion had taken place on the 2I'h oil
June-ihat six weeks had now ifanspircd since
the nomination. and that only eighteen Gays hau
passed away when the Hanover discussion nae
taken placc-thai in The meantime, the views OF
Cen TAYLOR, On he W!myi Provso, as inferred
from his Signal Letter, and mis- Allison Leuef,
had been the subject u public discussion, anr
much inquiry-lhat General Tai of was in he
mean time throughout the Ncrh, and pthoE!
exception, supported Tor the Presidency, on lbe
distinct ground, thai If Congress passed bill
containing the provisions OF he Wilmo, Prugiso,
he you'd not veto it-that The Boston Atlas, the
Albany Journal, the New York Express, and, as
far as he Qhe elcctor) was iniormed, every
other Taylor press in the North, commend
ed General Taylor 10 The voters o. the people OF
the Northern States, as committed 10 leave this
question TO be settled by Congress, uninterrupted
by his power 10 velo a bill when contained The
obnoxious proyiso-lhai, in addition 10 these
acrs, The Cen,a! Taylor Committee o. Ohio
had sen; iorih an address taking The same ground
that MIR. Ashmun OF Massachusetts, Mr. Ca
Ieb Smith OF Indiana, and Mr.. SIewar, OF Penn
sylvania, had, each OF them, declared ha they
ten assured such would be Genl. Taylor's
course il elected 10 The Presidency, and they
therefore, on that question, preferred him, as
aIor tor fh,a General
The Democratic eector then proceeded TO
remark, that this accumulated, and some oil
il new and stringent testimony as 10 Ge-
neral Taylor's opinions, has no11 been long
enough before The people, and before him, ior ms
true position 10 be made known, and Tor General
TAYLOR 10 disahuse the public mind, and declare
openly his true position, il his advocates had
erred in assigning him that which they mad done
that such was no, The or STATE OF things IN
June, when the discussion occurred al Hanover;
and The Democratic Elector turning 10 Mr. Me-
rediih, said, These, my friend, are The new
lights this the new information, which lustiiles
me, before this people 10 declare As my settled
and firm conviction General Taylor is no longer
in an equivocal position, but is hostile 10 the
South on this delicate and important question,
and that il elevated 10 the Presidency, lie VIII be
deceiying his Northern friends il he dare veto
bill containing the Wilmot PrOvisc." The
Democratic Elector did not stop hero. but, pro.
ceediog with his argument, endeavored TO
prove from the Signal letter, and the letter to
Allison, written in April, lS4S, that Gen. Tay-
lor had surrendered this question to the entire
control of Congress, and that his acquescence
in the Interpretation placed on these letters by
his Northern supporters, and long silence in re-
ference to the grave inquiry OF what were his
opinions on this subject, had satisfied the mind
of the Democratic Elector that General Taylor
was hostile 10 the South on this most important
and absorbing question. And yet in the face of
all these facts, "a Wing" represents the Demo.
cratic Elector as sinking under the poser
and passing of at once 10 another subject Of dis
cussion. Oh wonderfully accurate historian!
most just aud faithfully true reporter Of this
great victory Of the no party Wing party.
The allusion 10 The coun.enance Of the De-
mocratic Elector, and his professional pur
suits, il noticed as its spirit and character de-
serves, would only prove il TO be miserable
attempt at wit, unworthy one word of comment.
and in keeping with the political decency that
would attempt TO instruct the people, by songs
from the "Yaller Kirer,' or the exhibition OF the
"Bran Bread" A DEMOCRAT.