Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-12-22
RICHMOND, VA.
Wednesday Morning, December @o' ie4
I'm RoTTs' DEMONSTRATION

Mr. BOTTS' DEMONo i Rh iot''
We have glanced hurredly over thus hugc 90
cument. which is written with mufh ooi"ne's
o,a strength. and which contains rich lui'a oi
,.ornent The personal hits Of the Wing ne
re,or,s with interest, and then taxes up ea'"
ono of the "a charges, one by one, aud answers
Tho m clearly and bluntly. We have no TOO"
E mi. proclamation of rebellion, but we make
j. few extracts here and there, not only to amuse
rood.r. but TO throw light upon the modern
svs,em of "Ayailableism Mr.. Bot's SHOWS
nm handsomely the skill and cunning OF tue
.managers and politicians (the Republican
s,,Ied them "yeteran gamblers'') in bringing
-, from the crucible of Conventions "Pco'
nle's candidate ready made to order IN MT
go,ts, detailed history Of his own Movements
n connexion with the Tay lor hegira, he groups
together many facts which illuminate the past
and which may bear upon the future course OF
events. 1t is with this view, principally 1hat
we CLEAN few passages. Time will show whe-
,ber the Wings will obey the useful lecture read
them by Mr.. Bolts whether, as ne naively
saws, 1--WE 1.-THE Wings OF the District) will act
wisely and prudently, and do not play the game
of the Kilkenny cats, and waste our substance
in figh, among ourselves"
Blu, we may look out for renewal OF the
Kilkenny fight Yesterdays Wing says that it
will shortly publish Mr.. Bolts speech, ss pub
lished in the Enquirer, which "shall receive
such reply as such charges from such quarter
merit The Wing is, therefore, fully commit
ted 10 publish Mr.. Bouts speech, and, oil course,
that speecb must be the one written out by Nlr
Bolts himself, with notes, especially as r..
Ro,ts. upon precedent itself advocated by 5he
Whig, demands il as alright that his reply 10 lbe
Wings charges should appear in that paper.
But TO the extracts, first from the speech and
next from tho notes. They begin with an
onslaught, on the Taylor PLATFORM" Alison Let
ter, No ]:
have purposely avoided all allusion 10 The
! Allison Letter, No. L. | shall content myself
here with saving did not subscribe TO lis doc
itne>2 When il becomes necessary in sell-de-
fence. il that time shall arrive, shall be prepared
10 discuss that platform, upon which was not
ready TO lake my stand but Tor The present
shall lei that pass, with other matters Of no less
moment sincerely hope il may never BE- ne.
| ceasary for mr 70 make further reference 10
| them either in seli-deience or Otherwise.
l. happened Just about this time, IN September,
| thai Gen TAYLOR wrote two more letters one 10
Mr.. LippaId OF Philadelphia, saying the Pnila-
| dephia Convention had aken him As they found
| him. unpedsed 10 any principles, and that he
| would as soon have taken nomination from The
Democratic Convention as from The Wings that
is 10 saw, thai there was nothing in his acceptance
If the nomination Of the Wing Convention, as
The candidate OF the party they represented al all
| inconsistent with his acceptance oil The nomina-
non OF the Democratic Convention as the candi-
,ja,e Of their party This letter was al first pro-
nounced by the Taylor press generally 10 be a
forgery, and Mep denounced il as "a rigmarole OF
toolery'" which he never could have written bur
as soon as lis au henticiiy was made certain, The
same papers said il was capital letter, and JUS
| such a one as Il became his position 10 write =
| Immediately following this, came another letter
from General Taylor accepting nomination Of
the Charleston Democracy, upon ticket with
General VIM. q. Butler As the candidate Tor the
| Vice Prcsidency thereby lending The Influence
III mis- name 10 promote the election Of one OF The
Democratic nominees, and by consequence, 10
The defeat OF the gentleman who had been select
ed On the ticket with him. by the same body Of
might have been expected, these two letters. in
many paris If The country, especially IN New
Yoik aroused all The latent feelings OF opposition
| that had with difficulty been Smolhered up from
| he lime OF his nomination. Ii broke out hrst in
Albany, and spread itself throughout The State.
| In very many counties large and enthusiastic
meetings were heId presenting the name OF Mr..
Clay 10 the country; in many more they We're
called for The same purpose, on the ground that
MIR Clay and all his friends were absolyed from
every obligation abide The decision OF The Con-
vention, by Inc acts Of General Taylor himself /,
| tor if he was not bound then nonody was bound /;
and il anv were bound, he was as much bound TO
| Mr. Fillmor-'s nomination As We were 10 Gene
raj Tayof>.
Mr.. Claws friends in New York estimated his
vote. il he had been run, al $50 600. Take OH
one.lhird, and suppose il would have been lOO,-
900 and that taken from General Taylors vote,
!, would have hrown him behind Van Buren,,
and thus have lo>l him me STATE. Now do not
want any thing in General Tayor's gift bu |
dnubr il he is not more indebted 10 me Than any
other persun Tor his election; bur Ihen unlike the
resi-, charge nothing for my services. So with
the Allison e'lers. They charge me with get
ling up all the disaieClion in Inc country. That
disaffection brought oui the Allison eters, with
out which he could not have been elected; so
that il they bold me 10 all the responsibility ]
Shall claim all The benefit OF furnishing them
with The pa torn with which they were better
pleased than was.
But have committed grave offence BY say
ing thai the Stare Convention msrepfe senled pub
lie opiniun in Virginia. when they declared Gen.
Taylor lh- choice Of The Wing party OF he State,
ana thereby committed a fraud upon ihr people.
rhe result OF me election has proven vas righ'.
When u,e the term fraud" every hdy knows
| ! hs n m
mistake or misrepresentation OF pubic opinion
So If The Ma innal Convention. have offended
most OF Inc poiiiicians by saying that Nj. CLAW
was cheated ~ IL The nomination III Pniladel
phia | say 50 again And The Jesuit Of The
election, as comparei win that al "A, proves II.
But has the Wing pa;;y eot'o he 81 ifdn>cendeI-
tai, that there are no managing, schemn5 plll-
clans amung them, whose amnon aud love O.
piate may lun ahead II hci, discretion Pray
which oil all my Wing constituents were not gull
" al the same unaaftunahe offence in 1910 =
Which ci u all did not say and believe that NJ
Gay was thcated al llc Harrisburg Convention,
by schem,ng, maaa2lag. trading politicians2-
And wtat il i that renders this Philadeiph
Convent u Al all les liable 10 such an imgnla-
ion Than mai .; Harrshurs2
In 40 he was cheated and The people rose in
mass in Al and demanded lis nomination; aud
as he was cheated again in rs, 50 his nomination
will be made by he people, i ne Is alive, in 1852
II you desire, now that The election is over 10
know whal course mean 10 pursue, | am free
10 answer, that shall "jndse the Tree BY is
fruits" ! sincerely hore General Taylor will
come up 70 the highest expectations Of his friends,
and ti>appuint the apprehensrons Of all those
who have dnuhIri his Whi22efy. Amt il hc
dors, am ready . give him cordial, honest,
and grnetpns support; but | shall Eoi commit
mys.l, Ia MN until know 10 what he is com
united.
The friends u Mr.. Cidy throughout this Stale
and he country, have given 10 General Taylor,
nader all he Cifcc'asfa noes, kind and liberal
supper, though many Of Us could mol consistent
~ 90 Tor him as w. would have Zone Tor one
fully committed 10 me principles iaE which That
great statesman has worn away his year.; yet we
went 10 the polls, and voted Tor him; and no soon.
er has The vote been given, than fierce and