Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-10-17


PATTERSON New JERSEY, Oct. 10, lS4S.
Dear Sir-I take the liberty of sending you
the enclosed letter from General Taylor. II you
think j, will help the cause along, you can pub
lish il, with The exception OF my name, 10 whom
il is addressed. | asked the General his opinion
ON all the great questions OF the day-the bank,
tariff, proviso &C.; and see his answer, which IS
as explicit as all Of his answers are. He says,
even il President, my opinions would be worth
nothing" Stick a pin there. If you publish
the letter, and it is doubted, you can give my
name. We have strong hopes OF carrying N s
Jersey The tree-soil movement is taxing OH .
Wings to Democrat in This section Of me otale
-Passaic county; and be not surprised II we
give Cas- The Slate. The Wings cannot give
in this county more Than half their usual malo-
rity, ii that.
Yours respectfully, &C..
And here we present the Generals most SIN
gular, most pnaccounable response 10 the lhqu'-
ries thus fairly addressed 10 him:
Baron ROUGE, La, March %, lS4S.
Sir-I have 10 acknowledge the receipt OF your
polite communication OF the 7th instant. asking
my views on certain questions oil domestic
policy.
bag 10 inform you that have uniformly De.
clined Welding 10 similar requests, in the belief
that my opinions even if were the PRESIDENT
OF the United States, are neither important nor
necessary; and I regret to add, that see NO
reason tor departing, in the present instance
from that course.
With sentiments Of much respect, am, sir,
your obedient servant, Il. la ILoN'
Can i. be possible that the people OF this
great and enlightened Confederacy, the modei
Republic of the world, can so stuitlty them
selves as to vote for man, as thoir Chiei Ma
gistrate, who thus writes himself down an auto
maton, mere stone or log in the Presidential
officer When before was so monsirous a doc
trine ever laid down, that the opinions OF Pre-
sident of the United States "are NEITHER I'M
poRrAsr NOR skcEssAaY7" General Taylor
here admits that it is ''neither important nor ne
cessary' that President should have any Cpl
mons of his own on the questions of Bank, Ia
riff, wilmot Proviso, Internal Improvements-in
word, upon ANY question; but that ne should
do all that Congress wants him 10 do, as the
New York Express said few days since! Can
the South vote for man who declares that it Is
"neither important nor necessary to have any
opinions on Southern rights, and who, therefore
when Congress shall present to him the Wimo'
yoviso and other aggressions upon the South
for his signature, will plant himself on this Sim
mutable" non committalism, will surrender" to
the will Of Congress, because he has no OPT.
Mons of his own, and will at once sign away
the rights and safety of the South, and the per
manence Of the Union?
But no comments can be necessary to arouse
the South TO the assertion of honor and her
rights, and to the manly stand which she must
take TO save the country and the Constitution
We adopt the thrilling language of the Union
which. commenting upon this monst rous doc
trine of General Taylor, asks:
sand does be, can he, rely upon the gullibli
" of the people oil this country to swallow II
| Can they bindly rush on the precipice now yaw
| ming before them Z Does he suppose them such
| imbecies such miserable dupes, as not 10 com
! prehend what is so plainly placed before them
Look around you, friends. We solemnly ass
YOU to look around you, ere il be 100 lale. your
| rights are invaded-your principles trampled up
on. Avoid, we entreat you-avoit, BY timely
resolution, the fatal snares flung along your path
10 delude and entrap you. You have candi'
date open 10 all inquiry-frank and bold in the
honest avowal OF his opinions, while our oppo
nent, with no prctensions TO qualification, has
actually come on, before this intelligent nation
of enlightened freemen, with an open declaration
that aEVEN WERE He PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED STATES, HIS OPINIONS
UPON ANY GREAT NATIONAL SUB
Jet WOULD NEITHER BE IMPOR
TANT NOR NECESSARY !p Pull aside
the veil tina, covers The dark plots Of the adverse
ry-expose their intrigues their frauds, their Sian
ders. Press on the moving column OF indomita
democrats Bear it onward, friends-onward
onward. Brethren of the press open up arrest
the campaien-marshal your forces anew. CO
forth with renewed courage TO the battle. and you
will secure such an overthrow OF the speckIec
combination of all the guilty factions in array
against US, as has never before found record il
The history of our counlry's triumphs.