Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-11-06
triumph:
Poplar MOUNT, Near Ridoeway, I

Gentlemen: lam favored win your esteem
ed letter oi the 3rd instant, Inviting me 10 mass
meeting oil the Democracy OF this Dislric', to be
held ON he BON instant al Rinsom's Bridge
| very much regret shall be prevented by indis-
penSablc engagements from being present on 50
in eresling an occasion, and Joining ID the icsii
vi.es, dedicated 10 50 glorious cause. But
though absent, my healthy feelings, and my
every wish Tor the success oi principles which
have ever cherished win unalerabe devotion,
will be in youi midst.
The p.esen, canvass ior Inc Presidency IN
wolves the g:eaies anG most momeG!ous results
and is, in my opinion, The most important that
has ever aeiaisd the public mind. And all ae
we'll and most audaby employed, who, like your
selves inlerrs, and beslir themselves in pron5,-
ing The SUCCESS o, The Democratic ticket II is
The cau>: 81 the whole country and Of The whole
people lac bi2h and mlghty cause III the Union
which, under Providence, has conferred 50 many
blessings On the Peep e 10 which you give your
worthy cyerons. And when the miss and pas
sions Of The day are dispelled, and parry rancor,
by which 50 many are Transported into culpable
excuses are in deep oblivion buried. your high
reward will be found in the smiling appreciation
OF your Counlrymen
We have three Dickes presented 10 Us. The
Democratic is, in my opinion, The only national
one. II represents principles which perVade The
whole Uuion, and are identified with every INFER
est and Is pledged 10 ths suppor Of a course Of
pol,cr, aud ~ys,em If measures, which the
sear,hiuo test 81 time and experience has demon
strated, III despite II The croakinss and il.-aucr-
ries OF oar opponents, 10 be emincnlly conducive
10 The happiness, prosperity and welfare OF our be-
loved county Another, is the Butfaloe ticket
thu union OF he cabbage ami Codilsh" with
principles ihicaen!ag disaster, ruin and de2raja.
tion 10 tie Sonih, aud refreshing only 10 The dis
tempered paiale 81 disappointed ambition ard
demoniac fana,icism. Dissolution is written on
It's front, and we may safely leave il 10 lis own
guldings, with perfect confidence that its own
weight will sink i, deep in the slough OF public
Indignation.
The third, is the ticket presented BY what is
left If our old friends, the Wings, and is their
latest and newest iacention. But what princ-
Piles it offers to our acceptance is left entirely
10 conjecture and we are called upon in utter
disregard of The principle d representation and
the right Of election, and 10 the neglect Of the
high duties they impose, 10 take ii upon trust
AT the head OF this ticket stands Gen. H. Tay-
lor, from whom we have received no ayowal Of
opinions uron the great issues of the day but
rather di,avowal; for in many Of his oraeuiar
letters he says, that he is mo politician and
and that for 1.-The last forty years The full tenn
of his manhood he has mot been mixed up
with political men and measures in any way
that upon the Bank, Tariff, and National I'm
provements, he could present no uiewS, not ha-
wing duly investigated those subjects" He an
nounces Tor himself, ti.at he is an independent
candidate. Ii 10 occupy position, in which
opinions Of creyy hue may be ascibed to him,
renders him so, then NJ one will envy him the
honors of his attitude before country and
people that have so much honored him. For
one, proclaim it, as my unalterable purpose,
never TO give my confidence or support 10 any
one, in public or private life, whose principles
and rule OF action are withheld from my know
ledge. To judge OF his principles by the avowals
OF his supporters, we can come 10 no other con.
cusion than that they are OF the Hybrid order.
Ii in The Ncfth, Il 10 oesired 10 represent him as
the advocate Of the Wilm., Proviso, presto il is
so; il in The SCUM you woad make him the op-
ponent OF that Proviso. another motion OF The
wand, and II is, lusi as you cried IT." So that his
support on The one or the other side OF AlaSuns
or Dlxon's line is to be obtained by the giossesl
fraud. Let US lhen ippioIe our counlrymen 10
beware how they elevate 10 The Executive chair
one, VINO, with the lrankness of an honest and
patriotic heart, conlesses his own unftaess and
ineonlpeteney- and whose success can only be et.
fecled BY the practice OF fraud by his friends,
which, W hen developed in the course OF his ad-
minislration, would cause this Union 10 shake
with earthquake trembling. Whether The Provi-
soisls OF ani-P rovisostS are right, il is obvious
that sectional interests and sectional views can
alone lead 10 victory. HIS candidacy therefore,
cannot be considered national in lis character or
in It's support, and have an abiding faith that
il viii moi receive The rell DINE support OF his
countrymen.
OF hlllard Fillmore | need not speak The
history Of his public lite and published opinions
furnish aountan, proof that 10 commit our poli-
cal OF pflvat. fortunes 70 his hands would be as
silly ard as ihprovldcnl as IL commit the lamb
10 he keeping Of The vol. To me the wonder is
that Inere should be amorg US any difference OF
opinion IN reference 10 him. All the obligations
oil duty 10 country, TO friends, TO neiehbors and 10
the Union, seem 10 me 10 demand The most I'M
qualified opposition 10 him. In this connection |
will add, that Gen, Tavlor's ticket, determinations
ship with Mn Fillmore, as well as his endorse.
ment othis liabilities ami Conservative opinions
furnish clue by which we may lit The veil that
shrouds his own opinions on This great Souta.rn
question.
Upon this question, 50 vital TO the South, Gen.
erai Cass is all that the South can desire. His
own language IS, Il am opposed 10 the exercise
OF any jurisdiction by Congress over the sutjecl
Of Slavery-and am in favor Of leaving II 10
The people Of any Territory TO regulate il for
themselves uadsr The general prfneiplcs of ths
Constitution" Neither Congress then, nor the p.o-
pie Of a Territory, can establish or abolish Slave.
~, because Congress has no power, aud The reo.
lie can only regulate il under the supervision OF
Congress, subjec! to the limitations OF The Con-