Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-09-12

.ape no candidate. They have made strenuous
.aor,s n %, a candidate; bu, according TO inc
ast letter which he had sen, (ho"e'ef Pe'soH'
mich, dife, as TO Gen. Taylor's literary chafac-
Ter all would agree that he was man OF t1t's!}
in rha. last lie Ter, Gen. t has rndely TeI@c'ea 'ne
embraces oil The Wing party, by declaring .n''
he i. no, and will no; b. their candidate. W.
P. re.efrtd 10 The violent spontaneous co'''u'
ton" 4, AibanY, which was qnieiea lo' ''0
men, only. For as certain as The abolition ieue'
OF Fillmore is circulated through the SCUM 'ne
people ilrepudiale and Tenounce 'he uiau ~"u
ready TO sacrifice the property and safety % 'A
South. No sublerfuges can paliate the ia'ai
and odious doctrines of Fillmore, leao'ns' %
,bev do. 10 the final contamination oil 'ne uo'
signs of the Abotionists, when nave 49, 80
cautiously kept back. Fifteen years ago. ~"','
IN washington he (Mr. P.) read the proceeu'
mos of an Abolition Society in Bangor Name
LAYING down this very point OF assault upon inc
District of Columbia, and the Slave 'faue 10
tween the States, advocated by Fillmore as Tue
most effectual mode of consummatlns 'he aoo-
lition of slavery in the States. Not ou'y 'la'
meeting in Maine, but every other aooN'ion
meeting, discIaims any right to interiors WV"
slavery in the Sites. Every Abolitionist VIII
echo eyery word in Fillnlores letter OF 1885,
with which Southern editors and heated paru
zans express themselves satisfied Can Inc people
of the South encourage thee atroclous Designs
by eleyating into power man who holds such
docriDess When the thin disguise over the enor'
mites of Fillmore shall be torn of, the lnteill-
gent and yirluous portion Of the Wing party OF
the South will haul down his flag, will strike his
name from their ticket-and just SO soon as that
shall be doue the friends of Fillmore at the
North will strike Taylor's name from Their
ticket. Nothing but strong party ties could pre-
vent Southern men from e1claimng, IN the
manly language of Mr.. Lyons, "IfFlllmore en-
tertans these sentiments, SO help me God!
shall not vote for him. Such, MIR. ?. believed,
would be the response Of nine tenths OF the
virtue and intelligence Of the Whlg party OF the
South.
MIR. P. regarded the contest as at an end
The Wings in New York, who entertain old
Wing principles, will raise the flag of Henry
Clay-and there will be no contest Of serious
character, but between the Democratic party
and the Van Buren, Buffalo party. The con.
tinuance of Taylor in the field may have the
effect only of sending the election 10 the House,
with the certainty Of having the next contest
between the friends of the compromises of the
Constitution, ard those who risk their whole pc
litical fortunes on the one single principle OF de-
stroying slavery. Look at Daniel Webster
speech, which declares that the free soil plat
form Of the Wing party, and OF the Buffalo men
is the same-and, farther, that General Taylor
substantially stands on the same platform, be-
cause he is understood as prepared not to inter
fere with the action Of Congress on this sub
Iceland this opinion is not contradicted or iai'
si6ed by one word from General Taylor. The
contest is between the friends and the enemies
of the Constitution-for Taylor and Fillmore
stand upon the same platform as Van Buren, and
Adams. Thank God, it is not broad enough &c
hold Southern man!
Hence we have the strange spectacle OF tho
rough party organization 10 elect "no party
candidate. Why2 Because they have one party
principle. Gen. T. has said with great frankness
tha, he does not understand the important ques.
tons Of policy, yet he is TO be called upon te
discharge an Office Of the highest responsibilities
aud must delicate trusts lie is soldier aud a
soldier alone, who has never travelled out Of
books on military lac ics-and so little versed i:
n in civil fairs, devoid OF civil qualifications
that, were he in Virg MIA, he would not probably
be selected as Chairman of the Overseers of the
Poor, or President ola Board OF School-Commis
>ioaers. Yet such man is - be called by an in
,ellieent party TO con,roI The peace and prospect
ly vi this great country Why2 Because he
d,ac NJ, ,oa,, ~ :,,.-sr-- - -
gress, and goes into the Executive chair denud
ing himself oil two of his highest and mos. impor
TAM duties.
This brough, Mr.. Patton TO The Veto Power
which he defended in cogen, and most beautiful
argument. had been denounced as "kingl,
power" and Mr.. Clayton 10 hi, speech had de.
clared that veto BY Queen Victoria would cos
her head. Right, said Mr.. P for in England tn
veto is kingly power-bul in our Republic, tn
President is the representative Of the people.
Here Mp. commented upon the veto doc
lrines Of the Allison letter.
1t is argued, however, said Mr.. P, that &c
neral Taylor is sufficiently sound on tho vet
question, because he admits the veto ought to b.
exercised, in cases of laws plainly unconstitu
tionoi.
Now il the argument on the other side b,
sound, that il is 10 exercise kingly power,
one man power, and convert the President into
monarch, for him to obstruct the peoples will
as expressed through their representatives il
Congress in relation to measures Of expectancy
is it not equally arrogant and presumptuous
and destructive OF the rights Of the people, L
set himselfup as the infalihle expounder Of In,
Constitution? Might no, the champions of &c
neral Taylor with as much force, and with thu
same apparent patriotic fervor that they de
nounce Mr.. Polk as assuming kingly power, be-
cause he performs plain, constitutional duty o.
refusing to sign laws which he thinks destruc
live Of the interests of the people and the pros
perity of the country-might it not be sale
with as much force, tFat the people and theil
representatives in Congress are nearly as able tc
understand the fonsttuio4 as General Taylor?-
that the principles OF The Government and it:
safety may be endangered more materially BY
assuming, on the part of the President, false
and mistaken views OF the Constitution, than b,
mistating the true policy Of legislation in re
spect to measures of expediencya-that it is or
rogant aud presumptuous in President to sup
pose that the assembled wisdom of the people in
Congress would pass laws plainly unconslitu
tional, any m.re than such as were highly 10.
expedient and unwise'
In truth If there be ground for any distinc
ton. there is less necessity for the President to
apply the constitutional check of the veto to an
unconstitutional law, which is expedient, than to
constitutional law, which is inexpedent For
there is another independent and coordinate de.
partment Of the Government, whose duty it is
TO anuul an unconstitutional law.
Will it be said that he President is bound by