Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-09-15

The fac, is no, denied, even by his suppo
Vhip Convention al Philadelphia solely on lne
principles, and is perfectly Ignorant upon Poii'i
The advocates of his election can represent nlm
5,fs.ren, locations where they hope 10 gain aahs
and The Wilmot Pfogiso Is ne represented WIN
ssn,sd 10 be- in tavo: OF the Wimot Proviso, bee
he CINCINNATI Signal and avowed himself agal
his ADVOCATES contend that he is opposed 10 the
veto. il eiec;ej, because ne is Southern man
Southern interests ;,
Il is imporan, ,ha; this base fraud should
Uniformed Of the cheat which the leaders OF The
would palm upon them. Hence we nave deem
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF the leaders oil the Wing p;
General Taylor occupies with regard to slavery
Gen. Tayior's Northern Face.
uTbe non siaveholding States should ask IN
oues,lop Will the man proposed (wheiher b
live 10 a free or slave State) use his power 10
Inc extension oil slavery to territory where
does NOT now exis, Z On his point what is Gen
eral Tayior's Poaer7 No more, answer, 'ha
yours. unless he should exert il through bis Ve'o
Will he DO his answer, according 20 q,
pledges he cannot He has said IN his ie'sef =
Captain Allison: The personal Opinions e o. wv
individual who may happen 10 occupy inc I.e y
utive chair ought not 10 con'roi zoe d;.,'A no
onoh, mis- obiecriyus 10 be iniefpose- where cues
,;oo. of constitutional power have been se'sled "
The yari,us depar,ments OF The Government, ano
acquiesced in by The people .;,or;ss
,It slavery is extended anywhere 10 territories
:, mns, he dome nv &C, of Congress. Is II not
nnesr;oo of domestic poIicyf Clearly 1t IS
IA, il not been settled that Congress mas tne
constitutional power 10 prohibit slavery Inc
Missouri compromise nd varioos DINER siniid.
nsynT
e1erlions OF the power oil congress reeosuiI0u
by every department OF the Government, ap'
swers This Qaes;ion in the ahrnatiVe. Ano al
koow that This has been 'acquiesced IN oy Inc
people ,,,, ,,s ,eoo,e i ,bev
wish 10 restrict slavery 10 lis presen, limits, nave
ONLY to elect III. proper men 10 Congress, ana
their will will be Law uncontrolled oy that So
much abused veto power. ron I"omo'
Corpia, Senator from Ohio, TO J. M C1sm&nts.
ain this srea, emergency, have tell strongly
opposed 10 The election oil President WIN Sou'h'
rrn principles. As much as ever, more man
ever, am opposed TO war and extension oil siaVefy
aphor The doctrine OF avaia blity; but, IN this
fearful crisis, / must vote Tor Taylor; and vote
for him, not because he IS warrior, out because,
with him, there is The better, II not me only
prospect Tor continued peace. Voie iol MIN
not because he is the owner oil slaves, out because
with him tor President, Opposed as he IS 10 Inc
abuse OF the veto power, and with the inoepsn-
dent representatives whom, if true 10 themselves,
The people will choose there is the best and me
oply chance OF restricting slavery and curoins
the slave power" !l.-Lettsr Of Daniel r. KING,
member If Congress, from Massachusetts,, 10 As
eonsitGentJ.
"As a northern Whig, desiring 10 prevent The
extension OF slavery into any territory when we
now possess, or which we NAV hereafter acquire,
| greatly prefer the election Of General Taylor 10
10 that Of General Ca.s. This restriction, II
made al all, mus, be made BY Congress Gen.
Cass has pledged himself to the South, IN order
TO secure their support, 10 resist any attempt 10
restrict the extension OF slavery. be uenies me
power OF Congress under the Constitution 70
make any such restriction; and, consequently, II
he should be elected, he would veto any bill which
Congress nigh, pass 10 effect his important o.
ject. ;,
General Taylor has pledged himself to
leave the decision Of this question 10 the legs
latiye department of the Government, and ne
will not arrest the action of that department by
the tyrannical exercise of the Veto power. III,
then. General Cas- shall be elected, while the
policy of the Government will be such as TO
lead to large acquisitions of territory upon our
Southern borders, no restriction upon the exlen-
sion of slavery 10 such territory can he made BY
Congress. except by two thirds vote, over
riding a Presidential veto. This cannot be
hoped for. The election OF General Taylor,
with the pledges which he has given 10 the
country, will leave to Congress full power 10
prevent the extension Of this evil
"The election of General Taylor will intro
duce safe American system Of policy, calcu
lated to promote the national welfare and hap
piness. The election of General Cass will
build up the one man power into ! towering
despotism, overpowerng the action Of Con-
gress and defc ting the will and wishes OF The
people. The election OF General Taylor Will
secure TO the popular voice, as expressed through
its constitutional representatives, that Just con
troll over the Admnlstra ion Of the Government,
which according 10 the true theory u our
Constitution, it should exercise. The election
of General Cass will secure the complete triumph
of the most ultra views of slavery proPs gan
dists, while Congress will be deprived OF all
power to check the evil The election oi Gene.
raj Taylor will leave in the hands OF the repre-
sen,atives OF the people their just and cons'itu
tionai power 10 exclude this evil IRON the terri
tories belon.i g 10 the United States. '-Lene. o.
Caiet n. Smith, Member Of Cong ess from IN
diana, to his Wing constituents, dated June 3o
l54S.
"Again, il is said General Taylor is in favor
of Introducing slavery into newly acquired ter
ritory. In April, l547, the editor OF the GIN
cippati Signal sent 10 General Taylor al edito
rial article, in which is the following:
"srhe American people are about 10 assume
the responsibility OF training the institutions oil I'M
Pacific States We have no fears Tor The issue
j, The arena f debate is the assemblies OF tn
people ani their represenlatv halls Inc ex
IL. s~H
tension over the continent beyond the Hio franc
OF the ordinance OF 1877. is an oblec! 100 mig
and permanen, 10 be baftied by PRESIDENTIAL We
toes
1--WE have no fears for the issue, il the aren
of the debate is the assemblies oil the people an
their representative halls The exclusion owe
the continent beyond the Rio Grande ot the ordi
nance OF 1877, is an object 100 nigh and perma
nept 10 be Dafied by Presidential vetoes. A
ina, We ask OF the incumbent OF the highest otfc'
under The Constitution, is to hold his hand, To bow
TO the will of the people as promulgated IN lesis
latiye FORMS and restrain The Executive acion II
its appropriate channels. !!
mTo this article, setting forth the editor OF TIT
Sisna'> views, General Taylor, on the loih
Nav, lsi7, responded 10 mis- usual frank and con
else manner with the following closing remark
81 trust you will parton me Tor thus briefly re
plying 10 YOU, which | do with high oplnioi
and DECIDED APPROVAL OF rHE SEN
TIMEN rs AND VIEWS EaBRACED IL
YOUR EDITORIAL
"Tne intelligent reader will remember that IN
ordinance OF 1887 referred 10, is that BY - hic
slavery was forever excluded from II, Nor'nwes!
efn rern;ofy, and that the Wilmoi Proviso Is al
mos, an e1ac, copy. In General Taylors rep.
10 IN. ter enclosing The editorial from which IN
above extract is taken, he uses the following Ian
guagr:
~ trust you will pardon me for thus brief
replying TO you, which do with high opnio
AID APPROVAL Of The sentiments and view
embraced in your editorial
Gould anything be palmer or more explci
than he Generals reply 10 he foregoing exuac
from The article enclosed 10 him7 Have VIC nc
an assurance, from his DECIDED APPROVAL Of ID
sentiments and views embraced in The aboy
extract, that, should Congress pass law ex
tending The ordinance Of 1877 over new territory
or territory acquired from Mexico, he Won!
not arrest il by ve,ol