Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-02-25

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anal Democrat publishes a letter from q May,
who states that in the Wing Convention al lndi-
~anapclis, Mr.. AlbeuS. White fidiculed al! doubis
upon The mai,er-said he 'could vouch for The
fac, that Gen. Taylor was a Wing, good and true
that his written pledges were in the pocket OF a
Senator o. the United Stales-ihat there were
Wings present who had seen them-thal il made
Chief Magistrate Of this Union, his entire cabi.
net should be selected from The Wing parly-and
that none OF the opposition could ever obtain office
through any agency OF his"
The New York Commercial Advertiser says The
Union has settled the question OF the generals ro-
ii.ical 'eniencies; itdeclares him a decided Wing
We clip the above from the Petersburg Intelli-
sencer OF 9Th February. The Richmond Wing
noticed The fact, that Mr.. While said tina, Gene
raj Taylor was "a Wing, good and lrue;;" but
did not state that General rs 'writcn pLedgcs
wcrc in the pocket OF a Senator OF The United
Sta.es;" nor did it state that "his entire Cabinet
should DC selected hvul The Wig party, and that
none Of The opposition could erer obtain etes
through any agency NJ his"
We think The "pocket' Of a United States Sc
nalor is a strange place for The opinions OF any
candidate for the Presidency to be found. We
heard MIR. Scott in The Wing Convention, on
Wednesday evening last, denouncing the spirit OF
party which looked 10 the spoils OF Office; and We
understood him as advancing The opinion, that
General Taylor's election would have The effect
OF checking this spirit. Surely Mr.. Scot! could
moi have seen or heard Of General rs letter, re-
ferred to by Mr.. White, in which he says, "ihat
none Of Tie opposition could erer obtain office
through amy agency Of his" Genera 7ayiors.)
As The General is 'every inch a Wing" in re-
gard 10 the distribution OF The spoils amongst Hhis,
alone, we suppose Mr.. Scott will have 10 find out
that there is some other letter in The "Poeset" OF
some other person which says that Gen. I. will
not carry out the promises made in the letter IN
,hs Senator's pocket" referred 10 by Mr.. White;
| and should he fail in this, that he will make an
| entire "Captain Scott" case of il, by knocking
under, and looking on! for a candidate who would
no, be 50 seeded 10 The spo,ls of office as 10 torestoH
has aetion By prescribing the entire Democratic par
IN, as Gen. Taylor has done in the letter which his
friends say he has written, and is in "Ac pocket Of
a q. S. Senator"
Gen. L. says he will not be The candidate OF
a party, and the WhiSS cy out, 'Hurrah for Tay-
lor! he will gel The nomination of The Hh'g partg.'
Here we find that, from he conduct ofthe Wings,
they look upon Gen. rs solemn declaration, that
he would not accept he nomination OF a party, as
only made for B%uncombe; and they thus compro-
mise the integrity Of has position BY acting OUT a
line Of conduct in direct opposition 10 The often
repeated declaration ofGen Taylor. They must
look upon him as corrupt as the Wing party is,
since they satisfy themselves that his own uiAing
aud soicm declarations are like their own, only 10
Be kept uctcn tkeV dO net interfere Nth their CHANCES
TO reach the sp0tts. Their position, in forcing upon
him a rigid parry nomination, would look as if
they desired 10 role lin of by making The terms
such as he cannot accepi without a forfeiture Of
that Independent. integrity which is claimed for
him.
He has said in substance, if not in the very
words We use, cha! in no event would he allow
his nameto be used in connexion with either Of
the great parties which divide the country" and
yet his Wing friends pursue a course which
would impu!c duplicity 10 him, unless The I'M
derstanding is that they will make him availa-
Bile 10 their cause if they can do 50 in the Spring
Elections, and after that, come forward and say,
that they will have to 20 for Mr.. Clay, as they
cannot run Gen. Taylor, as he has said that he
would no, be The candidate of their party nor Of
the Democratic party either.