Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-12-05
RICH Vi O ND, VA.
Monday Morning, December 4, ls4s.
WIG TROUBLES

While the stubborn and sturdy ultra parlizani
roar on: their old name of Haigs the plant ant
soi'-shelled politicians" OF the "no-par.y'
school squeak forth their new appellalion Of tht
Taylor Republican parry" Last week large
meeting OF the Tayioli:es was held in Phila
delphia, and formed an association Of lht
"friends OF General Taylor" under the name o
The "Taylor Republican Association" TO bt
"tased upon the great principles of the celebfa
led Alison Letter." which itself is utterly mega
live, except in So far as it virtually nullihes one
OF the most important powers oflhe Constitution
The Veto. Some important admissions were MADE
BY ,he leading Taylor speakers present. Mr.. Me-
re1ith was IN favor OF ia more firm alliance Of
The citizens of Pennsylvania, who SO recently de-
serted party alliances, aud united in the election
of General Taylor" DR.. Mitchell, an active no.
patty Native, complimtLted the success o! the
"Tavlor men OF all parties"- and Mr.. McMl-
chael .! the North American admitted, thai mad
not Inc people of Pennsylvania. ,oihOlt dlsttne'
ton Of parry rallied around the old CHIEF, ne
could not have been elected"
George Lippald, famous Tor his literary ex'
ravaganzas, .'sad he united in the movement,
not as native, not as a Wing not as Demo
crat; bu! as an independent man. The people
would rally 10 its support Ii was the proper
STEP and he cordially agreed with it"
Does not all this sounI as il Whiegery had
been utterly dissolved into no-pauy elements, and
We were 10 have an administration, not par.
tizan, bur one in which Democrats should enjoy
EQUAL privileges and influence with the Wings
Bu, these "polilcians" are moi to be trusted by The
people who know them well. Wha, Mr.. Jeder-
son said in his letter 10 Lafayette OF Nov 4, 1893,
may Justly be applied 10 the TayloIes now:
"The Hartford Convention, The victory Of Or
leans the peace Of Client, proslraed The name 81
Federalism lis yotaries abandoned ii through
shame and modification, and now alllhsmsslvcs
| republicans. But the name alone IS changed TIC
principles are tie same. For in truth, The parties
Of Wing and Tory, are those OF nature"
At the great Ia, lor festival in New York the
same no party professions were made. Mr..
Gerard, an efficient Taylor stumPer, said
"The victory achieved was not 2 mere poli,i-
cal. il was great moral triumph. II was the
triumph of millions OF men who brtakiag the
shackles of party, as giants would cobwebs that
bound them, united together, Wing and Demo-
crat, 10 elect as President of this great Repub-
lie an unpledged man.
"Hho was it that achieved this great victory:
Not the Wing party alone; added to it were the
silent votes Of thousands Of honest Democrats,
which made the lids Of The ballot boxes swell
of their hinges Parry distinc ions 'cere lest in
The great idea of electlng man to office whose
cardinal principle was hon:sy, and whose plat
firm was the Constitution Of his country"
If these things be true, and the election Of
Taylor was not a Wing triumph, it would be
reasonable TO suppose that the Taylor Demo.
Gratis should enjoy some Of "the spoils.' But
the "politicia1s" put their veto on such pro
position. Col Gadsden and Mr. Holmes OF S.
Carolina, Taylor Democrats, were spoken Of
for seats in The Cabinet. But the Philadelphia
North American, after regulating in the most
d.paraging terms Col. Gadsdens pretensions TO
the post, proceeds:
ain the same quarter the name OF Mr.. Isaac E.
Holmes is frequently mentioned. This is even
| more absurd and very short OF being supremacy
| ridiculous Mr. Holmes has no on qualification
! tor such station, and as a politician, is more
| obnoxious than the first named individual
ne 'au 'e ~ j;, aJn s sut ru
bav;no gained ina, object he might be satisfied,
| without encouraging such Idle specUlatlons as
emanate from his little tai" al washington.
oou'h oslul.ua haS w lain 'li' ua.,o
,hs ron, friends NJ Cen Tav,or in Thai ouarer
| syinced auy disposition to urge prelensions Of
| this sort"
| 1t is most singular phenomenon in the his'o-
| nv OF Tay lorisln that Mr. Holmes and Col. Gads-
den, who are thus Extensively spoken Of, were ear
ly friends oil the election OF ueh' Iaylor' long o.
| fore their assaiant, who had rldiculed Old Lac'a
nrcten,ions. had come cut for him. But being
n.,,,. ,t.,, I'm roec,ei bv ibe Wbio noli,i.
-.
Clans, As unworthy Vi sea- ~ ''''' Ho-p''9
administration
Rur we have other facts 10 demonstrate the
,..,:,., -, -, ,o,s,a,;,, which na,yade
peau.'a, 'N'' "'''9 :, -,
The Iay'ot ranks. 'no"Sh pa"'e' "eo'c' ."
pc4rcd at first TO throw cold water upon faylor's
nomination. We, the result showed that his policy
.,..d hu damn c,n,;,o ua co,ld not or
wa .,o .t -.
pect Inc new Fnsiauu peoiie :" '"sa 'u'o lux
support ola military nero, "a mere soiuief, ifes'
from The blood OF "damnabe, aifocous war
II. ,hor.toro fol, Tho necessity of plvipy The me
~, '"e,e'O' Wv WV .a,,.1Iu -, ~, n,oo,,nn,
diclne slowly anu s'auua'. aA' A'' upro'.D"'
and well.aimed movements drove Inc wing Tree
soers into the Taylor fold al The right moment
The same may be said Of the underground work
ings of the New York Tribune These gentle
men, therefore, deserve some consideration al 'ht
hands Of The new administration; and according
ly Mr.. Webster is presented Tor The SAFE Dcpar
ment, in an ardent editorial BY the New foih
Commercially and the Tribune thus speaks;
apu, ,bs,e is a class OF idolalors DOR con
.deIalo my Of The rising sum- whose uer d-dance
OF Truth and History in rhei, oblalious ough
NJ no, to pass without apprehension, because they
are calculated 10 nislead careless observers with
rsoard 10 the causes OF the late revolution