Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-09-19
RICHMOND, va.
Monday Morning, September 10, ls4s.

And now, let us ask, what gives William o. Butler
such strength In the confidence Of opponentss Is
has come cut upon the Wlmot proviso I! If 20, we
would like 10 be Informed when and where. No. IL
10 because he 10 sosasrn man and for that reason
alone, Southern Democrats reposo In him such
vering trust RiehnoHd RepsbtisaR.
We beg 10 call The attention OF our readers 10
the positions Of the Democratic and Wing cam
dida,es for the Vice Presidency when in Con-
gress together. We have frankly said, that Ge-
neral Taylor being Southern man was prin,s
faeie evidence Of his being sound on the great
question which SO deeply involves the interest of
the whole South; but that his Signal letter and
the uncontradicled assertions of his trieeds aIihe
North, showed that be was ready to assent TO the
Wiimo, Proviso, ADD il he did not intend 10 be SO
understood, twas due toihe whole South thathe
should have Spoken .out in tA-@aauef NOT TO be
mlsnads rstood. wehaye said That II was dueio
csndor and fairness that he should have told Mr..
McConkey- whelher he was for or against the
Wilmot Proviso. The bare fact that Southern
candidate for The Presidency refuses 10 say whe
Their he is Tor or against measure that involves
such deep interest to The South, is strong evidence
that he is not with The South on The question:
We know that Gen. Taylor Qong after the Sig
nal letter was written and the contents hailed by
Tom Corwin and his Wilmot Pfoviso Taylori;e
tollowers) said he did not mean TO endorse the
views of The Signal editorial; yet, al the same
time, it will be observed that General Taylor did
mol sag that he did not hold tie pie1os of the Signal
- - La yNh;u I,os, A..
NortA, they confidently rely upon the Signal let
ter as containing the views OF Gen. Taylor, (it
being his custom not to endorse ihs opinions Of
those he fully eonears ,oitk,) backed by the Nc.
Conkey letter, in which he refuses TO say whether
be is for or against the Wilmot Proviso. The
position OF Gen. Taylor on this grea, question,
together with The assent OF the Southern Wings
10 tie Philadelphia Convention TO The nomina-
ton of the aboitionist Fillmore for The Vice Pre-
sidency, and their present support OF the aboli.
ZIONIST Fillmore, with all his atrocious sins nnre-
pen.cd has done more TO weaken The force Of
The South in conlending for right and justice, than
all the efforts OF all the abolonisIs for the last
twelve years. In reply to the question asked oy
the Republican, "what gives William Q. Butler
such strength in the confidence OF our opponenss2
we state The fact that his rotcs and those OF The
Why candidate, when in Congress together,
are uniformly found in direct opposition upon
every question connected with the abolition OF
Fillmore voting along with Giddnss,
Adams, Slade and Granger, all good ant true
abolilioniss; while Butler is uniformly found
voting with T. w. Gilmer, VIM L. Goggin, R.
M. T. II unler, D. H. Lewis, W. o. Goode, R..
BaInwell Rheu Edward Stanley, &C., against
every movement Of the aboli,ionists.
We undertake to say, and we truly believe
that ii will be responded to by every Democrat
in the South, as well as BY many Southern
Wings that if General Butler had written such
letter to the Signal Editor as that of General
Taylor, he would not have received the vote Of
single delegate to the Baltimore Convention
from the whole South. If the Republican will
furnish its readers with the extracts from the
Journals of the House of Representatives from
ls4l to 1913, wherever the subject of the abo.
lition Of slavery is concerned, and compare the
votes of General Butler and Mr.. Fillmore, it
will satisfy many Of its readers if it should not
itself become satisfied, tina, they ought 10 support
General Butler, and oppose one who is SO
strongly committed against their vital interests
as Willard Fillmore.
The Democratic party are found boldly adyo'
eating all the great principles upon which their
party organization rests, and which have, oy the
success Of Democratic measures, rendered our
glorious country so truly great.
How stands the faction, known once as the
"great Wing par,y'" They have abandoned all
their great "measures" which they advocated
in 1914, and upon which then rested their party
or ganis alton, and are now held together BY the
only tie which can bind men when they abandon
the principles they have uniformly contended
for-that of prejudice and hostility to their OPP
poneuts, whose principles and 'measures" have
given such wide spread prosperity TO the coun.
try; md this last ligament Of party is to be
strengthened by the only means left TO fiction
tina. of violent, and as unjust as violent, abuse
of one of the purest of men, as we'll as amongst
the first of American. Union statesmen, Lewis
Cass, the Democratic candidate for the Presi-
dency. II was against such party spirit as
this (the offspring of faction. known as no party
ism) that we appealed TO Southern men to rally
to the support of General Cass.
How stands this great Southern question be-
tween the Democratic patty and their isc'ious
opponenls7 The Democratic party sand firmly
by The South in just union-loving spirit TO e1'
tend The Missouri Compromise TO The new terri
tory acquired from Mexico and, ifsuccessiul, we
have the opinion of Mr.. Webster that tina, mea
sure will be accomplished. Now what is The po-
siion of the faction opposed 10 us4 They say
10 the South "old lack is Southern man and he
will veto The Wilmol Proviso;" while at the North
they say he is pledged to them not to veto it. Is
i. moi enough 10 bring The blush OF shame 10 The
cheek of every Southern Wing, that faction
has placed him in such a position that with a
Southern candidate Tor the Proficiency, there
are no Southern Wing leaders whodare TO stand
forward in defence OF the South by advocal.
ing her rights, Blu, whine day after day abnnI
"Old Tack being Southern man and that he
will veto the Wilmot Proviso Z" Concede that be
would do so, which he could only do, as we are
,oId by Corwin and Others, at the expense OF The
pledess he has made TO them, this would not &C.
complish all the South has a right 10 demand.-
We believe, il Gen. Cass is elected, the Missouri
COMPROMISE will be applied 10 our new terrific"
ries. and as we have shosn, Mr.. Webster fully
agrees with us in this opinion. This is what The
South has right TO demand in justice alone; and
we again call upon Southern Wing men, who
know that all the lies which make parry dear, Inc
supper, of principles, have been snndered by the'l
fac,ous leaders, TO come out from such 'ae''0"
and supper, the candidates OF the Democracy
They, one and all, should scorn to lend themselves
as the FOOLS Of faction TO sustain ths poils' hun