Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-06-13
RICHMOND, VA.
Saturday Morning, June 10. ls4s.
THE DENOUEMENT.

lUl tWO ldnt uoJSi wa
morning relieved by The Geographic announce
men, that, on the fourth ballot, Gen. Taylor had
received The nomination as the Wig candidate
for President OF the United States II afforded
US no little sport 10 witness the long faces anu
downcas! looks OF the availability Wings, kept as
they were upon the rack by the protracled ana
apparently di.couraging ballotings AT one mo-
menl a was thought TO be lost; and early yes'ef-
day morning an "od coon" assured US that the
Convention was no test OF popular opinion-tha'
Taylur's strength would be decided by The ballot
boz, and that he would run al all events. Inc
telegraph, a lew hours afterwards, relaxed Inc
heavy brows OF the Tayorites, and haIered mem
with he bright visions OF another wing auml-
nislra,ion, with Wing patronage and power. The
anxiety of our neighbors of the Republican was
truly worthy o! commiseraIion. They had staked
their political salvation upon Old FAC; they had
been the first TO run up the flag of availability in
Virginia, and, premature" as they were, the lag
gard Wing and Times had been forced 10 follow
their lead and join in the chorus. Taylor was
the peculiar candidate OF the Republican, ard its
editors may we'll boast of having achieved great
triumph, in prostraling Clay, Bolts & Co., and
in greatly contributing 10 the nomination OF Gen.
Taylor. II was, no doubt then, with heartfelt Joy
and an exhiliraling relief from the pressure OF
anxiety and fear, that The editors OF The Republican
hailed the news, and in their "hasty" ebulliions
of delight, stretched flag aero. The street, lao
humbug here y 10 animate theirlrends, "disgiun-
lie" the Clay men, and (vain hopeD 10 terrify The
| Democrats! We are no, surprised al hsir hap
piness, and We are charitable enough TO lei them
snake the most of it,"
As We write, We have nothing before us but
the meagre vote on the fourth ballot. We are
utterly ignorant Of the circumstances which
preceded and followed the nomination. We
wait for this information, SO important to lead
10 proper judgment of the influence of the no.
mination upon the Convention itself. But there
arc some "fixed facts which present most
extraordinary character. The first is, that after
refusing to allow the two delegates from Loui.
siana 10 cast the vote Of their own Stale, they
granted them the singular privilege Of throwing
the whole vote of Texas-thereby, Wing like,
overseeing the barriers OF State sovereignty,
and legalizing The worst form of consolidation
The Wings may abuse Ruckerism and Com
manderism to their hearts content, but their
own practice Of substitution goes bow shot
beyond any Convention "machinery" we have
ever heard of.
Then, again, there are the two secret eau.
cuses 10 which these Convention-hating "peo-
ple's men" had recourse-hid.ng their "dark''
deeds from the public gaze, and giving to their
Convention the character Of a Star chamber,
or gloomy nqusition. We touched upon this
point yesterday-but cannot forbear from re
publishing the Unions comments upon so singu.
lar feature in popular Conventions:
But still more significant than all these signs,
is The extraordinary movement OF a secret caucus
session. Strange, indeed that body Of some
Two hundred men, perhaps, should escape from
The "public eve" into secret concaye. II looks
as II there was some mischief atoot Is il be-
cause they are reluctant 10 expose their ieslering
wounds TO the gaze Of The peoplel that The debate
is TOO aeilaline, the ieuds too bitter 10 be seen by
The public2 Or are there some secret combina-
| lions going on-somc plots and bargains, aid
ju,rieues forming which are not meet for The
public eye7 Is there scheme Of compromise and
bargain taking place, that vi you VIII vote lor
nv man as President, / will vote for yours as
Vice PRESIDENT" Why shrink into reliremenl}
WHY shun The lish!7 Are they going into secret
caucus 10 determine whether they will dare 10
| bring I'D the Wilmol ProYisol or 10 read certain
letters from General Taylor or Mr.. Clay2 Take
| il any way il Is new extraordinary, and snspl.
| cious feature in the progress OF conventions
| With all their sibes and jests upon us and our
| convention they never had the opportunity OF
laughing at our secre! drills and mysterious ar
ransements. This very feature will stamp The
Wing convention Of June T. lS4S, as one Of The
| Astonishing and alarming phenomena oil the
| times in which we live.
Nora IsNE-The curtain down-lhe public
moi 10 be admitted ill o'clock But the play is
sill going on-the manager and actors in no
| lille conlusiou-the plot OF the play being" The
All OF making President and Vice President
with the least possible revelation OF the scenes 10
an elishlencd public"
The country will demand TO know by what
"secrel spells and COMPUTATIONS dire" these pro
ceedings are 10 be wrought out.
But there is another TACT which is calculated TO
destroy the moral force Of Gen. TayIor's position
before the country. In The Baltimore Americans
sketch Of the proceedings, We find the following
"a molon was here made 10 postpone the or
der Of The day, 10 allow Judge Saunders OF the
Louisiana delegation, 10 read euet concerning
General Tay'or's position, which, they say, is to
obi3c the dscis,pr Of the Contention, and anthor.
ICES his withdrawal from the canvass, il he should
no, be The nominee OF the Convention"
This letter OF Gen. t. is also referred TO by the
Cincinnati Gaz1.,e nd S.eubensyie Herald as
rtI,1 NJ
Judge Saunders, on his way 10 Philadelphia
What tall is here, truly! How has the mighty
| uSecond Washington" sunk into the ambitious,
Office seeking candidate Not many days since
The Republican argued that the mountain must
90 10 Mahommed, and said "if they 1.-THE Whigs)
cannon bring him to tismssloss, they can at least
20 10 him. They can identify themselves with
ii, policy. They can trus' his wisdom and mo-
deration. They can be sure that whether ms
administration is Wig or not, il will be Ameri-
can"
Ru, Old Fac has Surrendered" himself and
| his once high position into the hands oIlhe "Vete-
| ran political gamblers of Convention" has
pledged himself 10 abide The decision OF the Wing
| Convention and 10 stand torih as Wing pirfi-
| ~on candidate. We ask our readers 10 torn back
with US few months 10 Gen. TayloE's position
and see how thoroughly his present altitude con-
,radicls his ot.repea!ed and, as il turns out,
meaningless assertions Of independence OF par
ty"&c. We cite lew passages from his let
,ers whose strong and positive language excluded
The idea OF his occupying his present pa'ttzan po-
sion:
E.,rac, from Gen. Taylor's Signal Letter.
I'm NO CASE can permit myself 10 be The candi.
date Of any party, or yield myself to party schemes
Extract Of Letter from Gen. Taylor, published in the
Troy Post, dated Monterey, May 29'h, ls47.
81 ,ciH not be tie candidate of any patty, or
party clique; and, should tis nation al large seek
| IN Mace me in the chair OF The Chiei Ma2istra.
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