Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-06-01
Friday Morning, Juno l. ls49.


che Office holders. They do not, indeed 40 them JUS
tce for they always regard Them WIN suspicion ana
generally esteem Them dfnnes iattrnihe AZ Tue expense
5S rbs nublic They xouli care one ii. II General
TAYLOR were 10 tse raote o. Mem out ihey 'hihh
they have been there long enough, ana .hsy are
,luays Glad In see others take their turn. Gen Jack
son made nm nd,sc imrate slaughter whou: affecting
his popularity in the slightest degree u the Union DE-
pends ON this ard alone for winning the game, ha'
give IL no. We have enough III our day L
satisfy us that the people not IL be moved by TIT
spectacle Of heeatombs n political pieta' They gene
rally in IN this way: We have To labor Ia" our
livelihood without the assistance at The public crll
why should weep for these fellows, whose oi alter
ALL is no worse than our own,' The Union may de
pend on II, the sympathies OF the people are raihe
Yesterdays Wh.g.
"When out Of power, the Wings preach The night doc
trine upon the subject Of office, "a puhic trust pu'
when they get into power, they hear win u" Pd'rhce
whatever the practice of that doctrine u ihr mantle OF
Office should not fall on their shoulders
The above choice extracts from the Virginia
Organ OF Whisgery, and one Of the Melropoli
tan organs OF Taylor, certainly exhibit The pre-
sent Administration in a most dscreditaoie al
,itude. The National Wing blunders into the
truth, and confirms all that the Democrats have
ever said against the course of the Wing party,
viz: tina, before an election they make The flares
and most lavish promises, which they "invaTla
bly," violate when they obtain power.
The Richmond Wing makes The broades' and
bodes declarations. Taking care 10 forget thai
the leading Taylo.iles elecloneered for the ''sec
ond Washington" on the ground that he would
prescribe prescription, crush the hydra-hcad o.
party-.piril, and bring back the Washngtonan
@era OF good feelins"-,he Wing moo contends
that the "people would not care fig il Genera
TAYLOR we're TO turn the whole of the Office hol
ders oul." Either the people is as variable and
windy as a wealher-cock, or The Wing and lis
allies in the last canvass were guilty OF The NOS;
shameless deception. Mark TO wha. dilemma
the question is reduced. Before the election, The
cry OF the Taylorites was not Tor Bank pro-
tective Tariff or any other measnre-but II was
"elec, candidate Taylor, The second Washing
ton, who is not a party candidate-Who will
lull the excitement OF party, and produce
political Millennium, in which the Democrat
and the Wing may live lovingly together, and
without party distinctions :" .Noio, the Wing
says Presiden. Taylor may keep the axe Of pro-
scrption in constant motion-may cut of the
head of every Office holder, and the people will
"not care fig" Truly, that paper regards the
people az fools, as the merest dolts, in thus de-
scribiDg them. They have had sense enough to
6nd out that they have been imposed upon, and
they will put no further confidence in party
whose leaders blow hot and cold, to suit their
selfish hankering after "the spoils"
A few "reminiscences may not be amisS. On
the 5,h day oil July lS4s, We had The pleasure OF
listening to Mr.. John NJ. Clayton's great speech
in the Senate OF the U. States, "n defence OF Gen.
Taylor Ii was marked By great research,
singular tact and cunning, and most skiul and
plausible game for effect. So tavorably was il
regarded by the politicians, that II was circulated
broadcast, North and South, as a powerful elec-
pioneering document and SO cordially were the
services OF It's author esteemed, that he was re-
warded with The highest Ctiice within he gift Of
the President, and is now Gen. Taylors Pcm-
er. What did MIR Clayton, the mouih-piecc Of
the Wing party, say on the subject OF the Taylor
party and OF "lhe >poils q
(which, then is the republican party} ms
the great national party, composed Of democrats,
noturai,sed citizens, naitUe ci3:eas and iFhigs
pot'tostC Hssb ~ "tt -NHO Hois eUHetbaie
the great Taylor party Of The country. That is
the true republican party opposed 10 the DO An
ward tendency Of The government IL is admins
tration-anxous 10 avert lis progress 10 monar-
chy-and, unless the principles OF that party bc
sustained, the liberties OF the country must sooner
or later, fall beneath the axe which has been
laid 10 their root by the proceedings OF the inter-
ested and intriguing faction which has hy turns
muzzed, cajoed, and trampled upon The rights
OF the modern democracy. When, then, | call
upon any man 10 support General Taylor | do
not ask that he should be merely Wing or
Democrat but a republican-a republican not
merely by profession but a republican in heart
and deed.
"Thefe another PLATFORM; il is tina, OF an
homes, man, who says lha, ne is Wing brt
that II elected 10 the Presidency he DU not he
the tool Of a party--tha' he sill be The President
Of the peopie--that he has 30 enemies 10 PUNISH,
no friends to rs,card-ha while ne ,cii do has du
~ IN remoptng corrupt, incompetent or upfsitt-
}I men from Office, he wiG not be tie supporter Of
ttot Infamous system Of prescription 'ciieh di,ti
buies the public offices Of fhs county ar the Sps
9fa pietory that he Will on this and on all
other subjects endeavor IA restore The govern
Nent OF thr country To the principles OF the con
Stlution. H,s piatf,rm rs the constitution all
Others sfe nirrly unworthy q .e>p,ci. The pai-
rotsm OF mere politicians. which ,xplodes IL
deceptive pal,y pledges, is understood to be, as
Dr. johnson defines it, "the last refuge Of a
SOUNDED" There is little difficulty in fini
ing notices and illustrations 10 sui, he tide page
OF the whole volume ot political platforms In
the action OF some OF the Presidents Of the Uni
ted States, we can find enough 10 remind US II
Lhe old saw
"The devil was sick, the devil monk would he;
The devil col well, the depi monk scas Ae'''
nap,prtafS Whi,S l,ll nj ce3
on the same platform OF the "Republican party,
aud this "hunest man" the second Washing
ton" was 10 do ali N his power u mt sown "ihat
infamous system ii prescription, which dslr-
butes the public offices OF the country as The spells
of a victory" Sssa'or Clayton, the esadldate
Tor the Premiership thus he'd M Gen. Taylor as
mo party man." thus appealed 10, aDt ,ndu-
ced BY his tair words, Democrats 10 sustain this
Hercules, who was 10 kill the hydra OF party
Mr. Clayton, the Secretary Of STATE, now Tor
gels or eats up his words, and is as eager as any
one carry out IN fa,er of tie Wings ereiu
s,reiy, shat infamous system Of prescription,
against which he so loudly iuveished! The or.
Sans OF the Administration re-echo the cry, and
the Wing stands prepared TO justify an univc,sa
sweep by this same mo par y" President, or ra
ther by his all.powerlul Cabinei, Clayton, Cola.
mer, Ewing, &c.
But We have another case IN point equal,
strong. Its well known, that but for the voe
Pennsylvania, the "Thunderer OF Buena Vista,
would have LOST his elecliou-tha, that Stale wa
Democratic, aud the Taylor Democrats transfer
red II 10 Taylor--,hat no one contributed 10 .ha
result more than Gov. Johnston, with his cum IN!
"no party appeals. The election OF Johnston
as Governor secured Pennsylv ania and The Unto.
10 the Taylor ticket. For what reasons did John
sson ask the votes OF the people Of Pennsylvaui,
Tor General Taylor. Among his twelve reason
why Gen. Taylor should be elected" issued b,
Gov. Johnston in October last, the following