Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-05-08

| CLEAN SWEEP-The Secretary OF the Treasury
has ordered every Democrat in the New Haven Custom
House be turned out of Office inspectors, boltnien
| and all-.E Q. Courier.
The Mobile Advertiser and New Orleans Bul.
letin, Wing papers, hail this "sweep" with The
eIuting strain, 1--WE are delighted 10 hear i'll
Here is the Washington "era OF good feeling,
the "heroic age" with vengeance!
Reverse the picture. The Old Dominion has
made "a clean sweep" of the mo party" trick
slers, who, Tor party purposes, made, during The
canvass, auli-proscription professions, which
were "fummery and mere eleclioneering can't
TO be recklessly broken and violated by Presi-
den, elected under false prelences. The "sweep"
the "Thunderer OF Buena Vista" will find him.
self poveress before the popular will. In Vir-
ginia, the "Tayor Democrats" have universally
returned TO the support OF the Democratic candi-
dates, and in other Slales they seem resolved 10
hold Old FAC responsible Tor The pledges upon
which be was elected. None will contend That,
the Keystone Stale was carried Tor Taylor by the
Wing vote alone. There, from The proceedings
below, il will be seen, that the Taylor Democrats
intend TO rule Gen. Taylor down TO his no par
" professions. These proceedings were refused
publication in the National Wing as "inadmis.
sble- for reasons not necessary to mention
but they appear in The Union:
Al a meeting of The Democratic Taylor mrn
he'd al Col. Recess Hotel, Philadelphia, April o.
1919, George Lippard, Esq, was called 10 The
chair, and Hugh w. Tcuer and Isaac Wayne
Divine, Esq, appointed Secretaries.
The following preamble and resolutions were
unanimously adopted:
Whereas Inc election Of Zachary Taylor 10
The Office oi President of the United States was
accomplished by The sntfrages OF The masses OF
The people, acting without regard 10 party, and
with other political platform than that prescrih-
ed by General Taylor himself, in his leIer of Ju.
" "a, 1851 am not party candidate and il
elected will not be the President Of party, bul
OF The whole people," and whereas repeated al
temps have been made 10 turn the election Of
President Taylor 10 improper purposes, and bind
the hero OF Buena Vista 10 the Wheels OF party;
therefore resolved By the Democratic supporters
OF Taylor
|. That our confidence in President Taylor
and in his ability 10 fulfil his pledges, is neither
shaken BY The attacks oi open enemies ncr Inc in
situations OF his pretended friends.
q That The Democratic supporters OIL IayicT
in Pennsylvania yielded all their energies to
achieve his election, and took no unimpouan
part in that great change which occurred last iu
in This Stale, when fafg spirit and party names
were Frustrated by majority of fifteen lhon.
sand
8 That in our opinion, cabinet appointment
should have been conferred upon one Of the De.
mocratic supporters OF Taylor, in order TO enable
The President 10 fulfil his pledges and effectualy
neuiralze all The efforts and intrisues OF mere
pariixans.
f. Tha, the method in which the patronage
of The administration is distributed will show
how the Democratic supporters OF Taylor are APP
preciated, and how far The pledges OF President
Taylor are TO be fulfilled.
5. That we advise all Democratic supporters
Of Taylor 10 keep up their organization through
out the Stale; and that the following persons be
committee 10 report at an adjourned meeting up
on the propriety of establishing an independent,
newspaper: Gen. Adam Dillcr, Col. j. Sidney,
Hugh w. Teuer Isaac Wayne Divine, Hugh
Conwell, Patrick Brown, VIM. Rhener and
George Lippard Esqs,
GEORGE LIPPARD, President.
HuaH w. TsuER, 1e,;o
Isaac WAYNE OLwiNE.