Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-05-08
RICHMOND. VA.
saturday Morning, May 6, ls49.
A WANToN OUTRAGE.

nesly, capacity anc hcei's. .,,v
pret,ed 10 learn yesterday, he mas ocen ''e'",'
removed from his post What asgfaVa'es 'he
wrons in his case is the fact that, when' a &c"
war. since, il was proposed 10 appoint a lew
MIRO Denocra . 10 the offices in The Sale CaP'-
IA ~ .,,oualze" the distribution among part'es
the Democrats Of this always Democfa"c o.o''
having only one chief Office in The CapAo'i u'.
chisman, then a member from Eiizaoe'h o"y
aud Warwick, interposed. and aided oy ns DC
tive influence In saving The heads oil Inc wings
Mark The return which he now gels lot MS sene-
ros,y and maenanimity on that occasion ne
is himself sacrificed, though his case comes up
fully TO the tests of Gen. Taylor's inaugural ana
repeated letters!
Some of The Wing papers, in order July 10
Justify the broadest prescription, take The bold
ground, lha, the ''no- parry, antproscnptVe pro-
LESSONS of The las, campaign were all "humme'
rvnumere electioneerins can't" 10 inveisle De-
mocralic woes and betray and deceive the Peo-
ple-nenirely destitute OF truth and disrepu'aole
20 those who INDUCED in it," What will The he
pub,ican and other Taylor presses OF the same
kidney saw 10 the following unequiv"cal Ian
euase of The Noble Advertiser, which FIRST of-
| posed TAYLOR and warmly advocated Clay, and
then as zsalously huzzaed for Taylor1 we
agree wi h the Advertiser that the no-paty pre-
LESSONS OF the last campaign were all humme'
| rya--"mere e,ectioneerng canl"-io be broken
and violated az soon as power was falsely o. :
| lained-bui We contend that il was not onl?
"some," but all OF The Taylor papers, whit ID
| ayowed and eeclioneered on these professions:
| "Weli, we vii, speak with al freedom and
| frankness. In regard 10 General laylnr's pro.
misses before The election, we know but lIltle aid
| care less. We know ne said on one occaSil
| that he had no friends 10 reward nor enemies 10
| punish bui we cannot zee that The changes thai
nave been made are al all Inconsistent with thai
declaration. Il is certainly Indispensable TO The
success ut his administration that the officers on
whom he is 10 rey hr carrying out ms 70 ICY
should be friendly b II to him and me pot,cy II h,s
administrator. Hence, the motives which dc
tale the removals and APRON meDls have heir
origin in considerations ot public p.tpy, and not
in a disposition 10 reward friends or punlsh enc
mics. We do mol therefor see thai Gen. Tai lor
has violated any pledges even in removing men
lof opposition IL his administration. There may,
however, have been pledges OF a mure distinct
character made hy some OF The newspapers when
supported General Taylor We are well awarr
that the party papers INDUCED in a good deal
oi fummery about independence oil paHy-that
G.neral Taylor would make no distinction be-
tween Wings and Democrats in appointments 10
office &c., Debut we, and The Wing parry ee-
ner Nv, knew il was all mere electn9eertng cant
emf ely destitute truth anil dsrtputd6le to t1ose
D1o ,mda,ged In IT, We certainly never either
pfac,lceu or counenanced il, and had we believed
II true, would never have supported General
Taylor. Whatever others may have done This
paper never made any such ridiculous pledges
Tor General Taylor We supported him as .
Wing believing his would be Wing admins
lration, AID in The fullest conf ence, often ex-
pressed, that Tie Locef"eO offcehoideTs Uond Be
turned cut and their places fllcd by Wigs II
was on these grounds iha; we supported General
Taylor before his election, and il is because he 4,
com ing up fully tn our highest expectations IN til st
respects thai we ale now supporting his admin
islrd,,on. lie mOUsS 10 our liking, and while he
thus mOve; We are prepared 10 stand BY him."
The Administration is indeed "conling up lt
the fullest expectations" Of this no,o proscrp
tive orsan-is moving" nobly The "cousiulion
al axe" (see minor organ, the National Whis
is hunting out Tor the block, poslmas'ers, mes
sengers Of departments and ice-waiers. Strange
10 annlavmen! Tor the "sooond Wash
inston - -
A spirited writer in The Union, 50 happily HIT
of he miserable game al Washington, that vi
republish his article in iulI:
FoR THE UNION.
PREPARE TO PUCKER!-PUCKER!
"hajor bring out the bloodhounds."- Campaigz j,
Florida.
~ lien sir, did any English minister, whig or tory
take such an Inquest? When did he ever go down Ia
,ow-waIer mark To make an oustinp of tide wa,@rs2-
| when did he into The yilapes In I he
little pest Offices the mail contracts, and anything else
In the remoes degree connected with govsrnme nt'-
Mr.. Webster's Worcester speceh Of 1892.
From the time when bluodhouHds were used Il
hunt down the MaIoons in Jamaica, TO be 4h
day OF Marcn, l649, we never have seen party
more revenseiui, vindiclive, and blood hrsiy
Than the hybrid Taylor party Of this counIy-a
party composed OF sick de uocrals disappointed
wings, naive American foreigners and lree.soI,
slave oWners-a party which The thirsty French
maD who had forgotten The name OF lemonade,
might well term one great contradiction"
The present administration came ino power
with smile upon lis lace, soil and honeyed &C
cents upon lis lips, hear all pity, and soul all
love. II came like the angel If health upon a
cholera hospital: lis breath was like The warm
south wind from bee OF violes. Some thought
the millennium had come in very deed. Some
thought The oil Of JOY had leaked out of the vial
OF consolation; ard all felt confident that great
change had been effected, and that the lhrobbins
pulses OF freedom were about 10 settle down in 4
sweet and balmy sleep. But alas! il was the
sleep OF Richard before The iaa battle OF Be. :
worn hti.. |. Vas sleep vi nighimares-d
steep OF horrors ard gr, ans Vi imprecalions and
tiliul vengeance. Hardly had The news OF the
victory of November 7, lS46, reached tn ran.
chero on The tanks Of The Mississippi, when the
native Americans of Philadelphia were thrown
into confusion by The blunt rebuke of The soldier
President. Then when the administration open.
ed, The free soil parry by he CT cathedra declara.
tiops Of the lnielligeucer, were threatened and
denounced. Then the "no-pary" phase OF the
administration was changed in The lwinkliDg OF
an eve To an EltrI Wing aspect
"Deform'd, without one spark Of Esop's soul"
The deluded Democrats OF Pennsylvania, who
had been led 10 believe mat they were supporting
second Washing on, suddenly found lnal they
had made, % say 'tc least OF il, great mis,a ke
They sacrificed consistency tor glory, and found
heir recompense IN puff VI stale air. The
brother soldiers OF The cnnqueror, who made him
what be was, not what he is, believed that they
| were raising man Of noble impulses and high
| aspirations 10 power-wfo knew no party bu,
hat OF The patriot, and no policy but that OF hI>
country. Blu, alas! ior poor human nalure-i, is,
TO use The words Of Mrs. Pauinelou, "as weak
| as Taunton wafer nd as uncertain as mar-
rage" "lchabod' is written in large letters
| over The door of the Mansion Of Liberty, "for
lis glory has dspar ed" Tor the present. The
administration are now principally engaged in
| turning out messengers aGG watchmnn. They
are easier killed Of, aud have, as they suppose,
lever friends In this suppcsiiion they may find
| hat they have been in error. The hard handed
| Democrats, uniorunalels, who coniribaIed 10
elect General Taylor, will not be particularly
we'll pleased with the policy that removes their
brethren in the mechanical pursuits oi lie, and
leaves the higher circles scarcely ruff ID by the
| breeze of vincictiveness and destruction. "Wha!"
| said MIR. Webster Of old, "Iemove tide.wailer2"
| Yes; and worse than that, remove While messen.
| GERS Tor political opinions sake. and appoint, al
Mr.. Wrbst-r's own instance, negro in the
Home Department "Oh! what fall was there,
my countrymen." II is not because we love
Bluus less, but tha, we love Rome more, that