Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-11-06

sa1u9aay aornlng, November 3. le19
INST AS WE EXPECTED.

n Anil
~ ,e,ber not by any principles. OUT ~ d 'e'"'"
n,,ic. aiter SHE spoi.s." The mot ey Army
.,sc ed ,hsit military Chie!ain," but me fegH>
lars Of The Wings have gotten al: The sPo'is' anu
he ousri Ia independents" arc left with Inc
shells. Hence a malked spontaneous comous'
,ioo" in their ranks, especially in the great
s,a,e OF New York. Gould anything else ma a
Quarrel be looked Tor from The un-pf'hc'Ptu
course OF things in the laie canvass nc NJ
par;yi.e." Tod themselves bumousseo ana as
apooin,ed-aud, afraid 10 srike the nominal
head of hs Administration, vca' all lheir Wfa'h
en- The Regency. The Simon FAfe wing Of
cans return the blow. Witness h1" The N. f"'K
Tribune, leading iugleman ot me regular
Whs army, CONES down upon 'he ln'ePen-
d, MS" like "a lhouslGd OF oritk:'
raEpREsIDENT AND THE CABINET.
When t;ru Tavlofs victories on The Rio Graf De
and Al Monterey had Won for him large share
NJ nnhl,c admiration. iherc we've lhts- among US
who immediately at L. work 10 !urn his person
a, popularity 10 their oDG prir0t' account. lie,
us MAKE him a cardiGaie for next Pfesoeh',
was Inc na,ural aud ready sEsgestion-so natu
raj that d. zens claim separately the uie'H -
originating ii, and eaca 'fuiy, SD lar as 'es"Ius
himsrlt-lhal is, he did not borrow he idea rom
any olher. Few OF Them kntp-Jerer co Gu
what were Ire Gcnefals convictions on Inc efea'
ooIi,ical question which had convuistd me coun-
inv; none asked whether his opportunities anu
acouremen:s had been such as 10 nj him 10! Inc
ple.ldcn iaI char. They simply "went IN 10
VIM and pushed General Taylor Jus' rs 'hey
would have bet their money on horse hat hey
;Uplu In
knowing or caring anything more about him.
These originals were generally mn very
eosrly attached to either oil III: erea PARTIES
MANY of them did not profess 10 belong 10 ell her'
Toey rried 10 place General Taylor on their
own ground, and for time were mol Wholly
ui,hout success. Of course ''lhe independent
nress (tor such is the sell assumed designation
OF mat portion vi The estate oil Journalism whlch
| cunceals opinion. on the most important pno'
Tic Questions, or takes care noI 10 have any, was
10 great extent put in reqaision by the Idy.of
euerIillas and mol without effect ANA YET all
me force that could have been drawn together ior
Inc .u apoit OF Gen. Taylor could not have CIV
Tn him tue first electoral w c or cou d not have
made him stronger in he canvass than Marnn
Van Buren-hal no: the Wing national conven-
non. upon ire pubic s,uraUce OF the LOUISIANA
d-leea icn thai he every nchA WING and woulo
ABIDE tne choice Of The WING convention, sdop-
ted and presented him as The Wing Candidate lor
President And taese assurances were more man
confirmed in letters written by Gen. Taylor be.
fore the CO oil The canvass.
Gen TAYLOR was elected, but. TO The chagrin Of
The originals, elected as WING. Nineleen-lWen-
telhs Of all The vctes cas- tor HIM Weie cast as
Wing votes; al least ne-lenlts OF The whole were
so cast because he was whie and tue Whle can
tida.c. Tue .independenl Taylor men," the
a d,1,a ,Dd bu kp yer
SUCCESS OF The movenieul ,Ecy had mi la e!. The
President rney had help,d 10 make was Viii.
IN principle aud f-eiins; The members Of Coa~
press chosen 10 sustain MS admin sration were,
almosi - man, wings; he ha q no choice but to
,rm a pure wing Cabinet and desired n other.
Every man elected or thought Of BY him 10 lake
charge of department had for years been known
az an active and ardent wing.
la filing The subordinate stat ons, quite a num-
Der were awarded 10 the independents, as was
us'; but not near so many nor SO important pos's
| as they tel themselves entitled 10 in virtue OF
| their discovery OF Gen Tay!ors presidential quail
| i,ies They thought III 'mscI7es cu!Ii,d 10 the
lions share but II was DsIiheI PRACTICAL or JUST 10
| fulfil their expecia ions. Hence disappointment
| chaerln AID disaTecliou. Every "urg inai' who
has not been rendered Ia, o!h:e or job, consid-
| ers himself n i!l.u,,d man This is unforuna'e
"
The entire cab,luad at their own estimate, and sell
| hem a. thair market value, without reaiiZlng a
! very serious loss by Tie operation.
Hence coGne>s soGrLess, dis6hecIcn IN Inc
| admin!sua len rank; hence ilf!ons and mes
ervenom.1 onslaught by lie "In6rpencsns" OF
the members oil he cabinet. |, would no; loo3
well Tor Taylor m-u par ,1eeil. nee To mead al as
| saul, hus caTy Ga General Taylor. Tnry Car
onl. @ = him vi decency uveT he backs Of h''
eo1ina lts members are al Wings and ihousf
u,us. pt III nj enliseJ pretty early in n supper
| 4 General Taylor, they went in as Wings ant
| not as independents Each original Is al lherIJ
10 presume thai, bu, for he intefposI,on OF sucf
! cabinet his Cwn transcencent claims would
have been acKno sledsed in tie besiowal Of TO-
reign mission; a marshalship, or tat contract a
Ike least Il was mol passihle icr The heads OF dc
nar,men;s To avoid The hatred 81 these gentlemen
| save BY scc,ding TO Their inaimssabIe demands
| and completely Tyer,ZEg lie administrators
making iis supporters purely personal ant
casual aggregation Of moths around military
candle, which their selfish dnlierings wocld b
vefv cerrain soon To exiinsulsh.
We slalc these facts and considerations in M
| spirit al devotion TO The present cabinet. WI
thought last March the selection OF its members
might have been considerably improved W.
think 50 still. We do not discuss hi
urnprie,y OF retaining The present cabinet "as I
unit" TO The close OF The administration; The pre-
| sIdspt will see 10 thai.
The gross imputations on General Taylors IN
dersra and resolution E:plied in hose attack
on the cabinet cannot have escaped notice. Th
! P esidrn, nominated his ministers; h. is RESPONSE
bic Tor their act; he cannot efficiently and sue
ccssuliy perform his own dn'ies il tney are no
Qlahiied aud csp sed 10 render hini The best pos
srb!e a:ss'ancc. To charge them ircm day Il
cay with incaparily oi want OF integrity Is y
rf.cl,o charge him with idiccy or cowatdice ]
| they radically dissent fron. his views Or IL they
prove incompetent 10 second and enforce then;
it is his duty to dismiss Them and choose ii'ie
and more competent successors. To say that n
does no. know when he is i-serveJ, or dare no
arply the obvious remedy, is 10 charge him will
gross incapaciiy ard pusillauimhy