Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-04-24
RICHMOND, VA.
saturday Morning, April q, aoe

Il
THE ~yElLED PROPHET" hAro .r with
No President ever went inlo po ,,,y
oa,n,.r or fuller professions o' ''A'
'ane', ,,, han the presen, Executive neaI.
os'' 80, ;s familiar with The leueis u
i"e m'.,,o, s,bick as leaves in Vail 'om''os''
np'a aana;n, 70 the same poini-viz; the s'nhns ~
o,r,y considerations, the buTy'ns oi wy II
a,Ilo,ioe, and the restoration u p,s.
aood feeling" the golden age OF "'he e"."N
siden,sn Who can forget General Iay'oi p.o
cs.io,s ina, he was IA Wing, but mol an u''.N
u,h;a.n ,h,, he awould not lend himse'i 70 '"e
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT of parry schemes; 'na. ~
stood upon she immuaoie conu''ioa anv
,buuId NOT be regarded as the canu''a'e y
na,y. ,har be would accept the nom'aa"o" :,
svsrv marry Democratic, Native and "Hs' a"1
wouyd be- entirely un;rammeled by pledges % VIC
doctrines ot apy parry, but would LOOK a'ohe -
Inc Constitution, and would alone eo"so"
good of all parties2 Who can iorse' 'ne p'''s
made in public speech by Mr.. Crli'enuen' 'De
ian, hand man Of General Taylor, both before
AID arer his election, the Warwick VINO pu's
down and nuts up Presidents; whose magic "o' n.
-. ~ ,be wires 10 ',he national slaughter mouse
a, Philadelphia blighIed the blooming "opee
Hen,y CLAW, and galvanized into of'i''ane5 Wv
nr.,snsions Of The available. no-pary iii''''a''
a.;.t,,;n . from the banks Of the MISSISSIPPI
N, c,iueuden, thus known as The most zediou,
,,;.rd NJ General Taylor and The shfe~o's' a"1
os, efficient opponent OF Mr. Clay's Vau'u"s
ambition, openly and unequivocaily Peuseu :,
moral TAYLOR that he would turn no "du 'u'
a;cs b.c,use he was Democrat, nor aPpo'D'
,ns "a office on account Of his poli'ical op'-
-, aGeperal Taylor hates anu 'oa'ae'
prescription ,...;o,s hssn
carried ou,3 A single review OF Inc ac's " w
Administrations during the short Peiioa ~
,,no be,n in power, will be more sighai dnu
,,o,,o,, rebske OF broken pledges any peH
.an,d ~, forth. The measures OF The Admins
,,.,;o, though dimly ioreshadowed, are no' ye'
,,.nv teveloped. While, therefore, We canno'
discuss them there is enoughln what mas a''e"''
49,. do,e N demand he closest attention oi aH
,,,sI,;oent and patriotic people. what are 'he
tacls1 nc rovlor,s
GO, -, uas Inc seleclion OF CABINET Oh u''''
Wings exclusively. While some Of 'neu navy
redeeming qualities, others are maiAeu y
a,,or,.t;cs sufficient, 10 render them offensive :
,,eat and ..lrio,ic people, hui 10 the oou''i :
o.c,al,v Ewing was 50 notorious iof nis p'o'
,,,vs nractce>. ina, he was iamiliarly kno"l
| as eu,cher Ewing" The SonIh' 100 'eu ~
fo,o., has appeals 10 The Aboli'ionislS IN on'o :
,oo,, Gruefal TAYLOR, as the genuine, oin'o"
Pure Tree soil and anti-slavery canoiuae -
man is selected 10 al The important OUNCE y
,co.,s,,rv Of The INFERIOR" with power 10 ih'fu9'
.o,, INN me interior affairs OF the county
and WELD his proscriplive power anu Pdio"'s'
= an almost unlimited extent. Ley u he@' w
;, rbe Postmaster General, whose :hnhe"e'
h,o,oh me extended ramIicanon OF seventeen
..,,sand nostmasters, can be exeried 10 me 'fju
rho Son. h When has General laYlof
:. .Sor,hern President" invested win all mn
o,,ropaee aud power2 Jacob Col'amer' 'ei
MN, free soil Wh g-woo voted lof Gou's col
,,s and iana,ica resolution, &ssailing Inc save
holders in the District of Columo'a--a propose
J., wo;ch called forth one united shoul oil SUI
arise and condemnation from the oou'o' ""e
lsI,o The meeting of Southern delegates IN WASH
,n,,on and was regarded al one moment as NE
~ 10 produce IN explosion that m'sn' d'stoy '"'
,;,r,ops un;oc But there are oiher oHehces ND
mark ,bis Postmaster General OF Gen. Taylor a
fl, obi CT tor universal rep!oba"on.
i ,,ass.. ass '1irahle picture drawn ny Inc le"'
I.cor CotI,aSR.--Oa the Sd OF January, 1913, "
Huds of Massachusetts, VINO IS about 70 'e, :, ne va
MOI seady been. rewarded with TAT cace Nv Iehefi
Tayior offered following scandaious resolution !
IN. national iioase Of Representatives:
.Rtso.u d. That The Committee en- Military anairs b
directed 10 INQUIRE ~ the rxpeaiency Of rrquestIn
IN, President uf tie United states 10 nihlrap 70 n
| ,as. bank of me Rio Grande OUR ARMIES NOW u
| MIXi,,J and 10 propus- 10 the Mexican government
! fn,,nwub treaty. OF peace the foOH lBg basis
| namely: THAT WE RELlNoillSH ALL CLAIM y,
| INDEMNITY For THE Expenses OF THR WAX
and that the boundaries between the United States AM
Ne,ieo shall he al or near the desert betpee
he Eusees and the Ro 6,aads-tnat MEXICO sha he hs!t
10 nan all lust claims due 10 our cllzrnA al Inc com
mruc.meur at the war and huta convention shall %
-ni4rrd into by The Two nations, 10 poSide loI .n'
liquidation o. those claims and Inc noae :" phyuoht.
This scandaous resolution excited burst Of 'hd'eha
ton through the entire country and ~ the army Wa
greeted win the bitter-st denuncialion and scorn
THAT il was defeated by majority OF the house OF
Representatives, proved nothing; that should nave
been offered and entertained was the wonder It's vile
suggestions were published 10 TIC Worio, 10 pare Tue
ploy Of our army in foreign countries making Tue heart
uf the distant American sink within MN. 1encrai
Taylo. read H. in his tent Monterey, we do mol
DOUBT With pHdissrmbled and mortified anIaZement,
and II hs has recollection like other meni he Is the
man he is sald IL be- by his ardent admirers
, he would have remembered all "ao had inc hardihood
| - endorse The OF this infamous proposal
| FOKTY-uNE WINGS VOTED FOR IT and promi
nent among these lind the name ot the present Post-
master General, Jacob Colamer, then member OF the
| unIn lfs al VuyluTs
him the dsch of his hlgh dulles as RE.
| -dent Ercry Democrat. r0tsd against Il! see Ton
gressanal Globe, proceedings al h"G>e. pages Us si
TINS The j cob Enll VINO Is daily giving
10 the world e-vidrnces Of General rayors nsincc
~ and bad lltn procaimine against removals from
niice. Aud more than lils lie IS the same man I" no
directs his ex.cutioner Warren dishonor such CIT
| Gems as simon Drum, of Wesmor.lano county, an old
and aled The father oi that brave hero
vn,se life WAS offered up In the valley OF Mexico, sac
ufice 10 that country 80 bitterly insuted hy Mexico ana
| l'olamer He is the same HaE who mas OUTRAGED ihr
gallant Colonel Gedy tine leader Of The second fehn-
| ,yIyanIa regiment which mmOnaliZed itself AT Chapu
,.pec BY removing him from the post ONCE al
Franciscn He is the same man tpt prescribed Tue Ia
thet oithe nrave TAP ain Cheathan, ny removing nun
from the mace uf westminster Nashville. IL Is said
republics ungtaIrtui But II Is mol 20 Inc pr'
lie honest, and tarir servants who are too u
len by ui them General Taylor is rewarded
only because he fought IN The Mexican war; ne has no
merit besides that any captain IN the army may mol
boast And yet n his very first acts Is 10 seec
as Postmaster Gene al ~ho publicly illuminated
his country by most reasonable vote, aud whose hts
| official acts NAKED by q prescription Of all VINO
fought in that war, " 10 defended against the do
| mestc foe
General Taylor is responsible FOR these outrages-or
these against public opinion aud The nations no.
1 nor. They may been perpelrated without ms
knowledge: and II he right himself before the
country Ii they done Uih his consent. the ~ o
| pie ought 10 know II, as saddenng as the exposure
| would be.
Mr. Drum was appointed under the Admins
lra;ion of Thomas Jefferson in February 1904
For torty.6ve years, through AL administration,
| ne has discharged he duties oil his ONCE WIN
! dIely aud honesty AND 10 he satisfaction Of all
parties. Ii is LEFT Tor the present "no-parIy' Ad.
minisra!ion TO prescribe and disgrace such
| man!
Look next al the appointment OF iFiIz iienry
| Warren as Second Assistant Postmaster Gene