Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-05-25
A CHANGE OF FRoNr-THE MASK
THROWN AWAY.

Some weeks since, The National WING, VIC
.,,., f,,, ,ou the most accredted) organ Of
Gen. TAYLOR, boldly deied The world to snow 'ha'
Gen. TAYLOR had removed single Democrat De-
cause of his political opinions-ard as conhoenl-
~ unclaimed, that no removal had been MADE
save .or "cause"-lhat is because the Incumbent
was deficient 10 the honesty, capacity and ME-
liry" which had been made the sole test 10 the
Inaugural. The Mobile Advertised a leading
TAYLOR paperl manlully rebuked he National
Wing Tor these "cowaldly sublerfuses,' when l
was matter oil uuth, and The editor glorled 10
H. that The Administration was but pursuing its
du,y. in removing Democrats because they are
Democrats, and appointing Wings because OF
their Whigsery.
The National Wing, thus whipped from lis
position by its sturdy ally and bending before
the pressure OF removals for opinions sake which
have lately stained the esculcheon OF Old Lacs,
comes ost with an explanation, which places lis
idol in The mos, humiating attitude. Hear the
loeic of this organ; especially the passage which
we have Italicized:
aWhen General TAYLOR told the nation that ne
would not be parry President, nenher OF me
lection Of a candidate tor the Presidency. The
Whje parry, after long struggle within IT'S own
ranks accepted him as their candidate, bur the
Democratic party repudiaied him and took up
another Individual. Gen. Tavlor was elected -
Il iinct feif epident that n promise # not bsing
q psrty Prs,,dent eannot be ctsmet by The lie.
moc,utie purity IL be kept q, matter Of r.ghH
We think 81. They lrpudiaed he promise and
the promlser; and tie keeping Of he promise, {"
fer a. Democrats gre concerned, is plainly mat
ter # disc elton anf not o. dutV. II These things
be sand VIZ d. moi see how they can De oihrr
wise-is il not The extreme 0! folly IN Democrats
10 accuse General Taylor OF breaking his pro-
mise mol 10 be party President, because ne
does no, take Democrats into his en'ie conn.,
dencei The Demoerats a-e not q pd'fy TO The
PROMISE asd he cannot b,. az a promise Ii r.
fas d TO co .tide in IL is the Phiss ,pto are the
OILY patty 10 ire promise, and he has iaptoiao y
kept IL in regard them, aud tOtA continue to
Do So
This organ of General Taylor here admits
that "lhe promise of not being party Pfesi
dent" ,oas made. but that il was made TO The
Wings, but ,.ot the Democrats. Was there ever
a grosser specimen OF Machavellism-a more
shameless pcrverson OF language and sense, TO
justify great wrong upon the pubic? Upon
the faith OF this "promise," many Democrats
rallied 10 the supper. of General Taylor, and il
was powerful argument on The lips OF The
Wings, many OF whom We believed 10 lie sin
cere 10 their professions. Indeed, The Taylor
Electoral Ticket in Virginia was headed not tie
Hh;g, but "The Psop's's Tektt"' Does the po.
si,on above assigned 10 General Taylor square
with what The country had right 10 expect from
the SECOND Washington" As The Union re-
marks:
"Wha, become. of General Taylor's con-
science2 Was that 'ps6y 10 the prom'se' :
What becomes OF The coun,ry2 Was that
!parly 10 The promisef What becomes oil The
Taylor Democrats, whose scrupfes we're saishei
by these very Professions and without whose
vote, 10 combination with thosn oil inc wings,
he never could have besu elected 10 The elevated
position which he now occup'es4 But we VII,
not argue this point We leave the political
morality of General Tayor's chief organ naked
before our readers that they may contemplate
It's detormily; for, we will not insult them by OF
tering TO poi1i out all its otious features. NO
eye can fail 10 see them, and no virtuons neail
can tail 10 abaor them. Whenever no-pirtyism
Is mentioned; whenever the second Wasnns
1on' is mentioned; whenever The president OF
the whole country is mentioned; whenever Inc
example OIL inS carrier FIesiucn'> - mchioheop
whenever prescription prescribed is mentioned,
We trust that the people, aud more especially
those Democrats VINO voted Tor General Taylor,
will ,remember The words OF his organ -
his hs Wing, ,0ho are the only party TO N:
promis:, and ne has inui,la6'y kept IL IN regard
TO THIN, and aoiH coqtinse to do so
The cunning "poiiciaus" around him seem
10 have mesmerzsd Old FAC into an oblivion OF
d,,,i nd IN his
name, they tear away The thin gauze of mo par
ay" "caul" and revel in The "spoils" We quote
Abe exulting language OF one OF his supporters
who is himself named for an important office,
and apparently, speaks by authority. We refer
80 "Polomac" 10 the Baltimore Patriot, who
sounds the loud cymba Of praise over "the good
time" which has come, and which will continue.
1--WE have heretofore adyer,ed TO The fac, that,
the Congressional elections in Connecticut and
Virginia having poved disastrous 10 The Wings,
thcJ WOULD dcpar, from their do nothing policy,
and no longer make use OF grass, but stones, IN
peling the sLocotocos from The Governments
apple trees. We have additional evidence to-
day, that this Is the plan oi tack. viz: As 1t has
been charged nat thr Democrats are held osr-
thef by the cohesive power Of public Offices
they xre 10 be deprived OF il. in The expectation
they will, like The slaves OF barrel, be unable 10
stand or roll on 10 conqnes'. Congressional elec-
lions are to take place next autumn in MARYLAND
Behold, Democrats are removed and Wings
put into their places Congressional elections are
10 lake place in Indiana, and, for AT Stale, re-
giseis and receivers Of the land Offices were To-
day appoin'ed and so has il been, ADD will con-
tinue 10 b., with regard 10 he other States. The
ae,un OF the Admins ration is bold and open IN
the announcemen removed is placed after The
name Of The rereans officer and this is his badge
on retiring TO other pursuits"
'tTl 10 wall known that Gen Taylor ha, power la
the Cabinet. and his favorites invariably voted
aown."-Ea suirer.
"This Is a grave allie gation. and we should like TO
know upon what stronger basis the Edquir-r predc's
than the ides talk oil Democratic newsmongeIs about
ngtoni-T.nes.
In reply, We refer the Times to It's neiehbor,
the Wing, Qhe organ Of the party in the State,
unit! ruled out BY the Bottsiles,) which said that
il was "we understood" that the appointments
were made not by Gen. Taylor, but by h,s CAB
i.ss, who alone we're responsible. We also call
she Times attention TO the evidence, in another
column, OF the Me- York Mirror, 10 relation TO
The New York Marshalcy-in which The dsap
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