Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-11-13
MOND, VA
Tnc.1av morning. November 49, is4o.
.,,,sr AND GLORIOUS LoulSiAN" AMI
ohbhH MISSISSIPPI.

, themselves with glory. Last November ma
" 1--WE 10 TAYLOR majority Of OBI; she no"
s,yss 10 Walker, the Democratic candidate iol
Governor 252 majority and to LEWIS lDsm'
n, Sheriff. majority OF 25-be'ns = n"5
loss OF 1913! The reelection oil Lad '... A
-. nrobable reelection 81 Harmansoh anu ''o'.
10 Congress, and The success oil Tue De'"o'."">
s,a,s ticket. will throw Gen. Taylor into sn''ei'
-especially as, under The influence o. la'se Doi.,
infused INTO his bosom BY Ignorant or oes'sI'us
friends we have lhe authority oil MI hs""e'
sneecb. ,ha, The old mans eye "orish'epe'' Ne
49,. hsrame iilun,ina.ed. as il were, as TT eA'
claimed. .Oh! glorious! On, gallant LOUISIANA
Won WIRE he first 10 A. 10 my snccot "n '"'
R;o G,arde. You, too, will be The last 10 cssei
me-" The prospect is that The "ga''a'''
orsp or;siapa has deserted The old man-ou'
WAS because he had "deseded" the Proless'o1S o.
which her vote in his favor had been wheeu'e'
Had he carried out The 'no parry" and anu pro-
scripive policy which was proin'sea W ".1 ~
him instead OF the rank and cruel prescription o
have and patriotic men, iahhsnl ahlcefs' du'
even feeble and unprotected women, WHICH, uh
der the evil genius OF Ewing, Fiz Henry ~ar'e'
and Others he has put in ope ration-had ne III
sead of calling 10 his council ultra and oli'el
pauizans and unmi!gated tree soilers summon
ed around him liberal and moderate men, ie
spending TO The sentiments Of has Aiiisoh ie"e's-
had he stood up for his constitutional rsh's' ano
tbouob, and acted for himself, instead of 'surren
deripe" himself as tool IN The hands Of EWING
and company, 10 carry on, their sweeping pafh
zanism-had Presiden, Taylor, in word, shown
himself 10 be in practice what candidate IayloI
was in theory, this notifying and crushing
blow. of being "descrted" by his own Louisiana
would have been spared the old man. Never was
there a more severe lehuk: inflicted on any Sc
OF men- never did The people with more justice
or tremendous efec, ring iu,o the cars Of iailn'
less Regency The words, "Eionesy is the best Po'
licy.'
We rejoice in The verdict that New Orleans
(now Democratic city, Gtd bless herD has
rendered in favor OF General Walker ("oid
Walk .in-lhe. Wafer" as he is ateclionaeIy
called BY the people) He is an able and noble
hearted man and sterling Democral-and
shower OF vitupera,ion md abuse was showered
upon his head from The vials Of Wing wrath. "A
Just and generous people has crushed his sian
derers. The Democratic press ct the Stale, led
on by the veteran Courier, has tough. the hard
battle with great power and perseverance, ana
deserves all credit.
Mississippi, too, wherein General Taylor has
an estate, and with whose people he has been in
timately associated, has spoken out her con-
demnatcn oi The administration The Vicss>
burg District, RON whence Wing, IompR'ns'
was Struggled INFO Congress. has Iishied Itself
and elected III, chivalrous and eloquent Nc
Willie 10 vindicale Southern rights and honor
His opponent, MIR. Gray, uied the ''no-pahy'
game, bal il was ''no CO." That humbug is now
exploded Quilmau, the skiul and gallant SOL
dier, pure man, accomplished gentleman and
statesman, is doubtless elec'ed Governor by
large majority, and Mississippi is Democratic
throughout.
Painful as this news from Louisiana and Mis-.
sissippi is to Gen. Taylor. !, must be peculiarly
morlityisg 10 the "Picayune" organ, the Republic
4 &C 10 shl hi; barles ard uphold the Regency
vet no sooner does New Orleans have Il chance
TO speak out, than she kicks over the Republic
ard its editor, and rejects all its piteous appeals
Tor Old lack and Old Whitley! Some time be
fore the election, the Republic, in mos! supplca'
sins terms, besoush The people oil Louisiana and
M,sis sippi 10 stand by Zlchary Washington and
his cabinet in the hour Of their distress, wien
they were abandoned BY all The world. DO come
to the rescue, men OF Louisiana, no exclaimed
do come, and come quickly as you came u the
Rio Grande, when your beloved President was
thought 10 be in critical condition.
land Mississippi, too. VIII the men Of
Monterey desert their commander now that his
conduct before that walled city is denounced
and condemned by those who would defeat hi
administration Will they join the ks Of
those who reproach snd mock at them VIII
they not rather retrieve tho losses which has
frien.s have encountered elsewhere, as they re-
deemed The field Of Buena Vista, when within
the grasp OF the enemy
Such doleful appeals 10 tho sympathies OF
volunteers WHO served under Gen. Ta,lo in
MEXICO we're, we'll replies the New Orleans
Courier, "a little out Of place
Where, (says The New Orleans Courier,) is
the sympathy Of President Taylor and his
friends Tor those men2 We know one OF Them:
Captain Cleodenen, Who led a company q! The
fissI Mississippi volunteers into action al buena
Vis;a-had halt OF his men killed and wounded;
was wounded himself aud what sort oil svmpa'
thy was shown Tor him by President Taylor
NJ Dr;, hal oto nj
this port, appointed him an inspector oi the Gus
toms aad when Col. Peters went into office,
Cant Clendenen was one Of the INST who were
dismissed from employment Peters could do
nothing else-his iEsiinc ale sn'i>hmerican--
ne hates every thing that reflects credit upon the
American name, and would immolaie, il he
could, every man who prefers This country 10 old
England. From such man, Capt Clcndenen
had no reason to anticipate anything like quar-.
Ter or iaie play; but an officer who conducted
himself win great gaantry in one Of the most
distinguished regiments Of the army, under Gen.
Tay'or's own eye, and was wounded-an officer
of This character, haa tight 10 expect that his
old commander would remember his good con.
duct, ami, remembering. would not suffer one oil
his own creatures 10 compensate Il by removal
from pnblic employment
This is Truly an extraordinary stretch OF pre-
sumption OF General Taylor's confidential editor
10 call upon the volunteers OF louisiana and
Mississippi 10 fly TO his distress, because tney
served with him in tented field. What sympathy.
we repeat, has been shown for them BY hun aid
his triend>2 Whenever one of them happened to
hold place, however uuimpouanl, under The
government, he has bcca unceremoniously thurst
ou. unless he could satisfy The minichs OF the
administration that he was unconaec!ed with
The Democracy. Even with lie General himself,
arduOus and merrlOriouS service and wounds
received in baue, sufficcd not 10 save single vo-
lunteer from the fate OF the brave Ciendenen.-
Lane the flower of American chivalry, Weller,
and host Of other gallant and worthy volnn-
,eers who had served in Mexico, have been turn
ed aside by Taylor himself, TO make room for
individuals he likei better because they were
mol lnciutd with the doctrines OF Jefferson, Jack.
son, and other great men Of their country. Alter
witnessing this prescription CT VOLUNTEERS, ~
Taylor himself, i, required man Of Col. Bur
liu's nerves 10 hszatd a call upon tina, class OF
our citizens 10 back ola Jack in this hour OF
distress.
Tho voluotporc NJ 7 nuiSiarn and Missiecinni