Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-08-17
RICH AOND, VA.
Wednesday, Morning, August Is, 1919.
ABOLITION INFLUENCE IN THE CA
nt.I,n

' rI-p WheinSI UG iCdLS II O.1 NN
hi, native Sou'h. Having Curing the canvass
permied himself 10 be recommended Win sisa'
kindness, BY C,Iwin as Wi!moI P'o'iso mar,
| aud by CriuenLen as a devoted !r.ena oil 'he in-
s%iilulions OF The Sor,h, he nov taxes d P's''.on
| If bis owG, and ~eyi.ces, in neatly al! .! hS
movements, a &c, ire TO concil'a'ct the Noi'e. nc
whole ieno. Of the Administration she "'lhi''o u
The fact. In he fist place, in li';eains tc the edV:ce
and accepting he c%ourssiso o. Aucaa man as Sc
ward, OF N. York, upoa a subject as important as
that of ORGANIZING a Territorial Government OF
California, and permiIling a man, notorious it
| his hostility 10 slavery and The South, 10 boast al
most of his agency in preventing The cs'aO'
lishuen, Of a Territorial Government in a coua-
Try where The people are calling impetioasiy iof
it.
Indeed, this proclisi'y Of Taylor o'he North
ern influence, AID his anxiety 10 accept lhs ir'e-
rested advice OF an enemy OF The Sou'h, occur
red previous TO his Inauguration. His ssi'l'a
| policy OF nwarding Northern friends for repre-
| SEEMING him as a Wiimot Ptoyiso man, lhas Sc
curing his election, commenced with The appoint
mem, of his Cabinet. In the Wing party, scat
tered throughout The free States, there are pre-
uineut, intei!igen. and able Wings who have
never, in or oul Of Congress, exhibited a sell
| tied hostility TO Southern institutions, and ccnsli'
,u,ing b!igh, exceptions 10 such instances o! !oI-
bcarapce an hose afforded BY Cui'ameI, Sniln,
Hale, Davis and Pal:rey. Pledged as General
| TAYLOR had been by his friends asains; ultra
party men and measures. the people nae a i'gn'
10 expect from him in the constitution oil his "a
! bisel The appointment Of Northern men, OF moce-
rate views and kid feelings Tor The South.
They had q very good right 10 expect .ha! VIC
lent fanatics would be the last men 10 receive az.
poin,menls from d candidate who had mad. such
pledges as those which Taylor had given. In
all such expectations they were sadly disaPpcin'-
Ell, for his selections from The North We're made.
known, ard denounced all over The Southern
States 70. their advocacy OF Abolition doctrines.
the appointments. as far as The Cabinet oil lay
lor was concerned, 4 h-red very widely from those
o: his predecessor. That noble patriot, states
man and hoEeS, politician, james X. Polk, fell
too much devotion for the Sou'h, too much con-
tempt and adherence for The ~ialstical a5olltion~
isis, TO place in his Catinel such men from The
North, such as those WAC are now aiding Tay-
or in carrying out his work OF proscriplipn.-
Compare such men as Buchanan ami Marcy,
with the notorious Ewing and Co!lamer, OF The
present administration. Contrast The noble scn-
timents oil Buchanan, in his speech upon The ve-
10 power, where he d:preca,cs the fanaicai
course Of The abolition parry, with The recorded
woes OF Collamer on The most Outrageous anc
accountable sboli:ion resolutions Of The last two
or three sessions 81 Congress. So keen q Pre-
sideni Tayio. appear to secure lae service Vi the
class Of Northern politicians, 10 which Colla,ner
belongs, that ,h- man who is by general consen
regarded as The basest politician in The land
f!amao Smiih. WAS of:r:d a place In his Cab.
nei, as a rtw.,d Tor his agency in dapiag and
Committing ifauds upen the people, uarioS the
pea denlel canvass u lS43.
No, in sae appointments alone, but also in the
p;saia r oryan's ten Of his Cabinet. did Presi.
d:n. Taylor exh.bi; q desire TO pace all power
aod patronage IL he hanls .. The abolitionisI>.-
fnr men ~aYowrd!y ,hs mos. hos;iie &c The South,
gere placed in positions 10 d. her The S'eaiest
p ,.s:oe a;no:ni .: iajaty. The departments OF
Ewing, Col!aner and Mc:@ci.h, ale these il
wlich the g:ratcs; suua"! oil patronage Gay be
exercised.
The Pos, Office Department, was, with ne most
sha dsseflicn ur cuipsb,c neglect OF the
Soulh, placed ia The hands oi he abolitionist Col
iamsr. 1, has heretofore been The policy Of Pre-
s~iieIts, waen e,ecad from Southern STATES, TO
place lais department. in The hands OF sale ard
reliable men. Fsom he mails for the South
thousands o! abolition Gocu nenls have been scat
ere; through The Southern States, calculated ard
inlcaceG 10 excite our slaves 10 resurrection and
deeds o! blood. Tn. vjgilan, Statesmen OF The
SJu.h have a:w iys regarded this as a source oil
,mmen2. danger to lie people q. he S3nta. and ii
i.as beca more than once a sa!jrcl Ct debate III
Congress. Could, under such circumstances, Pre-.
sideul Tayi0r have given Il more conclusive H.
~oicat;on vi his indifference 10 the South than TO
have appointed such 6 man as Colia:nef 10 The
Posi- Office Department., and The Infamous tiz
Hlenry WaIrea as one oil mis- assislauts} THESE
men have aileady, We believe, commenced a
series 81 operations intended 10 injure The Soulh
Wrildiog Immense powers Of patronage, Celia
ner is every where lourd engaged busiiy, with his
c~oadju,or Warren, in prescribing honest, capable
PGs, Masters ard ~piacins in oih e men well quail.
f d % do his WORK. Fem every quarter the in
formation is pouring n upon US, TIA, the new
| appointments 10 the thousands oi Post Olicrs
scattered over The land, are kaowa merely as The
! tools OF Collsmsr and Warren. In the very
heart OF Mississippi. al The Capital Of the S:a,e.
a Pot Mas!er from I free Stale has been ap.
pIlat,d; thus placing enemies in our camp May
W. not laoa with certainty to developments in 4
snoit time OF some plan Of The Abolltiunisis by
which The South is 10 be aJoded With documents,
such as w.Ie found IN Inc hands Of our negroes
Ia The memorable years vi lo3,-'322 Already
Cullamcr seems 10 have len. the powers Of lis
position TO his lfieai Truman Smith, who is
scattering his afdccsses and documents all over
,hc Southern SAFES, 10 secure pauy ends.
Ewing aud MEREDITH are active in securing
ths support Of the NJrih tu The present aImia.s.
t~ta,ien. In eveiy Tree Sia,e, the iricld, OF lie
administration spare no means 10 accomplish their
parry eid-.
The people Of the South. if We mistake moi,
will fad the assertions OF The Northern friends
of Taylor more correct than they had supposed,
when he was pl,d ,ed 10 Tic North as having all
his feelings and synpashies III favor OF the Tree
S aIes.
The men.beIs OF bis cabinet from the S.ulh.
seem 10 have no power, DO means OF resisting
the irs;6ious tio,:s ct spch men as CIilan,er
AID Ewi.s. TEry can exercise but I;tt.e pare.
! mage, aud may be said IL exert IS LIKE i. q .sace
as President Taylor himself.
A SMALL DOSE OF "PHY5iC."