The national whig., 1847-07-01
wHIG NOMINATION
FOR GOVERNOR OF MARYLAND,
WILLIAM II. GOLDSBOROUGH,
OF DORCHESTER COUNTY.

lLLlAM J.. GOLDCbOhOUU1 !,
OF DORCHESTER COUNTY.
THE FORGED TAYLOR LETTER.
We yesterday denounced the letter published in
the Cincinnati Signal Of the 26th June over the
printed signature Of ZACHARY TArLoR as base
forgery. To-day We repeat that denunciation, un
der stronger convictions, If possible, than those
We entertaiIsd in our article Of last evening. We
sgan and again, and again denounce it Us vile,
,ase, wicked, miserable forgery.
From the tone and manner Of snndry Democratic
Administration Journals remarkable for their un-
,crupuousness in all political matters, have been
ong looking for the development Of some stipend
,us fraud upon the public credulty in relation to
General Taylor. It has come, come in a shape that
ully proves the desperation to which the popularity
Of Taylor has driven the Administration leaders,
We now enumerate among the Administration jour.
lals, whose tone and manner had, in measure,
prepared our mind for something Of this kind-the
Philadelphia Pennsylvania, the paper which was
party to the Kane letter fraud and whose then editor
nas since been rewarded BY Mr.. Polk with Judg-
bhip for lending his name to the President in 1914
as his instrument in this base transaction. If Pres
lent Polk could reach the Presidential Chair BY
means Of gross fraud il is surely stretch Of fan
y to believe that his friends have been guilty Of the
present forgery.
But we have said that we denounce this letter in
he Signal as forgery with stronger convictions, If
ossibe, than those under which we wrote yesterday
oroceed we now 10 examine the subject with view
convince the reader that we are right in our pre-
SYMPTOMS at least.
The Signal man says, that he wrote the editorial,
vhch we published yesterday, on the 18th Of April,
md that he sent it immedaty thereafter TO General
Taylor, with few words Of reference to his (the
Signal mans) position as journalist" His position
is journalist God save the mark Allowing If
cen days as the time in which it took that letter to
each the Generals Head Quarters, it must have
,een received, If indeed sent at all-on the 2slh
f April. 1t is reasonable enough to admit that it
night lay in General Taylor's hands eighteen days
efore it received an answer, though from the known
character Of the Old Hero and by comparison of
he dates Of the sixty and more letters from him in
Iepy to the resolutions and votes Of thanks trans
nitted to him, he is not correspondent given TO
lelaying his correspondence SO much out of time as
his letter Of the Signal mans was delayed. But
admitting, as we have said, that such was the fact,
here can be no question as to the time when the
ditor Of the Signal received the reply which is now
,ut forth coming from Gen. Taylor. It WIS
vritten appears by its date, at Monterey on the
s,h Of May. Without stopping here to notice, if
ye remember Alright, that Gen. Taylor was not in
Camp near Monterey" on the 18th Of May, the let.
pr, il il be genuine, must have reached The Signal
pan at least by the I'd day Of June instant. Now
it presumablc, does it bear with probability, that
he Signal man would have kept this important let
er in his possession for t,centy four days,-un the
10Th Of June, without making it known to the world
What precious treasure he had The supposition
preposterous the idea is absurd !!
But passing this point, let us hasten to others
more important the consideration Of which will no,
all TO receive the readers most diigent attention.
The Signals forged Taylor letter says:--" With
these remarks, trust you will pardon me for thus
briefly replying to you which lido with high opin-
ion and approval Of the sentiments and views en-
brsced in your editorial
Now what are the sentiments and pic,os embraced
n the Signals editorial which Gen. Taylor is made
|, say, he has high opinion and approval Of?
les,--what are these sentiments, what are these
iews' Why, nothing more nor less, than the SEN
naents and vieUs upon which, if elected President
tho United States, he would be ready to admins
Or the government. Let us see what they are. We
eprint to-day article Of yesterday the second
\ age Of our paper, in ordor that they who did not
\ cad it last evening may see in the Signals own
,ngusge what the sentiments and uieus are, which
ZEN. Taylor is made to say in this forged letter, he
as high opinion Of and cordially approves.
u And first The Signal AYERS that the dsmons,ra-
on in favor Of Gen Taylor, il the transport of mill
ary enthusiasm or the trick Of political faction, is
nworthy Of no tice. To this sentiment, the forged
,tter makes Gen. Taylor say, Amen! Is such a
are bald, foolish sentiment likely to receive the as
I ent Of such man as Taylor-or, indeed, Of any
nan Of common sense? Analyze it. All the en-
husiasm, the honest, praise-worthy enthusiasm Of
he public mind at the contemplation of such glori-
Jus evidences Of military genius as exhibited by Gen.
Taylor are wrong, vitality wrong, according to the
eccentric and brainless editor of the Signal. They