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least, some meaning in the declaration, but to make
him say, that he would not be the candidate of any
party is to make him utter nonsense. Gen. Taylor
has hitherto shown himself incapable of wiring non
sense and we shall never believe, that il has been re-
served for him, at this late day of his brilliant and
glorious life, to play tho fol before the world in
correspondence with miserable abolition lecturer Of
no influence in the community wherein he dwel-,
and utterly unknown to the old soldier. The thing
is too absurd for the most crcdulous 10 swallow.
Si1thky. We now come To the most extraQrd-
nary part Of this fraud upon the reputation and prn
cp,es of the Hero of the Mexican battle fields II is
the daring attempt Of the foger to chalk out for the
Old Soldier the principles of his Administration Of
public affairs, if made President. What are they
/. Independence Of the Wing and Democratic
parties.
2. A high Tariff to pay of the war debt.
8. A modified Independent Treasury.
A. No exercise Of the Veto Power.
5. No Interference with the Legislature.
6. The extension Of the ordinance oil 1857 over
the continent beyond the Rio Grande.
Z. An honest administration of Executive affairs.
8. Posponement Of all other issues.
And to this outline of ON administration Of public
thousand miles distant from Gen. Taylor, the old
Hero, is made to say, "Be 1t so. have high opin-
ion oftand approved every particular" Thefoger
Of the Signal letter must think that he is the only wise
Ill ~ oC H.
pie are fools. Let us look at the matter calmly.
The public mind had been strongly warped to-
ward Gen. Taylor for the Presidency even before
the battle Of Buena Vista, but after that BATTLE the
feeling burst out like boiling volcano. II has spread
far and wide. It has seized upon the voters and
leaders Of one whole party, and has nearly dsssver-
cd another great party All this time, from the hour
in which the country heard Of the victory Of
Buena Vista, up to the 10th Of Juno instant, the
country supposed that Gen. Tayl lor was Whg-nay,
it was hno,on to thousands Of the best and most
prominent Wings of the Union that he was Wing.
The Democrats knew it. The men Of the Admin
istraon knew it proclaimed it from the capital per-
secuted him for it, heaped ignominy upon his de.
voted head for it, left him to fight 30 900 Of the en-
emy with 5000 volunteers for it, took away from him
the command Of Tie Army in Mexico for tin fine,
the organ Of the Administration called upon it's sup
porters to abstain from supporting Gen. Taylor be-
cause he was Wing, and devoted to Wing plirci-
pies, and would carry out, far he was concern
cd Wing principles, when in the Presidential chair
But all at once, an Insignificant newspaper, not
known beyond the purlieus Of the drinking shops Of
Cincinnati, edited by man Of no influence in the
city Of his residence, publishes to the world letter.
which, it says, was received from Gen. Taylor, in
which he not only anti Wing, but anti-D Demo-
cratic sentiments, and proposes that he shall be
Of existing parties Is the thing
reasonable! Is it probable
From the last week in March. up TO the present
time, four hund ed public meetings have nomi-
mated Gen. Taylor for the Presidency and commu-
nicaed that fact to him formally and officially, and
Of these four hundred and more meetings, nearly
every one was openly, avowedy, boldly, Whig
meetings, that nominated him as Wing, and
in other character. IfGsn. Taylor hold the SEN
t;ments which the Signal Letter says he does, could
he not have found more appropriate occasions to
communicate his sentiments to the chairman Of some
one Of the Wing meetings which had nominated
him, than to open q correspondence with man
with whom he has no acquaintance, either POLITICAL
ly or personally, and who occupies no place what
ever in the public eye! Most assurcdly he would,
and, if he had any other sentiments than pure
Whig sentiment, he would have done SO, long ago.
Of the hundreds Of Wing newspapers through the
land which have hoisted his name, subject to the
action Of the Wing party in convention assembled,
has any presented the advantages Of his election
to the Presidency upon any other ground than that
Of his being Wing and The devotee of Whig. prin-
ciplcs No, not one. If General Taylor were not
a Wing in heart and soul, would he have permitted
the Wing press of the United States to be deceived
to his real opinions, until it suited him to make
known his opinions through The questionable medium
Of penny sheet that never had any pretentions to
intercourse with public men, and never had been
the vehicle Of communicating their views TO the peo.
pie! Never.
But let US look again at the chart Of this would
be Independent Administration which tho Signal
has cha ked out for Gen. Taylo and which the for
ger Of the letter bearing his name makes him assent
TO. We have said that the editor Of the Signal is an
Abolition Lecturer. We have said the truth. His
very first attempt at speaking, was the u,tering Of
stilted lecture interarded with abol ton sentiment
He wrote short time for the Cincinnati Herald
one Of the strongest abolition papers in the U. States
He then went into the Cincinnati Enor;rer NJ bero