Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1847-07-30

he pays poor compliment to Gen. Tay lsr's con-
sistency if he rccollects-that in his Signal let
ter and others he had explicitly declared that he
would not make known his political opinions un-
til after the war.
Equally disrespectful towards the General Is the
Gazettes assertion that in this last letter. in reply
to the over-anxious gentlemen of Trenton, which
we give below, is ar acceptance of wing noml-
nation for in his letter directed to gentleman In
Troy. and published in the Troy Daily Post OF the
9th instant he positively, strongly, and indublta'
bly, declares as follows:
Il will not be the candidate of any party or
clique and should the nation at large seek to place
me in the chair of chief magistracy, the good OF
all parties and national good would be my great
and absorbing aim"
HEADQUARTERS, ARMY OF OCCUPATION.
Camp near Monterey, Mexico, June 81, lS4I >
SIR: have the honor to acknowledge, with
sentiments of high qualification. the receipt OF
copy of the reso utions recently adopted at NEE
ting of the democratic wings of the county OF Mer-
Ger. New Jersey.
My thanks are especially due to my friends OF
the State of New Jersey, for their fatterlng ex-
preston of approval and esteem, and which, can
assure them, is as truly reciprocated.
| embrace this occasion to remark, that, If the
people of the country desire to place me in the
ulBn OLlCC Va CAlEA 10 lCCI
self at liberty to refuse; but, the contrary, In
that position as we'll as one more humble, it will
ever be my pride and constant endeavor to serve
the country with all the ability possess.
Please convey these. my thanks and brief ac-
acknowledgements, to the citizens Of the county Of
Mercer. wish them and yourself much pros
perity and happiness.
With great respect remain your most obedi'
ent servant, q. TAYLOR,
| Maj Gen. u. S. Army.
Dr. John Clark, Secretary of public meeting, Trsn'
ton, New Jersey.
between the letters of April 28th and Of
June 2fst, 1.-TWO months,) there is some little
difference of tone in one respect. In the first
he has no ambition but to terminate our differ
ences with Mexico and, in the second, he
consents to serve his country as Chief Ma.
gistrate. l-Washington Union.
FROM CAL1FoRH1A.-The ST. LOUIS Repub
lican of the 18th inst, publishes lengthy
letter from COL VIM. H. Russell, who has
just arrived direct from California, as bearer
of dispatches to the government So far a:
California is concerned, he represents the wal
as at an end, and that under Col. Fremont's
government an American can travel alone
through any part of the country without fea1
of molestation. He concludes his letter a:
follows:
sr'' Besides pacifying the country by his trea
ty, Governor Fremont has gained the hearts
of the people for himself and country. HI
has reconciled them to the change of govern
ment.
"Speaking their own language, he is jus
in all things-active in all kinds of business
both civil and military. in private life he il
pure, without the disfguration of single VIC
not even the levity of youth. Those hap
py combinations in Gov. Fremont have givel
him a character and power in California tina
no other man ever enjoyed, and confdentl.
believe never WILL"