The national whig., 1847-06-24

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The Atlas desires the National Wing to
bring forward the evidence that General Tay-
lor is a Wing.
The Alias knows, as well as we do. the
legal rule in the production of evidence THAT
no one man can speak for another, even il that
one man knows what that other man knows !;
but, as we presume, the Atlas intended TO ask
us for the names Of the witnesses, by whom il
could be proved, that Gen. Taylor is Wing,
we shall cheerfully accede TO its request.
And, first of all, we bring on the stand the
Hero of Buena Vista himself His letter 10
Colonel William Taylor, of Point Ceupee, 10
Louisiana, and recently published in the New
Orleans Bulletin, contains the highest possible
evidence Of the Generals being Wing :. to
the backbone. !" Colonel Taylor is, and always
has been Wing; and when the old Hero
speaks, in that admirable letter, of'ihe certain
ty Of " our friends" being able to achieve a
victory in the next Presidential election, il
will be easily seen that he means oar Whg
friends But, in addition 10 what we have here
stated, we submit 10 the Boston Atlas whether,
from what il knows OF lhe character Of Col.
Hodge, the editor Of the New Orleans Bullelin,
il can for moment suppose that Col. Hodge,
one Of the most uncompromislng Wings in
the country, would endorse that letter Of Gen.
Taylor, if he did not kno,o him 10 be Wing?
But, the time has mol yet come for General
Taylor TO speak out his political sentiments
He is no seeker after the Presidency il is the
Presidency that is seeking after him, 10 fill it,
when the present unworthy incumbent shall
vacate il. That General Taylor will tell the
American People his political sentiments, with
all the frankness for which his character is so
remarkable, zoe knoac and we therefore hand
in his name as witness, upon the v0ir dire,
to the Atlas. and through the Atlas to the
Wings of the north. His credbity. al least,
is nnimpeached and nnilnpeachable. We will
take Inns much upon ourselves 10 say in ad-
vance /: that the testimony will satisfy The most
fastidious Wing, and will command the votes
Of every Wing in the country. and Of hundreds
Of thousands OF Democrats too, who only de-
sire an opportunity TO break loose from their
old party associations, 10 unite with the Wings.
But il is not 10 the published writings alone
Of General Taylor. 10 which we point as con-
tanning ample evidence Of his Whiggery. Il
is 70 his ariioas We Wo4ld direct the attention
Of the Atlas, for proof of the old Hero's ODE.
dience and reverence Of the Constitution and
laws, which is the cornerstone Of all Whig-
gerry. His whole course through life, and
especially in the Mexican war, shows him 10
be true Wing. As the Atlas and its readers
are familiaf with his public acts, we will moi
stop TO detail them, except 70 say that we be-
lieve il il the beautiful harmony subsis,ing
between his writings andhis public acts, which
has wonsthe love and admiration or the whole
country. s., ,t
We aeyt refer the Atlas to Mr.. Clay, Mr..
Criltenden, Mr.. John M, Clayton. Mr.. More
head, Mr.. .Crozier, Mr. Jos. r. Chandler, Mr..
George D. Prentice, Mr.. Thurlow Weed, Col
James Watson. Webb, General Clinch, Mr..
Justice John Mclean, and Col Baker We
have selected these names out Of thousands Of
others, who are ready 10 testify to the Old
TIhnnderer's Whiggery; nay, who have been,
and are now, testiiying with loud voice that
he is a Wing, in heart and soul. Does the
Atlas believe that these distinguished Wings
would, for moment. permit the possibility Of
an inference that they countenanced, even by
silence, the elevation Of man to the Presi-
dency who was not sound to the core in
his political principles? Blu, many Of these
witnesses have already spoken out. and spo
ken boldly, 100, in testimony of General
Taylor's Whiggery, while others have seen
their best and most intimate friends take decid
ed ground in favor Of the Generals elevation
10 the Presidency as a Wing, and no opposing
voice has been heard. no doubt has even been
raised by them. II never could be, in the ma,
ture Of things. that so many pre-elninent men,
so many public presses, so many thousands OF
Wing voters, could be thrown so far forward
in the support Of man Of opposite principles
TO them. Some warning voice would have
been heard. Our Clay, if no one else. would
have indicated through his friends the truth in
the premises--had NOT Taylor been Of the true
faith. Even the Atlas itself is impressed by
all these considerations and facts that he is
Wing, and occupies the Clay ground on all
public questions-bn i wants more proof, and
calls on US TO produce it. As we have already
said, we cannot speak for Gen. Taylor, though
zoe knoW him to be a Whig, and we consider il
a singular circumstance that the Atlas does mol