The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-08-03

fo'ees on oil matters Of public policy Now who does
not pity the General in his present pedicamen But if
gentlemen wish to be catechised, they not be-
come candidates for high political stations for which they
are not qualified sob consistency, thou art Jewel"
in the wing camp of politics. whether the headquarters
be at Monterey or Baton Rouge.
| But lastly
3d. In relation to the giving Of political pledges as to the
principles which mil govern his administration in the
euent o. has election, ian event By means probabe
and has independence a candidate for the presidency
Upon this charge will be found that the old General
is used-up man.
'The moment that you had pronounced him one,
Presto ,S his face CHANGED and he was anotherj
and when that change was hardly well put on
| - Il varied, ill don't think his own mother
| (i that he had moth cry would her son
Have known, he shifted so from t'otler
TIL guessing, from a pleasure grew task,
| AL this epistolary iron mask"
| And now to his pledges In his letter to j. w Tay-
lor, dated May 49, 1877 he says
SIN permit ysef to be the ndidate of
any party, or yield myself to party schemes "
In his letter to citizen of Lansingburg New York,
dated May 30, 1917, he says
But will be the candidate of any party or clique
o. the chlei ira the good OF all parties and the ma
In his letter to Mr. Deony dated June 9, ls47 he says
"f the good people think my services important in that
station (the presidency and elect me- will feel bound
enter and make, as it regards this or that policy is
that Will do honestly and faithfully the best OF my
ever occupy the White House. must be by the sponta
neous of the people, and by of mine, that
magistrate of the nation and not ola party
In his letter to Gen. Peter s. Smith, of Philadelphia
dated July 8, 1S47, he says
"If elected that office, by the spontaneous
viii of the people at large and without any agency
pledge on my part, in any particular If ever fill that
TONS interests OF any kind, and under but those
which the constitutions and the high interests OF the nation
at large, seriously and solen'ny demand do
be considered candidate, in the proportions which
it is desired by the people, irrespective of pady"
In his letter to Mr. Brkey, dated July 10, 1917 he
says
g" willing to be the candidate of any party,
pledge myself to any POLITICAL creed save that which pro-
mount interests OF the country and which they solemny
demand. If elected to the presidential Office, be
without any of and those duties must
go untram melted by party pledges of every character.
In his letter Doctor Wilcox, dated July 30 lsi7 he
says:
the spontaneous of the people, and by of mine,
that could enter upon the duties apPertaning the
pledged that could and would be President of the
ton and not OF party"
In his letter to Mr.. William e. Wood dated Camp
near Monterey September 30, lS47, he says:
81 do not feel myself at liberty express any sentiment
having the nature of pledge any political party"
In his letter of reply to Messrs. Murphy Harris Hop
kns, and others, of Alabama, dated Baton Rouge Jan
uary 90, 1913, he says
acknowledgements.
and to assure felow-czens who compose this meet
ing, that shall offer active opposition the my
in connection with this responsible office, long
they continue to thus Independent Of party dsnc
| tiOns
In his letter to Peter s. Smith, of Philadelphia dated
January 80, 1913, he says
81 should deem it an honor and would accent sucb
nomination, provided had been made entirely inepend
| ent OF party considerations"
In his letter to Col. A. M Mitchell of Cincinnati,
Ohio, dated Baton Rouge, February ~ 1915 he says:
81 deem but candid however, to add that if the whg
party DESIRE at the next presidential election, their
votes for me, they do it their responsibility
that Office, should deem it to be my duty, and should
most certainly claim the right to look to the constitution,
the principles of a party for my rules of action"
! In his letter of February 6, 1s4s, he says:
81 have not changed the position first occupied,
xe haVe been e Indications of he ,e
irrespective OF party, as evnced by large meetings in
in question, justify me, without departing from the
course have marked out to pursue to accept nomina-
presidency, from the wings democrats, from BOTH
should they think proper tender it, without being pedg
opinions either Those who not willing 10 vote for
wthou, pledges let them their proper
time for those who will make them"
| And now comes the clincher upon this subject of no
pledges, and the determination of the old General to pre-
his Independent position irrespective of party at all
hazards.
In his letter to the publishers of the Richmond Repub
lcan, dated Baton Rouge, La) April 90 s4s, he says
If nominated by the Wing National Convention shall
refuse acceptance provided am left free all pledges
and permitted to maintain the position of independence
have placed me otherwise SHALL REFUSE NOMINATION
OF CONVENTION OR PARTY"
Here then is the independent platform of the old Cen
era and his friends say that General Taylor neuer sur
| renders"
| Well, we shall now whether change, and a very
sudden one, too, has not over the spirit of his
| dream.
Wew now refer to the Allison letter of April 22 ls4s
to show in the first place. that the General reiterated
what he says he has often sad-tha he was whig but
not an ultra wing; and that, if elected he would en-
deavor to act Independent of party domination
He says he will endeapor to act free of party DONNA
tion but come the Philadelphia Wing Convention,
and Judge Saunders of Louisiana. The Judge said to
the members of that convention, the political friend of
General Taylor, and in behalf of the (whig) delegation
from Louisiana, hat General Taylor desires to be
understood, that in his opinion. his friends who come
into this convention bound TO abide by its decision
and to sustain the nominee heart and sou-tha Gen
Taylor recognises in his friends this convention those
who have the right to withdraw his name, and will
cheerfuly acquiesce in such withdrawal"
Here, then, he submits himself to the decision of
wing convention, through his friend Judge Saunders and
receives the nomination of the wing party and his APP
prevail of this nomination endorsed by his Bale Pevton
Committee at New Orleans, by express authority from
| himself
| Now what becomes of the General and his repeated
declarations that under circumstances would he con-
sent to become the candidate of partyi What faith