The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-10-05
CITY OF WASHINGTON.
-TanRspAY MoRNING, OCTOBER s, Is4s.


;ons nm the - free soil" question. The convection is
M gaining ground that neither .he North the South
can trust him on this great point Enough has been
lid concerning the Generals secret pledges TO Tu
ian Smith & Co in Connecticut, and to Corwin Co..
i fho TO put the South thoroughly its guard against
most signal betrayal OF southern interests by southern
candidate while il is abundantly clear that the ree-so
bgs of the North look upon the Generals position TO-
wards them with the greatest apprehension and disque-
indie Very many OF them will certainly refuse to vote
Tar him, Very few of them are labonAg heartily
so his election And General Tayors warmest friends,
.be at the North or the South have no night to CON-
o of this state OF things. II is natural and well de-
.or,ea The General has shown himself unwilling TO
us the people with any avowal Of his sentiments
,his great subject How, then, can they trust him
We referred day or two since, to the explicit declara
zion If the New York Tribune, that il could not regard
Gen Taylor lin spite of his secret pledges in Connecticut
and Obiol as essentially rigif the slavery question
We find in subsequent number OF that paper letter Of
. very distinguished whig of New York, who takes
tbe same ground as the Tribune to Gen Taylors po-
ston. and then follows out the view to its legitimate
consequence and announces his determination not to
vote for the wing candidate. We believe that great
numbers of the "free-sol" wings will act Mr.. Willis
Hall writes:
ButI am told can best prevent extension of slavery
NV voting Tor Gen. Taylor Why is he opposed to in No
but he will it, Perhaps But he distinctly
fuses 10 say whether he will not Past all question he is
opposed TO SOIL and will all his power and patron
ace against it, His neghbors in the South, who see HIM
in his undess say they know he is with them this
question His friends the North practically admit il by
bounding their hopes by the empty fact that he will not
veto it, He has recently invested 100000 in slaves he
has accepted the Charleston nomination, made for tie
vowed purpose OF opposing it, The South made the
idenia nomination turn upon this question, and he
selected The great ratification meeting held by his friends
in Canal passed resolution expressly repudlang
this doctrine
Mr. Webster says if he thought General Taylor opposed
10 free soil he would agains, him. On candid exam
nation of all the evidence, compelled the belief
that he opposed the doctrine OF free SOIL and will do
all in his power defeat it, On MIR. Websters authority
those who come the conclusion vote against
General Taylor.
On this point the opinions Of all the other candidates.
Mr. Claw General Scott, Judge Mclean frankly and
explicitly avowed. Why General Iayior srcused?
The north or south be cheated Which is most like
K to be the victim Friends of free so pause! You
about to be betrayed When ii late, you will find that
YOU have elected the only who could have defeated
your favorite object Hereafter you cannot justify your
selves to your conscences your God without requiring
more explicit declaration this point from Gen Taylor
But" exposulates my friend, 'you for Mr.
Van Buren," Why not il he will best effect the object
which have at heart l not Brabanto, to T" re-
fuse to serve God because the devil bids me-. Were my
prejudice hundred times stronger than they are az INST
Mr. Van Buren, ! should vote for him if convinced he
would truly carry the principle he processes
have no doubt it. His worst enemy cannot
be has not always been to his pledges have been
educated in the maxim, 4" Princi ples-not men,"
For this vote for Gen Taylor. for whom,
as military man, in which capacity alone have known
him. entertain high admiration; for this reason can
for Mr. Van Buren, whom have always opposed, and
against whom have many preJudices
As the representative Of free-trade, military organiza-
tion &c, opposed him, and would do so again; as the
representative of ee-so will sustain him In our system
principle everything, the nothing The friends
of free have selected him in spite of himself the
best man. under the circumstances to effect their great
object. Shall abandon the principle which have long
cherished because might have preferred other
TO represent it! This would be indeed prefer to
principles.
Such considerations as these will tell powerfully
against General Taylor, not at the North alone, but
throughout the country The fact is, General Taylor
has been persuaded to pursue most unworthy course
this whole bect of slavery 1t is derogaory TO his
caracter-and utterly dsgacefuI to the wing par
y--,hat the friends of General Taylor in different
tons of the country are at this moment qlarrelng IN
the dark as to his position upon such question. 1t
apoor and unworthy thing Bale Peyon and s. S
Pentss in Louisiana quoting one set OF General lay
ors declarations TO show that he is in favor of the equal
Il9Hts OIL Tue III HtW tcIluollto, ahu al thS
same time Smith in Connecticut and Corwin in Ohio
quoting another set of secret written declarations to
prove him free soler. Why has not General Taylor
spoken Out as General Cass has done in his Nicholson
letter He has been writing all through the canvass.
Why il that he has written, 10 inform the public
mind upon this matter but to keep in the dark Does
he wish get the presidency under false pretences7
Much the impenetrabe silence of General Taylor on
this subject has been wondered and censued think
has yet received all the attention it deserves 1t
is significant of attempted fraud by his friends
upon the people, of very uncommon audacity and inn
portance 1t would seem to be the dictate of homes
y in men situated General Taylor's friends are,
10 make haste define his position clearly upon this
point before the whole people Instead of this have
only reports of secret and contradictory letters, and pr
vae and contradictory conversations And this, too,
when General Taylor knows that the wings OF the South
give him all the support they do give. expressly on the
ground that as southern man he will veto the Wilmot
Proviso while the wings at the North vote for him as
being pledged veto it. Is II not clear as day. IN this
state of the case that he be elected somebody must be
wofully and most dishonorably cheated3 What
General Taylor if elected upon such state OF things
pursue President which will not lay open his integrity
and good faith to the gravest charges II so elected
with his position thus debated-and each section trusting
to vague reports of his contradictory decaratonswha
course compatible with public honor can he pursue II
he The he I