Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1848-09-16
The Last from Cen. 1'aylor,
FAsr PAsoAeoULA, Sept 4, l94a.

ZIG peIlEY9 test my tFHHW- FHfiFla HlEHt bh
misled by the many contradictory aud CON
fiuting =tnfetnp nts In respect 10 them which
appeared In the journals If the day and
wprp tiftttlat 4 Throughout the country, |
nov find myself hisreprHsshied aud mis-.
nt erstoUd tpan another phint, Of such in
pottahee h myself personally. If not to Tbs
country Al large, as 10 cain FROM me q
rHn1id and connected exposition If my rs-
]latiols IL The public IN regard 10 The pend
Ing presidential canvass.
The uttttbs Al ingen nv has tetn expended
Upon several letters and detached sehtph-
ces uf letters, which have recently APPEAR
pi over my signature. to show that | Utrtt-
py All eQUiyBtal attitude towards The vari-
u,ts PARTIES into which thr people are diYid
ed, and especially towards the IThig patty
rs represented by the National Convention
which assembled IN Philadelphia III June
last. Had these letters and scraps Of lot.
tefs I,epn published or construed in eonnpt-
ton with what | have heretofore said upon
This subject. | should MOI hnw have 10 tum-
plain Of The speed with which tiny answers
10 isolated questions have been given up IL
The taptinus criticism If those who have
been made my enemies ly n nomination
which has been rendered 10 ms without so
liritatiun OF arrangement ri mine, or efthe
manner IN which selected passages in SOME
Of my letters. written In The freedom and
chrelesshess Of confidential eoffpspon-
deuce. have been communicated 10 The pub
lit press. hut riven from The c%gntett4 and
separated Ffptn IL series Of explanatory facts
and circumstances which arF. in 81 taf IA
this canvass II concerned, historical, they
are Hs deceptive AS though tley were posi-
live tAhriratiuns. address YOU this letter
to rorfptt the injustice thai has been done
10 the. and The public ~ fhe estent that
am ~ object Of interest 10 them, by this
iIlihFraI process.
| shall MOI very y0n by an elaborate
detail V~feYety incident cbnttet ed wul the
f. at prs spniatiDn Of my maine as a ca ndidate
FIR The Presidency. was then Al The head
Of the American attny IN The Valley of The
Rio GtanAe. was surrounded by Wings
aud Democrats who bad stood ht tic in
The trying hours of my life, aud whom Il
was my destiny to conduct through scenes
of still greater trial. Ny duty to that army.
aud to The Republic whose battles we we're
waging, forbade my assuming u position If
seeming hostility to any portion Of The bra We
men under my eornmaBd-all # whom
knew | was a WING In principle. Tor |
made no oouveslment IT my political sen
]titntnts ~ predictions.
Nuttt 1...I tar.. A.. .Et.t-.z- II ..B.
struggles during our late presidential slpt-
lions, that the acceptance Of a nomination
under the rigorous interpretations given 10
The obligations IF candidate presented 10
he public with a Iortnulafy Of political
principles, was equivalent almost to a de
elaratlon Of uieomprptnistHg entnitY TO all
who did not subscribe 10 IL thnpts. was
unwilling ~ atarl the effect of such fela.
tionship towards any Of The soldiers untlpf
my command when In Front If an enemy
cotutnon 10 Tie all. II would have been
uniust In itself. and II was as rppuanant to
my ~ feelings as 1t was to my duty. |
wanted unity in The army, and lofbore any
act that might SOW The sneds ofdistrist ard
dtstord III IL rants. | have not my lei
ters written nj the time before me. hut they
arc all Of one import, and IN tonfognity
with The views herein expressed.
Meanwhile | was solicited by my per
sruBl friends and by strangers, by Wigs,
and Democrats. 10 + assent 10 become Il
candidate. was nominated by The people
IN primary assemhltcH-hy Wigs. Demo.
Gratis aud Natives, in separate and mixed
meetings. | resisted them all, and tontin.
uBd to do 90 till led to believe that my OPP.
position was assuming the inspect Of de=-
tiance Of the popular wishes. | yielded
only when II ! oked like presumption to 70.
aiet longer, aud even then ! should moi have
done 81 Ind not the nomination been pre-.
scented to me In a form unlikely 10 awaken
arrimony OF reproduce The bitterness Of
feeling which attends popular elections. !
say II In sincerity and truth, that n part Of
the induthment 10 my consent was the
hope that by going into the canvass it
would be conducted with cand0r, If mol
with kindness. II haB been no fault of
mine that this anticipation has proved IA
vain one.
Aler | permitted myselfto be announced
for tbs Presidency, under the circumstnn-
ceg above noticed. laccepted nomination
after nomination In The spirit in which they
were rendered. They were made irres~
pective of parties, and 30 acknowledged.
No one who joined In those nominations
could have been deceived a. TO my politi~
cal views. From the beginning I'LL now,
| have declared nyselfto be a Wing on NIL
proper occasions. With this distinct a.
vowal published to the world, | did moi
think That I had n right to repel nomina-
tons from political opponents any more
than | had n right 10 refuse the vote of q
Democrat at the polls: and | proclaimed II
abroad that | should not reiectthe profIered
support ofany body of my fellow citizens.
This was my position, when III November
last, | returned TO The United States long
before either Of the great divisions Of the
people had held a national convention, and
when 1t was thought doubtful If ono ofthem
would hold any.
Matters stood in this attitude till spring,
when there were so many statements in
circulation concerning my views upon ques-
tons Of national policy, hat ! felt cons
trained to correct the errors into which the
public mind was falling, by a more explicit
enunciation Of principles, which | did in
my letter to YOU in April last. The letter,
and the facts which | have detailed ~
briefly as a proper understanding of them
would permit, developed my whole position
in relation to the Presidency at the time.
The Democratic Convention met in May,
and composed their ticket TO suit them.