Evansville weekly journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 184?-18??, 1848-07-27

is the first lett we have seen from Gen. Iayio
since his nomination BY the Philadelphia con
venion. Ii was written in acknowledgment
ofaratification meeting, held al Raleigh, North
Carolina:
BATON RoUGE, La, June "a, 1913.
SIR: have the honor to acknowledge the
receipt of copy of the resolutions adopted, on
The 9Th inst, by meeting of my fellow citi-
zens of Raleigh ratifyIng my nomination for
the Presidency by the National Wing Conven-
ton.
l beg that you will convey TO my fellow-cit-
liens Of Raleigh my grateful Acknowledgements
for this distinguished mark of their confidence.
and assure them that | shall feel proud of the
support ofmen no are governed By such spir-
il OF moderation i'll their political opinions as
that manifested in the resolutions before me-
For yourself, sir, be pleased TO accept the
assurance of my high esteem and kindest
wishes.
am, sir, your obedien: servant.
T. TAYLOR.
Hon J. IREDrLL, Raleigh. \. c.
GIN. TAYLoR.-N is said that every mail
that arrives at Baton Rouge brings from fifty
10 a hundred letters addressed to Gen. Taylor,
and that on not one in twenty is the postage
paid by those sending them. This imposes an
onerous tax not only on the pockets but on the
time OF Gen. Taylor, who cannot find the leis-
ure to read one half he receives, and he has
been compelled to adopt the rule TO take no
letter from the post office that is not prepaid.
A correspondent writing from Baton Rouge to
the Picayune says:
have on.m more than one occasion written to
you relative to the enormo6s tax made upon
Gen. Taylors time and pocket by letter wri-
tiers. You will scarcely believe that more than
fifty will often arrive in one mail, yet this is
often the case. In fact a sufficient number OF
letters arrive to occupy his whole time, if he
should undertake to read them all. But the
evil does not stop here; it appears that there
are individuals, who either from obtucity OF
intellect or from a vicious heart, will enclose
TO Gen. Taylor scraps of newspapers, often
containing articles rejecting upon his politics,
or asking him impairment questions, or inqui-
ring after matters and things that he can know
nothing of. Uuder these circumstances he has
for some time past refused to take from the Of
flee any letter not postpaid, or directed in a
hand he recognized: and the consequence is that
a great number of letters collected here were,
of the lst of June, forwarded TO Washington.
| Among these forwarded letters, if it has not
miscarried, that Mr.. Morehead's long expected
| letter was included, at least such is my con
viction, and the only way that can account
for Gen. Taylor rot having been since inform
ed of the honor conferred upon him BY thai
portion of his feinds that composed the Phia
delphia Convention.
Ifsuch is the case, ii certainly affords new
and highly interesting phase of the unambiti
Gus character of Gen. Taylor. Unmovet
amidst the honors grateful country showers
upon him, he never thinks of himself and let
escape for time from his hands an announce
for which politicians struggle through lonl
mentseries of years attain. often sacrificing il
the vain pursuit not only health, but otter
good fame.