The North-Carolina standard., 1848-07-19
GEN. TAYLoR,S pos1r,o>,

Gen. Taylor occupies curious nos;t;!'
to MS party and to his principles, and eyon relation
self. At first he declared himself to be of ven 10 him.
of no definite ciples-indeed, no noy;. no pqrt
He declared that he would accept no month"; at aA
any party, but would be the candidate f uon from
only; and that he would run, whether ha .ne People
nominee of the whig convention or not Il" Was The
averred that he was of Jeffersonan poIitiaMext be
that he was of the Clay faith and fn;n"c'S thea
would administer the government accord!1,'na mat be
principles of Washington, Jefferson, AdagsN tie
Madison! Naus, and
AS the whig convention approached. and,
net began to draw with more attractive no%s e mag
declared his great political principle to be-
controlled in his action by Congress, and to 10
/ whatever measures they would adopt-baUt snetop
and all. Then, we have the Louisiana Jni elf
pledging him to the convention to abide bv sadoR
cision. "a party decision, of course and ~ seI
all his pretensions if they preferred any oHar 0dn
nee. Next, we hear of his having den;aJI aOAL
any authority to the Louisiana delegation tn giving
any such power; and, finally, sending in IAslel no
/ the ratification meeting of New Orleans. rococu u
the authority and pledges of that delegation SlSRg
We can make nothing of all this series of ,o.
of all these changes of phases, both in regarS
party nomination and to his political principles w.
know not where to find him. The last raToI". We
however, are certainly and more opposeJ G
original independent position. He writes tn NJ. aa
dell, of North Carolina that he " feels proud In ne
support" of the meeting of the wings in R.I"iUas ne
'ratifying (his) nomination for the presidencr
the national whig convention.'"'
We copy the above from the Washington III.
Of Thursday last. 1t presents birds eve ,i."D
Of Gen. Taylor's political position; but what ,r.
tkat letter of acceptance! Has he received #, ~
the 9th instant it is said, in the New OreansO,n.
he had not; but it is stated, on good AUTHORITY N,'
f, Governor Morehead~ has written to him t,ccs T..
at all probable that both letters could have been ,
The Greensborough Patriot of Saturday last-Go,
-ernor Morehead's home organ-says:
"The delay of Governor Moreheads comuuDi,
tions is unaccountable. 1t was seventeen days aS.
the close of the Convention before Mr. FiImo,S
reply was received, although written immediatpIv
ter the receipt of Gov. Morehead's letter. And%i
on a route where delays or mistakes are seldOn
known
+ Mr.. Filmore's letter we presume will not be nh
lished until Gen. Taylor's is received, 80 that .m
may appear together"
The Greensborough Patriot let's itself do,un in o.,
der to make the following charge against the Pos,
office Department: -,
The Standard need not plume itself on the slgb.
est advantage to be gained over Gen. TAYLOR on IA
count of the delay of his letter of acceptance Ru
and Ready is candidate for the Presidency-n
mistake about that, Mr.. Standard. That is mater
(which the 6 Spoilers all understand, and quake and
tremble to feel its truth. ...
"We cannot avoid suspicion that some locOsCO
s' vctor'' of 1874, who has received the spoil" Of
sixpenny post-ofice for his dirty work, knows how
to account for the delay to which the STANDARD al,
ludes." "'s45
I We should not be surprised to hear the rumor that
Gen. Taylor-just for the purpose of evincing his
lack of all anxiety in regard to the nomination.
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whether it was his intention to address him on The
subject at all, and if 80, at aUhqt time he would
pleased to make the communication. Far be it from
to suspect the integrity of the Governor to Say
any thing calculated to put his statements on the sub
ject in doubt; but we can inform him that sOmshow
or other, he has thrown things into decided "fr"
and that he is suffering some" p" at least in the
Northern papers. Whatever the result may be, we
tell his home organ once for every time, thatit will
not do to say that '' Cave Johnson's PostmaSters"
have made way with his letters to General Taylor.
That would be too monstrous tale for even Bais
Peyton or old Zac himself to believe.
Will Gov. Morehead, when he writes again 10
Gen. Taylor, be kind enough to inform the old Gen
eral how " moderately the Wings of North Caro-
lima "knock things about! Will the GoVemd
just say to the General that these ss moderate Wings
of North Carolina, of whose support he appears to
"feel so ''proud,'' haze prescribed from office eTy
Democrat under THE State GOUernment except one, the
Doorkeeper of the Senate? And will the GoVernH
say whether this is foretaste of what DemOcnp
are to expect from old Fac?
P. S The Governor might add, by way ola
Nota Bene P. S. that his home organ, the Greens
borough Patriot, assisted Gen. Taylor very material
young men not to volunteer to fight "u4ust'
war; and he might wind up things generally-"ma
fix by assuring the old General that the Wing
Quakers of Guilford would be certain not to vote for
him.. There's nothing like making a "hel
proud - of /" moderate =" devotion to his Interests
and wishes; and the old General, it must be con-
fessed on all hands, is just apt to feel proud
of one thing as of another. Is Maj. Bliss or Bale
Peyton any where in the United States What
pity it would be, Balies account to defeat old Zac
True, he expects to be only tmoderately" REWARDED
but then-it has been long since he has had taste
of the spoils r.
If the Governor should write to the old General
again, we hope he will not forget to ask him what
he thinks of the officers and soldiers of the Norm
Carolina Regiment. ''Nothing moro at present, Ou'
remain yours,'' &c. &c. &c.
Several months ago the Albany Journal said thaL
on the subject of the Wilmot Proviso, Gen. layy,, !,
&c entertains the views of Mangum and Clayton
One voted for and the other against it'll!
.6 E Ohio StGtesman'
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