Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1848-09-21
A WING leader on Taylor - Admission
that iie ''i> doomed 40 certain, ineyita-
bic avd disgraccfGl DcEeaf.o

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that ise 'si> doomed 40 certain, iueyita-
bic HSd disgracefui DcEeaf.o
For the esprr :a qualification Of our neighbor Of
the J,urnal, insert to-day from the New York
Tribune. tie letter Of John d. Bolts, Ia The officers Of
the meeting alluded to in the he ieegraphed and
which read TO tie meeting.
Mr.. Bolts is a shrewd man-a leading politician Of
the wing school. aud one of the principal beers of
that party In his letter, he states the home truth,
that Gen. Taylor sis DOOMED TO CERTAIN. IN
EvITABLE. AND DISGRACEFUL DEFEAT and
every not riJtuuy blind MUST IT." II this be
not "fixed fact we know not what is.
The letter of Mr. Bolts is published by order of the
Clay committee and its sentiments thus endorse
by them. We trust the Journal will publish il in full.
From the Ner York Tribune
Letter from John M. Bolts.
Published by order Of the Clay Committed
RICHMOND, Sept. 6, '4s.
Mr. DEAR Sal received your letter Yesterday, by
which delighted to hear of the fzed pupose-not
Albany fash n- the pan-of the determined friends Of
the wing cause, and OF wing principles nominate Hen
~ Clay for matters stand, admitting Gen. Tay-
Tor be achig candidate, (Which utterly deny the
purity is doomed TO certain, inevitable and disgraceui
defeat, and every not wuIIy blind it, II
inexcussble blunder suppose that from mil
lion and quarter TO million and halt Of free, indie
pendent wing could be wheedled into line the
word of command from some fifty sixty Washington
politicians (mosi of whom had scarcely shed their PIN
feathers in potics) for candidate who had filed
civil station. and who had tor forty years, and per-
haps in his life, given vote tor measure; with
out experience knowledge of the practical operations
OF any one ct the domestic Questions about which we bad
differed of acquaintance with fsfesn relations;
who had said To the people, s'You must take
responsbiliiy'-"I will not bo the candidate Of
party, 'wll be the exponent Of your party p,inri
ples look the doctrines of your party the rule
OF my action - and while e protested shrink from
responsibility, steadily refused give his opinion any
question, except the pra tca Of the Veto power
and declared his determination not to be governed by the
action of the Convention, but would be a candidate
matter who might be nomnated and in my judgement
his should have been considered that Con-
venion after he made that declaration
But this las objection, il SAID, had been removed
by the pledges made for him by Judge Saunders behalf
Of the Louisiana delegation which he subsequently, adopt
ed by card written by his authority and published by
Bailie Peyton Bullet, &c-and this declaration held
up by the Taylor and wing of The country
sufficient TO reconcile all wings io his election. The Pey
ton Card and his cordial acceptance of the nomination
had placed him upon the wing platform and just al the
moment that manv of US had brought minds to the
conclusion IN vote for him. however reluctantly he writes
another letter. which he says he would have accepted
the nomination from the Baltimore Convention the
same terms which he accepted the Philadelphia NOM
naion What becomes, then, of the Saunders pledge
What becomes of the Peytan Card And if il be
that there terms expressed implied in the Phil
adelphs nomination that would he inconsistent with an
acceptance al the democratic nomination Baltimore in
what attitude does IL place the wing party selecting
their candidate who could with equal proprieiy
have become the candidate of their opponents! And IL
not true in what position does il place Gen. Taylor!
But what desire to learn is this. If Gen. Taylor is
bound by the action of the Phadepha Cow
who isl And if he is bound by their action, what right
has he lend the influence OF his the defeat OF
Mr.. Fillmore who associated with him, by the
body Of men, by accepting nomination with Gen. But
er ocofoco whose election he hereby assis promo
ting In short his whole of conduct is insulting
the wing party, and especially all those no particle
paled in the proceedings Philadelphia, and if they had
any wing spirit left in them they would resent il.
If it nsceriuned that the purpose of that convention
perverted from its onal legitimate objects OF
tanning aud giving expression TO public sentiment; by
smoothing II the hand, aud manufacturing il on
the other other words, If il has been ascerained
(of which there is doubD that the nomination was
made through the instrumenaliiy of politicians without
the slightest reference to the public will and that the in
OF the party likely be sacrificed by it, then
hold that the ought be corrected by the people
themselves, and trust in God, the meeting you notify
me Of may put the ball in motion, that IL may ROLL and
gather il rolls until the wbig party shall have eyes
opened TO its true condition, aud uniting rs one man,
the only who lives embamed i'm the hearts Of his
countrymen may command triumph, that our real
strength entities achieve I shall be la New York
very shortly.
Yours, truly, in great haste,
JOHN NJ. BOTTS