The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-08-02
General Taylor's Letter OF Acceptance.

published yesterday this long looked for document
as we found it in the columns of the National Intel
hgencer OF Monday accompanied by the brief comments
OF that journal, and by the letter of Gov Morehead to
which is reply. 1t will be perceived that Gov More
heads letter bears date of iyre days previous to the
date OF Gen Taylors answer and it will be remembered
that this is Gov Moreheads second third attempt in
pursuance of the command of the convention to bring
the nomination to Gen Taylors knowledge in such an
official form as to obtain answer to it. Gov More
head previous letters TO the General written from Pha
depha helr character thus revealed by the post mark
are now known to have reached Baton Rouge in due
course of mall and have been then brought TO the no.
tee of Gen. Taylor, whose prudence or paysimony
permitted them to lie in the post Office unopened till by
law they returned to Washington dead-dead
as the nomination itself has fallen upon the
peope
OF TRUTH we must wish the wings JOY at all this aus
picious opening of their campaign By choking down
into their threats every whisper of uterance of their party
principles, and consenting to come before the people
without any sign of political creed standard by
ruthlessy and ungraefuly sacrificing all the eminent
men, both in civil and military lfe with whose names
in long Of faithful political service those party
principles have become identified; by humbing down
their much Wanted and stately conservatism and consist
ene to the selection in place of any of these men of
SOLDIER with his sword at his side known only by his
prominence in which they have steadily execrated
and reviled, and avowedly wholly inexperienced and
uniformed in civil life have studied polit
cal question, nor formed political opinion, nor done
political act given political all his life long
and whose military dispatches (nuch more his po-
hhca etters) have all (save the ungrammatcal ones) TO
be rr'ttea for him by taking up, under such crcum
stances, such for their party leader, he all the
while doggedly refusing to subscribe 10 any point in
their party creed to give them any party pledge
make any explicit avowal whatever of his own opinions
or even TO take any step towards withdrawing his
name in favor of any other nominee they might select
but on the contrary, having before Unfortunately
but ''most cordially accepted, during whole twelve
month"; the independent nomination of every petty
disoganzng clique of the hangers-on of every political
party in every section of the country, (natves indie
pendents no-pary men, wings, and democrats,) and
tins under only two solemn and often reiterated con-
diuons and pledges-fra, that as such independent
candidate ne would represent no party and set of po
itlcal opinions whatever; and second that such indie
pendent no'party candidate he would remain and con-
nue Seddfasty TO be and TO stand, whatever might be
the course OF the whg or the democratic party towards
HIM, and by Whatsoever of them or by whomsoever else
be might be nominated by all this unprecedented and
unspeakabe humiliation and degradation of themselves
and their party principles and their party character the
Taylor leaders in the Philadelphia convention have
through the fundamentally, authorized or Unauthorized
Cbut certainly questionable and questoned,) of whole
State delegation in that body, succeeded in forcing upon
the great and proud whg party of the country candidate
Tor the presidency, whose selection has already caused
most respectable and influential wings. in the strongest
wing sections to proclaim their party finally and hope
Iessy dsolued has utterly Disguised the wings Of Ohio
Of the northwest and OF strong wing States Of the
northeast; has thus brought about the coming Buffalo
convention, which, entirely wing in the purposes of it,
origin, and without single shadow of claim to be