Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1848-10-12
Gen. Taylor's Letter to the Inde-
pendent Taylor Party of Mary

land.
BATON RoUGE, La, June 10, 1913.
GENTLrMEN--I have the honor to acknowl
edge the receipt of your polite communication
Of the 18th inst, calling my attention to certain
statements relating to my position beiOre the
country as n candidate for the Presidency, which
are represented to have beeu made in the Wing
National Convention, held at Philadelphia, pen
ding the action Of that body, by Judge Saun.
ders, OF Louisiana, IN the nalEe of TIE docga-
ton from that State, and requesting to be lnlor-
med whether such statements were made by nv
authority ! inform you, in reply, that on their
way to that convention, Judges Winchester and
Saunders of the Louisiana delegation, who have
been tor many years my personal trends and
neighburs, wrote, requesting my views, before
the meeting ct the convention, a5 to the course
desired my friends to pursue in that body. In
two communications addressed to them IN rel ly,
| inor ned them IN substance, that at my distance
from the scene, it would be impossible for me To
give any special instructions upon the subject
that many questions or contingencies might arise
during the action of the convention, the chardc-
ter of which | could not turele.l, and that they
must therefore assume the respon ,lbllity of act.
| ing for the that felt my honor and interest
safe IN their hands that what yer they should
see fix to do, would mos. cordially approve. |
substantially informed thcm further, that unless
they should discover an evident disposition It.
treat Inc unfairly, which had no reason for sup
posing would be the case, thought my friends
should 90 into the convention, as they had been
selected by their telow-cilzens Tor this purpose,
but that having once entered IT, they were OF
course bound, If [ were not nominated TO sus
tain and support the nominee, Whoever he might
be; and hoped they would do so, heart and
soul. That was a candidate for the preslden-
cy only so far as my friends had chosen to mike
me ; but having been placed IN my present attl-
rude towards that subject without any agency or
act of my own directly or indirectly, did not
feel myself nj liberty, by any such act, to wiih-
draw myself; that NY friends, in whose hands
had ever been, could do so whenever they should
see fit; and finally, il they could succeed III cleo
ing To that office any one better qualified for It's
duty than was, and who at the sane line was
honest, truthful, and patriotic. it was their duty
to 20 for hun; and so far from being dlsappolnt-
ed or mortified, should hail the result with joy
| Under the general authority thus gwen II
these gentlemen, shall deem whatever state
menis they may have made to be right, and prop
er; and confident Of their integrity, and in the
sincerity Of their friendship shall sustain then
without qualification. | therefore, take upon my
own shoulders the responsibility of the acts %
the LOUISIANA delegation in ,he convention, ant
am prepared to stand by the consequences, II
that my friends in Baltimore, whom you repre-
sent, should thus misunderstood the course pur
sued by the LOUISIANA delegation in convention
and should have INA. lined had abandoned the
position held IN my published letters on tins
subject
feel bound to respect the opinions of those
who honestly differ from me, and while | fee
conscious OF no change of feeling, uconsIs
tency on my part cannot expect or desire thai
la,sp
40 violence to their own sense of ut and wrorg
by supporting my election, while they believe
have changed my political views.
ask no mau, be he Wing or Democrat. Of
Native American, for his vote. take every a
merican oillzen's interest IN the welfare Of his
county to be as pure and AS deep us my own
aud have therefore right, and certainly IL
desire, to influence his acton in the exercise o
the important duty Of voting for officers Of hi!
government.
Wnh due respect, &C., Z. TAYLOR.
To Messrs. Chis. II. Philips, Jno. W. Wal
ker, Thos. h. Alex nder, and others
This excellent letter shows that Gen. TAYLoT
is, upon true Wing principles every way worlhS
of WING support aud confidence. 1t places I'M,
beture the Country III hlsh and honorable atti
tude. 1t shows that he advised his friends to 2,
INTO the Wing National Convention "pledget
heart and soul TO the support OF It's nominees.
1t shows that he would, as he has always SAID
have reloiced IN the nomination of some grea
Wing Statesman, instead OF himself as our can
dldae for President 1t shows that such nom
nation would have had fIss hearty support.
fhls letter, be 1t remembered was written i'm
medalely after the sitting OF The Wing Nation
al Conveniinn, to the " Independent Taylor Par
ty" OF Baltimore. No wonIer that II occasion
ed the dissolution OF that Party No wonde
that Baltimore Independents" suppressed tin
Letter! Bet there would be cause Of wonder
after tins Letter has been read, If Wings relus
their support to Gen. TAYLOR
We saw the Letter Which Gen. TAYLOR ad
dressed 10 Messrs. Winchester aud Saunders.
lis contents are faithfully reclted in the Gener
ais letter TO The Baltimore People. And nov
that the Wings of the Union know with wha
pure and lofty patriotism Gen Taylor has actel
we feel assured that lie is to receive their cordia
and harmonious support. Albany Ere. Jour.