Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1848-09-21
Interesting Letter from GEN. TavIor,
EAST Ease AG; uLA, Sept, A, lisa

id"' o""ISoSe" you IeltF explaining NV
views in regard 70 various matters OF pubs
lie policy, lest my fellow-e Tiers might be
miSied by the many contradictory and ron.
hi'ling statements in respect to them
which appeared i'll The journals Of the dav.
and were circulated throughout The country.
1 now End myself mis,ePreSented and ms
understood npon ano her point of such inns /
poItance TO myself personally, if not 70 The
Country al large. as 10 scl,im from me a
candid aid connected exposition of my re-
lations 10 the public IN regard to the pend
ing Presidential canvass. e sa.tl
Ihesutmost ingenuity has heen expended
upon several letters and detached sentences
OF letters, which have recently al peared
over my signature, to show that / occupy
an equivucal atli' ude toward The various
parties int" which the people ale divided,
and especially toward the Wing party, as
represented i'y the National Convention
which assembled in Philadelphia in June
s'aSs. Had theSe, letters and .>cra pS of let
terS beeu published or construed il, connec~
ton with what 4 have heretofore said mon
this subject should No, now have 10
complain OF tho speed with which nv an
swers 10 ISOLATED questions have cen given
up 10 the capiious criticism OF those who
nave heen made my enemies by nomina.
Hoh winch has bee rendered 10 mt. without
solicitation or arrangement of mine or Of
Inc manner in which selected pasSapes in
some OF my letters, written in the. freedom
ana cateiesSnes> of confidential cores
ponuence, have been communicated to the
public press But riven form the context.
and separated from selies of EXPLANATORY
lacts ard circumstance s which are, in 50
lar as this canvas Us concerned historical
they are as deceptive as though they wete
positive fabricalons. a.idr SIS Won this
letter 10 correct The injustice that has been
done me and the public TO the extent that
an an object of interest to them, by This lib.
eral process.
snail not weary you by an elaborate res
cEai VI every incident connected with The
hrst Presentation Of my name as a candi-
hate Tor the Presidency. / WAS then a, The
head OF the American Army in The valley
OF the Rio ande. was surrounded hy
wings and Democrats, who stood BY me in
The trying hours of my life, and " hom IL
was my destiny 10 conduct through scenes
vi still greater trial. My July 10 tina, ar.
my, aud 10 that Republic whose. battles we
we,c wagng, forbade my ass AIMING DO.
sil;on Of sc, ming hostility to any portion
ol The brave men under my .ommund-all
OF whom knew | was a " hig ia principle,
Tor made no concea ment of my political
>entimehtS or predictions. ..0..0s
Such has hee II the violence ofpariy strug-
giles during our late Presidential elections.
nat The acceptance OF a non,Ihatiun, under
The vaIlous interpretations given 10 lhe obs
tIshtiohs OF candidate presented 10 The
public With IL Formally OF political prlnct>
pies, was equivalent almost 10 ii declaration
vi unccmp'"mihihg eninily 10 all who did
Mt subscribe 10 its tebetS. / was unwil-
ing 10 hazard tie effect of such relation
ship Toward any OF the soldiers under my
eoInihahd, vi en IN front tf oil enemy com.
mon to US all. 1t would have teen unjust
III Itself. and IL Was as rel ugnanl 10 my
'Wn feel ngs as il was 10 NY duly. | wan
ted UNITY m he a. tiiy, aud forbade any act
tiiai might show the seeds of distrus aud
.-scord ~ ills ,anks. have MOI nay letters
wi.tten AT the Time before me, but In, are
III "h one import. aud 10 conf, unity with
The views herein txpr, s>ett.
MeanwniIe was -uiI, lied py my personal
friends and hy strangers, by Wings and DvmuL
rats. To consent Ia b. come Candidate. was
dominated bs ihe people ~ primary Ass, III
'iIes-Oy Wings. Dtinucials and NATIVES, in
nj, and contIu' d |" do till lea to htile~e
nal my opposition was assnmIng the aspect Of
defiance at the popular Wishes. | sIetCtd
my "hth u looked like lIesntllEliLn 10 Ist
'"1'5er. and even then should not Lave q, he
SO ""o not the h"lhi!'dtloh been Presented 10
me la form unlIkei, To aw AIKEN acIliHutiy or
'epr"dhce The bitterness OF ictiIng Which at.
ends popular elections. | say II IN sIhce,Iy
lnd iuth that part Ol The Undue etnt nj to NY
SkIhI hr, la.
'an>aSS, II would be Conducted with candor It
.ul WIN Kindness. Ii has been ~ iautt uf
nine tnat tNls anticipation has proved vain
After permitted m, self 10 be announced for
me Presidency, under the circumstances above
huiiced. | accepted nomination ALTER nun.l+la@
tions lii the spirit IN which th;y We're tenaered.
They were made irrespective Of parties, aud so
acknowledged. No "ne WHO jaIned ~ those
nominations could haye been drceivtG as 10 my
,'oiltIcn views. From the beginning TIL new
/ ha, declared myself 10 be Wing On ali pre-
per occasions with Tins dIstinc, avowal pub.
lished to the verdi. did not think that had
Il right to repel nominations llom political 0,I-
i,nnehts any more Than had right iO refuse
the vot. oil a Democrat al the polls; and p'o.
claimed it abroad that 4 should moi reject the
pr"fteted support Of any body ct my fellow Cut
lzeas. This was my position when IN Novel
before either Of the great divisions OF The peo-
T. lie had hetd National Convention, amt wien
I Was thought doubtful il one OF them wLutd
hold any.
Matters stood in this attitude till Spring,
when lheIe were so many statements in cIrcu-
iasi"n concerning my views upon questions Of
NATIONAL policy that felt constrained 10 cors
rect the errols into which the public mind was
ialimg. by more explicit enumeration of prln-
clplrs. which dill ioy"u in my letter in April
last. That letter, and the facts which have
detailed as bril- fly az proper understanding OF
I hem w"ud permit, developed my whole posi-
,ion in relation to the Presidency al the time.
The Democratic Convention met in May,
and CONFESSED their ticket to sail them This
they had right to do. The National Wing
Convention met IN June. and selected me az
their candidate. ! accepted the nomination
with gratitude and wnh Ptide was proud
Of the confidence al such booty men, repre-
senting such constituency as the Wing party
~ lhat sf..A aexkA