The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-09-30
General Taylor's Letter to the Independent Taylor
Party OF Maryland

General Taylors Letter TO the Independent Taylor
Party OF Maryland
The Baltimore Patriot contains the fol owing let
ter from Gen. Taylor, to committee of the late In
dependent Taylor party of Maryland, which was
presented to the convention of that party, held IN
Baltimore in July last, but which was withheld from
publication in accordance with request from Gen.
TAYLOR, contained in the letter. The convention
it viii be remembered, placed this letter IN the
hands of VIM. H. Collins, with instructions to fur-
nsh a copy for publication, whenever Cen lay
or. or any of his authorized friends, shall ask for
the same for that purpose Mr.. Reverdy Johnson,
having received a letter from Gen. Taylor, author
zng him at his discretion to call for this letter. it
has been delivered to him by Mr.. Collins, and Mr..
J. gives the following reason for its publication:
The failure heretofore give the letter the public be-
cause Of request that effect from the General himself
yen rise TO suspicious that contained matter derOgaory
bis frankness and integrity These deem due to him TO
have dispeed and know mode certain to accomplish
it. as giving the letter ITSELF
The following is the letter.
BATON ROUGE La June 29th. 1913.
CeRemen-L have the honor to acknowledge the receipt
of your polite communication Of the 18th instant calm
attention to certain statements relative to my position before
presented to have been made in the Wing National Con;
venton recently held Philadelphia pending the action of
the deeg alton from that State and requesting be inform
ed whether such statements made by authority.
vention Judges Winchester and Saunders the Louisiana
deegatOnwho have been, for many years. my personal
friends and neghbOrs-wToe to me- requesting my views,
before the meeting of the Convention the course de-
sired my friends to pursue IN that body In two
stance that distance from the scene would be quite
Impossible or me 70 give any spece upon e
during the action of the Convention the character OF which
could not foree and that they must therefore, assume
the responsibility Of acting for THAT felt honor and
interest safe in their hands and that whatever they should
see fit to do, / would most cordially approve
substantially informed them, further, that unless they
should discover evident disposition to treat me unaly
thought that nv friends should 20 into the Convention
they had been selected by their ieowczens for this
bound if were not nominated to sustain and support the
nominee, whoever he might be and that hoped they
Presidency only far my friends had chosen to make
but that having been placed in my present attitude to-
wards that subject without any agency or act OF my own
directly indirectly did not feel myself at liberty, by any
such ait 70 withdraw III - maj my bey bou5 s
m and finally that if they could succeed in electng to that
office any better qualified for its duties than was and
who was at the same time honest truthful and patriotic it
their duty TO TOR nun ana that SO iar from Deng as
appointed mortified should hail the result with JOY
Such think has been the language which have uni
fomy held this subject since my name was inst men,
Of nv communications to Judges Saunders and Winchester;
but the above believe to be their substance Under the
deem whatever statements they may have made to be right
and proper and confident in their integrity and IN the SIN
cery of their friendship for shall ain them without
qualification. l. therefore now take upon my own shout
ders the responsibility OF the acts OF the Louisiana qelega
ton in that Convention and prepared to stand by the
consequences. in their length and breadth.
regret exceedingly that my friends in Baltimore, whom
you represent should have thus misunderstood the
pursued BY the Louisiana delegation in the Convention and
should have imagined that had abandoned the position
which have uniformly held in my published letters on this
subject.
Iee bound however respect the opinions OF those who
honestly differ with and therefore, while feel con-
seou of no change of feeling inconsistency part
cannot expect desire that any OF friends, whom you
represent should do violence to their OF night and
wrong by supporting my election, while they believe have
changed my political views. | ask man, be he wing,
democrat native for his vote take every American
citizen interest the welfare of his country TO be pure
and as deep as my own and have therefore, right and
certainly no DESIRE influence his action IN the exercise oil
the important duty of voting for the officers of this Gov
eminent.
Though have no objection your circulating this
municaon among such of your friends be interested
in IT, yet request that not be published My aver
sion the appearance of in the public prints IN
connection with such subjects apology for the request
With great respect, gentlemen, am your OBJ t. serv't
u, TAYLOR.
Messrs Chas H. Pitts John W. Walker, Tn. s. Alexander
and Others, Baltimore, Md.