Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1848-11-18
POLITICAL TRICKS AND FoRGERIEs.
FROM THE NEW ORLEANS BULLETIN.

FROM THE NEW ORLEANS BULLETIN.
The manner in which the canvass has been con-
Quoted against Gen. TAYLOR has been mean, con-
temptible, and wicked. Not content with SANDERS
and misrepresentation, both of Gen. TAYLOR ard
Mr.. FILLMORE the letters of the former have been
mu'ilated and changed, so as to give them mean
ing entirely different from the intention of the writer, and
in some cases entire letters have been forged and circulated in
his
1t will be recolected that letter published some time
since in this city, purporng to be from Gen. TAYLOR to some
person. thanking him for the present of horse, which letter
has been extensively circulated and commented upon by the
Democratic press throughout the Union, with the view Of
bringing him dicue and the impression, from
its faulty composition that he not the writer Of the public
dispatches and of other communications which had appeared
from him. This letter, believe first appeared in the Deha
and its deficiencies duly displayed Italics but that
paper has recently stated was it had believe,
fabrication but have yet any Democratic paper
which had published and commented it, make the expa-
nation, ,eiR be done a single instance To contra
diet faehood forgery, when it is discovered, not part
OF the plan for conducting the against Gen. TAYLOR
The last of the kind is letter that appeared in the
Union, which, though exactly forgery amounts to
pretty much the thing and is Of the very edne
attempts that has yet come to our knowledge
appears that young lawyer Of Baltimore had addressed
letter to Gen. TAYLOR, putting some mperuent inquiries
to him. and in style which induced the old hero to give him
little rebuke; for, in reply to him, he says:
I beg inform you that have uniformly declined yield
ing similar requests, in tho belief that my opinions, even
il the President of the United States would be ne
Their important necessary TO u and regret to add,
that for departing in the present instance,
from that course"
The letter was to the Un)n with the following susp
cous instruction
If you think it will help the along, you pub
ish it, ,si The exception ofmy name, to whom is ad
dressed"
in italics :" to yoa"
On the strength Of thr letter, thus mutiiaed
trey to alter the tenor it, which to convey rebuke
to intrusive end Impairment correspondent, the Union
writes column upon column to prove how totally unfit Gen.
TAYLOR was to fill the gh Office he himself avowed that
his opinions Pesiden would have weight and that he
would, according to thu Union, be tool, Of
in the hands of othus, if elected.
The kindred presses throughout the Union have, of course,
taken the from the Uaion, and sing the tune the
subject ard of then (among others the Boston POST
have actually taken the initiated paragraph and keep
standing motto at the head Of their columns. " ..-..
Though the Northern Taylor papers have exposed the
fraud, not single Democratic paper has yet noticed the
explanation, to pade the muilated letter with
view to injure Gen. TAYLOR
Such the miserable shifts and tricks to which his po-
cal enemies resort in order to inure the gallant old hero