The Daily spy., 1848-09-04
MORE HUMBUGS EXPLODED !!


tnmb4gs to gull The unwary which however will finally
all explode and be blown away, as was the ~ih
mat about the Signal letter. Az attempt has lately
been made through an anonymous and obscure private
source, by way OF letter in New Haven paper writ
ten by nobody knows whom, where propagate the
belief that Gen. Taylor would not veto the Wilmot
Provso," because it is pretended he told names
less individual that the constuIiouay of the Ord.
nance of 67 has been settled by all the departments
OF the government, and consequently no ground is
LETT for the nterposition of the Veto" Gen. TAILOR
NEVER could be induced TO say any such Thing
Just give US your and dates, so that the story
may be brought 10 an end soon as possible If YOU
should circulate such Infamous Islanders" as this within
hve hundred miles OF the old heros residence the Gem
erals organs would set you down as guilty of base
and wilful fdtSekood. The following is the manner
in which the Southern Taylor papers treat all stories o
this kind. The Nachez (Mss) Courier, whig paper
published almost in Gen. Taylor's neighborhood.
says of the charge that he would sign Wmo, Proviso
bill:
"This INDUSTRIOUS assertion-so entirely at
war with the character of the man and the tenor
OF ms tchole tye-could only have been made bv
political leaders wnen lin the LAST STAGES
oi DESPERATION when they saw that eUer-
ing them as fast as the course of time would
permit" N
In another place it calls those Taylor Whig or
ators In Massachusetts who thus misrepresent
ms position, by pretending he would not veto the
Wilmot Proviso, i" politicians sohose TRADE
consists ofDISTORTION Of and dPERVERSIONn'
Here is broad HIT at certain TAYLOR orators in
this State, who try to make out that old Zach IS
as much "bound" not TO veto the Proyiso. The
old hero, on the contrary, will appear is BOUND
TO VETO that measure. Let some of the Taylor
speakers in Brnley Hall look into this matter, and not
again render themselves guilty of the accusation Of being
pofataclans Wose TRADE consists oFDIsToR TIon and
PERvERsIoN, for such the charge preferred by Gen
Iayors own nearest friends and supporters agains,
those In this region who assert that he would not veto
Wilmot Provso BILL
The Richmond IVA Times, (whig says that if any
Massachusetts man has letter from Gen. Taylor to the
effect that he will not veto the Wlmot Proviso, il is
FORGERY! Yetthe Wing organs in this State continue
to circulate such ogeres long they can dupe the
people into the belief that their stories are genuine
Why will the Generals organs al the North. longer
persist in such "disrortion and "prrrerson OF his
positioni Can any thing be gained by these despe>
rate" attempts to distort FACTS and deceive the peo
ton, as assumed unanimously for him by his Southern
friends. Senator Mangum Of N. c., most distinguish.
ed aad leading Wing, made a speech in Congress
upon tbs very matter, in which he alluded to the
course to be pursued by Gen. Taylor ia case of his
election thus "King Veto will not be put in chains,
but conhned TO his proper sphere he will suffer the
WI OF the people 10 become the law of the PEOPLE
aOhaH constitutional limits" THIS is doctrine similar
to that laid down by the General himself in his Alison
letter, IN which he to himself the right 10 veto
in all cases of "unconstuionar' or has,y and ncon
siderae legislation" and SUCH the restriction of say
cry by law Of Congress from the new territory ia deem
ed by Gen. Taylor and the whole South TO be- MIR
Corwn himself declares that South of Mason and Dix
ems ne all universally in their belief Of the un
consttuional.ly and injustice OF the WImct Proyso :
consequently this be considered as coming
under the clause, acquiesced in By the people" for
they say they Doud scqulesce IN it, Col Haskell
M G. from Tenn most intimate friend of Gen. Tay>
lor, having served under him 10 Mexico declared at
Taylor meeting IN Fairfax co Va, July II, that the
General "would VETO the Wilmot Provso ;" il il came
up during his administration This is the position as
sumed for Gen. Taylor by his authoritative exponents,
in his own section ofcountry. l
In political meeting at Hampton, Virginia, few
weeks since, where Henry A. Wise, (for Cass,) and
Joseph Segar, leading Tay lor orator. spoke in dis
cussion, Mr. Segar said, reported in the Richmond
Republican 4SD SNAikk.
"Gen. Taylor took the true vIgSk to IA veto
power-was not for its abrogatiBy b iSnot We.
to bills relating to the currency, sd ations.
the tariff and internal improvements, because
like Madison, in regard to the bank, he re- eardeJ
those questions as settled, consttutionally speak.
ing, by repeated adjudication and long scduies.
cence. But lB-in cases OF palpably 1nconstitu-
tional and hasty and inconsderate legislation AZ.
ne WOULD exercise the VETO. and under
th.s reserUatton, he might be safely relied on 20
VETO any bill contoirain .proyis;oa. oc,ss
WilrnOt PyOviso." -
| ~ w SoHs'uei ma 'N{RH universal tone Of
the Taylor press in NO. & Ia Unioo--,ha, ,he,e
N"., -Ay'v' " ''e'u . the South as the
| 1850 " ''e Po'9 Sore sure than Gen.
S"'' !" P'o'ec' fR 'Ak 81 med "rights" OF tho
"@''"o'oo'S - 'eff|N|z --what measure Of
"r"y ""u be on the heads Of
| "ooo oooo A'y'oi " W tate, who invent all
'O''' y 'aOi,''1 N'7' d lacks opinions TO
oe o' an e1'ESx <AA Ter t O.
" I1 emocrat, Of South Caro-
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