The Arkansas banner., 1848-08-08
From tls C,acinnafi Alas, July 2i.
Another Le,,er from t.eneral Tavlor


 We have received the following communication from Mir, McConkey, enclosing letter from Gen Taylor heretofore unpublished. We insert both letter and communication without any abatement the name of the writer being abundant authority for the publication.
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 Ma. EpIroR: Last February l addressed letter to General Taylor propounding three interrogaiorss Two of them immaterial at the present time the third was follows
 "Sbould you become President of inc United States, would you veto act of Congress which should prohibit slavery or involuntary serviude for ever, except for crime. in all the terriloriec Of the United States where 1t does mol now exist r
 As General Taylor's reply may assist the inter porter cf the Allison letter, offer il for publication lt s as follows
 BATON Rou0E. La, Feb l5, lsIS. SIR; have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of the 3d inst.
 In reply to your inquiries, have to inform you that have laid il down principle, not to give my opinions upon, preludge in any way the various questions of policy now at .ssue between the political parties of the country, to promise what would or would not do. were elected to the presidency of the United States and that, in the cases presented in your letter. regret to add, see reason for departing from this principle.
 With my profound acknowledgements for the friendly sentiments towards ne which you have been pleased to express, remain, sir, with great respect, your Obedent servant,
 z TAYLOR. Mir B. M McCoNkEY. Cincinnati.
 So far as l asa informed, this is the only case in which this question has been directly put 10 Gen erGi Taylor and answered by him in any form - Does his answer conflict with anything contained in the Allison letter Yes. Forasmuch as he re- plies 10 that he has laid tdown aPrHeipie not 10 promise what he would or would not do, were he elected to the presidency, he has promised in the Allison letter, if language means anything not 10 veto the action of Congress in reference to the tar ilf, the currency, and internal Improvements,
 But the documents conflict further In his letter to me, he declines to that he will not veto the NlInot provisa. In his Allison letter, he int- mates that the exercise of the veto would be proper in of unconstitutional action. Now, since the south are almost unanimous in the opinion that the ilmot proyiso is unconstitutional, aud we have reason to believe that General Taylor dlf- fcrs from his southern friends this question, would he not be constrained to veto that measure 2 The question of slavery IS really the only one at issue in the coming contest and yet, while Gen. Taylor is particular enough 10 specify three ques- lions of domestic policy not to be touched by the veto power, he does not alude unequigocay to the real question at issue at al
 Why is this If Mir. Allison did not refer to it., there is proprety in conSruing the General s language 10 refer to a matter not before him, and which he does not name. If MT. Allison did not aude 10 it, why does not the General eff we 10 aCopt thc interpretation of his northern irends) place this question boldly the list of those to be exempt from the action of the veto
 lie conclusion is, that Gen. Taylor in neither document, intended to declare his intentions this subject. R. NJ. McCONkEY.