The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-09-20

WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPT. 20, IS,
o...raI Taylor. l.,s.t Letter.

response 10 the call Of Abolition Society their xbl.
lboluon platform. "jusdy entitlea- 10 the presSso
" and thai hs recorded ayowals that COnTess ought ,
oace abolish slavery in The Dstrc; OF Columbia ana
prohibit the transfer Of slave property from State to Stat.
NUS therefore be- in Gen Tay lOrs judgment sound con
servative opinions We have also noticed the General.
further declaration thai after he became eahddat. h.
refused 10 disclose bis political principles ihiegby On
he ground that such disclosure woaA pace him in an
iude Of uncompromisng hostility towards his soldiers
We have commented upon the assignment Of this reason
Tor General Tayors oonoeameni OF bis political views
as being in our conviction, more disereditabe to him
han the eoneealmeni itself And. in the last place W.
have noticed the inexpicabe and wholly unwa
ran,ed statement that the Phaielphia Convention alop
ed him a candidate in the same position in which ihsv
found him. when the fac, Is well known that his friends
Of the Louisiana delegation took the responsibility Of
tehoiy changing has position. BY declaring tha, he
we're not nominated by the convention his name would
be Withdrawn from the canvass. This declaration wa,
and Publely challenged BY the Taylor electors
Of Maryland as oay unauthorized bu, in direc, vo
Iaon Of has RECORDED pledges and when subsequently,
ratified by TIE General produced the immediate dissulu
ion of the independent Taylor party in thai State on the
express ground thai hss PEhied faith 10 that party had
thus been palpably and s1<ranly broken
A letter o. expiration AMI apology, written profess
ealy 70 explain away and gloss what had been m
2ruleny and nIadcioasy sad before. and ye, exposed
20 such objections have referred 10. places is
writer certainly in eavable position before the public
Perhaps we DO wroOg Gen Taylor when we refer to
BIN as is rrey The New Orleans sries profess to be
satisfied on internal evidence. TIA, the letter IS from the
pen OF one OF the accomplished editors OF the Pcayune
and thai Gen Taylor has oaly had the uoable OF asaag
t. Be this az it may, II Gen Taylor sid himself rns
the lngersou letter the frs lester 10 Captain Allison and
then this s>oond letter tia, officer then is he certainly
master of greater number and variety OF distinct cps
olary yes than any other literary political ehaaesr
We wot Of He certainly wrote the ingersol letter
The two others be certainly signed; and cannot
suppose tina. he has, candidate adopted the principle
relation Letters which be has announced his intention
IF adopting Presiden; IN relation bRis-the princi
PIE, mean, OF signing them Of eourss, because pre-.
,enied for his Signature, without considering very cr-
ally whether he approves them no:-as he has no,
Te adopted announce any such view OF his duty
andidats proceed to hold him responsible for some
additional passages OF ihss letter. aS as If he could
have written them, and hai written them himself
He says:
''IkS eerrsstion adoptss foad whig de-
sided 6s; ultra in my opinions a.d Issod b. hosf
~0s TO Kh. t< ytalso~ss,ss rsica ss5aed at the
imt. They took me with the declaration Of principles
1ai published the world asa sAoS b. wifho~i d.t~a
ItrUs 10 sag or do anythsss TO impair the force Of that
isclaratio~"
OF The first allegation in this paragraph have al
eaiy expressed our opinion. Let now examine Gen.
M b,
,sa language in the latter portion of il, The decan
ion which secured Gen Tayo the Philadelphia noni.
,aoa unques,onaby the declaration made his be-
laf by Judge Saunders, that il made the candidate OF
he convention, he would be nobodys candidate his
,eing In that event Withdrawn This declaration Gen
Taylor has since affirmed and accepted Has he stood
up to it and abided By it By no means He has said
he would have accepted the Baltimore nomination He
,as accepted the Charleston democratic nomination,
hough il struck Fillmore of the ticket, He avows and
attempts to justify all tins in the present letter After
having thus become the nominee of the whg party
he express condition that he would rithdrau if not
nominated by them, he admits that if democrats
nominate him he is entirely willing to be their candidate
though they strike of Fillmore This is precisely what
Judge Saunders pledged him not to do Before the whg
whether he would the candidate OF ANYBODY else
'u themselves: Judge Saunders said he would not The
Maryland independents understood the Judge, and
therefore, broke up their organization and gave up the
General to the wings And this Letter to tell
Is that General Taylor feels it nexcusable' TO "sh
he relationships subssting" between him and the con.
-ention lat the time" he nominated or .'to impair
he force OF the declaration in virtue OF which he OBJ
aimed Its vote 1nexcusabe Why, il is just what he
las done By accepting the Charleston nomination he
lot only shifted" but he exactly reversed that rela
ionshp." By proclaiming his willingness to run as the
baltimore nominee, and by writing to Lippard that he
vas still independent nopay candidate he not only
impaired the force" OF that decara,on buthe scatter
d to the winds. The wings know and feel this It's
he burden of their complaint agains, him Having got
he wing nomination. he has broken his pledges to them
ust as freely as, order obtain tina, nomination. he
'roke his previous pledges the independents The
di,or of the Albany Evening Journal, speaking for the
breezy wings there, showed his sense OF the truth Of
III this, when he said tina, they had now found out their
mistake in regarding General Taylor the representa-.
i've candidate of the wing convention and that wings
must for him on his assumed broader and bet
er ground" of no partyism.
We to tina, poin, in this letter which we
,ari as the mos, unworthy anAisseea.aAe of all We
efer specially to that passage which General Taylor
abors to pare dorn and prenrsose sssy the whole sub
iance OF his nOpariy dsecraoss and thus &c, himself
atry Of of the no-pMty position, which he proclaimed
% early and 50 long TO be 'immu,able,- and which, up
o the date OF Jdige Saunderss declaration formed the
ery head and 'front.' of all his pledges TO the country