The North-Carolina standard., 1848-08-02
THE LETTER AGAIN

THE LETTER AGAIN
In our article of yesterday, we atten,n..,
the error IN the letter to the Picayune. S cOe
Ihat dsad etters must be aduertised6 by Lao Showing
and then remain in the Office for hres "Tee 'reeks
before their return dead letters ba.oths gtie
ever, another class of dead letters vboI Is how
qu1re an advertisement, and are returned .o 10 not
of the quarter-such are refused 10 h. ~ The cls
the person addressed: To our great surO,; Out
learn that, on yesterday, on OPENING tbn Prise, w.
returns from Baton Rouge, forty-eight le quarefr
sed to General Taylor were found in bn~dss adde's
ed by the postmaster as refused Letters tI narE
amounting to 81 80. These uetters. WV "e pOshgs
postmarked at different offices in the TTo;.dfn a.
during the months of April, May, and Jnn0 a'eG Shs
to Baton Rouge, and refused to be taken sstected
Office by him. Among them are found Ia n0n tie
dressed to him from Philadelphia, post.rn'es ees a.
7th, 9Th, 9th, and 10th of June Tbs aS5 led tie
those post-marked the 7th and 9Th is bel;Oufess On
in the handwriting of Gov. Morehead. reO Tw tObe
writing has been shown to some of the me nc Aant
of North Carolina, who unhesitatngly nrouOs mslNes
his. .zilr.u .u..l..a .s-... o. PiOnOuncei
The letter of the 9th or 10th probably
his nomination. and is the missing Letter sxuOaaea
we have heard so much. ,..r. VI Which
f' We understand that at the request oftho E..
ter at Baton Rouge, the letters have been rUs'S
unopened, for delivery to Gen. Taylor, ie'aNed
We extract the above from the WasbiDo+ou ?,
of the 23d instant. So it appears that Gor op' "
head did not pay the postage on his letter ., NJ "
delphia, and we are therefore under the nso..-.'
taking back what we said on this subject Ia.
We then said that the letter had no doubt h..
paid, as we knew Gov. Morehead too we'll to I'r pc
he would stand apoHG shilling but alas Il
that he did stand, and that old Zac did d;t,o, NJ
cents-one little silver dime has thrown tho =, -@
country into fever, caused Gov Morebs,5 IVY
sadly suspected of some deep game, and b,onuS
forth charge upon charge, in the Whig uaDs,. s su
mail agents and Postmasters had DESTROYED O ~,
way with the missing letter. Ten cents onL -"
cents, gentlemen!
The Richmond Enquirer, speaking of those tn.
sons'' who did not consider it necessary that g.
Taylor should formally accept the nomination. V,,'
"For the relief of those ''persons," We ara nL
to state that duplicate letter of notification in G
of the neglect, crime or depredations'' of 6 r."
Johnson's spies," has reached the old hero: and A.
New Orleans Bulletin inform US that the etta, ~
General Taylor, accepting the nomination of the PHI
ladelphla Convention goes forward BY the mail ofn
day, July 18, addressed to Governor Morehead, at hi
residence in Greensboro, Guilford County, No5
Carolina" 1t mag appear very soon.
6 In the mean time strange suspicion hangs or,
the E' refused letters which sent to Wasbinr
ton, and which no doubt embraced the so much sS
ed of letter. The New Orleans Delta says Of 6s
speculation, that General Taylor refuses to take NJ
letters out of the Post Office unless they are prep
or unless they are in handwriting known to him;
that had it appeared any where else than in the PE
une correspondence, it +" should have felt bound
pronounce it vile calumny upon a gentleman and
gallant soldier. The supposition that ths nomnseu
the Presidency of the United States failed to receive
the letter notifying him of his nomination. because
his unwillnguoss to pay the sum of ten cents pOsg
| he too, gentleman of great wealth and known &
erality-is truly of the richest conceptions ofh
age. fsuch speculations as this proceed from friend
of General Taylor, we think the Old Hero has much
greater need for protection against the fire in his 0
than against that in front-jf he only hnag
from his friends, he can take care of his enemies"
The papers will have their own fun out of &h
strange affair, and among them the Athens Banw
draws the following ':Rough and Ready" pictun:
'' 1t seems that old g Rough is not exactly wb
the etiquette of his high destiny-not very Read"
to pay his money for any such trash as Whig nOnt
nation! Ordinary men, under such circumstances
would at least have been on the look out for so dis
tinguished friend as Gov. Morehead's Wing mis-.
sive; but extraordinary man the old General Ger.
tainiy is, he Jumped the whole affair together, the
Whig nomination and all, and sent them back to
Washington City! "A bad omen-an unlucky omen
as NapoIeon's soldiers exclaimed when he tumbla
from his horse and rolled In the sand on the banks
of the Niemen. I'VE think Roman would rccOE
Let old Zack alone. He is a right down rough Old
Virginia farmer, who loves his money too well to be
paying postage on such trifes as Whig nomination
for the Presidency. We would suggest to our Wing
friends, in order 10 get their nomination into his pres
ence, either to pay the postage or raise fund to
able him to pay for all his letters. Five HUNDRED
bags of cotton year, with two hundred slaves BE-
sides army pay and rations, is certainly too small
fund to be drawn upon for the postage bill of can
didate for the Presidency of the United States"
Only think of it ! Gov. Morehead's letter, an
nouncing to Gen. Taylor the fact of his nomination
is refused by old Zac, because the postage was not
paid it, and goes back dead letter; and if W'
are not greatly mistaken in the signs of the times
the nomination itself will turn out to be as 'dOS'
as the letter. Two cheers and half for the shilling
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