The Middlebury galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1848-1850, 1848-08-29

present position of the Wing party and its candi.
date who assert that the one have abandoned their
principles, and that the other is committed on M
one point, to read the following
OPINIONS OF GEN. TAYLOR
Baton Rouge, April ~ 1913
DEAR SIR +-My opinions have recently been so on
misconceived and msrePresented that doom it due 10
myself if my friends to make brief exposition 20
them upon the topics to which you have called my se1
ton
have consented to the of my as caud;d,,,
for the Presidency. have frankly avOwed nv own A.;
of my fitness for that high station but having N a.
solicitation of many of my cOuntrymen taken my poS;,
as candidate, do feel at liberty surrender boi %
sition until nv friends manifest a wish that sboulJ
from it. will then most gladly do so. have no mr.,
purpose to accomplishing party projects to build up-no
enemies to punish-nothing to serve but my country
l have been very often addressed by letter and ,,
pnions have asked upon almost every question H.
might the writers affecting the of Their
country their party have not always responded N
these inquiries, for various reasons
Iconfess whilst have great cardinal prnciplcs bL
will regulate my political life, am sufficiently fam,
with all the minute details of political legislation to give
solemn pledges my influence if President 10
carry out this defeat that measure have Conceal
ment- l hold opinion which l would readily pro
claim my assembled eountrymen but crude impressions
upon matters of policy which may be right to-day and
wrong tomorrow perhaps not the best Of fitness
for Office One who cannot be trusted without pledge,
cannot be confded in merely on account Of them.
FIRST / reterate what have often said-I am Wbig
but ultra Wing If elected would be the mere
President ola party would endeavOr to independent
of party domination. should feel bound administer the
Government untrammelled by party schemes
SECOND. The veto power The power given BY the
Constitution the Executive interpOse his veto il n
high conservative power but in opinion should never
be exercised except in of clear violation of the CON
sttutOn, manifest haste and of consideration by
Congress Indeed have thought that for many wear,
past the known opinions and wishes the Executive have
exercised undue and injurious influence upon the legsa
tive department of the Government and for this cause
have thought our system in danger of undergoing
great change from its true theory The personal Opinion,
Of the individual who happen occupy the Executive
chair ought control the action of Congress upon que
tions of domestic policy ought his objections to be in
terpOsed where questions of power been
settled by the various departments of Government and a
quieseed IN by the people
THIRD Upon the subject of the tariff the currency the
Improvement of our great highways rivers lakes har
bors the will of the people expressed through their
resenatives in Congress- ought be respected and carried
out by the Executive.
FOURTH The Mexican war / sincerely rejoice nj IN.
prospect of peace. My life has been devoted to arm
yet look upon ut all times and under all ercumstan
ees as national calamity, to be avoidod if compatible
Win national honor Tho principles of Government
well its true policy opposed subugaon of
other nations and the ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of other countries by
conquest In the language of the greut Washington yhY
should quit stand ON Foreign ground ~ In
the Mexican national honor has indicated
amply indicated and in debating terms of peace we NAV
well Afford 10 be orbearlng, and magnanimous
fallen foe.
These opinions upon subject referred to BIZ
you and any reports publications, written verbal
from any source differing in essential particular from
what Is here written, unauthorized and untrue.
do not know that shall again write upon the subject Of
national politics. shall engage in schemes conbi
nations ingucs- Ifthe American people have not con
hdence in me- they ought give their sufrases
Ifthey do you know well enough believe me-
when declare shall be content old soldier
murmur against sneh high authority.
To Capt. s ALLISON.
Now, this letter is so explicit on all the I'M
portant points at issue, that no one, unless vii
fully disposed to misunderstand and pervert
the language used, can mistake the course the
Wing candidate will pursue, on his election to
the Presidency.
LIST. General Taylor unequivocally avows
himself WING. If the qualification "but
not an ultra Wing is offensive to any, it does
not at least throw the slightest suspicion on his
devotion to the great distinctive features sf
Wing policy, to which he gave an unqualified
endorsement in favoring the election of MIR.
Clay.
I'd. He holds that the Veto Power has, for
many years past, been improperly exercised,
made the instrument OF Executive Usurpatsn,
and that its exercise ought to be restricted with
in the limits intended by the Constitution
This opinion is at the foundation of the whole
matter.
3d. In the last sentence of the paragraph
on the Veto Power, he is distinctly committed
not to veto any bill excluding Slavery from
the Territories, Thaterer his personal opinions
might be; for the question of constitutional
power in respect to this branch of domestic
policy has been settled by the various de-
partments of Government, and acquiesced in
by the people,
4th. A Protective Tariff, if passed by Con-
gress, will receive his sanction.
9Th. The great system of Internal Improve
ments which our countryso earnestly demands,
and which the One Man Power, in the per-
son of James X. Polk, has so long prevented,
will never be defeated by the veto of General
Taylor.
9Th. He is opposed to War of Conquest,
and regards War under all circumstances as
a national calamity, most carefully to be avoid
ed.
When the Orazen-faced advocates of the
election of Gen. Cass, after reading such let
ter, explicitly avOwing the opinions of our can
didate on these and other points, have the ef
fronterY to talk of the mon -committalism' of
Gen. Taylor, we can have no great respect
for their sineerity-nor, when we think of their
candidates. SIX LIVES and his votes on both
sides of several of the leading measures at IS
sue, can we give them great credit for consist
ency in bringing such charge, EVENT. itweIe
not deliberate falsehood.
The Free Soil" Plot.
We earnestly caution every Who tn stand