Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1848-10-26
CORRESPONDENCE,
TIE PRESIDENCYmLettc Of Hon
Horace Everett.
NO. TIT.
THE DECEPTIVE COURSE OF THE TAYLOR
PRESS IN THIS STATE.

THE DECEPTIVE COURSE OF THE TAYLOR
PRESS IN THIS STATE.
To the Editor of Mc Green Mountain Freeman:
1t may be stated without the fear of contradiction,
that prior to the nomination of Gen. Taylor by the
Philadelphia Convention, there only single pa
per in this Slate in his favor; ard that the leading
Wing papers had taken decided ground against him.
The objections then made not only remain in full
force but have (some of them been strengthened by
subsequent disclosures. He was a military chieftan
and nothing else. He would not disclose his prin-
cples, if he had any. He had refused 10 be the can
ddate Of the whg party the exponent of its prnci
pes:-He had started as an Independent candida te-
willing aud wishing to receive nominations from all
parties;He had declared he would run in defiance
of all nominations, wing or democratic subsequent
ly modified toif advised by his friends, Or in 9TH
er words, he would not withdraw, whoever might be
nominated, unless advised by his triends;-He was
by position if nothing ese in favor of the extension
of slavery. Those editors who could not take up
Clay because he was the of fifty slaves, could
not be expected to be in favor of Taylor who owned
five times fifty.
that they now have. The Signal letter of 18th MAY,
1915 his letters of 18th Feb to Tngersoll and the Sd
Of April-sayng he was Whig,and the Allison
letter of 22d April 1848 while much that has since
appeared against him then unknown His letters
to the Editor of the Monitor of the 9Th November AZ
denying the approval of the Signals editcria-of the
18th Feb 49, refusing to answer the direct question:
whether he would veto the Wilmot Proviso-of the
25th March, affirming the principle on which that
refusal was made the Oath July, saying he was
not the candidate of any partyof the 9th of August,
epting the Democratic nomination from South Car
oIna with Butler as Vice President of saying he
would have accepted the nomination of the Baltimore
Convention, had it been offered on the same terms &c.
&c.
On the 18th of May last, the editor of the Watch
man in his editorial said -"This 1.-THE Alson] letter
is the best Taylor letter YETI still it is to be inferred
that he will run at any rate if his friends say so, in
spite of the National Convention. II that's the game,
the under scoring is mine let us have a Northern
man whose principles are all known to be right. We
are not inclined to be forced into the support of any
man. much less of one who wont define his position short
of dozen trials. In short we are ready to dissolve
partnership with all Southern politicians who cannot
adopt Wing principles Never reliable they are not
the men to dictate to u.s. Gen. Taylor must be put
in an improved condition before we can think of sup
porting him should he be nominated" quote, by
preference, from the Waterman, because it was the
leading Wing PRESS and from the high respect that
| had for its editor.
[" That ,caS the game" and the course took was
the very one recommended in this edorial.]
Such was the opinion of the Wing press in this
State up to the day of the Convention; and yet with
in three weeks after, every Wing press became lay
lor press.
In what way had Taylor's position been improved
The Delegation of Louisiana read paper containing
their opinion that Gen. Taylor would abide by the
nomination of the Convention. They did not pretend