The Daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1845-1850, 1848-10-31
to express,
Il lemain, sir, with great respect,
"Yonr Obedient Servant,

O'o'''N'i'
II. TAYLOR,
| "Mr. +. NJ. McCoxKEY. Cincinnati"
Having said in the letter which / first read to
| you, that every freeman had a right to the views
| and opinions OF the man in whose hands NAV be
| placed the government of the country: YOU will
observe, in passing, he now SAYS, that he has
made It his rule to withhold his political opinions
upon all OF the political questions at issue before
! the country
1t was in this position, that Gen. Taylor stood,
at the time OF the Philadelphia Convention: his
! opinions entirely unknown-Indeed taking his
| own account OF the matter, he had not formed an
| opinion. = Caring for nothing but military af-
fairs, thinking of nothing but the martial OPERA
tons OF the country, he had not given time or
thought 10 subjects which concern the civil ruler
and affect every department of the business of the
| people. When he received the nomination to the
office OF President OF the United States, such
were his qualifications for that high office
| SAID to you, in my former address, that there
| was letter from Gen. Taylor in the possession Of
the Louisiana delegation, at the time that Con.
yention was held, which might express some OF
the views OF Cen Taylor, in regard TO his obliga-
lions, in reference to the Wing Convention and
the Wing party,-H aOaS NOT produced and read
! in the Convention, and never was spread before
! the country. Gov Lincoln, by evading the mat
ter, by seeking another issue, endeavors 10 charge
! upon me Misrepresentation, and talks about
some other letter, something which has since
| /
! to you, the misrepresentation is his own | ask
| you to turn TO my address, delivered on the 2lst
| o! June, and see what said, in reference to the
! letter which the Louisiana delegation had in their
possession and then, ask you to find that letter
II you can What we want, is the expression of
Gen. Taylor's views, in his own words, made
| before the Convention adopted MIN for its can.
| did0te-wtile, in his mind there was some IN
certainty about the nomination that we NAV see
whether he did, in fact, submit himself to its dis
posai, That letter was not produced and read in
the Convention, but the Louisiana delegation. |
now repeat, prepared one for themselves Now.
1t Is not the endorsement OF their dongs bv Gen
Taylor, subsequent to that time, that we ask for:
but, what we demand, is the letter itself
Gehuemen, repeat, that, at the time of the
nomination of Gen. Taylor, he was not before
the country as a Whig, committed TO any whig
measures, or avowing any wing principles, and
l repeat, that, up to the present hour he has mt
declared himself, at any time, to be IN favor Of
any of the distinctive measures of the whig par
~. lie says he will not veto certain measures
oil the partY,-but, he does not declare himself
in taUor OF any of its principles or measures
How, then, can he be called whig, in any pro-
per sense OF the term, applicable to the present
times, when you know not even to this beur
that he adopts and makes his own, a single meas
{ ure OF wing policy? Why, men in various parts
OF the country, men OF distinction, who know
just about as much of Gen. Taylor as YOU and
do, land some OF them say they know no more
r declare that he is whig, because he says he is.
But there is no man. from Daniel Webster down
: TO his faintest echo, who can give YOU the avow-
al, by Gen. Taylor, OF single wing principle
which Daniel Webster adopts as his own There
Is no man who can give you any security, that he
VIII be In favor OF any whig measure If he should
be elected to the office of President of the United
States [Applause
"a Wing, but not an ultra Whig," says Mr.
Webster. Place him, then, in the Presidential
chair, and what is one of the first duties which
he has TO perform To recommend to the Con-
gress OF the country measures which he shall
deem suitable to promote the prosperity of the
country. This is duty, which the Constitution
imposes upon the President of the United States.
Can any man tell US what measures Gen. Taylor
will recommend to be adopted should he be pIac
ed in the Presidential chair Of the Union? WHY
| gentlemen, those who call themselves his Wbiq
friends, will say to him, General we must have
a protective tariff the tariff OF 1912" But. is
he pledged to favor that measure, by any infiu-
ence which he may exert, or by the official rec.
ommendation OF the President' BY no MEANS
"But, General, you said you was whig."
eyes, Mr.. Webster, but I did not Sau I,cas ~,
ultra 'ohfg, [cheers,l and this matter of high
protective tariff is uttiG- whiggsm.' Well the
General is called upon TO recommend to the Con.
gress of the United States, with all the weight Of
official influence, repeal OF the Sub Treasury
out. Tue OeDeFai ueCtIneS 10 do any such thine
"But, are you not whg, Gen. Taylor?" "Ob.
yes. bnt not an ultra s0hig, [cheers] and l think
this repeal OF the Sub Treasury would be very
ultra thing, indeed especially, il you mean to es-
tabsh National Bank after doing that" Go
through every wing measure, and Won NAV be
met precisely the same manner, by Gen. Tav-
Tor, should he be elected to the office of Presi
dent Of the United States; and consistentlv too,
with every pledge he has given, and with every
opinion he has expressed.
Now,my friends, thing or the other is
true either the whig party has no principles, or
Gen. Taylor is not known to be whig; and our
friends, the supporters of Gen. Taylor, may take
which horn OF the dilemma they please Will
they say that ne is the representative ofthe wing
party Then the whig party has no avowed
principles And what does MIR. Webster truly
say OF party without principles thatitis "tac-
ton. [Applause.] And that is precisely the
position In which that party has placed itself. /
appeal to you, either, that it has no principles.
and therefore Gen. Taylor is its fit representative,
or, that it has principles which Gen Taylor does
not avow, and therefore he is not fit represen.
tatiye of the party.
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