The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1848-09-05
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From tho Mississippi Courier.
THE LAST PLANK GONE.

The opponents of the glorious old ZACH
AIRY TAYLOR, IN their reckless attempts tc
iJure h'm with the people Of the Soutl
nave ASSERTED that, in his letter 10 james w
Taylor, editor of the Cincinnati Signal
written IN reply 10 and answering certain in
teroeatories propounded in a letter from
him, that lie had PLEDGED HIMSELF not tc
veto any bill which might be passed by Con.
giess in which was embodied the W,lmo,
Proviso! This monslrous assertion-so en-.
tlrely at war with the character of ,he man
and the tenor of his whole life-could only
have beon made by political leaders when in
the last stage of despera,ion-when they
saw that everlasting political rout and ruin
was approaching them as fast as the conrse
of time would permit.
& How dare these INSCRIPTIONS malgners
say that Gen. Taylor--a man of such pure.
noble, and unsuled charocer-would proye
a TRAITOR 10 those among whom he was
born and raised!--that he W ,ULD BErRAy
the southern people on this vital question:
that he would prove false 10 his own inter-
esls and scor nfulIy turn his back upon old
assnciati onsf What ground have they for
putting forth such vile and unlounded State
mems! In tho course of long life has
Gen: Taylor ever displayed any disposition
TO betray his conn,ry? Does he bear the
ma.ks Of a traitor? No! Let his vilest
traducers point 10 single act of his life
that smacks Of treason! On tile contrary,
for forty years he has stood by his country,
and on many desperately contested battle
helds his strong arm, stout heart, clear and
cool head, indomnitable bravery and iron
will, have rolled back The lurid tide of bat
lie, and covered himself and his country's
hg with impershable renown. Why should
slch n'dn--so pure, so exalted. so devoted
TO his country, who has consecraicd long
lite TO his country's service, who he's shed
immortal glory upon her arms, and who is
SO honest, so magnanimous, so generous, so
noble in all the relations of life-be SANDER
ed in this sort Of style? True it is that we
have not yet met with any democratic editor
who dare openly charge Genera! Taylor
WITH ABoLITIpNIsM, yet such game has
been for two or three months and is now 90
ing ON all over the south, by implication and
inslnualion! They insinuate silly what they
dare not charge openly. This is worse,
meaner and more detestable, than if the
charge was made boldly. There would
then be some naaliness about the mitter.
1t the people of the south demand strong
er evidence Of a mans soundness on the
slavery question, than the fact that he is a
southerner by birth, habits and associations,
that ne has always been identified with the
soutb, and that all the property he has in
the world is invested in cotton plantation
it is not likely they will ever get it. They !
do not deserve more. Would il not be con-
sidered the he'g,h Of impertinence and pre-
sumption for one stakeholder to ask another
il he was going 10 Turn trsitor and betray ,
his own inieress?-Most assured il would.
The following letter TO q, gentleman Of
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, we take from the t
Tuscaloosa Monitor. II shows simply and 1
explicitly thatthe construction put upon the i
Signal letter by politicians whosl trade con. s