The Daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1845-1850, 1848-09-02
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"FALSEHOOD REFUTED."
Were we TO endeavoI TO refue 1.-THE of tn fase-
hoods Invented by the Northern Taylor press to
make out that Gen. Taylor not in favor of avery>ex
tension it would be Herculedn task But there is
statement of the True Wing in denial Of The aulhenci<
of our published account of the conversation held by
committee of The Mississippi Legislature with Gen.
| T., mich deserves moments consideration. If that
paper has any "prvate letter" which will shed any new
light on this subject let it publish the letter and give us
the name and date. For our part, we have the con.
current testimony Of Two most eminent and honorable
members of Congress, (one of them Southern Wing
whose remarks we publish below, to prove that our
statement was perfectly accurate. Hon. JOHN NJ
Boris, of Va in address TO the people of The Uni
ted States, dated March 80, 1849, says
A short time since, the Legislature of Missis.
sippi appointed committee to W ait on Gen. Tsy
or, and invite him to Jackson, (the seat of the
State Government TO partake OF the inequalities
oil the State. Rumors of an extraordinary char
acter reached my as to the nature of the con-
versation reported by that committee to have ia.
ken place with Gen. Taylor, on the subject of
the tariff and the war. At my instance, mem
Der of Congress from Mississippi addressed a
letter to the Chairman of that committee, TO as
certain precisely what was said. Here is his
answer:
&c In regard to the conversation we had with
Gen. Taylor, we did not talk on the tariff we did
on the war. He expressed himself IN FAVOR
OF THE WAR; he said he was decidedly in favor
of PROSECUTING 1T VIGOROUSLY, till
they should yield to an honorable peace he was
| FOR INDEMNITY, AND THAT TERRI.
ToRIAL- @1-he was not welded to any line,
| but thought perhaps, kind of compromise
with the Wilmot Provso men, we had bet
! ter go up to the twenty third degree and make
the Rio Grande the western boundary UP to that
degree. He said the South SHOULD NEVER
AGREE TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE
WILMOT PROVlSO. Although he did not be-
lieve there would ever be Slavery there, vet if
the country was acquired the citizens should be
lett free on that subject He SAYS ALL
MEXICO WILL EVENTUALLY COME IN
TO OUR GOVERNMENT BY DEGREES. 1T
CANNOT BE AVOIDED. On the subject of
politics he SAID he was no politician; had been
three fourths Of his lite in the army; devoted his
time and mind to that service and paid but little
attention to anything else"
Does the True Wing deny the truth of the above
In our opinion will stand against bushel Of priyae'
or anonymous letters which the recipient dares not pub.
fish, The question lies between the Southern TAYLOR
editors. who publish this statement to prove the Gem
eral worthy o. Southern support and the editor of the
True Wing, who says it is forgery. We think MIR
Bolts very fair referee in the case as he goes himself
for Ta lor, and would not have slated what he did nm
less he KNEW it to be TRUE.
Now read the corroboratve testimony of Hon. JosH
VA X. GIDDNGs, an extract from whose speech in the
Buffalo Convention, Aug. g. is as follows: @.
!" / will tell you about letter. written
by Col. Boone to the Hon. Jacob Thompson. mem.
Der OF Congress from Mississippi 1 have the
word oil Mr. thompson for saying, that Colonel
| BooDe's integrity was never doubted and never
will be denied. He said to me that was At full
liberty to say that he, Mr. Thompson, fully en-
dorsed him as man OF truth and unsuled hon.
or. 1t will be remembered that Col. Boone was
one OF committee five deputed by the Lepis-
lature OF mississippi TO invite Gen. Taylor TO
visit that body. The conversation detailed in the
letter was had in the presence OF that commit
tee, two OF whom were Wings. These Wings
having seen the letter in print, have suffered II
to pass as true and correct. COL Boone saws in
the letter that III Gen. Taylor expressed himself
in favor Of the war, and Of prosecuting 1t until
we could obtain territorial indemnity. and that
the Soush ought never to submit to the Wilmot
Proviso. II While Cen. Taylor and his Wbiy
friends who were present and heard the remarks
dare not deny Itr accuracy, you will give cred.
/ it to Col Boone's statement"
A TIcHr NIP. Among other newspaner
items OF rather suspicious character, we find a
story oil " lghtning -ireaks, where an apole-tre.
in Heidelberg was struck and split from ton 10
| bottom. A young man named Smith was lean
ing agnst the tree at the time, and slid into the
cavity, when the tree closed and held him fast.
Axes and crowbars were resorted to before the
young man could be extrIcated." We beg leave
to doubt this ill we see the very crowbar that