Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1848-08-17

good Wing as Lawrence or Crittenden-a
Tariff Whig-a Bank Whig-an ant-sub-Treas-
ury Whig-an internal improvement Wing Or
because they JelieUe he is an faVOr Of the WjlmOt
ProUiso? Do you believe, that when they shall
see the ground swell in all the free states, in IA
vor Of that provso, aud against the Philadelphia
nominations, they will abandon all hope of the
north. and vote for Taylor, on any other prnci-
IpIe than that he is more reliable on questions of
southern rights--that he will veto the Wlmot
Iproviso!
On the superstition of this as deem vain)
boast Of the Taylor press being true, | have Il
word TO say to the Tariff men of the north. Is
it not evident that a coalition has been formed
between the Tariff and anti-Tarff men of the
SOUTH and that to this the Taylor Tariff men of
the north are about to become parties By the
nomination of Taylor do they not compromise
the Tariff to this extent,-that their candidate
shall not recommend protective Tarf-that he
shall be neuter, on this and all the principles Of
the Wing party, except the TVilmot proUjso =
That if Congress should pass a revenue Tariff
Bill, discriminating even againts protective, he
will sign it. Are the Tariff men of the north con-
tent that their President, though he may not
hurt them, shall not help them?
Another word as to the Vice President ven
turc the prediction that whoever may be Presi,
deut, Gen. Butler will be Vice President. VIII
South Carolina vote for Mr. Fillmore Will
even Louisiana? knowing as they do that Mr..
Fillmore, if President, [by accldency would
not veto the WiImot Proyso.
1t is no recommendation to me, and in times
past it has rot been to the Wings, that their can,
ddate is military chicftain*-and especially
when that is his only knOmn qualification. We
have had eight years experience. We have seen
that military chieitan accustomed to com.
mand implicit obedience, instead of being the
servant Of the people became their master And
this is the very ground taken in advance, by Gen
Taylor-I will not be the candidate Of any party
or the exponent Of its principles-I will ac
cept nominations from Wings, Locos and Native
Americans. | will not disclose my principle:
further than are contained in the Alison letter
on the veto power. And in that reserved the
right to veto any bill which is a plain violation
of the Constitution; but on questions Of mere
domestic policy Congress may have lis own way
and as to every thing else, if elected, | will have
my own way This is virtually the language 0
Gen, Taylor. And will the Wings, as was sait
by Mr. Mangum in the Senate, "take Taylor pref
ty much on trust"
The Convention put forth no declaration o
principles, for the plain reason that the nca
Taylor party, to be formed Wings, Locos, ant
Native Americans had not settled on any prin
cpIec and they we're willing that Gen. T aylo
should settle them for them. And the pai
reason why Gen. Taylor holds up is that he doe
not yet know the relative strength Of the element
that will compose his party.
BY the nomination of Gen. Taylor, the Viii
party, which sustains it, admits that it has n
principles.
will now ask your attention to what is calle
testimony that Cen Taylor is Wing, and worth
of the support Of the Wing puty-viz. tn
Resolutions at the ratification meeting in Phla
dephia-letters from members of Congress-arD
the verbal assertions Of individuals
| refer to the resolutions $50 as (or will be
published in all the Taylor papers
3. That Gen Taylor has said that IF he 6a
ooted in 1914 he s&o@H haze 0otedtbe wig itch
d.' Yet not whig enough to vote At all, a
though he was then in Louisiana
5. That he will make "lF0sdia2 i0n'S" aC
ministraton the model of his own. His frienc
Mr.. Stewart, said on the floor Of Congress.
"Washngton and Jefferson" Gen. Taylor say,
[20th April "our earliest Presidents will he m
chief guide" Now ask what do such genera
tiles amount to? What question of the prcsen
i, dag was in controyersity during the administr;
ton of our earliest Presidents, Washington
Adams, Jefferson and Madison except the oil
solete question of National Bank On VIII
question did they agree ? Was the Wimot prc
viso question not three years old, then in COZ
troversy?
q iVb,+ bo &c , ,r;l;4nry cL;oG,;, E., d Il
Alto to Buena Vista, fin a war declared by tn
Wings to be unconstitutional, unnecessary, an
unjust. This is a new Wing recommendation
and is put forth on the ground, of lin my iudy
ment) gross underratc of the intelligence of III
yeomanry of the north, It seems to suppose TIL
nothing can excite them like the beat the drur
: that they are to be carried by catch-words TIL
4 if you ask will Gen Taylor recommend a pr
!, swer "Rough and Ready" Will he veto ii
: Wilmot proviso? sod Zach" Is he in fav
{ ofthe annexation of all Mexico? "a little mo-
; grape Cant. Bragg" These answers may |
: very satisfactory, in connexion with the whskc
q BARREL but will not take in Vermont.
4 1t was to be expected that the cabal, after tht
i had defeated the nomination of Mr.. Clay, bias
+. ing the hopes of nine-tenths of the Wings Of Il
+, Union, would by every possible means, endea
o or to sustain the nomination of Gen Taylc
4 oith him they sink or swim In this light +
gard the fast and thick coming letters from mel
70 bers of Congress.
i And now for the witnesses The princp
= Witnesses who are testifying through the cou
try to the Whiggery of Gen. Taylor, are the Ho
IS Abbott Lawrence, and the Hon. j. j. Critic
!. den. The testimony of both amounts to tn
w 'Hc IS as good Wing as / an" Mr., La
A. renee, not content with his own forum, Faner
nc Hall, has testified in Vermont from Bethel '
N lMontpeHer, to Burlington-"He is as gOOd
Wig Gc I an" And pray, what knowledge h
II Mr.. Lawrence. of Mr.. Taylor's Whigism II
n he any personal acquaintance with him. i
A he ever see him? All his knowledge is, so
h as we know, from hearsay of Taylor's fren,
\ And what is Mr.. Lawrences position as Il "
~ ness! lie early gave in his adhesion to Gc
m Taylor; and, at the very time when Mr. Webs
h stood as the unanimously nominated candidate
st Massachusetts, letters from Mr.. Lawrence We
I'd read in Louisiana, giving assurance that Mas
ce chusetts would go Tor Gen. Taylor. For tn
of some other cause, Mr.. Lawrence became the