Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1848-09-15
From the Washington Union, sep.-.1
THE JANUS FACE user
Is 1t d letter from Gen. Taylor, Or .

sea a0ilh him?
There appears to be no escaTnss f,o
tentative; and we pledge ourselves yin nn 'hAL
un3ll we obtain satisfactory answo os "s
call upon MIR. Bates 10 give :. W
Messrs. Babcock, John R Robo,,. ana npOa
win, and. last OF all, Truman Sm;,6 o' =. Bald
to the statement. If there bo nn 10 speak
as is embraced in either ca.sSorv let 16nm e''
so. and we pledge ourselves 70 ~. o,s 'ns'n say
skirts OF the assertion, and 10 Sc, co, linen
testimony TO the world. But we viii l; "a. '9en
our arms and see a candidate pressed On io Of
South by his slavery position, and in II. ~
North by the assurance that he will not !" WI Wy
the Wilmot Proviso We had determin,S, elS
clear up this imputation of fraud upon a Z
wings, or TO establish it; and we assurs y ~
above named gentlemen, that here We n,s w
our foot, and nothing will satisfy US bn ap
frank, unequivocal explanation. If thew W.
not nc answer. we shall argue confusion r..
lnIn ehehGe' and appeal to the South "a.
soiu'ion. II either of these letters exists :,
only ask that the people may be permits,
see what Is at present confined 10 the ci,r.y
the initiated. viz ''icee
we are lmpelled to adopt this cohrse bra
concurrent testimony of the New Haven ~
Register, and the Springfield (MassN d..
both OF the 4th inst. We re.nnhl;sb ,VS
these articles, and call for an expIic;, n,u
from those who have the document IN al,
possession:
From the New Haven Regss
The " Bates Letter 1T has been nolo,.
in this city that the Taylor leaders, becn,,|l
alarmed at the inroads made into the old wS !
ranks by the free soil movement. havr Sa
at work with every possible means TO pers,,.
the " conscience wings" that TAYLOR ifp,e
ident, would be as well as pledged not n ~
pose the Wilmot Proviso. Senator Rail- 4
had the reputation of being concerned N 4
intrigue Truman Smith, it was known ra
the moving spirit of it, and, as such, wro,e%
letter 10 the Journal, purporting to give nv 8
versation with Taylor, to the effect thatIa
(Taylor was favorable TO the Wimot Pm, !.
so. A correspondent of the Washington s
ion, from this city, who evidently is acuu,,
ted with the wires, and who writes with
sharp stick" has been determined 10 eyno
this hypocritical game and in letter 10
Union, s:ated-what had been before ain
to in our columns-that copies of h
(said to be in possession OF one VIM. G. b..
pretending to be from Taylor. and express
his determination not TO veto the Prov,
were secretly circulated among the disaIer
by the Taylor dignitaries above-mentong.
Gov. Baldwin, for himself, denies the cha,
But that the Bates letter has been circus
(by copes) in this city, is not aemptedDt
DIR cd IN hn bo M
r---a--..- {. - r.uOIs OF tttIU 1act, Who =
looks to US, it will trouble some one 10 Pc
of. We give his letter below This sd
attempt to palm off Taylor at the North j,
free soiler, while he is advocated at heS;
for his southern sympathies and Interests
likely to be we'll shown up in both secioa
From the Springfield Post, septembc,
Gen. Tayor's Northern and Southern i,
on the Slarery Questionable di5coyers
the dirty trick that the friends of Gen. Ta,
are endeavoring to play upon the people
this country, by openly representing him
posed to the Wilmot Proviso at the South,a
secretly claiming him as friend of the p
viso at the North, has occasioned no lid
f1uttering among the Connecticut political
who have been among the most actlyeag&
in carrying out the deception.
a New Haven correspondent of the Was
ington Union, after alluding TO the stir On
stoned among the whig wire-pulers Of ii
discovery of their secret operations, says:
cit is understood that letters were receu
by to-day's Goth August mail from Wa
ington and Baltimore, from the leading We.
which stated that that letter (the letter 10 Bas
must be denied. Mr.. Baldwin and the cdr
of the Journal have been closeted together
afternoon and il is understood that the ei,,
will deny the truth of the article in your pap
and deny that Mr.. Baldwin has had, or sbOT
a copy of such letter.
1t is altogether TOO late in the day TO talk
denying the existence of the letter in QUIZ
We kno,D that Mr.. Bates has, or has hadA5
letter from Gen. Taylor in his possessiors
which the writer rirtuaHy, if not positiHE
pledges himself not to veto the WIlmot PnE
so. This is not matter of doubt at all.
is fact, for stating which we have satis4
tory authority.
For our own part, we are perfectly will
that the whig candidate should pledge hin
in favor of the Wilmot Proviso, ii he choo@
It is, of course, perfectly Indifferent 10 US W
opinions Gen. Taylor may hold. We cert
ly do not object to his thinking as he p eas
and telling what he thinks But we dos
ject, and every honest man will join US I'M
king the objection, to This high handed atten
to deceive the people in regard 10 his real
plnions on this exciting question. Wedo
say that Gen. Taylor would, or would
veto the Wilmot Proviso, should be have
opportunity, but he certainly could notdoh
and in pledgng himself TO do both, or by
lowing his friends to make such pledge:
him, he must intentionally and deIiberaf
deceive either one side or the other-ely
the North or The South.
If the letter TO Mr.. Bates gives Gen. Il
Iol's real opinions on the subject, why
publish it , Why not set the South rlgh
regard to the matter? Southern orators
continually dwelling on this theme, adv@
ting the election of Taylor on the grou31
his opposition 10 the Proviso. They
him up as the champion OF the South ID
tell their hearers that Gen. Tay lors tntr
settle the question with him that every 81
he owns is apledge against the ProVl@'' ]
that there are three hundred such pleb!T
They pronounce the idea that he wou..
prove bill having attached 10 ii the v
Proviso, an absurdity. Some Of the sogI
papers go farther, and intimate that il tbF
such letter in existence as that held By :
Bates, it is forgery! If they are wroa !
this, why not set the matter right by sbC.
Gen. Taylor's southern friends and nelgS, 1
their error, which can be done by pubs
this northern letter -