Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1848-10-18


Bolts on Taylor.
The following are parts Of Mr.. Bolts
letter, commenting on Gen. Taylor's Sec
ond ALLISON letter. We commend its
perusal to thinking men. Mr.. Bolts is
an ultra Wing. Having slept with the
chief Of Tyler men, he seems to UNDER
stand Gen. Taylor's advisers in all their
movements.
My struggle has been for the people;
have resisted the politicians, because /
believe they disregarded the popular will.
| have fought for what believed to be a
great principle; ! looked upon this boast
ed government Of ours al a representative
government, and when saw nation of
people consisting of some twenty millions
nearly equally divided in their political
principles, thought one or the other Of
the parties which might be able to obtain
a majority at the polls, was entitled to be
represented in the Chief Magistrate Of
the nation; and when saw soldier from
the camp, whom all must acknowledge
to be without civil experience or practi-
cal knowledge, either in regard to our
foreign or domestic relations, stepping
forward as candidate to fill this high
and responsible office, l thought it but
just and proper that the people, in the
language of the Richmond Wing, were
entitled to know the opinions Of candi-
date before they voted. do not SUBJ
scribe to the doctrines laid down in his
McConkey letter, when he says: 81 have
laid it down as a principle not to give my
opinions upon the various questions OF
policy now at issue between the political
parties Of the country"
y 4
have not yet said would not vote for
Gen. Taylor. Ii there is no regular or
ganized tcke, in Virginia for Mr.. Clay
and presume there will not be, Cor fear
there is not Wing spirit and energy
enough. left III the State to get up one-I
, certainly shall vote for him upon the
ground tina; l prefer to take the chance OF
having the government administered on
sound principles, rather than the certain
ty of having it administered on. unso,nd
principles; but when give that vote, it
must be borne in mind that it is my indi-
vidual vote, that no man has RICH to
, control. l am as free to exercise my
Judgment upon General Taylor's quaiih-
cations and whiggery as any other man in
the district, and shallgive it as choose;
but if the election should come to the
House, it will then be the vote of the dis
trict, and ! shall give it as my conStitu-
snts choose, but if | yield my vote to
Taylor, will not yield to ''TAyLoRrsM,"
winch is more ruthless and proscriplive
tan Jacksonism ever was Jack>onism
only prescribed its enemies; Taylorism
proscribes its friends. Jacksonism pro-
scribed those who did no. subscribe tc
the principles it avowed; Taylorism pro-
scribes those who adhere most rigidlv TO
them. Jacksonism prescribed those who
lett them; Taylorism proscribes those
whom they have LETT. Jacksonism suf.
Tered man to think for himself if he vo-
ted right; Taylorism requires one not
only to vote, but think and speak with
them, and for them.
y
Now in regard to the Allison letter No.
| z. which have read since the above was
written, | am free to confess that the
opinions therein expressed, and the posi-
tons adopted, no matter at whose sug-
gestion, are more satisfactory to me than
any other that has preceded it; and If this
had been the only one it would have been
entirely SO. II what Gen. Taylor means
to say is, what infer from this letter, he
does say, that when he sid he was mot
an ultra whig," and 'would not be the
exponent OF any party principles" and
! ''would not be the candidate Of any party"
and ''would accept no party nomination"
and would look to no party doctrines as
the rule OF his action" and would sex
press no opinions on any political sub
ject," and THAT the people must take him
on their own responsibility" and 'sihat he
would as soon accept a nomination from
the democrats as the Wings ',aud ''that he
would only accept nomination of the
| SPoheahSouS duu VOICE Oh tile
whole people" and ''that he would look
to the constitution, (Which all Presidents
are sworn to do, and not to the views of
either OF the great parties Of the country.
as his guide -ii by all this he only meant
to say what he now says he did mean,
that he was not a party candidate in that
straitened and sectarian sense that would
prevent his being the President Of the
whole people, and that he would not be
fettered down with pledges that were to
be an iron rule OF action, in despite of all
contingencies, and that he would not be
required to lay violent hands ,ndiscrim-
iaately on all public officers, good or bnd,,
who might differ with him in opinion, and
that he would not force Congress, by the
coercion OF the veto power, to piss tnws
10 suit him, or none at nH,-then must
say he has written great many letters to
very little purpose, because nobody ex-
pected or required it Of him; he cannot
b.ame me or any body else for not under
standing what he meant. never should
have guessed it; for, to my mind, his let
tiers have borne very different reading.
That is cert,inly not what | should have