Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1848-11-25
GENL. TAYLoR'5 NOMINATION.
EIitor Of The Bam Rouge Gazette

Editor Of the B4tm R1uge Gazette :
DEAR SIN Permit me TO occupy a,
space in your paper with so me remarks
relative to GenI. Taylor's nomination to
the Presidency suggested 10 my mind Ivy a
series of articles lately published in the N.
Orleans Delta. That paper in times past
dssrryedly occupied an enriabIe p sition
Ior its int resting and highly valuable let
tors from correspondents in Mexico, aud its
5eralded history of"Genl. Tsylof's tdmin.
alton and election" might therefore be re-
ceired with consideration, yet a II ore pire-
rilp and nonsensic j tirradr upon a grave
sulj"c' was iever uttered by any assuming
10 be- respectable journal.
That many are interested in The ~inripient
steps that I'D to Genl. 'I'oyior's election
may he presumed, and perhaps a few in
c'dents fotrded upon fact and not assertion,
may CRAFTY a lsudable curiosity, give VI
lue IN history, aud at the same time do jus
lice 10 those whom The Deltu seems to
overlook, or If mentioned al all, TO grossely
misreprescnt.
II is ridiculous TO cohcede credit IL any
one or more persons Tor having individual
" nominated or suggested Gen. Taylor for
the Presidency. There was a sponta noous
feeling in his favor that can only b. &C
counted for as d work Of Providence. but
the,e are individuals, and journals. that are
justly entitled IT, praise, for having at ~
early day embodied the growing sympathy
for Genl. Taylor.
The following statements relating totbe
early history ofuenL. I'nyIor's nomination
speak for themselves.
During the winter Of '4j-6 at Corpus
Christi. Lieut.. W. l.. Crirtendeu now Of
III" 1T Regiment of Infantry. then Hr.v,t
LIEUT., Of The 9th, spots freely 10 Maj =.
NJ. Barbour and other officers Of the pros
poct o. GcnI. Taylor's being n candidate
for the Presidency, and uiged rs n reason
for sa ing so, that the people ofFhe western
country were talking about his nomination.
On the 9Th of May '4G when Our little
army was within a mile Of Palo Alto. Gen.
Taylor rode along the lines and convrrspd
freely with the officers, at The conclusion
Of one Of these conversations, Capt. T.. II.
Larned Of the 4th Infantry getting a
glimpse orthe enemy exclaimed, "Genpral
YOU viii to day make Yourself resident.'
After the battles Of the 18th and OH
the feeling III favor of Cen. Taylor being
nominated for President wes universal. and
would have remained SO, but for partiaan
influences. There were many indcprn-
dent persons however. whn entered into
the matter with zeal and decl red them
selves for Genl. Taylor Without regard 10
other candidates and party usagrs.
The New York Mirror was the first pa.
per in the United States that placed Grnl.
%iaylor's name at The head OF It's columns.
as candidate for the Presidency.
On the 25th of Nay ls46 there was an
immense meeting held At tie n. o. Conn.
Exchange, to thank Grnl. Taylor and his
brave officers for their meritorious conduct
on the Rio Grande. in the midst of the
enthutia'n James Iachatie Esq, nominal.
cd rirn Uoce Zachary Taylor for The Pre-.
sid"ncy.
I. b. Th rpe, Esq, then editor Of the
1ropic was the first person in New Or.
leans who in newspaper, mentioned Cen.
Iaylor's name in connection with The Pre-.
sidency. This was done Immediately eE-
ter his (Mr. Thorpe's) return rlon Mexico
On the oath of June an article appeared
IN the Jcfersonian highly abusive Of Gcnl.
IayIor's conduct ia the battles Of the 9Th
aud 9th, commenting the next day Che 25th
of Junc) on said article Mr.. Thorpe closed
his rem .rks as follows
ave say again that any attempt TO per.
se'ute Genl Taylor or lessen his higb
standing before the people of the United
States, mH most certainty make him Pre-.
Stdcm Of The Unit@ States. Let "Old
Rough and Ready" alone, he is a hero,
and he cannot be slandered out of his po-
sition by all the presses in the world
80 much for some of the earliest Incl
dents of Geul. Taylor's nomination, the
subsequent ones may yet be written and
afford u most interesting chapter of a pre-
sldential nomination made by the people
and to the last moment opposed by pro-
fnssed politicians.
The Delta in the article that il alluded
TO in the commencement of this hasry
sketch asserts. that G.. w. Reedcr Esq,
first suggested to Genl. Taylor "as they
were taking q glass of Monongahcla to-
gether" that the latter would probably be
a candidate for the Presidency. This is
the second time that the Delta has made
this statement. The fact asserted that Mr..
Rceder made the suggestion above men
ton d, is as ridiculous as the one that
GenI. Taylor took a glass Of ~Monongahela,
rs his personal friends knsw that he ncv.
er drinks any thing but water. Farther,
the Matdmoros Flag announces Mr.. Reed.
er's arrival in Matamoros with certain
medals, on the l7th of August 1916, more
than a month after Genl. Taylor had been