The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-07-22

The following letter in the N O. Pcayune is thrown Out
explain the mystery of the missing letter The solution
has merit at least 1t is presented in a spirit oil
irankness, and OF lberay too towards the Post Office
Department;
Baron ROUGE, July 10, Is4s
Our meeting the 9Th instant, composed Of the neigh
bors and friends of General Taylor drawn together for the
purpose OF rating the nomination OF General Taylor by
the people, fully attended, and gave universal satsac
on The proceedings throughout conducted in the
spirit There was abuse of candidates. no I'M
guarded expressions and appeal the passions Never
before did attend meeting complete in accomplishing
lis purpose perfectly satisfactory all engaged In IT,
The citizens of East Baton Rouge and vicinity particpa-
ting in the meeting feel under obligations 10 your city for
the services of Mesrs Benjamin and Peyton Persuasion
from the stump kindly offered like the soft answer, turns
away wrath, and dsams the egosm OF mere political par
tsanship
have than occasion written you relative
the enormous made upon Gen. Ia ylors time and
pocket by leer-wrers. You will scarcely believe that
more than fifty will often arrive mail yet this is Of
ten the In fact, sufficient number of letters arrive
occupy his whole time, he should undertake read
them all But the evil does stop here, appears that
there individuals who, either from obusty of intellect
from vicious heart, will enclose Gen Taylor scraps
newspapers, often containing articles rejecting upon
his politics. asking him impairment questions nquir-
ing after matters and things that he know nothing of
Under these circums inces he has time
fused take from the office any letter post paid
directed in hand he recognised and the is
that great number of letters collected here were tie
LIST of June, forwarded Washington. Among these for
warded letters il is possible if has not miscared. that
Mr.. Morehead's long-expected letter included at
least such is my conviction, and the only way that can
for Gen Taylor not having been long since inform
ed of the honor conferred upon him by that portion of
friends that posed the Philadelphia convention
Isuch il the case, it certainly affords and highly
interesting phase of the unambous character of General
Taylor. Unmoved amidst the honors grateful country
showers upon him. he thinks of himself and lets
han
politicians struggle through long series of years attain
often sacrificing in the vain pursuit only health, but Of
ten good fame. T. b. T.
Upon analysing these speculaons, however, we are
compelled pronounce them incorrect The writer sup
poses that the letter may have been sent back with a
large number of letters ''the of June" Now the
letter could only have been written after the h of June
when the Philadelphia convention met-the Washington
etter-writer says it mailed on the 9th. If mailed
on that day. should have reached Baton Rouge by the
18th OF 10TH and if not taken out it would have to be
advertised three weeks and after remaining by a three
months in the office, would be sent to the dead letter
office with the next quarterly return which would be the
3oth of September next The return of dead letters is
only made the close of each quartehe end of March,
June, September, and December.
tits most probable, however that the letter writer has
hit upon the solution of the mystery If he tells the
truth in saying that Gen. Taylor omts take out letters
unless pre- paid known handwriting, and this
letter was ever sent and reached the Office, must
yet repose in the Office at Baton Rouge.
Some charitable wings still anxious to fix the fail
ure upon the Post Office Department. Among these, is
the scrbbler in this city who pours out his and
abusive illusions into the columns of the Philadelphia
s'North American" And thus he descants in his usua
vein of impudent and unauthorized assertion
aThe Union with its characteristic disingen uousness
endeavors divide the responsibility of the delay Gen
Taylor's acceptance of the WING nomination between ou
candidate and the president of the convention and throw
upon the motives of both II this msre
ton through ignorance, might be excused bu
since nsgated by malice, it deserves only to be de
spiscd The Nec Orleans Picayune announces, upon the
authority of Gen. Tayot himself that up to the srth day
of Julv 1S48 he (en Taylor had received Governor
Morehead's letter informing him of his nomination. The
wing papers of North Carolina have announced that Gov
Moehead mailed the letter communicating the official in
| telieence on the evening of the 9Th of June.
at becomes the Post Office Department to answer, wha
has become the letter? The gross mismanagement OF
that branch the public service, and the depedatons tina
have been committed on correspondence, warrant susp
con of foul play in this The abstraction of such
letters from the mails familiar the experience of loco
cosm for it is notorious that, when Judge White
candidate for the presidency in opposition to Mr. Var
Buren, his spondence between this city and Tennes
see was constantly vioatedhe seals were broken, ant
tenn of Espionage Of all the movements and purposes
his friends What unscrupuous political agents could d,
in 1885, they would hesitate to try in 1913 The
party banded against General Taylor that ther
organized against Judge White and the conservative por
ton of the country.
''Seps have been taken to repair the delay, and Gov
Moehead has addressed second letter to General Taylor
through channel which will insure its safe delivery
Now we compelled to say that this accusation o
fraud is urged with about much truth the charge
was made of violating the correspondence of Judge
White. The same seeking the management
of Gen Taylor who assumed the control of Judge White
and supposing that capital made for him by such
charges against the Post Office Department willing 10
try their hands again. without the slightest evdence-no
even the loss of mail for day. and not depreciation
on the line heard of-when, by law, it would be imposs
Bile for the letter to have been treated dead letter
Yet, upon suspicious alone generated in wicked heart
the letter supposes that the postmaster at Raleigh
where the letter is presumed to have been mailed, thu
post masters at Mobile New Orleans, or Baton Rouge
the only places where the letter could have been
have stolen the letter; and for what To avoid General
Taylor getting notice of the nomination We forbea
giving any suggestions of our own But it would be just
as fair to attribute the fraud to cunning friend OF
the General, who desired consultation with the wire
workers Washington, and kept the letter from him, a.
| to Law the fraud at the door of the Post Office.
Several hints have been given in the newspapers abou
| III hat,v Mr. Law on the hand.