The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-09-23

Gen. Taylor's position.
# IS now about five months since il was fully settled
By Gen Taylors explicit declaration in his Richmond
Republican letter OF April 2oh, that he would be cand
date for the presidency, whether nominated not
mated either by the democrats at Baltimore or the wings
Philadelphia About his position al that time there could
be, and there dispute whatever He was an indie
pendent nopary candidate, pledged distinctly repeatedly
and immuta5y not TO be considered "ihe exponenor
representative OF the principles of any party" To him.
this asceraned and fixed position towhich spersona and
POLITICAL integrity fully pghted various independent
Taylor organizations. made up partly OF wings and partly
OF democrats in Maryland, in Pennsylvania Tennes
see and in other States gave their support 1t was al
this time doubtful whether the Wing Convention would
nominate him II was certain that most conspicuous
and leading wings protested against his nomination by
that body only the ground that he had given no
evidence OF his assent to wing principles and measures
and that he had no fit qualifications for the presidency
but also on the further ground that he had fully pledged
himself not to be the representative of those principles or
of the party maintaining them.
Notwithstanding all these objections, General Taylor,
pledged he to Independent position and to rep
resent the principles Of party, yet managed Through
the statement which he authorized Judge Saunders TO
make his BEHALF to become wing enough at the elev.
enth hour to the nomination of the Philadelphia
pulers Since that time, the General has written sew
era leters-among them the Lppard letter and the Pn
gle letter. bod, Of which admitted by all parties to have
tended 10 carry him back towards his Independent position
and TO have made him less srhg party candidate than
he would have been had they not appeared To this
effect far have observed has been the universal
voice Of that portion Of the wing which has referred
to those two letters The New York Express denounced
one OF them forgery. The Albany Evening Journal
got up Indignation meeting upon the other Upon the
together Mr. Bolts his scahing epistle and
the Clay in New York and other States held their
Clay meetings. pledged themselves to vote for Taylor
and took measures to get up an electoral ticket for Clay
Then the second letter OF Gen. Taylor to Captain
Allison And what change has it brought about Now,
we find these very men, who had denounced Taylor as
representative Of the wing party OF wing principles,
assuming wholly different tone. Mr. Bolts says he
would be perfectly satisfied with the General if he had
written letter but this one" Mr. David Graham-who
had protested against Taylor the ground that be was
whig candidate-has written letter say that,
having this cond Allison document he shall vote
for the General the representative of wing principles
and Of the whig party And 40 it is with others.
Now. what is the meaning Of all this, in its bearing
upon General Tayor's position and his consistency
Who 1t in this sudden and total change that has
been veering about? Has General Taylor been shifting
his position. have these converted Clay men been
changing theirs' The answer is in the recoM-and
that answer is, that General Taylor having upon his
rendered reasons, immutably pledged himself in whole
series of letters not to be the representative Of any party
has since written letter which is satisfying his violent
wing opponents that he is the representative of the uhg
party!
Has this country before seen presidential candl-
progress of canvass, solemn pledges, not only made
and signed by him, but publicly and extensively acted
upon by assemblages and organizations since
this very commenced Nay, more; these very
pledges independent position thus made and signed
by General Taylor received in good faith and acted
upon. by these independent organizations. with the
Generals express assent and approval! He was thus
committed and pledged to these men, both before and
after. And then he writes this second Allison letter,
which, the most eminent and jealous of them may be
credited makes his first pledges and promises not worth
the paper which they are written
Is Mr. Van Buren's inconsistency 80 al-astonishng,
that the whg party and the country have no more aston
tei W at SUCH telKveIeatlOn as tnls
this be the way which Gen Taylor deals with his open
explicit, and recorded pledges. who are The men that
would entce either the South the North to trust him
those vital points upon which he has made pledges
save such secret, candestine altogether vague
and resting more less upon mere hearsay' In view
of what General Taylor has done TO the independents
who had him in black and white who al the North can
with grain of sense, trust to what he may have SAID
about not vetong the Wilmot Proviso' Who at the
South rely that in this matter he will not de
and deceive the South, even he has duped and de-
csived his earliest and frmest political friends In fine
how can the country President the who,
candidate has kept political faith who writes TO day
letter Allison right in the teeth of letter which he
wrote to Lppard yesterday
Ii Gen. Taylor were great statesman, there might be
preence Of excuse for forgetting this want Of 6mness