Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1848-03-03

The QUESTION SErTLED-THE INcERsoLL
LErrER.-If any doubts ever existed with re-
gard to the politics of Gen'l Taylor, they are
entirely removed by the letter which was read
at the late Buena Vista festival in Ihiladel-
phia, and which is dated Monterey, August
Sd, 1s47, and addressed by the old hero to the
Hon. Joseph R. Ingersoll, Wing member OF
Congress from Pennsylvania. In this letter.
Gen'l Taylor clearly avows himself not only
a Wing, but a " Clay Whig," He very frank
ly says that he has not had an opportunity to
examine into the great political questions OF
the day, and is, therefore, not SO competent TO
fill high civil station, such as that OF the
Presidency OF the United States. as those who
have thoroughly examined such matters. He
reiterates what he has so frequently said be-
fore, that he cannot consent to be the candi-
date of party for that high office, and further
adds, that he would prefer seeing MIR. Clay
President 10 any other individual IN the coun-
try. We cannot but smile at the position OF
a portion of the Wing party, with regard to
this Taylor movement Whilst Gen'l Taylor
is himself taking particular pains to tell all
those who choose to interrogate him that he
will under no circumstances consent to be
the candidate of party" his Wing friends
are moving heaven and earth to get him NOM
mated by the partzan Convention which is 10
meet in Philadelphia on the 7th of next June !!
This is another beautiful specimen of Wing
consistency We copy, for the information
of our readers, the two opening paragraphs OF
the letter to which we have been abiding -
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF OCCUPATION,
Camp near Monterey, Mexico, Aug 3, 1847.
Hon. Joseph R IngersoN-
DEAR SIR: have the pleasure 10 acknowl-
edge the receipt of your esteemed letter of tine
18th ult., which has just reached me, in which
you say-"l had the honor of being called on
last evening to address mass meeting of the
wings of the city and county Of Philadelphia
At that meeting your name was frequently
mentioned in conneXion with the Office OF chief
magstracy. | stated to that meeting, as | had
before stated in my place in the House of Re-
representatives. at Washington, that you were a
wkig-not indeed an ulta partisan whig-but
a whig in principle" HI of which IS entirely
correct !; and after the discussion which occur
red in both houses of Congress at the last ses-
sion, growing out of the capitulation of Mon
terey, in which discussion you thought proper
to defend my conduct in regard 10 that trans
action, when assailed somewhat, if not entire
ly. on party grounds, in the house of which
you were /; member-for which you haFe my
sincere thanks-whch was done in Such a
way by those who disapproved that pleasure,
can hardly imagine ho'r any arho tras pres,
ent and heard the speeches on that oqt asion, OF
read them after they ,cere published Icoold rrell
mistake the complexion Of my polh'Es.
AT the last presidential canvass, without in
terfering in any way with the anne, it was
well known TO all with whom mi xed, wings
and democrats, fer had no concealments in
the matter, that was decidedly In favor of
MIR. Clay's election, and would pow prefer
seeing him in that office to any Individual in
the Union, certainly much more so at any
time TO myself. Independent of his great tai.
ents and long experience in government affairs
| consider his views and those of the wings
for the most part are more nearly assimlatea
as regards political matters, TO those of Mr.
Jefferson than their opponents-in whose po
IltlcaI creed was reared, and whose opinions
in matters of state, have never lost sight of
as we'll as endeav ored to conformt to them a:
near as circumstances would permit. My
commission as a lieutenant in the army was
conferred by him short time before he retired
from public life