Democratic banner., 1848-09-25
"HEAD HIM OR DIE"

,agemen,: Ill ahead, and pr'm'
is-d at the same time, a letter by mall
The following is the letter as published in
the New York Tribune, by order If the
Clay committee. He asserts tina, Taylor. is
doomed to certain, inevitable and disgroce.
; fill dsfrat, aud that every man not w%ilfuIly
blind must see it. Hsad-him-or-die Bolts
is held in high estimation by his party, and
his opinion is entitled to consideration
As the Seventy-Six published a much lon.
ger letter from him just before the meeting
of the Philadelphia Convention, when be
occupied precisely the same ground that he
does now, We will expect, Of course, TO see
this also in its columns. 1t is pointed and
unequivOcal. Read.
Richmond, Sept. 6, '4s.
Mr. DEAR Sir 81 received your letter
yesterday, by which ! was delighted to hea,
'nf the fred Pnrp0Se-not an Albany fash
in.thr. pan-nf the determined friends Of
the Wing cause, aud Of Wing principles, to
nominate Henry Clay; for, as matters now
stand. admitting Gen. Taylor TO be a Wing
candidate, (which ] utterly deny the par
|ty is dO"med to certain, inevitable and
Idisgrsceful defraI, and every nan not
|wiIfully blind must see it. 1t was an inra
|cnsabIe blunder to suppose tha: from a
million and Q quarter &" a million and a half
of free, independent wing voters could be-
wheeled inio the line at the word of com.
mand from some fry or sixty Washington
politicians m"st'Gf who had scarcely shed
thrir pin.fr alters in politics for a candid.
ate who had never filled civil station, and
" no had n"s for forty years, and perhaps in
life, given q vote for q man or measures;
wiihout experience or knowledge Of the
practical operations Of any one Of the do.
nes,ic questions about which we had diff
{. red; Of no acquaintance with our foreign
relations; who had said to the people. "Yon
innst take me on your responsibility -
--'I will not b. the candidate OF a party"
sor twill | he the exponent Of your party
as the rule nf actiou;'' and while he profes.
ned to shrink from no responsibility, steadi-
" refused ~ give his opinion on any one
question, except the practical use Of the
Veto power; and declared his determination
to he governed BY the action of the
Convention but would be a candidate no
who might be nominated; aud in my
judgement his name never should have been
considered in that Convention after he
male that declaration,
But this last objection. It was said, had
hern removed BY the pledges made for him
BY Judge Saunders in behalf Of the Louise
ana delegation, which he subsequently, ad-
opted by u card written by his authority
and published by Bailey Pryton, Bullet,
&c.-and this declaration was held up by
the Taylor men aud Wing presses Of the
as sufirient t. reconcile all Wings
10 his election. The Peytor Card & his cor
dial acceptance ofthe nomination had plac-
I'd him upon the Wing platform; and inst
at the moment that msny Of us had brought
our minds 10 the conclusion to vote fer him
reluctantly, lie writes another letter, in|
which he says he would have accepted the
from the Baltimore Convention
on the same terms on which he accepted
the PhilidslplIia nomination! What be-
Of the Peyton Care? And &c il be
true that there were no terms expressed or|
in the Plliladrlphia nomination that
would be inconsistent with an acceptahce|
If the Democratic nomination at Baltimore.
IN what an attitude does il place the Wing
party, selecting as their candidate one who
could with equal propriety have become|
The candidate Of their opponents! Aud ifI
not trns. in what . position does It place
Gen. Taylor. r-,7 @v
But what I desire to ieaIn is this. If|
Grn. Taylor is no, bound by the action Of
PhilsdrlpI.is Convention, who is? And
if he may disregard its recommendations
who may mot? And if he is bound byl
their actio,. what right hes he to lend the
influence Of his name 10 tie defeat Of Mr.l
Fillmore who was associated with him, byl
The same body OF men, By accepting al
nomination with Gen. Butler Locofoco,l
e~lecti"h lie thereby assists In promo
ing. In short his whole courss Of conduct
IS insulting 10 she Wing party, aud sspec.
ally 10 slkthose whu participated in the
proceedings at Phila. and if they had any
spirit left IN them, they would reseat|
i! 6 q 79f'A .'oa q" s. 70
u ii j. asseJtsined that the purpose Of
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