The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-09-07

Is it letter from General 7ayor7 letter from one

Is 1t letter from General Idyor7 or letter from
uho conpersed Nth HIM?
There appears to be escape from this alternative
and we pledge ourselves not to rest until we obtain
satisfactory We call upon Mr. Bates to give it,
and upon Messrs Babcock. John b. Robertson Baldwin
and, last of ALL Truman Smith, speak to the statement
If there be such letter is embraced in either cate
CORY, let them say So and pledge ourselves to clear
their skirts of the assertion and to set forth their tcst
mony to the world But we will not fold our arms and
candidate pressed the South by his slavery 20.
son, and in the North by the assurance that he will
not veto the WiImot Proviso. We had determined TO
clear up this imputation of fraud upon the whgs or
to establish it and assure the above named gentle
men, that here plant our foot, and nothing will salts.
fyus but frank unequvocal explanation. If they will
not shall argue confession from their silence
and appeal to the South for solution If either of these
letters exists we only ask that the people may be pem
ted to what is at present confined to the circle of the
inflated
We are impelled to adopt this course by the con-
current testimony Of the New Haven (Con) Register,
and the Springfield (Mass Postboth of the 4th instant
We repubsh both these articles and call for an explicit
answer from those who have the document in their pos
session
From the New Haven Register
The "BATKs LETrER."-It has been notorious in this
city that the Taylor leaders, becoming alarmed a, the in
roads made into the old wing ranks by the ee.soi move
ment, have been work with every possible means to
persuade the conscience whgs that Taylor if President
would be well as pledged oppose the Wilmot Pro
vso Senator Baldwin had the reputation of being CON
cerned in the intrigue. Truman Smith, it was known
the moving spirit of it, and SUCH the letter
to the Journal pupcring give conversation with Tay
lor, TO the effect that he {Tayo) favorable Will
mot Proviso. correspondent of the Washington Union
from this city, who evidently acquainted with the wires
and who writes with "a sharp stick has been determined
expose this hypocrca game and, in letter to the
Union, staedwhat had been before alluded in our col
umnsthat copies OF letter (sad to be possession OF
one VIM g. Bates) pretending to be from Taylor and
pressing his determination to the Provso Were
crety circulated among the dsaected by the TAYLOR dig
naries aforementioned Gov Baldwin, for himself de-
MES the charge But that the Bates letter been crcu
lated (by copes) in this city is attempted to be de-
MED On the contrary the Union correspondent give.
proc Of The fact which, it looks u.s. it will troube some
one to get rid of We give his letter below This base at
tempt pain off Taylor at the North eesoiler while
he is advocated mt the South for his southern sypahie
and interests, likely be well shown up both sections
From the Springfield Post September A.
GEN. TAYLoR's NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN FACES ON THE
qUEsroHThe discovery the dirty trick that
the friends OF Cen Taylor endeavorng play upon the
people OF this country, by openly REPRESENT him opposed
the Wilmot Provso at the South secretly claiming
him friend of the Provso at the North has occasoned
no little futerng among the Connecticut politicians who
have been among the active agents carrying out the
deception. 4
New Haven correspondent of tho Washington Union
after abiding to the stir occasoned among wing wire
pulers by the discovery of their operations saws
tits understood that letters received by todays
(29h August mail from Washington and Baltimore. from
se leading Ws which stated that that letter Che letter
Journal have been coscted together this afternoon and il is
that the editor will deny the truth Of the article
n copy OF such letter."
1t altogether late in the day talk of denying the
existence the letter in question We knov that Mr. Bates
has. has had letter from Gen Taylor in his possession
in which the writer VIRTUALLY, If positively, pledge. him
self the Wiimot Propiso This is matter of
doubt ALL fact for stating which have salts
factory authority
For our own part perfectly willing that the wing
candidate should pledge himself in favor of the Whnot
Povso if he chooses 1t Is Of course, perfectly Indifferent
0 what opinions Gen. Taylor may hold We certainly
do object his thinking he pease and telling what
he thinks But do object, and every honest will
Join in making the objection to this ighhanded at
tempt deceive the people in regard his real opinions
this exciting question. We do say that Gen Taylor
would would NOT the Winot Proviso, should he
have opportunity but he certainly could do both
and in pedging himself to do both, by allowing his
friends make snch pledges for him. he intention
ally and deliberately deceive either side the other
either the North or the South.
If the letter Mr.. Bates gives Gen. Taylo real opinions
the subject, why publish i'll Why the South
right in regard the mattcr1 Southern
uualy dwelling this theme, advocating the election of
Taylor the ground of his opposition the Proviso They
hold hi up the champion of the South They tell their
hearers that Gen. Taylos intere settle the question it'll
hm that every slave he is pledge against the Pro
so, and that there three hundred such pledges They
pronounce the idea that he would approve bill having
,ached to it the Wmo Provso, absurdit,. Some Of
the southern papers 20 farther and if there is
such letter IN existence that held by M Bates
forgery! II they wrong in this. why the matter
right by showing Gen. Tayors southern friends and neigh
y,trh La. Lu ,t,n ,tu
northern letterr