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

hound to ABIDE By its decision, aud sustain the nominee
hear and sou'-ha General Taylor recognises in h,s
fiens in l eoausntioa those pho hare the right NTH.
,aw has nre, and 'oW eheefAAs aeqaiescs i" such Nth
tra,oaf
'In the choice of this convention shall fall
other than Gen Taylor. and his friends in this
Withdraw him. will be their and his, but ia whc
he will cheerlny acqaiesce and by hsact of Nth
this conpentoa his friends wtdraw has from The
unless he be the nominee of the convention"
These declarations al once denounced by the
Maryland independent electors in their card, unau-
horized and in fragrant violation OF General Taylors
previous pledges
Among these pledges Ito say nothing OF the Generals
early and repeated declarations that he would be
the representative exponent of the political principles
of any paty) was the following then very recent Ian
guage of his letter the editors OF the Richmond Repub
lcan. They had questioned Lin as follows:
"We re specially solicit an answer the following ques-
tons:
"a viii you refuse the nomination of Wing National
Convention
"2 Do you design withdraw il Henry Clay any
other shall be the candidate p
The following is General Tayor's reply:
"BAroN ROUGE, (La) April 20, 1913.
DsAR Your letter of the 10th instant which audes
that have recently been made in
the pa pers the North, and which submits several in
quiries for my consideration, has been received.
''To your Inquiries have respectfully reply,
"First That, if nominated by the wing national
venton, shall not refuse acceptance, provided am left
free of all pledges and permitted TO maintain The position
OF INDEPENDENCE OF ALL PARTIES, in which the
people and my own of duty have placed other
,cise SHALL REFUSE the nomination. of any conrsntion
or party.
Secondly do not design to withdraw my name If Mr.
Clay be the nominee of the ig National Uonutntiop and
in this connexion, beg permission to remark that the
which have been positively made in some of
the northern prints the effect that should Mr. Clay be
the nominee of the Wing National Convention had
stated that would suffer my to be used,
correct, and have foundation in any oral written
remark of mine. has not been iatention, any
nient to change position, to WITHDRAW my from
the eanua may be The nominee of the national con-
pe,ttioa, either Of the chig ordemocraiic party"
We ask every admirer of General Taylor to compare
these declarations with those of the above letter. and
with the language of Judge Saunders Can any contra
diction be more palpable and fagranti
But this not all the Maryland independents had
before Them when they made their charge of bad faith
against the General They had also the language of their
resolutions nominating General Taylor, and his ex-
picit assent to and approval of them When, their no.
party meeting at Baltimore, they nominated the General
they spoke in their welwrtten address, which took the
strongest no-party ground, as follows:
sins far the people superior to party-in far
the constitution is superior to party creed-so does Gen
mdgistraey Of this Union.
Then they passed these two equally explicit resolu-
tons, which, with the address, they to Gen. Taylor
Roiped That tho honor and wel-being of the nation
Its dignity abroad, and its tranquility at homerequiring,
always strong head and honest heart-dsmand par.
cuarly now. in the crcumstan which
round us, TO be committed to unuamlneled' hands.
which Gem Taylor stands before the people, saaran a
equal rights to ALL furnishes sure and ample basis upon
chich all HoDcitisens heter knopn as democratic
rhl
partic in the benefits of good government under his
administration"
To all this General Taylor responded follows in his
letter to Brantz Mayer, esq:
"BAroN ROUGE, (La.) May l. lS4S
''DEAn SIR. have by this days mail received copy
(dnplcate) of your letter of March 81 with enclosed
copy the proceedings OF meeting held by the citizens of
Baltimore who friendly to my election to the pres
dency.
"7Ae political sentiments embraced in the preamble nd
resolutions adopted that meeting Iroice say ih
my cordial approval aud assent. No in any
of the country having the object offer testimonials
of honor and respect towards myself to advocate my
election the presidency have caused in me more lively
pleasure, or demand more my gratitude"
And now we ask what violation of pledges, if
the language held and the course adopted by General
Taylor towards the whg convention, set forth in this
newly published letter. be not such violation Pledged
expressly he not to be the candidate repre-
sentative OF any party convention, he made himself the
candidate and representative of the wing convention
Philadelphia. Pledged not TO withdraw his name from
the canvass, he gave Judge Saunders written authority
TO withdraw it. Having defined his no-party posi-
ton and again. he told Judges Saunders and
Misunderstanding, going to wing convention-that
they might say rohat they thought fit to say about him TO
that convention, and he ,oodd abide by itaH!
But it is unnecessary to quote the documents TO asen
the charge OF gross bad faith upon this whole transaction
detailed in the above letter of Gen. Taylor II appears
that Judge Saunders had letter OF Gen. Taylor in his
pocket upon which he founded his statement to the
venton Why did he not produce the letter itself? Could
it not bear the light' Again Why, when Gen. Taylor
wrote this his letter to the Maryland convention, did he
forbid its publication He says it was because Of
sion to haze his before the public conneron wh
politics And he has been writing two three letters
week, to be published in that connection, since
Again he says in the above letter, that she thought his
friends should go into the convention, unless they
should discover an evident disposition to treat him
unfairly" What does that mean Does it mean
treating him Mr. Clay, General Scott, and Mr.
Webster qcere treated there Does it not
nominating him Was his advice to his friends to go
ton and otherwise, to stay out and leave him free to run,
he said in his Republican letter he would rum chether
nominated by the convention not? In view of such
possible unfair treatment from the convention, was
This has notion Of Jardealing towards that body,
which had great duty to perform TO the wing party
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