The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1848-08-16
GEN. TAYLOR HAS ACCEPTED THE
WIG NOMINATION.,

He refuses 10 say he ,ronld Veto the Wanot
Proriso letter of cx. Governor Morehead,
and Gen. Tayor's reply, speak for themselves,
and speak very plain that the Wings have sc.
lected Gen. Taylor as their exclusive nstru.
m.nt; and he consents to he their candidate,
and of course he is the candidate OF nobody "'ss.
He has surrendered to the Philadelphia Wing
Convention. Just as we anticipated: Gen.
TAYLOR discusses and asserts no principle, but
that he takes post rs the chief of Wings. Ot
course he will only expect their support, and
no, the support of any Independent man. least
Of all ofa Democrat, after the publication OF
this correspondence. We should go further
and say (if experience did not warn US other.
wise that Gen. Taylor would not receive the
vote of single Southern citizen Of any party,
after publication of his letter 10 B. NJ. McCon
kew. Of Ohio, in which he refuses to say that he
would veto such bill as the Wimot ProYiso!
Would any Southern man who is statesman,
and who regards the Presidency as a position
of high responsibility, and capable of being
made useful to protect the Constitution of his
country, and the rights and equality OF the States
refuse to say he would oppose measure so de.
grading as The Wilmot Proviso! Would Pres-
dent Polk, or Mr.. Calhoun, or any other
Southern statesman, take the same position as
Gen. TAYLOR has done? No oreal Democrat, or
undsguised politician. Gin modern days synony.
NOUS terms could take such a position. Cen
Cass has come out openly against the "ilmot
Proviso principle, though living in non slave
holding State, and Gen. Taylor, thorough
Southern Whig, lodges the question.
We repeat, Gen. Taylor lodges the question
of,he Wilmot Proviso, and he>a Southern man!
and run on that ground, by some! The people
oflhis State would not consent to vote for any
man as Village Constable, if he were to dodge
this vially important question, which attacks
the rights, equality and independence OF all the
States, and the union and peace of the whole
country. Can parizan Wings themselves ask
ANYBODY to 90 for Gen. Taylor now, for The
President of the United States, after the dlsclo.
sure Of the McConkry letter? They may do
50. but we trust very few will respond TO the
invitation. Now favorable time for Southern
Wings to disconncct themselves from party
to which they have, in an evil hour, permitted
themselves to be attached. What has the Wing
par,y oflhe Union ever done for the Southern
PRINCIPLES, and to hru, upon them all the North.
ern principles ofthe Wing party. Every body
knows this who knows anything OF parties and
politics; and as The last &C, of the drama. alter
surrendcring everything to the Northern wings
but your opposition to Abolition and the Will
mot Provisosrn, you are called on TO follow
Tay!or and Fillmore, The latter being unques
tionably like all the other Northern wings
from Daniel Webster down, Wilmot Provlso
man: and the former, for fear of offending the
Northern Whigs refusing to oppose ii. In all
of Gen. Taylur's correspondence, there is not
the slightest hint Of opposition to Wim"t Pro-
visoism, hut to our regre, there is much TO
Justify the Northern Wings in asserting. as lhey
do that he would oppose, ifelectcd' no oo''ac'o
to their consummalon of the measure.
ale who malteth haste TO be rich shall not
be innocent" and hos who like Gen. Taylor
make haste to step from the military camp to
the Presidency, to snatch at once, without pre-
liminary training or civil promotion and honor
can hardly remain innocent of the vice amb'.
ton. BY that sin fell the Angels. Gen.
Taylor does not 'resist" the Northern Wllmo,
Provisois,s; the consequence is, they do not all
"Hy from him. Ii is time Southern men, with
out distinction OF party, should leave him alone
with the Northern legion Of Wings.
GrecnriUc Moantainccr.