The North-Carolina standard., 1848-07-26

ABANDONING THE OLD GENERAL. q.
me lndependent Taylor men Of Baltimore have
publicly abandoned he old General. Tbe;r o. orr
1.-the Baena Visa a-ohaEEes Gen. Taxlor ,vitb
asserting his position and surTeuasrir % tie Wh9a.
thus exhibiting C an sbandonment of everlva sae
on which he has yet been called to act" The same
paper states the fact that Gen. Taylor is shrinking
from responsibility, and writing to independent Tay
ior men of Baltimore letter which he requests them
not to publish. Can honesty consist with so much
seeneeys Fhe Buena Vista - says of Gen. TAYLOR:
" Fs"dsng Aim kttss UAFeRable IN one thing, we
Know & no reason iot suPPosing we can rely him in
any thing His pledge to substitute the Constitution
for party creed, in his administrations is fortified
and can be fortified by stronger faith than that
which has gone with the pledges we have shown to
be broken. The ground then, of adherence, hav-
ing alen from under US, advocacy falls with it.
AS frankly as we supported him, we now abandon
his support. We have Withdrawn his name from
the head OF our columns. Others may if they please,
support his election as choice Of evils. We no
longer honestly GdcOcnte him, and should perpetrae
lIauo were we to pretend the contrary.
We have said these things, readers will be-
lleVe, far more in sorrow than in anger"
The above, be it remembered, is from the pen of
one of the original Taylor men,. As no-party man
ne supported Gen. Taylor as long as he could hon
estiy do so; but when he forced to believe that
he had falsihed his solemn pledges, and thrown him
self into the arms of the Wings, he abandoned him.
The same may be said of the Hon. Robert Carter
Nicholas of Louisiana, whose card, announcing his
abandonment of General Taylor, we find in the New
Orleans Delta of the 18th instant. Mr.. Nicholas
says:
| ...-. ...-.... "ST. JAMES, july Cd lS48
My Dear Sri had the pleasure the day before
Yesterday to receive your very polite invitation to
tend Taylor meeting on Friday, the 7th July, in
Piaquemne 1t is true that very early was, as you
IN very iattering manner express it. jealous advo-
cate of Gen. Taylors election-a desire that was felt
by me at that time in common with many other Dem
ocrats; but the position given him by his friends
In the Whlg Convention together with the character
OF the gentleman associated with him. gives the tick
ct purely party character, and such is not likely
to find favor with those long connected with the
other party. With the highest admiration of Gen.
character and the deepest sense of the val
ue OF his public services it is impossible for me
unite with party, even in his support, who and
have been SO long warning against the principles that
have received my warmest support. cannot bring
myself to believe that these principles which the
government has been administered since its for
nation, with three short intervals, have produced
dotcn1oGrd tendency Of our national afairs Equal
iy usccikng should be to unite aOih party, one of
10h0se JncOrite apeGpOns Of offence likely to be
reUfkng and casting odiuns on the late Merieu1 War.
Believing that it will be of the brightest
in our history, should not be willing to see it soil
ed or disfgured.
should have heartily united in support of an in
dependent ticket, such was at first Contemplated;
and believe the high character and public services
OF Gen. Taylor would have united enough from both
parties to have insured success. Among the consid-
eratlons that induced to desire such result
first, the hope that such union would break
down the aSperltles of party and give more of
tonal character to political opinions and second
that political machinery conventions, &C., would be
broken up, and that the election of Presidents
would be resumed by the people.
Seeing nothing in the present distinguish
it from all that have preceded it for the last twenty
years, my position must be, where it always has
been, with my party. With these views, you will
that becomes my duty, respectfully
mine, but TO act as Eector am with great respect,
! ROBERT CARTER NICHOLAS.
Messrs. --, of Iberville.''
! We see good deal in the Whig papers about the
enthusiasm which is said to exist for old Zac about
Baton Rouge-"th home of Gen. Taylor" Euery
body tn and about that place, to hear certain Wings
talk, intends vote for the old General. Now, see
show plain tale'' will put that down!
The New Orleans Delta, neutral paper, says:
"On the 9th, the Wings had large and enthusias-
tic meeting at Baton Rouge. Messrs. Benjamin,
Elan, Stewart, Davis and others made effective
speeches. There were number of Democrats pres
at this meeting held at the residence of General
Taylor, but from all learn, the party lines
drawn here closely elsewhere, and Taylor Dem
ocrats and Cass Wings scarce in Baton Rouge
as in other parts of the country"
The truth is, there is real enthusiasm for Gen.
Taylor, politician, any where The article is all
MANUFACTURED by ofce-hunters for the occasion; and
in good time it will die off, just hard-ciderism did
after the famous carouse of 1910.
WHO MADE 1T A PARTY QUESTION!