Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1848-09-09

From he Washington JaioR.
ACALL FOR INFORMATION,
We lay before our readers the following inter
eSting and wcl.writtcn letter which we receive
by yesterday mail from Connecticut. In submit
ting this paper 10 the country, we are aware 4
the Importance of IFS contents and we call, il
the name oflhe people, tor an answer from ei
Their Mr.. Bates, Mr. Baldwin, or Mr., Truman
Smith. They cannot evade it. They canno
shira dodge, or shun reply; and whatever i
be, il must be as clear, unequgocal, trumpet
tongued, as any which ever emanatcd from the
lips Of man. Whatever it be- We pledge ogr
sevsto publish it, We want the truth, the
whoe truth, and nothing but the trulh. We
want 20 know what are General 'Haylor's decid
ed opinions lpos this delicate question, We
waptio know whether il is possibe that General
Taylor can write letters which are thus to ope.
RAKE IN tbo dark upon one section # the country,
tu.hr exclusion and IN eos;ampto another. " e
hope ibara is amistal,o ia this business but, ioy
olp, ayt determined " tenet oW the truth.
We ltye sfosJot,to inetIcre with the gen.
tleur c94a4 Nc have not tba slightest
Dc = rHt Them win any other feeling than
"eereare aqd fes9eei; bat w~wi,l not rest IN,
t eocdssca4a speak out II such letter
bctQ tue't possession Il concerns the public inter.
eos 81 deeply as loeKcus. seine departure from
ord.aarl ouns and idle etiquette. Gen. Tay.
Iva eucr is The onll evidence, perhaps, that can
lullyfsatisly the public MUD and We most re.
spectniiY cali for il. We sht.i address a copy Of
ths numbero the Union to the three gentlemen
specified bi our correspondent. II they fail to
answer, we shall repeat The cab anoe week -.
Unit that call shall fall like the stalmss note
upon the public ear:
NEW IiAvEH, tCt) August y lsls.
Tb he Editor Of The Union:
Although not personally acquainted with you,
vel take the liberty to enclose 10 you an ex.
tract from newspaper published here this morn.
ing. /, is from the New Haven Journal. This
Paper is edited by that veteran writer Thomas
G, Woodward, WHO'S the intimate and conf.
dental friend OF Roger 5. Baldwin the aho.
ton federal scns or II m this state, who resides
In this city and the PAPER Is Known and has
been for many years, az his organ.
Whatever importance You in Washington mag
attach to it, here is more in it, ! can tell You,
than appears on its face. Senator Baldwin, and
the Hon. Truman Smith of the House OF Rep.
resentatves, arrived in this city on Wednesday
last. There is in this section large portion Of
the wings who would not, hitherto, support the
nomination of Gen. Taylor and from appear
ances, were going to Join the Stree sellers !" and
in fact, had sent delegates to the Buffalo Con-
yenlion. Since Senator Baldwin's arrival, the
most extraordinary excrions are making TO whip
in the disahec,ed wings TO tie support of Gen.
Taylor and, in a good many instances, they
hare been successful. copy oil letter from
General Taylor is exhibited by Mr.. Baldwin to
to these dsallccled wings; the original ofwhich
is now in the possession Gas Mr.. Baldwin says
Of VIM. q. Bates Of Massachusetts, one OF the
delegates from that Stateto the Wing National
Convention, and who, after the convention, spent
some time in Washington. Ia this letter, Gen,
Taylor pledges himself that he @iii mol reto any
measure that has passed 10Th houses Of Congress,
and alludes particularly 10 he Uiimoi Proriso
No copies OF this letter will Gov. Baldwin give
to any person, as was undoubtedly agreed upon
at Washington among the wbig members from
the North and West before the Adjournment
This IS, no doubt, from the fear that il might be
published, and thus injnre Gen. Taylor a the
South.
Mir. Baldwin has given the following as The
way in which TIL pledge was obtained from 'fsy.
lor He says thai Corwin and others from ONO,
| and some oflhe Massachusetts wings, and others
from he North, would not 60 u for Taylor until
they could have pledge Of this kind that sPe-
cial messenger was despatched from washing.
.sn iagiof wish leiicfs from Mr tIii.
ad nj a0n'sh letter il reaH
fe c d ,bibi,s, aud tae ga.d
w lf. baies.
ing MAJ ihe sane gan
4 i play Eg9DHg county y LiicAteia
ra ! aaaU ni.a resides. lie is there
4 ,iaB8l5s ~ ise same ieter bai pormlt'
so e7eia . 4eTgaea. .ihis game Is iHldu5ted
| ly q b fal lhto giioat the whoe Of the north
srn and waaef7 states.
rive line Iac., 10 knowing who our cen
tral conp,gae IS al Washington, and you car
maze such l-e 81 them 4, you may deem prope
! under the iHamstances VIII not oGr soalberi
irieads open their eyes
IN toe gfaatesi possible haste, your friend
From the New Haven Journal.
We publish The above communication very WI