The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1848-03-21
N0'PARTY'AND NO PRiNcIPLEs.

] We think the following letter IRON Fen. Iayr
lor ndtloso which have preceded Il, arc about
enough to'determno among democrats, the Cen
ERALS claims 70 the Presidency IIo avews him
selfa Wing, and has av5wed himself Clay
whig, but persists in denying thatho wouldn't
elected, carry out whig principles, or in fact any
system Of pelicy or principle. Every Democrat
who believes that government. 'ond especially
Republican Government, should be guided by
intelligence and principle,will object to "gongit
btind'' for onewho appears to have no definite
ideahimselfof what he should do ifaectod,. and
who denies the right of inquiry into & his
claims, and throws his ssord only into the scale
ofnis qualifications. " airg 81 N b ,sbasd o3i
81 We have no doubta from all the old General has
written, that he:is MOI anxious for the office, and
thuth is egregiously abdsed by set of broken
down office-setkers who are al ming to max him
the step ladder ftheir amh'i,n. by endsayoring
10 elevate him to an office he has never Qualified
himselsto fiji, ahd where his great abilities
would be almost useless: N a}aAib3 atu'N
STILL ANOTHER LETTER FROM GEN.
lle 1929 i0 TAYLOR. sis
y9 Baron RoucE, La Feb. 12, 1S4S y
My dear ColoneI:-Y Your very kind com
municaion, and the accompanying newspa-
per, have duly reached me. s2'.-g
In reply TO the closing remarks Of your let
ter, have no hesitation, as have stated
on former occasions, that am Wing,
though not an ultra one; and that haze no
desire to conceal this fact from any portion
ofthepeoplc Of the United States. l deem
il but candid, however,to ado, that il the
Wing party desire at the next Presidential
election, TO cast their votes for me; they must
do il on their own responsibility, and without
any pledges from me.ss Should Ibe elected
loihat Office, l should deem il my duty, and
should most certainly claim the right to look
to the constitution and the interests of our
common country, and not to the principles
ola party or its rules ofaction. lHo3 ouH
With my sincerest thanks for your express
ions offiisnds'iip, al dmy best wishes for your
success through life, Ireinain. very arulyyour
friend and obedent servant. a q. TAYLOR.
Col. A. M. MlTcunLL, Cin., O.! npdig
GEN TAYLoR's POLITICAL opINIoNs.- At
whig festival in philadelphia on, The 22d
Feb, letter from General Taylor to 10.
seph R. Ing ersol, was read. tits dated al
Monterey, Aug. 8, ls47, and contains the
following paragraph: o,',ioJ, -,
cat the last Presidential CANVASS, without
interfering in any way with the same, il was
known 10 all with whom, | mixed, Wings and
Democrats, for had no concealmenls in the
matter, that was decidedly in favor Of Mr.
Clay's election, and would now prefer seeing
him in that Office TO any individual in the
Union, certainly much more so at any time
than myself. Independent of his great tai
ents and long experience in government ,af-
fairs, | consderhis views and those of the
Wings, for The most part as more nearly as
simulated, as regards political matters TO
those of Mr.. Jefferson than their opponents
lin whose political creed was feared, and
whose opinions in matters of State, have
never LOST sight of, as we'll as endeayored to
conform 70 them as near as circumstances
would permit. My commission as lieu
tenant was conferred by him short time be-
fore he retired from public life..q s,,a,,,
The ignorance of the, history Of parties
displayed in the above, is accounted for by
the following. sentence in a subsequent part
Of the same letter. s,i ..,ie, aa,,.s s,.,,
Il have had but little time 10 devote to
the consideration or investigation Of great
political questions or subjects, or TO their
discussion. VI si ,a r i, ...ali
The letter is written with all apparent
honesty and candor. Like MANY others
from him, 1t shows that Taylor himself is
strongly convinced Of The folly Of placing
a mere military man in the Presidential Of
Gce.--Ohio Press. 3 vr-ia. ;,ss jqs