The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1848-09-18
From New Orleane .Picayune Sept. 4th.
GENERAL TAYLOR.

Gen. Taylor 10 correct any misconcep'ionwhicn
might possibly be produced by the ecent publica-
ton of extracts from his private correspondence
and the appearance over his signature Of replies
TO single and detached questions relative to his
position before the public The letter is
connected narrative Of the series Of circumstan- |
ces which resulted in his becoming a candi |
date. 1t presents, in compact form, all the
matters bearing upon the subjects, and exhib- |
its Gen. Taylor in his proper character-true
10 himself, to his friends, and to his coun-
try. |
EAST PAscAGoULA, Sept. 4, l84S.
Dear Sir-On the 22d day of April last
addressed you letter explaining my views in
regard to various matters of public policy, lest
my fellow citizens might be misled by the ma
ny contradictory and conflicting state ments in
respect to them which appeared in the journals
of the day AID were circulated throughout the
country. now find myself mIsrepresented
and misunderstood upon another point, ofsuch
importance to myself personally, if not to the
country at large, as to claim from me candid
and connected exposition of my relations to the
public in regard to the pending presidential
canvass.
The utmost ingenuity have been expended
upon several letters and detached sentences Of
letters, which have recently appeared over my
signature, to show that occupy an equivocal
attitude towards the various parties into
which the people are divided, and especially
towards the Wing party as represented by the
National convention which assembled in Phil
adel phia in June last. Had these letters and
scraps Of letters been published or construed
in connection with what have heretofore said
upon this subject, should not now have to
com plain of the speed with which my answers
10 isolated questions have been given up to
the captions criticism Of those who have been
made my enemies by nomination which has
been rendered TO me without solicitation or
arrangement OF mine, or of the manner in
which selected passages in some of my letters,
written in the freedom and carelessness of a
confidential correspondence, have been COM
municated to the public press. But riven
from the context, and separated from series
of explanatory facts and circums 'ances which
are, in SO far as this canvass is concerned, his
torical, they as. deceptive as tho, Oh they
were positive iabrications. address you this
letter to correct the injustice that has been
done me, and the public to the extent that j
am an object ofinterest to them, by this illibe-
raj process. g.. 50 -r..-,i
shall not weary you by an. elaborate reci-
tai of every incident connected with the first
presentation of my name as a candidate for
the Presidency. Twas then at the head of the A.
merican army in the Valley of Rio Grande. was
surrounded by wings and democrats who had
stood by me in the trying hours Of my Iife, and
whom it was my destiny-to conduct through
scenes Of still greater trial. My duty to that
army, and to the Republic whose battles we
were waging, forbade my assuming position
discerning hostility to any portion of the brave
hen under roy command-all of whom knew
was Wing in principle, for made 10 con-
cealment of my political sentiments or predil
ections. a,-il. .'...r~af iaf e.ts, -.l
Sech had been the violence of party strug-
giles during our late presidential elections, that
the acceptance of nomination under the rigor-
Gus interpretations given 10 the obligations OF
candidate presented to the public with a
formulay of political principles, was equivo-
lent almost to declaration of uncompron:is-
ing enmity to all who did not subscribe to its /
tenets. was unwil ling to hazard the effect
of such relationship towards any of the soldiers
under my command when in front of an enc
my common to US all. 1t would have been
unjust in itself, and was as repugnant to my
own feelings as il was to my duty wanted
unity in the army, and forbore any act that
might sow the seeds of dscord in its ranks. |
have not my letters written at the time before
me, but they all of one import, and in
conformity with the views herein expressed,
Meanwhile l was solicited by my personal
friends and BY strangers, by Wings and Demo
Gratis, to consent to become candidate | was
Nominated by the people in primary assemblies
by Wings, Democrats and Natives, in sep
arate and mixed meetings. ] resisted them
all, and continued to do SO till led to believe
that my opposition was assuming the aspect of
defiance of the popular wishes. yielded
only when it looked like presumption 10 resist
longer, and even then should not have done
so had not the nomination been presented to
me ina form unlikely to awaken acrimony or re-
produce the bitterness Of feeling which attends
popular elections, ] say il in sincerity and
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