The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-10-28

appear all In word, II certain wing managers
in Congress did write a letter for General Taylor TO direct
and sign we have no doubt whatever that they did it
exactly in the which Mr. Smith sets forth And
this the whole of his proof a they did no ssch thing
In effect he gives the whole modis operdndi as proof
that there was operation at all
Now there is one way and just one way. in which
this whole after can be right Let Mr. Smith, II he
is merely splitting and quibbns IN his pretended
denial Just publish the whole OF this preliminary cor
respondence between " the members of Congress" and
General Taylor The public will then have the whole
case before them and determine just how far and in
what those members" shaped the Generals opn-
ions for him Mr.. Smith admits that he ''vehemently
lmportuned the General for sort OF declaration OF
opinion Did he not give the old man hint of just rha
sort of declaration he wanted so vehementy And did
not the old General take the hnt Let us know how this
is, Mr. Smith, and to that end give us the correspond
ence 1t will not hurt the General. being such as you
have described and it will help us 10 see how you got
the General his solemn pledge, made and repeated
twevemonth before not to give any such pledges the
Allison letter contains, any pledges whatever
Give us light, Mr.. Smith Your pretended denial
will not hold water. 1t is too adroiiy worded by half
And yet Mr.. Smith, on point your adroiiness has
forsaken you You permit yourself to say, 81 almost
wish that Mr. Gddngs might succeed in his undertaking
for then should pass in the Dortd as a of
ability than euer dreamed Of possessing. Mr. Crit
tenden and myself undertake to compose tetersJor Gen
Taylor! The idea IS preposterous. We should as soon
think of trying to fight one OF his battles"
Mr. Smith, keep probability in view always As
Swift SAYS "Do let your l1haLe be sizeahle ~ You
saying above what no man with one jot OF common
sense can possibly believe you sincere in saying if he
knows anything OF the facts OF the Do you dare
TO pretend that you believe General Taylor write
political letter as well as Mr.. Crittenden yourself
Do you, well known as one OF the shrewdes most long
headed and adroitest in your party, pretend that
General Taylor knows how TO manage and how c write
as candidate as well as you do' 'The idea prepos
ferrous" indeed Think of the lngersoll letter"of the
horse pre- sentation letter there you have the
ure and the specimen of General Taylor's skill
with his pen Do you pretend to say that either
Mr. Cruenlen yourself could be prevailed upon by
any motive to father such letters those We repeat
Mr. Smith, even in all the disciplined enthusiasm of an
ardent and indignant, yet most carefully measured piece
of juggIey, which you facetiousy put forward denial
even in such performance, you must not-indeed you
notparade your moaesy at the sacrifice at once OF
all probability and all candor
AS to the success which you Mr.. Crittenden might
have had in "6ghng one of General Tayors battles"
snce you are pleased refer to that matter we are
bound TO say that quite another question 49, per-
hans not improbable that Mr. Crenden, if he had had
the same aid around him which General Taylor had,
m;cht have won the battle of Buena Vista almost well
as was won by the General himse-partculary as Mr.
Cenden showed in his speech so clear comprehension
and so strong sense of the merits OF that "swordinone
branch in the other" style OF prosecuting
the war which most of his brother wings have charged
as proof of mbecility upon the administration But
how you Mr.. Smith, would have succeeded in General
Taylors place upon that field, is more doubtful IL might
haze gone hard against your conscience, sir to win so
decisive victory the "poor innocent Mexcans'
whom you and your wing associates had cheered on to
continue their war Considering your speeches against
the war, and your votes against its constitutonaiy,
against its Objects its prosecution, and its supplies you
might well have hesated order the final charge al
Buena VISTA even as you afterwards hestated about
ecutng the treaty of peace, and swamped the two bills
which the Senate sent you for that purpose, by having
them put to sleep in your Committee of Foreign Rela-
tons In the way of getting up electoneering letters
for General Taylor, any else you entirely at
home and your hand is very mastery, and this very
mastery makes wonder that you should upon
any auson SO bristling with ndiscretions this idea
of you (o all men) having to fight of General Tay-
lor's battles You might have known that some re-
tort courteous would be at hand
But we take leave of you to day with the assurance
that, in order to clear yourself of the Allison letter. and
of Mr. Giddngss charge, you must take up your
pen once more Take up often You will, you can
not persuade the country that the ALLISON letter No
4" is bona fde the production of General Taylors pen,
any more than is Mr.. Butts ALLISON letter No q"
Cen TayIor's PascaRouln Speech a humbug, tool
Since writing the above, have received from Lou
sana the following well written letter. which shows
from the testimony of eye and ear witness how much
faith is to be put in the wing representations circulated
all over the North, that Gen. Taylor had, of his own
head conceived and delivered the fine oratorica effort
which has appeared under the name of his Pascagoula
speech The letter of correspondent bears upon its
face the impress of truth and if it be true as we doubt
not il is, it shows up the frauds and pretences of the
whg party, the subject of Gen. Tayor's literary ac
complshments and abilities, in strong light 1t is in.
deed, most wonderful that in Gen Taylors posi-
ton should ueto these outrageous attempts of his
friends to deceive the public. How he, with any
just of proprety permit himself to be decked out
in these borrowed literary and oraorical pumes Such
fulsome fattery as Mr. Truman Smith & Co. are now
lavshng this respect upon his not unwilling ear gives
but mourniul presage of the arts by which, if he shall
ever come tn he President his favor will be won bv do