The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1849-06-06
gard to my position as candidate for
the Presidency, has been duly received.

the Presidency, has been duly received.
in reply, I5have to say that / am
not party candidate, and if elected,
shall not be the President of a party,
but the President Of whole people.
ain, dear Sir, with high respect and
regard, your most obedient servant.
2. TAYLOR
GEORGE L1rpARD, esq. Philadelphia,
Pa. I
This, you well remember, was after
you had accepted the Wing nomination
in letter which said nothing ut all
about Wing principles.
The publication of your letter of Ju-
" "a created agreat excitement among
the people and the politicians.
Whig papers in New York denoun.
ced it us "Locofoco" forgery. The
North American in Philadelphia, (oncc
the organ of Henry Clay, and now the
Northern organ of the Secretary of
State y seized upon the word Priuate,'
and in weary columns assailcd the per-
son to whom the letter was addressed,
as the betrayor Of your confidence.
Other journals, however, which circu-
lated among the masses, hailed this let
ter with unqualified approval, and pla-
ced it at the head of their columns rs
"the great creed and watchword Of the
Taylor party"
l must frankly tell you, that had
you not made the declaration embraced
in this letter, I, for one, could not have
advocated your election, nor given you
my vote. Certain it is, that without
this declaration, (soon followed by your
Charleston letter. } you could net have
gained the vote of Pennsylvania, IA
nous for her old Democratic majority
OF twenty-five thousand.
What was the result of this letter,
and of the excitement Immediately con-
sequont upon its publication? The Wing
party in Pennsylvania forthwith drop
ped the very name of Wing. They
stored it away-perchance under the
sepulcher of Girard's s9uadercd be.
quest, may be under the ruins of some
broken bank, but you we'll know, and
every reader of the papers know, that
in the late campaign the battle was
fought, not under the name of Wing,
but under the united names of Taylor
and Fillmore"
The Democrats were asked to vote
tor you as the independent candidatc.--
the candidate of the people as the man
who had no friends to reward, no enc
mics to punish--in fact, as Zachary
Tayler, who, in case of his election,
would not be President of party, but
the President of the whole people.
And with your letter in my hand, I
addressed thousands of my Democratic
fcllow-citizens, and, on the security of
your unbrokcn faith, stated that YOU
could not, in any event, become the
President, much less the creature, of
party. Upon your own solemn declar-
alton, | honestly advocated you as "the
President of the whole people,
did not for q moment indulge the
thought that you could ever become
the centre of a mere party adminsitra-
ton. Had I been told, by you that you
would ever become the head of an adj
ministration made up Wing politicians,
l could notin any case, have advocated
your claims, nor would you have re-
ceived the votes of a hundred Demo.
Gratis in Pennsylvania.
Now, General, the smoke Of the con-
test has cleared away. You are the
President. Elected upon the faith of
your solemn pledges, you arc at the
head of the government.
Have you fulfilled these pledges?
Ask your own heart, call back that iron
purpose, that clcar-soulcd integrity
which bore you through the carnage of
Buena Vista, survey the faces of your
cabinet, and the faces of those partisans
of your cabinet who now storm tho
White House for tho spoils of office.
Answer me! l have right to ask an
anwer. You pledged your faith to me,
an humble citizens that you had never
braken your word, and could not forget
tomorrow what ycu pledged today.
Was that letter of July "a, which I
bore through Pennsylvania, only cum
ningly devised fable? Was it your in
tention to send mo 70, III to the masses
of the people with lie in my mouth?
10 vouch for your independence of
party" in October, in order to find you
in May at the head of nero cabal of a
party? Did you make dupc of nae, SO