Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1849-07-30
r. ]. ALFRED, EDITOR.
sTAUNToN:
Monday .Noa2,ims', July 30.
Gen. Taylor and No-Partyisln,

Gen. Taylor and NO-Partyisln.
"In no case can permit myself to be the can
didate of any party, or yield myself to party
schemes."- Letter TO James W. Taylor
AS our neighbors Of the Spectator design
preaching few discourses to their hearers or
The subject of "Ge,s. Taylor and Prescription
we, belonging to indifferent political Church
contemplate delivering series of Lectures on
the subject of Gen. Taylor and No-Partyisn,
The text and the context should always 90 to-
gether--and the more especially when they are
30 intimately connected-and lest our neighbor.
in the heat of their zeal to excuse Gen. Taylor
for doing that after election which he promised
he would not do before election should lose sight
of some matters certainly very pertinent to the
discussion Of the subject they have undertaken,
we shall commence our series by introducing to
the reader the quotation which stands at the
mead of this article, viz f:
'sIn no case can permit myselfto be the can
'didate Of any party, Or yield myself to party
schemes"
Now, we undertake to say that the statement
made in this extract has been falsifed in two in
stances LIST. In that Gen. Taylor did become
party candidate, and Cd, that he has yielded
himself to 'sparty schemes" 1t will be recol-
lected that Gen. Taylor, in his numerous letters:
persisted in saying that he would not be party
candidate, but even went so far as to say that he
would accept nomination from either of the
PARTIES Federal or Republican, provided he was
left untrammelled. This determination, on his
part, had well-nigh lost him the nomination, lat
no time the favorite of the Wings as their can
didate for the Presidency but for the interfer-
ence of Judge SAUNDERS of Louisiana, who
pledged Gen T. to abide the decision Of the
Wing National Convention. We do not mean to
say that he would not have received the no1ni-
nation, but these expressions Of his, formed OBJ
jections to him, which were only removed by
the statement and the pledge of Judge Saunders
And here was the first departure Of Gen. Taylor
from the straight forward course he had marked
out to himsef-he yielded his assent to the
pledge given by Judge Saunders and accepted
the nomination of the Wing National Conven-
ton. How man who had hitherto said he
would s'in no case' consent to be the Candidate
VI PetitJ3 Coulo q otliCt Ptllly
nation, is a question we must leave to those who
are more deeply versed in sophistry-than ourself.
Perhaps our neghbors Of the Spectator can an
swer it, Again Gen. Taylor declared that he
was Wing, but not IAN ultra Whig,o and yet
his Cabinet and all the appointments are made
up of as bitter partizans as the world ever saw.
How Wing who is not IAN ultra Wing" can
make such appointments and still be a no-party
man needs explanation.
We think we have said enough to show that
Gen. Taylor 1Das party candidate-that his ac-
ceptance of the nomination of the Wing Nation
al Convention proves him to have been a party
candidate-while his acts since his election
shew that he is as bitter a partizan as his Sec
tary Mr. Butcher Ewing, or Hog Drouer Warren
And now as regards the second branch of our
subject. 1t is established that Gen. Taylor, in
his anxiety to settle the slavery question as con-
nected with the new territories, did converse
with members of the late Congress on that sub
personal opinions. He probably forgot that he
signed the Allison letter, containing the follow
ing passage
"Indeed have thought for many years past,
the known opinions and aulshes of the executive
haze exercised undue and injurious influence upon
the Legislative department Of the government; and
for this cause have thought our system in dan
ger of undergoing great change from its true
theory. The personal opinions Of the individual
arho mag happen to occupy the erecutiue chair,
ought not to control the action Of Congress upon
questions Of domestic policy"
Mr.. Giddings says Gen. Taylor personally
urged members of Congress to pass Mr.. Walker
amendment. The National Intelligencer con
tended that Taylors anxiety ON the subject wa
not only justi6able but "imperative." Still j
maintained that he did not express to member
of Congress any preference for Mr.. Walker
amendment over Mr.. Websters .'or any othe
proposition equally effective" That he did in
yterfere with members of Congress on the sub
ject seems to be beyond further question.
Ito be Continued.