Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1849-06-20

OF MEXICO, or Battles Of Taylor''--l make
bold to say a frank wcrd to the general o
The people.
This is the case. With thousands o
democrats in this State, depend upor
your declaration 'thal you would in nc
case be the President of a party, but the
President of the people," On this groAne
the democrats of Pennsylvania will slvote fol
you by hundreds and thousands.
But we are now told thatyou' are exclu
sively the whig candidate, to be run us 6
whig, elected as whig, and under whis
issues.
If this be the case, the State of Pennsyl
vania will be lost to Taylor and the coun
try. .ss
do not believe this 10 be the ease.-
Those who think with re in this country
do not believe it.. But to set the matter a
rest, will you answer this letter with one
liz e? and with that line the democratic
hundreds and thousands Of Pennsylvania
will move in q body for you.
General, do not reject this appeal from Q
man who loves you for your battles and
rhe moral grandeur displayed in them; bu
loves you, first and last, because you have
taken the position of Washington-not with
parties, but in the hearts of the people.
And as for the line, say simply: II an
still the candidate, nat Of a party esclu
sirely; but If candidate at all the can.
didate Of the aehole people,"
GEORGE LIPPARD ~
Here, General, was the whole case
plainly stated in line. You were here
told that if the attempt was made to cleo
you as whig, and upon whig issues, the
Strte cf Pennsylvania would certainly be
lost 10 Tay lor and the country. At tha'
time, with thousands of democrats,I believe
that your election as candidate ofthe -peo
ple would subserve the best interests OF the
country. And what was your reply tt
this letter, which appealed to the best feel
ings of your nature! On the 9th Of Au
gust | re :eived your answer which / annex
Pfivate.f I
BATON RogGE, { La J July "a, lS49.
DEAR SIR: Your letter of the 9Th inst ,
asking of me line or two in regard TO my
position rs candidate for the Presidency,
has been duly received.
In reply have TO say THAT AM NOT
A PARTY CANDIDATE, and il elected, shall
not BE THE pREstDENT OLA PARTY, But
THE President OF THE WHOLE PEOPLE
! am dear SIR, with high respect and re
gard, your most obe6ient servant,
Z. TAYLOR.
GEORGE LrPPARp, Esq. Philadelphia, Pa
This, you will remember, was atter you
had accepted the wbig nomination, in @
letter which said nothing at all about the
whig principles. =.
The publication Of yo1r letter of July
l4lh, created q great excitement among
the people and the politicians
Whig papers in New York denounced
it as ''oco!oco''. forgery. The North
American, in Philadel phia, (ence the organ
Of Henry Clay, and now the northern or
gan Of the Secretary of State, seized up
On the word sPy1rate," and in weary col
lmns assaiIed the person 10 whom the let
er was addressed, as the betrayer Of your
confidence. Other journals, however,
which circulated among the masses, hailed
his letter with unqualified approval, and
placed it at the head of their columns as
the great creed and watchword Of the Tay-
or party" e.
| must frankly tell you, tFar had you
not made the declaration embraced in this
etter |, for one, would not have advocated
your election, nor given you any VOTE
Certain it is; that without this declara,
ion, (soon followed your Charleston let
er, )you could not have gained the vote of
Pennsylvania, famous for her old dem
ocratic majority of twenty-five thousand. "
What was the result of this letter, and
he excitement Immediately consequent up.
On its publication? The whig party in
forthwith dropped the very
name of whig. They stored it away
oerchance under the sepulcre of Girard's
squandered bequest, may be under the ruins
If some broken bank-5ut you well know,
md every reader Of the papers knows, that
n the late campaign the battle was fought,
rot under the name of Whig, but under
he united names Of "Taylor and Fill
more"
The democrats were asked to vote for
you as the independent candidate the can
lidale of the people-as the man who had
10 friends to reward, no enemies to punish
in fact, ns Zachary Taylor, who, in
case of election, would not be President Of
4 party bat the Presidnt Of the whole peo-
DE.
And with your letter in my hand, I ad-
dressed thousands of nv democratic fellow
citizens, and, on the security of your un-
broken faith, stated that you could, in any
event, become the President, much less, the
creature of any party. Upon your own
solemn declaration, honestly advocated
YOU as ssthe President oftlIe whole people" "
I did not for a moment indulge the
thought that you could ever become the
centre of mere party Administrations -
Had been told, by you, that you would
ever become the head of an administration
made up of whig politicians, could not in
any case, have advocated your claims, MOI
would you have received the vote Of hun
dred democrats in Pennsylvania.
Now, General, the smoke of the contest
has cleared away. You arethe President
Elected upon the faith of your solemn
pledges, you are at the head Of the Govern
ment.
Have you fulfilled these pledges2 Asl
YOUR own heart-call back that iron pur
bose, that clear-souled integrity, whic|
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