The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1849-06-06
1Dolitical.
lS3 From the Washington Union.
The Appeal of n Taylor Demo
Cflt.

MS fAPpcNA oA d AaylOr UcmO.
crat.
In compliance with Mr.. Lippard's
request, weiay the following communi-
cation before our readers It is bold
animated, and string appeal to the
President. We have no doubt, with its
author, that thousands of Democrats
were induced to vote for Gen. Taylor
in consequence of his pledges; and VIC
doubt not that almost all of them will
abandon his administration in conse.
qucnce Of his having violated these
pledges.
The following letter carries force with
it, because its main statement is true.
Gen. Taylor could never have been
elected without the vote of the Taylor
Democrats, and he could never have OBJ
tanned their votes without the pledges
which he gave. We call the reader s
attention particularly to the correspon-
dencc which passed between Mr.. Lip.
pard and Gen. Taylor during the cam
paign. The Generals letter to Mr.. L.
has been frequently published, but Mr..
Us lettcr to the General is now for the
first time given to the wold. This let
ter sheds light upon the Gcncrpl's. 1t
shows why the General wrote his letter
and how it is to be interpreted.
PHILADELPHIA, May %, 1S49.
Will you pardon me if I make bold
to say few words with you in expla-
nation Of the reasons which induced me
to support you for the Office Of Presi-
dent Of the United States? These rca-
sons may also give some idea of the
motives which swayed hundreds of thou
sands ofyour fellow-citizens.
.asI am nopolitician. I never yet ask
cd for an Office, and certainly shall not
ask one at your hands. In speaking to
you, | do not lay claim to any political
influence. am backed by no clique:
[ control no body of voters: I only
speak to you as a citizen of the United
States, having no influence beyond my
vote, and the truths which utter.
In the year 1847, while member
of tho Democratic Association of the
county of Philadelphia, I began the first
of q series of four works upon the his
tory of Mexico. That first book of the
series was intended to comprise histo.
ry ofyour campaigns in Mexico. While
writing that work, 7 became vividly
impressed with the frankness, the iron
common senses the unswerving sincerity
ofyour character. Sick Of the ware
fare of parties, I looked to you as the
man who had been called by Providence
to put an end to the mercenary bitter
ness Of this warfare, by assuming the
position of Westinghouse with par
ties, but in the hearts of the people.
And this idea of your character, en-
bodied in the work to which reference
is smade, was diffusod by its pages among
a class Of voters entirely distinct and
seperate from the Whig party; q class
ofvoters who, imbued with the prog.
ressiyesspirit of Christianity, arc oppos.
cd to the principles Of the Wing party,
as embodied in the history of the Whig
corporation Of Philadelphia, and who
are in favor of judicial and national re.
form--who advocate the freedom of the
public domain and the right of labor to
the harvest of its toll. This idea indu.
ced me to desert my party associations,
break party lines, and advocate Zacha.
ay Taylor as tho candidate of the poo.
pie.
lin tho month Of April, 1948, your
chances for the Presidency were vague
and uncertain. The Wing politicians
in Philadelphia least the most prom.
incntof them all--fairly laughed at the
mention Of your name in connexion
will, that'ligh office. When the Balti,
moro Convention assembled, it was the
earnest hope Of thousands Of the demo.
cratic masses that you would receive