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term off tin watchman ruj subscription per year two 1 illars payable i*i mce rut if not paid in advance two dollars v i fifty cis will be charged \ -,,.:; r;si.mexr inserted at § 1 for the first and 25 cts for each subsequent insertion court orders charged 2 per ct higher than these rates a liberal deduc tion to those who advertise by the year i is to the i litors must be , osi paid the carolina watchman salisbury october 3 1848 whig platform batos r i 22 1 848 dear sir my opinions ha : md misrepresented lhat i deem it due ,., , la to makea briel exj ositi in • : 1 have eoi set ' '"*' r l;,il ■irnsi of my fitness for this high station but having al many of my countrymen taken my i do not fi n until ray friends manifest a wish ihat ire from it i wi i thi n most gladly do so • - to accomplish no par:y pro o build up no to punish — nothing to serve t ,: my country [ have been very often addressed by letter and my tve been asked upon almost every question - as affecting the interests i have not alwaj 9 re spond i confess ■■■- which i • :"'. ■ent v ie with all the minute deta station u pledges to carry out this or defeat that i ho d i ■nt i hold no opinions v r laim to my assembled i men ; bat crude impressions upon matters oi po i v which maj be iy ind wrong to-morrow baps nol t oflice ( hie iied w ithout nol be confi ded in merely on -.. lem 1 will proceed however now to respond to your in ■' — r reiterate what i have so often said 1 am a it elected 1 would not be the mere president of -- party 1 would endeavor to acl independent of party tion i shou d feel bound to administer the go lenl untrammelled by any party schemes second — the veto power the power given by the executive to interpi.se his vet is t tonservaiive power ; but in my opinion should ne ear \ iolation ol the and want of con . congress indeed i ha thai for ma known opinions and wishes of the ex sed an undue and injurious influence ! . .'• department ofthe government r this cause | have thought our system was in dan undergoing a great change from its theory the il opi lions of the individual who has happened to executive chair ought not to control the ac : hi questions of domestic policy : nor - tn be interposed where questions of lutional power have been settled by the various departments of government and acquiesced in by the third — up ol ' tariff the currency j e improvement of our great highways rivers lakes and eople as expressed through their rrpresentativi ghl to be respected and carried out by the executive fourth — the mexican war i sincerely rejoice tit i e prospect "! peine my lit has been devoted to ti'ins yet i look upon war al a i times and undet i a iiatiniial calamity to be avoided ii coni • with the national honor tl iples of our government as well as its true \ opposed to ither nations and the li memberment ni othei ': of tla great a '.: ild we quit our own lo taud i in the mexii an war our na • n \ indicated ; and in dictating terms ol pence we may wel ill'id io be forbearing and mag n inimoug to these are my opinions on lhe subjects referred to by you and any reports or publications written nr verbal i bering in any essential particular from want is hen re unauthorized and untrue ia i shall again write upon the sub age in no schemes nbinations no intrigues if the american people lo give me it ihey do not you know me well • eve me when i declare 1 shall be content 1 am ••■lier to murmur againsi such high au /. taylor to capt j s ai offici oi im pica vcjte } new orleans sept 6 general taylor tbe following letter has been prepared by ren taylor to correct any misconception which might possibly be produced by the recnt pub lication of extracts from bis private correspond ence and the appearance over his signature ol replies to single and detached questions relative ■his position before the public the letter is i connected narrative of the scries of circum stances which resulted in his becoming a can didate it presents in a compact form all the natters bearing upon lhe subject and exhibits gen taylor in his proper character — true to himself to his friends and to his country east p igoula sept 4 dear sir — on the 22d day of may last i addressed - ng my vietrs in regard to various est my fellow-citizens might - ed bv the many contradictory nnd conflicting - n respect to them which appeared in the s of the day and ware circulated throughout the i now find tnyseli misrepresented and misun i iber point of such importance to my i - the country at large as to i aim indid and connected - xposition of my rela in regard to the pending presidential the utmost ingenuity has been expended upon seve etti rs w iich have iw that 1 iv ittitude toward the various parties in e are divided and especially towards . ty as represented by the s conven r had ilished or con strued in connection with what i have heretofore sai i . i not now have to complain of ed with which my answ .-, 1 q lestions se who leen made my enem - mination which has endered to me with ■n or arrangement ft mine ; or of the manner in winch select passages in > my etters written iu the freedom and careless leiicc have been coinniu c press rut riven from the contest i trom a series of explanatory facts and s which arc in so far as this canvass iscon they are as deceptive as though they fabrications 1 address you this letter to ■that has been done me and the pub it i am an object of interest to iheni . . . iy an elaborate recital of every - . u ith the first presentation of my name te for the presidency i was then at the ' lhe american army in the •• rio - - rounded by w i i democrats i by me in the trying i i - of my life a 1 • y to conduct through scenes of m . ity to that army and to ihe es we were waging forbade my as . to any portion of a under my command — all of whom knew i rin iple for 1 made no concealment nents or pre e ttions nee of party struggles durin ntial elections that the acceptance of a tion under the various interpretations given tothe '■a candidate presented to the public with 7 al principles was equivolent almost uncompromising enmity to all who nets 1 was unwilling : • ch relationship towards anv of ihe nndei ny command when in front of an enemy jl jljl jlj vyi^j_|y\^_ljj_l 1 1 tf xi x v^xllf jlixli • britner & james ) . „ • , ( " keep a check upon all vont eduors 4 proprietors v rulebs ) new series do this and liberty is safe > "^« gen'l harrison i volume v number 22 salisbury n c thursday october 5 1848 cotnnti wi to ii nil it would have been unjust in itself and it was repugnant to my feelings as ir was to my du ty i wanted unity in ih army nnd forbore any act ghl - w ibe seeds of distrust and discord in its ranks i have not my letters writ1 n at the lime before are all oi one import and in conformity with the views herein expressed meanwhile 1 was solicited by my personal friends and by strangers by whigs and democrats to consent to become a candidate 1 was nominated by the people in primary assemblies — by whigs i)i mocrats and natives in separate and mixed meetings i resisted them all and continued to do so till led to believe that my oppo sition was assuming the aspect ofa defiance ofthe pop ular wishes i yielded only when it looked like pre sumption to resist longer and even then i should not have don s had not the nomination bi-en presented to nie in a form unlikely toawaken acrimony or reproduce -- ol feeling which attends popular elections i say il in sincerity nnd truth that n part ot the induce i .; to my consent was the hope that by going into the • •'■i d be conducted with candor if not with kindness lt has been no fault of mine that this antici pation has proved a vain one after 1 permitted myself to be announced for the pre sidency under the circumstances above noticed i ac cepted nomination after nomination in the spirit in which ihey were tendered they were made irrespective of parties and so acknowledged no one who joined in those nominations could have been deceived ns to my po litical views from tbe beginning till now i have de clared myself to be a whig o all proper occasions — with this distinct avowal published io the world 1 did not think that i had a right to repel nominations from political opponents any more than i had a riuht io refuse the vote of a democrat nt the poll ; and i proclaimed it abroad that i should not reject the proffered support of any body ot my fellow-citizens this was my position when in november inst 1 returned tothe united statesj long before either of the greal divisions of ihe people had held a national convention and when it was thought doubtful if one of them would hold any matters s'ood in this attitude till spring when there were so many statements in circulation concerning my views upon questions ot national policy that 1 tilt con strained to cornet the errors into which the public mind was falling by a more explicit enunciation of principles which 1 did in my letter to you in april last that let ter and ihr facts which i have detailed as briefly ns a proper understanding of them would permit developed my whole position iu relation to the presidency at the lime the democratic convention met in may and coni posed their ticket to suit them this they had a right to do the national whig convention met in june and selected me ns their candidate i accepted the nomination with gratitude and with pride i was proud of the confidence of such a body of men representing mich a constituency as the whiur party of the united states a manifestation the more grateful because it was not cumbered with exactions incompatible with the dig nity ofthe presidential office and the responsibilities of its incumbent to the whole people of the nation and i may add lhal these emotions were increased hy asso ciating my name with that ol the distinguished citizen of xew york whose acknowledged abilities and sound conservative opinions might have justly entitled them to the fust place on the ticket tie convention adopted me ns it found me — a whig — decided but not ultra in my opinions and 1 would be without excuse ill were t i!i the relationships which subsisted nt the time they took me with the declara tion of principles i had published lo the world and 1 wuuld be without defence if 1 were to say or do anything to impair the force of that declaration 1 have said lhat 1 would accept a nomination from democrats ; but iu so doing i would not abate one jot or tittle ol my opinions as written down such a nomina tion as indicating a coincidence of opinion on the part ol those making it should not be regarded with disfavor by those who think with me ; ns a compliment personal to myself it should not be expected that i would repulse them wiih insult 1 shall not modify my views to entice them to my side ; i shall not reject their aid when they join my friends voluntarily 1 have said i was not a party candidate nor am i in that straightened and sectarian sense which would pre vent my bein the president ofthe whole people in case ot my election i did not regard myself as one before the convention met and that body did not seek to make me different from what 1 was they did nor fetter me down to a series (,| pledges which v/ere to be an iron rule of action in all and in despite ft nil the contingen e s that might arise in the course of ihe presidential term 1 am not engaged to lay violent hands indiscrim inately upon public officers good or bad who may differ in opinion wiih me i am not expected to force con gress by the coercion ofthe veto to pass laws to suit me or pass none this is what i mean by not being a par ty candidate and 1 understand this is good whiffdoc irine — i would not he a partizan president and hence should not be u parly candidate in the sense that would make one this is the sum and substance of my mean 107 and this is ihe purport of the facts and circumstan ces attending my nomination when considered iu iheir connection with and dependence upon one another i refer all persons who are anxious on the subject to this statement for ihe proper understanding of my posi lion towards tiie presidency and tbe people if it is not ile 1 cannot make it so and shail cease to at tempt it . in taking leave of the subject i have only to add ihat my iwo letters to you embrace all the topics 1 design to speak of pending this canvass if i am elected 1 shall do all that an honest zeal may effect to cement tbe bonds of our i nion and establish the happiness of my country men upon an enduring basis /. taylor to capt 1 s a 1 1.7 in 0*3 the xew _ ork express says : " duvid graham a well-known whig upon whom our wondering clay brethren have much relied lo go all lengths with them sent on saturday so we understand a letter to the so-called clay committee ol nine who were to get up an electoral ticket declining to act with them tip on lhe grounds that gen taylor's last letter was satisfactory and that he felt in ditto bound lo support him for the presidency mr gra ham was one of ihis committee of nine oo the state elections in ohio and penn sylvania are to take place on lhe second tues day of october nest ohio will elect twenty-one members of con gress and a state legislature which w ill choose a united states senator for six years pennsylvania will elect twenty-four members of congress and legislature will also elect a united slates senator for six years ic the boston traveller says jt learns from good authority that the presidenl i dis posed to remove mr morton from lhe collec lorship d boston lot lhat the party cannot agree with any unanimity upon his successor f the canadian authorities have granled permission for two american schooners to pro ceed from sea up lhe st lawrence and the ca nadian canals to lhe lakes in tannlon ( mass the otlier day a boy was fined fifty dollars for raising a false alarm of fire an eloquent extract gen taylor's character general taylor was selected and is supported as the standard bearer of the whigs not on account of his military ser vices but for his high and ennobling mor al qualities the mexican war has been the occasion not the cause of his popu larity it is not because he is brave as caesar that the people love him it is not because on the battle fields of mexico be has displayed a cool determined antl in vincible courage which wrung victory from all lhe elements of defeat and by his gallantry and heroic conduct confer red new and lasting renown upon our na tional arms that his fellow citizens most honor him no ; it is not tbat successful war has bound upon his brow the undy ing chaplet and encircled his name with imperishable glory and given him a fame world-wide and immortal as his country's history — which the proudest conquerors of other times and other lands might en vy — that has won most upon the hearts of his countrymen it is not for his military services tor bisgreat and glorious achieve ments at fort harrison or in florida and on the hard-fought battle fields of mexico which no patriotic american can in his heart feci otherwise lhan proud of that the whigs rally around that heroic old man rut it is because in his late brill iant career as well as in every act of his life general taylor has exhibited never failing good sense — unerring sound judg ment — great decision and inflexible firm ness of character : it is because truth justice integrity fidelity and a noble gen erosity illustrate and mark his whole pub lic course and private character ; it is be cause he has ever shown a paternal care for the lives and safety of his own soldiers and after the battle was won great hu manity for the wounded soldiers of lhe en emy and generously spared helpless and unoffending women and children as much as possible and more than the less hu mane and hard-hearted men in power at washington approved from the horrors and misfortunes of war — it is because his remarkable simplicity qf manners and un affectcd modesty which remain unshaken amidst the thundering shouts of an admir ing people point him out as one of the few great men who can stand npon the heights of place and power without be ing made giddy by the dangerous eleva tion — prove him to be a safe depository of official trust and possessed of that more than roman virtue which can withstand the intrigues and corruptions of the capi tal ; it is these great and truly ennobling moral qualities showing him to be a gen erous wist . honest and patriotic man — more than all the splendor of his martial victories — that has given zachary taylor such a strong hold upon the popular con fidence and has prompted the sovereign people to summon him from his quiet cot tage retreat on the banks of the missis sippi to preside in the high councils of his country these great moral qualities and much admired traits in the character of gen taylor have it is true burst upon the countrv amidst the roar of cannon and the clash of arms they have been brought out info public action and to the public view by the stirring scenes and exciting circumstances of war this is however no uncommon occurrence war although one ofthe greatest calamities which can afflict any nation and to be avoided al ways when it can be without dishonor has through all time and in all countries had lhe effect to excite and devolop a na tion's energies — lo arouse and stimulate the slumbering patriotism of the people — - to quicken the public pulse — to warm lhe popular feeling into a high and generous enthusiasm — to bring into more active ex ercise and under the public eye the high moral as well as military qualities of the great men of the republic it is not in the calm and slugglish times of peace when the surface of society is as tranquil and unrullletl as a halcyon sea that great men suddenly emerge into high promi nence and assume positions which attract the fullest observation of the whole peo ple it is in the stormy periods of war and in times of great national exigency that those strong and lion-hearted men a rise who startle the world by the power of their genius or attract its admiration by the sublimity of their patriotism and stamp the imperishable impress of their great minds upon the character and des tinies of nations had it not been for our revolutionary war george washington would in all probability have remained through life in the very humble sphere of an accurate and useful surveyor on the western lands of virginia — with a very limited reputation of a brave and skilful colonel of state militia ; alexander ham ilton would bave doubtless been a very respectable member of the xew york bar and nathaniel greene a very industrious and worthy blacksmith in a quiet and pleasant village of east greenwich ; but the very great traits of character the no ble and elevated qualities of mind and heart for wliich ihey were so much dis tinguished as public men were elicited anil brought under the national eye by the presentment of that great theatre upon which they were called to act so conspic uous a part had it not been for the cir cumstances of the country and the exci ting struggle for national independence wliich •• trietl men's souls those great men might havegonedown to their graves as thousands in ail ages and climes of kindred souls and equal genius have done — unhonored and unsung the remark therefore which we hear so often made by his opponents that • had it not been for the mexican war general taylor wonld not have been thought of tor tht preside nc may be perfectly true and still no good reason againsi his eleva tion fo that high oflice mad tho true character and the extraordinary qualities of head and heart possessed alike by gen washington and general taylor re mained forever unknown to their country men or had no occasion arisen of suffi cient public interest to excite and bring out to the knowledge of the whole people those extraordinary qualities which all must admit them both to have previously possessed neither of these truly great men " would have been thought of for the pre sidency that high office however was none the less deserved because war was in both instances the occasion of de veloping those great moral qualities which more than all else attracted the admiration of their countrymen antl quali fy men for successful civil liule in this connection it is a subject of some consolation that the unnecessaay and ex pensive war in which the present nation al administration has involved the coun try after all the embarrassment which it has caused to some of the great interests of the country and the lasting moral evils which it has inflicted upon both belliger ent nations is likely to have some good final results it has been the occasion of making the merits and true character of gen taylor known to the whole ameri can people it has given to the whig party the most popular candidate for the , presidency since the second election of washington if ever public wrong visited upon its authors a speedy retributive jus tice it promises to do so upon the heads of hose who got up the late mexican war the two objects which the men in power ' at washington had most al heart on the 5th of march 1815 were the substitution of a low revenue tariff for the protective tariff of 1842 and the perpetuation of power in the hands of their own political patty after the 5th of march is ii the mexican war which president polk wrongfully and unconstitutionally commenced without consulting or advis ing with either house of congress then in session at washington to whom by the constitution is entrusted the war-making power besides very largely increasing the ordinary expenses of the government by making it necessary to support a large number of new officers and keep up a large standing army for the protection of the recently acquired territory has involv ed the country in a new national debt of some one hundred and fifty millions of dollars which will require a high tantl for years to extinguish and in the pros ecution of that war the present admin istration has raised up a presidential can ditlate for their political opponents who wiil be as invincible at lhe ballot box as he has ever been when exposed to the balls and bayonets of his country's ene mies in the held true it is that the weak instruments in the hands of an over ruling providence at washington did not design such a result and when they found that all the glory ofthe war was enuring lo the benefit of the two whig generals it is equally true that they did all in their power to embarrass degrade and break them down they did this while the en emy was in overwhelming numbers in the field against them and these efforts — giving aid and comfort to lhe enemy — to degrade and break them down seemed to he just in proportion as ihese brave men were successful in subduing their country's foe if president polk had at the commencement of that war entered into a league with gen santa anna not only to give him " a free pass into mex ico to lead her armed legions against us but had agreed that just in proportion as taylor and scott should whip him to de grade and break down these victorious leaders of the american army he could not have taken a course which would have more faithfully performed the terms of the bond than he has done put these brave whig generals having had to en counter a savage enemy in front and a still more malignant enemy in the rear have at last '* conuuered a peace for their country — extract from the address of the rhode island whig state convention rufus choate's opinion the following is an extract from the speech of that distinguished man rufus clioafe delivered before the massachu setts whig convention now mr president i beg to say a sin gle word in this hurried and desultory manner without arrangement and with out preparation on another topic and that is the personal qualifications of general zachary taylor lor lhat great office to which we propose to carry him i felt it incumbent upon me when ihat nomina tion was made to study the subject to the best of my ability i will not say reluctant or incredulous but with the best lights to study that practical subject and i now avow my belief it signifies nothing but i am proud to unite with you in the avowal ol that belief — tbat in his mere personal qualifications i believe we have the guar antee of an administration as honest,qui et and national as that which has cast such a glory upon the unapproachable name of wasuixctox applause sir to say that gen zachary taylor is a great and patriotic man is to say noth ing martin van buren might say lhat of him aid he has said as much again as that of him in a resolution which 1 have in my pockel i believe upon all the ev idence to which j have had access that he possesses in an extraordinary degree the basis of administrative talent of ex actly the kind you seek in the presiden tial chair i believe from ail the evi dence to which i have access lhat he is thorough and quick iu his discernment of men — reading character accurately can didly and instantaneously 1 believe that he possesses in an extraordinary degree sense judgment solid and strong qualities of mind of the old roger sherman and george washington model 1 understand him to be a thorough man of business in the best and largest accep tance of that term — administering a large estate and great fortune with as much ability as a florida or mexican campaign again from his youth up — from the time he took up arms in the service of his country — he has hail an unequivocal proof of a superior character in the confidence he in spires and the profound deference he re ceives without exacting it from every hu man being who comes within his reach add to that the kindness of his heart — kind as nelson's kind as woman's — and that tolerant humanity and honestly in corruptible which he who knows him would think no more of assailing than of putting himself within the range of all the battlements of monterey or the whirl winds of the gulf all tbe world may look upon him and say here rs a man ! i hear it asked whether he has the re quisite degree of political information and experience in public affairs sir i can not help believing that general zachary taylor is destined in the hands of provi dence to illustrate the truth of that re mark of lhat great observer edmund burke : — ' 1 have many times taken notice that men not professionally trained in the details of public ofiice yet when called into great stal ions have by lhe mere force of simple discretion conducted the affairs of nations with distinguished felicity and glory i expect the illustration of that remark in the eight or four years o'f the administration of gen zachary taylor all his life long he litis served his country in a department of the general govern ment enlarging and elevating him above the influences of mere politics all his life long now front his youth to somewhat past middle age the riper time of man's life he has been an observer of the for tunes the policy and the interests of the general government all his life long he has been an equal associate with those great scenes : in all his interests of lei sun in his winter evenings his furloughs his retirements from the sharper services of the camp be has been an observer a student and a thinker upon the great na tional interests of the land he has learn ed them sir as julius caesar learned as tronomy in the camp for all these reasons i observe in him exactly the ability you expect from t in chief magistrate ol the land he is not to conduct our diplomatic correspondence with ail the world ; he is not to settle mat ters ol international jurisprudence ; he is to execute firmly humanely and steadily the laws of the land which congress pre scribes he is lo appoint honest and in corruptible men to public office he is to hold a steady hand between ihis nation and foreign nations observing honorable peace and avoiding entangling alliances with all in all this i may be permitted to say — i hope without extravagance — lhat i have ihe honor to regard him this day in comparison with any public ame rican preeminently qualified for the sta tion to which we call him i at least would rather give the flag of my country into the hands of a man that carried it among the living and the dead up the steeps ot monterey and against the tre mendous odds at buena vista than en trust it to that man of kinkerhook who carried out that radiant standard and laid it at the fool of the english throne im mense applause marcus morton how deep is thai ' — marcus morion lold lhe van buren-adatns parly at faneuil hall on tie 6th instan lhal he sympathised with ihem from the bu torn of his heart from th hot lom to the /"/> is about lie space of the thick ness of a sheet of paper we should say alter more than twenty vear acquaintance — bos ton post this is the man ial the posi has been tell ing the pci pie of massaehi sells vear after vear was the be?1 man in all their state fir their governor we suppose that his heart is j : i - 1 as big now as it ever was when lhe post t iin ie this way against the man whom it has heen praising for years what confidence can we place in the praises which it lavishes upon cass and butler and gushing ? the post confesses that ali its laudation of marcus mor ion was undeserved and then ash credit tor lhe same laudation upon other men — provi dence journal the second allison letter spirit if the pr '. the new york express s;„-aks in the highest t-rms of this 1,-u r the xew york courier says " these two let t era to capt allison present gen taylor in a point of view at once so definite and so favorable with well settled and puinly avowed political preferences yet wiih a mind and heart free from partisan exas peration and prejudice and open to good and patriotic influences that we can with difficulty conceive how just men of any party can hesitate between such an irre proachable candidate and either of the other two gen cass or mr van huren — each of whom as delineated by the friends of the other is entirely unworthy * of the high trust of president cf the uni ted slates the x \. journal of commerce savs '* general taylor's letter is now before our readers entire it is an exceedingly well written document and cannot fail to commend itself to the good sense of lhe public if the whigs are not satisfied with it they deserve to be defeated and we hope they will be but we fake it for granted they will he satisfied with it and more than satisfied except a few of lice seekers who staked all in advance upon henry clay and to whom therefore the election of any other man would be disappointment old zack's letter and the extracts from henry clay's epistle are travelling side by side through the strong whig regions continuing the faithful and making the doubtful thomas's surrender their unbe lief the tali fabric of hope which our opponents built upon whig dissent ions is tumbling to the ground cant thev set up some more nine pins fur oki zack to knock down ? — rich li publican tiie two lives oe cass tht last north american contains a letter from " independent in reply to lhe anonymous writer in the union who de nied that gen cass or mr wentworth was privy to the alteration made in the famous life of cass independent deals with this anonymous witness in a very summary manner repeats t'ie charge ihat cass was privy to the dirty trick and thus defies mr wentworth lo deny or cause io be denied the charge which he has made '■i repeat now what i announced from washington that if mr wentworth shall in his own person deny or cause to be denied any substantial part of my state ment 1 stand prepared lo furnish the most incontestible evidence ot all that has been advanced above my signature 1 chal lenge him to the issue 1 challenge the union to bring him upon the stand and until it fulfils lhat duty — now demanded by honor anil good faith — 1 shall consider any attempt to impeach the facts as a sneaking subterfuge why call in third parties and manufacture witnesses when the source of the whole controversy can be so readily appealed to '. 1 am fully convinced that this attempt to deceive the country by representing the opinions of jen cass on the * greal que tiou ol the age as sympathising with each particular section was the result of a mature and well considered scheme — the same mean were employed by the present secretary ofthe treasury in 1844 and it forms a part of lhe system of tbat unscrupulous party which by frauds at the ballot box by bribery antl corruption and by other desperate means bave suc ceeded in obtaining power and trampling under foot the vii tue intelligence and pat riotism ofthe country •' important letter from mr cltiy under this caption the baltimore pat riot has the following sensible remarks it will be seen by our t legraphic re port from louisville lhat mr lay has taken effectual means lo stop the abuse which has been attempted to be made of his name lo defeat the election of gener al ta lor it will be seen by our telegraphic re port that lie actors in lhe movement in xew york have called a meeting lo re trace their step line word to the whigs of lhe union — to all who are opposed to the election of gen cass why continue this needless and causeless controversy about general ta lor and his opinions ' the man is known — his opinions are known lis deeds proclaim ihe one — his declaration leaves no doubts of lhe other we have less than two months left before the election ' think of tiiat .' tin ii then whigsol tbe union — till vou who are oppos to len cass — all who wish to -• • ' v eminent placed in oth er hands lhan those who now hold it — all who desire to see an honest man made president — turn your attention to the con test — unite for the sake of tht union — and struggle lo accomplish the election of taj lor leave all cavilling to the opposition — ■dismiss all heart-burnings there is no cause for the one — there is no reason for the o'her the election of gen taylor is now lhe work to be accomplished it will require ail your efforts il deserves all your ef forts this done you will have done your duty and all will be wt ii j£r r«>sas iii governor f buenos avre lays a claim nf two millions i f d ill n - sterling i_:m in 1 ihe british for taking i tauu a aa pat agonia
Object Description
Title | Carolina Watchman |
Masthead | The Carolina Watchman |
Date | 1848-10-05 |
Month | 10 |
Day | 05 |
Year | 1848 |
Volume | 5 |
Issue | 22 |
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Creator | Bruner and James "Editors and Proprietors" |
Date Digital | 2008-10-30 |
Publisher | Bruner and James |
Place | United States, North Carolina, Rowan County, Salisbury |
Type | Text |
Source | Microfilm |
Digital Format | JP2 |
Project Subject | State Archives of North Carolina Historic Newspaper Archive |
Description | The Thursday, October 5, 1848 issue of the Carolina Watchman a weekly and semi weekly newspaper from Salisbury, North Carolina |
Rights | Public |
Language | eng |
OCLC number | 601557880 |
Description
Title | Carolina Watchman |
Masthead | The Carolina Watchman |
Date | 1848-10-05 |
Month | 10 |
Day | 05 |
Year | 1848 |
Volume | 5 |
Issue | 22 |
Sequence | 1 |
Page | 1 |
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Creator | Bruner and James "Editors and Proprietors" |
Date Digital | 2008-10-30 |
Publisher | Bruner and James |
Place | United States, North Carolina, Rowan County, Salisbury |
Type | Text |
Source | Microfilm |
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Project Subject | State Archives of North Carolina Historic Newspaper Archive |
Description | The Thursday, October 5, 1848 issue of the Carolina Watchman a weekly and semi weekly newspaper from Salisbury, North Carolina |
Rights | Public |
Language | eng |
FullText | term off tin watchman ruj subscription per year two 1 illars payable i*i mce rut if not paid in advance two dollars v i fifty cis will be charged \ -,,.:; r;si.mexr inserted at § 1 for the first and 25 cts for each subsequent insertion court orders charged 2 per ct higher than these rates a liberal deduc tion to those who advertise by the year i is to the i litors must be , osi paid the carolina watchman salisbury october 3 1848 whig platform batos r i 22 1 848 dear sir my opinions ha : md misrepresented lhat i deem it due ,., , la to makea briel exj ositi in • : 1 have eoi set ' '"*' r l;,il ■irnsi of my fitness for this high station but having al many of my countrymen taken my i do not fi n until ray friends manifest a wish ihat ire from it i wi i thi n most gladly do so • - to accomplish no par:y pro o build up no to punish — nothing to serve t ,: my country [ have been very often addressed by letter and my tve been asked upon almost every question - as affecting the interests i have not alwaj 9 re spond i confess ■■■- which i • :"'. ■ent v ie with all the minute deta station u pledges to carry out this or defeat that i ho d i ■nt i hold no opinions v r laim to my assembled i men ; bat crude impressions upon matters oi po i v which maj be iy ind wrong to-morrow baps nol t oflice ( hie iied w ithout nol be confi ded in merely on -.. lem 1 will proceed however now to respond to your in ■' — r reiterate what i have so often said 1 am a it elected 1 would not be the mere president of -- party 1 would endeavor to acl independent of party tion i shou d feel bound to administer the go lenl untrammelled by any party schemes second — the veto power the power given by the executive to interpi.se his vet is t tonservaiive power ; but in my opinion should ne ear \ iolation ol the and want of con . congress indeed i ha thai for ma known opinions and wishes of the ex sed an undue and injurious influence ! . .'• department ofthe government r this cause | have thought our system was in dan undergoing a great change from its theory the il opi lions of the individual who has happened to executive chair ought not to control the ac : hi questions of domestic policy : nor - tn be interposed where questions of lutional power have been settled by the various departments of government and acquiesced in by the third — up ol ' tariff the currency j e improvement of our great highways rivers lakes and eople as expressed through their rrpresentativi ghl to be respected and carried out by the executive fourth — the mexican war i sincerely rejoice tit i e prospect "! peine my lit has been devoted to ti'ins yet i look upon war al a i times and undet i a iiatiniial calamity to be avoided ii coni • with the national honor tl iples of our government as well as its true \ opposed to ither nations and the li memberment ni othei ': of tla great a '.: ild we quit our own lo taud i in the mexii an war our na • n \ indicated ; and in dictating terms ol pence we may wel ill'id io be forbearing and mag n inimoug to these are my opinions on lhe subjects referred to by you and any reports or publications written nr verbal i bering in any essential particular from want is hen re unauthorized and untrue ia i shall again write upon the sub age in no schemes nbinations no intrigues if the american people lo give me it ihey do not you know me well • eve me when i declare 1 shall be content 1 am ••■lier to murmur againsi such high au /. taylor to capt j s ai offici oi im pica vcjte } new orleans sept 6 general taylor tbe following letter has been prepared by ren taylor to correct any misconception which might possibly be produced by the recnt pub lication of extracts from bis private correspond ence and the appearance over his signature ol replies to single and detached questions relative ■his position before the public the letter is i connected narrative of the scries of circum stances which resulted in his becoming a can didate it presents in a compact form all the natters bearing upon lhe subject and exhibits gen taylor in his proper character — true to himself to his friends and to his country east p igoula sept 4 dear sir — on the 22d day of may last i addressed - ng my vietrs in regard to various est my fellow-citizens might - ed bv the many contradictory nnd conflicting - n respect to them which appeared in the s of the day and ware circulated throughout the i now find tnyseli misrepresented and misun i iber point of such importance to my i - the country at large as to i aim indid and connected - xposition of my rela in regard to the pending presidential the utmost ingenuity has been expended upon seve etti rs w iich have iw that 1 iv ittitude toward the various parties in e are divided and especially towards . ty as represented by the s conven r had ilished or con strued in connection with what i have heretofore sai i . i not now have to complain of ed with which my answ .-, 1 q lestions se who leen made my enem - mination which has endered to me with ■n or arrangement ft mine ; or of the manner in winch select passages in > my etters written iu the freedom and careless leiicc have been coinniu c press rut riven from the contest i trom a series of explanatory facts and s which arc in so far as this canvass iscon they are as deceptive as though they fabrications 1 address you this letter to ■that has been done me and the pub it i am an object of interest to iheni . . . iy an elaborate recital of every - . u ith the first presentation of my name te for the presidency i was then at the ' lhe american army in the •• rio - - rounded by w i i democrats i by me in the trying i i - of my life a 1 • y to conduct through scenes of m . ity to that army and to ihe es we were waging forbade my as . to any portion of a under my command — all of whom knew i rin iple for 1 made no concealment nents or pre e ttions nee of party struggles durin ntial elections that the acceptance of a tion under the various interpretations given tothe '■a candidate presented to the public with 7 al principles was equivolent almost uncompromising enmity to all who nets 1 was unwilling : • ch relationship towards anv of ihe nndei ny command when in front of an enemy jl jljl jlj vyi^j_|y\^_ljj_l 1 1 tf xi x v^xllf jlixli • britner & james ) . „ • , ( " keep a check upon all vont eduors 4 proprietors v rulebs ) new series do this and liberty is safe > "^« gen'l harrison i volume v number 22 salisbury n c thursday october 5 1848 cotnnti wi to ii nil it would have been unjust in itself and it was repugnant to my feelings as ir was to my du ty i wanted unity in ih army nnd forbore any act ghl - w ibe seeds of distrust and discord in its ranks i have not my letters writ1 n at the lime before are all oi one import and in conformity with the views herein expressed meanwhile 1 was solicited by my personal friends and by strangers by whigs and democrats to consent to become a candidate 1 was nominated by the people in primary assemblies — by whigs i)i mocrats and natives in separate and mixed meetings i resisted them all and continued to do so till led to believe that my oppo sition was assuming the aspect ofa defiance ofthe pop ular wishes i yielded only when it looked like pre sumption to resist longer and even then i should not have don s had not the nomination bi-en presented to nie in a form unlikely toawaken acrimony or reproduce -- ol feeling which attends popular elections i say il in sincerity nnd truth that n part ot the induce i .; to my consent was the hope that by going into the • •'■i d be conducted with candor if not with kindness lt has been no fault of mine that this antici pation has proved a vain one after 1 permitted myself to be announced for the pre sidency under the circumstances above noticed i ac cepted nomination after nomination in the spirit in which ihey were tendered they were made irrespective of parties and so acknowledged no one who joined in those nominations could have been deceived ns to my po litical views from tbe beginning till now i have de clared myself to be a whig o all proper occasions — with this distinct avowal published io the world 1 did not think that i had a right to repel nominations from political opponents any more than i had a riuht io refuse the vote of a democrat nt the poll ; and i proclaimed it abroad that i should not reject the proffered support of any body ot my fellow-citizens this was my position when in november inst 1 returned tothe united statesj long before either of the greal divisions of ihe people had held a national convention and when it was thought doubtful if one of them would hold any matters s'ood in this attitude till spring when there were so many statements in circulation concerning my views upon questions ot national policy that 1 tilt con strained to cornet the errors into which the public mind was falling by a more explicit enunciation of principles which 1 did in my letter to you in april last that let ter and ihr facts which i have detailed as briefly ns a proper understanding of them would permit developed my whole position iu relation to the presidency at the lime the democratic convention met in may and coni posed their ticket to suit them this they had a right to do the national whig convention met in june and selected me ns their candidate i accepted the nomination with gratitude and with pride i was proud of the confidence of such a body of men representing mich a constituency as the whiur party of the united states a manifestation the more grateful because it was not cumbered with exactions incompatible with the dig nity ofthe presidential office and the responsibilities of its incumbent to the whole people of the nation and i may add lhal these emotions were increased hy asso ciating my name with that ol the distinguished citizen of xew york whose acknowledged abilities and sound conservative opinions might have justly entitled them to the fust place on the ticket tie convention adopted me ns it found me — a whig — decided but not ultra in my opinions and 1 would be without excuse ill were t i!i the relationships which subsisted nt the time they took me with the declara tion of principles i had published lo the world and 1 wuuld be without defence if 1 were to say or do anything to impair the force of that declaration 1 have said lhat 1 would accept a nomination from democrats ; but iu so doing i would not abate one jot or tittle ol my opinions as written down such a nomina tion as indicating a coincidence of opinion on the part ol those making it should not be regarded with disfavor by those who think with me ; ns a compliment personal to myself it should not be expected that i would repulse them wiih insult 1 shall not modify my views to entice them to my side ; i shall not reject their aid when they join my friends voluntarily 1 have said i was not a party candidate nor am i in that straightened and sectarian sense which would pre vent my bein the president ofthe whole people in case ot my election i did not regard myself as one before the convention met and that body did not seek to make me different from what 1 was they did nor fetter me down to a series (,| pledges which v/ere to be an iron rule of action in all and in despite ft nil the contingen e s that might arise in the course of ihe presidential term 1 am not engaged to lay violent hands indiscrim inately upon public officers good or bad who may differ in opinion wiih me i am not expected to force con gress by the coercion ofthe veto to pass laws to suit me or pass none this is what i mean by not being a par ty candidate and 1 understand this is good whiffdoc irine — i would not he a partizan president and hence should not be u parly candidate in the sense that would make one this is the sum and substance of my mean 107 and this is ihe purport of the facts and circumstan ces attending my nomination when considered iu iheir connection with and dependence upon one another i refer all persons who are anxious on the subject to this statement for ihe proper understanding of my posi lion towards tiie presidency and tbe people if it is not ile 1 cannot make it so and shail cease to at tempt it . in taking leave of the subject i have only to add ihat my iwo letters to you embrace all the topics 1 design to speak of pending this canvass if i am elected 1 shall do all that an honest zeal may effect to cement tbe bonds of our i nion and establish the happiness of my country men upon an enduring basis /. taylor to capt 1 s a 1 1.7 in 0*3 the xew _ ork express says : " duvid graham a well-known whig upon whom our wondering clay brethren have much relied lo go all lengths with them sent on saturday so we understand a letter to the so-called clay committee ol nine who were to get up an electoral ticket declining to act with them tip on lhe grounds that gen taylor's last letter was satisfactory and that he felt in ditto bound lo support him for the presidency mr gra ham was one of ihis committee of nine oo the state elections in ohio and penn sylvania are to take place on lhe second tues day of october nest ohio will elect twenty-one members of con gress and a state legislature which w ill choose a united states senator for six years pennsylvania will elect twenty-four members of congress and legislature will also elect a united slates senator for six years ic the boston traveller says jt learns from good authority that the presidenl i dis posed to remove mr morton from lhe collec lorship d boston lot lhat the party cannot agree with any unanimity upon his successor f the canadian authorities have granled permission for two american schooners to pro ceed from sea up lhe st lawrence and the ca nadian canals to lhe lakes in tannlon ( mass the otlier day a boy was fined fifty dollars for raising a false alarm of fire an eloquent extract gen taylor's character general taylor was selected and is supported as the standard bearer of the whigs not on account of his military ser vices but for his high and ennobling mor al qualities the mexican war has been the occasion not the cause of his popu larity it is not because he is brave as caesar that the people love him it is not because on the battle fields of mexico be has displayed a cool determined antl in vincible courage which wrung victory from all lhe elements of defeat and by his gallantry and heroic conduct confer red new and lasting renown upon our na tional arms that his fellow citizens most honor him no ; it is not tbat successful war has bound upon his brow the undy ing chaplet and encircled his name with imperishable glory and given him a fame world-wide and immortal as his country's history — which the proudest conquerors of other times and other lands might en vy — that has won most upon the hearts of his countrymen it is not for his military services tor bisgreat and glorious achieve ments at fort harrison or in florida and on the hard-fought battle fields of mexico which no patriotic american can in his heart feci otherwise lhan proud of that the whigs rally around that heroic old man rut it is because in his late brill iant career as well as in every act of his life general taylor has exhibited never failing good sense — unerring sound judg ment — great decision and inflexible firm ness of character : it is because truth justice integrity fidelity and a noble gen erosity illustrate and mark his whole pub lic course and private character ; it is be cause he has ever shown a paternal care for the lives and safety of his own soldiers and after the battle was won great hu manity for the wounded soldiers of lhe en emy and generously spared helpless and unoffending women and children as much as possible and more than the less hu mane and hard-hearted men in power at washington approved from the horrors and misfortunes of war — it is because his remarkable simplicity qf manners and un affectcd modesty which remain unshaken amidst the thundering shouts of an admir ing people point him out as one of the few great men who can stand npon the heights of place and power without be ing made giddy by the dangerous eleva tion — prove him to be a safe depository of official trust and possessed of that more than roman virtue which can withstand the intrigues and corruptions of the capi tal ; it is these great and truly ennobling moral qualities showing him to be a gen erous wist . honest and patriotic man — more than all the splendor of his martial victories — that has given zachary taylor such a strong hold upon the popular con fidence and has prompted the sovereign people to summon him from his quiet cot tage retreat on the banks of the missis sippi to preside in the high councils of his country these great moral qualities and much admired traits in the character of gen taylor have it is true burst upon the countrv amidst the roar of cannon and the clash of arms they have been brought out info public action and to the public view by the stirring scenes and exciting circumstances of war this is however no uncommon occurrence war although one ofthe greatest calamities which can afflict any nation and to be avoided al ways when it can be without dishonor has through all time and in all countries had lhe effect to excite and devolop a na tion's energies — lo arouse and stimulate the slumbering patriotism of the people — - to quicken the public pulse — to warm lhe popular feeling into a high and generous enthusiasm — to bring into more active ex ercise and under the public eye the high moral as well as military qualities of the great men of the republic it is not in the calm and slugglish times of peace when the surface of society is as tranquil and unrullletl as a halcyon sea that great men suddenly emerge into high promi nence and assume positions which attract the fullest observation of the whole peo ple it is in the stormy periods of war and in times of great national exigency that those strong and lion-hearted men a rise who startle the world by the power of their genius or attract its admiration by the sublimity of their patriotism and stamp the imperishable impress of their great minds upon the character and des tinies of nations had it not been for our revolutionary war george washington would in all probability have remained through life in the very humble sphere of an accurate and useful surveyor on the western lands of virginia — with a very limited reputation of a brave and skilful colonel of state militia ; alexander ham ilton would bave doubtless been a very respectable member of the xew york bar and nathaniel greene a very industrious and worthy blacksmith in a quiet and pleasant village of east greenwich ; but the very great traits of character the no ble and elevated qualities of mind and heart for wliich ihey were so much dis tinguished as public men were elicited anil brought under the national eye by the presentment of that great theatre upon which they were called to act so conspic uous a part had it not been for the cir cumstances of the country and the exci ting struggle for national independence wliich •• trietl men's souls those great men might havegonedown to their graves as thousands in ail ages and climes of kindred souls and equal genius have done — unhonored and unsung the remark therefore which we hear so often made by his opponents that • had it not been for the mexican war general taylor wonld not have been thought of tor tht preside nc may be perfectly true and still no good reason againsi his eleva tion fo that high oflice mad tho true character and the extraordinary qualities of head and heart possessed alike by gen washington and general taylor re mained forever unknown to their country men or had no occasion arisen of suffi cient public interest to excite and bring out to the knowledge of the whole people those extraordinary qualities which all must admit them both to have previously possessed neither of these truly great men " would have been thought of for the pre sidency that high office however was none the less deserved because war was in both instances the occasion of de veloping those great moral qualities which more than all else attracted the admiration of their countrymen antl quali fy men for successful civil liule in this connection it is a subject of some consolation that the unnecessaay and ex pensive war in which the present nation al administration has involved the coun try after all the embarrassment which it has caused to some of the great interests of the country and the lasting moral evils which it has inflicted upon both belliger ent nations is likely to have some good final results it has been the occasion of making the merits and true character of gen taylor known to the whole ameri can people it has given to the whig party the most popular candidate for the , presidency since the second election of washington if ever public wrong visited upon its authors a speedy retributive jus tice it promises to do so upon the heads of hose who got up the late mexican war the two objects which the men in power ' at washington had most al heart on the 5th of march 1815 were the substitution of a low revenue tariff for the protective tariff of 1842 and the perpetuation of power in the hands of their own political patty after the 5th of march is ii the mexican war which president polk wrongfully and unconstitutionally commenced without consulting or advis ing with either house of congress then in session at washington to whom by the constitution is entrusted the war-making power besides very largely increasing the ordinary expenses of the government by making it necessary to support a large number of new officers and keep up a large standing army for the protection of the recently acquired territory has involv ed the country in a new national debt of some one hundred and fifty millions of dollars which will require a high tantl for years to extinguish and in the pros ecution of that war the present admin istration has raised up a presidential can ditlate for their political opponents who wiil be as invincible at lhe ballot box as he has ever been when exposed to the balls and bayonets of his country's ene mies in the held true it is that the weak instruments in the hands of an over ruling providence at washington did not design such a result and when they found that all the glory ofthe war was enuring lo the benefit of the two whig generals it is equally true that they did all in their power to embarrass degrade and break them down they did this while the en emy was in overwhelming numbers in the field against them and these efforts — giving aid and comfort to lhe enemy — to degrade and break them down seemed to he just in proportion as ihese brave men were successful in subduing their country's foe if president polk had at the commencement of that war entered into a league with gen santa anna not only to give him " a free pass into mex ico to lead her armed legions against us but had agreed that just in proportion as taylor and scott should whip him to de grade and break down these victorious leaders of the american army he could not have taken a course which would have more faithfully performed the terms of the bond than he has done put these brave whig generals having had to en counter a savage enemy in front and a still more malignant enemy in the rear have at last '* conuuered a peace for their country — extract from the address of the rhode island whig state convention rufus choate's opinion the following is an extract from the speech of that distinguished man rufus clioafe delivered before the massachu setts whig convention now mr president i beg to say a sin gle word in this hurried and desultory manner without arrangement and with out preparation on another topic and that is the personal qualifications of general zachary taylor lor lhat great office to which we propose to carry him i felt it incumbent upon me when ihat nomina tion was made to study the subject to the best of my ability i will not say reluctant or incredulous but with the best lights to study that practical subject and i now avow my belief it signifies nothing but i am proud to unite with you in the avowal ol that belief — tbat in his mere personal qualifications i believe we have the guar antee of an administration as honest,qui et and national as that which has cast such a glory upon the unapproachable name of wasuixctox applause sir to say that gen zachary taylor is a great and patriotic man is to say noth ing martin van buren might say lhat of him aid he has said as much again as that of him in a resolution which 1 have in my pockel i believe upon all the ev idence to which j have had access that he possesses in an extraordinary degree the basis of administrative talent of ex actly the kind you seek in the presiden tial chair i believe from ail the evi dence to which i have access lhat he is thorough and quick iu his discernment of men — reading character accurately can didly and instantaneously 1 believe that he possesses in an extraordinary degree sense judgment solid and strong qualities of mind of the old roger sherman and george washington model 1 understand him to be a thorough man of business in the best and largest accep tance of that term — administering a large estate and great fortune with as much ability as a florida or mexican campaign again from his youth up — from the time he took up arms in the service of his country — he has hail an unequivocal proof of a superior character in the confidence he in spires and the profound deference he re ceives without exacting it from every hu man being who comes within his reach add to that the kindness of his heart — kind as nelson's kind as woman's — and that tolerant humanity and honestly in corruptible which he who knows him would think no more of assailing than of putting himself within the range of all the battlements of monterey or the whirl winds of the gulf all tbe world may look upon him and say here rs a man ! i hear it asked whether he has the re quisite degree of political information and experience in public affairs sir i can not help believing that general zachary taylor is destined in the hands of provi dence to illustrate the truth of that re mark of lhat great observer edmund burke : — ' 1 have many times taken notice that men not professionally trained in the details of public ofiice yet when called into great stal ions have by lhe mere force of simple discretion conducted the affairs of nations with distinguished felicity and glory i expect the illustration of that remark in the eight or four years o'f the administration of gen zachary taylor all his life long he litis served his country in a department of the general govern ment enlarging and elevating him above the influences of mere politics all his life long now front his youth to somewhat past middle age the riper time of man's life he has been an observer of the for tunes the policy and the interests of the general government all his life long he has been an equal associate with those great scenes : in all his interests of lei sun in his winter evenings his furloughs his retirements from the sharper services of the camp be has been an observer a student and a thinker upon the great na tional interests of the land he has learn ed them sir as julius caesar learned as tronomy in the camp for all these reasons i observe in him exactly the ability you expect from t in chief magistrate ol the land he is not to conduct our diplomatic correspondence with ail the world ; he is not to settle mat ters ol international jurisprudence ; he is to execute firmly humanely and steadily the laws of the land which congress pre scribes he is lo appoint honest and in corruptible men to public office he is to hold a steady hand between ihis nation and foreign nations observing honorable peace and avoiding entangling alliances with all in all this i may be permitted to say — i hope without extravagance — lhat i have ihe honor to regard him this day in comparison with any public ame rican preeminently qualified for the sta tion to which we call him i at least would rather give the flag of my country into the hands of a man that carried it among the living and the dead up the steeps ot monterey and against the tre mendous odds at buena vista than en trust it to that man of kinkerhook who carried out that radiant standard and laid it at the fool of the english throne im mense applause marcus morton how deep is thai ' — marcus morion lold lhe van buren-adatns parly at faneuil hall on tie 6th instan lhal he sympathised with ihem from the bu torn of his heart from th hot lom to the /"/> is about lie space of the thick ness of a sheet of paper we should say alter more than twenty vear acquaintance — bos ton post this is the man ial the posi has been tell ing the pci pie of massaehi sells vear after vear was the be?1 man in all their state fir their governor we suppose that his heart is j : i - 1 as big now as it ever was when lhe post t iin ie this way against the man whom it has heen praising for years what confidence can we place in the praises which it lavishes upon cass and butler and gushing ? the post confesses that ali its laudation of marcus mor ion was undeserved and then ash credit tor lhe same laudation upon other men — provi dence journal the second allison letter spirit if the pr '. the new york express s;„-aks in the highest t-rms of this 1,-u r the xew york courier says " these two let t era to capt allison present gen taylor in a point of view at once so definite and so favorable with well settled and puinly avowed political preferences yet wiih a mind and heart free from partisan exas peration and prejudice and open to good and patriotic influences that we can with difficulty conceive how just men of any party can hesitate between such an irre proachable candidate and either of the other two gen cass or mr van huren — each of whom as delineated by the friends of the other is entirely unworthy * of the high trust of president cf the uni ted slates the x \. journal of commerce savs '* general taylor's letter is now before our readers entire it is an exceedingly well written document and cannot fail to commend itself to the good sense of lhe public if the whigs are not satisfied with it they deserve to be defeated and we hope they will be but we fake it for granted they will he satisfied with it and more than satisfied except a few of lice seekers who staked all in advance upon henry clay and to whom therefore the election of any other man would be disappointment old zack's letter and the extracts from henry clay's epistle are travelling side by side through the strong whig regions continuing the faithful and making the doubtful thomas's surrender their unbe lief the tali fabric of hope which our opponents built upon whig dissent ions is tumbling to the ground cant thev set up some more nine pins fur oki zack to knock down ? — rich li publican tiie two lives oe cass tht last north american contains a letter from " independent in reply to lhe anonymous writer in the union who de nied that gen cass or mr wentworth was privy to the alteration made in the famous life of cass independent deals with this anonymous witness in a very summary manner repeats t'ie charge ihat cass was privy to the dirty trick and thus defies mr wentworth lo deny or cause io be denied the charge which he has made '■i repeat now what i announced from washington that if mr wentworth shall in his own person deny or cause to be denied any substantial part of my state ment 1 stand prepared lo furnish the most incontestible evidence ot all that has been advanced above my signature 1 chal lenge him to the issue 1 challenge the union to bring him upon the stand and until it fulfils lhat duty — now demanded by honor anil good faith — 1 shall consider any attempt to impeach the facts as a sneaking subterfuge why call in third parties and manufacture witnesses when the source of the whole controversy can be so readily appealed to '. 1 am fully convinced that this attempt to deceive the country by representing the opinions of jen cass on the * greal que tiou ol the age as sympathising with each particular section was the result of a mature and well considered scheme — the same mean were employed by the present secretary ofthe treasury in 1844 and it forms a part of lhe system of tbat unscrupulous party which by frauds at the ballot box by bribery antl corruption and by other desperate means bave suc ceeded in obtaining power and trampling under foot the vii tue intelligence and pat riotism ofthe country •' important letter from mr cltiy under this caption the baltimore pat riot has the following sensible remarks it will be seen by our t legraphic re port from louisville lhat mr lay has taken effectual means lo stop the abuse which has been attempted to be made of his name lo defeat the election of gener al ta lor it will be seen by our telegraphic re port that lie actors in lhe movement in xew york have called a meeting lo re trace their step line word to the whigs of lhe union — to all who are opposed to the election of gen cass why continue this needless and causeless controversy about general ta lor and his opinions ' the man is known — his opinions are known lis deeds proclaim ihe one — his declaration leaves no doubts of lhe other we have less than two months left before the election ' think of tiiat .' tin ii then whigsol tbe union — till vou who are oppos to len cass — all who wish to -• • ' v eminent placed in oth er hands lhan those who now hold it — all who desire to see an honest man made president — turn your attention to the con test — unite for the sake of tht union — and struggle lo accomplish the election of taj lor leave all cavilling to the opposition — ■dismiss all heart-burnings there is no cause for the one — there is no reason for the o'her the election of gen taylor is now lhe work to be accomplished it will require ail your efforts il deserves all your ef forts this done you will have done your duty and all will be wt ii j£r r«>sas iii governor f buenos avre lays a claim nf two millions i f d ill n - sterling i_:m in 1 ihe british for taking i tauu a aa pat agonia |