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Letter From General Taylor

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Day
10
Month
July
Year
1847
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Public Domain
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As the following letter from Taylur is exciiing considerable inierest among ihn politicians, and s the first hint of t he deñnition of his political position nílbided by that gentleman, vvc give it cutiré. Il is nddressed to tlie editor of the Cincinnati Signa!. IIead Ql'rs Arm y op Occitatiox, } Carnji near Moiiterey,May 18, '47. L Sm : - I have the honor to acknowleJge the receipt of your lelíer with the enclosure of your editorial, extraoted from the 'Signal' of the 13ih of April. Al this time, my public duties commanc so fullv my altention, that it is mpossible to answer yónr let'er in the termi deman cIimI by is courtesy, and the importanco ot' the sentiments to which it nlludes n.efther, indeed, have 1 the lime, should i fel myself al liberty to enter into ihe few and most general subjects of polilical policy suggested by ihe arlicle in qaestion My own (ïcrsonal views were better with held till tlie end of ihe war, w ion my uscfulncss as a mijitary chief, serving in the field ngaifist ihe comrnon enemy, hal no Jonger be compromised by their exion or diseusaion in any roanner. From many sou roes I havo been ad drereed on the subject of the Prajiclnncy, and 1 do violence neilher lo myself nor to my posilion ns an ofïïc.er of the army, by nclvtiowledging to you as I have done lo all who have alluded to the uso oí' m name in this exnlled connexion, that m services ore ever at ihe vvill and cali ol my country, and ihat 1 dm not pre paree lo say that 1 shall refuse il' ihe country calis me to the Presideniial office, but ihat I can and shall yield to no cali tlial does not come fróm the apoDtnneoua action and free will of ihe nation at largo, and void of the süglrtest agency of tny own. For the high honor and responsibilities osuch an oflioe, l take this occasion to aay, ihat 1 have not the sliglitost ajpiraI on ; a much more tranquil and satisfactory life, afier the icrniination of my present duiies, nwails me, I trust, in tiie sociely of my faniily and particular friends, nnd in the occupat'ons most congenial lo my wishes. In n o case can I permil myself tb be tlin candidale of any party, or yield myself to party schemes. Wiih these i-emarks, I trust you will pol-dun me for thus briefly replying to you, whjch 1 dd with a higli opinión of' lbo sentiments nnd views cmbraced in yoiir editorial. With tnany wishes for your prosperify in lile, mul gfent usefulness in the sphere in whioh your lalents nr:d exortions are embnrked, I heg in acknnwledge myaelf, Most trulv nnd respeclfully, Your obeilintii servnnt. Z. TA Y LOR. Mij Gen. U. S. Army. Jas. VV. Tuylor, Esq., Cincinnati, O. Several poinls are distinctly Irmght to view b7 Gen. Taylor n the preceding letter : 1. That he is not Jisposed to teil whnl li is politics aie till t lie war is over. 2. That lie has n insuperable objection to bcing made l'i-rsident, if the people will elect him. 3. That in no case wil] he consent to he a party cundidme. His coui'so in these ;yirtieulars slrikes :;s as sensible. Especially is it important for hiin at prosent not to appenr as n party candidato, while liis friends at the South are ooalescing in his behnlf wi'ihout respect to party. Wc shall seo whnt tlie Northern Wliigs will noiv sny nbout suppoiting l'im as the JVnig candiilate. It may be they will conclude !o ':go it blind" fiir Tayloi", "wiilioul a why oc wherefofe." But we have soine foith lo believe (hal ihc more sensible of the Wliig leaders, if they have any regard fir iheir pgrtyintore.sts, will now open llieircyes to the tia they were just sleppiug lito, and look aronnd for a enndidate of avowed Whig principies.

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