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'f)e ZIO3tytczCr. EDGEFIELD C. 11. W EDNESDAY, SEPr. 20, 1848. Some articles on r-nd, are necessarily post.. poned until our nest. In conversatipn with several voters of this District, we have learned that they eatnestly desire all the candidates rot a seat in the lHonse of Rej resentatives to declare immediately though the medium: of the district papers. their preference for Cass or Taylor f u the Presiden cy. We leave Van Buren ont of the question. We do not suppose, that any man in South Carolina. would support in. If the yosition of nentrality on the Presidential question was ever proper, it is not so now. The - wait and watch party" of the State is dissolved. Gen. Tayhir'sopen antd avowed suppm t of Vhirgery has given that little party its quietus. It is now tite for every public man in the State to de. fine his position. We believe that all our Candidates from Eigefield, for the Legislature, are in favor of General Cass, but we desire that they should nowo publish their opinions on the Presidential q- estion. so that every .uan may read them. We req-tet them to do so without delay, as the period fixed for the gen eral election is rapidly approaching. There is no doubt but that the District is thoroughly Democratic-we tean in the Southera sense of the term. Doubtless, the great mass of the people are for Cuss, and if we be not greatly mistaken, South Carolina will give hit a very handsome tajority over G.eneral Taylor. Since the above was itn type, we have re ceiyed cottinunications.fron several cfndi% dates, which will be found in to..day's paper. "We are authorized to say, NIa. YANCEY will answer the in:eirogatories propounded, in this and the other papers of the District, to the Candidates on the Presidential gnes tion in-our next paper. We understand he prefers the DEMoCRATIC tickeCt of CASs & Bu'i L." Wedding C,tk.-A short time since, we received from a lady of this Distrirt. a slice of wedding cake. We return to her. our sincere thanks for this very acceptable present. -Bursar of South Carolina Collcge.-Col. A. 11. Giudden has accepted the appointment of Bursar of the South Carolina College Rain:-Since our last, we. have had,some showers of rain which wemuch needed. Cot 'Teather.-On SMonday .morning last, ' f'tTIterno isfltoixdsnitrs; istood'ai 6. 'Theo mrnings and evenings for several days past, have been quits cool. The Hion. Mr. Crittetnden has been inaug erated Governor of Kentuicky. Rcr. Gardner Spring.-This distinguished Divine. Pastor of the brick Presbyterian Church in New York<, preached his thirty eight Anniversary Serumon, on the first Sabbath in Anlgust. it is a rarc th,ing to find a pireacher so long connected with otne Co;'gre-gation. W!asington's Gramamar.-Weo see it stated, that a .tlr. Livermore of Cambridge Mlassauchttt setts, has in his possos.s1in. tihe English Graim ma:r actually used by General WVashiington when a school boy.' tie estimtates itlhighfy. Ther Magnetic Telegraph.-.Ve see it stated, that the Mia tietic l'elegraphil is ntow in opcra tionl between Boston aind New Orleans ont then Atlantic ciinst al.m. front thue .Alantic westward to Chicag'o, and to Cincinnati. Talor and Fillumor.-M r. Fu.t oRns the Whig anminee for the Vice Presidency, has oil l occasinus voted for the mttrodneition of abo litton petitiots, antd in Ortthier 1838. wheni Ite wvas a canididate for Congress, the aniti-slavery societv of the coun:ty of Erie, propounded to him the folloing qutestions: " st. Do von telieve that petitions to Colt. gress on the'sntject of slavery and the slave trade onght to bie rece ived, read. anid respect ftully contsidered by thle repiresenltatives of' the penple ? 2d. Are you opposed to the annexation of Texas to this Union. tinder ally circumstances, so long as slaves ate held therein 1 3d. Are you ini favor of Conlaress exercising all the constituitional power it possesses, to abol ish1 the initernial s!ave trade bietweent te State-? 4tht. Are yon1 in. Ihe ,r ol- Iiio,-diate legi.da tin for the abolitioni of slavery ini the District of Columnbia ?". - This wvas Sir. Fillmore's answver: "Iaml muitch engged, andl htave no titme to enter itob an argnmtient. or to e'xplaint at length my reasons for liy opittioni. I shall theLrefnre content moyself. for the present, by answering all your intterrotgato res ini the affrmaticc. and leave for saote futuarie occasion a more extended discinssionl on thte subjeet." In spite of til this. Gent. TayT.otn a SouthernI slaveholer, thtus speaks of him ini his last Alli-, som letter: "Antd [ may add, tha,t these emotions were ini creased by aissociatinlg tny inme with that of thte disitinguishe"d citizent of New-York. whose ackriowledgzed abilitit's andt, sotundr enntservative op)inions inighat have instly entitled htim to ite first place otn the ticket." Arrests an Ireland.-Large numbters of per sons of d:fferenit p,rofessionls and ranoks have beett arrestedh ir' Irelanld. 00 accoutnt of the part they bore it4 the recent rebellion. WVhat will be tIle ultimate fate of tese men we know not. Bitt jutdginig from the fate of Mr. MItchell antd Martini, their sentence will be nothing less than transportatitt an-h hard l abor for a tern) of years. Ulumaniity shudders.at the terrible fate of tbese unfortunate men. France.-Alfairs in this distracted country are in a mo1(st unsettled condition. Anothter revolution seems to be at hand. We fear that it will beoa bloody one. Particular atten(on is called to the letter of. General Taylor, which is published to day. All doubts about his thorough devation to Whiggcry, are now dispelled. lie says, that he has been from the first, a Whig. This we have never doubted, for some time past. Those De mocrats who have been deluded, should now abandon him, or go over at once to the ranks of the Vhigs where they belong. They have no right to assume our name They should fight under their own banner. We speak .this in no offensive spirit, fir we entertain a high regard for many of these peraons, but to us it is marvellous how they can call themselves Democrats and still be supporters of General Taylor, a lhig. Jicms-Emigrats at Ncw York.-During the seven months immediately preceding An gust 1st 110,000 emigrants arrived at New York. Charches in New York.-According to a New York paper, there are in the city, 238 places of public worship. Protestant Episcopal 42. Baptist 3.. Methodist Episcopal 31, Roman Catholic 18, Dutch Reformed 10. Jews Syna g.gues 10. Congregational 9, Lutheran 5, Universalist 4, Unitarian 2, et cetera. 11aTnnmotk Sleancr.- A steamer designed for the Hudson river, was launched in New York dtring the last taonth-length .100 let.. She is 1.600 tons hurthen, and will accommodate 2,500 passengers as a day boat. .. BrooklDn.-The city of Brooklyn int New York, has a piopulatiun of about 60 thousand and 53 Churches. For the A dveitiser. hIR. EouTott.--To " liespousihlc ro, ters," I reply briefly, that inasmuch as neither of the nominees of the great par. ties of our country comes up to the stand. ard which will suit South Carolina, ht little need be said upon the Presidential Electicn-yet I am one of thoso who have ever believed, thalt of evils sthich must from necessity he imposed, it is always policy c mako choice of the least, upon this principle I prefer Gotn. Cass to Gen. Taylor. JNO. LAKE. FOR THE ADVERTISER. Mn. EDrTon--In reply to the question n a recent number of the Advertiser, I beg leave to say, that of the Candidates now be fore the people for the Presidency of the U. States, I prefer Gen. Cass.. J. P. CARROLL. FOR TIIE ADVERTISER. nMR, EDIToR-Your paper of the 6th inst. contained an article signed " Responsible Voters," desiring to know of the Candidates of the Legislature, whom they would sustain for the Presidency if elected. As one of them I answer, that neither of the aspirants is acceptible to me, nor do I believe to the people of South Carolina, I should ho'wever, if elected, as present advised, vote for Gen. Cass. W. A. HARRIS. FOR THE ADVERTISER. .R. EnToa-In answer to the call in your paper'rititfopinions -o't thekCan-di dates for the Legislature from this District on the Presidential question, I thusestate the coneluisions of my -judgmterit. Of the two candidates for the Presidency that present claims worthy of consideration at the South, both are liable-to muche objection; and the contest bet ween them should be conducted by their respective friends here,without such acrinony as will hinder an effective union of all parties in defence of our sectional rights and interests. For our security in this be half, we must trust to ourselves anid not to the Psesident. Between Generals Cass end Taylor, however, I find reasons for choice, and for the exercise of choice by the State. My prelerence is for Gen. Cass. F. H-. WARDLAW. For the Advertiser. Ma. Enrron.-Int your paper publlishted the 6:ha of Septt. a n' riter under the signa tare of "IRespontsble Voters" mnakes a call in tue Crandidlates for the State Legisla,. tire ntn make kntown. whetber they prefer Datss, Va. Utnreut, or Ta'ylor for the Presi lontey. lit reply I will say. that under any circumstances it is painful far me to appaear helbre the puhlic, mutch miore so, thcn I am laboring undter the impiutation >f ob1 farmily misftrtnes.' The pirejudices if somue, wo ull alwayms pitt any ting to the account of a Canididate whom they ire dlisporsed to reject. It has been my vish for years to avoil givinag ofTenee, andI a hen I sa anay thing at all, I desire in zive no ohlfence. But as "Itesponsible Voters" der,ire to know, wvhich of the Dantdidates far she P'residcency I prefer, I will bri.-fly reply, that if it was left to me, lwould chooso ucithier, but there is an old roiverb whtich says-"of' two evils c'1oose he least." hit this case, there are 1/hree If oabli:;ed to choose one of the three, I would take Cass as he seem to be identi led with the Demtocratic party of the Sutthi. To this piarty I profess to belting. Uass is a Northernt man with Sniuthiern principles. lBut surrottnded as he is, by a party whose inistitutions are difTerent from aturs, I amn susiciiouis of him. As to Mr. Vnt Butr-lle was a Northern man with Southterti pritnciples when it was his policy ao be sri. HeI is now a Barnburner, Aboli ionist. atnd ini fact, lie is every thing that, s offensive to the Stiuth. Taylor is a nan but littlo known in the political his rnin, and 1 snppose he is a great general. rTe battle of Buetna Vista is a ptroof of that. Hie mnight make a goosd Presidenr. I suppose thaut he on ns large slave pro-j perty in the State of Louisiana, whticrl1 wotald seem to identify his interests with the Stouth. But look at the party with wvhich lhe is associated. Fillmore is placed biy his side. The pariy which has taken hint up. would'cut our throats to carry their point. I mean the Northern Abtulitioin party, not his Edgefleltd and Southern frietnds, fori I know, that he has shime excellent friends in Edgefield Dis riet. With many of them I eam intimate, and know them to be most excellenat men in every particular. Our politicatl difler ences I hope will never interfere with our frindshifi. Taylor wvill be iteated like nld T1ray, cruelly beaten on account of being found in bad company. let his poli tis be wvhant they may. Mr. Editor, I am io writer. I will stay in this communica ian allt hate expectno say-, I am. a Candijate to-fepresenttheen1 jne.he TI section.where~T,live, I am the sCan- us, lidlalo from that portion of ih trict. th I am now acceptable to tle,people ha amongst whom I live, though hisbeen ha tated differently. But such -3inlnts we ar' -false. If I had consulted m '.elings tiir as a man, I never would have bee -Can- the didate. I was brought up in,a; work- gle sl'p-I have been a laborer tb ughout i the prime of my life. The lit"tlei forma-- or tion I have, has been obtained- afer my - ih days' work was ended. I nehikrieW what it was in live easily,liuia ssitng cl the Ditrict, i4 the hardest labor er did an in my life, For the purpose of ittaining pr+ business men in the Legislatule ter the ho present cunvass is nver, I wott uggest hu that the citizens of each battai mreet in by some central place and nomir their me Candidates for the Legislature. or the At purpose of nominating State 'ator, I pa propose. that the citizens of theivsiorns In mentioned above. should meet at the thi Court House. By adopting this ran, each Vi battalion will he on an egnalitvlnd-will Ct secure the choice of its Dele ate An I end will then he pit to laboriri tanvas9- thi ing, which if continued, will ive all L. husiness men from the field. I t'ketlhese th, suggestions from good motive hoping dii that an olTence will be taken by' se who ga think diflerently. kil Respectfully suhmitt, gr JOHN T "INS. ca The Hamburg Journal and'; atnburg of Republican will please copy tho above. co -. - .. -- - he Fon THS ADVTSRsz. fi In pursuance of a call made in the Adver, B tiser, a meeting of citizens took place at ot fichardsorn's on Monday the 18thgints with re the view .of adopting measures to-present, gr at the next Regimental muster. of the 10th tr. Regiment, a Sword to Lieut. JoS.:,BNEY- .r Col Mt. W. Clary was calted-t The Chair. and J M. Richardson appointeddecretary' re The object of the meeting having'been ex plained by the Chair, on motion-by L Hill, the following prea,mple and resolutions were unanimously adopted. m Whereas, Lieut. Joseph Abney, our fellow pr citizen of the Saluda Regiment, wh'd was born, b and brought up among us, having volunteeied I for the Mlexican war, and by his gallantry W and good conduct, reflected honor on our ze District and Regiment. In Resolved, That as a testimony of our high rei esteem for the important services he has ren- th dered the District and country,fve present tr him a handsome Sword. Ui Resolved That a Committee -of- five be eu appointed to make arrangements for procur. of ing and presenting the Sword to Lieut.Abney, .1ta at our next Regimental muster. tu Under the last Resolution, the Chair-ap- ua pointed Capt J. B. Smith, Col. A. Simkins, James M. Richardson and L. Hill;-to which Committee, on motion, the Chairman was th added. te On motion, the Chair appointcd lkewise the following persons to serve as ' Commit- pC tee to raise subscriptions for buyin' th Sword, he viz: Maj, J. C. Allen, James.She nid:Esq. .n Maj Whitmnan Hill,* Vashington~ qltjogw, of Esq. Maj. Wm. Stroiher,:Dr.J'. , Cooper, f Capt. James Dorn, Bonnet Pery t. Cap at Jacob Long, Capt. J. B. Smith,. Dr. Wm. ( Mobley, Capt. William Norris, $V. Smyley, pu Esq. and Maj. E. T West. pli The Committee on Subscripl - " n..re quested to report at AliardsonWoo the 20tf tb October-the day for the election of Briga- ac dier General. . i, w It was Resolved, That the.proceedings of cc thia meeting be published in the Edgefield A dvertiser, ine The meeting then adjourned-.te Ml. WV. CL A REY, Chair'm.. 3. M, RccHAnosoN, Sec'ry..tt [FRTtt n ADvE.RTisEtt 1I Procedngs of a Dinner compim~ientarijIo pa the Returned Vulunteecrs, given on Sa !uda.. h On the 25th August, n sumptuous Bar-- l beene was given on the Saluda side of tho Ia District, nt which the Palmetto Reg't. is as Ia invited to attend, in honor of those mem- er hers of' the Edgefaeld company wh'lo have co survived the wa'r with Mexico, sud partic ularly, of Licut. Jos. A aNer. Lieut. Jos. , CLuat.ATuI, antd GEoRE [-ENDERsoN | AB'tA. m Every preparation that cousld have a vi ded to the dignity of the necasion or to the tic enjoymient tif the guests, had been carefuls ly moeo uinder the supervisint of the Coin- t nilee of Arrangements. The place of' h-i meting hadl been selected with such skil as could 'ie employed, comtifiritible seats in had' been procured. an elegat arhor hadl I beetn raised over the tatble, and a stand had th been erected fronm wvhich the speakers uli might address those assembled wittotut ef- fu fort. Not hinig hatd lbeen left tundone that could have conveyed to the Voluntcers na proper sense tof or high appreciation of LI theirt werih. The ladies from the surrounid y, ing cour,try, of every ratnk and age, hail n come oit, of' their own choice, to conirib- hii uto whatt grace anid Ibeauty could offer to hi: the rewar'dof gallant and meritoriotis con duct. The concourse of citizens was larme. fr an unfavorable day, exceedingly large : nd so respectful were all present, in their hearing towards one another, that not a single unpIeasanOt occurrence took place to o'< mnr the good order aud harmony of the a meetig. - The purpose from the beginning, had fie been to make a feast worthy of the younj .\l, me to whom it was given, and it was one of he richest and most splendid festivals be that has been. prepared in this section of oci the District. There wis no effort at dis play in any of the arraniaements, but eve- en ry thing was conducted in a manner to prove i hi to our heroic frietnds, that in the sinceri'y I s of or minds, we thanked them for the mi service they had renidered to their coun- S: try-for the honior they had conferretd upoin their neiabhors andl relatives, nnd for the ha unfaltering courage, under ~privationus, dis- bu ease undt woundsl, with which they had tr' maintained the ancient reputation of their gra fathers. We were glad in welcome themn to "r homes anid our hearts." a From at mistake in regard to the time at de wvhich her Regimet was called out to fur- me nish its comypliment of Volunteers for the ne war. Saluda wias deprived of the opportti niy of proving the devotion of her people da to the flac of their co'untry, as fully as oth,. hij er parts ouf the District. She afterwards however, offered as many asK half of a a good company. and the merest' accident only prevenited her from sharing more largely -in the hazards and sufT'eribgs of the brilliant campaign of Gen. Sco'rT,.than ,To any other portion of Edgefield. Di wV haen no cause tanorh f'or cotnplainl. nn efdW-piri'WthO. did go from amohgst did'all that could have been asked of im, and probably represented us mhore ndsomely than a greater number would ve: done. 'The honorable scars they aron their-bodies, bear the highest tee tony to their gallantry, their flidelify, and. ir exalted patrioti?m. Scarcely a sin one of the little hand passed through flames of-bttle unscathed. We are .ud of our boys, because we know, that .y were always to be found at their posts. Col. PtaRCt.: . I;OT1LF.u the departed ief of the Palmetto Regiment, was born d educated in our midst, and was the tud representative on the field, of the no- n6t only of his state and country, t of a family already rendered illutrious its struggles and sacrifices in the nchieve. t of our lnilepende'ce. Lieut. Jos. str was severely wounded in the early rt of the action at Ch- rubusco. but fol ved the destinies of his company until i American Standard had been bourn to ctory. At the sane place. Lieot. Jos. ilbreath was slightly, and Setg't. Geo. -Abney was danero,isly wounded in e front rank of. their company. Lient. B. Waver was slightly wounded at e Garita de Belin whilst in the heroic ,charge of his duty. Corp'l. Sheily, a Ilant and an exemplary Soung man, was led by a cannon hall on the same bloody nund. Allen Little, a boy. had his hand rricd away by a cannon shot, at the gate the City. while setting an example of olness and intrepidity to the sloutest artg in the Regiment. Giles Chapman tght like a man. and fell like a hero at ena Vista Charles Martin was seri, sly wounded. at the storming of Monte y. Ralph-Scurry, though sul'ering from eat illness at the time, fou;ht at Con 'ras and Churubusco. and lost his life m exposure. And Geo. V Dust. Jos. ties and L. P. Andrews, fulfilled every luirerient of duty either in the camp or the hattlofletd. Such was the conduct of the young n who went from Saluda ; and the aises we have bestowed upon them have en extorted by their merits. At 11 o'clock precisely, Lient. Ahney as called upon to address his fellow-citi ns on subjects connected ,vith the war. an appropriate and stirring speech. he :ounted the most striking incidents of e campaign, from the landing of the tops at Vera Cruz, to the capture of the ty of Mexico. lie spoke of the patient dtrance of the Regiment under disease, their gentlemanly c ,mplinnce with mil. ry discipline, and of their heroic forti :le and itiflinching courage in every sit tiun of peril. Nothing was said in dero tion of any man or of any corps of men, in had endeavored to do their duty; but a unyielding resolution of all-their euf -ings and their glorious triumphs were rtraved in the glowing language of the art. For the unexampled loss of hu to life. he had no right to censure any icer. All had labored in conjunction . the. alleviation of -the distress of all, i for the constant success of our arms reat glory-was t' ho acquired for. the Re iblie, and nothing great could be accom shed without toil amd pain, and death cI-aeringriora4) -be-.ade to.a,ppease e God.of war, and no sacrifices were so ceptable as those of citizen.soldiers who tre willing to seal therm devotion. to their utry with their blood. Lit,uat. A. closcd his remarks, by thank ;his friends for the kind and flatteritng at tion they had paid himi. atndl for the dis cion they had so haindsomnely contferred on all hIs army nasociates plesetnt, as dl as opont himself. Capt. Williams of the Newbetry com ny, aind Licut. Cultbreath were then re ested to spteak, but were prevented by e rain andI other causes. Dinner was next atnnunced; and the lies and gentlemen sat dow~n to a tatble Jen with well-served provisions, atnd ev y wholesome refreshimetnt that the body uld require. After the wanits of all had beetn satisfied thi plenty. the people were entertained - F. I1. Wardlaw. Esq., in an able and ranly address. 51r. W. expressed his nyvs on the Batik and othter political qlues ns, that interest the State.. The other- Candida;tes for the Legisla re also, were expected to speak but were idered by the rain. The ceremonies of the day were much errupted by the itnelemencey of the rather. It was imnpoIsible either to readl Sletters received from distiugtiishedl itn vituals, or the foasts that hadl beent bare. Ily prepiared for lie or.casion. The followin g is the let,ter antd setii nt of our upright atnl able Senator, the m. A. P. Bu'ler. H-is fellow citizeits uld have beetn hapy to htave had him uongst them, and to have miatnifested to n1 th,eir approbatioti of his services and Ssteady devotion to their interests. By thle Comm it ttee. Stotnelands, Aug. f.6, 1848. Genlmen: I tdid tnt receive unttil to day at I :ock, your flattering intvitattitt to attetnd arbecne to tte given at Chiaptmant's ills, to-morrow, in hotnor of the Edge Id Volunteers lately returned from exico. It is a source of real regret. that it will out of tmy power to be with you, on an easion so full of interest and sensibility. Some ptublic duties as well as private gagenents, forbid my leaving home at s time evet to joit in a festival at which otld have an opportutity of eeing so iy of my friends atnd neighbors near Iduda Old Townvt. Those whom it is your object to honor, e not otily wo haurels for themselves, a historical rerutation for their cout , and are entitled to the off'erings of titude anti abtdintg public respect. Whilst all are etntitled to onr pectuhar miration, I am sure it will not be eted i"vidious to select otte ttame as are peculiarly idlentified with OUT Saluda ighborhond. I idTer yoti as a sentimettt, Lieur. Joseph Abcey.--The comnmen lions of his- hotnored comrades, is the thest commentary on his good cotiduct. By his gallantry itn the field, he has wvon ight to a sword from his country. Sincerely. your frienid anti neighbor. A. P. BUTLER. To Col. MI. WV. Chary. Col. 0. Towhes, seph Grillith Esq, Dr. Wmtr. Colematt, -.oo. M'd. Yarbrouigh, Thos. Y. Logan, r n,twcre...Cnmmittee. From.lhe-N 0. Picayine, Se pt 6it. GENERAL T'AYLOR. The fullowing letter has been prepared by Gen. Taylor to correct any mi conCep tion which might po-sibly he prodr.ced by the recent publication of extracts from his private corresiondence, and the apprar ance over his signature of replies to single and detacbe,l questious relative tu his po sition before the putdic. The Iettsr is a connected narrative of the series of cir, cumstauces which ~resulted in his becnm ing a candidate. It presents, in a com pact form, all the tantters bearing upon the subjPct, and exhibits General Tay lor in his proper charter-true to himself, to his friends, and to his couutry. EST PAsCAGoULA, Sept. 4. Dear Sir:-Ot the 22d day of May lasi, I adlresse.t you a letier explaining tomy views in regard to various matters of puh lie policy, lest my fellow citizens might be miled by the many contrudictory and con flictina statements in respect to them which I appeared in the journals of the day and were circulated throughout the country. I now find myself misrepresented and mis understood upon another point, of such importance to myself personally, if not to the cnuntry at large. as to claim from me a candid and couneeted exposition of my relations to the public in regard to the pen ding presidential canvass. The utmost ingenuity has been expen ded upon several letters and detachec sen tences of letters, which have recently ap peared over my signature, to show that I occupy an equivocal attitude towards the various parties into which the people are divided. and especially lowards the Whig party as represeo:ed by the National Con vention which assembled in Piiladelphia in Jone last. Hlad these letters and scraps of letters been published or construed in connection with what I have heretofore said tpon this suibjec, I should not now have to complain of the speed with which my answers to isoleted questions have been given tip t he captious criticisms of those who have been made my enemies by a nomiuation which has been tendered to me without solicitation or arrangement of mine; or of the manner in which select passages in some of my letters, written in the freedom and carelessness of a confi dential correspondence. have been cont municated to the public press. But riven from the context., and separated from a se ries of explanatory facts and circumstan ces which are, in so far as this canvass is concerned, historical, they are as deceptive as though they were pobitive labrications. I adilress you this letter to correct the in justice that has been done me, and the public to the extent that I am an object of interest to them, by this illiberal process. ' I shall not weary you by an elaborate recital of every incitdent connected with the first presentation or my. name as a can didate for the Presidet.cy. I was then at the head oi tie American arm'y in the 'al;. ey.of the Rio Grande. I was surrounderd by Whigs and Democrats who had stood by me in the trying hours of my. life,.ana whom it was my destiny to.conduci through scenes of still greater trial.. b1 d ..t -hat army, and to the-Rep bli . whose battles we were waging:-forbade. my assuming a position of seemtiug hos tility to anty pitrlion of the brave men un der tmy comm iandi-all of wyhom knew I wans a Whin in principle, for I maide n' concealment of moy pulitic<. sentneute or predilec-itins. Such hadl been thte violence of patrty stggles tduring our l.,te prtesidlental eliec itts. s ha Kt lie accepitantce of a nom intlin in tder lie var,ins i nterpretat ions gi vent to h le obliga tions~ of a candi.Iure presented ten le public wvith a'liorimulary of political principles, wais equivalent almost to a de clartion of uncomnpromfisinig enmity to all who did tnot suib-cribe to its tenets. I was tnwilling to htazatrd the effect of stuch re latiotship towvardls any ol the soldiers un den liy commainnd. when in front of an en emny common) to' us all. It would have been ttnjust in itself. and it was as repug nanit to tmy owin fcelinigs a< it was to miy duty, I wanited utnity in the army, and fornore any act that might sow the seeds if dhistrust ail discord int its ranks. I have nt tmy letter4 written at the lttle be'fore me, Iut they are all of one import, and im conformity wiithI the views htereiti expressed. Meatnwhile I was solicitedl by mny per sonal friends anid by tinogrs, by Whig% andi Detmocratsa, to consetnt to become it cadidate. 1 e.as nor:o:ited by the pet pln in primnary nA embles-by WVhigs. Delocrats and' Natives, in separtalt arid mixed meietitngs. I re.sistedi them all, anid coniltinuted to do so till led to believe that my opposiifitn was assingtt the aspert of a -l:ft:ice of t he piopular w ihes. I y ield ed only a lien it looked like presLumtption to resist loniger, and even, then I shuould lot have dlone so had tnot the nomuination beeni presented to me in a foirm unlhkely to awaken acrimionty or reproe'uce the bitter ness of feeling whiebh atltnds popular elec timns. I soy it iin sincerity nod truth that a parr of the inducement to nay consent was the tope that by going into the can vss it wtniiti he condue:ed 1withI candor if not with kindiness. It has been no fault of ide that tis atnticipationi has proved a vain one. - After T permitted1 myself to be announ ced fotr the Presidency. undler the circum stances above nto,icedl. I accepted nomina tion after nomnination itt the spirit in which they were tendered. Thley were made ir-! resective oh partie-a, andt so acknowledged. No otte who joined itt those nomtnatiions could htave been deceivedl as to my politi cal views. Fromo the beginning till now I have declared myself to be a Whig otn all proper occasionis. With this distinct avowal puiblished to the worldl, I didl not think that I hadh a right to repel nomnina tis frmn potlitical opponets anty mitre than.- I haid a righ: to refuse the vote of a Democr,t at the poll ; an.d I proclaimed it abroad that I should not reject the prof feted stupport of tany body oif my fellown-I citizens. TIhis was mty position whenti m Noavenmber last I retutrned to the United States ; lung btefore either of the great di visios ofl lie peuople had held a national covetionl, andl when it was thoughtfdoubl fat if one tof them would thld any. Matters ston,l in this attitude till spring. wheni there were so ninny statemarents in circulationt concertning mny views upon questions, of national. policy, that -1 felt con,,rined to correct the errors into which the public mind.was fulling hy.a mrciet plicit enunciation,' of principles, .whicl did in my letter to u in'Aplt . That letter, and the facts which I have.d tailed as briefly as a ptnper.undersiaUdiAg of them would per;ttit, developed.my, whole positiot in relation to the Presiden" cy. at the time. The Deacratic Convention met in-Mayi and composed their ticket to suit thedt. This they had a right to do. The Nation' al Whig Couventior. met in June, and se lectet me as their candidato. I accepted. the nomination with gratitude and %wth pride. I was proud of the confilence of. such a body of men representing such'g, constituency as the Whig party of th'dr United Slates, a rmanifestation the more' grateful because it was not cumbered- wita exactions incompatible with the dignityof the presidential office, and the resfousibili. ties of its incumbent to the whole people of the nation. And I may add, that thess emotions were increased by associating my name with that of the distinguished citizetl of New-York. whose acknowledged abiliw ties and sound conservative opinions might have justly entitled him to the first pae. on the ticket. The convention adopted me as ' fo d ' me-a Whig-decided but not ultra lam -opinions; and I would he without excuse* if I were to shift the. relatior:ships wliicV subsisted at the time. They took me'with the declaration of principles I had publish-' ed to the world, and I would be withouI defeace if I were to say or to do-anythia to impair the force of that declaration. I have said that I would necept a qomi nation from Democrats; but in so-doing I would not abate one -jot or title of my opinions as written down. Such a nomi-a nation, as indicating a coincidence of opin ion on the part of those making it, should' not be tegarded with disfavor by. drose' who think with me; as a compliment ;et sonal to myself, it should not be expected that I would repulse them with insult., I shall not modify my views to entice then' to my side ; I shall not reje'tr "their asiC when the) join my friends voluntarily. I have said I was not a party candidate - nor am . in that straightened a.nd sectarian sense which would -prevent my being the President of the whole people, in tasesof. my election. I did not regard myself ra one before the conven:ion met, and tha.. hotly did not seek to make, me differen . fron what I was. They did not fetter ie, down to a series of pledges which were to be an iron rule of .action in all, and in des.-" pite of all, the contingences that. might? arise in the course of the.,Presidential term. I am not engaged.io lay ,violeito hands indiscriminateJy upon publi officep good or bad, who may differ in opinions;:f with me. I am not expected to force Congress, by the coercion of the veto,- to pass laws to suit me or -pass none. ThIis is what I mean by not being a party can didate. 'And I understand this is go t Wtig doctrine-ttwonld not be a partisca President and hence should ant b.bAe art eandilate id the sense that .would mak one. This is the sum and ''suatic' my meaning, and this-ithe .puiport .hi facts and circumststunes atteilim niminltttifitheo onsidedln't estr' Tmnother ' I refer all per 6 s, wh are _iiuue ; he sulhject, to thisrsatement.i h 'jp e r undefiandintg of my position towards:the4 Presidetncy atnd the people ,If it is not~ 'teligible. 1 can ntot wake it so, and shal ma, to attempt it. Int taking le-.ve of the subject, I have .muly to add that my t wo letters to you em mrace all the topics I design to speak of p.edintg this canvass. If I am e?ected, I. -hall dlo nIl that an honest zenil may effect to cemtent the bonds of our Untion and es tamblisht the happiness of my countryit:en upon an enduring basis. -Z. TAYLOR. To Capt. 3. S. AL,tsori. -1 From the Charleston Mercurye. GEN. T'AYLOR'S LETTER.. We. copy a recent[letter fro:n Gen. Tay. leer, lirst published in the New Orleans Picayune, atnd disigned, as is apparent fr..m its whole tenor, to prevetnt any more. such miscon:structions of his pol'tical posi tion as ed to the recent emrume in Albany, and. the consequet zealous rally of his' Ch:arleston friendds to rescue the -South."' Getn. Taylor. for his part, has determined it) restcue himeslf, and he is right, for the he.tween these cross fires he wa getting somewhtat dattaged. TIhe letter remarkably well written, and is likely. we should tink, to answer to a very great ex ent the pturpose for which it designe1d. viz: to oppose the troubies and. dlissem.itons of' the Whig party, by show im - theim that their candidate is a genuine Whig and iutends to; he a faidhful repre semttative of the principles and pilicy of his party. The warm compliment paid in it to Mr. Finmire, further shows that it was the No' thernsection of the Wuig'party that Gen. Taylor especially aimed at satisfying of his fidelity anid trustworthyness, and. he insists, with marked emhphasis, that they ottght nt to take into' account against hinm his a cceptance of such nomintarions as that made in Charleston; because he made no . the smallest concession of party, princi pIes in answer to them, but merely receiv-, ed them as goods fur which he was to pay nothiung. Neew, we think that the General is clear ly right in this matter, and that the Whig party instead of bla'ming him ought to be very thankfutl if they can, at so cheap' a. rate, add to their very beggarly chances of carrying the Presidential election. Besi'des p)acifying the W,hig party, this letter will also have one other effe.ct, viz; to prevent any more demonstrations itn favor it Gen. Tayleor among Democrats. HeI is new beyo.dl all doubt a Whig, and he clatimns the dei,ination will so much - e,arnlestness, that on onre who has any linigeritng respect fo)r him can think of cal ling in question his. rightt to it. From the South Caroli'nian. OE tJAY L.ATER FROM PAscAoUL.A Bar. J. S. ALLISON. NO. 2. In another column, we give a letter fron' Gen. Tityier. to the equally fatme,us Capt. Allison, which he itnetites is the very last he will write. It is mterely explanatory of his position, and urges no claim whatever to Southetn support. HeI is particularly silent-.on the quesatten-'of Slavery-that qttestion upont w'nich a Southern c.it,espcialyoine n who naset tat l,e is.