General Taylor and the Wilmot Proviso Debate
A partisan critique portrays General Taylor as indecisive on policy, citing letters that pledge no fixed positions or party allegiance. It argues his independence collapses when faced with Whig conventions and the Allison letter, painting him as a vacillating candidate who betrays his stated principles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cesar
White House
John T. Clarke
New Jersey
Monterey
Mexico
William Hall, Esq
Maryland
J. A. Birkey
Camp
J. W. Taylor
Cincinnati
Ohio
A. Pike
Patie Place
Lor
Allison
Corwin
United States Senate
Taylor
Free States
Gen. T
B. M. McConkey
United States
Zachary Taylor
Wilmot
Slave States
Baton Rouge
Lansingburg
New York
Delany
Peter S. Smith
Philadelphia
Birkey
Col
A. M. Mitchell
Whig Party
Richmond Republican
Judge Saunders
Louisiana
General Taylor
Gen. Taylor
Babe Peyton
New Orleans
Boston
Abbott Lawrence
Congress
Buena Vista
Independent Taylor
Gen.Taylor
Whig Committee
Henry Clay
Shakspeare
Mum
Harrison
Cass
Battle of the Thames
Ohio Empire
Gen Taylor at the West and Cass campaign notes
A roundup from the Palmetto State Banner presents a Republican era clash over Gen. Taylor’s stance on Congress and slavery. It cites Whig extracts labeling Cass a radical Locofoco and praises Taylor’s supposed adherence to Whig principles. It reports on volunteers from Mississippi and North Carolina, and mentions a Senate committee bill on Oregon, California, and New Mexico territorial governments with slavery limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palmetto State
Taylor
Ohio
Green County
Taylar
Congress
United States
North
North West
Maine
the Whigs
Tyler
Polk
Union
Gen. Taylor
Executive
Legislative Department
Lewis Cass
Locofoco
West
Taynor
Volunteers
Mississippi Regiment
Mexico
Cass
Butler
Corwins
Sewards
Fillmores
North Carolina
Virginia
1St
Mississippi Rifles
Jeff. Davis
National Intelligencer
Senate of the
Oregon
California
New Mexico
Michigan Territory
Supreme Court of the
South
Crawford
John Milledge
Toombs
Charleston
Taylor and Fillmore
Enna
Augusta
Detroit Free Press
Detroit
Michigan
Gen. Cass
Wates
Advertiser
Kendrick
Gen Taylors Inconsistencies and Political Hypocrisy
A critical editorial questions General Zachary Taylor’s shifting stances on party support, nominations, and Mexican territory. It contrasts prior letters endorsing conquest with later opposition, labeling him inconsistent and two faced. The piece argues these inconsistencies do not prove honesty unless meanings have changed.
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Cass
Silas
Add
Europe
United States
Taylor
Zachary Taylor
Gen
Mr. Clay
Gaines
Captain Allison
Gen. Taylor
Corresdpondence From the Noxubee Rifle Calls Signs
Letters expose quick exchanges amongFreeneck Jane Taylor Cass Seward and Bug with playful taunts about politics Mustard slaying Mexicans and social quirks weave through a June Buena Vista dispatch and a cross country reply about presidents and cantles addressing Whig views and cotton versus wool questions
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buena Vista
H. Bug
Taylor
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John Forsyth
J. Forsyth
R. Ellis, & CO. Proprietors and Publishers
Winter’s Exchange
Broad Street
Randol
Courts of Ordinary
Court of Ordinary
Brokaw & Clemons, RE
C. Brokaw & Clemons
Panama
Brokaw & Clemons
Dec
Columbus
Columbus Cotton Gin Manufactory
Girard
Ala
E. T. Taylor & CO
Samuel Seldon Fitch
A. M
M.D
Tarbox & Marble
AVING
C &Ce
Columbus Iron Foundery
Brid
Joseph Colwell & Co
River Land For Sale
Woolfolk
W. Woolfolk
Mdward Manufacturing Company
B. Beasley
Board of Directors
McAllisters
Green Mountain
Pond & Willcox
Harris Line
Stephen Pace
10 Mile Creek
Timothy G. McCrary
James J. Barret
Old Point Comfort
White Sulphur Springs
Stony Point
Saratoga
N. Y
Robert Bonner
PF Board
Ernerm
Bacon & Raven
H. Worcester
Washington
Vv. H. Cady
R. G. Rct
New England
Columbus Ga
J. Lucius
W.H. Cady
Triogy
The
Washington Union
Republic
James W. Taylor
L. Wilcox
Doctor Wilcox
William G. Wood
Messrs. Murphy
Harris, Hopkins
Saylor
Fanny Kemble Butler
Lenox
Mass
Hill and Dale
Bowery Theatre
Com. Perry
Shelby
Canada
Malden
the Thames
Thames
Kentucky
Albany
N. York
Globe
Uie
U. States
Dernorr
France
N. Kespurex
Freeneck
Jane the Ltd
Minta
Lew Cass
W. H. Seward
Wootviee
Cain
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