ASHLAND, August 5, 1848.
MY DEAR SIR,—I
received, at the Estell Springs (from which I returned yesterday), your favor
transmitting a sketch of Mr. ———’s speech at Versailles, for which I thank you.
How derogatory is it
for politicians to attempt to ridicule and degrade themselves in the presence
of General Taylor! And how inconsistent is it to denounce party in the same
breath in which the Whig party is called on to support the General as a Whig,
that is, a party man! It is mortifying to behold that once great party
descending from its lofty position of principle, known, avowed and proclaimed
principle, and lending itself to the creation of a mere personal party, with a
virtual abandonment of its old principles.
I have a letter from
General Scott in which he states that he authorized, on his landing from
Mexico, a distinguished gentleman from Washington, to say that he was willing
to run as a candidate for the Vice Presidency on the ticket with me.
SOURCE: Calvin
Colton, Editor, The Private Correspondence of Henry Clay, pp. 571-2
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