- Zachary Taylor letter to Henry Clay.
Monterey, MEX - 4 November 1847
I fully agree with you in the necessity for more deliberation in the selection of a candidate for the Presidency, and I truly regret that my name should have been used in that relation.
- Zachary Taylor letter to Henry Clay.
Baton Rouge, LA - 28 December 1847
I left Mexico after it was determined the column under my orders was to act on the defensive, and after the capital of the enemy had fallen into our hands, and their army dispersed, on a short leave of absence, to visit my family
- Zachary Taylor letter to Henry Clay.
Baton Rouge, LA - 30 April 1848
I conceive I am, owing to circumstances which I could not well avoid, placed in rather a peculiar situation, as regards my being a candidate for the Presidency.
- Zachary Taylor letter to Henry Clay.
Baton Rouge, LA - 17 November 1848
I trust I have many devoted personal friends, who, from various causes, were opposed to my reaching the office in question, and took every honorable and proper means in their power, and no other, to prevent my success