Wisconsin herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1846-1849, 1847-03-13
For the Herald.
General Taylor.

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Ia your last. Crawford appears with what
he esteems a defence Of This brave General,
proruding through his heated brain as once a
goddess sprung from The head Of Jupiter. II
will be- remembered that the object of. T. NJ
was TO correct statement to which lhe news.
papers had given currency, that General Tay
Tor was classical scholar, There was 90 de.
NAL that General Taylor wrote his own letters,
but statement 10 The effect that no want OF
scholarship in a commanding officer would af.
feet the style Of his letters, for there were
competent persons 10 the army whose sole
business ii is to write. Hence it was unsafe
TO infer literary atainmenis from official com
muniea,ons as editors frequently do Whelh.
er the authorship Of his communications
proves him TO be good scholar. viii depend
on the sense in which lha, phrase Is used that
he is not good scholar in a classical sense,
as had heea inIimaied In the newspapers--aod
that was the sense 10 which ]. T. NJ. denied
it-Crawford admits.
So iar as the charge Of profanity Is con.
esrned. beg leave 10 shield The brave old
General from the hybrid mixture OF seurIili,y
and blasphmey attributed to him by this
coarse, volunteer apo,ogisl, who calls himself
Crawford Would man, The noblest work
OF God Of General Taylor's age. ct refined
feeling, of liberal educslion.' under any provo
ea'ion--and The greater The occasion The more
vile would he epi'ha' appear--sligma,ize any
human being, white, black or red, as a holy
son Of a B hi |, was degrading enough in
Darwin TO attribute the origin Of human beings
to oysters; in Button TO The abortion Of an
epe be-, 90 not believe lhat such q man as
General Taylor ever violated even the black
guards license so much as to attribute the or.
isiu Of his species to b-hes,-a, least never
heard such language from his mouth. BIZ.
ling gate hojled down. could not furnish a
dreE containing surh loaihsama miS.ore OF
blsekgnatdism and blaspheny. Geoeral Tay-
Tor does not give that which is holy % dogs
How exalted it would have been 10 General
Taylor when excited at Gen Ampadia, 10 have
baw'ea ou, you holy son Of h-h. il you DO
not sligo this equalization. IN kick yoa oat Of
doors as ] would another dog Captain iooe.
gallan, otiicer Of veraei,y aud taste, did no,
tell Cfawfs'd thai Taylor ever used soeh laa.
guage. bu, Others told him so. Geoeral n.
viii NOT thank Others alias Ctaxfofd to
sweai for him. And if he is compelled to
Snsf bis rhl'iiprics b. PROXY. through 50
veiga' neu'bpieee as Cfawfotd. ia Is qoiie as
Important 20 has reputation to 90 bis owa
swearing a. his own wu,irg Moths vile
idea gtew Ike eoac5e'ioa it, the mou,h 81
Crawford. a. med sedimeo, hues a steam
boiler he has mas,icased IA and fsaed il.
ara a''emp's to thrust IL Ia Tsylo,'s moo,a as
. n,osh,r feeds her taby!
Thanks 70 he good breeding Of or e. phabe,.
is Testers refused their assistance. sat C,aw-
fsfd durss uoi spell rs uoihe,'s name.
Il was eeuajply ne 6isparsgsmeat ether 10
Ciaciana tvs or Taylor ,o say jbat hey. or
ei'bvf e Them. ploesbe5 ,bsiT fslds aasAod-
,h.' their askea solss kissed their nO,hsr
earth when they So npeh loves. ne STATE.