The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent., 1848-10-06
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Cen Washington and Cen Taylor.


between General WASHINGTON and General
TAYLOR, has been long time impressed
upon the public mind, and it is remarkable
that, since the days Of WASHINGTON no man
but General TAYLOR has been thought to
possess in any thing, the same extraordinary
character.
The following parallel though hastily
drawn, will shadow forth the reasons why
General TAYLOR is thought to resemble
General WASHINGTON, for it alludes only to
matters familiar with all, but probably not
before so ultimately contrasted.
General WASHINGTON, occupied, as he
was, by military matters, never abandoned
the duties, nor lost the character of one Of
the best practical planters of Virginia.
Gen. TAYLOR, although he has been in
active military service for more than forty
years, is one Of the most practical farmers
and planters in Louisiana.
When General WASHINGTON was called
upon to sign death-warrant, he was filled
with sorrow and could hardly control his
pen.
When the deserters Of our army taken
at Buena Vista, were announced to General
TAYLOR, he remarked that "blood enough
had been already she'd" and ordered that
the wretches should be driven from our
lines.
Gen. WASHINGTON was distinguished for
his strict temperance.
Gen. TAYLOR never drinks anything but
water.
Every one under the command of Gen.
WAsHINGToN had the fullest reliance in his
justice, and confidently applied to him
when they thought they had been wrOnged
or oppressed.
Every soldier in Gen. TAYLoR's army,
however humble, and inwhateverd difficulty,
instantly looked to him for redress.
General WASHINGTON made it a personal
matter to see that his prisoners were well
treated and cared for.
Gen. TAYLOR gave to IA VEGA letter
Of credit, to use, if necessary, while priS-
oner Of war, and distributed provisions at
Buena Vista, among the famishing Mexi-
cans, to be at his own expense if not sane
toned by the government.
Gen. WASHINGTON was seldom betrayed
into the exhibition Of great emotions.
Gen. TAYLOR. IN a conversation with
some gentlemen, recently remarked that
he made it study through life to control
his feelings.
Gen. WASHINGTON distinguished himself
before he was thirty years of age, as sue
cessful commander, on the frontier.
Gen. TAYLOR, at the commencement Of
his military life, he fought against the Indi-
ans, and defended Fort Harrison, when he
was but twenty-eight years Of age.
Gen. WASHINGTON is remarkable for the
cleaness Of his military dispatches, and for
his epistolary correspondence.
"Gen. TAYLoR's military exploits are not
the causes of his popularity; they are only
the occasions for the display Of his sound
Judgment, energy Of characters lofty and
pure sense of justice, and incorruptible hon
esty. He has as much reputation for what
he has written as for what he has DONE .
Gen. Persifor F. Smith.
Gen. WASHINGTON was never wounded
in battle, although in severely contested
engagements, as at Princeton, Monmouth,
and Brandywine, he headed his troops, and
was much exposed.
Gen. TAYLOR was never wounded in
battle, although he always freely exposed
himself to the enemy's fire, at Buena Vista
charged at the head Of his troops in the last
and most desperate struggle for victory.
Gen. WASHINGTON inspired his soldiers
with the idea that his presence was sufR-
ciemt to make them invincible.
''Gen. TAYLoR's presence in any part Of
the field, was sufficient, not only to change
despair into hope, but to give assurance Of
victory, and dispell all doubt of ultimate tri-
umph. Col. Bragg.
Gen. WASHINGTON was an early riser,
methodical in his habits, and exacting of
himself.
Gen. TAYLOR is up with the sun, and ac-
confplshes great deal Of labor by his love
Of order, and never relaxes from his constant
duties.
Gen. WASHINGTON rose with circumstan-
ces, and was ever equal to the task imposed
upon him whether in the field or cabinet
81 learnt Of Gen. TAYLoR's sound judg-
ment and inexhaustible energy in Florida,
but did not then properly estimate the other
and high-minded points Of his character.
In the campaign on the Rio Grande saw
him tried under all circumstances, and he
always came out pure gold. Gen. Per-
siitor r. Smith.
Gen. WASHINGTON impressed all who
beheld him, with the sublime sense of his
exalted character, and displayed it in the
smallest as well as the most important acts
of his life.
.'Every thing Gen. TAYLOR says, as every
thing he does, is marked by the purity and
Of his own character. General
Persifor F. Smith.
Gen. WASHINGTON, while in the field, |
wrote long and particular letters
to the manager Of his estate, regarding the
kind of crops to be planted, and the dispo- |
sition to be made of small tracts Of land.
See his Correspondence.
Gen. TAYLOR has ever pursued the same !
course, and Just before the battle of Buena |
Vista, found time to write long letter to
his business agent, in which was mentioned |
The most minute particulars OF the manner
10 carry on his plantation.
WAsHINeToN's fame, on its first incep-