The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1848-10-25

ever sol against whslsysr odds, he shO's
% P9lpi ne 10y,
The ulieE disfegaId 0f sell an ahEirty
Coz rhe proiPcliun of his men, etlnred ny
hlm IA tie streets ol Al0nirEeys WhilF
Ehen The grape shot hnTlled nound 50
ihirk and lasi. lhai Frequently nfiihFT
horse ~ ri,ler ropid b sren larnagh lie
dnsiy rsnopy they raised. the gallant al
nan set eool and rain Bnla he last sol
der Was under khslier. indneed many 10
hsiiere Thai he wore ! rharmesl life. ahd
gave Ihem confidence ever siier IN his To-
al insinrlhilhy. II was Ibis iesling al
invineibiliiy in their lraiier. that IN The
darkest hour 0f Buena. Aisia's hatile. Nhsn
rFpn The slnnIesi and most ssngnine hears
hogan 10 dolhi Ihe result. wifn 5000 of
Santa Auna's pirked lraOpS. fresh and "a
ger l,r tie fray. were in pistol shot OinnE
dreimaled ranks. and the hernie Bragg.
| Z. he with the Ewoop II The Fsiron and
Ihe rye of The eagle" had sent for ihe
last time implnring assistance 10 save his
guns. and The reply was brought bark.
- tell him | have M more men, hnl that
Majnr Bliss and | will support him" IL
was This feeling. We say. al that dreadful
anil irving moment. that Ike the lash
alnng the electric wine. caused - spring
from every yaicr and lip. Ihe simulians-
Gus cheer. OLD JACKS COMING.
"a A. n - -
Was hrilcr ihsn thousand msn.
Instantly every arm flI new strung
with nerves Of sIeel. every hnsnm like a
breasiwnrk! Little Tecked ihry that he
rame alone. that M physical lOrce Was
added 10 their shattered hand! n WAS
enough fnT them 10 know that HE Was
nrar. aud even the heart from whirh life
was ehhing oul lis latest drip. leli fall rom
iidence Of victory. and smiled in the very
grasp of .lraih, the pale lips murmuTing
with their latest breath, OIL Zaek's Gem.
ing!
II was this feeling whirh made the
y0uIhlul Alexander the conqnernr If the
world; and which enabled The cnnscript
hOys nf France, shouting their cry Of
"vive lie Empereur." to oyeuun Europe
from Moscow 10 The Pyrenees. Ia look
with victor eyes upon the everlasting Py-
rsmids. and Ia Ihiye back in many hard
fought field the hardy grcnadiers OF Bri.
tain herself. Il Was this feeling with
Uhirh the great Cesar inspired his vieto.
rinus legions and which enabled nur i'm.
mortal Washington To sustain himself IN
the darkest hours Of our troubles. and
which has horne with unwavering surccss
our glorious stats and stripes through one
of the most brilliant campaigns The world
ever saw. II is feeling which none save
great men ever can. or ever will inspire;
and whlrh no man WIN ever lived. has
succeeded IN riveiing upon the hearts and
minds OF his followers, more thoroughly
and successfully, than Zachary Taylor.
| lie then who denies 10 him The mede of
greatness. is either wilfully blind. or else
has read and compared The srenis of his.
tory To very little purpose. lie Is honest
He is competent lie Is fearless! tie
Is great! Great. not Gully IN lis mighty
achievements: great, not only IN his CON.
mand Of men; but great where il is god.
like To he great, in the command Of him.
self. Great, in the magnanimiiy, with
which he ha. borne up under every indig.
nifty and yexaiion heaped upon him in a
foreign land. BY tllankIess Government
at home. towards which, Notwithstanding
its many petty insults and injuries, with
out once compromising his own dignity.
he has ever maintained a respectful aili-
iude.
This is the man, fellow citizens, whom
we call upon you TO honor. Gene! J"in
us in sending abroad through the land. T. e
|rallying cry nf Taylor and Tie Consiitu-
ton. and on the 9Th Of November next we
will win for the gallant veteran. annihrr
Buena Vista. whose crowning glory shall
be, the chief magistracy Of the nation.
Then fast by mountain plain, and river,
Swelling, and growing, and growing ever,
mingling the hoarse shouts from the pine
mountains Of the North. with The CAV Ilur-
ra &c the light hearted Southern amid his
Orange graves, thrilling the PATRIOTS heart
with joy, but startling from his dream Of
perquisites and place, the plmpered para.
SHE of power, those words Of glorioHs
promise will go forth, OLD ZAcK's COMING |!
HENRY X. NASH. !
WALTER A. NORWOOD, ?
]. CAMERON.
% LEVIN CARMICHAEL, Cs.
I.EMUEL LYNCH.
EDMUND STRUDWICK,
October %, 1913,