The Middlebury galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1848-1850, 1848-10-31
GENERAL TAYLOR.

General Taylor approaches nearer to the char
acter of General Washington than any other ;
and profound as is the respect which we cher
ISL for the memory of some of those eminent
citizens, and feel for the persons Of others, we
are free TO confess our belief in the truth Of
the remark. The same simplicity of manners,
the same modesty, plainness temperance, cour-
age, self-dependence, frmness, strong judg
ment, business, moral purity, and inflexible
honesty, which so eminently distinguished the
Father Of his Country, are found 10 mark, in
most striking degree, the character Of Gen.
Taylor. We have been led to give express
sion to this opinion by an article which we
find in a Southern paper, tracing parallel
between the acts and published sentiments of
these two illuStrious men, the resemblance be-
tween whom, we honestly believe, will become
more and more apparent with every new de-
velopment of the mental, moral, and intellect
ual characteristics Of the living hero. For the
qualification of our readers We subjoin the ar
title to which we have alluded: Nat. Intel.
FROM THE NEW ORLEANS BULLETIN.
The feeling tina. there is resemblance be-
tween General Washington and General Tay
lor has been a 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 Wash
ington; for it alludes only 20. matters familiar
to all, but probably not before so intimately
conrasted;
General Washington, occupied as lie was
by military matters, never abandoned the du-
ties nor lost the character of one Of the best
practical planters of Virginia.
General Taylor, although he has been in ac-
tive military service for more than forty years,
is one the most practical and successful far
mers and planters in Louisiana.
When General Washington was called up
on to sign death-warrani, he was filed with
sorrow, and could hardly control his pen.
When the deserters of our army, taken at
Buena Vista, were announced to General Tay-
lor, he remarked that "blood enough had al
ready been shed" and ordered that the wretch
es should be driven from our lines.
General Washington was distinguished for
his strict temperance.
General Taylor never drinks any thing but
water.
Every one under the command of Washing
ton had the fullest reliance in his justice, and
confidently applied to him when they thought
they had been wronged or oppressed.
Every soldier in, General Taylor's army,
however humble. and in whatever difficulty,
instantly looked to him for redress.
Gen. Washington made it personal matter
to see that his prisoners were well treated and
cared for.
Gen. Taylor gave to La Vega letter of cred
it, to use, if Necessary, while prisoner of war,
and distributed provisions at Buena Vista a.
mong the furnishing Mexicans, to be at his own
expense if not sanctioned by the Government.
Gen. Washington was seldom betrayed into
the exhibition of great emotions.
Gen. Taylor, in conversation with some
gentlemen, recently, remarked that he had
made it a study through life to control his feel
ings.
Gen. Washington distinguished himself be-
fore he was thirty years of age as successful
commander on the frontier.
Gen. Taylor, at the commencement Of his
military life, fought against the Indians, and
defended Fort Harrison when he was but
twenty-eight years OF age.
Gen. Washington was remarkable for the
clearness 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 judg-
mert, energy of character, lofty and pure sense
of Justice, and incorruptible honesty. He has
as much reputation for what he has written as
for what he has done.'-Gen, PerSJeT +.
Smith.
Gen. Washington vas never wounded in
battle, although in severely contested engage
ments, as at Princeton, Monmouth, and Bran
DIVINE 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, and 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 sufficient to
make them invincibie.
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 dispel all doubt of ultimate triumph
Col. Bragg.
Gen. Washington was an early riser, me
tbodical in his habits; and exacting of him
SELF
Gen. Tavloris up with the sun, and accom-
plishes a great deal of labor by his love of or
der. and never relaxes from his constant du-
ties.
Gen. Washington rose with circumstances,
and was ever equal 10 the task imposed upon
him, whether in the field or cabinet
al learnt of Gen. Taylor's sound judgment
and inexhaustibIe energy in Florida, but did
not then properly estimate the other and high
minded points of his character. In the cam
paisn on the Rio Grande | saw him tried I'M
der all circumstances, and he always came out
pure gold.".
Gen. Washington impressed all who beheld
him with the sublime sense of his exalted char
acter. 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
greatness of his own character.
1Gen. Persiter F. Smith.
Gen. Washington while in the field, frc-
quenty long and particular letter. h s to the
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