Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1848-10-26
GEN, WASHINGTON AND GEN
......- TAYLOR. ..

oo'"eeu oeu. w hshiNGTON ana zen. lay
LoR, has been long time impressed upon
the public mind and it is remarkable that,
since the days of Washington, no man bu,
Gen. Taylor has been thought to possess,
in any thing, the same extraordinary char.
acter.
The following parallel, though hastily
drawn, will shadow forth the reasons WHY
Gen. TAYLOR is thought to resemble Gen.
WASHINGTON, for it alludes only to matters
familiar with all, but probably not before
so intimately 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. ..
General Taylor, although he has been in
active military service for more than forty
years, is one of the most practical and
successful farmers and planters in Louisi.
ana.
When Gen. Washington was called up
on to sign death warrant, he was filed
with sorrow, and could hardly control his
pen.
When the deserters of our army, taken
at Buena Vista, were announced to Gen.
Taylor, he remarked that "blood enough
had already been 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 any thing but
water.
Every one under the command of Wash
ing,on had the fullest reliance in his JUS
tice, and confidently applied in him when
they thought they had been wronged o
oppressed.
Every soldier in Gen. Taylor's army.
however humble, and to whatever Difficult.
ty. instantly looked to him for redress.
General Washington made it personal
matter to see that his prisoners were well
treated and cared for.
Gen. Taylor gave to La Vega letter of
credit, TO use, if necessary, while prison
err of war, and distributed provisions at
Buena Vista, among the furnishing Mexi.
cans, to be al his own expense if not sane
toned by he 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 feelings.
Gen. Washington distinguished himself
before he was thirty years of age, as a sue
cessful commander on the frontier.
General Taylor, at the commencement
of his military life, fought against the In
dams, and defended Fort Harrison, when
he was but twenty eight years of age.
Gen. Washington was remarkable for
the cearness of his military dispatches,
and for his epistoary 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 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 General Percifer F. Smith.
Gen. Washington was never wounded in
battle, although in severely contested ELI.
gagements, as at Princeton, Monmouth, and
Brandy wine, he headed his troops, and was
much exposed.
Gen. Taylor was never wounded in bat
tie. although he always freely exposed him
self to the enemy's fire, and at Buena Wis
Ia charged at the head of his troops in the
last and most desperate struggle for victo-
ry.
Gen. Washington inspired his soldiers
with the idea that his presence was suffi-
cient to make them invincible.
Gen, Taylor's presence in any part of
the field was sufficient, not only 10 change
despair into hope, but to give assurance of
victory, and dispel 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 &C
compshes great deal of labor by his love
of order, and never relaxes from his con-
slant duties.