The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-09-29
General Taylor the stump.-A Great


The contest for the Presidency wakes warm
General Taylor himself has got excited, and
mounted the stump. Let Daniel Webster stop his
fishing and fowling for one day in Marshfield, and
read 1t carefully over Let Ogden Hoffman aba n
don his splendid figures of speech, and take new
lessons in oratory. Let Leslie Coombs, the
greatest speaker in bufoonery we ever had In
these diggings, take the next cab and drive to the
Astor House as fast as possible. Our paper Of
yesterday was the only newspaper In the city
which contained the admirable and characteristic
speech delivered by General Taylor, at barbecue
given to him by his political friends at Pass Chrs-
tian, on the 10th inst Wehope our readers have
read it, for 1t worthy of careful perusa, being
an incident Of the present canvass, which will
have considerable effect on. the result of the cleo
ton, particularly in the West and South West.
This address of General Taylor is indeed char
acteristic of the man. The language is slmple'
PLAIN, and easily comprchended. The sentiment
which pervades II Is modest and ingenious,
yet firm and determined. After referring TO
the occasion, which, he SAID, put him IN mind
Of the scenes which he participated IN in early
life-to similar scenes at which the men of
ron hearts and iron nerves presided, iwho as
sisted Washington achieving the lndepen-
dence Of his country-he paid handsome tribute
TO the gallant volunteers who fought under him in
his glorious battles IN Mexico, 10 whom he in his
modesty, said the country was indebted for the
victories. The rebuke which he administered to
Secretary Marcy, General Scott, and Chevalier
Wykof, is dignihed and pointed He referred to
the order that stripped him of his best troops. and
commanded him to act on the defensive, which,
with the halter round his neck, he determined not
10 comply with; but, Tor - ou u iea'ons' :" s'e
lie with his small force OF $50 regular troops and
1900 volunteers, against twenty thousand of the
enemy. That ORDER he said, was given at hazard,
and in ignorance OF his situation and that of tie
enemy and the cou-r-.ay III which he was in; and
r.,-rore he took the responsibility OF not COM
plymg with It, The result proved the soundness
Of his reasoning, and the wisdom OF ms dscre
ton.
There is remarkable similarly IN style, die
ton and sentiment, between this address and the
admirable. plquant, and forcible dispatches which
emanated from him from time to time during the
recent war with Mexico. No one who has pc
used both. can for moment doubt that he who
delivered the one wrote the others. They are eX-
ac,ly parallel The same common sense runs
through all--there Is The same Houesty anu siipli-
city IN all, the same excellent choice of words,
and the same regularity order, and aptitude IN
them TO express exactly what the speaker and
writer intended 10 convey. and be understood by
those for whom they were designed
This stump speech Of Gen. Taylor Is decidedly
the best that has been delivered the present can
vass: and we think it very probable that 1t will
- ,otent influence in his favor through
exercise p coming election
out the county in tn,-