Evansville weekly journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 184?-18??, 1848-07-13
FSR the Pittsburg Gazette
Z GENERAL TAYLOR'S CHARACTER

GENERAL TAYLOR'S CHARACTER.
| Mr.. Crittenden's speech to the friends of
Taylor and Fillmore, at Murrys Yard, on Fri
day evening, was almost wholly an eloquent.
warm hearted eulogy of the character of Gen.
Taylor, public and private. A few of the
points commented on, are as follows; 1--WE do
not pretend TO give the exact language
GENERAL TAYLOR is "A WING.
This, the speaker said, he declared from his
own knowledge. He is Wing, good Wing,
a thorough Wing. know him to be Wing,
but not an ultra Wing. All his political feel
ings are identified with the Wing party.
GEN. TAYLoRls AN HONEST MAN.
Ga the uprightness of Gen. Taylor's charac-
Ter, Mr.. Crittenden dwelt with great earnest
ness, as. trait which he knew, felt, and admir-
| ed. He said he was emphatically an honest
man, and defied the opponents of the old sol
der to bring ought against him, impeaching
his uPriShtness, in all his transactions, during
public life of forty years. His appearance
and manners bear the impress of such sterling
honesty, that peculation, meanness, and ras-
cality are frightened from his presence. Gen.
Twiggs, who has been on the habits of intimate
personal intercourse with him, said to the
speaker lately, that the re was not man in the
world, who had been in the company of Gener-
al Taylor five minutes, who would dare make
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| fees from his presence.
GEN. TAYLOR is A MAN OF GREAT ABILITIES.
His whole military life gave evidence of
this. He never committed blunder, or lost
a battle. There is not another man in the ar
my who would have fought the battle of Buena
Vista but General Taylor-and not another
who would have won it. Examine the whole
history of exploits, in their details, and you
see the evidence OF far-reaching sagacity, and
great ability.
GEN. TAYLOR is NAN OF LEARNING.
Not mere scholastic learnng-he has never
graduated college-but his mind is richly
stored with that practical knowledge, which
is acquired from both men and books. He is a
deeply read man, in all ancient and modern his
tory, and in all matters relating to the practi
cal duties of life, civil and military. Heis in
innate with Plutarch, said the speaker Plu-
tarch hero himself, as bright as ever adorned
the pages of history. Gen. Gibson-you all
know and love Gen. Gibson-one of your own
Pennsylvanians, man whose reputation for
truth and honor was proverbial, and whose
word was always the end of controversy, so
implicitly was it relied upon-Gen Gibson
has told him, that he aud Gen. Taylor had en-
tered the army nearly together, and had served
together almost constantly, until he, Gibson,
retired, and that during that time, they had
sat together on seventeen Court Martials; many
of them important and intricate cases, and in
every single instance, Zachary Taylor has been
appointed to draw up the opinion of the Court
"a brilliant testimony to his superior abili-
ties, and ripe learning and practical knowl-
edge.
GENERAL TAYLoR's HUMANITY AND SIMPLICITY OF
CHARACTER.
Gen. Taylor is plain unassuming, unosten-
tatious, gentlemanly man. There is no pride,
no foppery, no airs about him. He possesses
the utmost simplicity of character. When in
the army he Jared, just as his soldiers Jared
eat the same food--slept under his tent, and
underwent similar fatigue-for Is months in
Mexico, never sleeping in house one night.
His humanity, kindness, and simplicity OF
character won for him the love OF his soldiers.
} They could approach him at all times. He
f never kept guard around his tent, or any pomp
or parade. He trusted his soldiers, and they
, trusted and loved him in return. Not drop
of his soldiers blood was shed by him, during
the campaign All the blood shed under his
direction was shed in battle. We hear of no
military executions--no judicial she dding OF
blood His heart moved to human woe, and
he was careful of the lives Of his soldiers and
: humane TO the erring, and to the vanquished
foe. He is kind, noble, generous feeing-a
z friend of the masses-there is no aristocracy
t about him-he is true Democrat. He will
adorn the White House, and shed new light
over the false and fading Democracy of the day
which has far gone into its scar and yellow
leaf-he viii bring in true, vigorous, verdant
refreshing Democracy.
D GENERAL TAYLOR PRoscRIBEs NO MAN FOR oPIN-
+, ION SAKE.
He is good and true Wing, but he will pro-
scribe no man for difference of opinion. He
: hates, loathes prescription. He loves the free.
independent utterance of opinion. He has
commanded Wings and Democrats on the field
of battle-las Witnessed their patriotic devo-
ton, and invisible courage, while standing
together, shoulder to shoulder-has seen them
: fight, bleed, and die together, and God forbid
Y he should prescribe any man on account of q
difference of political sentiments. He would
as soon think, said the speaker, of running
e from a Mexican!
!, GENERAL TAYLoR's POSITION.
e Some object to Gen. Taylor, said the speaker
a because he is from the South, and is slave
/ holder. Are we not one people? Do you not
: love the Union? Have not the same rights
t as Kentuckian to III the benefits of our glo-
: rious Union, that you have as Pensylvaniansi
We ara one people from the Atlantic to the
: Pacific; from our most Northern Line to the
: Rio Grande, we are one people--it is all M
, hopinion-it is all yours. There is no country
/. there never was country, like this. Rome, in
h her highest days, never possessed so vast ano
S splendid a country as this-so grand, so great
It SO glorious. Our destiny is as glorious as our
S country, if we hold together, and do not suffer
e sectional prejudices to divide US. We speak
e one language-our identity is the same-we
: are one consolidated people-and our success:
a has hitherto been glorious unprecedented. Shall
n we then divide in feeling? No, no.. No mat
) ter where our men is from, if he is an Ameri
can Gen. Taylor in his feelings knows nc
: South, no North. no East, no West. He is al
/ American. Where has he lived? In his ten
i for forty years. His home has been for forty
years, under the stars and stripes of the Amleri
t can Flag!-the flag ofhis whole country. HI
1t is national man-he has lived eueryUhere
If wherever the flag wavesl He is not Southern
mamie is an american! He proscribes NJ
one, either of the North or South, and will yol
prescribe him, for the accident Of birth ant
home? He condemns no man for the institu
tions of his State. VIII you condemn him.
e He is kind. generous, noble old mana tru
l. American in heart.
y GEN. TAYLoR's HABITS.
l. He is a temperate mamie never dran