The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1848-08-30

rlEh GiAlun. las - nal sos ha lEas -
The inlsAert and "a Is learning nerrtsary
n gtare sas highest. His Whsle milasry
lie gives eEsdrslre az this. 10 man. Il
he lad MOI aind. and mind On nf ll.e kasi
aHder. lcnald hare pE.sdpce5 such splsaeid
Eesui's. He . NJ. E.sasaps, = auisk =
some. mr. ran hr show 70 ssch aaExnisss;
bul ;le las ssasI within him. sirnng ron-
mon sense. and sound judgment. shich
alone srr valuable in Prsrfiral life. tie
has Pgared. yhsreser pui. eqnal % any
emergency, and nefrs u he r0arse ~ his
lnng and exeaaal career has he made .
mistake. OF committed . bluRder. All his
pnhlir dnlirs have hsen Tigldly fnlflled,
and uhairSer has been required &C him
has hren done not nnly n the Satisfaction
az ihe runnlry. hut done a no one else
enuid do il. Exsmine he history " his
undertakings and achievements A. ron Gill
view Ihem as = combination or in de-
la. and lhsy eEinrs far-ieaehing ssgseiiy
aud the erraissI ability. Whoever comes
in cnnlsrt with him i in a mnmeni i'm
pressed with Ibis rnnyirlinn. The Rev.
Mr. MrElIay. one NJ The Catholic chap.
lsins who was wllh him on The Rio GEande.
Than whom there Is no heller Judge Of hu-
man capacity. says :. be has ulore real
siunlinrs of intellect. and more honesty of
purpose than aimasl any man he ever
knew. And Gen. Prrsiler r. Smith. WIN
differs with him politically bul knows him
well. wiring % = iIiend nndcT dale pI
Mexiro, April 8. ls4s. pays The Iallow.
ing compliment 10 his character:
.Genersl Taylor's military exploits
said hel are Dol The causes " his popu-
lariiy they arc only the occasion for the
display Of his sound judgment. energy Of
character. lofty aud pure sense Of justice,
and inrorrnpiihle honesty. lie has as
much reputation for wha, he has written
as for what he has done. because even
where The composition Is not his own. The
sentiments, motives, and feelings are: and
every thing ne says, as every thing he
dives. is marked by the purify and lOlii-
ness Of his own character.
81 have never heard nf any one. how
ever corrupt or base himself. thai after
FIVE minutes conversation with General
Taylor. has dared To propose. or even hint
al, anything dishonest or mean. And no
intercourse in the ordinary events of com
mon life can give the true idea Of the loft
mess Of his character. | remember YOU
asking me. al the time he was put in CON.
mand at Corpus Christi. whether he was
equal 10 the circumstances | told YOU
Of bis SOUND judgment and inexhaustible
energy, as ] had harmed them in Florida.
but did not thru estimate properly the
other and higher points Of his character.
In the campaign on the Rio Grande, |
saw him tried under all circumstances.
and he always came out pure gold.
AS soon as General Taylor was fur
nished b. events with the opportunity TO
display his character. YOU see that il was
es,imHsei proprriy at oncr. snd rome
back TO the ruth Of The proposition start
ed with. thai believe the people will al.
ways properly measure great men,"
But, say our astuie politicians, he ac-
knoyledges his own unfi,ness for the Pre-.
sidency, aud this Of itself should present
an impossible barrier TO his election"
What would they have him say, Would
they have him claim greater capacity than
others. and thus become, az is somewhat
The prevailing fashion, the irumpeter Of
his own merit, This may accord with
their NOTIONS Of proprietv, but il does no,
suit the people. They like to see man,
whatever his ability, and however eminent
his DISTINCTION. manifest some little nodes
~, for they perfectly understand that The
most noisy are not usually the most de-
serving. aud that true greatness is seldom
hcraled by vanity and splf.ronceii. II
is well, perhaps, for petty aspiranis, en-
holdei by the events Of the last four years.
10 consider themselves Of all men special.
ly designed to wear The mantle Of The ear.
lier Presidents Of the Republic; for. mea-
sured by the proper standard, they will
find they are in the desperate CONDITION OF
being enamoured Of themselves without a
rival. Gen. Tayl"r is not of their order.
He knows the responsibilities Of the Ex-
eculive ofiire, and feels how much is ex-
pecled and should he accomplished in its
wise and just adminislratinn. He there
fore distrnsts his powers. fearing llla, an
honest yea! for the public welfare may fall
short of the public expectation. And in
this he has notable example-WasHING-
TON himself. That g.eat man, in reply
TO Mr.. Thompson. who bore him the in.
tcIligence -"f his first election, said:
While realize the arduous nature Of the
task which is imposed upon me. and feel my own
inability TO perform il, ! wish that there may be
no reason for rcgretting the choice; for, indeed.
all can promise il only to accomplish that which
can he done by an honest zeal."-s2arks, vol. K.
p. $50.
4 month LATER. writing 10 Gen. Schuy-
Ter, he repeated The sentiment; i
1T is only from the assurances Of support
which have received from the respectable and