The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-09-29

l~iNcIpool. anu DC cApeCteu 10 arrive To-Day.
Much anxiety Is felt to know what course France
will pursue IN the Austro-Italan question, for, to
great extent that will decide the peace of Europe.
General Taylor Oh the stump.-A Great
Speech.
The contest for the Presidency wakes warm
General Taylor himself has got excited, and
mounted the stump. Let Daniel Webster stop his
fishing and fowing for one day in Marshfield, and
read It carefully over. Let Ogden Hoffman aban-
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 dggings 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 a barbecue
given to him by his POLITICAL fnends at Pass Chris
tan, on the 10th inst. We'hope our readers have
read it, for is worthy ola careful perusal, being
an incident of the present canvass, which will
have considerable effect on the result of the cleo
lion, particularly in the West and South West.
This address of General Taylor is indeed char.
acteristic of the man The language is' simple,
PLAIN, and easily comprehended. The sentiment
which pervades il 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 IN achieving the lndepen-
dence Of his country-he paid handsome tribute
10 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 Chcvalier
Wykof, is dignifed 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 gu leaS0ns' 10 give
tie with his small force of $50 regu ar 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 cour.,IIy III which he was in; and
ps.,.1ore he took the responsibility OF not COM
plyinp with IT, The result proved the soundness
of his reasoning, and the wisdom OF tns discre
tlon.
There is remarkable similarly IN style, die
ton and sentiment, between this address and the
admirable. plquant. and rorcibe dispatches which
emanated from him from time to time during the
recent war with Mexico. No one who has pc
rused both. can for a moment doubt that he who
delivered the one wrote the others. They are ex-
actly parallel. The same common sense runs
through al--there is the same modesty and slmpll-
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 to 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 IN the present can
vass: and we think il very probable that It will
:. -otent influence in his favor through
exercise p, coming election
out the county in tnv-