The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1848-03-16
DAVENPORT, SCOTT co, IOWA, THURSDAY, MARCH

GENERAL TAYLOR IN NEW YORK.
The citizens Of New York recently held
q great Taylor meeting. We make the
following extract from the remarks Of Pres
colt lloll, Esq, the principal speaker upon
the occasion. Il will Danish every doub,
from the minds Of our readers, ifsuch pre-
viousIy existed, Of Gen. Taylor being the
author Of those admirable compositions benr.
ing his name, which from time TO time
have been received BY our Government -
Why 10 il tho public mind points to Gen.
Taylor. trust il 10 not solely because he
- successful general. trust that il is
not the only or the primary cause; nor be-
cause he held a sabro in his hand and &C.
complished such wonderful victories MS he
has, but because in all his communications
with the government, wo find marks Of
clear intellect and ercnt mind-wc find n
man unknown and unlhought Owe find
a man Of the most careful habits of obser-
vation; a man &c cool head and clenr
thought; man Of fcw words, bot those few
Of great meaning; a man who, in my stu.
alton YOU might place him in, would be Ger.
thin Of comforting honor or himself md 10
those who placed himinit. (Chcers) There
IRE other men who can WELD sword rs
we'll, perhaps, as Gen. Taylor can. d.
not consider mere personal gallantry in tho
field, the highest attribute of INNS nature.
] do not consider that military rcnown il
won by tho highest attributes ol human in
tcllecs On tho contrary, | have often
heard, and | know, that subordinate man
may achieve high rank on the roll Of fa,nc
MS fighting man. This is whnt dis,in-
guishos mnn, intellectual man, from the nm.
imnl race. The mere business of a soldier
in killing his fellow mcn, is not evidence Of
tho highest order Of intellect. Il il . branch
Of intellect belonging rather to tho animal
racc thnn 10 tho highest order of man. ]
admit that some Of the mos, celebrated men
in history hive bccn famous ia arms. Al.
exsndcr was distinguished soldier, bu. he
was likewise n distinguished man in every
relation Of lifc-ons of the most thinking
men of his time. Napoleon, likewise "a.
nous in nrms, WINS also n,nn Of the high
est order Of intellect. Wellington 10 not
less renowned in the Senate thnn in the
field; but there nrc plenty Of soldiers in tho
British army, ms there were among the
Romans, who have no other intellect but
that which distinguishes them in the kill
ing of their fellow men. But man mny
yet he a good soldier ard be nblc in coun
Gil. " attention wns first drawn Ia Gen.
Taylor by the cogcncy Of his reasoning,
and tho beauty and logic 81 the compost
tions that en,anstcd from his pen. But
there is an attempt made 10 destroy the
Generals influence arising from this. oh.
il is said, but he had nm ndjutans general
with him, and number Of subordinate gen.
eraIs, meaning By this, indirectly, 10 lend
the mind Ia the conclusion that General
Taylor was not the author Of these compo-
sitions. Now, have taken some pains 10
lie informed aud satisfied on this point, and
if there is my man here who inserts TINT
General Taylor was not the author Of those
compositions, aud will put bis assertion in
such shape rs 10 form what We lnwycrs
call nm ISSUE ! will conduct tho trial. /
will call jury, and will prove TO his sat-
isfaction that he is entirely Mistaken
Long continued nppIause.) BY the way,
the highest compliment that could be paid
10 General Taylor, is, that considering his
position, and his occupation 40 soldier nl-
most from his boyhood, to say that these
compositions, which display the character.
istics Of the highest order Of intellect, to
say that mere soldier could not write
such beautiful communications. have ta-
ken the pains TO ascertain the facts in the
case, mud il my man desires 10 know tho
fact Of Gen. Tay lor's having written those
compositions, let him 90 to the wnr Office
in Washington, and there he will find then,
in the peculiar handwriting Of the old Gen.
eral himself, md no one else. (rremcnd.
Gus npplausc) General Jones, or Mr.. Mar.
cy, will point you out General Tny lor's
hand writing in these communications, md
il is os marked and characteristic ms sny al
his acts on tho field of battle. There il,
my friends, but ONE Zach Taylor in those
battles, and but oxR in those communica,
tons. Applause.
During the revolutionary war, Il wni
said of Gen. Washington, undoubtedly the
most pure, renowned, and self devoted pa,.
riot, The sun Of Heaven ever shono upon
was surrounded by officers who wrote biz
communications. Now have heard Mr.
Sparks, the author Of the "Life Of Washing.
ton" and who knows moro Of this subject
than my other mnn, say that he would
challenge any man, 10 take those comnu
nicsiions Of Washington TINT wcrc written
by any Of bic secretaries, he would def,
j Ahom n anY which stna swriiian hu his &C