Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1848-03-18


Tho inIIo~inx esndn end ju.t remarks on the
epssclssy r,yle of General TsyIo,, ere copied
fp"n, the Day. Book. : political opponent of Gea
Tsysos. They se,,ls the msi,er--ss,,ls the
see't'"n eonelnsive'y ~ 10 the authorship of
Genrrsl Tsy'm's ls,iew end desps,eh.r.--
More then year sf~. the edi,o. n she Day.
Bnok. wss pu' IN pcssetsion =, e~ttssn Ietsrrs a.
0"ressl Tsylos. written With his own rtueh
hs"d. without diseui'~. end without revision Q,
e"vrecti"n ;, him'-lfo or sry body .I,c. tn.
rsnrnsnship ~ss pnitovm and msniy hi, pecu.
'isv. snd might be considered a. strikinaiy char.
se'eristie oi the ewri,er-sppsrently executed
with sn old quilpep. worn to the stump, snd
shedding . .brnn,ifni siresm Of ink at every.
movement The letters were very dis,irc.. sod
yet The wcvcs and lines were N elosely packed
together that the larger portion. Of each page
'eemed covered with ink. leaving very ks,i.
white psper IN view. The eioscnees of the
knes wss inch. thai sh6ueh shs writing wee
very lesihl-. II wss recessasy 10 read very care.
fully 40 svod .,c-i"s the pisee' in euch Msee.
donian phsisrx n wssds. This remarkable
eeoromy ssparer ~ss prphsS:y The seeav ~
aid habits IN she ISdisn fruntie,, whore the eup
ply of ssstiocavy 10 oisrW scsnsy and uneertsir.
ss insssnc-d IN thst eeisbrst-d desps,ch written
BY Gen. Taylor during the Flwids w,,. 10
which he spoloeises 10 tie secretary fnr tho sp
pearanee AZ the letter, written on very dirty
eheet ot paper, bnt the only one in the camp
The style ef ,hose letters (wri,tcn in The
most csrelesr manner n On intimate ftiend.) was
in many seeprcis sdmirsbie--the language
well.choeer. simp'e. strong. and direct. with.
ont psrsicis NJ sfsscta'icr and wi'hon, an ~.
ror a. 'o the nee oft-rms TIE only defect that
ccU'd he noticed vas "oe alrnnet univere.l in
the epssoisvv coss ssepcrd~nce n thcAe mt aeen..
TONED 10 wvite fnr the rress--s neglect of p,,nr.
'eneea, and between different clauses Of sen.
senees. The synfsx wee peculiar in thees end
o'her par,icu'sr'-lops psren,heticsi eis0sss
being frequently insyofuced in tho e"nres NJ .
s"ntence without The psrp~s sign of pasenihe.
sic 8 .me,imes. evidently from hss,e. end
frnm ,he fact that no had noa tima In revise ID.
and To ~ b,ck to the b-einnine of sentence
m reaching 10 the end-'heve wss . want NJ
complete ersmmatiesi ennnsx,cn b~t~ di:.
f.ren: psrts-sn evros frcm which m writer.
however rxperierced. 10 probably en'irely fre.
whrn writing in such = hurry a. 10 leave M
time FIR revision. In sosne instances the h.
ginning of seo,ence wss not marked By .
capitol letter. and occasionally peri.ds were
wanting. ... . 81
All ,hoee things required some esve "a make
the reading perfectly nieiiiRibi.. q: rs, glance.
~as = disee'oess and simple besn'y "f exps-s.
ss.n ,hn0ghout that commanded adniirssisa
from he mesl er,iesl rades. and frequently
drew forsh the most emphatic declarations that
aN-r r..dine this. no one can doubt ne wso,e
HE own deeps'ch3s. though M.iw Biss. ~ snme
either p-r.cn vel qualified. prsbabiy revised
and corrected them. ~ scied % his smanoensis
q, sreretssy. The desps,ches. ,h"sRh senesaiiy
expressed in 'eas involved sentencss. bess make
Of IN sa'h~ship sS6staosisliy identical with stss
of the private leiters. F>sH u"FYA : ssis p
In the zane wsy did Mirabesu. Nspoleon.
end sometimes even Washington. ase the pens
Of others: bot nobody considers il ss evidenee
of inferior capacity. .nr thai Dnmcnt. B,u'riennr.
and lIamiton desesve credh fnr the work which
they executed for their employers.
Il is worthy Of mention that the neglect NJ
4. ~: r.