The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1848-07-01
Gen. Taylor as a Man.

zen. iayl0r as a WAN.
Hon JOHN ]. CRITrENpEH addressed a
great meeting at Pittsburgh, Pa. Oh Friday
evening, being on his wry home to Ken,uc-
ky, having resigned his sea. in the Senate
10 canvass the State for Governor. The
following synopsis 1--WE have no room for
fuller reporD lstaken from the Pittsburgh
Gazette:
GENERAL TAYLOR IsA VINO
This MIR. Criueuden said, he declared
from his own knowledge. He is Wing,
good Wing. thorough Wing. ! know
him 10 be IA Wing, but not an ultra Wing.
All his political feelings are identified with
the Wing parry.
GEN TAYLOR IS AN HONEST MAN
On the uprightness Of Gen Taylor's char
actcr, Mr. Criitenden dvelt with great earn
es'ness, as a trait which he knew, AMI felt
and admired. lie said he Was emphalical-
an honcst man, and he dcfcd the oppone nts
of the oil Il soldier TO bring augh, against him
lmpcaching his upryhtness, in all his trars-
actions: during public life Of forty years
His appearance audi nanners bear the i'm
press otsucl sterling honesty, that pccula-
ton, meanness and rascaliiy are frightened
from his presence Gen. Twisgs, who has
been on habits of intimate personal inter-
course with him, said to the speaker, late
ly, that there was not man in the world
who had been i'll the company Of Gen. Tay
Tor five minutes, who would dare make an
improper proposition TO him. Dishonesty
fees from his presence.
GEN. TAYLOR MAN OF GREAT ABILITIES.
His whole military life gave evidence Of
this-He never committed blunder or lost
4 battle. There is not another m an in the
army who would have fought the battle of
Buena Vista bu, Gen. Taylor, and not an
other who would have won it. Examine
The whole history Of his exploits in all
their Details and you see the evidence Of
far reaching sagacity, and grea, ability
GEN. TAYLOR is MAN OF LEAENrNG.
Not mere scholastic learnnc-hc has
never gradual ed at cole e-but his mind
is richly stored with that practical knowl-
edge, which is acquired from both men
and books. He is a deeply read man, in
all ancient and modern history and in all
matters relating to lhepractlcaI duties of life
civil aud military. He is intimate with
Pu'arch, said the spcaker,-a Plutatch he
ro himself as bright as ever adorned the
page of history. Gen. Gibson,-you all
know and love Gen. Gibson, one of your
OWN PcnnSylvanians, a man whose reputa-
ton for truth and honor was proverbial, aud
whose word was always the end of coutro-
versy, so implicitly was it relied upon,-
Gen. Gibson had told him that he and Gen.
Taylor had entered the army nearly togeth
or, and had served together almost constan!
ly, until, he Gibson retired, ard that du ring
that time, they had sat together on sevcn-
teen Court Martials, many OF them import
ant and intricate cases, and in every single
instance, Zachary Taylor had been appoin
ted to draw up the opinion of the Court
Il brilliant testimony to hls superior abilities,
and ripe leaning arl practical knowledge
GENERAL TAYLOR S HUMANITY AND sIMpLlcI
TY OF CHARACTER.
Gen. Taylor is a PLAN unassuming, unos-
;entatious, genlcmauly man. There is no
pride, no foppery, no airs about him He
possesses the utmost simplicity of character
When il the army he Jared Just as his SOL
diers tared-ae the same iood---slept I'M
der his ten, and underwent similar fatigue
for fifteen months in Mexico never sleep
ing in house one ight His humanity,
Kindness and simplicity of character, had
won for him the love of his soldiers They
could approach him at all times. lie never
kept "a guard around his tent, or any pomp
or parade lie trusted his soldiers and
they loved hun il return. No,a drop Of
his soldiers blood was shed by him, during
the campaign. a the blood shed under
his direction was she'd in battle We hear
of no military eXecuions---no judicial shed
dug OF blood. His heart moved to human
woe, and he was careful of the lives of his
his soldiers, and humane to the erring and
TO the vanqu.slied foe. He is kind, noble
and generous III teeling,a friend of the mas
ses-there is no aristocracy about him--he
is a true Democrat. lie vii adorn the
White House, and shed new light over the
! fading and false Democracy of the day,
which has gone far Into lis scre and yellow
leaf-he will bring i'll a true, vigorous, YER
Iaut refreshing Democracy.