The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1848-07-08
From the Pitisburg Gazette.
GENERAL TAYLOR'S CHARACTER.

From the Pitisburg Gazette.
GENERAL TAYLOR'S CHARACTER.
Mr. Crittendens speech to the friends OF
Taylor and Fillmore. at Murrys Yard, on Fri
day evening, was almost wholly an eloquent,
warm hearted eulogy of the character of Gen.
Taylor, public and private. A few OF the
points commented on, are as follows: 1--WE do
not pretend 10 give the exact language.)
GENERAL TAYLOR is WING.
This, the speaker said, he declared from his
own knowledge. He is Wing, good Wing,
a thorough Wing. know him TO be a Wing,
ings are identified with the Wing party.
GEN. TAYLOR is AN HONEST NAN.
On the uprightness of Gen. Taylor's charac-
ter, Mr.. Crittenden dwelt with great earnest
ness, as a trait which he knew, felt, and admir-
ed. He said he was emphatically an honest
man, and defied the opponents OF the old SOL
dier to bring ought against him, impeaching
his uprightness, in all his transactions, during
a public life Of forty years. His appearance
and manners bear the impress of such sterling
honesty, that peculation, meanness, and ras-
cality are frightened from his presence. Gen.
Twiggs, who has been on the habits of intimate
personal intercourse with him, said 10 the
SpcdhCt tuot tiiclC was lOt udu III INK
world, who had been i'm the company of Gener-
al Taylor five minutes. who would dare make
an improper proposition to him. Dishonesty
fees from his presence.
GEN. TAYLOR IS A MAN OF GREAT ABILITIES.
His whole military life gave evidence of
this. He never committed blunder, or lost
battle. There is not another man in the ar
my who would have fought the battle of Buena
Vista but General Taylor-and not another
who would have won it. Examine the whole
history of exploits, in their details, and you
see the evidence Of far-reaching sagacity, and
great ability.
| GEN. TAYLOR is MAN OF LEARNING.
Not mere scholastic learning-he has never
graduated college-but his mind is richly
stored with that practical knowledge, which
is acquired from both men and books. /. He lisa
deeply read man, in all ancient Ind modern his
tory, and in all matters relating TO the practi-
cal duties of life, civil and military. Heis in
innate with Plutarch, said the speaker Plu-
tarch hero himself, as bright as ever adorned
the pages of history. Gen. Gibson-you all
know and love Gen. Gibson-one of your own
Pennsy lvanians, man whose reputation for
truth and honor was proverbial, and whose
word was always the end OF controversy, SO
implicitly was it relied upon-Gen. Gibson
has told him, that he and Gen. Taylor had en-
tered the army nearly together, and had served
together almost constantly, until he, Gibson,
retired, and that during. that time, they had
sat together OIL seventeen Court Martials; many
of them important and intricate cases, and in
every single instance, Zachary Taylor has been
appointed to draw up the opinion of the Court
"a brilliant testimony to his superior abili-
ties, and ripe learning and practical knowl-
edge.
GENERAL TAyLoRs HUMANITY AND SIMPLICITY or
CHARACTER.
Gen. Taylor is plain unassumiEg, unosten-
tatious, gentlemanly man. There is no pride,
no foppery, no airs about him. He possesses
the utmost simplicity Of character. When in
the army he Jared, just as his soldiers fared-
eat the same food--slept under his tent, and
underwent similar fatigue-for Is months in
Mexico, never sleeping in house one night.
His humanity, Kindness, and simplicity OF
character won for him the love OF his soldiers.
They could approach him at all times. He
never kept guard around his tent, or any pomp
or parade. He trusted his soldiers, and they
trusted aud loved him i'm return. Not drop
OF his soldiers blood was shed by him, during
the campaign. All the blood shed under his
direction was shed in battle. We hear of nc
military executions-no judicial she dding oil
blood. His heart moved to human woe, and
he was careful of the lives of his soldiers, and
humane 10 the erring, and to the vanquished
foe. He is kind, noble, generous feelings
friend of the masses-there is no aristocracy
about him-he is a true Democrat. He will
adorn the White House, and shed new ligh,
over the false and fading Democracy of the day
which has far gone into its scar and yellow
Leaf he will bring in true, vigorous, verdan
refreshing Democracy.
GENERAL TAYLOR PRoscRIBEs NO MAN FOR oPIN.
i ION SAKE.
He is good and true Wing, but he will pro
RI scribe no man for difference of opinion. He
hates, loathes prescription. He loves the free
independent utterance of opinion. He ma:
commanded Wings and Democrats on the field
of battle-has witnessed their patriotic devo
ton, and invisible courage, while standing
together, shoulder to shoulder-has seen then
fight, bleed, and die together, and God iorbiC
he should prescribe any man on account of q
difference OF political sentiments. He wOulC
as soon think, said the speaker, of running
from Mexican
II GENERAL TAYLoR's POSITION.
Some object to Gen. Taylor, said the speaker
because he is from the South, and is a slave
holder. Are we not one people? Do you moi
love the Union? Have | not the same rights
as kentuckian to all the benefits Of our glo
rious Union, that you have as Pensylvanians'
We ara one people from The Atlantic TO the
Pacific; from our most Northern Line to the
Rio Grande, We are one people--it is all nj
op;nion-it is all yours. There is no country
there never was a country, like this. Rome, in
her highest days, never possessed so vast and
splendid country as this-so grand, so great
7 so glorious. Our destiny is as glorious as our
, country, if we hold together, and do not suffer
sectional prejudices to divide u.s. We speak
, one langua5e-our identity is the same-we
are one consolidated people-and our success
has hitherto been glorious Unprecedented Shall
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