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General TsyItr's Character.

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/ Mr.. cristsndens sspeerh % Tue friends q I.ay.
lor and Fillmore, a Pillsbufg. says Ire Gazeite
was almost wholly an eloqnen,. warm-hesrtca
enlogy Of he character 81 Gen. Taylof, pubic
and private. A Few Of de points com,nenfed On.
are as follows:-tyTe Do p, pretend u give dc
Geae;as 7sylor s axtFzig.
This the speaker said, be dcclared from
bis own knowledge he isA Nkie. a good
Wing, . thorough Wing FknoW him 10
ben Wing, but not ap ultra WING. An
his political feelings arc unidentified with
the Wing party.
Geaeral Taylor = a. Honea Man.
On the uprightncsa = General Tayloris
character, Mr.. Gritlel den dwclt with great
earnestncss, as trait which he knew. and
felt and admired He said lie was EN-.
phatically an honest man, and he defied
the opponents Of the old soldier 10 bring
aught against him, impcaching his upright
ness, in all his transactions, during pub
lie life Of forty years. His appearance
and manners bear the impress Of such ster-
ling honesty, that peculation, meanness.
and rascality are frightened from his pres.
ence Gen. Twiggs, who has been on ha-
bits OF intimate personal intercourse with
him, said, TO the speakc-, lately, that there
was not man in the world, who had been
IN the company Of Gen: Taylor, ave mi
nutcss, Whofwould dare make an improper
proposition to him. Dishonesty fees from
hrs presence. Ill
Gen. Taylor isa Han IF Great 15ilttes.
His whole military life gave evidence
of this. Tie never committed blunder,
or lost battle. There il not another man
in the army who would have fought the
the battle Of Buena Vista but Gen. Tay.
lor, and not another man would have won
it. Examine the whole history Of his tex-
PLOTS, in az their details, and you seelthe
evidence offar-reaching sagacity and great
ability,
Gen. Taylor IS a Mca OF learning.
Not mere scholastic learning-he has
never graduated at colloge-but his mind
As richly stored with that practical knowl-
edge, which isacquired from both men and
books He is a deeply read man, in all
ancient and modern history, and in all mat
tcrs relating to Impractical duties of life.
civil and military he is intimate with
Plutareh, said the speaker Plutarch
hero himself, as bright as ever adorned
the page Of history. Gen. Gibson,-you
all know and love Gen, Gibson. one of
your own Pennsylyanialfs. man whose
reputation for truth and honor was pro-
verbal, and whose word was always the end
Of controversy, 50. implicitly was it relied
upon, Gem Gibson had told him that lie
and Gem Taylor hail entered the army
nearly together and hal scrsoa together
almost constantly, until be (Gibson) retir-
ed, and that during that time, they satto-
gether on seventeen Court Martials many
of them important and intricate cases, and
in every single instance, Zachary Taylor
had been appointed tpdraw up the opinion
of. the Court--a brilliant testimony to his
superior abilities and ripe learning and
practical knpwlcdgc
Gen Tayl9r's Humanity and .Staplicitn
Of Chafactcr.
Gen. Taylor is plain unassuming, un,
ostentatious, gentlemanla man. There is
no pride, ND foppery, no airs about him.
When in the army, he Jared just as his sol
diers Jared, cat the same food, slept under
his tent and underwent similar fatigue, for
lS months, in Mexico, never sleeping in d
house one night His humanity, kindness,
and simplicity of character, had won for
him the love of his soldiers. He never
kept guard around his TINT or any pomp
or parade. He trusted his soldiers. and
they trusted and loved him in RETURN
Not a drop Of his soldiers blood was shed
by him during the campaign. All tile
blood shed under his direction was shed
in battle. We hear Of no military exccu-
tions-no judicial shedding Of blood. -
His heart moved to human woe, and he was
careful of the lives Of his folders, and hu-
name to the erring and I'd the var pushed
foe. Hcis kind, noble, generous in feeling,
a friend of the masses-there is no aristo.
cracy about him-heis aitruc Democrat.
He will adorn the White House, and shed
new light over the fading And false Demo-
cracy Of the day, which BIAS far gone into
its searAnd yellow leaf-he will bring IN
atruc, vigorous, yerdanf, refreshing Demo-
cracy.
Gen. Taylor PfoseriEcs ae Maa for Opin-
ioa,s Sake.
He is good and true Wing, but he will
prescribe no man for difference Of opin-
ion.vs He hates, loathcs prescription. He
love$the free, independent utterance Of o.
pinioh He has commanded Wings and
Democrats on the field Of battle-has wit
messed their patriotic devotion, and irwin
chile courage, while standing together,
shoulder to shoulder, has sccn them fight,
bleed and die together, and God forbid be
should prescribe any man On account Of q
difference of political sentiments He
would as soon think, said the speaker, of
running from Mexican
General 1ayior's Position.
Some object, said the speaker, to g ene1
raj Taylor, because he is from the South,
and is stakeholder Arc We not one
people, Do you not lowell Union -
Have / not the same rights as Kentucki-
an 10 all the benefits Of our glorious Union,
that you have as Pennsylsanians We
are one people from the Atlantic to the
Pacific from our most Nofthern Line to
the RIO Grahde, we are one people--it is
all my country-it is all yossrs There is
no country, there never was acountry. like
this. Rome, in her mighticst days, never
possessed 50 yast and splendid country
As this-so grand, 80 great. 50 glorious 8.
Our destiny Is as glorious Is our country.
if We hold together, and do not suffer sec.
tional prejudiecs to divide us. We sueak