Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1848-07-27
General Taylor.

pcrat Oi Kentucky We commend II 10 the at
tenlon of all who desires TO know, from unpre-
JUDGED testimony, something of the old Gene
ral's character:
"My service in Mexico frequently brought
me near 10 Gen. Tayior, and | was industrious
in my examination of the actual character Of
the man whenever opportunity was presented
have no: motive 10 deceive you, and YOU must
take The Impressions received for what they
are worth If desired TO express in the fewest
words what manner of man Gen. Taylor is,
should say. that in his manners and appear
ence, he as one Of the com1nn people of this count
try. He might be transferred from his tent a,
Monterey 10 this assembly, and he would not
be remarked among this crowd Of respectable
old farmers man at all distinguished from
those around han. Perfectly temperate in his
habits perfectly plain in his dress-.-enlrely
unasumlng in his manners, he appears to be
an old genllenianI IN fine health, whose tnoughls
are no, turned upon his personal appearance.
and who has no point about him TO attract par
tlcular attention la his intercourse with men,
he is free. frank and manly. He plays off no
Any one may approach him as nearly as bs
desred, and the niore closely his character Is
examined Ihe greater beauties he dlscluses.
l. He rs an honest man do not mean by
that merely that he does not cheat or lie.
mean that he is man that never dlssembles.
and who scorns all DISCUSSES. He neither acts
part among his friends for effect nor assumes
to be wha, he is not. Whenever he speaks you
hear what he honestly believes, and, WHETHER
right or wrong, you feel assurance that he has
expressed his real opinion. His dealings with
men have been of most varied character, and
| have never heard HIS honest name stained by
the breath Of The slightest reproach.
Q. He is a man of rare good judgment By
no means possessed ofahal bnIllancy Of genius
which attracts by It's flashes, yet, like the me-
leof, expires even while you look upon 1t, by
no means possessing that combination Of talent
which peuetrates instantly the abslrusest sub
ject, and measures It's length and breadth as It
by ,ntuition, Gen. Taylor yet has that order Of
intellect which more slowly but quite as surely
masters all that 1t engages, and examines all
the combinations Of which the subjec, is sus-
cep,ible. When he announces hts conclusion,
you fee! cofdeul that he well understands the
ground upon which he plants himself, and yet
rest assured tha, The conclusion is The deduc-
lion of skill and sound sense faithfully applied
TO The matter in hand. 1t is this order Of mind
which has enabled him. unlike many other Of
6cers Of the army, 10 attend to the wants of
his family, by SO using the means of his dlsPo-i
sal as 10 surround himself. in his old age, with
handsome prlvale fortune, and to be b!esI
with an almost perfect constitution. ! would
too day prefer his advise in any matter of'pri-
vate interest would take his opinion as 10 the
value of an estate. would rather follow his sug
gestion in scheme where property or capital
was to be embarked would pursue mote con-
fiden,ly his counsel where the management of
an army was involved, or the true hanor of my.
country was at stake, than any other man
have ever known. regard his judgmen,
being first rate ateverything, at from horse trade
up to uade in human life upon the field of
baile. - 4.a ~. ;,,s. ~ x J..
3. He rs a firm man, and possessed Of great
energy of character. Ii were waste OF time
10 dwell upon these traits of his character. for
his military career has afforded such abundant
examples OF his exercise OF these qualities as
to render them familiar 10 every citizen, who
has ever heard or read of The man. La his ar
my they are daily exhibited and stand CO n.
spcuousIy displayed in every order which en-
anates from his pen.~.- ., 2,
4. He is benevolent man. 2 This .clualiry
has been uniformly displayed in his ,r .atment
of the prisoners who have been pl,.c ed in his
power. by the vclssiludes of war. No man
who had seen him after the battle of Buena
Vista, as he ordered the wsg ons to bring 10
The Mexican wounded from the battle field, and
heard him as he at once cau Ioned his own men
that the wounded were to . treated with mer-
cy. could not doubl that q was aIiva- TO all the
kinder impulses of our 'ia,ure. The indlscre.
,ions Of youth he child "a with pa,erral kindness,
YET with the decisr,n which fofbids their repe-
'lIion, and the Young men of his army feel that
II Is pleasure "a gather around him. because
they know they are as welcome as though they
visited The hear,h-sione'of their own home, and
they are Always as freely invited TO parlake Of
what he has to offer as if they were under The
roof OF a father His conduc, in sparing The
deserl*rs who were captured a, Buena Vista,
exhibit ed the same time in remarkable man
ner his benevolence and his judgment. Don't
sho'Jl ,hem," said he, "ihe worst punishment
sill inhlc, Is 10 .reiufn them 10 'he Mex
lean army" When Nspolson said to one OF
his bansllons. :" lnscTlbe y on lbe'r flag, No