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them on the Atlantic, the Pacific, in the Indian
oceans, the Baltic, 'and the Mediterranean
They would be every where.
A "Reminiscences.

awe trust, however, that the Wings of Bos-
ton will take Gen. Taylor to Bunker Hill, rs
they did Mr.. Polk, and hear from him, as they
did from Mr.. p, a burst of eloquence which will
~electrify and hold spell-bound the admiring
thousands by whom he will be surrounded -
And on every occasion WI TRUST they will give
Gen. Taylor the opportunity to show himself to
the people, and to address them."-Union.
When Gen. Taylor treads the consecrated
heights of Bunker Hill, his mind will probably
be filled with other emotions than a desire TO
"~electrify admiring thousands" by a "burst of
eloquence." He will not have been the first
man who has visited that memorable spot, who
felt as proud q glow of admiration for those
there met an immortal doom as ever thrilled
the heart of a professional speaker, who could
not express his thoughts in a flourish of rhe-
toric, or clotle his feelings in a pomp Of decla-
nation. It may be that the descendants of
some Of those who new taunt Gen. Taylor
with inexperience as an orator, viii e~lectrify
admring thousands, by a burst Of eloquence
upon the plains of Buena Vista; but the fame of
the great commander who redeemed that CORY
field will outiye the gibes of his enemies or the
%eloquenee Of his ~panegyrists, as the memory
Of Warren is embaamed in the hearts Of Hsen,
whilst MI. Folks burst ofeloquence lives ia q
newspaper paragraph.
But should Gen. Taylor be overwhelmed by
the associations of the battle field of liberty, so
as to be unable to speak a word, we commend
those who find food for merriment in the en-
barrassment Of an old soldier to q scene of
which the first and greatest of the men OF
America was the hero. BY a vote of the House
Of Burgess Of Virginia, the Speaker, Mr.. Rc-
b.nson, was directed to return thanks to WASH
snr&o,, fnr hss l;o{sp rs,scbol ,nilsforr, cop,soao;n
behalf of the colony. Upon his appearance in
the House, Robinson discharged thatduty with
dignity aud eloquence. At the conclusion Of
the Speakers address, the historian tells as
that Washington rose to express his acknow-
Judgments for the honor, but such was his ire
pidation and confusion that he could not give
distinct utterance to single syllable. He blusi,-
ed, stammered and trembled for a second, when
the Speaker relieved him by a stroke Of his adj
dress which would have done honor to Louis
the Fourteenth in his proudest and happiest
moments: 8 1} aE 81 ra&
"Sit down, Mr.. Washington, (said he, with
a conciliatory SMILEY your modesty equalsss
your valor, and that surpasses the power Of
any language that | can express"
There have been bursts Of eloquenee over
the deeds of Gen. Washington equal to that
which signalized Mr.. Folks visit to Bunker
Hill, which have been and will be consigned to
oblivion, whilst even the embarrassment and
want of experience in the art of speaking, which
choked his utterance before the Virgiaia House
of Burgesses, will be regarded by his country
men rs worth remembering. Let the ~scofiers
sneerers at Gen. Taylor remember that
there is more %eloquence in the silent ashes OF
him who could not even acknowledge before
the Legislature of his native State the eompli-
ment Of a vote of thanks, than in all the bursts
of rhetoric which have electrified the thousands
who have since surrounded his eulogists upon
days of public festivity and rejoicing.
Washington Republic.