The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-08-31

The Republic Is attempting 10 screen General Tay
ncompetency TO make speech under another
dote--viz of Commodore Hull, who was invited !
public dinner at Faneuil Hall in compliment for hv
ture OF the Guerrero. The old Commodore was to,,
in the most enthusiastic terms, and when told by ON
his friends that they were waiting for his speech
Spouse to the toast he rose and addressed the Chair il
following naiue style:
Mr.. President, the gentlemen round me say Tia,
| and the other gentlemen are waiting for me TO ma
speech Sir, never made one in my life. cant n
sir. don't know how. sir I'd rather fgAt the battle
agai" than try
Now, the wing ress mistakes the gist Of |
matter The objection is, not that General I'd
cannot make an eloquent. or even a good speed
for none but his parasites expect this-but n
that he tries TO make a speech at all, becaus
is always an egregious failure. But the public nd
easily excuse this effort. for their good nature
readily sympathize with his own. But the mid
tune is that his speeches are dressed up in toerabe
by other persons and these versions then palmsl
upon the public as bis own speeches II is this au.I
to dress up the jackdaw in the peacocks plumes tia,
so offensive. We suspect the only true version that
have OF anyof his addresses was the one given Of
speech at Baltimore This Is certified to be coree,
many who heard it, and among others BY the Inform
of the Fredericksburg Recorder Now, protest
these versions thus got up by some convenient report
because it is part of the system Of humbug VIII
has been practised upon the country to raise some
acter for talents for the benefit of the Old Hero
his military dispatches were claimed for him; then
political letters were attributed by his partisans
own pen; and now these speeches are said to be bis
productions. We have been struck by one circumstaa
which proves that they the work Of other pens
not his own; and that is, that several different vea
have, awkwardly enough, been published Of the q
speech thus betrayng the variety Of the pens to WI
they owe their paternity. In this remark we are d
frmed by the following article from the Harrss
Union. To guard against accidents, we would adv
his friends hereafter to employ but one amanuenss
each speech; 49,
WHrcH is TIE TaUR SrEscHl-we find in the pap.n
or five different versions of General Taylors great pd
the capitol of the Keystone State and should like h
from of the officials which is the gessiM
one which appeared in our paper was furnished by
editor Of the Telegraph, who was member Of The Q
mittee Of reception, and supposed it to be the orig
and official speech, out by General Taylor him
but most extraordinary to say, when the Telegraph
peared the version Of the speech in that paper was
different from the furnished So, too we see
the copy furnished the Pabte Lsdgus correspondent
tirey different from either the 1Ssgrsph or Usios spe
Now find in the Presidents train here, character
known at Washington by the cognomen OF Henry
Mudd-(an electoneerDg agent Of the notorious
man Smith-the man who processes to represent
dignity OF the blue light State of Connecticut In the VI
States Senate, in winter-and hires himself out dur
summer aud prostitutes his frank for the sum OF esh
lars q day, good and lawful money Of the wing par
regulate State elections) This Mr. Mudd, or some
else, dispatches in great haste TO the Repubc-heo OF
Taylor paper at Washington-what he says was rHs Y
OF General Taylor Harrisburg and take II that
really the speech intended be delivered, but by
accident it was raseed before IL reached the Harris
Telegraph. Tne same Republic speech. (word for '
except words, which doubtless were yPographc
rors,) was despatched TO the New York Herald, wild
Information that the President accompanied b
son-in-law, Dr. Wood. Of Baltimore. and Henry Clay
of Washington.