The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-07-29
Eulogy ON the Life, Services and Char
acter OF Gen. Zachary Taylor,
By REV MR. BURKE,
ns7s.,11oJ - r.. ID ~ " ~. II = =
at Baton

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Mr. PRESIDENT LADIES AID GENTLEMEN, FRIEsDs
AND FELLOW -CITIzEss-The Committee Of Arrangements
for the obseques Of late beloved Chief Maei tiate
ZACHARY TAYLOR, have yOv name and bv your author
ity given me. their Chaplain ten or twelve inmates ouid
they had granted few mne) for remarks on The ear
aeter Of the usous deceased before opening the geat
bushes Of tins memorable days by the eulogy Of neigh
Dor and f0wnsman, Mr. Elan. -
On subject fruitful Of panegyrc as the life and char
acter OF Gen. Taylor the great difficulty for Orator is not
Aor 10 begH but ahee to find end He viii have chiefly
70 look tor not copiousness OF matter and expression but
Juhlclous seieclicn In arrangement
From the fact Of lis having been the redence OF ZACHARY
Taylor before his elevation to the Presidency of the United
staes Baton Rouge has lued an historical celebrity
That lowly little cottage on the or oue other monument
the Of its uin,gI be pointed Al, By generaous ye
nnborn, the place whence eIanate many Of to.e
1.-THE scene Of those national ,ributes and home
which associate his image with memory and our hearts
Whatever the place which successfully contends for III re-
mains hope to see in this eauul tomple .i. he a
with his proto,ype abe world ronoynad VV.-h;u.,on
monument worthy of the fame az Zachnrv savlor and
worthy of the kndns and sympathy te generosity ana
cbvaly the and the opuece the pride and the dignity
Of this ardent and fourishing young commonwealth
To by Baton Rouge without ea "a tIe ton,l
without seeing the monument OF Cen Tayioryvl by
of The generations which shall snccs us and
by many Of ourselves be regarded As low tssls and uan
toc, would be now to travel on the Potomac without
visiting Mount Vernon What traveller whoe aim i anus
ment or Instruction, thinks Of Mantua or Saor or Bea.
consed. Abbosor uuconIlected with the a,ea ,lei,
lunous dead2 And rho al a distance has tAbDght of
Baton Rouse? What traveller on the Msssipp will eays
or to behold it, unassociats with the
and uRaaltooed by the memory of Zachary TdELorl
Shade of veneated warrior and statesman ton shalt
lingeF the banks of this mighty sres ,va,cbin, - =
guardian angel as formerly thou veft vout tn 40 ,b
ing produce of its valley and beboIpr with nr md
pleasure tba b.nnv snd ",' pas Ani
toward the spot of INV sor a wnO ~
and the prayer the sieh for thy lossths ra, r. ~.
continuance OF that boundless pnoper,v mi o ~ ~,
country to which thy whole life was devoted
Ofen have we seen him within The :, dr.. -.n;..
rents az M. - = - ny lairns ere
its progress ana predicting IL tame and
have him wharf and onr steaboa .aspinr
with honest hand and beheldns with omen copnspaDs
deep fnrrowed with the lines Of thought sunbt ma
worn becomes old warrior chsftan) i'd fends ~
aaaintsnces-hs gallant companions IN a5,ns
IN general distinction Of
Them to Baton Rouge inviting them to his cottage home
and asebing. under Providence 10 Them and their
the sole glory of his victories. s5
Never shall forget rs interview with Gen. Tavlor
on his return from Mexico When The inhabitants f a.,
Rouge appeared in body TO deliver him A.
words he uttered were these entleen am .orTv ts,
my house is too small TO receive you General sd
their Speaker tr. Avery with Ieicitous p,opDess ou
heart Is large enough for US ALL % 4I7'
That great heart. ladies and gentlemen has ee.sI n I.,
IL large enough for ALL and embraced ma an R IN
classes and parties and shades of opinion through the length
and breadth oil our immense country from the forests of
Canada to the Caribbee IIandsom the coast of the Adam
tic to the peaks of the Coriieraslo;n., 49,. =, ~
in which it resided, and blessing the virtuehe bayery
the ntegny-the foresight. and wisdom and kindness and
gooane and patnosm and honor, and fathfunes which
made II Their home, and from which they went out into an
the world as apostolic messengers saying and preaching both
70 hauo ana individuals in the language of the Redeemer
u anna-1o aud do thou likewise. Be faithful
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we mean no dspaFagement, SIR to you your oratory
we venture to ASSERT that the apOkeosis of our de-
parted nefoie en- ogy of Zachary Taylor General can
ny Is anequaleg pronounced by soldier He must find,
aIOaa %s nglso E acls N his sonin law Col Bliss
~ "fs ms nltary history as history like his should be
"nl'en'
Wngs as we DO amid whole nation of readers writers
puoho speeker many VIII write and speak well Of his
;n. paelase' s saly age and education his military
ior savage warfare; his marriage and its probable
aon nlS career They will discuss largely
.nuhys ana eoquentiy upon his love of the army
w IN singular modesty. affabily, selEcoa
ahit d .'s hegty' saeacy great
anu Ipof.ant services 70 his eoentry His reports in
opinions ana decislons-hs letters, dis
-, ppeis' wni oe aoiy and vanously estma
m s anu many receive the atHfoersat
q Poster'fv as standing memorials Of
.a misuo ms nsuIe, MS habits his dress and address
Ih - ue "otu as u'ose oil Goldsmith or
aii aisV oe informed IN general way, IL we
~ aeaus, pY uasnlng ana ingenious writers
o niohteey buena Vista, and Resaca de Ia Palma are
as familiar to our ears and glorious those who
lem' as are Austeriltz and Jena, and Marengo
anu paaaJos and Waeroo to the armies respectively which
nut, iadles and gentlemen, friends and fellow citizens to
esumate zachary Taylor properly Genexal-o anntom
ne hofoughly his characero by all his actions the
strength OF his Judgement the goodness Of his heart the x
tent OF his capacity and the value Of his services to t
naiono suit the style Of writing and speaking To The spb
Iect, are matters not easy as most men imagine
1t probable that Gen Taylor from the native p,oiv az
his character has left few private and peronal o
his ife The want Of those records however can donhtl
IN great measure be supplied from the notes and
lions OF his military contemporaries and friends Il IS ,nugh
to be regretted that have not in this country IInd
Service journal, corresponding with the excellent pe,odica
Of that name in the Army and Navy of Great Britain Vet
never in age country Of The world did ther a h
materials for the lives of great men, as ths ars ana nation
can furnhh This We owe partly to the neyvspaner
partly to the general diffusion Of education Great how
ever is the difficulty OF arriving at tho ,yhols
and ambition, hope fear, popularity anger pride passion
prejudice, love, hatred interest," all nterpose and ba th
judgement creating before il mist yea rather thick ds
cloud, which the light of truth can scarcely pierce
Sun Of Justice disspais Lin me and Iwi hil you, IS
(with view very different from that Of the ,vin b
in Homer the great maxim of political sesbns ,he vital
principle of party t,I t .----7 :,
Obedience to the orders of his military superoro5estv
in speaking of his own share in acona dposon 10 ree,
things fortune and his men, obtained for he subect Of our