The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1850-07-31
From the Richmond Republican.
GEN. TAYLOR.


H" II appears like a dream. sad and
sorrowful dresm-ihe death Of Zachary
Taylor. The suddennss of The calamity
seemed almost 10 take away the breath
bysuprise; il was ihunder.boli. startling
and almost stunning the public mind. The
shock is passing away, and from the
troubled sky the big. sad drops Of sorrow
begin to fall. The tempesl &c party vio
lence is subslding into low moans Of Ia.
meniaiion over the tomb of the illusirious
dead. lf Zarhary faylor was 10 be adj.
mired as . soldier. even more was he 10
be loved as man. He had doubles. i'm.
perfeciions Of character. for he was hu.
man. though what his faults were We know
MOI, but HE virtues were written on every
page OF daily life. III
I've may speak now. beneath the
shadow Of his sepulchre, in language in
which no motive can be imputed by the
most unchariiable. but that OF sincere ron.
viciion. Wesay then, we look upon him as
one ofihe most upright. single-minded and
disinieresied Of mankind. His soul was
30 high above The reach of dishonor, tlla,
il clothed ell surrounding objects in lie own
moral sunshine. and made him incredu.
lous of faults in others, which had no
place in his own honest breast. He was
man Of simple tastes, Of transformations
habits, and entirely destitute Of selfish am
biiion. lie loved the good sword with
which he had served his country, better
than Iihe: scepire Of Stale; he loved his
peaceful farm, and his happy roof, better
than his sword, and in higher esteem even
than these, did he regard his duty 10 his
country and 10 virtue. lie proved him.
shelf q safe and = conscientious President.
II he did not enehain the admiration Of
mankind by brilliant genius in public life,
he did not disgust their moral sense by
private vices. The loss Of many a greater
man. would have been bul the disappear.
ance of bright, but cold and distant star,
in far off sky. The loss Of Zachary
Taylor, is the abstraction of a genial in
auence which warmed every freside. and
chceied every heart. We think of his IN.
affected simplicity, Of his kind cortlialiiy
of manner, Of a nature unaffected by Of.
licial elevation, and we forget even the
renown Of his military deeds, and cease o.
remember the loss of the President. in
The affliciion to humanity in the death Of
such man.
Brief and evenllnl indeed has been
his national career. Five years ago and
his name was unknown to The world. The
ihunders of Palo Alto revealed a great
military chieftain, man brave as Alexan-
der, and just as Aristtles, hero who had
no fear but of his Maker, and no ambition
hnt for his country. Intrepid in battle.
mercifulin viciory. humble amid applause.
he filled every heart with admiration and
leve, and won from his counirymen the
highest evidence Of their reverence and
affection, which il was in their power to
bestow. That he had enemies, is true,
and strange as il is true, for his only Of
fence was sucress in war. which he
sought rather for his country than himself.
and triumph in political strife. which
was forced upon his reluctant hands. The
envy which coveted his military fame. or
his Presidential elevation, should have
aimed its arrows at higher power than
the triumphant Soldier and President, for
he was placed upon The Rio Grande and
al Washington. by the command Of his
government and Of his country, and no,
by his own aspirations. In every station.
he honestly sought to discharge his duty.
and he will appear ., the grea. tribunal a
Soldier whose mercy was unspolled as his
valer, Statesman, without ambition, and
Man without reproach.
This is The second time within ten
short years. in which the Chief Magistrate
Of the nation has been called from his
earlhly station to the bar OF the Great Ru.
lsr of ,hs world. II is a lesson which
shoall rebuke the inordinaie desire for
power, and lmpress dpoh every nind the