Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1850-07-20
tribute to Gen. Tayler.

ton to the Presidency, will be read at this
tune with unusual interest q
wAsIIINGToNaA AND TAYLOR.
The lealing Lllat there IL n resemblance
between Gen. Washington and Taylor.
las been n long time impressed upon the
public mind, and it is remarkable TINT
ririee the days Of Washington, 10 man hhut
Cen. Taylor. has been thought 10 POSSESS,
IN eiiytIafut, the salne extraordinary char.
nClrr.
The following parallel, though hastily
drawn, will shadow lprtl, the reasons why
Gen. Taylor IL thought to resemble Cen.
Washington, for it nIItlde= only to i%nattrrs
familiar 10 10, but probably not before
So intimately cottra sted,
Get Washington, occupied ms hr WINS,
~ military matters, never abandoned the
dutiesi nor lost the character. Of one Of the
ltst practical farmers IN Virginia O
Gen. Taylor. although he Inns been IN
active military service Tor more than forty
years, l. one II tlcl,tost practical aud Gstic-
cessiul farmers and planters ia Louisiana. d
When Gen. WnRhiuFtor WIS called
upon to sigf, q death warrant. be was filed
viii, sorrow. and could hardly control bis
pen, .
ANA. When the dcsertera 81 our army, taken
I'll Buem Vista, were announced to Gen.
Taylor, he remarked that blood enough
he'd bec,, already shed, and ordered that the
wretchr4 should he driven from our Ii,ea.
O Gen Washington was distinguished for
lia strict temperance. W
Gen Taylor never drinks anything but
water.
Every man unlor the command of
Washington had the fullest reliance III his
Justice, and conIilcntially applied TO him
when tliey thought they had been wrong
god OF oppressed.
" Every soldier in Gen Tayior's army.
however humble. and IN whatever dill.
Guilty. instantly looked to him for redress.
Gen. Washington made it u personal
matter that his prisoners should he well
trehtcd and cared for.
Cen, Taylor gave to In Vega u letter
uf credit, 10 u7c if necessary, while n pri-
aoncl OF war, aud distributed provisions mt
Hucua Vista among the furnishing Mex
IcatIa, to he ut his own expense if not satlc-
toned by the government. ..
Cen. Washington was seldom betrayed
into ,1le exhibition OF great cnptiols.
Cen. Taylor, IN n conversation recently
@yitl, some gentlemen, remarked that he
had made it Il study through life to control
hla feelings.
Cen. Washington distinguished himself
b5fora he was thirty years OF agc, az Il
atietesaful commander ON the frontier.
Gen Taylor, ut the COMMENCEMENT of
lila military life, fought against the Indians
aud defended Fort Harrison, when he was
but twenty-cight years of ago,
Cen. Westinghouse remarkable for the
clearueaa Of hiH military despttclles, and
Ia bis oplstolnry c,eesrondence.
Gen 1eylor'a Military exploits orc not
I,,c causes of hjs popularity they are only
the occasions for the display Of his sound
pNyrleut. enrryy Of character. lofty and
pure sense of justice, aud kincorruptible
honesty, lie has - much reputation for
what he has wri,I@', as for what he has
d~onr.-oticA PctSjt0r i. Smith.
Gen, Wa hinrton VIA never wo,t0,d
IN bnttlc, although in severely contested
engagements, ~ al Princeton, Monmouth.
aud Brandywine, he headed his troops, and
was much exposed.
Cen Taylor was never wounded in
ohStlc, although he nlwava freely exposed
y himself to tho r%>ieiny'a fire, aud at Blcna
Vista charged ut the I,ead of his troops IN
the last and most desperate struggle for
>IctoryO
Gcn Washington inspired his soldiers
with tbc idea that his presence was sntii-
r.eiiSto make them invinciblr.
, Gen, THylor'a presence IN any part of
tho deld, was sufficient, not only to change
despair into hope. but to give assurance of
Victory, and drspcl all doubt of ultimate
triuniph-Cok Bihog,
GEn. Washington was m early riacr,
n~tethodical IN his habits, and c~Xacting Of
hlnecli.
Gen. Taylor IL M with The S,,n. and ne
composites Il great deal OF labor by his
love OF order, ana never ~rclaxcs from his
constant duties.
Q Cor Washington rose with cireum-
stances, aud was ever equal TO the tnsk
imposed upon him, whether IN the field or
ia the cabinet.
g! learnt of Gen. Taylor's sound iudg-
Incnt aud ~incNhaustible energy in Florida.
but ! did not then properly c~Stluato the
other aud high-nlinded points of his char
acter. IN the compaign ON the Rio Grandc
saw him tried under all circumstances,
and he alwayscamc out pure go,d.'--Gcn.
prrStfOr i. Smith.
D Gen. Washington impressed all who
behold him with a sublime sense of his ex-
aited character. aul displayed it in the
smallest as well "a i'll the most important
tsts of his life.
"Everything Con. Taylor says, as every
thing he does, Is marked by the purity and
greatness of his own Character. "--Gen.
2 Sryfor T.. Smith.
Cen, Washington, while in the field,
frequently wrote long and particular let
tiers 10 the manager OF his estate, regard
ing 10 kind ofcrops to be planted and the
disposition to be made o. small tracts of
land.
Gen. Taylor has ever pursued the same
course, and just before the baele of Bue-
IN Vista, found time to write n lony letter
10 his business agent, in which was men
~'hed the most minute particulars of the
manner to carry on his plantation.
Washington $ fame, Quits first inception,
called forth the admiration of the military
$hicftans of Prussia, Friedrich the Great
beng loud in his appreciation.
stephens, the traveller, tells us. that
whilst at Berlin, Baron Humboldt informed