The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-09-09
NEW ORLEANS MONDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER g. 1850

cOuntFyIEeu theirs, CoueTnng
Office in the gift Of man.
My task anticipate the historian nor emulate the
artist but 10 make known to the world respect and ad
mratCH, memento Of high regard for Zachary Tay
lOr whom estee ned and loved man, hero and
as p1trtOt lie neghbOT cOuntTyman, OuT
friend By setting forth his virtues impress upon our
sons the rich reward that awaits them if they emulate his yr
tues, his devotion t" his county and his sacred Observance
of all the duties of life for each in their may be called
to their kind and country.
My purpose will be- IN the sequel impress upon all the
great advantage his robe of duty if it had been right
y appreciated, would have proved advancing the honor
and glory OF our common country and in making better
and happier people.
Zachary Taylor a MAN, a SOLDIER, and a STATES
MAN.
As man, may well say he was every whit man.
Whatever the brightest order of society lowest demand
# nature could exact by the srctest of Jsce, Of
1rptb, and of Mcrcy as fellow passengers the ioum
OF life, companion in the social domestic circle
whatever claims could be urged a or BROTHER hus
band father, of the people or as master
servants in the everglades Of Florida the wds Of the
West in his own country in enemy'1 land when
met asa friend foe by white man Mexican or Indian
aud when yielding To the sNacOns of duty Justice and
meTCJ. he has filled the measu OF MAN.
II said that the best sample of truly great orator is that
man whose premises reasonable Whose deductions
50 clear and logical, and whose narration simple and
presye induce the belief in the minds of his hearers
that his tale could be well told by any one else
This rule of simplicity the best evidence Of great orator.
might be applied to General Taylor test OF great
man. Who in his presence but for Z moment and
received that grasp of the hand which left the impress of
friendly heart but felt himself equal of Zachary Taylor
This feeling inspired you might lead follow, and he
would be companion. In him, mpusiye emotions wee
camed and subdued by and ref cton and he had
disciplined his mind the rule of sCci4 and civil right by
subecng himself the paramount obligations of duty To
do his uy, his whole duty, and nothing but his duty was
the highest asplrao of his mind He lived, acted and
died in obedience to the high behest Never mmOae duty
the altar OF dshpfor thereby you sacrif the pure
principle which friendship is funded.
As au officer or as soldier, he be euualed, but
sur assed. General Taylor was every whit soldier.
man may be officer without being sodieI But he is
solder IN word and indeed, whose rt lesson learned is
obedience. With Gen Taylor obedience being moral duty
SOservance emlnenty qualified hun to command Endowed
by nature and fitted b. education with mind of energy and
action mbued with true love of country and respect for
its laws and following the line Of duty led
he could not fail TO learn from obedience the com
manding. When commanding, lie would shrink Tcm no re-
sponsiblity avoid danget-if duty required sacrifice
Although sedier and officer whose pro eOn that
OF his sympathes inspired and nurured by
the Genius of Peace
Duty, conscientious discharge duty marked the path
OF his eventiu te the Sh and 9Th of May 1886
when at PaIO Alto and ResaGa de la Palma he filed up the
measure Of soldier Because, at Monterey, he did run
that measure with the blood of and children
and that OF his cOuntTymen, the life of each being
more value to him than the trophy OF holding the whut
Mexican prisoners of war, men, high places into
whose souls had been infused those elements true
greatness taught by the al aud moral law, triRpBI
not UGRQUshcG tOC. found anxious strip from
his brow the laures Justly Victory was all he eyeI
sought nothing less he received. That Obtained the
feelings of the conquero place to the nobest traits OF
The number OF the slain robbed victory of its pagean-
try and the heart Of tine would be found bleeding
the deeds of the hero.
Who tead his letter of coincidence to Henry Clay,
without feeling that the laures gaanty at Bueua
Vista, only STEPPED in the blood Of the intrepid
Clay, Hardin. and Mckee, but deposited in their graves
lie offered them as an obaton to that ineXorabe necessity
that made him the leader OF bloody but triumphant conflict
Every person acquainted with the ategies of war,
will take into the the entire aunihaton the 0ra1
Of the Mexican army at Buena Vista, may admit that wa
the nonauon Of Bggs batteries that lenced the cannon
San Juan de Ulua unnerved (he arm of Santa Anna
Zero Gordo aud burst the the city Mexico
General Taylor had at Buena Vista inspired 5000 mercau
with battle 2QOJ Mexcans. The Southern arm,
felt the impulse and the intrepid Scott only required
awaken in tho recoectous OF the Mexicans the scenes
Paio Alto, Resac0 de la Palma Monterey and Buena Vita
They were convinced by these evidences of American
that nothing aw sted them but surrender or flight
II was after the return of Gen Taylor from Mexico to hi
friends and the bosom Of his family during his soiouTn il
Baton Rouge and before going to the Ciy of Washing
ton, when assOcatng with him his co4 ge and meeting
him on the Streets that he became endeared to all who Der
mitted themselves to be drawn within the influence of h
bland and socia manner was during this PERIOD when M
was looked upon renowned hero and an asprant IN tb
highest honor and dignity given to man 10 beov ba
he was weighed in the balance his virtues his capaei,
and his fitness for such responsible position Every
expression OF s past life sCruniZed by the strcest RI
of political and moral obligation how fifty the nsigbis
OF his country's glory would sit upon him.
With the details OF the great and complicated macbnerv n
Government no one expected 10 find Gen. Taylor familiar
But the fundamental principles which should unite thest
states gIeat CUnederacy the moral influence which
as naon we are destined 10 WELD the family of nj,
tons, and the eat responsibility which rests upon us as
nation. TO show by precept and example, the ability of maj
for self government, understood better or fell
more than Zachary Taylor. the Importance of observing
steadast attachment TO the Union the anchor of su
hope--as the only palladium Of political safety and happ
ness, was with him the best evidence of American heart
And no one with such heart visited Zachary Taylor
when candidate. with honest to lest his fitness to
the Presidency, who doubted his capacity.
There is spirit inherent in man. that delights to be azzd
WIN 'he aio OF glory, that encirce the brow and is reflected
from the eye o man who has iumphed over the foes of his
country. Ii the influence of this spirit that rerved ba
ann of CJsar the Rubcon The daring act he knew
would IN the minds OF his fascinated followers change him
from hero god That by the flash of his eve he nu
draw them within the halo OF his glory and that wherever he
might lead its light would attract Others though bindIy ia
follow When man has been found, who, though hm.e
elevated TO the highest pinnacle Of human ambition by the m
hnence of this spirit, opposed prevalence in Others
Is an evidence that nature has stamped him the sgnet
true greatness-Slch man Washington and spcl a
man was Zachary Taylor.
That Cen Taylor ambitious no one need deny but
ambitious to deserve well of his country An ambtion The
natural fruit that generates in patriotic heart and sprlp,
from conscientious discharge of duty enabed him a homo
rs son and brother, husband and father as servant
OF the people and master of servants 10 fill nm the
OF man. AT PalO Alto ResaCa de Ia Palma Monterey
and Buena VISTA he was fitted by to fill up the measure OF
a soldier
The manifestation of dispeasure CONSEQUENT on the capi
don OF Monterey, and his subsequent exposure at Bnepa
Vista, where defeat and disgrace appeared inevitable ar
kehet IN the sympaes OF his countrymen who felt graef
or his services and Sacrifices admiration and con ienrf
which terminated by inviting HIM accept the highest honor
IN their gift The voice of his counymen which he had ,c
long served he honored and obeyed by becoming candidate
Tor the Presidency of the United States.
cardinal point in the great principle of popular govern
ment with Gen. Taylor was that so long as the military W.,
kept subordinate TO the civil authority our experiment nj
popular government could fail And as there never
would be wanting civilians competent in every respect and
re dy IN every emergency to discharge the duties of President
the military man should be permitted to remain in the camp
That Gen Taylor should ever have consented to Weld pr
cet full of sound admOntiOn, was matter of gre,t
establishment to many.
No doubt he felt, in common with Others that an effort had
been made TO arn his fame, and TO take from his reput.
ton the hOnOrs he had in long and tosome life #
to his country when size had examples of Washington Jack
son and Harrison before him, to permit his friends take an
appeal from ls detractO 10 the bar of public opinion He
did So and the result all know.
Nothing induced him depart from the sricte line of
dHB, honesty and Euth to advance his election OF the
known facts and incidents, which here strongly mark
the inexibe integrity of Zachary Taylor, one will be rep
ted. Once, when speaking with his counsel TO defend his
reputation against insdiOus attack with which it was
threatened IN certain law suit, he uttered language sd en-
phatC show the honest purposes Of his heart and Inn
guage that shall be remembered A petition bsiny
drawn up with great legal autene and tact and in which
the facts all sworn 10, il about TO be presented
when it thought that certified copy would dscnse lot
in business tGHSactOR sufficient destroy the bope OF
la u,Dtf,Y tss4 GiDaa ,