The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-10-11

devoted to fighting his battles over again, and
twice killing the slain" At Pittsburg, he reminds
biz hearers that 'he has done something in the
service OF HE country to merit the appreciation Of
his fellow citizens He has led her troops to BATTLE
and stood the perils and fatigues Of campaigns"
At Cleveland, he alludes to his melancholy cam
paigns," and says that, "during the greater part
Of hs hte he has been accustomed to expose himself
to the weather, anu ether Inconvenience OF camp
nfe' At Shelby, he introduces niuss'f as IAN old
soldier, nearly worn out" At Columbus, he taias
Of the "transact of national Importance IN
which he has taken part" and " will not affect to
deny that he has rendered good service to the coan-
try He feels that he has been successful Ia
neritirg the approba ion Of his fellow citizens
He alludes to the "hardship and suffering he has
undergone in the service Of his country" aud styles
RI visit to Columbus " great and glorious occa-
sion" Again, at the same place, he VOWS that
"fcS fifty years he has never walked, rose, sle' 4
eaten, taken glass Of cold wsscr, in the 4eld
ve town, or the camp, but that bis thought we're
J Of his country, her virtues, her reno IN, hsl
honor.'' At Maysvilie, he resainds his hearers o
"the services he has rendered the country, and the
gratitude he has right to claim from Them Al
Lexington, he alludes 20 his " labors for his
At Louisville. he complscently mentions his deeds
of arms and those Of his brave companions Al
New Albany, he admits that he has played ar
active part in the stirring events Of the last forty
FIRE years and has done his duty to the people and
bis'country." At Madison, he assures his hearers
that she has braved danger in more shapes thar
one" And 80 on throughout.
This, it must be admitted, is not precisely the
style of military eloquence in which Alexander
Caesar, Gustavus, Napoleon, or Wellington, Wash
ington, jackson, or even old Taylor, excelled W.
} do not 6nd them wandering from place to place
and Boosting of their "deeds of arms,'' or thsil
services to their country These great men, par
ticuarly Washington and Jackson, were averse
self Qualification to the fusome Aattery Of the
crowds who assembled to hear them speak. A
better model may, it seems, be found in Bomoastes
Our Generals heart is overlooking with the milh
ofhuman kindness to every person and every thing
he meets. He fraternizes with wings and demo
Gratis, and free soilers He loves the banks o.
! the Ohio and the shores Of the great lakes He
warns at the sight of fertile fields and beautiful
forests He is oyerawed by tall men, and provoked
to kiss the handsome women on his way. He love.
the horses which yoked to his carriage. and his
cheeks are believed with emotion when he speaks
Of the cattle Of Kentucky. He would praise the
pigs and the poultry if they had occurred to his
memory. He lotes the rich Irish brogue," and
would enrich his speeches with an occasional
"Arrah! be aisy," be japsrs, if he could trust
bimseft to make the attempt. He is delighted with
the foreign accent Of the German citizen
Were he to reach Louisiana in his tour, he would
proclaim the French to be the finest language in
the world. His honest heart bleeds for some little
ragged urchins at Cleveland, who, he says, ''are
covered with mud and dirt" OH eh oh! Such q
universal philanthropist was never known His
feelings of love and gratitude to the people
al-powerful, that, despite the fog, he could not
resist the temptation Of appearing in his shirtta at
. the window at Carrollton, and thanking the moi
for the clatter which woke him out of his first sleep
and laid him up with cold that Sherman's
lozepges could not remove What President we
. shall have when he gets into the White Housed