The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-02-21

b Burril b. Taylor. 1slio
In recent letter from Leavenwortb, Kansas,
We hear from an Ohio politician Of the conssrv- |
alive sort, who is . representative man, and
whose life, could it be placed before the rising
generation, might be Of service. The man We
refer to used TO be known as Buffalo Taylor.-l
The first appearance Of hr. Taylor upon the
scenes Of active life occurred while quite young.
His worthless, idle boyhood eliminated in his
running away from home with . stroling band
Of theatricals, with whom he travelled for sever
a years The next his friends saw Of him wasl
In q new character. He returned with large
share of brass and impudencs and stuck out his
shingls % lawyer. But he did not prosper.
The law did not pay. But he was good bot
rover, was skilled in getting in debt and had
very fue social qualities, j. O. played bluff
poker. seven-up and bucked the tiger when he
happened to have money. Besides he was good
drinker and excellent feeder. Having aavoice
that could be heard mile and having studied
believing IS profession, upon the stage, Tay-
,lor run into politics IS naturally Is duck into
water. He came out noisy politician and made
laundering stump speeches At oil the cross roads
and school houses ,aa1 'sA atsg9N-'1 go !,
It is impossible to do justice to bis career "a
politician. We can only sum it up, he be-
came constant inmate of gambling bells and
drinking places, caring nothing how he got the
means to crafty bis appstites and passions 80
), he got means. When he could neither beg,
borrow nor steal any more--when his wife had
died of neglect and want and he Vas left alone
4 worthless, bloatsd vsgabond that no one
4 would trust, much less vote for, Taylor made an
, effort At reformation. he quit politics, quit
drinking, bic friends helped him 70 decent suit
Of clothes and Taylor changed his base He
went to Cleveland and stuck out bis single
again - lawyer. But the second effort was
u no better than the first Having neither talents
nsr legal ability he did not succeed In the new
, locality. The clients would not come. : o,G Q
g We next hear Of Mr.. Taylor upon the boards
! again. He disappeared from Cleveland be-
tween two days with . stroling gang Of theatre
:, Gals, leaving many unpaid debts and ! few law
, hooks. His second effort At high tragedy was
very short He undertook to play Richard
Third 1t Cincinnati and roared louder and longer
than any man ever did roar, but the Cincin.
natians didn't like bic noise and biased. Taylor
took q disgust for The t'seck and hsskin7 dand
switched or into Kentucky. 81 rel ,asgt ~ !
h, Here No Lost sight Of Taylor for year Of
! two. But in good time be turned up in an en-
4 tirely new role. When Ia went to Kentucky
With his numerous icoomplishments and virtues
!, be went 70 the right place. Mr.. Taylor hates
Yankees, although hs was born in Connecticut
Mr.. Taylor never pays bis debts and hatss al
who do pay. He dispises thrift and industry
. although his father was man who earned biz
bread BY labor, kept bis word, paid his debts,
and was not above taking care Of small thinga
But Taylorb prodigality, his profanity. his i'm
pudence, his hard gambling and profuse drink
ing, to say nothing Of his borrowing, made his
fortune in Kentucky. He soon married lone
widow. Who had doubtless been left 60 by the
s,social virtues" Of her first husband, which car.
ried him oFsarly. Taylor not only married the
widow, but plantation well stocked with likely
1.nagerA" .'s. -. !.
Here 10 hiatus in our biography which We
must Gil up. But il is easily filed up. Having
drunk and ganblsd' away the last Niger Of the
widow, and her last acre, fhe could sell it. having
probably murdered her BY degrees BY his brutal
treatment, Taylor again turns op, this time in
Kansas, in new character. He becomes edi-
tor Of Z copperhead paper in Leavenworth. In
this new role he spread himself amazingly, no
doubt. How he abused the Yankees, how he
prated Of his conservatism, and that of the
Rebels, how he ranted, and all that the reader
can imagine. After stirring upa row, filing
his printing Office with Irishmsn, armed with
muskets, who fred upon persons on the street,
after getting things in such shape as to make it
probable that there would be blood-shed, Tay-
lor, under the darkness of the night, fed to
parts unknown. For, like Clay Dean, he was
always an arrant coward. Where he will turn
NJ remains to be seen. Perhaps it may be pro-
per to Say his Copperhead printing Office was
totally destroyed.
Such is the virtuons life of pure "Conserva-
tive" politician.
~ It is understood that Gov. Stanley's re-
sienation of the position Of Military Governor
Of North Carolina has been accepted by the