Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1867-04-20
DEATH OF JOHN NJ. TAYIoo

AZ. taylor.
The melancholy intelligence reached, !.
on Saturday last Of the dealt, j. ~
MCCARTNEY Taylor. Although not .,.,'
pected, the community was sllea :.
gloom at the loss Of one who 50 b;.a,.
adorned the social circle With biz -.
virtues and genial disposition. ". s..
Major TAYLOR weil-kaew him int;n..a
IN the position be filed in the old Adp.,.:.
"fice, and predicted then, to other. s.
'angn'ne than o%u'sclf, that one a., i.
would take the lead in the political ~.
OF which he then claimed 10 be 4 -.
nent. Our prediction was vc,;6sa s.pe
none saw it with greater satisfactioa i saa
,%urself. He was a leader, not : ,od y
descended to nothing beneath the d;v,;.s
pr a gentleman in the advocacy = 4.
views, The strictest honor and ;n...I ~
were ever llnked with his acts. H;s :.
|'ltlcal opponents admired and feared (.
'aieat. They admired it because L =.
fair, frank and manly !; they feared q.
9 ause he dealt telling blows With .lms..
lnvlncihle effect. All saw with pl...s'.
ms approach to the pinnacle Of s, =.
bIt'on. His record in that is fres from n
|%reproach. All who enjoyed the ple..n,.
bit bis acquaintance know that dec.;, J.
guile never found even q Temporary ~.
lug place in the bosom of JoaY II ~,
LoR, To all he WIGS ever the free, -.
hearted gentleman. We loved him I.
Friend, because we knew and apprec;.,.a
his worth. In return, Is to every q.
ms heart was in his hand and it went III
aim in all his actions.
When the war broke out. be th,..
aside all personal considerations. and i
though the fell monster which fu,Ilv ~.
ID him IN his fatal grasp war already y.
BILE, he felt that his duty was 10 his "a.
try AID molly did he play his part ID IS,
great struggle. His fellow. soldisn xould
have followed him to the dsath-the,
found in him at all times ! friesds
whom they could confde, and one IL vho.
they placed all confidence, andneyer vers
they deceived. He was to them. q /
times, the same genial gentlsman-tas
same frank fellow soldier. He did his at,
,s became the true Southern patriot. cd
though others gained . higher militu
rank, none who fell on the field Of b.tle,
carried with them to the grave more ie.n
Of true friendship than flowed eset liz
|honored remains of Major TAYLOR
The war over, he returned tof6is hons
20 give bis suffering country tho benefit
|of his advice and counsel. His isliox.
citizens honored bin by . large majority
with seat in the Senate Of his adopla
State. A, in the 6.li. be played VII u
part assigned him, his only .hought III
interest being to redeem Il ni.iA.
from the ruin and anarchy into whichsts
has been plunged by the chances Il M
While at his post, the disease which
brought him nntimeIy to his grave began
tn shos itself, and despite the best medsI
attendance and advice, he calmly brs.ll
ed bis last, surrounded BY his bc,ea,fd
family. and d~isconsolste friends. A lsrgs
concourse Of citizens attended his remain.
To their last resting place-the rites Of
the Order OF Odd Fellows, Of which be
was a member, were performed and sbs
cold earth received all that was moltad
me of the nobicst men that ever gracsd
Gods footstool-the earth.