A Review of the Life, Character and Political Opinions of Zachary Taylor (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from A Review of the Life, Character and Political Opinions of Zachary Taylor The position which Zachary Taylor now occupies before the country as a candidate for the Chief Magistracy of the Republic, excites a very natural curiosity on all hands, with respect to his life, character, and opinions. This interest which we find everywhere manifested for Gen. Taylor, exists independently of his Presidential nomination, and has even a more solid foundation than any civil distinction which he may have received. It rests upon those higher qualities of personal character, which in all ranks of life, and all ages of the world, have conferred dignity upon the man, the warrior, and the statesman, - indomitable courage, moderation, and humanity. The life of no public man of our own day, in any military or civil station, can show so many instances of the exercise of these rare virtues as that of Gen. Taylor. - Reared amidst the perils and privations of a frontier settlement, and necessitated, through the whole period of his early life, to the performance of labors and hardships, incident to his situation, of no ordinary severity, his simple habits, unaffected and modest virtues, his courage and patience, are but a natural and legitimate consequence. It is not the design of these pages to go into any extended narrative of the events of Gen. Taylor´s life. Most authentic and reliable histories of his career, have already been laid before the public. A deep conviction of his extraordinary merit has long since found a place in the popular mind and heart; and the energies of all good men are now directed towards the best means of placing him in that high position to which he seems to have been providentially called. Gen. Taylor is of English ancestry, and was born in Virginia on the 24th of December, 1790, and is now, therefore, in his 59th year. As far as we are informed, his early advantages of education were limited, and only such as the varying fortunes of his family, and the ordinary teachings of the school master of that day, in the backwoods, could confer. On the 3d of May, 1808, he received from President Jefferson, a commission as First Lieutenant of the Seventh Regiment of United States Infantry, and in 1812, as a reward for his activity and faithfulness, a commission as Captain was conferred upon him by President Madison, with an assignment as Commander of Fort Harrison. Here it was that young Taylor displayed that presence of mind, capacity and resource, which have since so remarkably distinguished him. The defence of Fort Harrison, in view of all the circumstances under which it was made, reflects the highest credit upon the youthful soldier, and if no other success had attended his military career, would have justly entitled him to a prominent place in the annals of his country. From this period down to the Black Hawk war, in 1832, Gen. Taylor was employed in the ordinary routine of garrison duty. For his gallantry at Fort Harrison, he received the brevet rank of Major, and subsequently, in 1819, a commission as Lieut. Colonel. In 1832 he led a regiment in the battle of the "Bad Axe." From 1836 to 1840 he was engaged in the Seminole war in Florida, and through the whole of this long period of almost uninterrupted service evinced a wonderful exactness in the discharge of his duties - a watchful guardianship of the interests intrusted to his care - and a most heroic patience and fortitude in every situation to which he had been assigned. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
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