An Oration On The Life And Character Of Zachary Taylor

Author : John L. Miner
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780267465576
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (655 download)

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Download or read book An Oration on the Life and Character of Zachary Taylor written by John L. Miner and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from An Oration on the Life and Character of Zachary Taylor: Late President of the United States, Delivered in Cincinnati, at the Funeral Solemnites in Honor of the Deceased, August 1, 1850 How vivid in the recollections Of each of us these occasions are. The vast concourse, the general joy, the fervent good wishes, which attended the Farmer of North Bend to the busy quay Of yonder beautiful river, on his way to the White House, in the Capital of the nation. The hushed silence, the heaving bosoms, the riveted attention of the mighty throng upon the shore, when, from the upper deck of the majestic vessel, with head bared', and eyes streaming, he took solemn and affecting leave of his friends for the last time, reminding them, as it were prophetically, that they might see his face no more and for which words (as in that most tender and pathetic of all leave-takings between the great apostle of the Gentiles and his bretheren at Ephesus, ) they sorrowed most of all. And again, more recently, when he whose untimely death we now mourn, and whose great deeds and exalted character we, by these solemn services, aim to commemorate, came and went, the city's guest - the great chieftain, fresh from the fields of his glory, the hero of many battles, the chosen Chief Magistrate - oh his triumphal course to the same capital. But it was not the hero and the magistrate alone that the people honored in General Taylor. There was something beside and beyond these that bound them to him, as with an electric chain, that thrilled from heart to heart the highest attributes of humanity warmed and animated his soul, the image and impress of the Creator were stamped upon him, inspiring all hearts with absolute and unqualified trust in him, in so far as finite man can be trusted, and with that love and veneration which none but the truly great and good can call forth. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.