NOTE:"The North Star" is available on microfilm at the Schomburg Collection in New York City.
Z. Taylor
"Gen. Taylor, of Florida war, Indian murder, bloodhound and Mexican slaughter notoriety. . .The extent to which the American people carry this glorification of military crusades, is beyond a parallel, except in the days of the Roman extravaganza, which was but a foreboding of the end of her glory and speedy downfall of that haughty, insolvent empire and commonwealth.
"The extent to which this homage is carried, ceases to be respectful, since it is neither kind or complimentary, but like the homage of the serf to the noble, or the vassal to his lord, it is ludicrous. It is unfit for freemen, and only worthy of slaves; it is flagrant outrage upon common sense and propriety."
"The North Star," late Feb, 1849 on President Zachary Taylor's visit to Pittsburgh. (Ullman, p. 100)
