The Saturday Presidential Buzz-Zachary Taylor

Rory J. Koopmans, B. Admin., Beverly Crest Hotel Courtesy Computer, Edmonton, Alberta

September XXVIIth, MMXIV

Hon. Gordon Dirks, B. Ed., M. Ed., Progressive Conservative, No Constituency As Unelected

Dear Gordon:

As a Major-General in the United States Army bIV his succeeding to the Presidency & after becoming the civilian military Commander-In-Chief on becoming President, President Zachary Taylor was always trying to instill honesty in young people. This insistence on military integrity, honesty, & forthrightness ran the gambit from his children at home, all the way to the young soldiers he commanded in both battlefield & in civilian situations as a General & as President respectively.

"I shall pursue a straight forward course deviating neither to the right or left so that comes what may I hope my real friends will never have to blush for me, so far as truth, honesty & fair dealings are concerned."

March IVth, MDCCCXLIX (1849)-July IXth, MDCCCL (1850),

Rory

Source: XIIth President Of The United States Of America Zachary Taylor, Whig-Louisiana.