Vincennes Gazette, Volume 6, Number 16, Vincennes, Knox County, 17 September 1836 — Page 1

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V. V . v. Si Vr Why C.oah hi' !!! ' 1!-' po .a:-il Ho nuv'.v wain,!'-,- here. And Pn !Hid M.i ojt t t. .i For once the t :tst is i !i sr. I wonder wlwt !io v Tits t- :W ? Whftl Ills I.!-t l mv- ho I.I. .U. He uAril in.' lii'f at home to t-tu : I womii i how I . ii.lv? Oh win! !.. t -rt of !.r, t:'i: Supp- ' !i a--' whit thm' I'll .vtt.mdv be v.r. ! t. .'..:!,. 1'ra .-. air.u 1 1 l r u n. I tliiuk I'll Kwe liiai th.uuh. u ! i.-t; l!ut firs! r:i au-w . r i-...; Fur i!i.!:,v a ! v I.':.-. i:. f . Outstrips l.--r l'.:t '...y :..v.i. O, h'e ho r ?-!.-, ? I ho ir, An.l n -t .,;! "i ! I would I:..; tor ;!:. w. :', ! In h . t.v !. t !. i;,. Notices of the rut-lie fs-ervices cf Gcacrcl William Henry Han isen. The following lrit-! r.-.rr:tivo ol tlio public sen iocs of (Jen. Harrison, was accidentally elicited from the :uit'ior. A meeting of the citizens 1'. ; or;:'.;,.' t . the election of (Jen. Harrison. President, was hclilon the evening of .March 'Ji!. at the Court House, i:i -"iikvui::;: i. Mr. Jacob Uurnet w as prt seui. A 1. r go p.ov.on el the citizens i:i ::. ;st!-iiee had it p.-r-i:i:-a knowledge of the incidents enmio.-t.-d w i;h the early sctdon.i :i in whi.-h Con. Harrison bore a. pert. .Mr. Dunn t w.i know n to be convi-t'. .u:i v.-.;h them, from personal intercourse with the actors in all of thru) I r. tti . V : in .,;.. A -i -v :' " vj : . a" . :.:,:;! . t!ie l.ps ot' o;.t- -o o;: j'o-out m..ke it, ami so f:-:r.'.!i;-r v. i;'i the loo-o uM..n the call fit:so inectivL'. Mr. JV;rn. t a.i'.in ss. ! them, a!. r.i d ir rcipt. t i:n:i.-la-il tlris eketeh for puhUe.uion. It re.p.tire.s no editorial pref.iecto iiisrt it an attoirme perusal. Ci;. Gaz. Mr. Pn ,,'(. it! As one of t!;e ohjechs! f)F this mci tii:r is support mul aih anee! tlic claims of our friend anil it iiow-eiiiz''n Gen. Harrison, to the Pre.-iilt ntial Chair, wo may devote, advantageously, a part of the. evcninir to t!ie recoileetion of those traits in his ehnr.n r, and those acts of private, which we have r.nd which have indu his life, pv.hiir ced us to prefer hint to any oilier candieate who has boon named, for that hujh and important station. I am aware, !ir, that no man can recite the prominent acts ol his life, and enumerate his virtues, in an hour, or a day. A volume w ould not con tain tlicm all. Yet it mav :s, f d this crisis, to take a ram d dance nl some ol them, lint first, bn me repeat an observation made by the Hon. 1. Hardin, ol Kentucky, a few- years ao. on the th.or of Cor.oross, when discussi-t the bill for the relief ef the w idow f ( 'oinmodore : Decatur, and others. The hill proposed; to rive alarsresum to the widow, and a mallone to his iwo r.icces. Mr. Hardin' was opposed to the hill, hut contended for different distribution, if it should pas-;. He would rive the l:n-;ye sum to thf two nieces, wlio were of tie1 Decatur blood, and the smaller to the widow. Sir, said he, in Iventuokv we look to the lured we lay ureat stress on it I like the Decatur breed it is a cood one. Xow. Sir, 1 etn disposed to adopt the rule of Mr, Hardin, and say, I admire the Harrison breed, end am disposed to patronise it. Hut, Sir, what is it? The enquiry may be answered in a few words: General Harrison is the yoimnest son of the late Henjamin Harrison, of Virginia, formerly Governor of that Slate one of the most ih vot-il patriots of the Revolution, from its commencement to its chose a hi in I??."). he opened his breast to the storm, and defended the liberty of l is country, till the tnigfflc terminate-! i:i victory. I n.-ed only add, that, lie was one of the simmers of the Declaration of Independence. Such if the parentao-e f Uarri em, and in the lanjniajre of Mr. Hardin, you will re.-poud the breed is ijood it is w orthy of patronage. Uut funeral Harri-on does not look to the talents or tin: a 'hievements of hi aneestors, as a lom.d.imm on w htch to !uild his own fune. lie desires lo stand or fall, on his owe, i.u rits he invites a strict scrutiny into Ids own life, the oreator portion ol public dutie-, s loo :, d.evoteil to d t to th" insiieeiiou of the world. If it th. 11 he found thai h has been d 'licient. i idn riu t dent, intesrritv, or inzeil, for tne pu' lio irood, be is ready lo abide the eoiise.piences; but if on the conrr r , in the multiplied offices hi lia held, he h is ihschai-oi ,1 his duth s t. Ids roino. v w ii i o-eat tehai'-v ami !reai kuccoss. t!o n lie h i - a l a . .t c i pc!-t a ens. such ai I!the bands .if Ids i.-iiow -en. award :.s -!. ni-. tporter-, e : I . 1. ' peai to hi - i. '. p i:..o- ; u ! o. hih.it it n ; , .m-. i io.,u .., ih" i. : o;. i " fUll-W. ".': 1 to

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to certainly, thai ordeal unscathed. '.I'.'ohatam and the o.a,:is (! iho no.'ion. In the u.ir 17U1. the pn'slie life of liar n iMiiiMu ncei! i lie liad then tini-hed cuile iate eoui'se, a.nd eno uyed in the a pi'i'le-Mon die profession of s.Kl .1, inoilieme. ( her was ( dmost atmi !!ie infa.nt s. In thai year the t teran St. ned. his arms routed, and to. ned. his :davd, and as a coiiseipaoiice. nleuieiit-. in the .Northwestern 1 ,-ri orv. t i' At H.n saw e h ft to tin t!iat uloomy l ne rev ol .1., Ihe atsavaires. :en:io:i of nenoi rison t!ie t was tarned n n r of t!ie We: t, lie pionei rIns s mpalhv wa i i n. i! in then- !iolialf. and li diem, and !r:e:.,!s. R. resoien wimout iielv to pun hare their fat". 'I'iironli his .Morris and '1 nomas i . t i : I e nmiie api.ia ion in d n t!u the I're: annv, ; loent lor a ee st e t: e mo ie ol con.ri'muii"' to t i.-ir salit'. i'.. WashmiMoii, linn at the liead of the (oiv ernmen!. lnlormed his Irtends that the ar mv w as t'tiil. and dial he had me' mil mat he liatl iiii:h,i.' to ' wordiv ie acceptance of 1 larrison V su 'ao an s conililissi.m was aii he eouii .'ie. Thev n p. tried die re-'.dt, and ao! ! .' . . . 1 . i I . . . ii im u i. ii :r oniiir lneic.i ni a:.am p.'ojt oi and continue his studios. JiV'.e.' the'r ad ice, and told I'lelil w ndno to accent of anv lliin ' i'a on nic lie reio w as o i ' -i .oil l . i I i i e:e i l s 1" vh nt could uie. as his re-olu;ion w as unalterably made to no ihe West. Troni that moment he threw aside his hooks. p. it his studies, and with the commission of an eu.-io'ii in his pocket hastened to Cincinnati. In the sueeei diiiir winter the Siberian winter of lTUl-i, he marched from this place on foot, with his knapsai k on his brek, at the head of a small detachment through an uninhabited w ilderne.-s. inhst: d with hordes of savages to one of the frontier posts. This was the eomniiuict meut of his military career. Shortly athr this, Gen. Wayne arrived and look command of the army. His peiietratue.r eye soon discovered the talents :.ud moriis of Harrison, and he ajipointed him .-tie of his Aids. In ihe school of that vi teraii co; r, and with his exampde constantly before him, dtirimr the period !' four years of constant, active service, he acpiired the rudiments of military tactics, and learned the most perfect svsiem of co'iductinj a campaign in an ludia.u eoimiry. that has ever been practised. On that sy.-iem Wayne entered the Indian country, and pass, d throuuh it at his leisure, with entire safety to his army, as his pupil, pr-.ir-ti, inir on his plans, has often itone since. c ail rciuemner tlm victory obtained by Clen. Wayne in 17tU, over the Indians a the rapids of the Miami of the Lake, which led to the treaty of Greenille in the sueeeedintr year. In that eniraeement, I larrison was m 'the toremost front of the hottest battle;' his person was exposed from the eomniencement to the lose of the action. Wherever dutv called he hastened, regardless of danger, and by lis ell'orts and example, contributed as inueti io secure the lortune ot the da.v as my other officer suboialinate to the eom-maniier-in-e!iiei. 1 nese lacts, i learned from the lips of Gen. Wilkinson, Col. i mbu re and others, who were on the eo'ouml ana tooii part m the emjaemciit. 'i'iie retdts of that v ictory were important. y it, the Indians were disheartened and tied for peace. Safety was jriven to the rontier settlements, and the British posts, t the foot of the rapids, at Detroit, and Mackinac, were surrendered to the United States. The object of the warbeinj thus ;eeompnstie.i. an.l tue annv navimr no more rhtimr to do, Harrison, unaccustomed to a lite ol indolence, and unwillimr to eontract that habit, resolved not to remain in imp, when he had no active duty to perlorin, ami resigned Jus commission. About that time, he purchased a farm on Mill Clock, near this city, and became an operative tanner. lie exchanged the for word and the epaulet of the soldier, Hie piouoti and the plain trarh ol tin mer, and commenced cuhivatinir the for the maintainance of his family. In the sprinir of 1T!W. Col. SarLreant was; appeiuted (oivernorof Mississippi, and resigned the ofi'ice of Secretary ot ihe North Wi, stern Territory. Harrison wan to tnr v:ic ancy, and (r ? Territory) t. Clair .lischarbeinu abseil ihsent from t! jed the deiicati ( Jovernor of the and responsible dnti'-s ol North Western Territory to the approbation of the people. In the sueoeediier pear, it was ascertained that ihe Territory (which then extended from the 1 nns lvauia line lo lhc river Mississippi, and from the Ohio to the Lakes contained 5,000 free nudes of full :u;e: which, by the Ordinance of 177, authorised us to enter on the second tirade of Territorial trov -eminent: under that rvade we were entitled to a legislature, consisting of a Council and House of Assembly, an.l also to have a Delegate, in Coultcss. to be appointed by a joint ballot of the two branches of the Assembly. It so happened that I was a nminber oi the Legislative council, and, of course, minded to a vote in the choice of the Delegate. Harrison was a Candida''', and let mo sav. i.o was niy intimate friend. Some ears '"lore, when 1 arrived at Cincinnati, 1 fuoa 1 luyself in liie society of Ltrainrers not : In-.' i.r.... .,... I ii-..tl' it,.., I n.. .! v,-r oe.oic se,-u. i i.roucin letters to --.TO..: o . i . .- i , iioiiisoa, iiii'ii comniunilaui o I on . oi i on i ith -pi l I Wa ... ,', - received nv; w

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ii.. i-iniiiMii u ii.ij.i UJL JUI I hum u, wm ,.1 ... anus ami a warm heart, and 1 became ai most an intimate of his family. On thi-i.i.i-ii' im von are prepared lo near lie; sav I voted for him. Sir. I did not I votci ao.iiust him, aiid it was the most d.i-lress urn- vote to my fe.-lhms that 1 ever nave, i . . i i . . . i - . iui ue soon nccamo acipiaitited with my . i -. i i mome, apprccuueo n rm recilv , and our former friendshii w an restoreil. And now hot me exonerate mvself from the charm of ingratitude, on that, ecciisioii, whiob danatioii, would na!urdi without an cp fill upon me. It is muioraliv known tha: Jiidoe Symmes had contracted with th inieu .Maics lor me nircnasr' oi a mu.tion of acres of land that he had obtained : patent for about throe hundred thousand acres that he had (no doubt under a fid com icnon ill at his contract would lie coin . 1. 1 1 . O 1 It u. i so, u a lunre uuaiuitv oi and no VO! u the limits of ; iv, who pan h! ti patent, to actual 1 purchase money. no were then improv inn the l.m.l tliev had bouo'.it. Prior to the year 17!!. v oiurress pan riuuseit to execute ihe eontract with Svmmes. by w hich that numer ous and industrious class of men were liable to be dispossessed. Thi v had just oh lained some- he!;''lLrenee irom omjress, as and were anxious to havi pre-emptioners it coiitinued an extended. Tl vendor had. and still did oj'pose their v iews, from a belief that il iui;ht prevent him ohtahiim.r a fulfilment of his contract, and it was supposed ihat his son-in-law had taken the same view of the subpa-t, and, under a belief that the contract would be confirmed, and the purchasers thereby confirmed in their titles, would aho oppose them. Under that impression, the purchasers wore alarmed, and besought the Legislature to elect a person on whom they could relv with confidence. Thus you see the situation nt wliu oi 1 was placid: on the one hand, were those unfortunate persons, numerous and meritorious, reprosi'ntimr their iirievatices on the other, mv bosom friend, cxpoetinir my vote. W dh me it was a struoo-le bet vv i en duty and friendshin: 1 could no! hes.Lato .ailed a" iiust mv friend. He w.s, however, elected, and what was the result.' Under a sense of dutv- he became the friend and adv ocate ol those very persons w ho had feared and opposed nun; and nave prool to tne world that bis inieirritv could not be moved bv considerations ol personal interest. Ins 'irritv had never hi fore been probed to the bottom. But, Sir, this is not. all: he utd seen the injustice of the monopoly introduced into the land system 'the United States, by which the poor er class oi citizens were eilecmaiiv exclu ded from its benefits. The public hinds were sold in tracts so larue that none but the wealthy could purchase Tin poor man was compelled to Imv second handed n advanced price i md. consequently at t .i i . I 1 lie was at the mercy oi toe specula tor. Harrison had witnessed the oppressive operation ol that principle, and resolved to correct, the evil. He hrounht the sub ject before Oonoross, exposed the injus tice and iniquity ot the plan, and obtained the passaue ;l law, directing the lands to be subdiv ided and sold in small tracts. That alteration in the system placed the poor man on a tootimj; with the man ol wealth, and put it in the power of the en tire west to become trei holders and milelendent farmers. If that had been the ast act of his li -if he had 1 iron truthcrwould have it r-i Ins lame mi vivo, I iiis name would nave neon lovon ,1. . 1 i and cherished and his country, at leasi the western country, would have erected a statue to his memory: but he survives. md hundreds of thousands who are now enjovimi the lruits ot that hcnehoeni measure, planned and carried through by him. know not bv w hose :mency they- obtained it. 1 he records ol 1 onirnvs shew, and many witnesses still can testify, that it. was Harrison. He secured lite boon; and, in justice to him the public should be advised ' i o . .. . i : i . . ol the laci every man m ino nauon oultiu to know it. In the year 1 StKhConirress divided the North Western Territory, bv creation the Territory ol Lidi na. md our iriend Gen. 1 its li rst Governor: 1 larrison w as appoint but before we look at his. eon oliice, sillier me to notice a I'd laiimi to this period of his lile l net in this ;ehe-od, rewhich his enemies have recently propar aratol. In one of the resolutions adopted by the .hickson Convention of Kentucky, they assert hat he is a 1'oderaltst ol the old dfttfk coikiidc order, in tl Adams." A more u was never invented. ie time of the older llfounded falsehood My personal aeominencod in 17!Mt. u i untance with luni i under the administration of Wa-hinrton. The intimacy between us was ureal, and our in'i reourse was constant, and Irom that time, the habit nil he h It v memnaii, 1 was m of anvuiin.r and ihsputimr with mi, mi political .subjects. 1 was a federlist honesdyso, from principle. md ad hered to the party, till it dissolved, and its elements mingled with oilier parties formed on different principles. I can therefore speak on this point with absolute certainty, and 1 alTirni, most solemnly, that uuder the administration of Washington, and the administration of the elder Adams. W illiam Henry Harrison w as a firm, consistent, tmy ii liiiii o- Kepublican of the Jefferson school. He advocated the election Mr. .li i . ll'erson. and warmly maintained , a.oaim t. M' Adams. tow fjlh.'.v him. to lndiam, and a. ' cianm Ta t v.r.

oi icisc view ol his coimuct v lull a.t the head of the novcrimieiit of that tor riiory. Time will not admit of much d, tail it must sullice to say, that he was jrov ... .. .i, , , eruor oi ino i , rniorv anoul twen e V e n s and dtirii'.LT the whole of that time, su penntendeiit of Indian ll'airs. The dnties oi loose unices inh'llioviioe ;u;d iin, were diseharired will tritv, and securi d thi loupiahlii'd approbation both of .fedi rson and Madison, under whose administration.he served. During that lime ho mailt more Indian treaties, and obtained for iln United Stales, larger districts of land, and on lietter terms, .than any other nt m , i t . . . . .. . . io me i iupio ,u v mil riiiiioiii. l iaiu ami republican in his maimers and intercourse, and v i'jilant and iutcliio-ent in the discharge ol his duly, he secured the conlidenee and all 'ction of the sireat mass of the people. I'roin the necessity of the case, irrcat discretionary powers have always been vi. -ted ill territorial ."'ovcrnors: such as ine peoj eopit; oi iM Male hav e iru.-ted to thi ir Chief K.xeeutive Magistrates powers i aily : 'Usi d and perverted to purposes of ssion powers templinir to an ambi opp tions mind, and irrntelul to a tvr;uimca one . Hence be! ween Mil they ' the frequent and such ohioi is and overn. It may miter ipiarthe pt oph be alhriiK" iri ison was ef ollicers, relw ii with ralc'.v, ihat Governor I! lle.-C liplieo the lirst of ihat. w ho applied his i a-ottom liovv ers exusixeiy I i t!iO pul.oi; uood, ri ma ,i ood, , t, loin blessie.ffs in.-t'-:,d oi' cur.-os he was the first territorial Governor who retired from otlice vv itli the praises of those whom he had jroverned restinir upon his head. For the truth of this statement, we may ppeal to livino- witnesses, in every part of niiiana. esiuce that period, the powers ol such olhcers have heen ci'ea.tiy dunniished. bv acts of Com.o.-e.'s. In this way ho assed through twelve years of arduous duty in the serv ice of Government, and ol the people of Indiana. As superintendent of Indian all'airs, very lame sums of mo ney passed throuirh his hands cv rv vea.r. md sucii was the natitre of that oliice if the manner in which the money was necessarily disbursed, and ol the impossinlity, in many eases, of obtainim: v ouch ers, mat tlie Government was compelled to relv on ihe inteoritv of their aircnts for he correctness of their accounts. Such iciiiir the nature of that aironov, (hivernor Harrison nimhl have save d an ami, e "ortune, withoui the possibility of detec tion. But such was not the tact. When ie retired from the oliice, he settled and lid. meed his accounts, and not a dollar of Hil'iie money 1 1 n i ..;.. ,1 ;.. l,.,.ul.; J(. was as poor than, as when he accepted the aireiicy. Towards the close of his. term of scr vice s in Indiana, the dillieultv with T euni sell and the Indians under his inihi- , took place. That highly cifted I" had formed a plan to unite the Indience chic ms from Florida lo the Lakes, nirainst tin U. States, for the purpo.se of causing a recession ol a part ol the lands irranted oy treaty, and of rctrietini the settlements the whiles, within certain limits; and with that view he visited the tribes in per011, and was on the eve of succeeding in lis project, so far, at least, as related to the union lie soimlit. l?ut Harrison was not '.sleep, such a movement could not evade his vigilant eye. He penetrated the heme of the wary chief, and communiited it to the Government, in time to deleat it. As soon as the information was :ic directed Harrison to raise a force of about cLdd imiilred men, to consist of the 1th regi ment, and mditia volunteers; and to march to the Prophet's town, on the river Tippe canoe, lor the purpose ot securing peace. l'hat order was executed so promptly, and ic troops marched with such i.es'iati that our little army reached their lestination, before the return of Tceunisch. It was the special order of the President, General Harrison should carry the olive branch inv ite the Indians to a treaty asure them of the friendly disposition of their ureat lather, and on no account to provoke or molest them, unless he should actually attain icved. The little eil. This order was army reached the vila'p' in the afternoon. The Indians wen1 invited to meet the Governor in council, assured that no hostility was md were meditated towards them. They promised to meet him the next day; but he was con fident from their manner and conduct, tha! they intended to meet him in combat, and not m the council house, and made ins arramrements accordingly. He ordered the encampment to be so made, as to form the ine of battle; he dictated the plan, and overlooked Us execution: he caused eacn corps to occupy the ground on which it was i.o ("edit, ill case of an attack, and the men were ordered to sleep in their clothes i . i rail 1 . ... 1 1. and on their arms. i ne resun proven ins sagacity. Asj he had predicted, the Indi ans attacked his line, an hour or two heore daylight, and one of the most despe- . , . t i r i rate battles ensued that the records oi Indian warfare contain. The enemy kept, their r round two hours, and what is umimini with them, made repeated chame: on Kit mirlroons. Durin-r the whole of the tle. Governor Harrison was rai horsovvk. in thi' midst of the conflict, ihreetmo- ev ry movement in person. At length t' Indians irave way am 1 tied. Our t T took possession of the destroyed the con-fields, returned to Yin .a tines. tovvnand th nan iti y - .t :i .

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im ru the deep hud plain of 'JVoumx h w as frustrated, the Indians disheartened, and the entire frontier of Indiana obtained sc euntv. Notwiihstandinir the important results ol that victory were manliest, there wire liiose who atiempled to rob the vimory ol his well earned laurels. Aiiianj other tliuios i'. was alleged that Id's firce wa irre-a'ly superior in numberto the Indians. I his falsehood was easily put down. As soon as the report he can lo circulate, I . . O 1 - I , T I - w one io mv menu, can am e -. lti tan ao-ent ;d I ort avue, requesting informa tion on the subject. lie answered mv prompily that a number of his own tribe Miainis) had returned from the battle, oi. m of them wounded: that he had seen a numlier helimLomr to tribes on the l. , aon o tlieir way iihiiic Irom 1 ic battle, some of th em hadlv w ounded; that lie hail con versed w nh them, and that from their rrorts, the number en paired against Harri son was at least twelve hundred. Sir, I will venture lo allirm. that twelve hunred Northern Indians were never before efeated and routed by eiirht hundred white men. Manner and St. v air out number1 their opponents, yet both were defealI, and the victory of Wayne was obtain ed over an Indian force much inferior to lis own. It will be recollected that the ;atde of Tippecanoe was fought and won shortly belore the iaom miMiei.tiu.nl ,.(" ,!.,, ite war with Gnat Britain. Harrison lad scarce y re- ted Irom the alm-iies. ol lis recent camjiaiirn, when the war com menced. He ha, I lu-'t obtained secuntv or the frontier of Indiana, w hen his atten tion was attracted to the exposed situation 1 ours. Mull hail marched to Detroit, wiihout establishing posts on Ins route, lo secure supplies. Ihe Indians were be tweeii him and our frontier settlements. which, of course, were exposed to deoreitem, llarrtson saw our d.mc r, ami tastetii".! to our reliel. He ri'siu'iied the lovi rnmeut ol Indiana, came lo this place. is a private citizen, and a volunteer m our Ills . ready to throw himself between us tic d, u. ;-.'r that threatened. This movement o.vted trcneral attention, ami 11 eves were turned to him as the defendr of t)hio. As yet, however, ho was a private citizen, without military rank, or aunmand. Our sister State, Kentucky, new him thoroughly, and having entire onfulence in his talents, prudence and ouraire. created him a Alaior tieneral in lieir militia. About the same time, the 'resident appointed him a Brigadier, and mm afu r a Major General, and gave him he command, in chief, of the north wesn in an. iy . nuiii uiu dm,, he assumed the command, the frontier settlers lelt themselves safe, and those who had left their cabins and retreated with their families to the more dense settlements, for safety, left tlieir blockhouses, and returned to their farms. Such was the confidence inspired by the presence of Harrison. It ist impossible lo estimate, correctly, the disiressimr, perplexing difficulties he had to encounter in collecting- and transporting to the neighborhood of the lake, the materials necessary tojinake a descent on Canada. Uvcry article was to be carried over an extensive wilderness, then uninhabited, without roads or canals of any description. It frequently happened that wairons started from the settlements, loaded with provender, which was almost entirely consumed by the teams which drew it, before they reached their destina tion. During' the time these preparations were in progress, Hull having- surrendered, Harrison had a numerous and vigilant enemy before him to watch and keep in check. Witness their attempt on Fort Wayne their attack and defeat of Winchester, at Uaisin the assault on Fort St. Stephenson, and the memorable siege of Fort Mc ins. The defence of the hitter was one of the most brilliant achievements that occurred during the war. Harrison commanded the garrison, and conducted the defence in person. The work was temporary thrown together in haste, the principal security of which was pickets of idiich was pic! WOOl' hum! ii The irarrison consisted of a few d militia, and the fort was infested by an army of British and Indians, the former commanded by Proctor, the htter by Tecuniseli, amounting to three thousand. They were furnished with every cimine of war, necessary to their enterprise. Yet, with that fearful odds against him, Harrison maintained his ground, repaired the breaches in his works, as last as they wi re made, and was able successfully lo resist their efforts for twelve days, when ihe enemy, in despair, raised tin siege and retired. It was afterwards ascertained that, Procter had made a solemn contract with Teeuuisoh, to deliver General Harrison to the Indians, to be put to the torture. That stipulation was demanded by die savage, as the only condition on vvhieh he would join in the expedition. After the siege was raised, Harrison again directed his energies to the work of preparation for a descent on Canada. The moment ihat object was accompli died, he struck his long meditated blow. In a few weeks he capture.! Fort Maiden retook Detroit, with me territory urrcndere.I by and Iuili oi

(.-illml pursued the British

erloo,v tiiem at the river The. in which i os. and ncasfirhe route 1 captured an to a b-'U'e. , r-c I ih- io. i'-o Brili: h arm , 1 in i with 'ii-"'ir rj-i.'i!erv

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That decisive victory closed the war in the wist. The victor then went down iho Lake in pursuit of another opportunity of lighting for the glory and lafety of hid country; but finding none, he returned to his family, and the ( Jevernment havingno) Itirllier need for his serv ices, he resigned his commission, and, Cincinnatus like, relumed to the plough, and became again the humble, unassuming farmer of North Bend. If time pornoded, it would be a pleas ant task tii trace his subsequent career, in political lile. I o view him in the Legislature of Ohio. In Congress, on the floor of the House of Representatives, and sub sequently in the Senate Chamber, where he maintained the same principles, and the same fidelity to the interest of Ins cun'ltucnts, that has marked his w hole life. I'o the complaint of the war-worn soldier ear was ever open; that meritorious lass of sufferers never sought bis aid, or died for the exertion of his talents in vain. In short his lime and the energies of his mind were devoted lo the business he was ent to perform. We might follow htm, on his mission to Bogota, ami see the firm, yet conciliating manm r, in v hich lie maintained the rights and sustained the dignity of his Government. Ia that land of sup rstition, whero priest-craft and military rule were predominant, and all the powers of government concentrated in one man, our envoy did not cease to be a republican. The principles he had learned in infancy, and practised in manhood, became more valuable in his estimation, by witnessing the effects of arbitrary power, on the unfortunate people around him. Bold and daring in the performance of what he considered a duty, and feeling compassion for the oppressed inhabitants of the country, as he heard them groan under the yoke of military despotism, he resolved to make an i ffort i:x their behalf, bv a direct appeal to the honor, interest am! patriotism of the dictator, Bolivar. The letter which he wrote on that occasion, is in print, and does honor to his head anil heart. It is replete with sound republican principles, and contains an able argument in favor of civil liberty, intended to show the usurper that his course was as destructive of his own haipiuess and fame, as it was of the happi ness of the people insulting manner V .,11 l-.,.i. .!,, iii. mi nii.,11 mi. i u,i' of (Jen. Harrison's rocal from that mission, which again consigned 1dm to private life. And for these brilliant services rendered at the iminent hazard of his health ami life, what has heen hiu reward? lias it been money or fame? As to ihe first, wo ail Know ihbii li k -ft 'io jul)ii ecrvieo aj poor as he entered it; and as to the second, let me ask your attention to the thousand slanders which have been propagated, and are still circulated against liim for tho wicked purpose of robbing him f a character, in the acquisition of which he devoted forty years to the service of his country. 1 o what quarter can you direct your attention into what aomini ration print can you look, and not see this pure, anassumiug patriot branded with epithets which belong to knaves and traitors only? It seems as if every braying politician, who looks for oflice without merit to sustain him, attempts to conciliate the powers that be, at id gain standing in the ranks of the party, by pursuing this uiihallovve-l course. The public services, nndprivato virtues, which he honestly claims, and which are legitimately his own, are wrested from him. The laurels which his gallant deeds have won, are torn from his brow, to decorate, and give false lustre tij a would-be-rival. "Kvery thing amiable, lovely, and of good report," however appropriatelyhis own, is denied him, and there is no epithet in our language too degrading to be applied to his character. Believe me, Sir, nine-tenths of thoso who thus assail him, do it in despite of their belter judgment. They know the truth diey understand his character they are conscious of the falsehood and injustice of their charges; but having mado up tlieir minds to cast off principle, in pursuit of persona! aggrandizement, they go ahead, reckless as the pirate or the highway robber. They pursue this course from policy, because they know the firmness and purity of the Ohio firmer. They know he cannot be won by partisan ser vices that in his hands the patronage of the Government would not be brought into coiuTu't with the freedom of elections; and that therefore the demagogues of the day would not find the political caucus, or the olec'ion ground, a safe road to office. Our candidate displays no Hag inscribed with the. mot'o of the Albany regency, The p noils of victory, (meanmg the of fices and the treasury of the nation,) helong to the victors." Hence it is that hi talents, public services, firmness and intrepidiiy of purpo: e are the procuring cause of the persecution he endures. Uml . r sti'th tneumstanecs, it is conso ingtn Itno .v ihat he is not indebted for bis nomination to executive influence, ofHciat caucuses, or nis ow n intrigues, out io ihe free, spontaneous will of the people themselves, firmly and loudly proclaimed in tlieir primary a eniblies. Yes, the peole of Pennsylvania, of iheir own free will c. 1 : or.!, were the fast to pla.ee his io,",i-' 1 name on i!-e teli ef candidates, ;,'', thi v have svsiai ned. and will suslaiu it. owe l'iie people ol tne West, part ienh-rlyA him a uJht of rutitu-.!e, which they