Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1827-09-15

O.. GENERAL HoUsroN. At public
dinner, given at Franklin, Tennessee, in July
last, General Samuel Houston, then candi-
date for the Office Of Governor Of Tennessee,
delivered speech, in which in terms some-
what offensive, he alluded TO n mortal combat,
had between him, and General William White.
His remarks, has induced General White to
come ont in formal address to the public,
since the elevation Of General Houston TO the
gubcrnatorial chair, in which he rcca pitulatcs
, the whole of the incidents which led TO the du-
cl. At the close of the address, he INDUCES
in the following remarks, which VIC copy, for
the sake of laying before our readers, nforma-
tion relative to the history Of General Houston.
"As to Gen. Houston, every ariifcc and
effort has been resortcd to by him TO disgra &C
or destroy me, and what gives to his conduct
cast of the blacklist ingratitudc, is the fact
that he has practiscd this schcpic against one
of his greatest bcncfactors.
| "To show that this is no empty defamation,
| will here state, that it is in my power salts
factorlly to prove it. The first time ever saw
Gen. Houston was whilst he was a subaItcrn
officer in the army l happened to be near
| him at the battle of tho Horseshoe, when he
| was wounded, and there Witnessed and have
ever since borne public testimony TO the gal
| lantry OF his behavior, and because took the
| liberty on that occasion Of contrasting his con-
duet advantagcously with that of some other
| officers Of his regiment, was in imminent dan
ger of being called to IA solemn account. The
| notoriety thus gvon 10 Gen. Uouston's con-
| duct at the only battle he ever was in, am
| fully persuaded, is the chief foundation on
which his subsequent fame and popularity have
been erected. Yet after all this, merely be-
cause had tho independence to appear in his
| tp,v ~. al 49, Al
delivery Of note, demanding satisfa ctien for
an injury nc had done to man in no respect
inferior to himself, my reputation, or my life
must be the sacrifice to atone for the offence"
General Houston, in his speech before allud-
CD to o,declared that General White. had caused
witnesses to be present, at the time of the af-
fair of honor, that complaint might be made TO
the executive of Kentucky, and cause his p
rest. To this General White makes the follow
ing reply.
"Among other strange things it appears
that the General, in his clcctionccrng dinner
speech before alluded to said, "that witness
had been sent from Tennessee to Kentucky,
to give information against him." &c. &c. If
tho public arc not sceptical rs to tho truth of
this statement, must confess that am, and
il the General docs not furnish the name of the
witness, and the oDfcious person who sent
him, shall continue to be so. No person
ought to feel more interested in bringing Gen.
eral IT. TO condgn punishment than myself,
yet boldly disclaim any agency of my own,
or on the part Of my friends with my knowl-
edge or appreciation in that prosecution. And
although am, during tho remnant of my life,
doomed to feel tho effect Of his injustice and
ingratitudc, yet am content to leave him 10
the horrors Of guilty conscience, and await
the more awful period, when he will be strip [
ped Of his " little brief authority" and neither
the name or influence OF great man, nor the |
misdircctcd sympathics Of dcludcd people,
will screen him from mcriicd punishment.
II is true that my deeds in tho late war have
not been blazoncd or ever mentioned in any |
general order, nor have they been rewarded !
by public appointments, and yet | am conscious !