Litchfield enquirer., 1836-09-01

1oaI...,.iIv meeting with nuIn1sf ~
 .,. q naiiv Times" the Van BuIen = =. ..;..a =.
 .;tv. few days ago, noticed an .,.. .ss,..
 sTticIe in relationt to Gen .. z. cod1,e
 tained tne .Iss 1r;d acho has ueDer been
 .O"0 .,:. S:r .,I serer publcly sh0acn cry ae't-
 :.: sIo.,lz ~ zs1ss he -, sn-.D c ....s
 -, -. sSsrzg kssew hhen daving heretoIoIe
 .~,,sed that paper 70 pc 1oLS ni .sS
 si.PlprsI character than most of the Van Bu-
 gs,. gs nrints. I was surprised that its editor
 lLboid so far presume upon the ignorance of
 ;s. readers. or show such a foolish disregard of truth as to put forth a statement that bears inc marks of wholesale coinage on ifs very face. ., ,,,, v. ... the whole west the name or PATERSON iS as
 fam;liar to every man, woman and childs as | those of WASHINGTON and JACKSON and there | isnot an individual in any part of the Unlon,
 Uho knows any thing of the history ot hrs country, to whom, the military renown and | distinguished civil services of Gen. Harrison | are not well known. Besides the consplcu-
 ous place he occupies on every page ot the
 history of the West, and of the late war with
 Great Britain, memoirs of his lie nave 0een
 written by two authors, Judge Hail' one GI Itne
 first literary men in the west, and MT. UaW- son. another biography of him has recently | annearefi SO that it is not for want of sources nf information if any blockheGd is found igno- l rant of the history of a man. of whose eieya- ted Character and gallant bearing inc whole country may we'll be ptouds 9tpsif
 si,s WAo Aas never been in public life '' What unparalleled impude Excuse me, Mir. Editor, for cannot restrain the expression of my honest indignation at such gross and mis- erable attempts to mislead the public. Why, sir. General Harrison, at the age of toenty- -sir, was elected tOsa seat in Congress, after hav- ing served in the brilliant campaigns of the west hy the side of the gallant and dSuccessful WAYNE, who, in his deSpatcheS to the Secre- tary of War, after the bloody battle of the Miami, noticed the youthful soldier as hay- ing by his conduct and brGUery ercited the troops to press for uictoTy." He took his seat in Congress in December, 1700, and notwith- standing his youth, became an active and leading member in the deliberations of that body. One proof only need be adduced of the estimation in which the talents and polit- ical forecast of young Harrison were held in that Congress his appointment as Chairman of the Committee on the public lands, and his Report of Q plan for disposing of them, which was immediately adopted, the benefit of which the whole western country at once felt and continued to feel for many years.
 On resigning his seat in Congress, General Harrison received the appointment of Gov ernor of Indiana Territory, then embracing what now conposes several States, and con tirlued to exercise the duties of that office fol many years, with the full and undiminished confidence of the whole West in his integri. ty-and eminent talents as wise and practi. cal statesman. need not refer again to his public services during the war; but let it be borne in mind that this obscure a County Clerk, " who is represented by the "Times'' as u,kysotcs to tbe ndtioa,1 = was voted COLD MEDAL AND THE THANKS or CoNGREss for his gallant and efficient services during that pe- riod, by both Houses of Congress, with but one dissenting voice at the session of1616 IT.
 Repeatedly appointed by President Madi- son commissioner, to treat with the Indians, at tho same period elected soon after mem Der of Congress from Ohio; subsequently, elected to the State Senate, and in 1894 to a seat in tho Senate of the United States, and appointed in 1898, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to, the Republic oi Colombia-on one might suppose, the averment of the "Times'' to the contrary notwithstand- inc, that Gen. Harrison had seen something Of apublic llfe,s ts
 It is true, that having been, like Jefferson, Monroe, and othersof the old fashioned stamp of statesmen, scrupulous about availing him. self of the golden opportunities that political influence placed within his reach. he did not enrich himself with the spoils of the people, in the manner of some of four modern greatmen He did not speculate tcitk tte people's money nor appropriate to himself as he might easi- ly have done, large tracts of the most valua- ble public lands but ever making his own interests secondary consideration, General Harrison retired from the field of public life with only. a moderate estate. Under these circumstances, with a family requiring his at tention, he accepted the important and lucra- tive, though laborious office of Clerk of Ham, ilton county, Cncluding the city of Cincinna- ti0 with salary, it is said. of five thousand dollars per annun1. The "Times" sneers at his accepting that office after having been aGovernor of what. has become five states ;'' but the same journal has not a word of cen- sure, or single emotion of contempt towards MT. Wogf late Governor of the great key- stone State of Pennsylvania, or MT. PGssis formerly of the U. s. Senate, and Governor of the State of Maine or Mir. IRT0op. late Governor of the Empire Stafethe two for mer of whom have taken clerkships at Wash ington, of less value than the poor county clerkship at Cincinnati, and the latter of whom has condescended to discharge q at low water mark, ' sort of tide-waiter's du- ties in which he is at this moment engaged. Ohs no! these gentlemen arc good and faith ful lieges ofsthe a heir apparent "a circum- stance that quite alters the case in the view of the Times" \. '.:s ea5.fs
 Ishould not have thought it worth while. Mr. Editor. to have noticed the pitifhl at- tempts of that journal to ,underFate and viliy Gen. Harrison, with such shameless disre- gard to truth as is shown in the Editorial ar- ticle under consideration, were it not that this very week. the same journals after taxing .