Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1836-08-26
GENERAL HARRISON.


From, the Massilon (Stark co. Ohio) Gazette.
The editor of the Canton Democrat, the
most brawlng villfi r Of General Harrison
that is known about these parts, having the
eflron,cry in his last sheet to pronounce
him a coward, the assertion was promptly
met and refu,ed by the very individual to
whom he referred for an endorsement of
the fabrication. Jas. Downing, one Of The
Commissioners of Stark county, is the gen.
,lemnn that was appealed TO by this mighty
politician. The Democrat says:
I'VE are informed by responsible mon,
that Jas. D)oning, one Of our county com
missioncrs, who served under General Har.
rison as a captain during the last war, in
speaking of him (Gen. lIarrison) gave it as
his opinion. tha, General Harrison ai,cnys
,o1s cooard, and that he always looked
upon him as such. We could also add as
being worthy of remark, that we look upon
Capt. Downing, although opposed to us in
politics, as man unin,peachabte. Our in
forman's are also men of unblemshed cha
racters for truth and veracity."
Mr.. Downing says
I" pronounce the assertion made in the
Democrat of the 2nd inst that | should
have called Gen. Harrison a coward as to-
tally untrue from beginning to end. have
never made such an assertion nor do ] be-
eve it.. know him to have been brave
man. JAMES Owning.
General HIrrison and Simon Snider.-
Among the innumerable testimonies borne
BY Congress, the State Legislatures. Nh.
nlcipal Corporations, Statesmen, Heroes,
and Patriots, the gallan'ry and consunma'c
military prowcss of the glorious Harrison at
the Victory Of the Thames, the following
extract from Gov. Snlder's Message to the
l. gisla'ure of Pennsylvania, Dec. l0,l8l3,
will not prove least acceprb'e to Penn-yl-
vanians. See Duane's weekly Aurora of
d &C. 2lst. 1918, page go -
THE blessings" said Simon Snider, " Of
thousands Of tc3men and children rescued
from The scaiping knife orMe ruttiess Sarge
N he ,ciideraess, and from The sGU mare
s1rage PROCTOR. ~ REST ON llARRI
SON AND HIS GALLANT ARMY."!!!
INTEREST SACRIFICED TO PRINCIpLE.-Gen.
eral Harrison's farm, at the North Bend ofthe
Ohio river, contains some hundreds OF acres of
as fine corn ground as any in the world, and it
is not suited for wheat or small grain olany
kind. Many years ago, when corn could not
be sold for more than eight 10 ten cents per
bushel, the General established ds,llery in
order TO convert his surplus corn. into a more
portable and profitable article for the New OF
leans market. then the only outlet for western
produce. In a short time he saw the evils re-
,.,l, O.,
and, however injurious TO his pccnnary inter
est, he set the noble example of sacrificing
gain TO principle, an abolished his dl.rIe-v
In his address to the Hamilton county agrl
cultural society, delivered five years ago,
he beautifully and feelingy a!nles to this
subj ct in the following extract:
the exports of ONO are generally the
substantial comforts oflic, which are every
where acceptable, their arrival hailed as a
blessing as well IN the mansions of the rich
as inthe cottage of the poor; by the luxu-
rlous iubabtant of the lropics, cloved with
the luscious product OF his burning climate,
as by the poor negro who ministers to his
wants. Alas! that there should bn an cr.
cepiion that n soil so prolific of that which
is good, should, by a pcrvcrslon Of the in
tcnt1ns of the Creator, b. made 10 yield
liIuL WlIlCu 10 CNli W SCli '''l lIt dDI utu u
with an equal hand. TO the heart cheering
prospects of tlocks and herds feeding on un.
rivalcd pastures of graiu, cSh biting the
scrptural proofth hat the seed had been cast
on good ground how often Is the eve Of
the phllanthropc traveller Disguised with
the dark unsightly manufactures Of certain
poson-poison to the bpdy and the soul -
A modern .Eae1s or Ulysses might mistake
them for entrances into the Internal Re-
glons, nor would they greatly err. Bat
unlike those passages which conducted the
Grecran and Trojan heroes on their pious
errandS, the scenes to which all these con.
duct the unhappy wretch VINO shall enter
them are those, exclusively. Cf misery and
va. No relief to the sad picture; ~ "ar.
taruS there, no Elysium here, i is all Tar
tarjc darkness, and not untrequently Tar
tarlc crime. ! speak more freely of the
practice OF converting the material of the
"s'afT of life" (ond for which so many hu,
man beings yearly perishl into an article
which j. 50 destructive of health and hap
piness, because in hat way | have slnned
myself; BUT THAT WAY | SHALL
SIN NO MORE."-Ohio Peoples Press
VINO ARE THE ARIsToCRATs. The Lon
don Morning Herald, speaking of our new
Minister to England, Mr. Stevenson, who
is one of Mr. Van Buren's followers and
friends, says he is likely to be popular
with The .4ristocracy"
The Globe, whether as official" or sun.
official " we are not informed, announce rs
| that Mr. Van Buren, rides in an American