Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1836-08-15
ON HARRISON

y reputation of Cen. llarri,oll-l man WHO had
fought his way to tlmc under the mo>l di>adyan.
iaseouS cir'am stances, when tn kin lcrhoakcr
vas only known rs 4 hrd-ratr llNecr.tnl :, pctii-
legsing pailieIa--1 man who Wis en !lrir all the
hardshipS, privaons and danger, ofa frontier war,
when an Barren was endeayorng, in conjunction
with Hartford CoVcntionisis and Blae I.iglt to-
ries, to overthrow the administration of Mr.. Midi
son, and ioroethe government ofhis country TO sue
Tor IA dishonorable peace. For ourselves. we CON
less that mere military fame constitutes no super
laNc merit in our eyes, but rather IN objection, in
a candidate for the Pre>iacncv-aml therefore nee
support Judge White in preference TO Gen liar
flson. But we do not the less feel it both duty
and "A pleasure to repel the calumnicS which
! trained band of slandererS are heapng upon a
man who has done the State some service"
both in her egisatvc halls and in the tented field
We are told, by the>c wiseacrcs, some Of whom
were " mcwing and pulling in their nurses arms, v
when Cen Harrison was protecting an exposed
frontier from the tomahawll and scalping-knfc of
the savage, that he is devoid both of military ca
pacity and personal courage. Is this true 7 Let
the evidences which we shall suhjoin answer.
Previously to the last War with Great Britain,
Gen. Harrison, then Governor of the Nonhwcs-
tern territory, took the field against the Indian
tribes on the Wabash, and, with means, which,
Judging from recent occurrences, the draw ing
room Generals of the present day would deem
entirely inadequate, he conquered them at Tip
pccanoc. With what feelings that splendid achev-
ment was then regarded, we may infer from the
following resolution, which was adopted by til,
kentucky Legislature, in December, 1911:
Resolved, That in the late campaign against
the Indians on the Wabash, Gov. " llliam Henry
Harrison has, in the opinion Of this Legislature,
behaved like hero, patriot and general and
that for his cool deliberate conduct in the late
battle Of Fipp ,oaaoe, he we'll deserves the warm
cs' thanks Of the nation.'
Who is to he believed, the kcntuckians, many
of whom were with Harrison at Tippccanoc, or the
libellerS of the present day, whose knowledge of
GenIiarr>on is chiefly derived from the rcprcsen-
tations OF sucII creatures as Shadrach Penn, pur-
chased Van Buren, editor in the West, who was
punished by Harrison for his cowardce and trcach-
cry during the last war
AIuling to the battle Of the Thames, on the floor
of Congress, Lauedon ChcycS said The victo-
~ If Harrison ,y,s.sn,I ~ wo,d have yoco,cd Ia
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was signally honorable to Maj. Gen. Harrison, by
whose military talents it was achieved"
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Com. Perry in a letter to Gen. Harrison, dated
Aug IS, 1917, SAYS:
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Ana even 'oI H. NJ Johnson Is among lie most
OF Zen. liarrSonS eulo5HtS who might be called
i TO rpDrl the calumnics of The \ an Barren presses