The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1840-04-16

such a charge as had been advanced agalnst han
| seriously. The gentleman had charged him with
being black cockade iederalist Of '95. and with
having voted for the standing army and the alien
and sedition laws. lie had not so fertile mem.
DRY as the gentleman from Virginia, nor could he
at command call up all the transactions of nearly
thirty years ago. lilo could say, however, that at
the time alluded TO, he was not party man IN the
sense the Senator from Virginia usod-he was a
delegate OF territory which was Just then rising
into Importance, and having no vote on the gen.
eral questions before Congress- il was neither his
duty nor the interest of those whom he represent
cd, to plunge into the turbulent sea of general
politics which then agtated the nation There
were questions Of great importance TO the North
Western territory then before Congress- questions
| upon the proper settlement of which, the future
prosperity OF that now importan, portion of the
Union greatly depended. Standing as he did, the
sole representative of that territory, his greatest
ambition was TO prove himself faithful to his trust,
by chershing Its interests, and nothing could have
been more suicidal or perncious to those be re-
presented, than for him TO exasperate either party
by becoming a violent partisan, without the pow.
or of aiding either party, because be had no vote on
any political question. This was his position,
and although he had his political principles as
firmly fixed as those of the gentleman from Viz
ginla, 1t was no business Of hls to strike where he
could not be felt, and where the blow must reco
upon himself and those whom he represented
lie wore no cockade, black, or tricolored, at that
day--and never wore one but when he was in tue
military service of his country But he was Sc
Tlously charged with the hoinous offence Of asso
eating with federal gentlemen. lie plead gull
ty--he respected the revolutionary services OF
President Adams, and had paid him that courtesy
which was due to him as a man and as Chief Mag
istrate. lie also associated with such men as
John Marshall and Jas a Bayard-was tie ac.
acknowledgement Of such guilt 10 throw him out Of
the pale Of political salvation
On the other hand, he was on intimate terms
with Mr.. Jefferson, Mr.. Galatin, and with the
whole Virginia delegation, smOng whom lac had
many Sinsmon and dear friends. They were his
principal associates 10 Philadelphia, in whose
mess he had often met tho gentleman who was
now his aceuser, aud With whom he had spent
some of the happest hours Of his life. II was
true, as the Senator alleged, be had been appoint
ed Gosernor OF the North Western territory BY
John Adains--so had he been by Thomas Jefor.
sou and James Madison. lie was not Ia Con
gress when the standing army was created, and
the alien and sed!ton laws were passed. and il he
had been he could not have voted for them and
would not il he could II was not in hs nature
- b. a violent or prosenp;ive pariizan, but be
had given Srin support 10 the republican admin.
Istraton Of Jefferson, Madison and Monroe
lie hoped the Senator from Virginia was answer
ed-he was sure the Senate must DO wcared with
this frivolous and Improbable squabblo."
An attempt was also made to dispnrnge
Gen. Harrison and to cast obloquy and dis
grace on his military fame. The charac.
ter Of our officers belongs to the country
and he who would try 10 rob any Of them
of their good name, stands justly charge
able with being a 3" lover Of Cesar more
than Rome" IL was grayely asserted that
Gen. Harrison had never been IN but one
battle, and that was at Tippccanoe, and he
would not have been found there but he
was asleep, that he was led 10 choose the
ground for the cncampmeut by his enc
mics and that he did not place out guards,
but went TO bed without making the ueces-
sary preparation for defence. Hear what
an eyewitness SAYS relative 10 the selec,
ton of the cncampmcnt
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Colonel Clarke (wbo acted as Brigade.Major to
Gen. Harrison 10 examine The country np md
6o"n The creek until We should find suitable
discovered t.s place on which the army sncamp.
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'" nv. vas gwen y ''e ihu'anS u uneu
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Hear also what was said relative TO Gen.
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i'i '''"" N"'AN"3 ~ an "''''Vi ~ '''
who were on the ground, and before il be.
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