Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1840-06-01


cohli make magistrate. whose jurisdiction should
n stretch from thehco 10 Macknaw. where IL was TOO
e cold Tor corr 10 grow, even In regions productive
l OF cotton, aud nj most Of sugar. | thik have
r personally Obtained for the country. from The In
dams more millions OF land thap The sword Ola
conquetor "Nei permanently won, aud trust never
! dishonesty To hear and plain farmer talk
thus. all history more than confirming his every re-
nath. and that farmer IN the vieor OF ripe old
, age--now tcaping the rewards Of honest ndrstty
amid his own well canned GelIs--seomod 10 - likr
dream, and can hardly realize that this Ohio. this
Indiana. isnot vision created by some maCi. When
Napoleon conquered cty-when the III color Wa
carried by hislrgons upon the baulements Of Der
I'm 81 Jenna, Pdts was IN ecstasy, aud all France
tang wilh acelamalions hut hrre il American
tesa', nj work on his own hrm, making for
INN ms own commentaries, who eauiCd The Ametl-
eau flag The funniest II was carried in ms
i'he' l9'ihet thln from Rome To the Danube, n
mong terrible eavages too, who only laid down hs
sword when The iofcst cleared oil them. aud that
nag stood waving IN Triumph ~ the uppermost Can
'ada--tniiher IN advance IN The Bdtsh dominIons
than since the days of Montgomery and moie than
all this though where this wilderness was, here is
net one city, but wilderness ui cities now the most
beaulltnl OF which ~ that where this Young ensign
wheeled hi4 company Farmers inopn,erablo a
mong them too, and empire Of People, among
the happiest, the wealIhicsi, aud ffees earth
! say all this seems To me like yision--nnd whcn
dwell on II, aud think OF the services of HARRISON and
his armed pioneers cannot bur feel that The true
glory oil the Cnsais Of Rome aud oi France OWN.
dies luto nothmg compared with the Wonderful
achievements oil the man whose toll aud blood have
made 50 many people happy
We Eastern people know nothing of how this
country was won aud settled, aud hence VIZ cannot
understand the onIhnsiasm with which General
Harrison inspires his friends. We love those who
have bern brought up with ~ At home and 10 school;
but how much more rs the love OF them who have 4
been rocked aud ctadled III dangcr-whosc home has
been the common Wilderness" hose bed the bark 4
OF whose rtIluW tllelI saddles aud whose
npy the ssN--n hose music but the veil aud howl 81
the painted savhpes, and whose welcome but the 4
tomaha" aud ND aud how iutensels the oveof the
masses ipf that slight and nltcnualcd aud youthful
leader Who shares all tins danfer--whose yalor Is
pattern Tor theu--whose tongue inspires them 10
acuon, and wllose pen records Then worth This
l. the sioty OF lihrnson aud upon such principles
tic affection oi the West Ion him - founded. And
now tbln1 al the tenlbo INDIGNATION that awaits +
those who dccIy these deeds. aud "enonnce the ac-
Tor ~ a ppltlaon coward, 50 many ol the eve
witnesses being YET alive and on the stage OF busy
action. Il shall aav man his life" exclaimed
an indignant lloosler III my hearing, when over, /
heated 10y anger, - who ellis my old commander
coward"
tuok ont OF General Handsome library the /
History OF the lnst War IN the WraI, wuiten by
MtAlee printed IN 1919, valuable historical work
which ought To be OF good authority ~ CONT MeA-
fec bemg II that party, aud nov living III Kentucky.
| read II, with the power 10 obtain, ~ The sumo
llme, tie running commentary oi General HARRISON
upon the uru aud the events narrated in II. |
know not when have found work, thus read, !
agreeable lor the events, beginning with the batlG
ui Ippccanoc and ending wuh New Orleans, ave all /
of thrilling interest and such hut Iulc known +
At The E,st ] could not bat remark upon the IN /
pressipc memory oI General Harrison. lie scanned /
only 10 Know all his officers well, hut all ms
soldiers too aud remark thai he made stuck me !
of The mingled character ol civilian aud SOLDIER lac ,
wus Obliged 10 have IN order govern his army. For
leading CltiHcns, as many ~ the ranks even were,
eminent lawyers 100, The tongue aud The pen were 4
as necessary tor success ms the sword. Hence The .
wonderful success General Harrison had, in this va
Red alenf, in being good speaker aud good wri
ter too, "a we'll - good soldier, oiatiachpg To hn
! all both officers aud soldiers. under his command. Fl
1heie are maHy, suppose. who VIII think ~re 4
but faf political eject when say General Idrl-
son - OF The best educated men IN the cOun- 4
Try. But do sincerely believe, therc ~ 10 mhn f
wlih a sounder and better education Ion the posi-
lion 10 which he ~ recommended, than he has.
Ia the general literature Of the day, there but
lt.w men 50 well read Who discriminate IN IL
WELL aud II the me principles ol the Constitution ne
/ WIS most sonndly imbucd ty his iathef, by Panck
/ Henry whom lie had heard, by George Washing
ton, BY Robert Morris, rs we'll IA l. MI the En-
gina Fathers OF the Revolution. lis ieminis-
"ences ol Virginia lie are interesting aud fresh W
me. lie seems 10 be a link oil the present 10 the
past, with ssmparhlcs for each aud he can Illus
make hlmscl agreeable Ia the Young well MS TO
i the old do not know when have mel n man
wilh good eolloquial powers. aud, al The me
tIHr win such fund Of matter aud personal au-
cctlutes 10 we zesl Ia his Conversations Asiur his
health, such ulen With hHbIis like hs, Of a lie so
serene amid pune ait, upon a farm, they do not So
much die as that theif irancs wea ooi. lhe1
modes of thought, and ther processes OF llIe real
ne What Cicero pants IN his De Senecihfe, lie serene
old age Ola hrallha exercise OF body aud mind,
time ocver hanging heavy upon them, or they have
enough do, aud dpalh having 10 tetfofs, Lon con.
science has stings.
/ babe reluctant adicu" TO This happy home Of
avcncrnLc aileta prolonged stay, 1t has been n
moug the happest visns oil my lIe-the most IN
s.rnclyr aud he most Interesting. | have not SAID
onr notd Of Inn would not have said II he had
not been brfoie The People, with almost a certainty
Of having lhrr highest rewards IN then highest hon
OF. llishufaI dwelling the antique sIdeboath, the
. Lords Prayer IN lis linie-wu frame the PLAIN
and hot e-wfonah carpet, the spacious fireplace,
tended, tou by himself, and kndlcd In the morning
alwuss by lls band, the ru~tc but generous aud
. abundant tafc--what contrast all tins WIN tlle
teemue aud advancing luxury al our day Here
il II man who might IN The early settlement 81 The
country while winning millions OF acres OF the
puhlc lands, urd discussing millions oil dollars ui the
public money. have had the wealth oi CIGsus
with dlunasl,, and illuminated with flashing tapestry,
While statues gfacrd his grounds aud velvet couch
Is bore him over them; but here lie !, hapiN IN
ibis retirement and simplicity, valning mole the
hanafs lis country has awarded him IN the resou-
tlions OF Congress and of the State OF keUinchy,
winch he has well preserved and framed, AID lit
lie telescope hls nedr and dcai trlend Cummodofe
Perry gave linn, Used ~ espylng the enemy 4leet IN
the battle Of Lake Enc, when lie wrute IT. HARRISON,
" We have tie enemy and they are ours :: SET
ting more Yalnc, say on these testimonials wul'