The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1840-10-02
THE HOMAGE or JUSTICE.

THE HOMA1E w JUS I'VE.
We have compiled, from various sources, The
following disinterested testimonials, which were
commanded from their several authors b3 inc
lofty patriotism yaor. talents and success d
General Harrison, long before he was named ioi
the Presidency. and in times which ought TO
ylse them weight sufficient 10 bear down all the
oeity calumnies and quibbling objections which
party malignity may now presume TO forge
against the war-worn and time honored patriot
and soldier.
The authorities we present against the attacks
of loco foco federalism, and which we have
stereotyped as an impregnable barricade against
all opposition, are no less than the CONGRESS TO
THE UNITED STATES the LEGISLATURES or In
DIANA, and of KENTUCKY, JAMES MADISON, JAS.
MONROE. Col RICHARD M. JOHNSON, ANTHONY
WAYNE, LANGDoN CHEvEs, SIMON SNYDEd, Gov.
SHELBY, Com PERRY, Col. CRooHAN, COLONEL
Dawes, and others, including in the 'l,'strlous
catalogue even Thomas RTcHiE, ISAAC HILL,
JOHN M. NILES and Moses DAWSON
Col RIcHARp M. JOHNSON, now Vice Presi-
dent of the United States, said Gin Congress-
"Who is Gen Harrison The son Of one of the
sgners of the Declaration of Independence, who
spent the greater part Of his large fortune in redeem
ing the pledge he then gave, OF his fortune lte and
sacred honor to the liberties of his country.
"Ofthc career of Gen Harrison need not speak
the history of the West is his history For forty
years he has been identified with its interests, its pc
rls and its hopes Universally beloved in the walks
of peace and distinguished by his ability in the coun-
ellis of his country he has been yet more ilustrously
distinguished in the field.
During the late war; he longer in active SER
vice than any other General officer he was, perhaps,
oftener in action than any Of them, and never
sustained defeat"
JAMES MADISON, in special message to Con-
gress, Dec. Is, 1911, said,
While it is deeply lamented that SO many valuable
1ivaeh ava haan in he xNb
the 7th ultimo Congress will with satisfaction the
dauntless spirit Of ortitude VIGOROUSLY displayed 10y
every description Of troops engaged, toeit the
collected frmness rhich distinguished their command
err on an occasion requiring the utmost erertions Of
RAZOR ana discipline.
JAMES MADISON in his message to Congress,
November, 1912, said,
An ample force from the States of Kentucky, Ohio,
Pennsylvania, and Virginia, is placed, with the adii
ton of few regulars, under the command of Briga-
der General HARRISON who possesses the entire con-
fdence of his fellow soldiers, among whom citi-
zens, II them volunteers in the ranks, not less
distinguished by their political stations than by their
personal merits.
In Mr.. MADIsoN's message of Dec. 1913, the
compliment was extended, as follows
The success Lake Erie having opened pas
sage to the territory of the enemy, the officer com
handing the Northwestern arms, transferred the
war thher and rapidly pursuing the hostile troops,
action which quickly terminated in the capture Of the
British, and dispersion of the savage force
This result is signaHy honorable TO Major GENE
RAJ HARRISON, by nhose military talents il pre-
pared.
The following tribute of praise was paid to General
Harrison, in 1911 by eleven of the officers who fought
under his banner at the battle of Tippecanoe:
Should our country again require our services to
oppose civilized or savage foe we should march
under General Harrison with the most perfect conf
dence of victory and fame"
JOEL COOK, r. b. BURTON, NATHAN
ADAMS, A. HAWKINS, H. BURCHSTEAD,
HOSEA BLOOD, JOSIA SMELLING, o. G.
BURTON, c. FULLER, G. GOODING, J. ID.
FOSTER.
Extract Of letter from Col Davies who was killed
at the battle of Tippecanoe, Aug "a, 1871
"Imake free to declare, that | have imagined there
were two military in the West and Gen. Har-
rison is the first of the two"
Message of Simon Snyder, Governor Of
Pennsylvania, Dec. 10, 1873
ALREADY is the brow of the young warrior Gro
gan encrcled with laureis and te blessings of thou
sands of women and children rescued from the scalp
ing knife Of the ruthless savage of thu wilderness and
from the still more savage Proctor rest Harrison
and his gallant army"
In the Legislature of Indiana, on the 18th Nov
1871, the Speaker Of the House of/Representatives
Gen. VIM. Johnson, thus addressed Gen Harrison:
Sir-The House of Representatives Of the Indi-
territory in their name and in behalf of their
constituents most cordially reciprocate the congratu
lations of your Excelency on the glorious result of
the late sanguinary conflict with the Shawnee Pro-
phet, and the tribes Of Indians confederated with
him. when we see displayed in behalf of our country
not only the consummae abilities of the general but
the heroism of the man; and when we take into view
the benefits which must result to that country from
those exertions we cannot, for moment, withhold
our need of applause"
Legislature Of Kentucky, Jan. 7, 1912.
Resolved, BY the Senate and House of Representa-
uves of the State of Kentucky in the late campaign
against the Indians upon the WI bash, Gov. William
Henry Harrison has behaved like hero patriot
and general and that for his cool deliberate, skilful
and gallant conduct in the battle of Tippecanoe he
well deserves the warmest thanks of his country and
his nation.
Gen. Anthony Wayne, in his Letter to the Secre-
tary Of War giving official of his sanguin-
airy Indian Battle, in 1892 said:
My faithful and gallant Lieutenant Harrison
rendered the most essential service by communicating
my orders in every direction and by his conduct and
bravery, exciting the troops to press for victory
Resolution directing the medals be struck and to-
gether with the thanks of Congress, presented to
Major General Harrison and Governor Shelby,
and for other purposes.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress as
acmbled, That the thanks of Congress be, and they
are hereby, presented to Major General William Hen
~ HARRISON and Isaac Shelby, late Governor of Ken
lucky, and through them, to the officers and un-
der their command, for their gallanry and good con-
duct in defeating the combined British and Indian
forces under Major General Proctor, on the Thames
in Upper Canada, the fifth day of October one
thousand eight hundred and thirteen, capturing the
British army, with their baggage, camp equpage and
artillery and that the President of the United States
be requested to cause two gold medals to be struck
mathematical of this triumph, and presented to Gene
lucky. H. CLAY,
Speaker of the House of Representatives
JOHN GAILLARD,