The pilot and transcript. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1840-1841, 1840-06-17
COMMUNICATIONS.
TO AMOS KENDALL.

Harrison's conduct in the battle OF IIppecanoe;
the testimony of those who fought under him,
shall now adduce other testimony equally con-
elusive in support of his high military claims as
conmander-in-chief of the northwestern army
during the late war; and beg the disinterested
and patriotic reader to preserve this paper, and
if ever he should come in contact with those
heartless libellers, Seidenstricker and Brady,
who have had the impudence to assert that Gen.
Harrison never fought, to demand of them as
right, that they read it, and digest, with what
appetite they may, the startling crime of moral
perjury which it fixes upon their souls.
Governor Shelby, of Kentucy, an officer of
distinction, of the revolution, well as Cen
eral under Gen. Harrison, at the baltic Of the
Thames, says:
sIIn short, sir, from the time / Joined you, to
the moment of your separation, believe that no
commander ever did, or could, make greater ex-
ertions than you did, to effect the great objects
Of the campaign. l admired your plans, and
thought them executed with great energy; par
tieularly your order of battle and arrangement
for landing on the Canada shore, were calculat-
ed to inspire every officer and man with conf
dence, that we could not be defeated by any
thing like our own number.
HOntU atLef h2d served the campaign Oh AS4Os
was not aware of the difficulties which you
had to encounter, as commander of the nsrth
western army. have since often said, and still
do believe, that the duties assigned to you on
that occasion, were more arduous and difficult
to accomplish, than any had ever known con-
6ded to any commander; and with respect to the
tidelity with which you executed that high and
important trust, there are thousands in Kentucky,
as well as myself, who believed it could not
ha We hpeu committed In better hands,
Now let us hear what the high-souled commo-
dore Perry, who acted as volunteer aid to Gen.
Harrison, SAYS. F'These are his words
ssAlthough have little or no pretensions to
military knowledge as relates to our army, still
may beaallowed to bear testimony to your zeal
and activity in the pursuit of the British army
under General Proctor, and to say the prompt
change made BY you in the order of battle, and
discovering the position of the enemy, always
has appeared to me to have evinced a high de-
gree Of military talent. l concur most sincerely
with the venerable Governor Shelby, in his gen
eral appreciation of your conduct"
Gov. Shelby, in letter to Mr.. Madison, again
says
eeI feel no hesitation to declare to YOU that
believe Gen. Harrison to be of the first mill
tary characters l ever knew"
Col Richard M. johnson, the yice-President,
on the 18th July, 1913, says, in speaking of the
troops under his command
awe did not want to serve under towards or
traitors but under one [Harrison] who had
proved himself to be wise, prudent, and brave.n
And, again, in 1881, in speech in Congress,
in speaking of the hero of Tippecanoe, Fort
Meigs, and the Thames, Col johnson eloquently
said:-
- TIaY &C
Of the signers Of the declaration of Independence
who spent the greater part of his large fortune
in redeeming the pledge he then gave, of his for
tune, life, and sacred homer, to secure the liber-
ties of his country"
'sOf the career of General Harrison, need
not speak-the history of the west is his history.
For forty years he has been identified with its
interests, its perils, and its hopes. Universally
beloved in the walks of peace, and distinguished
by mis- ability in the councils of his country, he
has been yet more illustriously distinguished in
the field"
''During the late war, he was longer in active
service than any other general officer; he was,
perhaps, oftener in action than any one of them,
and never sustained defeat"
will now turn from the testimony of his COM
panions in arms, and give few Of the maay
Communications he has received from Others
| The Hon. Langdon Cheves, in speaking of the
vast Importance to the nation of the victory of
the Thames, in speech in Congress, remarked:
'sThe victory Of Harrison was such as would
have secured to Roman General, in the best
days of the republic, the honor of triumph"
| Gov Snyder, the sterling old democratic Gov
ernor OF Pennsylvania, in message to the legis-
lature, on the 10th Dec. 1913, soon after the bat
tie of the Thames, in the fulness of his gratitude
observed:--
BLESSINGS of thousands of women and child
rem, rescued from the scalping knife of the ruth
less savage of the wilderness, and from the still
more savage Proctor, rest on HARRISON and his
gallant army"
Mr.. Madison, in two of his messages TO Con-
gress, speaks in the highest terms of praise of
Gen. Harrison. And Gen, VIM. johnson, Speak
er of the House of Representatives of Indiana,
in behalf of that body, addressed Gen. Harrison
thus:--
"SIR:-The House of Representatives of the
Indiana territory, in their own name, and in be-
half of their constituents, most cordially recip-
rocate the congratulations of your excellency on
the glorious result of the late sanguinary con.
fict with the Shawnee Prophet and the tribes of
Indians confederated with him when we see
displayed in behalf of our country, not only the
consummate abilities of the general, but the he
roism of the man; and when we take into view
the benefits which must result to that country,
we cannot for a moment withhold our need Of
praise"
Congress voted General Harrison and the late
Governor Shelby, of Kentucky, the thanks Of the
nation, and a gold medal, each, emblematical of
the triumph gained over the British and Indians,
at the battle of the Thames.
A vote of thanks was also passed by the Leg
islature Of Kentucky.
have omitted, in the proper place, two no
tees of Gen Harrison, by officers who served
under him, aud will here give them. They are
both from distinguished men, The first is the
opinion of Col. Joseph Davis, who fell glorious
ly fighting at the battle of Tippecanoe. 1t is