The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1840-03-11

I shEnC 10
lEsoRAvEp on ruE PAGE OF HIsroav.l
Express.
7 We charged. the other dsy, that the cam
did,,r of the Federal party, WM. II. HAR-
RIsoN, had his name stricken from n r-so-
luiion introduced Ia the Senate of the Uni
ted States r-,vrsiug thanks io certain offi-
GERS of the b,,e war. TLis if We nist.kr
not was distinctly denied ia the A. Y. Ex-
\ press, with mare than ns usual sang tSoid
aud without any regard Ia E,r,s. We will
nav place before sur rea,lrrs the very bn,k
If Am-ricsn History in which il is rscor,lrd.
the very oag~ aud numh-r Of the page upon
which il is " engraved :" the resnIu,ion it,
rrlf, which contsius tbr RgBuKE, or ss Hsr
risen himselft-rm-di the " DISGRACE"
which the ass-n,hlrd wisdom Of ihr State
indrlbl, attached II his name. In the irnth
volume of Nil~s' Register. page l25, W.
read the following as n par, "f the pr"c~~d-
Jugs in the United States Senate Here 10
lis:
! "The Senate resumed the consideration
of the j"inI rrs"l"iiou directing mrd-,ls to
h- struck, NM, together with the thanks of
Congress, presented to Ma jor General Har-
ri."n aud G"vrrnor Shelby. nud for other
pnrp"s-s. After some discussion Mr. Ln-
cock m"v-d To- nmrnd the resolution, hy
striking ilrrrfr"m NJ" j"r Grn.ral Harrison.
J THIS motion Was determined IN the nfiirmn-
live, by the Eih"wing vote:
Ydys- Mrs-rs GaIliird, Cure. IIoarer,
King. Lrcock, Mason, Roh-rts, Thna,psni,
Tat, Jackson, Turuer aud Varnum-l2.
Nay,-Mrssrs. Bnri.rr, Barry. Candii, H"r.
srv, Macon. Marrow, Rugglrs, Talbot,
Wells nnd Wrlli.ms-i0.
There II is"---n mosi pomte rebuke nt
the military character md service af Harri-
SOU. hy the highest legislative department
"f "mr government. His name not permit
ted 10 hs assnri"ird with that "f Gnyrrnor
Shelby hur on motion made and CARRIED,
II WAS EXPUNGED How could diue-
speef have been mur- plainly ini-ud-d =
How could iHridi0usRcss have been more
tnngibly manifested u was Just .uch ~
mark "f indrlihIr disgrace I" IIarris"o "a. II
nilnnry man, as he richly deserved from
his c"nsummntc iurfticirncy ~ nn officer.
The Whole c"n try approved "fi and pnr-
iirularly The West. where his c"nduc, caus-
rd the u"neocrssary slaughter of some "f
the hrnvest If our soldiers. The famed
huirhrry "f Tippecnnor, which the FEEDER
"hs's are trying I" msguify ioto n brilli,ni
,irt"ry ohrninrd by his bravery, should call
down nu him the rxrcrn,ions pf bis country
mrn. The nation mourn~d NJ thai haitlr.
The less "f Jo D"vi-s, aud his companions,
through the gross negligence aud incnpaci-
~ "i Harrison, created II" rrj"ieings oyer
the hl""dy field Of TipprcAuor-,h. ,rur
fri-nd. nf tho country we're ~ silent Us sol
! itu,r.
W. hnvu nurhoriiy-nnd wih the
Wings" good nuIh"ri'y-f"r saying III"
hr was disernrrd. We give this "p-iii-
coat h~r"'." own opinion "fn. Iu ihr I0h
irolum- "f Niles Register, an the 4I4,h
lpngr, j. y letter over Gen. Harrison ,nn's
own signature, dated July l6, 1916, from
which the following 10 an rxtrnc;. Here
IL is:
A vote of The Senate Of the u. s. has
attached 10 my uoms a dygroee whnh ]
mn c"u, iucrd no time or stf"ris of mine
will ever he nl, To- ..fac-. Their crusurr
is Indeed negative, but it is not on that Hc-
count the lrss Severe"
There IL is aud we are also convinced
that neither ,im-, nor the -Arrs "f hi,us-lf
aud friends, will ever he able To rffnce it,
Another thing must be- borne in mind
,hn, this same Gen. IInrrisnn resigned hIs
commission in May 1874, having lest the
r"nfidrnce uf the whole nrmy. This, rs
every one will rrc"llrcr. was the m"s'
pln"mv period Of the war, when dark clouds
hung over our brlovrd cnunitv, aud hen
she rrGnirrd the services of all her sons in
defrnce nf our usiiounl rights aud honor.
! Andrew Jncksnn, of Tennessee, took the
place vacated hy his Federal "brro." and
the subsequent services he rendered, aud
the unparalleled and brilliant viciery of
New Orleans his bravery and frmurss
achieved, show that there wrs work enough,
and danger and peril enough in prospect.
to require The service. "f every ps,rio, i"
the lnnd-nnd We, Harrison retired io North
B-nd The war was closrd 10 ~ triumph
"f glory wI'hnut any nssi.janrr from him
| aud the indignant voice "f the Anirricaa
p-npl- will declare that they need NOT his
srr,ic~s n"w. The day is moi far distant
wh' u those who hare placed BIN irf"Fr
the couairy ns candidate fpr the hiehrsi
office IN III. people, gIf, will sink their
heads With ,hs,pr ~ the Inenii"n of ihr fact
that their suffrages were bestowed upon
such q man.
Mr.. MAURY.