Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1840-03-24
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hss~s whp esn f-ipi- ihr si'ay sod rspfsr ibT
sisndruf tie srtv &C. rnd.r.d br Gen. Hat
tiscn are vet too fresh IL The Iecolie ton of
his country inca. and tte testimony borne Ia
hls honorable aud useful caToer Is FAR too clear
and convincing tn hold out to lis enemies and
dc'raciofs the slightest hope oi success. His
reputation NAV proudly defy utmost efforts
~ Roondav brightness - not to be crlipse6 oy
thc ptily M i-ui'y o. ciecip7eerngtri ksters.
Tie very ialScAoois they are bu.iiy retailing
s5c couindi TED by tue VOLUNTARY evidence OF
ll,eir pciii al associates. Thus General
Harrison has becu s%ntenngly spoken Of 10y
tie %pensioncd Globe al Washington and The
vile Budget al Troy. rs 'tbe mau Of defeats. ."
" hat tclicT or more conclusive answer can
.e made 10 this iha1 in The words 81 Richard
VI Johnson, a fellow soldier of liarrisoa's,
md nuw Wee president OF tie United STATES.
DuriIg tie session OF 1884. Col, Johnson,
then a member OF Congress from Kentucky,
~ a brief ~allusion no Gen. Harrison, pro-
nnunrcd II is ; riking oulogy upon his militia
~ career; "Durine the late war he was longer
IN active service than any other general officer:
he was perhaps o'ieuer in action than any one.
and NEN Err SUSTAINED A DEFEAT"
~ AAaA ANltNs W. INhs VIII lt hlitIlDItU 10
this honorable testimony thus borne by a gal
liant fellow soldier to the successful services of
his distinguished chief And how much more
wntthy of entire credcnce is a statement thus
voluntarily given by an eve witness and at a
moment when there was no party object 10 be
accomplished, either by censure or adulation,
than the Inventions OF reckless PARTISAN, them
selves FAR distant from the scene of danger.
and only intent Oh traducing a hero's ~ciarac-
ter for their own selfish endsl
But these competent critics have discovered
some other frailties in the veteran Warrior of
the West, and having charged him with cow
ardlcc, they are eudeayorin2 t. fdsten upon him
the cplthet of Granny" lie, us again sum-
mon Col. Johnson, their Vice president, to the
stand, and listen 10 what he has to say as TO
these chargcs-ln the early part of the year
1913, this officer was authorized TO raise a
mounted regiment 10 serve under General
Harrison. In June of the sumo year,an order
was received from the War Department direc-
ting Col. johnson to repair TO Kaskaskia with
his regiment, and report to General Howard.
lhis order created great Indignation in the
regiment, and elected from Col. johnson a
spirited letter, declaring their unwillngness
TO serve under any General but Harrison. In
this letter Col. Johnson thus speaks of the mo-
lives which induced the men to Join his repi-
ment.
Two great objects induced us to come
first to be at the rcgaining ofour own Terrific
ry and Detroit, and at the taking Of Maiden
and secondly, 10 serve under an officer in
whom we have confidence. We would no,
have engage IN the service without such a
prospect, when ~o recollecied wba, dis,s,crs
have attended Us for the want of good Gener-
ais. We did not want TO serve under COW.
ards, drunk1rds, old Grannies, nor traitors. bu,
under one General Harrison) who had prov.
ed himself to be WISE, PRUDENT AND
BRAVE"
lhis letter, belt remembered, was written
nearly two years after the Battle of Tippeca-
noe, al which action some Of IIarrison's en-
lumnl1,0rs allege that he manifested both
want OF skill aud want Of courage. 1t, is for
them 10 explain how, il their charges had bu,
the semblanco Of truth, the mounted Kcn,uc-
ky regiment could demonstrate so strongly
against serving under any other General, and
now Colonel Johnson, a gallant and efficient
oltcer' could speak OF the Hero Of rippecanoe
as WISE, pruden, and brave The public
VIII not iail TO attach the proper degree of
orelence TO the cotemporanious testimony of
a fellow soldier, and the proper degree of
contempt TO the subsequen, fabrications Of
pensioned deiamers
but another charge has been brouoh,
against General Harrison by the New Era.
the appropriate organ Of Agrarianism and
Jaconinism IN the city Of New York. II il
slld that his name was struck out of 1850.
inuon presenting the thanks of Compress and
appropriate medals 10 General Harrison and
Governor Shelby; and i, is there ,nferroJ
That lac was deemed unworthy of rerciriog
ihis honorable testimonial from the Conoross
OF ms county. Here again, unhappily for
'hese uaiiickers IN abuse and Reclamation
Tue facts are all on re -orl. In 1916. an army
,ohtrdct'r brought charges against Gen. raj
hafnson' oi having improperly inierfered in
MS concerns. The General PROMPTLY de.
m'haea an Investigation, and il was while
MS was pehtil X and many, at least among
~ PoA'i-N opponents, disposed TO credit the
Opaise' 'ldih ms name was struck out Of the res. Z
olutlon IN question. On the 23i of Janua,y
'ei', Colonel Richar' NJ. Johnso1 nhe u; I
less whose testimony on other minis Sc 6
nave "lfeaiy quoted.) chairman of lie ccm 4
In'ee appointed at llarrlsJn's reques, To IN /
,T'"-a'e iae charges, made a report tn the a
'io"s" 81 representatives, stating that Ito I
1ohihtiee were unanimous in the nDioion the, [
General HaTnson " stood above su.nirions' I
T" we mater complained uf-and that in his :
Nh"le conduci he had been q" Governed hv 2
! 4luado.e zeal Tor and devotion 10 the public q
''Ni,e ana interest" Mr. Hubert, anoihe. {
"' ~ yer o!RAe committee. admitted tia, he {
i'a Deen preludlCed against General Harr-
hui that The investigation had satisfied
nm oil The ialse1ood Of the accusa,ion-that
conduct of General Harrison had been
hat Of brave. honest and honorable man,
nd that insirado deserving censur re. he mer-
ted the thanks aud applause Of has country
IN The 2ilh 81 March,ls ISIS, Mr.. Dickerson,
Iiier rcmlrking that an objection had been