The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1840-09-10

command call up al tho transactions OF nenFiy
thirty years ago. Hecoald say, however, that
at the time alluded to, he was not party man
in the sense the senator from Virginia used
he was a delegate of a territory which was
Just then raising into Importance, and having
no vote on the general questions before Con-
gress, it was neither his duty nor the interest
Of those whom he represented, to plunge into
the turbulent sea sof general politics which then
agitated the nation. There were questions of
great importance to the northwestern terrific.
nv then before Congress, questions upon the
proper settlement Of which, the future pros
sperity of that now important portion of the
Union greatly demanded. Standing as he did,
the sole representative OF that territory, his
greatest ambition was to prove himself faith
full to his trust, by cherishing its interests, and
nothing could have been more suicidal or per.
nlclous to those he represented, than for him
to cAaspcrate either party by becoming yio-
lent partisan, without the power of aiding
either party, because he had no vote on any
political question. This was his position, and
although he had his political principles as
firmly fixed as those of the gentleman from
Virginia, it was no business Of his to strike
where he could not be felt, and where the
blow must rccei! upon himself and those whom
he represented. He wore no cockade, black or
tri-colurcd, at that tlay-and never wore one
but when he was in the military service OF his
country. But he was seriously charged with
the he:nous offence of assoclating with federal
gentlemen. He plead guiity-hc respected
the revolutionary services OF President Adams,
and had paid hin, that courtesy which was due
to him US man and us chief magistrate. He
also associatcd with such men as John Marshall
and James A. Bayard-was the acknowledge
mcnt Of such guilt to throw him out of the
pale OF political salvation?
con the other hand, he was on intimate
terms with Mr. Jefferson, Mr. Gallatin, and
with the whole Virginia delegation, among
whom he had many hinsman and dear friends.
hey were fsistprincipal associates in Phitadci-
phia, in whose mess he had often nat the gen
tlaman who was now his accuser, and with
whom he had spent some OF the happicst hours
of his life. ltwas true, as the senator alleg-
ed, he had been appointed governor of the
northwestern territory by John Adanls--so
had he been by Thomas Jefferson and james
Madison. BE was not in Congress when the
standing army was created, and the alien and
scdition laws We're passed, and if he had been
he could not have voted for them, and would
not if he could. 1t was rot in his nature to
be u violent or proscriptive partizan, but he had
given u firm support to the republican admins.
trations Of Jefferson, Madison and Monroe.
He hoped the senator from Virginia was an
SNCIett-uS Was sure lile seHdl e must DC w earl
cd with this frivolous and improbable squab-
ble.'
The other paragraphs in the Gazette
occupy so much space that it would be
tasking our readers too much to quote
them. They have ali been refuted hun
dred times, and we shall therefore only
glance at them. The next keep it Be-
fore YOU" treats of the law which Gen.
II. approved while Governor of the Indi-
ana Territory concerning whipping. For
a refuialion of this in short hand, we re-
fer our readers to the result of the late In
diana Election, which gave this cruel
monster nearly 10000 majority.
The next Keep it before the People"
is about the "White Slavery" Ohio Bill.
Some of the present most prominent Van
Buren, men in Ohio voted for the same
bill, and we nave no doubt it was through
humane and polite motives that they and
Gen. Harrison did it. It's false, howev.
er, to say that it was to sell the services
of poor debtors; ii was merely to sell the
services Of criminals. We thought that
our opponents had ceased whining about
this affair, since they had ascertained that
Gov. Lucas had approved and signed a
law to sell the services of common street
loafers, which is still the law of this Ter
ritory.
The next keepsake" is the old used
up SANDER concerning his permitting In
dams TO select his battle ground at Tippe-
canoe; This has not only been denied,
but Gen. w. faylor of Indiana in the
midst Of testimony from others says:-
after the army reached the Indian town,
in the afternoon, perhaps about sunset, the
governor ordered MAJOR Clark and myself to
proceed to the left, and endcavor to find Il
suitable place for encampment; we did so,
and discovered the place upon which the bat
tie was fought the next morning.
The next precious "Keepsake" is as
follows
/" That there were but two important bat
ties fought and two victories gained by the
forces under his command, excepting the de-
fence Of Fort Meigs, during the last war;
The Gazette then goes OH to state that
one of these battles was Tough. by Mai.
Crogan, aud the other by Col. Johnson.
Both of these gentlemen will doubtless
feel indebted to the editor in having thus
amended portion of the history of his
country. The innumerable documents,
in the shape Of votes of thanks by the lie.
gislatures of Indiana and Kentucky the
commentators of President Madison and
the historians McAfee, Dawson and Hall
which all 60 at least to show that there
was such a battle fought as the one a
Tippecanoe, and that Gen. Harrison was
the commander, are all to be annihilatet
by the venerable gray headed loco 70
co lawyer at the head of the Gazette con
Germ. The gallant defence at Fort Ste
phenson by Crogan, with his small bant
Of officers and soldiers, in which he hat
but one killed, while the enemy number
ed one hundred and fifty killed or wound
ed, is known to all who have read the his
tory of the North Western Campaign.
While Col. Crogan was justly applauded
it was not done as he expresses it, sat thu
expense of Gen. Harrison of whom h
]says s'my confidence in him as an abl
commander remains unshaken.'' If an
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