Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1840-05-11

~ tue nutsun oil the BRUSH army under General
''e'of' ana 10 sly the prompt change made by YOU
Ia Tie order OF battle. on disc oyerng The position of
/ ne enemy, alaass has appeared to me 10 Lave e.
ftheed hgh degree of military ialeut. | concur
most sincerely with The venerable Governor Shelby
IN hs general appreciation ofyour conduct, lar as
.lh1e uhdtt ny oil seIvaIion IN that campaign.
p" hh great fegnd' am, my dear siI. your friend,
.. IL. PERRY"
4lhly' Gen. liansous resignation Of his com.
mission in the amy, in 1919 Is brought up IN iude.
ment against Inn, and Csssus has the clioniery to
lnsinua'e, others have done before him. that he
WIS influenced to do Nv sense of his own inca.
paeliy. Even II tbs were Iuc, II would have been
striking mark If the Generals innate modrsly.
and strong testimonial Of his true wisdom. There
are some persons, wot Of in other walks Of hle-
men. for example, who set up as teachers Of The
people IN matters Of which they arc profoundly ip-
nofanl,-who would do well to copy his examl4e.-
but ATE these lusnualiuns Just OF probable A.
ga II We appeal from The ignorance of party sealot,
whose information is cullcd lromlhc columns OF the
Enquitcr, Crisis aud Globe, 10 the sober pen Of ,he
hsfoliau-who SAWS:
"llavug Ihus enitely defeated the enemy in Up
per Canada, Harrison advanced with 4 pat OF his
amy IN lhe Niagara ttouticr and thence 10 Saekefs
iiatbof where he LIT the troops \ proceeded 10 the
stat III hpNtihithlt ana lHen 10 ONO, Where la
immediate dnlies required his presence. lntho plan
oil The ensuing campaign, General Armstrong. the
secretary OF Nat, saw nj 10 assign 10 General Har-
rlson HE command of q now comparatively unim-
poftani dtsiId, while active service against Canada
was entrusted 10 others. That office, in The
pune OF life, bred 10 combat under W.. ne Who had
sIgnalized his name in the mem6iabc lInmrh of
lipl ecdnoe, won the bflart victory OF the fhames
and by his courage Rad skill gwen peace to the
Northwest ,e-eofqaered Michigan, and gained pos
session o. la,ge part If Upper Canada,-that such
an officer should not be continued IN active service,
naturally occasions surprise. B0i though the causes
OF IL were vcedlom The public eve, yet lie aeen-
g and motives became visible when The Secretary Of
VAT soon afterwards, not only designated n subor-
dinale officer within General lalson's district lor
parliculr duis. but also transmitted drccl,to that
officer uIdcls o1ake uoops from the fstrIct without
cons alting lis commander. On receiving notice of
tbs. General llaffsan, justly indignant, addfessedlo
the Department letter of resignation, with notilca-
ton TO the President Hearing al this, Governor
Shelby wiotc tcmonstlanee 10 The President, ex
pressing the highest opinion OF llarl,on's military
talents and capacity 10 command derived from arlu-
ally serving under Inn, and declaring tie belief that
in the ard uous duties he performed no officer had
ever display more energy on exhibited greater ca
pabllty. But tie Secfelary et War hastily assu-
med the tight.Nt. Madison beng absent IA Virginia,
10 accept the Generals resignation, without winch,
II Is believed the President would have decided 9th
efw1se and tht :. IN the subsequent amlagns, the
country was deprived Of the ablliIles If him ""ho,'
IN the words OF Colonel johnson, "dur,ng tie wal
"as longer IN aellyesel'Icc Than any o'hef general
oin'''' wa pumps "''1'' ~ ,,o" '''u "os W
Ila,,sn ,l tho d,sn,c,csie,l ness o,d Ioye .. Ia.
nor which has always distinguished Inn, would not
continue TO caioy the high lauh he hcd in the army,
and the emoldmenls It conferred, without he eonld
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Again we say 10 Cassius-Read the history Of
xo,,, #cor,t,y #b,f.,c Won a,fenn IN tarnisI, The
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deeds l"pait 10 lis pages ihth brightest IusHe
5,lv. Cassius revycs the hundred times reluled
stony relative 10 tie striking from resolution voting
,l,.,als and , svo,d 70 Gov Shelby and Gen. II,,
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''s"'' VIC ""''o "i'"o '"'' i''' Nv 'e''' WIN"
we have never before seen stated by any one, AID we
therefore suppose that " aie indebted for this ncw
. Of ,l,o s1a,,,,, ,o lilo ow, ,oI,G, IL, ao,n,-
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uoi' ~ ose u MS '"'P'"'e 's"'i""0'' ''''''
Two yeas allti"afus' the hlahhs anu s"o'u "t'e
voted to Gen. Harrison, it done by "a reluctant
to ~ HE oLecorr nj Scnojo,l ,rLo aeoDid herr roici
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luetant," was unanimous, and most cordially gwen
and If any Senator absent, who would have
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lie cannot do II. The fact is not so and II lie be-
leves IT, he is The dupe of Others We call for his
,.,b.,,v Irhe fail IN oiye !, he mnst he aware of
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