Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1840-05-28
REPLY TO cAsslus-No. A.

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II may be thought hardly necessary 10 reply 10 The
foregoing article, which is. in point OF fact moth.
ing more than repetition OF the same charges
which "lhe lean and hungry" Cassus msdc IN his
Sd Nc. which then reluled by historical ex-
tracts, aud which he has re.yempcd up, wilh
.osw scenery and decorators" copitd fom Cfs.
p's and Daneau's sPe eohes 10 Congress THIS u
ssoat ihs ei'sn, Of ibe "Jil gent iu,esl.saiionr
wAarb GfHe-oi CatnUa hss made ia,o The history Of
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sons eondeef '.lras book AL =6y oae DO reals
his compilation might naturally suppose that lie had
not Only himself set sqa.dfons 10 the field" but
had actually hewed them don q with lis goo. sao,,l
Mt least as ifiumphantly as another Fals,aa upee
Gad's liill Yet, fraillcss as Is the task II de-
stfosing has web Of sopistf,, aad even At The h.,
ard oil giving him an "impoftaHce," which certainly
he could never acquire by his sby. we must rcG,te
the slanderer, by dlsprosing his sandets. This 10
oue 10 "ar-worn veteran, and to tire truth orhis-
tofy,so ndusIiousiy sought TO be perverted b, mar.
" hhehngs, such as Cary and Duncan. r1,l.i,
lsnorant and eredulous dupcs, such as Ca,s,u,.-
H. indeed 1t be lrne th. Gen. Harrison is nltetI, e
"'u'e OF an professions 10 military genius to BRAVERY,
anu 10 sood conduct ia The field, we had as well bprn
nj once all our histories, aud rely. as sav,qes ID
upon vague tradition, TO hand down TO Id. -
each generation to lis sucrnesn,
every person who looks at these attacks upon Gen
Harrison, thai net enc Of heas sustained by ,,,b.n.
hchstory bul thar erery If diem is directly in il.
"et'' aud fesls upon tie bare assertion of uamecss
eaininu'alors But before We proceed, we nu, fi,c
question To every candid mind -Rhirh Is cn,illed Ia
eteaence"hen statements Of fact observation-disclosures
hslofy eompiled from documents < su,talnc, h, IT,,
evidence oi eye witnesses Of tie facts ahlch II ie,I
or ridiculous stories. GOT Up by nobol, Lno.,.
whom Tor The purpose Of Glching from honest mn,
me reward ol their lluslnous deeds ? II bjxt,, +.
10 be relied upon, then we claim The ,efd,et NJ IN.
people ~ aYor Of The gallant Ileto Of + ipoe,a8oo--
u the bundled tunes related traditions of ~ one.
miles, Ton which the,c neither parents q, soo,.
sofs' lien indeed Is llanisou a coleari and !, f,I
anu o'ssius Is an accomplished General. md de.
serves 10 take tsnk at least viii, Major General Ca.
ana Dr. Duncan N whose soho he is q worth,
graduate.
oass'us asserts lhat Gen. Harrison is a hero oal,
pP0p paper. VIII lie tell Us where the evidences n
Gen Jachson's heroism are 10 be found bo, ~
paper Wheie did he learn that Hannibal ,o,,.
qneied Senpronius, but on paper3 Whe,s ~. ~.
monuments Of Napoleon's victories ir Ee,n, i,
.pa''' 10 Germany, in Russia.--but on paper >
Ard where does he fnd las disparaeine sior,e, IN,
mPoP1I But the assertion Is untrue. The
wig o'a'es OF the West archie bring monument, oC
harnson's genius, skin and v.lor. The bis,o,v II
'he West, as Col. r. NJ, Johnson so well remart ed
IS ms history: the groath ofthe West tle evii.a
q ms nirepidny and talents. He did no, yeo,i,o
army alter army, nor the aid Of bloodbounls IL
hsh'' year alter year, a handful Of Indians H.
met and conquered them at a single blow. ~
:, WHO sneer at the genius of the commander a,
'pPeeanoe, poi Al us, If they can, TO General yaa
Duieh . hiumphs; or to the triumph of VapI3p,e,..