Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1840-06-23

veil and bowl of the painted sasages, and /
whose weicomc but the tommahawk and rife;
and how iisense the love for the masses OF |
that slight and at,enuatcd and youthful leader |
who sharcs all this danger, whose valor Is
pattern for them. whose tongue inspires them
to action and whose pen records their worth.
This is the Story of Harrison, and in such prin-
ciples the affections of the people Of the West
is founded. And now think Of the terrible
indignation that awaits those who decry these
deeds, and denounce the actor as paliroon
or coward, many of the eyc-witnesses being
yet alive and on the busy stage Of action. 1T
shall cost any man his life,' exclaimed an in
dignant Hoosier in my hearing, when over
heated by anger, who sails our old command
er a coward
There are many, suppose, who will think
! believe Gen. Harrison to be one Of the best
! educated men in the country, but do say and
sinccreIY Selicve, that there is no man with
SOUND nd better education for the position
~ which be Is recommended, than he has. In
the general literature of the day, there are but
Few men so well read, or who are able to dis
criminate ia i, SO well, and in the true prn-
( cipes of the constitution, he was most sound
/ " taught by his father, by Patrick Henry,
whom he often heard by George Washington,
/ by Robert Ellis, as well as by all the Virginia
1 fathers of the Constitution.
do no, know when have met with man
of so much colloquial powers, and at the same
time, within fund of matter and personal an
ecdotes to give zest to his conversation. As
for his health, few men with habits like his, of
a life so serene, pure air upon farm, do not
often suffer their frames towear out.
babe adieu to this happy home of an ami
able man, after prolonged stay. II has been
among the happest visits of my life; the most
instructive and the most interesting. l have
not said one word of him would not have
said if he had not been before the people, witt
; a.!::ccs. surety of having their highest re-
wards and their highest honOIIS. H!5 rnra
, dwelling, the antique indoor finishing, the
Lords prayer in its time-worn frame, plair
and home-wrought carpet, the spacious fire
, place, tended too by himself, and kindled il
the morning always by his own hand th'
r rustic, onerous and abundan, fare, what con
trast all with the teeming and courtly luxur,
, of our present Executive.
, Here is man who might in the early set
) Element of the country, while winning millions
. of acres of public lands, and disbursing mill
ions of dollars of public money, have had tn
wealth of Crpsus now, and palace for hi
. habitation, his halls hung with damask, an
! illuminated with flashing tapestry, while stat
, utes graced his grounds, and velvet couche
9 bore him over them; but here he is happy j
= his retirement and simplicity, valuing NOR
; the honors his country have awarded him i
y the resolutions of Congress and of the Stat
+ of Kentucky, and little telescope his nea
a and dear friend, Commodore Perry gave hin
: used in espying the enemys fleet in the battl
:, on lake Erie, when he wrote to Harrison, wv
n have met the enemy and they are ours set
n ting more value, say, on these testimonials
@ with the unimpeached home fan honest ma
,h, of " a
a his Injuries. AS the steamboat approachc
i. the Bend that daily touched there, shoe
4 hands with the Hero Farmer, whose swoI
!. has so emphatcaly been turned into plongi
!. share, with the abiding conviction that II
70 people will almost unanimously, in their ele'
N toral colleges, request him to exchange h
d "log cabin" and its plainness and slmplicit
,e for the more speRdid apartments OF the
ii White House in Washington.