Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1840-09-22

unparalleled skill displayed by the command
erin-rhiei In this plan which have tried to
explain 10 YOU. IL has been my fortune also
TO bear arms under tie celebrated Generals
Brown and Jackson ! have also read some
thing OF The history Of military men who have
gone before US, and so far as my public Judg-
mcni enabled me to decide. ! challenge the
historian TO produce from the orders and plans
oi Alexander himself marlborough, Of Well
hng,on, OF Bonapaue, or from those Of any A
merican captain, one, which, considering the
extent Of IT,, displays more military skill and
judgment than this Of Gen. Hafrisons for the
relief Of For Moigs. (Applause.) ! will
here ask what would have been the fate of
the great generals, just named il they had
been held responsible for all results, whether
their orders were obeyed OF no, The an
swer Is plain, and vet Gen Harrison has been
arragued and compelled 10 father the respon.
sbliity of the act which led 20 the defeat of
Dudley, responsibility never before required
OF any other General, But willis, the miners
and sappers were unable to demolish the fort
defended by handful of men, under the im-
mediate command Of the great and good man,
there were political miners aud sappers at the
White House, who seized upon the circum-
stances to which have Observation-Disclosures
| on the part of Dudley-as a pretext by which
I NHtN NtiC tUduitu W lay Ahc iitio VI iHPS-
canoe upon the shelf Of a military man, with
view Of advancing slk-stocking favoriies--
/ For time, they succeeded in binding the
eyes of the people, but the people are at last
waking up IN the majesty Of their power TO
render justice 10 that much injured patriot and
soldier, who should have been elevated TO the
command-in-c chief ofthe army Of the U. States
for the skill alone displayed in his order to Col.
Dudley, If for no other cause. (Tremen-
dous cheers.)
1t is due to myself, fellow citizens, before
close, to give brief explanation of the causes
which have placed me in the position now &C.
cupied by me. 1t is well known to many OF
you that have been a warm supporter OF
General Jackson, and that / even voted for
Mr. Van Buren,. ! am found in the Wing
ranks, to-day, not that respect the less that
great general and defender OF his country on
the plains Of Chalmette, but that | love my
country more. (Cheers.) When the first at
tack was made upon the currency Of the coun-
try, my fears were alarmed for the result
Effects followed causes in rapid succession,
until the only circulating medium, we had in
this country, was destroyed, until commerce
was paralyZed, until our rich, valuable and
productive fields were laid waste, and the en-.
ergies and enterprise Of this great people pros
trated at the feet of Executive power,-a peo-
and whose foot steps had been seen in every
land. Believing as then did, and as now
do, that these results were the effect of mista-
ken policy in the administration of our nation
al affairs, there was but one course left for a
man OF honor to pursue, for one who feels a
deep interest in the prosperity of his native
land, and that course have adopted whether
for veal or for woe, time alone can decide
: (Applause.) hold it to be the imperative
duty of every freeborn American, boldly to
come forward, whenever a crisis like the pres
ent one occurs IN the practical affairs of the
country and to give his whole support to the
cause OF the people, how feeble soever that
support may be. (Cheers.) And now my
. coun,rymen, let me appeal to you with the
voice of one whose age and experience have
entitled him, in your kind estimation, to be
heard in this Convention, to redouble your ex
ertions in the great contest before us, with the
assurance that on your conduct will depend
! in an eminent degree, the success otthe cause
: under whose banners you have enlisted,
Col. Christy sat down amidst repeated erie:
. of--go on, go on--but after some moments
= the President introduced Major Clarkson o
y Ohio, to the Convention, as one of Gen. Har
: rson's old soldiers, and with his impressiv,
T. testimony, was closed the session of the Grea
Democratic Council.