Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1840-03-07
From the Raleigh Star.
FACTS FOR THE PEOPLE.

He who is anxious to ascertain the true
character Of William Henry Harrison has no
other species of labor to perform than to open
the volume of faithful and impartial history, and
ne will there find recorded not merely a few
scattered incidents which are calculated to en-
hance the measures of glory, and to win for him
the underlying affections of his countrymen;
but he will find facts as thick as the leaves of
autumn strewed over the whole surface of his
public career, bearir g testimony to the value Of
his public services, and disclosing in vivid
characters, in which he has been held both by
his country and by the freeman IN that country.
We subjOln few and only few of the testi-
monials which have been rendered to the char
acter of this lllustrious patriot and hero. Let
the People dwell upon those expressions of
gratitude, and judge whether any other than
an eminent and deserving man could have re-
ceived them.
LOOK HEREiii
In the year 1909, the Territorial Legislature
of ldiana passed resolution unanimously, in
which the re-appointment of General Harrison
as Governor of Indiana was requested and the
following extract from the resolution will show
how his services were appreciated by the citi-
zenS of Indiana, and how enthusiastically they
were devoted to the person and character of
the devoted hero. Here follows the extract in
question
ave, (the House of Repre- can
not forbear recommending and requesting the
President and Senate of the United States most
earnestly in our names and in the names of our
constituents, the re-appoiutment of our present
Governor, William Henry Harrison, because he
possesses the good wishes of his fellow-citi-
zens: because we believe him to be sincerely
attached to this Union, the prosperity ofthe u.
States, andth administration of the govern
ment because we believe him in superior
degree capable of promoting the interests Of our
Country, from long experience and laborious at
tention to its concern from his nlu ence over the
/ Indians, and his wise and disinterrested man.
agement of that department; and because we
have confidence in his virtues, talents and Re-
| publicanism.
LOOK AT THIS TOO
! Just let US dwell for moment on what was
said of General Harsison in time of the last
war, when every patriot heart was overfiowing
with gratitude for his splendid services, and
when every patriot heart was lending an enthu:
siastic tribute to his merits Let us particularze
pause, and weigh the approving sentence which
was passed upon the merits of the Hero oi
Tippecanoe by Simon Snyder, the pure, and
the patriotic, warm-hearted and Democratic
Governor ofPennsylvania, in his message to
the Legislature in 1913. Here it is:
"The blessings of thousands of women and
children, rescued from the scalping knife
and tomahawk of the ruthless savage of the
Wilderness and Rs@8d h And fl Ills gallant army
MARK THE FOLLOWING y!
Only hear what was said of the Hero O
Tippecanoe by one who is now Van Burer
man but who then spoke what he now think.
concerning General Harrison Just hear wha
the present Vice President of the U. States
Colonel Richard M. Johnson, said of Genera
Harrison, in speech which he once made il
Congress. Here is what the colonel says;
"Who is General Harrison the son of on,
of the signers of the Declaration of Indepen
dence, who spent the greater part of his forum,
in redeeming the pledge he then gave of hi
" fortune, life and sacred HONOR" to secure tn
! liberties of his country"
=" Of the career of General Harrison, icon
tnues Colonel Johnson need not speak. =
The history of the West is his history. Fo
forty years he has been identified with its in
terests, its perils and its hopes. Universall
t beloved in the walks of peace and distinguish.
ed by his utility in the councils of his country
he has been yet more illustriously distinguish
ed in the field"
During the last war, General Harrison wa
longer in active service than any other Genera
r officer, (not excepting General Jackson even.
, He was perhaps oftener in action than any 9th
er officer, mot excepting General Jackson,
and never sustained defeat"
SEE HERE AGAIN y!
Could he be any other than one Of the mos
gallant soldiers who drew the following spor
taneous tribute of applause from the celebrate
: General Wayne, during the Revolutionary wal
Hear what General Wayne says in letter I
! the Secretary of War, in which an account wa
given of bloody battle which had just take
: place with the Indians in the year 1892
"My faithful and gallant Lieutenant HARR
SON, rendered the most essential services, b
: communicating my ordere in every direction
If and by his conduct aud bravery in exciting tn
y troops to press for victory"
8 MARK THIS TOO !
J. Hear What is said of General Harrison iu
% speech delivered lately in the National conven
. ton which met at Harrisburgh by Judge Bul