Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1840-05-28

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mander fine northwestern army have since Of
lea said, and still do believe, that the duties assigned
10 YOU thai occasion were more arLuous and diff
fcult to accomplish than any had ever known con
fded 10 any commander" But yet General CassiuS
thinks that Hanson had nothing to do butte sum-
mon armed men from HE ground, and to Gnd ammu
milton, arms and provisions every tree Of the
forest The character of these difficulties may be
inferred from the closing paragraph Of flaming
eulogy upon Gen. Harrison which appeared edho-
rally the Richmond Enquirer OF October, 1sl3
after the victory of the Thames. Mr. Richie did not
then complain of The sloth aud Incidence Of Gen.
Harrison. lie SAID, and We call upon Cassius to pay
reverence TO his great leader:
"These benefits owe % the inlrepidiiy OF Per
~. who paved the way, and to Harrison, whose skill
prudence, and zeal have n length redpe their Just
reward. THIS gallant general has put all his
enemies TO shame. hNer StrHp Cling ieitt difficulties
under tohich ordinary 1e0ul haze Sahk aflei
passing through wilderness Of norass and mud
/ difficult OF access, that the wagon hoIses could
not carry proyender enough to support them during
the Journey he reached the contamination Of all his
labors repairs The wees oil Hull wipes of the slain
which he had cast upon arms; stands the ruins
Of Maiden muzzes the Indian dog, aud proves
to the world, that Americans want only oppor-
ponunlty 10 diplay the same CALAMITY ON the shore
which they have done upon the wave
What think you Of that, master Cassus J That
is Thos. Riches Huader-writen when he had no
motive TO cxlo. Harrison above his desers--aud not
he has now, To calumniate the object OF his for
mer praise. Oa this subject, hope Cassus is an
swered. We might, by narrative Of The soitie of
Fort Meigs, show that Gen. Harrison has another
brilliant wreath around hs brow. But ii lstoo long.
We must defer il for another occasion.
As TO the preamble aud resolutions Of Wm. Key
Bond aud others cited by Cassjus, to what do they
amount! Why that Cen Harrlson's delay WIS to
them inexplicable! And is tins the only instance on
record, in which the caution of commander, loun-
ded on hi, better knowledge Of facts, and growing
out of the heavy responsibility impose on HIM by
his station could nor be accounted lo By his subor
dnarcs, whose "ho haste to engage in battle re-
qaired the wise restraints of prudent leader?
Washington, when pnI SUNG his cautious policy, by
winch armies were saved fro n destruction. aud
our liberties secured, and winch canned for Inn the
appcaflono Of the American Fabiue, suffered under
snillr repfoaches; x efforts made supelscde
him, as a slotll and coward, by men @ho had not
lilhe of his dieious energy of his on.hke cour-
age. But WIN. Key Bond, and other sig6ers OF the
paper quoted by Cassus, have themselves, under
beuer lights teulcted their iasiHuaoas-for it will
he they made charge. Cassus, however,
says that tins relracon Is esopped by the "statute
of haitationsin ludeed Where does Cassus
find 1t SO wutten in any code of ethios-thal calum-
ny is TO remain nueorrected because ii las gone I'M
cantradlcted for years We tell him that an hon.
est man recognizes statute of Limitations, either IN
law equity. Nc code OF morals will Justify a man
IN doing injustice to his neehLor, to-day, because
he did it yesterday, ut il is strange that the caum-
MES OF Cassius, which but the revived ISLANDERS
uttered and reluted nearly thirty Yeas ago are NOT
barred by this same statute Oh no: they have 4
perpetual existence Dsproved reluted or with
drawn, it matters MOI. They are repeated, as though
dizzy who repeat believed them
BATTLE oP THE THAMES
We have nothing to add what We have hereto
fore SAID in reference This subject except 10 say
that If Col. John Speed Smith, Maj O'Fallon Judge
Chambers aud Judge Todd speak The tuth, and they
were his aid-de- camps and by hls side, Gen. uarl-
son 'eds in he heat and midStofe baue; AID consc-
quenry, all who that he was lone or two miles
IN the rear,"-and Cassius tell us ''some" sly so.
without telling who this word some" refers To-
necessarily utter base falsehood. "Theie are no
two ways abou; it." DIR. Duncan, of Cincinnati. we
suppose is Cassiuss auhorty--as Cassius tells us
the DoctorIs"amlliar with the battle ofthe Thames"
Where did he become familiar with il! Was he in
the battle Not he; for if he had been there, he
would have shown himself "uhile-liyered rene
gade.' The only field Of battle upon which we ever
heard Of The Doctor. the race course at IN
einnati, where he permitted hmselfto be horse
whipped with IMMUNITY A pretty fellow, he, to
prate of chvaty and courage, and to ortcise the
conduct OF men whose cheeks were never blanchd
with fear amidst shower of balls The history of
this battle is briefly aud truly gwen in the following
para -raph:
" more able disposition could not be made
unuer such circumstances than was made by
General Harrison. His conduct on tins day is dis.
ungnshed by mastery device OF his own, purely
original, and such as none but bold aud inventive
genus, peculiarly formed for The military Profession
eon'e have ht upon, OF would have hvzuded. 1t
was not until tie 5lh OF October ;hat Proctor was
overlahen. On that day the enemy was discerned
IN position shIially chosen. A narrow snip Of
dry land, IlAnked by the river Thames Tie LETT and
by swamp on the right, occupied by ms reg
ulat Infantry and artillery, while on the rght n NIX
lay lecIa sen with his followers on lie eastern
margin 1.-THE swamp. Bat Proctor committed an
error IN loiulng ms Infantry open uldcr. Gene
fd uarttson, awaiting himself Of the FACT, and aware
HAT troops disposed could not resist a change Of
mounted men, lie dIreeted Colonel Johusl u 10 dash
through the enrmys line N column. The move
m ut was made with brilliant success. The mount
ed men charged with prompDlude and yjsor,
broke through the lne OF the euemy lolmra in
the rear and essaed the broken iae with success