The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1840-07-02

s0cn systrm " p1fty ArAtnns anu Wust-
I'd Tor The honor " his ronR,ry and the
hnpes OF liberty that she reformalien of
.ueh abuses would som be wroughl eui
hy The force Of pure and hsal.hy pub
lie opinion.
.why. fellow-eitizsns." said Gsner-
al Harrison. :. have recently. in that
House (poiniing 20 the state housed heen
charged with high offences against nv
country. which. IL true. ought 20 cost
me my life. Yes" continued he. Sac
ensaiions were there laid 10 nv charge
which. being established. ~ould subject
me. even now. % the sereress pensl,ies
which military Law inf,eis--for | have
sIwsys held that an officer nav moi e.
rape ihr responsibilities Of misconduct
by resisning his commission. These
charges are not made By nv CON.
panians in arms, BY the eye-sitnesses nj
nv sriions. by The great and good and
hrsvs mea who faughl by my eide or
under my command. They isll dlf.
fsreni Story. Bot their evidence, clear.
unrquivocsl and disinct--Ihs testimony
Of Governor Shelby. The venerable hero
Of Kings Mounisin. Of The gallant Perry.
and Of many brave and generous spirits
who saw and knew and participated ia
all the opersIions connected with the
battle Of the Thsnes-ihe evidence Of
impartial and honorable men. the con-
current records Of history and The suiho-
rily Of universal public opinion. sre all
cast aside. in difference 70 The reckless
assertions oi those who were either not
in being or handled in the arms Of their
nurses!" General Harrison said. be sc-
knowledeed that these ealumnies were
dlssgreeable to him. His good hame.
such as il was. was his mos, preclous
treasure land he did not like 10 have
il msnglcd by such cslumniaiors. Were
in his land which they were seeking 10
desiroy--were il the title deeds 10 his
farm they are endrsvoring 10 mniilaie.
he could bear their efTnris with patience
and smile even al their success. But
he confessed, notwithstanding his perfeci
confidence in the justice Of his counIry
and the decision Of an impartial posleri-
~. that these ruthless attacks upon his
military character affected him nnpleas.
sn,ly. This policy Of his adsersaries
constrained him TO consider himself as
nov on trial before his country. He
was not relacisni 90 be tried fairly
/ The American people being bic Couri
and Jury; his adsersaries held 10 those
rules Of evidence established BY common
sense and common right; he feared nol
the resplls Of The sirictest scrutiny, and
would cheerfaIIy submit 10 The decision
lofa sir,uous aud enlightened community.
Tie asked bn, fair dealing aud final jus
nce-- 10 more.
other instances Of gratuilous and un
founded cslumny. having no shadow o
apology IN any fact for their invention
and publication. He spoke Of the battI.
Of Tippeeanoe--of The death Of the brave
and lsmentet. Dssiess. whose fall had been
ascribed to him. He said the whole sto.
~ about the white horse was entirely
false. and that the fate Of the gallant Ken.
iuckian had no connection whatever wi ,h
his own white mare which, BY acciden 4.
vas not rode on that occasion by any one.
In remarking apon The ISLANDERS connect.
red WIN The 6alie Of Tippecahoe. he said
their refutation, one aud all. was found il
the proceedings Of the Legislature Of Ken
lucky, and especially in the extraordinary
confidence rrposed 10 him by the gallant
Governor and people Of tia. state. when
they subsequently, honored him with the
command Of their army. composed Of The
choicest spirits Of The land. the best blood
Of Kentucky. Gen. Harrison spoke with
deep emotion sof the trust reposed in
him by Kentucky on the occasion aliud
ed TO. aud said. ths, the commission
which made him The Commander Of that
brave and patriotic army Of Kentuckisns.
he had always held as the most honora-
BILE commission which il had been the
fortune of his life 10 have conferred upon
him.
lie referred 10 very recen, story--goi
np in his own northumberland sen,
forth 10 the world corrobors,ed by the
sanclity Of an sffiJavit--xhich represented
him as conlessIng To young man on a
steamboa, that he was an sbulitionis,, and
that although he voted sgains. restrictions
on Missouri, he did SO in opposi,iun TO
the suggestion Of his conscience. &c.
lie said The narrative bore on its face The
pronfs Of its absolute fslsi,y--snd when
he pronounced it a fabrication without
the sembsnce Of fact or word Tor It's
basis. il ives not because he thought it
required contradiction, but to evInce the
recklessness and desperation OF his poll'
lical enemies, who seemed TO have gwen
up every ground Of hope. save that which
they found in villifying his name. " u
is melancholy fact. fellow-c,uzens. said
Gen. Harrison. 'tha, the advocates OF Mr..
Van Buren, should so Ear forget what be.
longs to the character Of an American cli'-
gen, and do 80 much violence 10 the ma
lure of our free institutions. as to place
The great pollncal contest in which we
are nav striving upon an issue such as