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''''F'tt"' ihaA we committee " Arrangement
recommend TO the TiPpecanoc ClIb TO adopt
the badge procured by Il. n Jenkins. ESQ. and
wear It IN the procession on the 5th Of October
nett. HIRAM HARRIS CL,i,,,.,,
LorTiS y. ELLrrr. Sse'y.
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GEN. EDMUND p. GAINES 10 IL. Rs,eu,.
I Gen. 'GiISr', IN letter from 81. Loui. dated
August Is, addressed 20 Ex-Governor CAvSov.
OF Tennessee, gives a very animated evidence
10 the courage aud military conduct Of General
Harrison. COMPARED (,ayJ Gsn Gain,,j
\ WITH All THE LiII.NG GENERALS
PERSONALLY kNOU.N TO NE. MIR
NO D0UBT BUT TINT H3RRfSO.r vas
IND Is BEST QUALIFIED EOR TIE
/ COMMAND or Il LIRGE .iR.NY"
Tbs unqualified eulog inm from 10 high a mill
iary source as Major GEstR,l T.. ?. G.,xr,.
must, VIC fancy, make the da,tardly detractor,
Of Gen Harrison, who themselves never saw
sn enemy or smelt gunpowdor. feel rather
blank They must now surrender their charge,
Of incomPciency aud cowsrdicc against Gen.
Harrison, or assume that they are better Judge,
Of the military at than Gen. Gaines, ana have
better knowieds. OF the military event, Of
tho last war than he who vas spectator and
actor.
We regret not 10 have room for tho whole Of
Gen. oa'nss letter. We present two extracts
the frs, 'iudioatius Geu'l Harmon, the lat
rebukins Gen Jackson for his unworthy al
tempt to detract from tho fame Of Gen. lIsrri.
son.
I ~ served says General Gaintsl under The or
dets Of Geo. Harrison 10 the Noith-we,tern ar.
ny during the principal part OF The summer and
autumn or the year I-l1 Iurtp- a nat -, .i,.l
time ! held the appointment OF Adjutaut &C.
nsrsl, which brought me into daily and often
ncurly iniercouTIe " iih him, ard though never
with him IN battle, had many opportunities Of
"iinessins his vigilance and devotion 10 tie ser
vice, and OF admiring the energetic simplicity
and systemstIc accuracy Of hrs views. aud the
zeal aud promPiitude with which he marchcd TO
and from Fort Neigs, through the deep swamrs.
from post TO post, hen momently expecting To
enter combined savage and British atnhusrade
OF from four 10 Eve thousand red and white
savascsi from whose cannon, ride and toma-
hawk Gen. Harrison was often protected and
escorted by fewer men Than the Lifs Guard Who
accompanied our distinguished ten. JAcEsoS
upon MS Seminole campaign IN the wear 1918
while the force opposed To him was not half az
great a that with which Harrison was menaced.
With an equal knowledge Of Jackson ard uar-
risoD, I should be unjust 10 both, aud false 10
my country, II did not declare thai, upon the
joecasIors here alluded 10, more trying 10 the
real soldier than any thing the Geld OF battle
often pfeseEts, have never known Gen Jack
500, whose military honors are beyond all dis
lpute, 10 evince more cheerfti'nes. under the
iFriVsions Of food and rest, or u,orc in,re pdlty
'Of purpose IA danger than Harrison uniformly
exhibited And, although had the dcep NOR
! Uhcaiion 10 be unable 10 accompany him from
Detroit in the pursui, OF Tecunseh and Proctor,
which Terminated IN the battle of the Thames,
October 5ih, 1918, yet | was assured by Cover
No Ss4r 4 n.
never bTeaihed irusr or more ohiVslrio ,piriis,
that Harrison proved himself 10 be an able Ge-
neral, without fear aud without reBroach'
- In the expression OF my admiration Of Har.
Irson a. military commander, I am by no
means disposed TO compare him with Washing
ton or Napoleon, who stand alone unrivaled 10
The history Of their respective countries Com
pared Uilh these extraordinary men, we can
boast OF no great Generals. Nor shall we pro-
badly ever see such men in our eountry, until
We sec our principal sesports in the hands Of
Foreigners, which we may very soon be obliged
10 witness. That a seven years war against
4 England, France, and Russia or q civil war
such a. ragged in France prior 10 ihe advent &c
Napoleon, would produce such men a. wash
iagion and Napoleon have no doubt But
lew months, or year or two Of active service,
alternately against savage or 4 civilized foe,
disregsrdins all tho approved principles OF tho
art OF war, can never produce great General,
with all Tho living Generals personally kaown
to me, | have 10 doubt but that Harrison vas
and IS the most highly qualified for the com.
Nand Of large army aud consequently the
greatest snd tho best FOR the Office Of const.Iu-
tional eommander-in-ehisf
- Bot now that am no longer undtr the com
mand 81 General Harrison now that hundreds
OF acrimonious scribbiers arc endeayurinz TO
cover him with defamation and, among them.
mournfol 20 relate, ons who, with slsnderer
claim. upon tho magnanimity az his enemies or
Tho sympathy Of his friends, has been himself
rescued from the fangs Of Distraction and no.
noTed with unmeasufed tokens Of public appro. .
balion--ohe who, though deemed BY hIa friends
20 have been
Born for the universe-has narrowed his mind.
Kind
has volunteered 10 throw tho weight Of kis enc,
g'gsal's iaassnss into the scale Of raneoiou,
parry scandal against the honest the amialle
the caiumniatcd patriot WuttsH Hrvur Han
RisoS, ~ho has calmly remained IN digniGtd re-
iirenent for many yoars, and Tor more hard and
more faiihiui service lhsn any United states a.
deer now living has ever rendered has remain.
ed uurswatded and unnot.ceI. or noticed obly
With the alternate smiles and buHsifrg 81 con
irrdi0E f.c'ions Jaier these circumt'arces.
cannot hssitals, though aa.a..s.tsi ps t.m 60
write letter for bic Sindicauon havirz with
equal chsoffuioess. 10 the year Is75. 81 ne re-
quest 4 GsH Jiskion. Srttsn more than one le,.
ser O. rinjlcats he conduct against tho attack.
% bis and ny Old ffisa5'
EDMUND r. GAINES.
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COT. CHARLES s. MORGAN.
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