, 1840-08-01
From the CatsHN Recorder, Of June e5 }
"GEN, HARRISON AT LARGE"

"GEN. HARRISON AT LARGE"
In the Recorder of the 4th inst. we pub
lished an article, a column in length, underta n
above heading, copied from the Washington
Globe, giving the particular o.! a street rem
counter of Gen. Harrison with Gen. Hale,
Il member of the Methodist Church in Gin
cinnati.
1t was Mr.. Buchanan's explanation Of
Harrison's participation in making this act
a law OF the Territory, and its effects upon
poor citizens that caused the candidate of
Federalism for the Presidency to make use
of the blasphemous language attributed to
him on that occasion. No ooner was the
account made public at a distance from the
place where it occurred, than the Federal
leaders gave their followers the cue, and it
was pronounced a newspaper fabrication
coined for political effect. Such has been
the case in this country. Its falsity has been
openly asserted. A dispute arose upon the
subject in the town of Windham, and one
of the parties concerned, Mr.. Strong, to
satisfy himself and friends more fully, adj
dressed q letter of enquiry to Gen. Hale,
whose answer confirms all that has been
published. The following is the correspand-
ence:
ScienceriHe, N. Y. May 81, 1910.
Gen. Charles Hale-Sir:-Hhaving OBJ
served in the Cincinnati Advertiser, a state
ment of a rude attack upon you by General
Harrison in the streets of Cincinnati, which
in the opinion of the people generally is
highly discreditable TO General II. If true;
but being a newspaper account many
are not disposed to give it credence. There
fore take the liberty of addressing an en-
curry to you in relation to the truth of the
said statement. By giving particulars of
the affair at your earliest conversation, YOU
will oblige.
Respectfully. your obedient servant.
T.. p. STRONG.
Cincinnati, June 4M. 1910.
E. p. Strong, Esq.
Dear Sir:-Yours of the 9th uit., came
duly TO hand. and in answer, | have to in.
form YOU, that the enclosed statement OF the
attack of Gen. VIM. ii Harrison upon me
is substantially correct. and took place on
Fifth stree, in front Of my Office, during the
last month, after the meeting OF the Demo
crazy in this city. and on the evening there
after.
The convention was as follows:-The
General asked Inc ii | was ut the melting at
the Court-lIousc when Buchanan made his
speech! | answered ] was not. He 1.-THE
General then commenced cursing Buchanan;
said Buchanan had illuminated him, and
was a DAMNED SCOUNDREI. for swing
that he had signed a bill while Governor Of
Indiana, that n man should not vote without
holding fifty acres OF land;-GOD DAMN
HIM, (Buchanan) he was Il lawyer and knew
better, for the ordinance of the TERRITORY
required it, and he (Ilarrison) would not We
TO any law the Legislature passed. | then
said to hiln-they make some charges against
You IN their morning papers about selling
white men Mt auction by the sheriff. in Indi-
ana. He Qiarrison) then said, there was Il
great NAV horse thievcs--we had i'm the
Territory no Pe%nltentlary. and jails of very
little consequence, and had no other way Of
furnishing them. | then said to him., (Har-
rison.) did this law allude to all crimes. or
only to the higher? He answered. il alluded
10 all. ] then remarked-how did Mr.. Buc-
hanan ~calunniatc You, when he only en-
the law! He (Harrison) got into a
violent passion, trembled and frothed at the
mouth. and said Buchanan was Il DAMNED
SCOUNDREL. and any person who took
his part, ana the party were all Il set of
DAMNED SCOUNDREIS C!y then re-
marked to him. that this was strong language
to use to me, and | should not permit it
He (Harrison) then said, by way ofan apollo
that he did know that | was a friend of
Buchanan. then asked him if he did sign
The lar 10 sell rhM men at auction mhue
G .rcrnmeat Of Indiana. He said, he did.
! said. think you dill ,rrong. He replied,
/ think IMm right. | said, then Gen ,ral,
you will give me the same p~rivilege-to think
for myself. This is the substance of the
General Harrison called on me the next
and after ~conversing on the sub
ject, said, 81 (Harrison) must retract. |
acknowledge | did wrong last evening. |
must retract." | then told him | knew he
would come back; and observed to him that
| had prayed for him or my knees. He thank
ed me, and left.
These are the facts, and as the truth. |
must give this answer.
Your obedient servant,