Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1840-10-22

HEAR THE VETERAN GENERAL GAINES.
General Gaines has just published long
letter, a portion Of which concerns General
Jackson and General Harrison, and is given
below. Every true patriot would wish that
the stigma oil lncompetency, much less Of cow
ardice, should never be fastened upon citizen
who commanded in The national army and
whose name had become identified with the his.
tory OF the country. And every true patriot
therefore, whom the slang of mercenary wri.
ters aud speakers has induced TO regard Gen
eral Harrison as an inefficient officer in any
sense Of The term, will rejoice 10 change his I'M
Just opinions upon the authority of veteran
soldier whose own high deserts give irresisli.
bic force 10 his encomlum. There is Il passage
in the letter IN question which explains, to the
authors honor his reasons for the publication.
The indicate course of jackson at this mo j..
ment, he notices in these terms, with even JUS
tce 10 the eXPresident and TO the rival Of his
successor. Gen. Jackson, says Gen. Gaines
'has volunteered 10 throw the weight of his
once gigantic influence into the scale of rancor-
Gus party scandal against the honest, the anna
bic, the illuminated patriot, William Henry
Harrison; who has calmly remained, in dgni-
ned rellremen! Tor many years, and for more
hard and more faithful service than any United
States Officer now living has ever rendered, has
remained unIeWarded, and unnotlced, or noticed
only with The alternate smiles and buileilngs
Of contending factions. Under these circum-
stances, cannot hesitate, though unsolicited
by him, 10 write letter for his Yindicalion
having with equal cheerlulness, in the year
1898, at the request oil General jackson, writ
ten more than one letter 10 vindlcale his con-
duct against the attacks Of his, and my old
friends" More than this passage need not be
offered in this place TO induce our readers TO
peruse he whole oflhe following extract.-Na-
tiOaal Gdzete.
General Gaines says-Havlng disposed Of
the subject Of my system OF national defence
until the meeting OF the next Congress, VIII
now proceed onotice the efforts made by some
oil The party taciicians, SapperS and miners, IL
msrepresent my views IN respect to MAJOR
General WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON, and with
out attempting 10 repeat my answer to numer-
Gus questions asked me in reference TO that dis
thguished individual, will here state facts AS
according to the best of my recollection, will
afford an accurate outline of what have said
IN my answer.
served under the orders OF General Harr
wa III tHS 4NOIlH "CoiSAh NN''"6 80
principal part of the summer aid autumn Of
the year 1813-during part OF which time
held the appointment. oil Adjutant General,
which brought me into daily, and often hourly
intercourse with him, and though never with
him in battle, had many opportunities OF wit
Messing his vigilance and devotion to the SER
vice, and OF admrng the energetic simplicity
and systematic accuracy OF his views, and the
zeal and prompttude with which he marched 10
and from Fort Meigs, through the deep swamPs,
IRON post TO posi-, when momently expecting
TO enter a combined savage and British alnbns-
cade OF from four 10 FIVE thousand Red and
White savages, from whose cannon, rifle and
tomahawk, General Harrison was often prolec-
led and escorted by lever men than the LIE
Guards who accompanied our distinguished
General Jackson upon his Seminole campaign
in the year 1918, while the force opposed to
him was not half as great as that with which
Harrison was menaced. With an equal knowl-
edge OF Jackson and Harrison, should be un'
just TO both, and false to my country, If | did
not declare that upon the occasions here allu'
ded 10, more trying to The real soldier than
any thing the field Of battle often presents,
have never known Gen. Jackson, whose militia.
ry honors are beyond all dispute, 10 evince
moro cheerluIness under the privations Of food
and rest, or more inlrepidity OF purpose in dan
ger, than Harrison uniformly exhibited. And
although ! had the deep modification to be