Maumee City express. [volume] (Maumee City, Ohio) 1838-184?, 1840-05-16
THE HOMAGE OF JUSTICE

We have compiled, from various sources,
the following disinterested testimonials,
which were commanded from their several
authors by the lofty patriotism, vnlor, tal
ents and success of General Harrison,
long before he was named for the Presiden-
cy, and in times which ought to give them
weight sufficient to bear down al the petty
calumnies and quibbling objections which
party maignity may now presume to forge
against the war-worn and tlme-h0nored pa
triot and soldier.
The authorities we present against the
attacks of loco foco federalism, and which
we have stereotyped as an impregnable
barricade against all opposition, are no less
thah the Congress of the United States,
the Legislature of Indiana, aud of Ken
tucky, James Madison, James Monroe,
Col. ltichard NJ. Johnson, Anthony Wayne,
Langdon Cheves, Simon Snyder, Governor
Shelby, Com. Perry, Col. Croghan, Colo
mel Davies, and others, including in the H.
ustrious catalogue even Thomas Richie,
Isaac Hill, John M. Niles and Moses Daw-
son!
Col. Richard NJ. johnson, now Vice Pre-
sident of the United States, said, I'm Con-
gress)-
"Who is Gen. Harrison! The son of
the signers of the Declaration of Independ-
ence, who spent the greater part of his
large fortune in redeeming the pledge he
then gave, of his fortune, life and sacred
honor to secure the liberties of his coun-
try.
"Of the career of Gen. Harrison need
not speak-the history of the West, is his
history. For Forty years he has been iden-
titled with its interests, Its perils and its
hopes. Universally beloved IN the walks
of peace, and distinguished by his ability
in the councils of his country, he has been
yet more ilustrIously distinguished In the
field.
/" During the late war he was longer in
active service than any other General Off
Ger; he was, perhaps, oftener in action
than any one of them, and never sustained
q defeat"
James Madison, in special message to
Congress, Dec. l8, 1911, said,
While it is deeply lamented that SO manv
valuable lives have been lost in the action
which took place on the 7th ultlmo, Con-
gress will see with satisfaction the daunt-
less spirit oifprti,ude VIGOROUSLY displayed
by every description of troops engaged, as
wcH rs the collected .frmness aohich distin-
guiahed their commander on an occasion re-
guiring the utmost erertions Of ualor and
discipline.
James Madison in his message to Con-
gress, November, 1919, said,
An ample force from the States of Ken
lucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Virginia,
is placed, with the addition of few reg
uars, under the command of Brigadler Ge-
neral Harrison, who possesses the entire
confidence of his fellow soldiers, among
whom are citizens, some of them volunteers
in the ranks, not less distinguished by their
political stations than by their personal
merits.
In Mr.. Ma6ison's message of Dec. 1918.
the compliment was extended, as follows:
The success on Lake Erie having OPEN
ed a massage to the territory of the enemy,
the officer commanding the Northwestern
arms, transferred the war thither, and, ro-
pidly pursuing the hostile troops, fleeing
with their savage associate, forced gene
raj action, which quickly terminated in the
capture o. the British, and dispersion ofthe
savage force,
This result is signally honorable TO JMa-
jor GENERAL HARRIsoS By ,ohose military
faientsh ,eas preparedA So gauNs
The following tribute of praise was paid
to General Harrison, in 1911, by eleven of
the officers who fought under his banner at
the battle ofTippecanoes