The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1840-08-04

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8aoa,ahng They ny
aonuiar der1ors,v "H'S t' "'a'.t- li Inr
,,bo,, s.ou- .~mc no Huopia 1rs every
Uasiur Ia iav0rsl 1,r Hsaa.a .aa ,noy
IN 10 havo simultaneously, a. by rommaud g..
pe t,w.s .s zoe cara Gi9bg como ~ the detcrmi-
nauoo crush Tho old Hero by every sort of false,
mood their imaginations could invent A; first
they attempted to sneer a, his nomination, affect
ing to treat 1t with contempt. The loud shouts,
the ardent enthusiasm Of the People very soon dis.
PEELED their illusion, They found it necessary to
change their system Of tactics, and more desper-
ate, unprincipIed warfare against benefactor of
his country was never carried since the davs Of
Arstides. History has been perverted and flsified
in every page that contained the honored name of
Harrison. Many of the same men and the same
papers that lauded him to the skies when his val
liable services were fresh in the minds of at, and
aohcn there 1ns no mOtire to distort the truth, now
that base party object is to be attained turn upon
him with tho feroci,y of tigers and would fain tear
him in pieces What Illuminating spectacle To
what length will not party subservioncy fa,tenng
upon i'll gotten spoils carry lis votaries It is not
onr purpose now to notice the nbortive attempts to
unset,le the judgment Of the Country upon General
i1aTfSOn 8 military Tepulauon. III 10 matter as
well settled as that Of Gen. Washington to whom
some of his revIers once compared him, An at
tempt is making to revive exploded false
hood respecting Gen Harrsons early political
sentiments and TO give additional force to the false,
hood man by the name Of John Fo,clcr of Ken
lucky, is made 10 in an affidavit that he per
sonally knew Gen. Harrison in the time of John
Adamss Administra'on-that he then high
toned fedcralist and the black cock ade as an
emblem Of federalism This, hundreds Of the
men Of that day know, is an unqualified Gasehood,
having not the somblance oftruth. JudgeBurnet of
Ohio "A highly respectable man and who has bean'in
tlmate)y acquainted with Harrison for moro than
40 years has repeatedly stated in public speeches
that he warmly attached to the Republican
party during the period when the Country was di.
vded into two great parties, republican and federal
Gen Solomon Van Rensneear, the gallant hero
of Queenstown and late Post Master of Albany,
stated in speech made by him at public dinner
given to him ut Cincinnati on the Cd of July, that
he and Gen. Harrison became acauuint ed with each
other about the year 1892 in tho Western Armv:
that they were nearly Of the same age one 10 and
the other 10; that they were the youngest officers
ofthe Army-having the Commissions of General
Washington in their pockets "This period, :" he
continues, "recaIls to my mind the inauguration of
the elder Adams, and with it the charge against
Harrison of 'aneisnt federalism am living
witness that at the period to which refer the
charge was without the slightest foundation. The
Republican principles of Harrison were then as
well known as his chivalric spirit; and he had no
superior in either
In addition to this testimony, about which il is
impossible there should he anv N, is,,ko Tho r,o.,
ern papers contain the Afidavits of four ds,in-
gu'shed individuals, viz. Gen James Taylor of Ky
Er,bn ptatm0n, Judge John Matson and George