Madison Whig advocate. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1839-1841, 1840-10-17

The following is the opinion OF the hero and
patriot Z, 2. Gaines, of W. II. HARRISON
How different from that Of tho pIihq Gencf.
IL 'r''ir--
luled' man.
81 served unior Tie orders - Con, Harrison
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pal part Oi the summer ana autumn Oh %,
vcar lH3-durug pam OF which time Ihtlt
The appointment OF Adnuut General, Whic.
brought me INTO daily, and often hourly mtrr-
course with him, and though never with him
rs 6Ilg, had 9Hag apret@mti.s ut w''unes-
i ug htssyfyt,l dance and $50 ta't0H taa s. rylea.
all ~ ',r'r'''n'G - ,it s''s'' '",>s
. systGWauc Qccqracy olhs yiews, and the lpu
aud promptitude with which be marched "a auu
y ,,.
81. @ D.,t .eyo ga,
IN C'5it,'iiIT1' T T VIgf~ 1Nd'''Fr airt298t''
OF from tou. @ I've Thousand ned and white
saYages; lr1m whose canon, udCgnd lsu1la.l>..
hgn~H lIg51a~WRa QleR Protected aHd oseJf-
ted by tcwcrmcn than the Lii GUasi, who ac.
cpmpaniod our distinguished Gen. Jackson up.
ON hs Seminole campaign IA the year 1918.
white the l0Ice opposed 10 him was not ball o..
grcut as that with which Gen, Harrison Wa.
mcnaccd, With an equal knowledge OF lecb.
son and Harrison, should be unjust TO b1th
aud false 70 my country IL dil not declare
that, upon the occasions hoJe allulcdto more
tnmg go the real soldier ,Nan any thing tho
field of bai.l0 often presents, | have ucyu
known jackson 10 ,yiRce more cleoriulucss
under the puyntons d food and rest, nor NOR,
ulTepdty OF pup0BC in danger than Harrison
uniformly exhibited, Aud although had the
d1cp modification 10 be unable to accompan,
him front Detroit, IN pursuit OF Tecumseh and
Proctor which terminated iu The battle Of ,bt
Thames, October 9th, 1913, yet was assu ed
by Gov Shelby aud Commodore Perry, thar
whom there never bgCathcd trucr or more chiy
slric spirits, tina, Harrison proved hiusei { 90 b,
an able General, "wtthout fear and without re
proaeh,'
tits true that in tho early part OF the war
in the fall and winter Of l8l2-l3--l felt an,
expressed freely the apprehension that Harrison
possessed too much Of the milk ofnuman kind
ness, and too much caution in has moycmeat
toran efficient u. S Commander in Chief.
was strongly inclined 70 blame him for no, sus
tanning the gallant army headed by ous esteem
cd Winchester, defeated az The river Raian
and tor not eonlrolingand slyingthe brave bud
Icy and his regiment, on the 5ih of Muy III For
Mcigs. But careful investigation Of the ciI
cumstancts that surrounded him, convinced M
that his discipline, though mild and palerna
was strictly eonl9rmable 10 our military law
and that without great caution, such as put
out his power TO reinforce Winchester, or t
cave Dudley, the principal part oitia disposabl
force would probably have been sacrificed,
.Ihsssss. 2E s!hsL amaya!llng eiiots y bring ID
sSAL0 'h94f W aoSsta 2 sRSeaF teim!1AtlA
81 great battle; whcr, et any time boioT
PerI's n9iory EgcathNtle l9a, hy. GEES, lla
rison wouid hste xp0ssdf0 alnostfsgialn mot
Fncfe hundreds oil fAmIhps. on hundreds ,
~Sr~rs~ >syssaN~ sr~A y, s,ssssss~s'~ ~ 49,
any other part ni the national frontier not e,
eepiiug that Of Florida frontier where iroi
tao great depth e. rich soil and nudd, roads,
forced march VI lew successive dave, oitc
reanl'od b loss ot effective strength nearly
qh1i 70 thdt oi wen ioAEht uaiNes
have often admitted hsi conld not nos
''ssr's s-'' - rr--.,avs~s .sss,es.~ '4.scqsl~
assdd aattlgts..Eai ! afasd 90 1913 'gam d
Hlrris0n The bees lessons lad cta. cnmrd i
the afi osHa agalnHaalyaa We foes Lessons .
rlscly a-sa 81 "a 1913, found Ctu laeksJ