Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1840-09-10

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the enemy covering himself with smoke
was seen rapidly advancing, and but q
few PAGES distant from the pickets. A
general and we'll directed fire of mus.
kerry from the garrison, which immedi
ately followed this discovery, had the
effect Of checking his progress and con.
siderably disturbing his order; but the
latter being speedily restored, the move.
ment was resumed, and the ditch reach.
ed and occupied by the head of the col
umn. 1t was at this critical moment,
that Croghan's single piece of artillery,
charged with grapeshot, and so placed
as to enfilade the assailants, opened its
fire, and with such effect, that in few
minutes, the combat was virtually ended
and the battle won. Most of the enemy
who had entered the ditch, were killed
or wounded; and such of them as were
less advanced and abte to fly, sought
safety in the neighboring woods-carry-
ing with them no disposition to renew
the attack, and strongly impressing their
Indian allies with their own panic.-
Proctor now saw, that all attempts to raj
ly the fugitives were hopeless, and that
TO avoid a greater calamity his most
prudent course would be, to re-embark
what coold be collected of his force, red
and white, and return Immediately to
Maiden"
We now come to the unpublished his
tory connected with this event. 1t will
explain why the results of this victory
were carefully kept out of view at the
time-why Croghan consented to have
his motives for disobeying his orders
misrepresented, and Harrison's conduct
in giving them vindicated-and why Har-
rison so perseVeringly falsifed the truth
of history in the accounts given by him
of this particular transaction, in the two
works prepared under his own eye; the
first published by McAFEE, the second
by DAWSON.
In bringing forward Colonel Croghan's
letters upon this subject, tits proper to
state that they were given TO US by gen.
tleman of high standing in Ohio, who,
without any communication with Colonel
! Croghan upon the subject, submitted
tn en- to us for the press. The facts
that these letters were called for by
committee of gentlemen at Wheeling,
the friends of Harrison-that Colonel
Croghan expressed his willingness to
give them to the public by referring the
committee to General Harrison for the
correspondence--that this committee,
after having had time to communicate
with General Harrison, published a letter
as Croghan's which the late corrcspon-
dence between Harrison and Croghan
shows was not his. but one which his
selEsacrifcing patriotism permitted Har-
rison to shape, 10 suit the exigencies OF
the time at which it was published-that
Harrison's aid, Col Todd, now con-
ducting press notoriously set up as the
immediate organ of Harrison, declared,
in reference to the call by the commit
tee for the correspondence in regard TO
the contested question of the defence of
Fort Stephenson, that there was no
such contested question -" that his
tory and Col. CroghGn'S own letter at
the dag, haze placed the subject beyond
the necessity offurther elucidattO""-all
these facts, connected with the consider
alton that if what is said in behalf of
Harrison in regard to the call of his own
friends for the correspondence, be true,
the correspondence itself must be false,
render it proper, in justice TO the par
ties and to the public, that the issue
made by Colonel Todd's declaration
should be tested. We do not publish
what purports to be the replies of Harri-
son, in the copies which we have in our
hands, because the history referred to
by Col. Todd, as true, is condemned, in
the letters purporting to be Harrison's,
as erroneous. Harrison must therefore
deny the authenticity of these letters,
or the authority of his friend, Col. Todd,
to make the statements on his behalf.
We shall await, then, some intimation
on the part of General Harrison or his
friends, touching this subject-sonie re-
co gnition OF the letters imputed to him,
coupled with an expression of willing
ness that they meet the "public eye."-
In that contingency we shall with alacri-
ty present them in the columns of the
Globe, in their proper connection.
From the contents of Col. Croghan's
letters, it will bo perceived that not a
fact stated by him is contrOverted. 1t
was alone upon the admission of the
truth of his statements that the mode
of correcting the original misrepresenta-
tions was referred to the decision Of mu-
tual friends.
"a fear that Harrison would quit his camp at
| Seneca and pounce unon him in his then crip-