The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1840-04-09

EEu uU8la EoM FlsAsAs
tnoun a M Nz3isoa. thFa fis.i. 49,
n he Unilsd Slalss. uho gave ne sfosss
ssder uhieh Gsneral hsIF'son ss.ss.
ana 10 whom he later x&s rssPsasieis
Tor his eoadsesl salsly no one can
sopposs that here wszs ssntng moss
vba. n lhsy eosid bare done 90 wa 4
uaIh, would have msds knewn any COO.
duel az Gsn. HarEison u he Time feierfea
a. Which seemed IL any degree uosihy
az apprehension. With al these means
M iniormauian. what wss The testimony
ar Ar. Madisoa respecting ths halls q
Tippeeanoef Iwallquois hisown WORDS
lrom his message 70 Congress about
month after The event The message %
dated 18Th Dsesmber, 1911, and reads
a. G0ll0Ss:
.. While his deeply lsmenied that 50
Rany valuable lives have been lost 10 lhs
action which took place on The 7sh OIL.
Congress will see wilh satisfaction ihe
daunlIess spirit Of fortilods sieioriously
displayed By every description 81 troops
engaged. as well - the collected hrmness
which distinguished their commander On
an occasion Requiring The almosss1eiuons
oG saIor aud discipline."
Nc. Speaker. have pleasure IN thus
recapilulaling and piling proof upon proof
10 repeI an insinuasion which ! think q
ls nos apparent 10 eli has been thrown
out in The madness Of party rage. With
out consideration. and founded only on
total per,ersion. o. rather asi eonlrsdle
lion. Of every historical record having
relation 10 The subject.
Something was said BY she gentleman
from Michigan about The sneampmens a.
Tippecanoe. n understood him right
", he condemned II 20 injudicious. be-
cause il had . river on ore side, and .
morsss on another. Now. Mr.. Speaker.
I shall give no opinion on The question
thus stated; but ii just naw occurs 20 me
.ha, This subject. which think in the Iai-
litary vocabulary il called. casiramets,lon,
admits OF some serious inquiry bearing
npon the criticism under consideration.
In almost all scientific research, We md
that what is now reduced 10 system, and
arises 10 the dignity Of science. was a
fret the product Of sumo casually. Which
falling under The notice OF some refsciinl
mind, gave rise 10 some surprising re-
salts. The accidental falling Of an srpls
developed the great Law Of graviiaiion
4 am sure have somewhe seen q stat
ed that Pyrrhus. the celebrated King o
Epirus, sho 10 allowed BY all authority
90 have been The FIRST general OF his time
first learned 10 foriify his camp By having
. river in his rear and a morsss on hi'
flank; AMI this was irstsuggesied 10 him
by seeing a wild boar, when hunted u
desperation. back himself against ire'
or rock. that he might fight his pursuer
without danger Of being asssiled IN hi
rear. Now. sir. if comprehend ih'
gentleman IRON Michigan. he has agains
him on this poin, not only the celebrated
King Of Epirus. bu, also The Wild boar
who. i sesms. Was .uiaFEp n II isf ssshg y. !
are iso approved authorities. one Q
whom nature taught The ART Of war. a
she kindly did "a colopels. and The oihe
that renowned hero n Epirus. who CAV,
the Romans so much trouble in his time
These suihori,ies are near two Thousand
years old. and as far as know unques
toned. iill she gentleman from Michigal
attacked them yesterday. Here, again
ask who shall decided Pyuhus an,
the boar on one side. or The gentlemsI
from Michigan on the other. SIR. de
cline jurisdiction Of Che question. snt
leave the two hundred and forty colonel
Of this house 10 settle The contest; . aoy
nostrum faiies componere Ties"
Mr.. Speaker. feel il quite impossibl,
to Withdraw from This pari Of The debate
without some cnmment 90 another asser
ton. OF rather iulimalion o. he genilemar
from Michigan. touching the conduct %
General llsrrison al the battle az ih,
Thames. All uho have made themselves
acquainted with the history Of that event
know that the order in which the Ameri
can army was to attack the combined
force Of BRUSH and Indians al th,
Thames, was changed a, the very Ianmen
when the onset was about 10 be made
This order OF tie General drew forth iron
Commodore Perry and others. who wer,
in The staff ofihe army. aud on The grouns
AT the time. the highrs, enconiums. TIL,
idea Of this change in The plan Of attack
u is now animated. was not original will
General Harrison, ba, was, as the gentle
man seems TO intimate. suggested 10 hin
by another. who. il is said. was on III,
ground at the time. Who that oihei
person is. or was. The gentleman has no
said. but seemed To Intimate he was nov
in the other end Of The Capitol; and thu,
we are led 10 suppose that Col. Johnson
the Vice President. is the gentleman
alluded to. Sir. | regret very much lhs
the gentleman should treat historical fact
in this way. If there be any Foundation
for giving Col. Johnson the honor o
having suggested 10 Gen. Harrison ,
movement for which the latter has receiv
ed great praise, why not speak gu, an,
say SO! Why insinuate! Why hint %
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