The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1840-05-07
GENERAL HARRISON AT HOME.
Correspondence Of the Baltimore Patriot.

ndu, 4 WAS luItuhdte IN NnulnH tenera Hurrl-
son in the city. His farm AT North Bend is
distant some fifteen or twenty miles from town,
and he had come up for the purpose Of listening
% 4 sermon from an old friend and inmate OF
his family You will recollect that in the
council held al Vincennes before the battle Of
Tippecanoe, Tecumseh raised the war-whoop
and gave the signal 10 his bands 10 draw their
concealed clubs, aud massacre the Governor and
all the whites in the assembly; and that a
1 Methodist minister, who was member of tho
i Governors household retired TO the family
man sion, and stationed himself at the door, in
/ order 10 defend the Governors lady and children
| from violence and murder After lapse Of
nearly thirty years, this same minister, being in
Cincinnati the General came 10 the city ex-
pre- ssly 10 see and hear him preach.
G n. Harri ion' health i, exc lent, and his
spirits you may infer from the wide pread en-
| ihusiasm with which his nomination has been
received BY the American people, and the moral
certainty Of his elevation to the Presd initial
char. Although not endowed by nature with
robust con stitution, vet his frame has been so
strengthened BY temperance, and hardened by
the severe exposure OF on active life, that he re-
tain the youthful vigor and ella tic step Of his
| earlier days Hi, INTEL ct, so far from being
decayed, is now in the full maturity of IL
strength. Urbane Of his manners, benevolent
| and no pitable in hi dispo tion, and remarka-
bly, lluent and eloquent in conversation, he wins
your confidence and respect on a moments ac-
quaintance Unah ctad genera 'ity and noble
dlslntere tedness are the most prominent "a
lures ofhis character The e,teem in which he
| i held by his neighbors, and more immediate
fellow-citizens, il amo I universal, and is well
calculated TO make deep impression on the
mind of the inGulrng stranger. Perhap, no man
has ever lived so long, and had such extensive
intercourse with al! classes Of men,, that has
ma lie 50 few enemies and SO MANY friends, His
attachments as scholar are wen known and
the ca 20 and classic eloqu nee of his STYLE are
remarkable for one who ha' spent so large a
portion Of his life in the camp, and the active
service OF his country
| regret 10 inform you Of the outrage commit
| ted upon General Harr ;on's feelings and no pi-
tality, by two men calling themselves kcntuck-
ian'; but whom that proud and patriotic p-opla
would di sdain TO own countrymen. Though
really members of Van Buren, committee tn v
cam under the garb Of friend hip, and profanng
the ed name of citizen, pretended that thcy
desired TO know the sentiments Of the General
on certain subj cts, simply for their own salts
faction, and TO enable them TO make up their own
4 minds on the Presidential que ton. General
Harri on replied that his views on these subjects
had been frequently given to the world. and that
| il was unnecessary 10 repeat them. He even
| handed them copies Of his speeches. and invited
them 10 remain TO dinner. What must BE-
thought of men who thus invade the sanctty Of
genteman's house, and shelter thom.elves >
meath the inviolabla rights of no pa ty, for the
SUPPOSE of accomplishing the low and des-
| pcabla object Of tn irparty? What must be
thought of m who thus cover their PARTISAN
charact and intentions meath the sacr5 galb
of friend hiT2 who, although the tools of power
and the in trument Of tn Admin tration feign
to be citizens seeking information simply for
their own enlightenment? who come a. spies,
and under false covers, endcavors 10 win the
confidence of an honest man, and to entrap him
in the snares which they have so coyertly and
iniamou ly laid} Their conduct deserves uni
versal execration, and such il will receive, al
though too much in accordance with the whole
character Of the present Admin tration.
A great parade is made in the prints devoted TO
the Administration about the letter written bv
the corresponding committee at Cincinnati, in
response 10 certain interrogatores propounded
by an association at Oswego, New York Gen.
Harrison is alleged to be non compos and his
friends, we are told have taken him into their
housekeeping and viii not suffer him to write
or speak to any one. They have even gone so
far as 10 say that they have built huge wall
around his house, and that, being thus Gagged.
none but confidential friends are permitted 10
see him. These charges are so fimsy and ridi-
culous, that they carry with them their own re-
tutatlon. a simple statement will put the whole
SANDER to the blu h. The corresponding com
mittee is merely part Of the general committee
al Cincinnati, appointed by the Wings of that
city in town meeting assembled With Gen.
Harrison, personally, they have nothing TO do
and OF my own knowledge. | assert that Gen.
! Harri on did not know the individuals that COM
| posed the committee. Receiving however more
letters than it was possible for any one man TO
read or answer, at Gen. Harri on's request. OK
pre- ssed 10 hi friends central committee under
/ trNalrs pg,I, I'D, Il I-4.-
| important; but those that required special re-
PLY, We're ordered to be submitted 10 the per-
sonal inspection Of thc General; so that if ne
ces sary, they might be responded 10 BY him in
divdually. would also add that this associa-
ton represented them elves TO b friends: they
were so understood and believed By the commit
tee. and thi letter was answered under that i'm
| pres ion II app ars that they were enemies in
1 Disguise generous people will not countc-
nance such infamous frauds hut will visit thcm
with the vengeance they deserve
You can have but faint idea Of the enthusi-
asm which perade- the whole West in favor Of
/ Cen. Harri son. The people pant for the cleo
| ton day, and burn 70 send on as President their
! di tingui he'd iavorte. Meeting after meeting
and convention after convention. attest the I'M
bound d confidence which they feel in the IN l.,
tice of their eau c and the success of their can
di1ate AT every country inn and cro,s-roos an
old soldier is heard recounting the battles which
he fought under his beloved commander al Fort
Meigs Tippecanoe, or tha Thames the boat
men floating down the Ohio OH fats and raft {,
chant song in honor Of the hero Of the Ia war
the boys at tho landings shout Tor Harrison
liberty poles, with Whiy in c ipti1ns are erect
cd in the villages; and even The ploughman
stops his horse in the middle eli the field and
huzzas for the Farmer Pre- .ident. Kentucky
that sheet anchor Of the Whig party--is "a /
and firm. Ohio andlndiana, tho e young giant
Of The West wilt give their old Governor a more
overwhelming majority than he received in | $3.50
] Michiran redeemed and renennrated Il corr In