The pilot and transcript. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1840-1841, 1840-06-18
From ssc sEfadlS9asdn.
GENERAL HARRISON AMONG THE
DERRT.R

in that citv was remarkably interesting. ut the
| moment he was about to depart, he was copstrain-
ed to answer the calls of the sovereign people,
and he accordingly addressed them nearly an
hour in the frank and manly spirit OF a soldier
| We have read his remarks with unalloyed de-
| light. No man OF any party, who has heart,
can peruse them without an honest emotion OF
satisfaction. What relief is such speech from
the bitter TRADES of party slaDg-whangcrs We
throw aside a crowd of other matter, 10 give
place to the following, which we find in the Ohio
Confederate, of the lit. inst.
| Gen Harrison left Cincinnati on Thursday
| he arrived here, distance of 100 miles, at nye
o'clock Z. NJ. on Friday. He was on his feet,
receiving the calls and congratulations OF our
citizens for hours after his arrival In the even
| n- he repaired, by invitation, to the Log CABIN,
where additional hundreds had congregated TO
meet this beloved and venerated patriot Here,
with the frankncss and unrescrvcdness winch
have marked his character through lie, did he
mipslc for two hours with the <SLog Cabin bows"
! of the Capitol. Long before the sun, and before
our youth were astir, the General was, on the
morning of the morrow, up and out Having
breakfasted with friend at a remote part OF the
city, he soon again surrounded by the null
itude of our people who refused to be satisfied
without seeing and communing with him, The
period of his departure was at hand-the crowd
increased-it was impossible that in the brief IN
terval every could be presented individually
| to the General, and all were anxious to see AM
hear him. At the instance of friend, whe no.
tced the popular solictude, the General, from the
platform OF the door OF the National Hotel, adj
dressed the people for half an hour or more. We
wish that every man in America had heard that
speech. How would the defamers of this great
and good man have dwindled in their estimation
| into merited insignifcance How would the SLAM
derers who impute to him motives which never
actuated him, and opinions which he never held
and designs which he never entertained, and
L L 4 -l.,l 4rz=h,
famously ascribe to him nt5ee9iiy and aeeTePa-
rude and eoscardiee-how would these SANDER
ers have been Indignantly rebuked hy the righse-
Gus Judgment of honest and lnsstited people,
But they did not and could not hear It, we will
endeavor to possess them OF its substance We
took no notes. Neither General Harrison nor any
other person thought of his making public adj
dress two minutes before he commenced L. Il
arose out of the circumstances which surrounded
him at the moment-and signally illustrated a
quality of his character to which We have before
alluded-the ability always to say and to do eS-
actly what is proper to be said and done The
reader will bear il mind, therefore, that pro-
fess only to give him the subject matter, not the
style and expression OF
GEN. HARRISON'S REMARKS.
CEs. HAgRIsoN said he was greatly indebted
to his fellow-citizens of Columbus and Franklin
County-the most cordial hospitality had at all
times been accorded to him by them. So long
ago as the time when he was honored with
the command of the EENorthwestern Army" and
held his headquarters at Franklinton, on the
other side of the river, it was his fortune to find
in the people of Franklin County not only good
citizens, but patriots and soldiers. Their unya-
rying kindness to him had laid him under many
previous obligations, and their generous atten-
tions on the present occasion he checrfulty and
gratefully acknowledged
He said he had no inteation to detain his friends
/ i l.. ~. st.a.-,o
| to what he understood TO be the desire of those
1 whom he addressed. lie was not surprised that
public curiosity was awakened in reference To
| some things which had been lately published
concerning him, nor was he unwilling to satisfy
the feelings of his feIlow-ctizens by such proper
explanations as became him, in his present posi-
| ton before the country. He confessed that he
had suffered deep justification, since he had been
placed before the people, as candidate for the
highest Office in their gift-nay, the most exalted
station in the world-that any portion of his
countrymen Should think il necessary OF expe-
dent to abuse, Islander, or Willy him. HIS sor-
row arose not much from personal-dear as
was to him the humble reputation he had earned
as from public considerations. He might draw
consolation, under this species OF injury, from
n the revelations of history, which showed that
+ the best of men, who had devoted their lives to
. the public service, had been the victims OF ira
:. duction. But virtue and truth are the founda
ID tons OF our republican system. When these are
d disregarded, free institutions must fall; he
70 looked, therefore, at symptoms Of decentralization
with sincere regret, as betokening danger to pub
y lie liberty. a part of the political press, sup
&c porting the existing administration, and certain
partizans of MIR. Van Buren,, also candidate fol
that high office, to which some OF those WHOM
he addressed desired to elevate him, had inv
ne and propagated many calumnies against him, bu
e. he proposed on the present occasion to speak o
one only OF the numerous perversions and Sian
Il urx-l.n fa1 - Il
and misrepresented his character and conduct
. He alluded to the story of his famous seCoNFt
DENTAL COMMITTEE" they called it. eth,
i story goes" said General HARRISON sfthat hay
n not only committee of observation-disclosures, bu
that they put me In cage, fastened with iror
: bars, and kept me in that.n Go one who looked
: at his bright and sparkling eye-the light which
o beamed in its rich expression-the smile which
played upon his countenancc, blending the Inca
ments of bcncyolencc and frmness-who remem,
bered also that he listening to the voice oil
son of old Gov. Harrison, one OF sslhe signers .
! the pupil oil old sfMad Anthony the hero OF
Tippecanoe, the defender of Fort Meigs. the
conqueror of Proctor-thc idea of WsI Henry
i HARRISON in cage! was irresistibly ludicrous J
When the laughter had subsidized, the General
y proceeded. 81 have no committee, fellow-cti-
e zehs CONFIDENTIAL or other. 1t is true that en-
n pioyeu my friend, Major Gwynn, to aid me in
..eteihlhs replies to some Of the numerous ques-
sions Propounded to me by letters. But to such
only as any man could answer as well as another
mere Is scarcely question of political nature
no" agitating the public mind on which have
not long SINCE promulgated my opinions, by
sPeeehes, published letters or official acts. i
large majority oil letters addressed to me. MR.
ported to seek my views of Abolition II. Tf.tad
States Bank, and other matter, Concerning which
my views were already in possession of The nnb-
lie. The most suitable answer TO these'drd g.
weii-intentioned persons, the most satisfactory-
was reference to the documents, in which INV
opinions already expressed were to be found =
/ Such answers entrusted to nv well-tned and
faithful friend, Major Gwynn Letters reeu;r-
ing more particular attention, answered myself
Every body who knows Major Gwypn. knows
that he is not one whom would employ to ,yr;,e
political letter. He is self-nade man - saI