Madison Whig advocate. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1839-1841, 1840-02-29


mails which were commanded from their
several authors by the lofty patriotism,
valor, talents and success OF Gen. Har-
rison. long before he was named for the
Presidency, and IN times which ought 10
give them weight sufficient 10 beat down
all the petty calurnnies ard clubbing ob-
IectIons which party maliguity may now
presume TO forge against the war-worn
and timc-honored patriot and soldier.
The authorities We present against
the puny attacks Of loco foco Federalism,
and which we shall STEREOTYPE as an i'm
pregnable barricade against all opposi-
ton, are no less than the Congress of the
United States, the Legislatures of Indi-
ana, and of kentucky, james Madison,
James Monroe, Col. Richard VI. Johnson,
Anthony Wayne, Langdon Chcves, ST.
mon Snyder, Gov. Shelby, Com. Perry,
Col. Croghan, Col. Davies, and others,
including in the ilIustrious catalogue
even Thomas Richie himself!
We begin with the testimony of Col
Richard NJ. Johnson, now Vice Presi-
dent Of the United States
Col. Johnson said, lin Congress-
WHO is Gen. Harrison? The son of
one of the signcrs of the Declaration of
Independence, who spent the greater part
Of his large fortune in redeemingrthe
pledge he then gave, of his ''fortune,
life and sacred honor" to secure the
liberties of his country.
"Of the career of Gen. Harrison |
need not speak--the history of the West
is his history. For forty years he has
been identified with its interests, its per-
lis and It's hopes. Universally beloved
l. i
by his ability in the councils of his coun-
try he has been yet more illustriously
distinguished in the field
During the late war, he was longer
in active service than any other Gene
raj officer; he was, perhaps, oftener in
action than any one of them, and never
sustained defeat.n
James Madison. in a special message
to Congress, Dec. IS, 1911, said,
"WhiIe it is deeply lamented that so
many valuable lives have been lost in
the action which took place on the 9TH
ult., Congress will see with satisfaction
the dauntiess spirit Of fortitude victori-
ously displayed by every description of
troops engaged, as well as the collected
firmness which distinguished their COM
mander on an occasion requiring the ut
most exertions of valor and disc plner
James Madison, in his message to Con-
gress, November 1912, said,
''An ample force from the States of
kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania aud Vir-
GINA, is placed, with the addition Of a
few regulars, under the command of
Brigadier General Harrison, who pos
sesses the entire confidence of his fell
low soldiers, among whom are citizens,
some of them volunteers in the ranks,
not less distinguished by their political
stations than by their personal merits"
In Mr. Ma5ison's message of Dec
1913, the compliment was extended, as
follows:
"The success on Lake Erie having
opened passage 10 The territory of the |
enemy, the officer commanding the |
Northwestern army, transferred the |
war thither, and, rapidly pursuing the
hostile troops, fleeing with their savage
associate, forced n general action, which |
quickly terminated in the capture of the |
British, and dispersion of the savage
force.
This result is signally honorable TO
Major General Harrison, by whose mill
tary talents it was prepared"
The following tribute of praise was
paid to General Harrison, in 1911, by |
eleven of the officers who fought under
his banner at the battle of Tippecanoe:-l
SHOULD our country again require
our services to oppose civilized or
savage foe, we should march under Gen.
Harrison with the most perfect conf
dence of victory and fame"
Joel Cook, r. B. Burton, Nathan Ad-
ans. A. Hawkins, III. Burchstead, Hosea
Blood, Josia Smelling, o. G.. Burton, G.
Fuller, c.. Gooding, J. ID. Foster.
Extract Of letter from Col. Davies,
who was killed at the battle of Tippe-
canoe, Aug. "a, 1911:
IL make free to declare, that | have
imagined there were two military men
in the West, and Gen. Harrison is the
first OF the two"
Message of Symon Snyder, Governor
Of Pennsylvania, Dec. TO-, 1913.
ssAlreadv is the brow of the young
warrior, Croghan, encircled with laurels,
and the blessings of thousands of women
and children rescued from the scalping
knife of the ruthless savage of the will
derness, and from the still more savage
Proctor, rest on Harrison and his gall
liant army
In the Legislature of Indiana, on the
12th Nov. 1911. the Speaker of the
House of Representatives Gen. VIM.
Johnson, thus addressed General Har-
rison -
"SIR-The House Of Representatives
of the Indiana Territory, IN their own
name, and in behalf of their constituents,
most cordially reciprocate the congrafu-
Iations Of YOUR Excellency on the glori-
ous result of the late sanguinary con-
fiict with the Shawnee Prophet, and the
tribes of Indians confederated with him;
when we see displayed in behalf of our
country, not only The consummate abiii-
ties of the general, but the heroism of
the man; and when we take into view
the benefits which must result TO that
country from those exertions, we cannot,
for a moment, withhold our need of APP
plause"
Legislature Of Kentucky, JAM Z, 1872