Litchfield enquirer., 1840-07-23

was lOuItu Ill tne prOCeSuiilSS Ol uiC A1cSlSAo- ture ot Kentucky, and especially m the ex- traordinary confidence reposed m him, by the gallant Governor and people of that State, when they subsequently, honored him with the command of their army, composed of the choice spirits of the land, the best blood of Kentucky. Gen. Harrison spoke with deep emotion of the trust repoSed in him by Kentucky on the occasion alluded to, and said that the commission which made him commander of that brave and patriotic army of Kentuckians, he had al- ways held as the most honorable conmls- sion which it had been the fortune of his life to have conferred upon him.
 He referred to very recent story-got up in his own ncighborhood, and sent forth to the world, corroborated by the sanctity ot an atfidavit-which represented him as con- tessing to q young man on steamboat, that he was an abolitionist, and that, al- though he voted against restrictions on Ms souri, he did so in opposition to the sugges- tiOnS of his conscience, &c. lie sad the narrative bore on its face the proofs of its absolute falsity; and when he pronounced it fabrication, without the sembance of fact or a word for it's basis, it was not be- cause he thought it required a contradic- ton, but to evincc the recklessness and des- peration of his political enemies, who seem- ed to have given up every ground of hope save that which they found in Vilifying his name. "It is melancholy fact tellow-cit- izens," said Gen. Harrison, "that the advo- cates of Mir. Van Buren should so far forget what belongs to the character of an Amerl- can citizen, and do so much violence to the nature of our free institutions, as to place the great political contest in which we are now striving, upon an issue such as this. l would not accept the lofty station to which some of you are promising to elevate me, if it came to me by such means.
 would not, if had power to prevent it, allow the fair fame of my competitor to be unjustly assailed and wounded even for the attainment of that lofty aim of q noble am- bition. Nay, have often defended Mr. Van Buren against what believed to be the mis- representations ofmy own mistaken friends and others. Fcllow-citizcns, if Mir. Van Buren be the better statesman, let us say so Il shall be the last man to raise an objec- tion against it, or to desire to impose re- straints upon the utmost independence of thought and action, and the 1rccst express sion of feeling and opinion. love frank and generous adversary--such man de- light to embrace-and will serve him, &C., cording to my ability, as checrfully as my professed friend. But that political war fare which seeks success by foul detraction, and strives for asccndancy by the ruin of personal character, merits the indignation of honest men, is hateful to every generous mind, and tends too surely to the destruc- ton of public virtue, and, as consequence, to the downfall of public liberty"
 Gen. Harrison apologized for occupying his fellow-citiZens so long. He said, he would but mention one more of the latest islanders which had come to his knowledge. A German paper published ill Cincinnati, apparent sincerity, that "Gen. Harrison, now candidate for the Presidency of the U. States, was, many years ago, when a young man, an aid to Gen. Wayne, during his Indian wars-and that, whichever young Harrison found that battle was coming on, ho s.l--~y ran off lllU Lii. "vulo. InSaIH there was loud and irrepressible laugher.) The editor forgot, said the General, when he served up this little dish, that the only possible security to young Harrison's scalp, on the approach of battle with tho h. dians, was in keeping out of the a"'ods! Such a story as this can only excite . smile here, it is true, said Gen. H., but this paper circu- lates not alone in the United StatCs-copics our history is less known, and where the contradiction of such silly falsehoods may possibly never come.
 "It has long been provcrbal of old SOL diers, fellow citizens" continued Gen. H., "that they delight to go back to other days and fight their battles over again. When began this address to you, l intended to speak only of my far-famed "committee of conscience-keepcrs"a and the "irOn cage" in which they confne me, but have lnwit- tingly taken advantage of your kind dispo- sition to listen to mo, and extended my re- marks to other though kindred topics. I will only add that, although they have made wide mistake who make me dwell in an "iron cage," the unlucky wight who put me in a log cabin was a little nearer the truth than he probably supposed him. self to be. It is true that a rart of my dwelling house is a log cabin, but as to the hard cider, (the laughter which followed the allusion to tho "hard cider" branch of the story drowned the voice of the speak ero
 But, said Gen. Harrison, admonished by the provcrb, that you may ascribc my long speech to the common infirmity of an old soldier, and bring mo under the suspicion of the loquacity of age, l will conclude these nasty and unpremeditated remarks by thanking my fellow-citiZens of COlum- bus for their politcness on the present occa- sion, as well as for the friendly feelings of which they have uniformly and often here totore given me so many gratifying proofs.
 The General retired, leaving the crowd which had continued to accumulate while he spoke, delighted with the prompt and satisfactory manner in which he had met the wishes of the citizens.
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