The pilot and transcript. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1840-1841, 1840-05-15
the TIPpECANoE TEXT BoOK =


Ihave Just risen from the perusal of apamphlet
of ninetyJfUe pages, bearing the above title IL
was written and compiled, by Col WM OGDEN
NILES, and published by Gen. DuFF GREEN, and
without indulging in the strain of exaggeration,
may be permittedto observe, that this little work
is one of rare merit, and cmbodies within its pa
ges fund of Historical truths with which every
citizen of the republic should be familiar. All
the materials drawn from official sources, and
therefore the more entitled to respectful consider
alton.
The pamphlet is prefaced with brief biogra-
phical notice of General WILLIAM II. HAIR
RISON, from thepen of Col. Niles; writtenwith
that clearness of thought, and perspicuity of die
ton, for which he is so distinguished. All the
facts connected with Gen. Harrison's official con-
duct, are set forth in style so plain, compre-
hensive, and so unpretending, that the mind OF
the reader is able to trace him through every step
of his adventurous life, from the moment of his
receiving his commission as Lieutenant, from
the hands of the Father ofhiS Country, through
allthe gradatons Of his civil and military career,
until after covering himself with unfading lau-
tern Army, and being hailed by the people of that
great region, as the Washington ofthe Vest,
Cincinnatus-like, he retir ed to the peaceful pur
suits of agriculture
The work, as it purports, has been gotten up
as tert book, to enable the friends of the illus
trious hero of Ttppecd'oe, Fort .MeiSS, and the
Thames, to put down the countless ISLANDERS,
which party rancor have cast upon his fair fame,
and it is but doing Col Niles sheet justice to say,
that he has most triumphantly fulfilled the task
assigned to him. Nor will the country be less
indebted to him for the industry with which he
has discharged the high trust, than to the consum-
mate skill with which he has woven his
materials together 1t is scarcely three weeks
since it was announced that he intended to exc
cute the work, and it has been even now several
days before the public, in form and pressure so
tangible to the senses, to coin favor tor It's IN
defatigable author, and golden opinions for that
gallant old chief whose history IS the history OF
the West whose deeds of arms at once Sc
ries of bold and comprehensive conception, noble;
daring, and brilliant achievement. In reading the
official accounts ofthe numerous battles, IN which
this great chieftan was engaged, the mind Is tor
eibly struck with the superior order OF his mind,
the dauntless bravery of his heart, and the gener-
Gus devotion of his patriotism; for unless armed
at all these points, he never could have triumph
ed over the innumerable difficulties with which |
he was encompassed. How proud the trophies;
how glorious the victories, which this honorea
old soldier won for his country; and how halow-
i r.
ed must be the impulses which urged him Tor
ward, to encounter dangers and privatlonsl IN ev-
ery FORM But when reflect upon the necessi-
ty which exists for such work, as the one we
are noticing, to turn aside the arrows OF detrac-
ton, the mind irresistibly weeps over the degra-
dation of human nature, and is lost in amazeinent
at the want of integrity, if not of gratitude, in
portion of our people. 1t has been handed down
to us as satire upon republics, that they are I'M
grateful but though, in some instances, the seve-
rity of the remark may be borne out by its truth,
am willing to believe, that the great body Of
all communities cherish, in the feelings ofgrate-
full remembrance, the deeds of generous devotion,
exalted patriotism, and high toned chivalry, of
the leaders of its armies. The history Of the
world is not without its instances Of base ingra-
of distinguished merit may for a
time Withhold it, sooner or later justice Is awar-
dcd ty the deserving, and the revilers ofthe good
whether impelled by personal hate, or urged on
by the base motives of reward, never fail to meet
with the indignant scorn of all virtuous hearts,
and enlightened heads. The fame of the good
and the great, is the common property of the
rboI, GA and ha -ho
tarnish it, renders himself an outlaw to public
and private sympathy, the wound which he
attempts to infict, is wide spread in range, as
it is in its consequences
Before I close this notice, I will remark,
that it would be we'll for the concoctors of the
Resolutions of ssThc Democracy Of the Fourth
Ward's to buy a copy of the Tezt Book, as from
the inpudent mendicity of their assertion, that
Gen. Harrison had s9aerer fought" their heads
must be as destitute of historical information, as
their hearts of those generous emotions which
elevate above the brute. In this little s'Text
Book" they will find that from the year 1894 up
to 1913, whenever there was any fighting to be
done, that whether as Lieutenant, Captain, or
General, Harrison was always to be found in
the van, animating by his intrepidity and direct
ing by his skill But enough of this bald asser-
ton of the pseudo democracyof the fourth ward
Every honest of both parties has fixed the
seal Of condemnation upon the reckless authors
of that shameless falsehood-a falsehood SO glar-
ing as to invoke the punishment of moral perjury
upon the guilty heads of its malignant authors
And will conclude by commencing this excel
lent work to every man who wishes to study Gen.
Harrison's character, and to judge of his fitness
for Office. VINDEx.
1.-THE great meeting at which Messrs. Brady
and Seidenstriker so ingloriously signalized
themselves, consisted Of II persons, officers and
privates all told.