The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1840-11-26

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/ Methodist preacher BY the name of Winans
behaved with great gailsn,ry in seizlDg a
masket and standing 10 defence Of the ladies',
when an instant attack was anticipated from
the sayages." MIR. Levi c. Harris, Of Ray
nond, Mississippi, addressed a letter to the
Rev. William Wmans, Of the same State,
requesting TO know if he were the clergy
man alluded TO 10 the statement, and asking
I AZ ihe sane time bis opinion Of General
/ flarison's character, &c.
u Nc. w mans Is well knoyn as a Method
-iss Minister Of great eloquence and ability,
primitive in his manners, and energetic ID
character. He was member Of he Gene.
Eal Conference Of the Methodist Episcopal
Church which sa, in Baltimore las, spring,
and aas Distinguished among lie many able
neni that body. We have room for some
extracts only from this letter, in reply to
the heterogeneous Of liarls. He says:
| an the Wlnans spoken Of in the B
ostaphy of Gen. W. n Harrison as present
% the occasion above referred to. | was,
during the year 1910, travelling as
Methodist itlnerant preacher on the circuit
which embraced The town Of Vlnceunes-
the Place Of General, then Governor, Har
risou's residence. At the time Of The con
le5eucc orcoUncil mentioned tnyour inquiry
| was enjoying, as often did, the hosplali
~ of the Governor. The council vas held
10 hisya:d, not more than fifty yards rom
lis dor. The number Of ladlaos belong
ing to the party of Tccum;he vas sixty or
seventy; and there we're from fifty to sixty
whos9 pan had not been openly taken,
thoushlitile doubt was entertained that most
Of Them would JOIN tia. chief ia case Of col
Iision between him and Tie whites.
ain the course Of the discussion, Tecum
lie, Who as well as the res, Of the Indians,
was seated upon The ground, sptana to his
feet aud angrily pronounced Gen. Harrison
& liar, or what he had just said lie. The
latiaga, Of his party, followed this move.
ment Of their chief; and, by tone and ges
tgre, dedicated hostile purpose. Nearly
1!l these Indians were armed for close con.
hcii whereas nc. more than about twenty
Of The i5aitcs had any sort Of arms. was
Standing al the back Of Gen. Gibson Score,
lary Of tie Territory, who had been some
twor'y years prisoner among the Shawnee
Indians and who, consequently, knew their
manner well, and | heard INN say to Lieut.
Jennings, Have your men (aIluding to a
snrgeauts commend who we're then on
guard Have your mcn ready-ihere is
danger
About tie same instant the Governor
rose aud babe The interpreter lei! f@umseh
that the counca was dissolved, fer he would
sil no longer with such sconndfel' All
believed that there was probability Of an
attack from the Indians, and | have now no
doubt there would have been, had not the
position Of Tecumseh and the other chiefs
been such with relation TO Tie sergeanl's
guard - 70 render it almost certain that
they would fall 10 the ouset. No man could
haee acted v1h more cool, deliberate brave
~, than d1 Governor Harrison on thistry
ID. occasion. spent the evening and night
of tbs dreadful day in his family and
lho6.h the indians %ncamped within
half mile Of the house, there was not in
thm, during the whole time, the slightest in
dicaion Of want Of courage, though there
was proyjdent and judiclous care token to be
ready for night attack, should one have
heen made by the indians, as was appre
hended would be the case"
lie goes on to say Of Gen, Harrison;
Thirty years ago, considered him
equal to any public man Of his years; and
his public conduct since, both IN the camp
and IN the Senate, has satisfied me that my
opinion was wcil founded. Ii will be diff
cult, think, TO tx upon any individual who,
duriog the last forty years, has counselled
more wisely, acted more prudently or eff
Gently, or committed fewer errors than
Gen, William Henry HARRISON. Aud my
observation, during rccent intercourse with
him, afforded me The gratifying assurance
tIdk ntS tOttu HhS iOSl hitlS u dli9 "a 10 ~
tlyiiy or energy by the wear aud tear OF
sixty seven years, Indeed he might well
pass for a man Of not more than fifty years
Of age, il Judged Of by either his cotporeal or
mental vgor or elasticity.
In speaking Of the private character Of
General Harrison he observes:
"Ofhis Justice and bencrolsace no ques,
ton will be made among those who have
enjoyed the pleasure of knowing his social
Qualities, There lives not, propabIy, one
man who can rise up and charge the Gene.
raj with injury in regar1 to his property, his
person, or his reputation. On tho other
hand, all who know him well will bear ready
testimony 10 the kindness, the condescen.
sion, tho active henevolence of his conduct
towards those whom Providence has placed
IN less eligible circumstances than those in
which he was placed"
\ "Of the patriotism Of General Harrison,
the history of the West, for nearly fifty
years, 10 the impartial record; and as
have no claim to peculiar information in
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