The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1840-08-28
ODE FOR THE LOG CABIN RAISING

Were coming We ne coming the fearless and free
Like the winds Of the desert the waves ofthe sea
True sons Of the sires who haitled Of yores
When EnglAnds nd hon ran Wild on our shoe
Were coming were coming from mountain and
glen,
WIZ hands ID do hattie for freedom again
| And tyranny trennhles il trcmbled before,
When the hands Of cur Fathers drenched IN its
gore
Were coming we re coming with banners nnfnried'
Our motto h freedom country the world
Our wAtchword Columbia le, tyranss beware
For the ldcs Of Ncremhcr VIII bring them despair
Were coming were coming we're coming once
Our standard we nail on the Log CABIN door
ON the outer wal hang it, in triumph to wave,
A trophy Of conquest or shroud for the brave
Then arouse We brave hearts the come on,
It's hero that leads you who always has won;
Who fought for your country and never would yield,
Nor will his last battle be lost on the field.
Then arouse We arouse We the fearless and free,
Like winds OF the desert the waves OF the sea
Let the North South, and West, to the a-beaien
shore,
Extract of letter from Col John Chambers. Of Ky,
On the subject of Gen Harrison's personal bravery
is il not very remarkable if he is coward that none
of the gallant officers soldiers who served with him
under Gen WAYNE or those who fought under his
command at Tippecanoe, at Fort Meigs and the
Thames, discovered his cowardice and that the dis
coyery should have remained to be made by some
scuryy politician of the present day for will venture
TO predict that no officer or soldier OF respectabiy
who served with him, or under his command, be
found to take the responsibility of charging him with
cowardice In connection with this subject permit
me to relate a fact which occurred in my presence
and which is calculated TO give idea of the cha
racter of Gen Harrsons pretensions to frmness and
disregard OF personal danger On the day preceding
the battle of the Thames when his army approached
the last right hand fork of the river (called, think
MacGIegors fork, } Gen. HARRISON accompanied by
Commodore Perry and his aids-de-camp rode forward
10 examine the bridge which crossed the mouth of the
stream and which the enemy had partially destroyed
and while viewing it, several hundred Indians, under
the command of Tecumseh, as we learned afterwards
who were concealed at cabins called Chatham
and in the bushes the opposite side Of the stream
commenced a brisk fire upon the little party, in the
midst of which General Harrison was. At that
ment dismounted company Of Col. Johnson's Reg-
ment commanded by Capt. Benjamin w arfield, who
now resides in the neghborhood Of Lexington, in this
State up; the fire of the Indians was severe
induce the gallant Perry to expostulae earnestly
with Gen Harrison against the exposure Of his person
to such fire. when no good could result from il but
the General coolly replied that he could not set the
example of retiring from the fire of the enemy The
artillery came up in few minutes and opened fire
upon the cabins about which the Indians were
cealed, and Captain Warfed, crossing with his com
pany upon the tmbers of the bridge to charge them
they ran of.