The Ohio Democrat and Dover advertiser. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1839-1840, 1840-04-17


fii man TO govern, and admit, BY our
silence, the truth OF all that is alleged
Az an Amsfiean sislssmsR--as lover
Of my country, 1 feel lhAt'H is wrong,
-nad thatil is my solemn duty TO put in
. coun.et plea.
The Gheber looks 70 the East fol, his
God, but the Senator from Keatueky y
(MI GmTTENnEN looks 10 the West,
and, as might bs expected. his eye en-
counters a SETTING aud not aaRiS
ING LU MlNARY. Not giant ris-
dag Ia HE strength, and rejoicing to run
die course, but being wern out aGd ex-
hausted, unified for action, ndsuited
.osly for teposo. And what is stilinore
unfortunate, esen ,his setting lumlnasy
10 ssrrounded ,by,no halo Of glory, bat,
like the moon, described by Moore ia
his cong, weeping "behind clOId"-
a viii not say.'for the maidsa's shame" I"
because that might be supposed to have
a sinisisrallssioa, but J for shame that
while q portion Of HE cOun,tymsn are
4laudIng him 10 the skies as sage, a
hero, and statesmen, he is compelled
70 remembsr the old provsrb. Praise ln.
deserved is censure in disguise" Re-
posing on. his own estate. Enet o log ca
'sSt1S % s0ul0 baye pretended, bpt~ -. =
splendid mansion, as sm told, per-
8 fseily unconscious Of any merit. HE
frendsinsist npou dragging bin, forth TO
dissolve. by his presence, the faneiful
conceptions Of his grea, qualities which
they have cOajussd up 10 The public
mind. There was lime-whea some
Of theleaders Of the party who are now
seeking to make poliiica! capital out pl
military fame, declared thai the election
ofa1military chiefiain 10 the Prssden-
GyOf the United States was the grea-
test curse that could fall upon the nation.
Why .havethey now selecIodA military
chieftsiu for their political lsaderl j.
il because they believe what has been
said Of him, that "he is no. general en-
ough 10 hurt himp Why, then. pre-
sent him in the glare Of military gloryi
10 il 10 dazzle the people as rnoths ere
sa,d to be by the brightness Of a can
def
But more in sorrow than ia reproach,
do | declare HE military renown TO be
likethe tinsel glitter OF dresses at thea
IRE, got up for show, and for the occa-
sion. which will not bear the light OF day,
or tho scrutiny Of examination. Alae !
where shall we look for the evidences Of
ths sagacity and heroism Of lillian Fl.
Harrison? Are they 10 bs sought for
10 tha, page Of history which records the
battle Of Tippecauoei Are they 10 be
found IN his surprise. and agitation,
when Joe Davis carried the white BAN
neE not very high, it lie true, nor yet as
q flag Of trsce, but by necessity. and
fought under it. OF rather over it, with
desperate salor, enatching 10 death a
victory which had been thurst into the
hands ofths enemy by,,he want Of skill
flo use no bsrrher term) Of his chisf2
Are they 10 be found in the story Of his
consigning TO the slaughter the chival-
rous CraQhan, with his handful ofmen,
while the General himself, within sound
Of The we'll directed aud effective FIRE
Fort Stephenson, stood with some thou,
sonds Of stout Americans at his back
wringing his hands, and crying out Ills
blood be upon his own headi"
Are they registered iu the page which
tells oflhe battle efihe Thames, where
he reluctantly pursued reteaiins foe,
thile bolder spirits, among whom you,
sir, stand nobiy conspcious, pressed
forward. end gathered -~ounds and lau-
rels. dripping with the same blood?
Arc they to be found in the tragic story
oflhe river Ralsina Afe,lhey found in
his resignine his command in May,
1914, amid the very heat oflhe war, up
on the acknowledged ground that deirac
-tion had breathed upon his name. and
he not choosing TO coun. an inquiry in
10 the truth Of the impuistioLsl Are
they lurnishedby the deliberate rejec-
iiop fbis name, when his country was
-besiowing The need ofsPprobation upon
some Of her sons whe4had earned il by
>,deeds Of valor? Iflhese are his jewels,
ihey are 90 worthless asthe black dia~
mond 10 the lapidary. Deeds like these
chino like dark lightning. They will
resoaud through the earth like silent
thunder.l
But tho military fame Of this new Mes
siah, who is 'to bring peace upon the
earth" is mere make weight ltis
ss skilfuI diplomatist, = profound pol
iticisn, that he is1o commend himself
10 the hearts Ofthe people, and win from
them the oaken chaplet on which so ma
ny lock with longing eye. As to his
diplomacy have heard OF only one op-
portunily afforded him for its display, &,
then | have learned that high authority
pronounced him, inadvance, utterly IN