The native American., 1840-11-14

| llOH, inactivity ana reCkleSSneSS marked
and married all his man9uvres, and defeat
disaster and disgrace were of course the
consequences. Ofall the manifold military
plumbers committed by this man. as Cen
eral-!n-Chief of the Northwestern army,
| during the late war, shall single out but
one, in which his total incapacity for war;
as well as his envious malignity of heart
are as plain Us the sun at MONDAY. | al
ude TO his disgraceful descrtion of young
CrogLan the hero Of Fort Sandusky
This gallant son of Kentucky Chen a
young man Of one and twenty was placed
In command of the fortress, at the time
considered the key of the-American posi-
| ton, and its possession deemed Of immense
/ Importance not only to the protection of
! the neighboring settlements, which were
/ exposed to the merciless tomahawk of the
| Indian, but to the security of that portion
! Of the army under Harrison himself, en-
! camped about four miles distant Crog-
5. nan had under him about one hundred
and twenty men, mostly kentuckiaus-
fine, dashing young fellows, like himself
who volunteered as "a forlorn hope" for
this desperate service. Proctor, the Brit
iSh commander, an able officer and brave
man, calculating no doubt, upon Harri-
sons imbecility and well-lriown love Of
ease, rapidly pushed forward chosen
body Of regulars and an equal number of
| Indians, to surprise and capture the fort
Superiority of numbers inspired them
with courage, and certainty of success
made them frantic with joy. Young
Croghan, in this trying emergency, was
as cool as 4 cucumber. With the self-pos-
session Of veteran, he issued the neces-
sary orders for mortal resistance, and
despatched All express to the Commander
in-Chief, communicating the condition of
affairs. He was ordered to abandon the
post This traitorous mandate Croghan
nobly refused to obey. The honor Of his
country was his polar star, and his deter
minatlon was, to preserve its purity I'M
sullied, or die in its defence His arrange
ments were so judciously made, he gave
so warm a reception to the dare devils OF
Badajos and st. Sebastian, that, to the as
constituent of the little band Of heroes in
the fort, the enemy fled in the greatest con
sternatlon, leaving behind i'll the ditch
one colonel, three subaIterns, and g great
numbero of rank and file killed and wound
ed Never had victory perched more
proudly on the virgin flag of freedom, than
at the murderous assault OH Fort San
dusky
Where was Harrison all this time, when
the eagle of his country was ferocously
attacked by the lion Of England? Instead
of being at the head of his troops, and in
pursuit of the flying foe, he was Wringing
his hands and exclaiming during the
thunder Of battle, "Me blood be upon his
o1nn head-I rash my hands Of IT," So
much, then, for the brilliant achieve
lnents and military adventures of Gen
eral Harrison. Various surmises have
been formed as to the causes Of his shame
ful behavior towards young Croghan.
Some have ascribed it to an indifference to
the success of the campaign planned by
Secretary Armstrong, against Harrisons
opinion others have attributed it to Jack
Falstatf's infirmitv, and an ignoble Jeal-
ously of the Youthful hero; while third
party, the "Native American" Orange
men, who are supposed to be more in the
confidence of Harrison, declare that he re-
fused to reinforce Croghan, because he
(Croghan) had gathered laurels wherever
he fought, was Democrat, and the son
Of az, IisLman The brave Croghan is,
undoubtedly, all that the i" Native Ameri-
cans" impnte 10 him-he is successful
soldier, an unfnching Democrat, and OF
Irish descent.
Antipathy to Irish blood, we all know,
is unhappily one of the distinctive tea-
lures Of Federalism. No wonder, in,
deed, these British 'rories hate us. Who
whipped The English at New Orleans
The SON Of an Hishman. Who were
his brigadiers in that battle General
Coffee and General Carroll, both the sons
Of Kishmen. Who. recalled this same
Harrison when Minister to Columbia, and
who is now, (hless the mark y candidate
for the Presidency of the United States
Why, President Jackson, the so8 Of an
Hashalnn. And who now opposes, tooth
aud nail. the election OF this same Harrl.
sou, to the Presidency! Who else but
this Identical Andrew Jackson, tie son Of
an IiShman? No wonder, repeat, that
these vile FederaliSts should hate, should
abominate us. We have contributed to
keep them ont Of power Tor the last forty
years and with the blessing of Heaven,
we shall keep them III purgatory tor forty
years longer. No wonder, then, they
execrate us. Why every IrishmaT, and
the son of every freshman, in Congress,
are opposed TO Harrison. Senator Cal
houn of South Carolina, Senator Buchan-
an of Pennsylvania, and Senator Allen
of Ohio-all the sons of irishmen--are
decidedly and deadly opposed to him. In