Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1840-09-05

I1arrtson. the prudent, Inc humiHc~ NE brave,
The betrothed of victory, wac never lost battle,
fought beneath that STANDARD sheet al Fppecanoc,
Fort Meigs, and the Thames Never did ii know
degradation while in his jealous custod! he kept
ITS stars FURNISHED, and all its stripes unsullied.
Can We wonder then that tie people are proud OF
him? Can we wonder a, he scene d enthusi-
asm which ensued when this very flag, horne by
the gallant Upton at Tippe. anoe. was unfurled
on the old batIeg ground, in tae presence of thirty
thousand freemen who were there 10 welcome it.
That scene you have heard eloqnesily described
bv one who had the honor TO be an actor in it,
The shout that went up WHEN that Tag was Ioos-
ened to the breeze, rolled far alopg The banks OF
the Wabash, was echoed back blythe father Of wa
tiers, and, methinks have to-day heard it rever-
oefaiing along the shores OF fne liudssh, IN
Sounds that swell
As the voice Of a mighty river
From valley and mountain, from fores and dell,
lis iiberty's triumph-'tis iyranhys knell,
Ills the voice of People awakeninsto tell
That the land from msfule they'll oliver
Inc day we have chosen to unl'ifl this STAN
dard here, is memorable in the history Of our coun-
try. The war of the Revelation was over and
the Kings forces had Withdrawn from the States
bordering the Atlantic. The great delta of the
Mississippi and its tributaries from the Likes in
the North to the Gulf of Mexico in the Soutq, Law,
with slight Interruptions, in the primaya solitude
of nature. A few settlements had been made bv
the log cabin boys Of the west. Those settlers
"Cic cAppStu to tHe totndnaHh anu knife OF
rnerous fierce aud vindictive tribes, late allies of
the British crown, and still banded and led on by
British agents against the border settlements
The successive defeats of Hartman and ST Clair
placed in jeopardy almost every settlement W est
of The Alleghanies Wayne was selected to roll
back and hold in check this Of savage war
Fare. gallant corps enlisted. The noun
Trims were passed; the Ohio descended, and IN The
fall of 1898, the marched from the banks of The
OHIO near where they Queen city Of the west
now stands, to Greenvilie. The youthful and
gallant Harrison, injured in the school of The
RevoiutIon springs from home of case into In e
arms OF peril and hardship, and now inned the
army, already obtained the confidence of his Com
mander, and received the appointment Of his aid
by the end of June, 1894, the arnv of Wavne
was in motion. The enemy retired before him.
On the 10Th of August, this day 40 years ago.
near, the Rapids of Miami, the British and Indi-
asz formed y 1sder q bai.ls, The
in a manner that elected the warm APP
probation of his General, throughout the action,
which in fact the closing battle of tho Reyo-
luton, he found wherever duty and danger
called him, bearing from post TO post the orders of
his commanders. and exciting, by his ''example,
the troops to victory"
Thus did Harrison commence his eventful
career Time will not permit mo TO portray the
services OF the Statesman and Hero from that day
10 he present. 1t is enough to say what no man
who has character for honor and ,eracity to lose
will deny, that he has ever been found equal to
the responsible stations be has filled, always obe-
dent 10 the laws and faithful To the Constitution.
A man of the people he has rallied with them.
when "war's shri clarion sounded" & the battle
won. returned to the plough. The glorious re-
deemed West that mental map upon which the
sage can dwell with so many patriotic emotions,
until with the seer of old he is ready To exciaim.
VISIONS of glory spare my achlno sight,. Ye un-
born ages crowd not my soul! has been the
scene of his principal tolls. Bat his fame is of on To-
caty. Here as there grateful people its
conservators. 1t is the peoples work. They
have called him from the plough TO be their can
didate tor the Presidency, and wisely have they
taken the matter into their own hands.
Stand back We hired Janssares of the execu-
tive, aud cease to interfere III ihis struggle be-
tween Martin Van Buren, and his ofice holders Oh
the hand, and the people or the other, for this
battle for freedom should be decided by the militia,
not by the standing army Do these shouts, this
enthusiasm, ohend your ears.-be II so,-tar pref
cradle Is the upheaving iumuliuons waves OF
liberty to the calm of despoiisfn You are inter
;erestcd. and therefore incompetent witnesses IN
his behalf "unsafe advisers fer the peonle =
Go,-give back your commissions, before the
spirit of manhood is dead within YOU. The SER
vile tenor by which they are held are unworthy of
freemen. Vain Will be your struggles in favor Of
vour patriot foe.
'The people coming from vale and from mouniain
To join the brave band Of the fearless and free.
Which svcls the the Leaf sheltered founa
Crows wider and more wide sweeps toward the sea-
From the very hour of Harrison's nomna ton
at Harrisburg, he has been borne along on foil
tide of triumph. Every where The people have
uprIsen as bv 4 spontaneous Impulse, nd made his
cause their cause. Look at the mighty gather
ings, unprecedented in this or any other country.
by which his claims has been sanctioned. The
nation has moved in this business While there
has been extreme difficulty. in spite OF the discI-
pine of party to get together few hundreds OF
Mr.. Van Buren's adherents. for the purpose Of
making demonstration in his behai,'he hard-hand-
ed yeomanry left the plough IN the iurrow, the
sickle in the ripened grain, and rushed together
In thousands and of thousa nds at the bare
nouncement of Harrison gait arng. Look at
the Baltimore Cow ention, TO which every State
and Territory. from the Lake to the Atlantic, and
from the Rocky Mountains to The ST. Lawrence,
sent the noblest of her young men-look at the
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