The pilot and transcript. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1840-1841, 1840-08-24
POLITICAL ~.
EXTRACTS FROM MIR. oGLEaS SPEECH
~ 49, FHn1lcIllden

These benefits we owe to the intrepedity oil
Perry, who paved the way, and to Harrison
4chose skill, prudence, and zeal hare at length
reoped their lust rea1afd This General has
soao nut al his enealieS to shame. After strug-
Cling with difficulties under which, an ordinary
man would have sunlx-aiter passing through a
wilderness fmorass and mud so difficult of access
that the Wagon herses could not carry proven
der enough to support them during the journey,
he reached the contamination OF all his labors
repairs the vices Of Hull; wipes offthe stain which
he had east upon our arms stands on the runs oil
Maiden; nuZzles the Indian war dog; and proves
to the world that Americans want only an OPP
portunity to display the same gallantry on the
shore which they have done upon the wave"
But again: In the spring of 1914, a proposition
was made in Congress to greats the Office Of
Iieute9ant General. The sRtchnlond Enquirer
named General Harrison for the elevated sta
ton in the following eloquent and patriotic
language:
ftlf any one should ask where such a man is to
be met with? we answer to the best OF our ablli-
ties, in the man who has washed away the disas-
telsot Dstroit who had every thing TO collect for
/ new campaign, and who got every thing
together; who waded through norasses and
SHOWS. and surmounted the most frightful climate
in the Union; the man who was neither TO be
daunted by disaster nor dihicqities, under any
shape BY the skllot the ciyiliztd or the barbara
" Of savage foeJ the man tDh0 s0o7I the h0offs
ofthe people by his spirit, the respect Of his
officers By his zeal, the Lore Of his army by a
participation Of their hdrdships; the man aoho
has finally tY'itm1phed oeeT his enenlg. Such a
r,pciIis EILLIY9JE EIE,AiRK IiU9IeI}IS 0,Nii"
III And after all this testimony, given by the cd
itof Of the Richmond E'aqaa,e,, in regard to the
courage, skill, capacity, patriotism, and services
b2 Ger. Harrison, Martin Van Buleh,s 9hHcial
niigaH presumes to ca1l him Fscoagq7d," "gYqn-
ny," and "petttooat hero"
John M. Niles, in his life of Perry, published
in1s2l, after giving general biograPy Of Gen
Harrison, saidi
1.-THE defence of Fort Meigs, and the subse-
qusnt capture of the British army, may be fair
Nv considered the most brilliant and extraordna-
~ events Of the late war;
IN abiding to the battle Of the Thames, he
rsIt must be eoncsded that this Vieto'y re-
.fected great honor upon the national arms, and
apon the troops By tbhom itaoas achieved."
"Thc action, and the movements which prece-
ded it, afford ample testimony of the judgment
ana co1l int.epiditg Of General fiarrisoRj and,
indeed, ali the Events 6f the campaign support
these characteristics; the disasters attending ii
having, in NO instance, been imputable to him. .
And yet Martin Van Buren's "oficial organ
still dares to call General Harrisona "coFeqrd,'
teg7inftiiy,% and ftpettieoat hefo.2'
Ex-Governor Isaac Hill, Nov. %, 1913, in
the New Hampshire Patriot, said:
'".sWhst man lives, whose whole heart and
soul is not British, that cannot sincerely rejoice
in the late victories of Perry and Harrisonj that
does not feel pride In the valor and patriotism
Of the heroes of the West, who have freed a
country large as the Empire OF Alexander the
Great from the Indian tomahawk and scalping
LnifeS II there he such one, he is traitor to
iisSountly -he possesses the spirit Of murder
srStill Martin Van Buren's ao6icial organ"
continues to call Harrison fscoteard,o s.grd't-
N.Y. and a sspetticoat hero.p
will, in the next place. MIR. Chairman, claim
the attention Of The Committee to the testimony
given by portion of the surviving members Of
the Petersburg (Virginia) Volunteers, who had
served under Gen Harrison. Before, however,
introduce this testimony, will furnish some
evidence of its high worth and character, by
reading the discharge given to that "patriotic
and gallantEcorps' Of citizen soldiers, by Rrigas
dler.lseneraf Gass He says
stInI granting discharge to this patriotic and
gallant corps, the General feels at loss for
words adequately TO convey his sense OF their
exalted merits Almost exclusively composed oil
individuals who had been nursed in the lap OF
ease, they have, for twelve months, horne the
hardships and ppivations Of a military life, in
the midst of an inhosptable wilderness, with a
cheerfulness and alacrity which has never been
surpassed; their conduct in the field has been ex-
celled by no other corps"
Let us now see what the brave and gallant
men say
eve, the undersigned, portion ofthe surviv-
ing members Of the Petersburg (Yirginia) volun.
teers, now residing in Petersburg, have seen in
some public prints, with much surprise, the inn
putation of cowardice attempted to be cast upon
our old commander, Gen. w. Fl. HARRlson.-
We, as an act Of sheer Justice to that individual
deem it duty to state that, during the seige o.
Fort Meigs, in the spring Of 1918, we frequently
saw Gen. HARRISON placed In dangerous and pc
rilous situations; and one day of the severed soy
ties, 18th of May, 1879 we as frequently saw
him coolly and deliberately encouraging his Of
ficers and men to do their duty. No coward we
think, could act with GOODNESS and deliberatior
Tn such occasions.
ssIn September following, we crossed the lake
and landed on the Canada shore, a few miles
below Maiden, in which neighborhood we ex-
pected to meetthe enemy. At and after the land.
ing, ON our march towards Maiden, Harrison and
Shelby were seen at the heads OF their respective
commands, in the active discharge of their du-
ties. And at the Thames, in October, it was
conceded by all that Gen. Harrison's conduct
was brave and meritorious.
ssIn February or March, Of the same year, the
time of service Of the militia about to expire
and, had they left the army, we should have been
left with but few volunteers and regulars, ex-
posed to the combined enemy. At that time
h[eigs was not fortified In this situation, the
General rallied the troops together, and address
ed them in feeling and patriotic manner, i'm
pressing upon them the necessity of remaining
only few days longer, at the same time pledg-
ing himself to see them paid fram his own pri
vate resources should the Government refuse t.
do it) for the time they might serve after theii
legal time OF service had expired.