Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1840-10-06


coionce, winch, It appears. nas ucen m.a,o, p
resented. Having disposed of this subject, he
takes occasion to correct some mlsrcprescn,a-
lions his views OF Gen. Harrison; and we
ask attention TO the foil and explicit declara-
lion ofiis exalted estimate OF the man and his
services. harrington Free Press
] served under Gen. Harrison in the north
western army during the principal part OF tho
summer and autumn OF the year 1919, during
I pari Of which time, held the appointment
Of AdJuiaHt General, which brought me into
| daily aud often hourly Intercourse with him:
aud though never with him in battle, ! had
many opportunities Of Witnessing his vigilance
and devotion 10 the service, ard OF admiung
! the energetic simplicity aud systematic accu-
racy Of his views. and the zeal and prompt
| tudc with which he marched to and from Fort
Mclcs. through the deep swamps, from post To
post, when momcnily expecting 10 enter COM
bincd savage and BRUSH ambuscade of from
four To five thousand rcd and white savaecs:
from whose cannon, rifle and tomahawk, Cen
Harrison was often protected by fewer men
than the life guards who accompanied our dis
tinguished Gen. Jackson upon his Seminole
campaign in tho year 1913, while the force OPP
posed to him was not half as great as that by
which Gen. Harrison was menaccd. With an
equal knowledge of Gen. Harrison and Gen
Jackson, should be unjust to both and false
to my country, if did not declare, that, upon
the occasions here alluded TO, more trying to
the real soldier than any thing the battle fcl |
often presents, have never known Gen. Jack
son, whose military honors are beyond all dis.
| puto, 10 eyince more chceriuness under the
! pTivatious of food and rest, and more intrepii-
\ ~ OF purpose in danger than Harrison uni
/ iormly exhibited. And although | had the
! l., f, -. l..
| him from Detroit in pursuit of Tccumseh and
| Proctor, which Terminated in the battle of the
! Thames, Oct. 5, 1913, yet | was assured by
Gov. Shelby, and Com. Perry, than whom
there never lived iruer or more chvalric spir-
/ its, that Harrison proved himselfio be an able
/ General, without fear and without rcproach
Ii is true that in the eaJly part of the war
( in the fall and winter of lSl2--l3--l felt and
! expressed freely the apprehension, that Gen
! Harrison possessed too much Of the milk OF
! human kindness, and too much caution in his
movements for an efficient u. :. commander
/ in-chicf was strongly inclined to blame
/ him for not sustaining the gallant army headed
I by oar esteemed Winchester, defeated at the
! river Rlisn; and for not controlling and saving
/ tie brave Dudley and his regimen, on the 9th
OF may, At Fort Mcigs Buta careful inyesti-
I CATION OF the circumstances that surrounded
llitils NDliNtt tti A4ltuIll
mild and plternal. was strictly contormable TO
our military law; and that without great eau
I ton, such as pot it out of his power to rein
I force Winchester, or save Dudley, the princi-
! pal part Of his dsposlble force would proba-
J bly, have been sacrificed, in these or in other
unayai.ing efforts to bring the warm the north
Yves, 10 a speedy termination by great battle:
when, at any time before Perry's victory, a
J great battle lost by Gen. Harrison would have
exposed hundreds OF families to almost certain
massacre, on hundreds of miles of frontier
more Difficult, TO defend han any other part of
thc national frontier, not excepting that OF
Florida frontier where, from the great
depth OF rich soil and muddy roads, forced
march of A few successive days often resulted
IN loss Of effective strength nearly equal to
tia, Of 4 well Tough, baillc.
have often admitted what | could not now
conceal without ilagrani injustice to the slam
dered patriot, that learned IN 1913 from Gen
Harrison the best lessons ever leaned ia
the art OF war against savaS foe; lessons
precisely such rs IN 1915 ! found Gen. Jack
son zealouSly employed in teaching to his vol
uuicers in the Seminole war. Complred with
all the living generals personally known to me-
/ ! have no doubt but that II irriSnn was and is
( the most highly qualified ior the command Of
large army and consequently the greatest
B and best Cor the Office OF constitutional COM
mandeT-in-ch