The Rodney telegraph. (Rodney, Miss.) 1838-1840, 1840-05-16
GENERA Al HARRISON.

the late war as one of his aids, and possess
% the best Lossible means of knowing him, |,
10th as 1adna,1 soldier. Let the hired
sia6Iere W 10 are in the hAJit of denounc-
ing Gen. Harrison as a cowar~, read this let
ter Il is the testimony of as brave and chiu-
alrous man as Kentucky boasts, one too
who is at the very head of the party oppo-
sed 10 Gen. Harrison. Ardently as Colonel
Smith is attached to his party, be is sol
der and gentleman, and sooner than tear
: single leaf from tie we'll earned laurel of
his glorio old commander, he would suffer
his good right arm to be severed from his
body. Speaking of This letter, the Louis
vile Journal holds The following language:
| -Vicksbmrg Wal
'sThe lestimon" Zach man-the ties
timony Of leader or Gen. Harrison's poliii-
cal enemies, bearing witness TO the Gene
al's chiyalric department as he himself saw
it on the battle field in The midst of death
and carnage, my well silence and paraze
forever the tongue of calumny. Hundreds
of locofoco stump orators and hireling edi-
tors are daily proc.aiming in all parts of the
country that the veteran Harrison during
the whole war showed himself coward
that he was not present at all in the battle
of the Thames-ihat he put forward his of
ficers and men to do the fighting on that oc-
casion whilst he himself skulked offto a spot
remote from danger: let all such accused
sIanderers read the testimony of Col. John
Speed Smith, and blush (f they can blush)
for the base uses TO which they have lent
themselves. Think of The stripping declaim-
ers of the present day changing the man
with cowardice, whose indifference and
recklessness in Drawing the most deadly per-
| lis called forth remonsirance Upon remon-
STRANGE from Com. Perry-the immortal
Perry himself model of all that is heroic
| in human naturen'
RICHMOND, March 6, 1910.
SIP Your letter ofthe 9Th ult. was re-
ceived on yesterday, in which you Stale,
that cit has been openly avowed that Gen
Harrison was at no time in the battle of the
Thames, nor within two miles of the battle
ground-that the entire plan was projected
by Col. X. M. Johnson that he led the
troops on to the conquest and that General
Harrison had no part or lot in the matter"
My humiliation is deep, that necessity
should exist, produeed by party rancor to
prove facts aitested by history for more than
a quarter Of century, and which have new
er before been questioned. That ignorance
and credullty should abound to such an ex-
tent, to render such baseless assertions avail
able, hespeaks lamentable state of public
} intelligence, and portends no good to the re-
public.
That Colonel Johnson led the van, and
!, brought ON the. hattie, is true: that he he
. ,,.h =, v,,,Ct ufry iS frtlp
} but YOUR letter contains the first sugge tIon
which has ever reached me, that"the entire
; plan of operation was projected by him.
, The magnanimity of Col. johnson viii re-
: pudiate, with proud indignation, such an eft
2 fort to cluster additional laurels UPON HI:
T brow, thus uniustly torn from the brow OF n,
General Col. Johnson received orders. Al
$ to the form and runner of charge, iron
: Gen. Harrison in person, in the face and nj
d most in the sight of the enemy. The Gen
a eral was with the regiment when the charg
: was sounded. AS Johnson moved to tn
d charge, the General started for the line of in
IS Eantry, which was drawn up in order of bal
]. tile. He had not gone far, before turning +
: me, land to the best of my recollection,
ID was the only one of his Aids then with him.
e he said, pursue Col. Johnson with your a
4 most speed-see the effect of his charg'
a and the position ofthe enemys artillery, an
return as quickly as possble.' Having el
o. ecuted this order as promptly as practicabl
. | met him on my return, pressing forwar
j. with the front of the infantry. pom repor
as inc that Col. johnson had broken the emf
to mays line, that they were surrenderlng, an
IL that their cannon was in our possession
in he exclaimed in an animated tone, "Com
\, on nv brave fellows, Proctor and his Who'll
I'd army will soon be ours" Soon after thu
le an officer, q believe the late Judge job
IN Mcdowell Of Ohio,) rode up and repnrte
it. that the left wing, at Or near the crotche
u, was suffering severely, and in great disc
n Ider. This communication was mace in Il
g. hearing Of the soldiers. The General CO..
~ tradicted the latter part of the statement
IN the most emphatic manner-but giving Q
ders to the next in command to push 70
: ward, he dashed with the messenger to Il
:, indicated point of conflict and confusion, az
q found the contest pretty close aud severe
10 A portion of Johnson7s regiment, owing
i the impracticability Of the ground for hors
IL had dismounted, and was fighting on to
,;s and mingled with the infantry d
- been 10 some extent the cause of the co
- fusion. Order was soon restored, and i
~ left wing closed to the front, (which fprm'
d 1.-The crotchet,( under the personal super'
sion Of General Harrison. In the mean tim
: some of the soldiers were shot within le
than than. sez fatt Of the General; for q
~ conflict was satrp and animated, and co
5 | tinued for somelime. With the exception
~ The charva made nv Col. Johnscn,s rel