Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1840-04-18


eral on the peace establishment parade dav,
That day for which all other DAYS of his life
seem to have been made. We can see his troons
In motion umbrella, hoe and axe-handles. anJ
other implements of war overshadowine all the
field, when 10 the leader ofthe host approa
cheS,
" Far OF This coming shines"
his plume, white, after the fashion Of the great
Borubon, is of ample length, and reads its dole
full history irto tho bereayed necks and bosoms
of forty neighboring hen-roosts Like the great
SuwaroH, he seems somewhat careless In nfar,ps
and points of dress hence his epauleus NAV
may be on his shoulders, back, or sides. but
still cleaning, gloriously cleaning in the sun
Mounted he is, too, letit not be forgotten Need
describe to the coonels and generals of this
honorable House the stced which heroes be-
stride on such occasions No, see the memo
ries of other days is with you. You see be-
fore you the gentleman from Michigan mounted
on his crop-eared bushy-taied mare, the singu-
Ilar'obliquities of whose hinder limbs is desert
bed by that most expressive phrase. 'sicllla
hams'-her height just fourteen hands, all
told > yes, sir, there you see his " steed that
laughs at the shaking of the spear = that is,
his "war-horse whose neck Is clothed with
/ thunder"
! Mr.. Speaker, we have glowing descriptions
/ in history of Alexander the Great and his war
horse Bucephaus, at the head of the inyinci-
bic Macedonian phalanx, bat sir such are the
improvements of modern times that every one
must see that our militia general with his crop
cared mare, with bushy-tail & sickle ham, would
literally frighten off battle field of an hundred
Alexanders. But, sir, to the history of the parade
day. The general thus mounted & EQUIPPED is
in the field and ready for action On the eve of
some desperate enterprise, such as giving or
der to shoulder arms, it may be there occurs a
crisis, one of the accidents of war which no
sagaei:y could see or prevent 4 cloud rises g.
passes over the sun Here an occasion occurs
for display of all traits in the character of
r that tact which enables him TO seize upon and
turn to a good account events looked for as
they arise. Now with the caution, wherewith
the Roman Fabius foiled the skill and courage
| of Hannibal A retreat is ordered, and troops
and general, in twinkling, are found safely
birouarked in a neighboring grocery But
even here the general still has room for heroic
deeds. Hot from the field and challed with the
, unoward events of the day, your general un-
sheaths his trenchent blade eighteen inches in
t length, as you well remember. and with an en-
! ergy and remorseless fury he slices the water
melons that lies in heaps around him, & shares
them with his surviving friends. Other of the
a sinews OF war are not wanting here. Whiskev
Mr. Speaker that great leveler of modern times
: is here also, and the shells OF the watermelons
, are filled to the brim. Here again is shown
t how the extremes of barbarism and civilization
meet As the Scandavian heroes of old drank
: wine from the skulls of their slaughtered enc
( mics, In Odlns Halls, so militia gener-
al q his forces from the skulls of melons thus
vanqulshed in copious draughls of whiskev as
suage the heroic fire of their souls, after the
, bloody scenes Of parade day. But, alas for
this short lived race of ours, all things will
: have an end, and so even is it with the elorl
, Gus achievements of our general. Time is on the
) wing, and will not stay his flight; the sun as
, il frightened at the mighty events Of the day,
rides down the sky when the " hamlet is still, :"
the curtain Of night drops upon the scene,
"And glory, like the phenz in its fires
Exhaes its odors, blazes, and expires"
Such, sir, has been the experience in war of
E the gentleman from Michigan We know this
from the simple annunciation that he is and has
been brigadier of militia in time of peace 4;
and now, having a full understanding of the
qualifications of our learned general both from
study and practice, hope the House will see
that it should give its profound reflection to his
discourses on the art of war, And this it will
be more inclined to, when we take into view
that the gentleman has, in his review of Gen.
Harrisons campaigns, modestly imputed to the
latter great mistakes, gross blEnders imbecili-
ty, and even worse than this, as | shall show
hereafter The force too of the lecture of ON,
learned and experienced fri end from Michigan
is certainly greatly enhanced, when we con-
slider another admitted fact, which is, that the
general whose mbecility and errors he has dis
covered had not, like the gentleman from Mich
igan, the great advantage of serving in water
melon carhpaigns, but only fought fierce Indians
in the dark forests of the West under such
stupid fellows Anthony Wayne, and was af-
towards appointed TO the command of large ar
mics by the advice of such an experienced
boy as Gov Shelby, the hero of Kings Noun
tain.
Aud now, Mr. Speaker, as have the teme-
rty to entertain doubts, and with great defer
ence to differ in my opinions on this military