Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-06-16

discuss this subject with our Wing friend, and
for the present dismiss it,
Next, as 0 the military renown Of Gen. Harrison
Why do you puff him military chieftan' Has it
now become necessary qualification in the estimation
of the Wings, for the Presidency, This is like their
other ridiculous absurdtes When Gen. jackson was
candidate for the Presidency, the fact Of his being
military chictan was, in the estimation of the Wings,
sufficient for his defeat and to elect military
chicaIn, in their estimation, worse than war,
pcstlence and famine 10 the country But now, when
they have in nomination Gen Harrison, who not
titled 10 the character of military cheilan they
attempting TO make for him military character and in
the estimation Of the Wings nohr the fact of candidate
being military che!tain is of the strongest
sons for eectng him to the Presidency. Beautiful
consistency, indeed! Ought not the Wings 10 be
ashamed of their absurd and ridiculous artces resorted
10 to defeat the Democratic Republican party But,
alas for the Wings, Gen. HARRISON entitled to no
military fame although they attempting to coin
some for him by way of ccrfcaics and nclrspaDcr pus
Who heard of brave General, that put his own
shoulder 10 Tie nhet and ough side BIZ side with thou
sands of his fellow citizens and countymen in defence
of their rights having to resort to certificates to prove
himself brave and sklful' The idea is too humating
1t speaks in language against Gen Harrison not to be
misunderstood. Would that true Republican, General
Washington, if he alive have to resort to
certificates TO prove that he brave and skilful
General?-Oh! no although the voice of most of his
companions in is hushed in everlasting sleep there
WOuu DC mere lDere tne totternn frame oil old
patriot that would proclaim from the house The
pages of history too adorned with his chivarous
ann patriotic deeds Did the people ever hear of Gen
Jacksons rcsOrtlng to certificates TO establish his
bravery and skill as General;-Oh, no. His military
deeds and his patriotic devotion to his countrys cause
are recorded in the memory of thousands of true Re-
pubcans, who still survive, and whose bosoms still
burn with patriotic zeal for the success of their coun
trys cause They recorded too upon the pages of
history, with the success of the of liberty But
alas. where shall search for the evidences of the
skill and bravery Of William Henry Harrison' Are
they to be found in the history of the battle of Tppe
canoe, where, according to his official letters to
the War Department, he encamped ground selected
for him by his enemy-ground that unsuitable and
around which there was nothing TO protect his men
from the savage foe, where he permitted himself to be
surrounded, surprised and off from retreat, and
many of his brave soldiers TO be massacred, Are they
be found in the narrative of his conduct at Fort Ste
phcnson where he abandoned 10 his fate the chivafous
Croghan with his handful of men, while the General
himself with thousands of brave soldiers at his back
(whin sound of the fire Of the brave little band who
were fighting superior foe in point IF numbers stood
alooffrom the engagement crying out his blood be up
on his own head, and where the brave Croghan re-