The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1840-06-06

tnough land there is more precious. and farms
more subdiyided among children. All looked
IKE good, substantial farmers home, who hal
AZ OF the necessaries, and many of the com
iorts, though but few Of the Injuries Of life
such IS the retired dwelling of the now yenera
Die man, who left the happy home Of his father
on James river, Virginia, when but youth, te
follow as an ensign the fortunes Of Genera
wayne, whom, General Washington had de-
spaiched, after the disasters of Harmar and ST
Clair, TO retrieve our fortunes upon the Indian
i frontier, and to make Ohio, Western Virginia
and Kentucky habitable for the white man
1 - ms IS the home Of u son OF the signer Of the
| Declaration Of Independence, and Of that free
man of Virginia, who after he had risked his
own estate and life by afixing his name to that
instrument, willingly trusted his son to The PEE
rils OF the savage and the wilderness to carry
Out the purposes Of Providence in the extension
yolution.
was soon 'ai home" in the house Of Gene
raj Harrison. His wife was introduced, who
Told me Long leland was her birth place
couthhold, think, She said she had not been
IN Cincinnati for II years, and she was quite
content, and never wished to go, so long as she
could have her husband and her children around
her. Our supper was soon served, at an early
hour, before SIX o'clock, the usual supper hour Of
'.s> ~Odhuy anu WClAuu Ou Tic tcDlc the SOOudHu
plain fare of all substantial farmers, the best OF
butter, made in Gen. Harrison's own house,
corn bread and flour bread, with milk in abun-
dance and rich as GREENLAND when this tea
was over, Mrs. Harrison herself though not I'M
attended by domestics, seeming to prefer the SUI
perintendence Of the disposal of the affairs Of
her own table. passed the evening in social
conversation with Gen. HARRISON, when, at my
request, after relating to me rich fund Of anec-
I<,f<> ~ L 4
drawing ! had Of the Battle Ground Of Tippe-
canoe, and narrated, with a remarkable power of
recollection all the details Of that battle and Of
that interesting campaign. At nine O'Clock, he
said it was his bed time for 81 rise at break Of
day. and he showed me my room, well warmed
by comfortable fire, and babe me good night
took up the biography OF his father in 'the
lives of the signers of the Declaration of hide
pendence," and read the service that distin-
guished man performed for his own State, and
for the whole Nation. What amazed me in the
reflection upon that Life, considering also the
services of the son, was, that in State with SO
much Of local, historical and family pride as yir
ginia, there can be doubt as to political re-
suit particularly when that family and its
branches are now SO extended in Virginia, be-
ing connected by marriage even with the family
Of Washington.
Soon after the rising Of the sun, General Har-
rison himself walked me up. eve rise in the
morning, in the country here said he. was
waiting. found that the General had finished
his correspondence for the day, and large parcels
Of letters were upon his table before him. The
number of newspapers about were as many
as in an Editor closet. Journals from Maine to
New Orleans being in abundance before him.
The Editors Of the land supply him literally
with their journals, and he reads what they have
to say Of him at length. The abuse though, he
does not stand with the fortitude Of the Polit-
clan. What on earth, he exclaimed at one time,
will they say of me next? / have letter of
this sort, even from man in Highland County,
(Ohio,) wishing to know if did not go through
there few weeks since with horse-and they
gravely cail upon me ~ repel such charge d
caiumny There is scarcely any thing am not
asked, and II were TO answer all this cores
pondence, from persons, TOO, who are entire
strangers TO me, | should have no time for any
thing else. What would become Of my farm
The fact is the General is overwhelmed with
newspapers and correspondence, and the bill of
postage is such as ought not to be put upon such
man. His Post Office is Cleves," q Hamil-
ton County," but many of his letters come TO
Cincinnati. He humorousy remarked, 81 am
glad that Major Downing has got along, for
constituted him my sole Committee and you
see how many papers, and what mass Of cor
respondence he has to read" Papers, by the
way, are arriving daily, directed to "Major
Downing, North Bend" did not see the Ma
jor, but presume he was in the woods with his
AXE" chopping cord wood for the "GineraL"
His presence, may add, has created quite
sensation in these parts.
In the course of the morning, stranger on
horseback, with the green leggins on which the
virgnians often wear, and the Kentuckans and
Tennesseans too, | presume, came riding up 10
the house which is far off the common road, and
the General being informed that stranger was
riding up he met him at the door. The stranger
was an entire stranger, whom the General had
never seen before, but he welcomed him in, and
he was soon seated by the fire. When the
stranger had arranged his legs upon the rounds
Of the chair, and dropped his body back, his
head leaning against the wall, one leg then
thrown over the other, the toes pointing higher
than his head, he opened upon the General with
a roundabout talk the substance Of which was
that he wished to have some conversation with
him. "Well,n said the General 81 shall be
pleased to hear what you have to say" But
some talk with you all alone want" said the
stranger. "Some private conversation y re-
peated the General, Well, walk in here,' and
he took him into another room. In very few
moments, however, the General and the stranger
came back, the General leading the way and re-
marking, "Sit down, sir, we can say all we
have to say here. We have no need of having
private conversation upon politics. Indeed l
never talk politics in my house, if can help it.
If you will stop and dine with me, and take my
fare, such as il is, / shall be very happy to wei
come you and dare say we can pass our time
more agreeably than in political discussions. l
did not seek the position in which the People
have put me, and | am not going to electioneer
for the honors of it--and it seems to me there
is quite enough in my long public life, in
which have expressed opinions upon all politi-
cal subjects, to satisfy the people much better
what think or what would do than any pro-
misses coming from me Just now.n All this, in