Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-10-09
POLITICAL.
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IS GENERAL HARRISON EtNGE!:-GATTLE t, TIE
THAMES-coi. JoHNSoN-MoRE iiiSIoRE-lNbiSPt
Gen Harrison is gong from TO village, Through
OHIO, behaving Ike pctttsh and biuhb"rIng child
making statements much out OF character Tor can
dida,c for the exalted post of President OF - millions
ut intelligent irecncn, they ar" false and ro'cu-
lous General HARRISON might, with about the same
proprieiy say thar be- he "thckcst and hard
est oi the fight al Fort Stephenson aS that he rushed
into he front of The battle, ''fool Ike, IN Colonel
Johnson's "tororn hope when he attacked iccum-
sch If So WHY did he not Kill TecumSrh himself:
We look next for Harrison 10 assert tha he really dd
XIII that .hrG Indian, and that It was the "horroir
ISLANDERS" OF his enemies that have so long withheld
Justice from the real hcro II Gen iarrisuns friends
had one particle of common sense, they would take
him home and keep HIM there. u iErr suppose The
og.cabn trap, bait,d with hard CIDER and coon SKINS
has 50 debascd the human mind that reason, memory
and perception has been driven away, lhcy are
most emphaiically mistaken
The following appeared some two weeks since in the
paper from which IL is copied:
(Fron tie Cincinnati .idrcrtiscr and Journal)
We the undersigned, present al meeting of
The Wings in Carthage Thursday, the 2Oth instant
While Gen " H. Harrison addressing said meet
ing, among other things, we heard him distinctly sly
shat he was in the battle Of the Thames, He was IN
front Of the battle The front not his place. but
fooke md contrary the rules Of dscp pine, he
with Col Johnson the front columns when The charge
MAS made, and charged with hun Tie Furthermore
stated that there man on the ground but hun.
sell, who capable al drawing Inc men IN tIe or
der o battle, which they drawn up, except one
Or two whom he had impaired Tn plan,
BOYD DILL,
! COSTNER,
J. NJ HARVEY,
j. MCMAHON.
S.nct the above "forlorn hope was delivered al Car
image Gen Harrison has repeated ii several times, 10
the astonishmen, Of friend and foe and verify be-
evc that large portion of the Wing party would now
he glad to Get rid OF him. If they could After his speech
nth ON otf I1iculp
had he presented himself before the people, Tint only
about trrHiy pcrS accompanied m from town Ia the
skin show al ChiIlCotIc, though "hvc thousand
had been promised h,m hv the News. In
Iisborouah, learn from the Gazette he tried To
the idea that he not ity feet from the front
rank Of the battle
At Chilcothe saws the Advertiser, che stated that
Col Johnson was no better qualified To take the com
mand of the army than any individual would be, cast
ing his eycs the uudencC.l amongst those viii"
we're assembled to hear nm =. That the proposition
Of Col Johnson to charge the enemy who were drawn
up in line would have been prep"sterons as 10 have
charged vonler brick houses the city This evident
~ much surprised has hearers, and marked GisSo,'sac
Ron appeared on their countcnanccs.
A:.- Tho " IS not any wonder that prominent
Wing remarked day since that the General :
TRENDS had better take hun home. Alter this no one
Will bc surprised that the Cleveland Herald sad IN
ISIS that the Wings lost ground in every county visit
cd by General Harrison i'll tina, campaign
Now for the truth and surely truth has something I"
historian of the late war, often quoted, aud UNI
yersally admired and esteemed by all good men. He
IN Col K. Nj J"hnson's regiment and fought nm
der Col James Johnson taking the British regulars
the Thames. Here Is his testimony, which
dare contradict:
understanding that variant statements have been
made in relation the battle Of the Thames on the 9th
Of Oct 1913, and having IN tie history o. The late war.
piven condensed statement Of the Of that day
without entering into the dcai! ot the same deem It
due to Justice 10 say, that so far as Cal X NJ John
sons regiment was concerned was an eyewitness l..
nearly all its movements. Alter crossed tie Thames
in the front and pursued the enemy with great IA.
pdity was the eldest captain IN The llr>t battalion.
and of course marched the centre OF The different
heads of the lines when overlook the brtsh, ana
when Colonel Johnson had RECOMMENDED lheir posi-.
ton he sent messenger back to General iiarrson
who was with The infantry, wt the int"rnat on when
the General came up and sent Colonel Wood to exam
me the position: he ordered Colonel IohnsonS rcgi
take ground 10 the lst and form on The lett
flank intending 10 bring up the Infantry. An attempt
made 10 the swamp 10 the lett but the dun!
Guilty attending the move soon interrupted the cX"cu-
ton Of This order, and Colonel Johnson recalled,
and some conversation took place between the Gene
raj and Colonel as the disposition Of the regiment
when Colonel Johnson observed, "Grnc!a! HARRISON,
If Won will permit regiment 10 charge the enemy
as have trained them, whip them. atier
q moments hesitation the General rel Cd, Colonel
Johnson, yeU sc % We "s.s ;a!: sl.:cs: '!..ss