The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1840-07-11
THE HOMAGE OF JUSTICE.


following disinterested testimonials, which were
commanded from their several authors by the
lofty patriotism, valor talents and success o.
General Harrison, long before he was halhsu ioi
the Presidency, and in times which ougn' 70
give them weight sufficient TO bear down an .he
petty calumnies and clubbing oDJecllons Which
party maligniiy may now presume 70 Jorge
aoainst The waf-worn and time -honored patriot
and soldier.
The authorities we present against the attacks
of loco foco federalism, and which we have
stereotyped as an impregnable barrcade against
all opposition, are no less than the CONGRESS or
TaE UNrrEp STATES the LEGISLATURES or In
DIANA, and of KENTUCKY, JAMES MADISON, JAS.
MONROE, Col. RICHARD NJ. JOHNSON, ANTHONY
WAYNE, LANoDoN CHEvEs, SIMON SNYDER, Gov.
SHELBY, Cow. PERRY, Col. CRocHAN, COLONEL
Dawes and others, including in the illustEous
catalogue even THOMAS RIrcHrE, ISAAC Hill,
JOHN M. NILES and Moses DAWSON
Col RICHARD M JOHNSON, now Vice Pres-
dent of the United States, said, Tin Congress-
Who is Gen. Harrison The son Of one OF the
signers Of the Declaration of Independence, who
spent the greater part of his large fortune in redeem
ing the pledge he then gave of his fortune, life and
sacred honor, the liberties Of his country
"Ofthc career of Gen, Harrison need not speak
the history of the West, is his history For forty
years he has been identified with its interests its pc
ris and its hopes Universally beloved in the walks
of peace and distinguished by his ability in the
distinguished in the field.
During the late war he was longer in active
vice than any other General officer; he perhaps,
oftcner in action than any one of them, and never
sustained defeat
JAMES MADISON in special message TO Con-
gress, Dec. lS 1911, said,
While it is deeply lamcnted that SO many valuable
lives have been lost in the action which took place on
the It'll utmo Congress will with satisfaction the
every description of troops engaged, TeH as Dte
collected frmness rhich distinguished their command
er on an occasion requiring the utmost erertions 81
RAZOR and discipline
JAMES MADISON in his message 10 Congress,
November, 1872 said
An ample force from the States Of Kentucky, Ohio
Pennsylvania, and Virginia is placed with the adj
ton of few regulars, under the command of Brga-
dier General HARRISON who possesses the entire con
fdence of his fellow soldiers among whom citi
zens, of them volunteers in the ranks not less
distinguished by their political stations than by their
personal merits.
In Mr. MADIsoN's message of Dec. 1913, the
compliment was extended, as follows:
The success on Lake Erie having opened pas
sage to the territory of the enemy, the officer com
rnanding the Northwestern arms, transferred the
thher, and, rapidly pursuing the hostile troops
fleeing with their savage associate forced general
action which quickly terminated in the capture of the
British, and dispersion Of the savage force.
This result is signally honorable to Major GENE
RAJ HARRISON, by ,ohoss military talents Il leds pre-
pared.
The following tribute of praise was paid to General
Harrison in 1911 by eleven ofthe officers who fought
under his banner at the battle of Tippecanoc:
" Should our country again require our services to
oppose civilized or savage foe, we should march
ander General Harrison with the most perfect conf
dence of victory and fame"
JOEL COOK, r. B. BURTON, NATHAN
ADAMS, A. HAWKINS, Fl. BURCHSTEAD,
HOSEA BLOOD, JOSIA SMELLING, o. G
BURTON, G. FULLER, G. GOODlNG, J. D.
FOSTER.
Extract Of letter from Col Davies, who was killed
At the battle Of Tippecanoe, Aug "a, 1911.
make free to declare that have imagined there
were two military men in the West, and Gen. Har-
rison is the first Of the two"
Message Of Simon Snyder, Governor of
Pennsylvania, Dec. 10, 1913.
Already ID the brow of the young warrior Gro
gan, encrcled with aures and the blessings Of thou
sands of women and children rescued from the scalp
ing knife OF the ruthless savage of the wilderness and
from the still more savage Proctor, rest Harrison
and his gallant army"
In the Legislature of Indiana, on the 18th Nov
1911, the Speaker Of the House of Representatives
Gen. VIM johnson, thus addressed Gen Harrison
"sr-The House of Representatives of the Indi-
ana territory in their name and in behalf of their
constituents most cordially recprocate the congratu
lations Of your Excellency the glorious result of
the late sanguinary conflict with the Shawnee Pro-
phet, and the tribes Of Indians confederated with
him. when we see displayed in behalf of our country,
not only the abilities Of the general but
the heroism Of the man and when take into view
the benefits which must result to that country from
those exertions cannot for a moment withhold
our need of applause"
Legislature Of Kentucky, Jan. 7, 1912
Resolved, BY the Senate and House of Representa-
tives Of the State of Kentucky in the late campaign
against the Indians upon the Wabash Gov William
Henry Harrison has behaved like hero patriot
and general; and that for his cool deliberate skitu
and gallant conduct in the battle of Tppccanoe, he
well deserves the warmest thanks Of his country and
his nation,
Gen. Anthony Wayne in his Letter to the Secre-
tary of War, giving official account of his sangun
airy Indian Battle in 1892, said
My faithful and gallant Lieutenant Harrison
rendered the essential service hy communicating
my orders in every direction, and by his conduct and
bravery exciting the troops to press for victory"
Resolution directing the medals to be struck and to-
gether with the thanks of Congress- presented to
Major General Harrison, and Governor Shelby
and for other purposes.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representa-
tves of the United States of America in Congress as
sembled, That the thanks of Congress be, and they
are hereby presented to Major General William Hem
~ Harrson and Isaac Shelby late Governor of Ken
lucky, and, through them, the officers and men un-
dor their command for their gaantry and good con
duct IN defeating the combined British and Indian
forces under Major General Proctor on the Thames
in Upper Canada, the fifth day of October, one
thousand eight hundred and thirteen capturing the
British army, with their baggage camp equipaQe and
artillery and that the President of the United States
be requested to two gold medals 10 be struck
mathematical of this triumph and presented to Gene
raj HARRISON and Isaac Shelby late Governor of Ken
lucky. Ii Cray.
Speaker of the House of REPRESENTATIVE,