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

worse, even than these. General Harrison
was commissioned by Gen. Washington an Of
f er in the regular army of the United States,
the year 1891. He served as aid to Gene
raj Anthony Wayne, in the campaign against
the Indians, which resulted in the battle of the
Rapids of the Maumee, in the fall of l794.-
Thus, in his youth, he was selected by Gene
raj Wayne as one of his military fan.:ly. And
what did this youthful officer do in that memo
rable battle Of the Rapids! Here, Mr., Speak
er, let me summons witness merely to show
how military men may differ. The witness
call to controvert the opinion OF the gentleaan
fro Michigan, is General Anthony Wayne
In lis letter to tn Secretary Of War, giving
an account of the battle of the Rapids, he says:
my faithful and gallant Lieutenant Harrison
rendered most essential services, by communica-
ting my orders in every direction, and by his
duct and brGrery exciting the troops to press for
ward for victor w
Sir this evidence was given by General
Wayne in the year 1894, some time | imagine,
before the gentleman from Michigan, was born
and long, very long after he perused the title
page of Baron Steuben Mr.. Speaker let me
remind the House, in passing that this battle d
victory over the Indian forces of the Northwest
in which according to the testimony of General
Wayne, " Lieutenant Harrison rendered the
most essential services by his conduct and bra
very," gave peace TO an exposed line OF frontier,
extending from Pittsburg to the southern bor-
ders ot Tennessee. 1t was, in truth, the close
of the war of the Revolution, for the Indians
who took par, with Great Britain in our revolu-
iionary struggle never laid down their arms un-
I'll after they were vanquished by Wayne in
1894
We now come to something of the man, the
General whose military history our able and
experienced General FROM Michigan has review
ed We know that debates like this have been
sometimes had in British Parliament There |
believe, the discussion wasusually conducedby |
those who have seen & not merely heard of SER
vice. We all know th Col. Napier, has in several
volumes, reviewed the campaigns of Yelling
ton; and criticised the movements and merits
OF Beresford, and Soult, and Massena, and ma
ny others, quite yes say quite, yes quite as
well known'in military history ae any of US,
not even excepting our General from Michigan
We respect the opinions OF Napier, because he
not only thought of war we know, but that he
fought too. We not only respect and admire
that combination Of military skill, with profound
statesmanlike views, which we find in Cesar's
Commentaries, because we know the "mighty
Julius" was soldier, trained in the field and
trained TO the accidents and dangers of war. (
But, sir, we Generals OF Congress require no
such painful discipline to give value to our o. +
pinions. We men of the 18th century know I
all things intuiiiVely We understand the mil
itary art perfectly by nature Yes, sir, the no. i,
tons of the gentleman from Michigan, agree {
exactly with sage by the meme of Dogberry'
who insisted that reading and writing came by :
nature" Mr.. speaker, we have heard d read
much of the advance of knowledge, the i'm
provemont of the species, and the great march
of mind,,' but never till now have understood '
the extent of meaning in these pregnant phra-
ses. For instance the gentleman from Michi- |
gan asserts that General Harrison has none of |
the qualities of General, because at the battle
of Tippecanoe he was once found at distance
from his tent, urging his men on to battle. He
exposed his person too much 1t seems. He
should have staid at his tent. and waiiedtill his
officers came for orders. Well, sir, see now TO
what conclusion this leads us Napoleon sci
zed a standard at Lodi, and rushed in front of
his columns across narrow bridge, which was
swept by whole park OF German artillery.
Hence Napoleon was no officer; he did not
know how 10 command an army. He, like
Harrison exposed his person too much. Oh,
Mr.. Speaker, what pity for poor Napoleon
that he had not sudied Steuben and slaughter
ed water-meloRs with US natural born Generals
Of this great age Of the world Sir 1t might have
altered the map of Europe nay, changed the
desiinies Of the world.
Again Alexander The great spurred his
horse foremost into the river, and led his Mace
domains across the Granicus TO rout the Per-
SLAMS, who stood full opposed on the other side
OF The stream. True, this youth conquered the
whole world, and made himself master of what
constituted the Medean, Persian, Assyrian, and {
Cbaldean empires Still accoreing to the judg-
ment of rs warriors by nature, the mighty Ma j
cedonian might have consulted good sense by (
coming over here, if, indeed, there were any 4
here bereabouts, in those days and studying q
ike my friend from Michigan, first Tidd's prac-
tice, aud Espannessus Nisi Prius, and little
OF Sieuben, and serving as general of militia :
awhile. Sir, Alexander the Great might have
made man Of himself in the art of war, had
he ever been member Of our Congress and
heard US colonels discuss the subject of an af-