The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1841-05-27
WHAT MAS GENERAL HARRISoN,s
6REArNESsi'

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DEAR sR9-wilh d.liiience | comply
with your urgent request. i"r il is max.
I'm with me neither 10 sulogize the dead
nor a.rtr the living. The political and
military character III ihr late Chief Maeis.
lraie 81 the Iaied States is well known.
and the tears Of ns,inn will enlhalm hls
memory. But private virtues and Chris
tan principles are marks true greatness,
and render the memory 81 the dead bless
81. That President Harrison was sol.
der. = scholar. and = patriot. none will
deny. Yel these were not The excelIen.
ciss that rendered him beloved.
Zen llarri on was condesecnding. The
pnor aud illiieraie found as ready access
70 Lin a. the great anil learned. Even the
chlLlten we're AZ home with him, and
none bul the guilty were embarrassed 10
his presence. s 81
lie was hOncsi-abate all prevarira
lion: and. IN all his intercourse with hi.
fellow men. said q po.llical opponent y ho
had been his neighbor for forty years.
Gen. Harrison never had parucls Of
dishonesty about him. lie was homes, in
politics. honcslin religion. aud honest in
every .hing.'
lie was also confiing. and suspected
no one. Real evidence of guilt was ne.
csssary In order to lessen any one in his
esteem; and when his interest or chatac.
ter was ass,il'd. he was often first TO plead
the palliilins circumstances that might ex.
! tenus,e the guilt Of he offender.
I lie was charitable. lie regarded pro
Perry only as valuable a. means Of pro-
noting the best Interests Of man. To
whaleser he thought would promote the
/ physical. inulleciutl. or moral good Of the
community, he Vas generous contrlbu
tor. II is presumed iha, not house q
public worship has been erected for year:
in this ,iciuny witltnu, his aid. lie hs,
often said To me. i" | have a small piec,
Of lard in such = piece, DO they need !
church there or schnol.house! | slfoul,
like 10 give il for such purpose" And
oftcn. when the claims Of public chari,,
have fallen on my hands. ielt cousuain
cd to conceal II from him, knowing tina
his generosity would lead him Ia do wha,
in my opinion. duty did not require.
While Engaged i" erecting Church
in feeble congregation twelve miles iron
his residence. | did rot call on him till i
was nrsrly completed. On incidentally
meeting him, he said: - hear that yoI
have been building church; why hav'
Won no, called on met" replied. "
consider your benerolen, tax quite sui
{ licieni." He seemed hurt, aud added
/" Lei me do al least what | can. Thu
little properly have belongs to God. ant
|, cannot appropriate il better" Thu
trait in his character was daily exhibited
al home. The poor and needy knew
here To find friend. Tile widow. The
fatherless, and the aill ,cted Of every grade
. par,ic,pa'edi in his bounty. lie reproseh
ed none for ,lelr poverty or misery. no
/; inquired the cause of their wretchednes
ull the sulTering,wasreleved, nor then, on
, ~ 10 apply moral remedy. The bond
. man and fugitive shared in hls symra
: thy, and the subjects ni scorn aud preju
dice found him friend and protector.
, have visited the SICK, and stood by III
dying. aud attended at the house ofmourn
ing. and the man whom | have most oilcl
me, there. on brands ofmercy. especial
ly among The poor vas General llani
= son.
I The writer has had pretty ex,ensiv
aud familiar acquaintance n the vlclnll.
I where he lived. being the Pastor OF III
congregation where he worshlpPe,i Tor III
9 six ,rars previous To March, 1870 yet h
p never heard The poor man speak re
=. proarhfulIy Of General HARRISON M
- When the ear heard him, then u bless
!. I'd hia, aud when the eye saw him'