Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1841-01-30
No. 46.

MIN at last, Dy his prosecutions, W ICtlIC lIOii
the service, to which he was so great an
honor. Nor was this all. His whole adj
ministration of the department over which
he was placed, was so defective and unac-
ceptable to the army, as to expose him to
constant and universal complaint. At last
his pusillanimity, irresoution, and bad man.
agement at the capture of Washington and
the burning Of the Capitol brought upon
him the condemnation of the whole army
to such an extent, that the officers refused
to obey his orders, and he was at length
compelled by the President to resign his
place. Such is a small portion of the his
tory of the man who presumes to style, in
that spirit of littleness, which is so marked
a trait in his character, az Mister Harrison;
the man whose fame as a soldier will live
when that of his traducer shall long have
been forgotten Such is the man who can
see nothing commendablc in his military
careers" who presumes TO charge him with
contemplate management" to obtain rank,
and the like! He had far better clear his
own polluted character, before he dares to
attempt to throw dirt upon the spotless rep
utation of General Harrison.
In the life of Harrison by Moses Daw-
son, who is at present his political opponent,
and an editor of Locofoco newspaper, is
a full account of the treatment Gen. Harri-
son received at the hands of Secretary
Armstrong. We give it below. 1t will be
read with interest, especially by all those
not fully conversant with the facts of
the case, and are not aware how discredit-
able to the then Secretary Of War was the
treatment which drove Gen. Harrison from
| J,,t1 no HI Il
ness. The events described in the follow
ing extract are Immediately subsequent to
the glorious though bloodless, encounter
on the banks of the Thames:
GAS soon as he reached Cincinnati, the
General assumed, by general order. the
command of the eighth military district,
which he had originally commanded. As
there were no military operations going on
in any quarter at that period, the General
was contented with his situation, as it per-
mitted him to remain for some time with his
family, from which he had been long sepa-
rated. He expected. however, and we may
add, that it was the general expectation of
the nation, that he would on the approach
of spring be called to a more important
command. But whatever might have been
the expectations and wishes of others upon
this beet, it is certain that the Secretary
of War had determined that they should
not be realized. The course of conduct
which he thought proper to adopt towards
General Harrison, was such as obliged him
to leave the service, or to continue in it I'M
der circumstances at once degrading to
himself, and to the profession whose rights
he was bound to maintain. The intcrfcr-
|
of the district, by the Secretary, brought
g from the general a spirited remonstrance
which concludes with the following words
! Apart from the considerations of duty to
my country, | have no inducements to re-
> main in the army: and if the prerOgativC
of my rank and station as commander of {
: district be taken from me, being fllly con
WINGED that can render no important ser
vice, should much rather be permitted to
retire TO private life
To the gallant officer who furnished u,
, with the remarks on the battle of the
Thames, we are indebted for the following
facts and observations relative to Gen. Har
, rison's resignation:
"The letter of the Secretary of War, o.
the third of November, gave strong indica
be controlled by his efforts, General Harri
son would not be permitted to participate il
any of the important or glorious operation
of the approaching campaign. A major
t general who was in the prime of life, win
5 had fought with reputation under Wayne
=. who had signalzed his name and charac
1 ter in the memorable and wcll-contestct
f events of Tippecanoe and Fort Meigs, an,
. who had, by a bloodless victory on The
f Thames, achieved by the suggestions of hi
c maSterl Y genius, given peace to widely eX
Y tended frontiers, restored an important ter
f ritory to our Government, and acquire,
:. possession of the greater portion of Uppo
c Canada was thus directed to remain in
n district at no one point of which was Their
+ more than a regiment stationed. The lettc
f of the Secretary of the 18th Of May
1914, enclosing the plan of campaign a
n submitted to the President on the Both c
k April. fully authorizes the inference tina
= General Harrison would not be aSsigne
@ any command in the active operations c
e the approaching campaign. All of tn
r troops, excepting garrisons for Detroit an
+ Maiden, We're to be held in readiness t
r move down the Lake to Buffalo, and Ger
e MArthur was designated for the comman
?. of those corps, including the 18th, 1911
It 9th and 2Sth regiments of regulars. Tn
r arrangement of all the disposable force i
k the northwest was made after the receiT
l. of General Harrison's letter of the 18th {
a February, in which he expresses his view