Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1855-01-30

Administration; and when those great men who
had been the first movers in the war of indepen-
dence, having become weary through watching
and toll and enfeebled through age, were con-
strained to lay aside the robes Of Office and sur
render the important trust of managing the gov
crnmeni to the generation succeeding them, with
what humility and dignity he then put onthese
robes, and with what fidelity he discharged the
important duties, the records of his Country and
the history of his Country clearly show. But
time does not allow us to speak of them now.
Whatever Office or honor was conferred upon
him, he always received it with no feeling of ele
walton, but with the determination to act the part
of faithful servant, and was just as ready to
serve representative of the people of his district
Republic. And after retiring from the Office of
Chief Magistrate-thc highest Office that man in
his or our age may receive, he did not disdain to
enter the House of Representatives and labor there
for the rights of the people and the rights of man.
He labored throughout his whole political career
to advance American interests, to elevate labor,
to develop as rapidly as possible, the natural
sources of our Country by just and as he thought
Constitutional system of internal improvements,
improvements in the means of transportation and
travel from ocean to inland and from inland to
ocean. And he laborcd for all these objects and
expressed his opinions, which were of great weight
upon all political questions agitated, until he was
summoned to higher sphere of thought and
more sublime scenes. .4... ...t
When that summons came, although it found
him at his pest with his earthly armor on, yet it
found him ready at a moments warning to ex-
change it for the robes of Immortality. Per-
forming so many and so great deeds in behalf of
his Country, and his race living honorable and
righteous life, he gained for himself a name
and fame that shall never be forgotten. His
memorial is a monument or his own rearing, and
the light of Times ''parting day shall linger
and play on its summit"
Let the young men of America emulate the vir-
tues Of John Quincy Adams.
9th. silas wright-J.J. Noah, not present.
It'll. Zach. Taylor-No response.
We regret the Committee were not successful in
procuring speakers to respond to these toass, and
do Justice to the memory of the great men whose
names are familiar throughout the country.
sth. W. II. Harrison-McMllen.
The response to this toast was as follow
Mr.. President, Ladies and Gentlemen 1T is
both pleasant and profitable to cherish the men,
DRY of the great and good men of our Country
Cur nations history is crowded with the records
of noble deeds of her Patriotic Sons, and their
names are enshrined in the hearts of a grateful
people. Conspicuous on the page of our history
is the name, and deep in the Affections of our
countrvmen is the memory, of TVilHam Henry
Harrison. .... .l
Born in Virginia his father signer of the
Declaration of American Independence; himself
child of the Revolution; patriotism was incor-
porated with his being and nursed from his moth
er's breast.
In early life he babe adieu to his fathers
hearth-stonc; forsook the scenes of his boyhood;
and took up his abode in this, comparatively, un-
inhabited North West, and early he became the
Governor of the Indiana Territory. For this po-
sition, his discerning mind, penetrating the flu
ture history of our Country, pointed to the glo-
rious West, then SO sparsely settled, as the gar
den of our Country and the future homo of mil
lions Of Industrious and happy freemcn. Guided
by a wise and comprehensive policy, preparing
for the suspicious time to come, under the author
ty Of the National Government, he proceeded to
acquire by treaty the land then held by various
tribes of Indians, but it was not without serious
difficulty and interruption that he pursued his en-
lightencd policy. The celebrated Indian Chief,
Tecumseh, having fixed his residence on coded
lands on the Wabash River, aversc to the cession,
A. -. ALL.
session of these lands, and calling to his aid great
numbers of the savage tribes, prepared for war
fare.
The speaker here narrated the GOODNESS and
sagacity of General Harrison in the campaign
which followed, and which ended in the famous
battle of Tippecanoe, and the particulars Of
which are doubtless familiar to our readers.
Soon after this battle the war of 1872 common
ced, and Harrison was called to retrieve the dis
grace of the surrender of Hull at Detroit. He
took charge of the army in the Northwest, and
performed many heroic and daring exploits. His
energy and promptness won for him name which
later in life placed him in the Presidential Chair.
Tecumseh fell, and also when the six brass field
pieces surrendered by Hull, were re-capturcd.
This was the closing action of Harrison's cam
paign, impressed in all its details, with the skill
and energy of its gallant Commander. Was Har-
rison brave, was he skillful. was he an en-
ergetic Commanders Mark the historical details
of his campaigns; see every action a heroes
every plan skiful; and its execution marked with
energy almost superhuman. Ask the brave men
who shared with him his dreadful marches and
the dangers of the battle field. Hear the testi-
mony of Col. Todd and Gen. Combs. He served
his Country for his Country's good. No selfish
or ambitious motive moved him to his cause it
was the love he bore his Country. How conspic-
uously, how beautifully, does this appear. Hav-
ing served his Country in her hour of danger
that danger past 4; like the Roman of Old, he re-
tired to his quiet home, -surrounded by his fam
lily, believing and beloved, contentcd to enjoy the
blessings of Liberty and behold the prosperity
and happiness of the Nation. Thus passed his
years; the frosts of many winters rested on his
arms and silvered DER his head; when from his
calm retire must the people call him, with almost
single voice, to the highest Office in their gift
and literally bore him on their shoulders to the
Presidential Chair of the Nation. The eyes of
the Country were turned to the new Executive !;
his inaugural address had been received, and his
Constitutional advisers gathered. around him,