Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1860-08-16
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BEAT AT HIS OWN A

BEAT AT HIS OWN GAME.
The late talented but eccentric Judge
-, of Mississippi, was makinga speech
to a large crowd in 1910, in behalf of Tip
pecanoe and Tyler too when the following
incident took place, much to the discom'
future of one of the parties:
General-,a distinguished captain
in his Gay, had made a very violent speech
against Gen. Harrison, and had accused him
Of cowardice in the battle of Tippecanoe-
which battle, by the way, had given to Gen.
Harrison the we'll known sobriquet of 'old
Tippecanoe.' In order to disprove this
charge, coming as it did from such high
authority, Judge M-reviewed, in a
mastery manner, the plan and order OF
that famous battle, and showed conclusive
ly that the opinion of the General was en-
tirely u~nfounded. He took particular pains
to paint to the eyes of the vast audience
where Gen. Harrison stood, what were his
movements, and what his orders, at what
point stood the gallant Davies, and where be
received his death wound; at what point
the enemy made the most deadly attack,
and how and where they we're repulsed;
at what point the clarion voice of the Gen-
eral gave confidence to the troopers, aud
caused them to regain their confidence IN
the deadly fight. After dwelling upon all
the stirring incidents of the battle, and de.
plotting the glories Of the triumphant victory
he asked the audience, in a high and tri-
umphant key, 'f there was a man in the
sound of his voice whe,afser hearing this
vindication of Gen. Harrison, could for one
moment believe that the noble old hero of
Tippecauoe acted cowardly on that glorious
occasion? I repeat said the Judge, lis
there a man in this vast crowd who has the
hsrdihood, af' r all 1 have said to declare
that Gen. Harrison, the renowned worrlor
and statesman, was a coward in the battle
of Tippecanoe?
A voice from the outskirts of the crowd
cried; in thunder tone
Il say it!
1asWho are you p said the Judge. Stand
up and let me see you! l wish to let the
crowd see what sort of a man you are
The crowd around the person who had
thus created a sensation so thrilling, liter
ally pushed him up, so that all could see
him. While standing upon the bench op'
posite the Judge, he proved to be almost a
giant in size equal to the Judge who, like
Sarl, was a head and shoulders taller than
his tribe. The Judge gazed upon the bold
Intruder with magnificent disdain. 1t
seemed as though he was to blast him with
a look, the crowd meantime looking on with
intense interest, and wondering how it would
end.
sAre you the man. said the Judge, swho
says Gen. Harrison acted cowardly at the
battle of Tippecanoe%
4 am p said the man, in tone both loud
and bold.
Upon what grounds do you have the i'm
pudence to make the charge? p said the
Judge, in higher aud loftier key.
Because l was there aud saw him. said
the man.
The Judge looked at him with scorn and
cried,-
do you say you were at the battle of
TippecanoeT
Il do y said the man.
The Judge raised himself on tiptoe, ele.
waited both arms above his head, and thun.
dered forth in the voice of a Senator
You're a liar !! for if you had been there
I'd haze seen you'
The big fellow dropped from the bench
on which he was standing as suddenly as
though he had been shot through the heart.
The vast crowd yelled with delight at his
discontinue. The bold assertion of the
Judge overthrow the slanderer, and the
people rejoiced. He not only made Col,
iah of the base falsehood believe that he
had been in the battle, but the crowd, too,
when nothing was farther from the truth
He knew the intruder was gassiug and he
went a stones throw beyond him, and beat
him at his own game.