The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-07-19
From the Republican.
Ahout Antaoadanta.

1t may be said OF General Har-
rison," says Democratic exchange.
that he is the grandson of his grand
father" True. And it may be fur
ther said with equal truth that he is a
worthy grandson of a worthy grand
father who was himself the worthy
grandson of worthy grandfather Cen
eral Harrison can trace back his an
cestry nine generations, and there is
not link in the long chain that is not
an honorable one. The Harrisons,
throughout all their generations known
to history, have been stout adherents
to republican principles and champions
of the cause of human liberty.
The first of General Harrison's an
cestors that we have been able to find
any account of in history is Major Gen
eral Harrison of the English parliament
tary army. He was the son of butch
er, and was the neutrality-suspicious.
or of Benjamin Harrison. Governor of
Virginia, member of the Continental
Congress and signer of the Declare
ton of Independence. That Benja-
father of the Republican candidate for
President.
Thomas Harrison was opposed to
Charles /, and was member of the
court which condemned him to suffer
death as traitor to the liberties of
the people. After the restoration
of Charles II in 1860 the ''regicides''-
that is, all who had taken an active
part in the trial and execution of
Charles I-were brought to trial. The
first to be arralgned was General
Thomas Harrison. Mr.. Hume, in his
history of England, says that when
General Harrison was called
upon to plead to the Indictment
he, with great courage and
elevation of sentiment, told the court
that the pretended crime of which he
stood accused was not deed perform
ed in a corner; that the sound of it had
gone forth to most nations, and that in
the singular and marvellous conduct of
it had chiefly appeared the sovereign
power of heaven; that he was
conscious that for no temporal advan-
tage would he offer injury to the
poorest man or woman that trod
upon the earth; that all al
lurements of ambition, all the terrOrs
of imprisonment, had not been able
during the usurpation OF Cromwell, to
shake his steady resolution, or bind
| him to a compliance with that deceit
full tyrant; and that when in
vited by him to sit on the right hand of
the throne, when offered riches and
splendor and dominion, he had dis
painfully rejected all temptations; and
neglecting the tears of his friends
and family, had still, through
every danger, held fast to
his principles and his integrity. :"
! Harrison and half dozen others were
condemned and executed. Speaking
of the bearing of these men in the
presence of death, Mr.. Hume says:
''No saint or confessor ever went to
martyrdom with more assured conf
dence of heaven than was expressed
by those criminals, even when the ter
rors of immediate death, Joined to
many indignities, were set before
Them
The descent of our General Harrison
from this hero and martyr, as well as
from his illustrious ancestors of nearer
degree. may be nothing in his favor
but surely it can be nothing against
him. He is not dependent upon the
glory of their names for his own repu
tation. By the same high spirit of in
/ tegrity and patriotism which made his
| forefathers famous he has earned for
himself an honored place in the affec-
tionS and esteem of his countrymen
and gives promise of great public serv-
1 ices vet to come.