Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1892-06-30
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1t was in 1852 that Benjamin Harri
son kissed his wife and two baby child
ren goodby and went to the front. HI
raised regiment and was commission
ed by Governor Morton to lead it int,
action as its colonel. The interview
with Governor Morton was a short one
MIR. Harrison pledged himself to rails,
the regiment, walked out of the Execu
tive Mansion into hat store, bough,
a military cap, and gathered his mel
together with his characteristic prompt
ness. The regiment was known as th,
Seventeenth Indiana Volunteers. Il
was at the battle of Resaca that Colo
mel Harrison first obtained an opportu
nifty to show that he was a soldier. Sc
great was the valor that he displayed
there that General Hooker rode up tc
him on the field and exclaimed: .'By
gad! Ben Harrison, I'll make YOU a
brigadier Tor this day 8 work. " Eight.
ing Joe" Hooker kept his word, and
Colonel Harrison was breveted Briga.
dier General shortly after. Itwas here
also, that he gained the soubriauet
Little Ben," by which he is still
known to the veterans.
G. McLain, a prominent Grand Army
man who lost his arm at Resaca while
following General Harrison g lead, saws
OF him: mo man was dearer to the
boys of the line than General Harrison,
and it rose from one single element in
the man 3 character-his entire SINGER
ity in his work, his determination to
take the leading part in whatever he
asked his men to do. shall never for
get the sight of him waving his sword
and shouting in that shrill voice for
which he was noted, come on boys. "
General Harrison served in the field
until the war ended.
General Harrison has taken part in
every campaign Of the Republican
party since 1850. Every Presidential
year has found him on the stump lend
ing his sterling eloquence and great
popularity to the cause of the party he
believed best calculated to serve his
country's destinies.
In the campaign of 1875, at great per-
sonal sacrifice, he accepted the nomin-
alton for Governor of Indiana, the
chief object being to strengthen his
party in the Presidential fight. He
lost, but he showed that he was the
strongest and most popular Republican
in his State. He was one of the most
earnest advocates of the election of
President Garfield in 1880, and the fol-
lowing year the Legislature of his
State sent him to the United States
Senate. The Legislature of his State
having been made Democratic by ger
rymander, he was not reelected, but
his term had expired only few months
when he was nominated for the Presi-
dency by the Republican National Con-
vention at Chicago in 1888.
His splendid canvass and triumphant
election every one remembers. His
crowning glory is the splendid admin
istration he has given the country as
its Chief Magistrate, an administration
which friend and foe alike admits has
never been surpassed, seldom equaled
in times of peace in the history of the
nation. In the highest Office President
Harrison has shown the fine traits that
distinguished him in boyhood, youth
and age-perfect sincerity, great inde-
pence of character and the highest
sense of duty.
President Harrison owns his home at
Indianapolis and one other small piece
of property there. He had been the
leading member of the bar of his State
for fifteen years when he was nomin-
ated for President, but his law partner
was authority for the statement that
Benjamin Harrison was worth less
than $4,000 when he was inaugurated
President of the United States four
years ago.