A Sketch of the Life and Public Services of General William Henry Harrison: Candidate of the People for President of the United States, to which is Annexed an AppendixJ. Gideon, Jr., 1840 - 15 pages |
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SKETCH OF THE LIFE & PUBLIC SE Isaac R. (Isaac Rand) D. 1843 Jackson,Ya Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congr No preview available - 2016 |
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Page 9 - But the character of this gallant detachment, exhibiting, as it did, perseverance, fortitude, and bravery, would, however, be incomplete, if in the midst of victory, they had forgotten the feelings of humanity. It is with the sincerest pleasure that the general has heard, that the most punctual obedience was paid to his orders, in not only saving all the women and children, but in sparing all the warriors who ceased...
Page 12 - William Henry Harrison, and Isaac Shelby, late governor of Kentucky, and, through them, to the officers and men under their command, for their gallantry and good conduct in defeating the combined British and Indian forces under Major General Proctor, on the Thames, in Upper Canada, on the fifth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and thirteen...
Page 9 - ... to resist; and that, even when vigorously attacked by the enemy, the claims of mercy prevailed over every sense of their own danger, and this heroic band respected the lives of their prisoners. Let an account of murdered innocence be opened in the records of Heaven against our enemies alone. The American soldier will follow the example of his Government, and the sword of the one will not be raised against the fallen and the helpless, nor the gold of the other be paid for scalps of a massacred...
Page 7 - He appeared not disposed to detain any man against his inclination ; being endowed by nature with a heart as humane as brave, in his frequent addresses to the militia, his eloquence was formed to persuade ; appeals were made to reason as well as feeling, and never were they made in vain.
Page 7 - General Harrison received a shot through the rim of his hat. In the heat of the action his voice was frequently heard, and easily distinguished, giving his orders in the same calm, cool, and collected manner, with which we had been used to receive them on drill or parade. The confidence of the troops in the general was unlimited.
Page 12 - But it will be such as is bestowed on the pissing meteor, whose blaze is no longer remembered, when it is no longer seen. To be esteemed eminently great, it is necessary to be eminently good. The qualities of the hero and the general, must be devoted to the advantage of mankind, before he will be permitted to assume the title of their benefactor; and the station which he will hold in their regard and affections will depend, not upon the number and splendor of his victories, but upon the results and...
Page 13 - ... military talents, are scarcely thought of. The source of the veneration and esteem which is entertained for his character, by every description of politicians — the monarchist and aristocrat, as well as the republican, is to be found in his undeviating and exclusive devotedness to the interest of his country.
Page 11 - The victory of Harrison was such as would have secured to a Roman general, in the best days of the republic, the honours of a triumph. He put an end to the war in the uppermost Canada.
Page 3 - Major Mills, rendered the most essential service by communicating my orders in every direction, and by their conduct and bravery exciting the troops to press for victory.
Page 12 - I contend that the strongest of all governments is that which is most free. We consider that of the United States as the strongest, precisely because it is the most free. It possesses the faculties equally to protect itself from foreign force or internal convulsions.