mm MA I hare sworn upon tlio Altar of God, eternal hostility to every form of Tyranny over the Mind of Man.--Thomas Jefferson. PMNTJ) AND PUBLISHED BY If. WEBB BLOOMSBVKG. COLUMBIA COUNTY, FA. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 184-0. Number It. FICE OF THE DEMOCRAT, rositc St. Paul s Church, Main-bt. LUMB1J1 DEMOCRAT will be , -i - - n ' yearly m advance, or J wo Hollars Vents, xj not paid within the year I titan six months; nor any discon tinuance permitted, until all arrearages discharged. VERTJ SEME NTS not exceeding a jtlare Will be conspicuously inserted at e JJollarJor the Jirst three insertions J wentu-hve cents lor everu subsc it nsertlon. tCT'd liberal discount . lilt It If. Ill I UUfil. IUILU IULIJI1I LUC U 11 LUG 111.111 I i 1 From the Lancaster Intelligencer. RISON'S CLAIMS TO BE A HERO" CONSIDERED, from tho raging whirlpool of par tv Uisuuci iruiu uic uuuvts men ui cmiur - a I?.. ... r i. - : . r poIiiical sect is a large body of quiet cili zenswuo reau ooui siues, aim ironi uio snn n n ui uuiiv buiic. ixivuiimiu. un mat- mu Imln iltfararl frlAf rinH mul m MTilIIV Y I1UUI UitLIKUl ikfUU. till 11 IL IB 111 biafmR4 in.ii vf? mav bhiriv iriii inn i pi si We now desire to call the attention LWKlSiieniry iiauiouu iu mu giory oi oc- ewr. it w.. mm ...:.i. .i. . ptweiiuuy i "''wi luvninuiu man ... 1 1 n n .mnrr! i nr n p rt 1 1 1 inp nMi i mn n v o raciurer.) iiii3,'-aunuuu wnueii wim ' T W . ---j. . . - J oieiy to uimerai xiarrison s Military cx 'rr.i r ti. u-r cut mush .. .i. inifi: rit r.riursc. iiu uari oi mu uuncv wninii i't IIMIL-UilllUOl Mter Mie natue, say? tno nistory, . . . I 1 AH(i . nml inn ipaod Inninnil t i 1 ii.a iSnes forgot to be consistent." iSln rcviowinff the first plan of Harrison's jwii WaII iiinti. it tv:m in inn iopa nt in. mi) un a ULdiuc. uuu uuu a ttaii iiiiiD. ui rawn n in nruui ui uiuiiu. wiliiuui setiinn- i.k-uri iim n i c nnipr!. nn inn rnnnrt nt tim isrii'ni men on n :iiiii iiiikiiiilv. auu 111 Vllw iiiuiiiw) iiiuiuii ium aiu vi Tnilmn (niiril nn tllP W'lhnSM f Why. doubtless." Bays Marshall's his- Rnt. in t to nature oi a not act. oruerinir r ii lii iiiaubiaLii kif ui'uiiMuia iiiuii in it in mi k;iti3 iiiuii iivifis. .i .t.:. i liui listen to uns caunous anu circutn- niVnrnnni " urlup. i " nlliirdi irreM I am I II v i front (towards the Indian town) ly twico that lieighf above a similar TirairiR in ma rear. liiiiju"ii wiiiuii uuu uvai the left 1'"lk 1,li3 Solicit of high land wld- Bned considerably, but became Gradually j pTrrow in the opposition direction) an at mie distance of one hundred and fifty yards WrTrn the right flank, terminated in an abrupt jpolnt." i' If the God, whom the Indians adore in F- I III I. ..I war." (exc aims marsnaii s nisiory.i uan Bade a piece of ground for the camp of an liemy. it was this, and to tins ins worsnip- KIS UireOlCU uonerai iiarnson. aim vjuu Kal Harrison, aeeing the kind and quality glthe ground, and that it ' aflbrid great tuny to tue appioacu ui Baaa;o, mc ,o- ,y enemy ho had to oppose, most.jiciows ly, like General Harrison quietly encamps on the ground without trench or nalisade." Who does not respond to the following burst ot indignation after this : " And this man would be thought a Gen eral 1 And there are Rimpletons weak c- nought o'call hint a consummate General !" We shall hereafter givo further extracts trom tms History. in tue same battle, however mussacre, it has been called there was ouo gallant action the remembrance of which cannot bo lost even in Harrison's certificates and tho. false Lines of his urtscrupulous biogra piers. Wo allude to tho onset of Col John P. Boyd the gallant Yankeo, whase determined regulars, saved tho whole army, from the almost fatal predicament in to which, by Harrison's blindness and in discretion had not room to work out its fa tal result tho folly of Harrison was arres' ted by the bravery of Boyd. We are told in Duano's Aurora, the load ing Democratic paper of the country, dur ing the war, in an article published imme' diately after this transaction, that Boyd's gallant band ot Yankees lornied the ral lying in point and stood tho burnt of sav age warfare" mat uoyd " was llie man whose skill and coolness sustained the A meiican 6lmdard from reproach, and saved tho western frontier Irom a savage foe, in stigatcd bv an enemy as savage and remorse less." The following extract of a letter wiitlen by tho heroic Boyd himself, when tin found his clarna slighted, will tell out the tale itself i fC70r was it on the plains of Tippe canoe that I merited disgrace and negltct ? On those plains where the bommandinz General, against my express advice, trus ted to the dissembled honesty of Indians ana fell into their snare; wnere tne sav age war-cry burst upon the stillness of the midnight camp, and the discipline of un daunted legulars saved tho existence of an array ? It was a uiilcrent inference I drew from tho plaudits of the military, bestowed upon j?ic, awl not upon their General. There was nothing like reproach in the tones of their voiees, when the Indian howl was lust in the distance, ascribing their safe ty " to those bravo regulars." The thanks of a Territory, for preventing the desola tion of a frontier, had taught me to think, on one occasion, at least, I had not failed in my duty. But to my government I submit the decision, if I was mistaken; I wish not even the poor acknowledgement of having risked my life for my country: of aiming at least, at her benefit, if I should have fail ed m promoting it. With much consideration, I have the honor to be, sir, Your obedient servant, JOHN P. BOYD, Boston, January, 1810. The Battle of tho Thames is another of the fields on which General Harrison " gath ered his well-earned laurels !" And how ? Let tho gallant Johnson speak. Recently, at Wheeling, Va. Colonel Allen (who is now travelling through Uluo with Colonel Johnson) stated that " while Colonel and his brother James were charging the Indi ans and British, under Tecumseh and Proc tor, Gen. Harrison was a mile in the rear." This was immediately pronounced " a lie" by the British Whigs, and Col. Johnson appealed to. He stated " that his friend Allen was' indeed mistaken; lor General Harrison was three miles instead of one, in the rear. tie continued, in reply to tho questio.i, " Where was Harrison V' I DO NOT KNOW; I DID NOT SEE HIM FROM THE TIME HE STARTED TO THE REAR UNTIL THE BATTLE WAS OVER, WHEN HE CAME TO WHERE I WAS LY ING WOUNDED AT THE ROOT OF A TREE." The correction satisfied tho Whigs ! And yet, this man (Hairisou) is called the hero of the Thames! The next " victory" for which Harrison, n d his friends for him, demand credit, is tho achievement at Fort Sandusky. Never, in tue History oi any nation, was mere a case, involving an amount of imbecility, weakness, and treachery, equal to that ex hibited bv Harrison on the occasion. We have, at this present writing, a map of the whole affair before usj and wo could wish that every man of common sense were pres ent to see and judge for himself. General Harrison lies at Fort Seneca, nine miles distant from Fort Stephenson, with a force of two thousand men, and yet does not reinforce the gallant one hundred and fifty under Colonel Croghan, then attacked . .1 . -I , I .1T.I! oy tnrco tuousanu uriiisu anu inuians, ai Fort Stephenson 1 He hears the Cannon ading ho is certain that destruction must fall upon tho little band and yet, though distant but an hour and a half's gallop from Fori Stephenson, he sutlers Croghan to bo besieged thirty-six hours, and " washes his liande of the whole transaction !" God of Justice ! is tlr's man " a hero I" the author of this business a soldier ? Is this the mall, in whose behalf the patriotism of the coun try is invoked ? But more. While Harri son lay, trembling and cowering, at Fort Seneca, he had made preparations to fly to Upper Sandusky, and thus leave, in Cro gtian's own language, " a smoking frontier of five hundred miles in extent,'' on which the tomahawk and torch of the Indian might do their work 1 Such is the Hcro"of the British Whigs 1 Freemen 1 is he wor thy of your confidence T But criminal as was Harrison's conduct on this occasion, his conduct afterwards is still more objectionable, in giving authority and sanction to a lying accountjof the bril liant achievement at Lower Sanuusfty. Do we do him wrong ? To ihow that wo do not, we refer to Colonel (Whan's own letter to Harrison, a copy of Which is subjoined. It appears, for tho firs jtime, in connexion with others from the sairi source, in a late number of the Globe. jWu ask ask tho attention of every man to tiis burst of indignation from a brave but iujired sol dier, who writes from his heart, burning un der the insulting ingratitude of this trans cendent British Whig "Hero." If this does not open tho eyes of hundreds of those who now think Harrison a hero, then have we mistaken the power of truth : Nev Oiueans, May 2.-1, 1825, Sin: I unwillingly renew our correspon dence, which I had thought finally closed with my loiter of the 13th August, 1818, and that I do so will be received by you as an oviuenco mat my teefing-s towards you are at least not hostile. You will call to mind the particulars of our recent conversa tion at Washington City, and onnnot tneto foro be surpristd a ly entering without circnnilocution,upon the subject which then occupieu us. otnet justice has never yet Deen none to tue nrave men who served with me at Lower Sandusky, and I require it for them at your hands. It would be needless for mo to point out in what par tieulars they have suffered; to you, at least it should be enough to be referred to Mc Afee's History of the War in tho West, and your own biography, recently published in Cincinnati. What is said in either of these books, calculated to placo the transactions at Lower Sandusky in a higher point of view before the world than is claimed for the most insignificant affairs of that day? Your aubwer must bo that of every other reader nothing. I auk no more for myself General Harrison, than 1 havo a rif'ht to claim for every soldier who served unde mc. But might I not ask for more at your hand? If you have ona spark of grateful recollection, you will answor yes more much more. Did J not literally sacrifice wyself to save youi Juid 1 not at a mo ment when the excitement against you throughout the ffholc slate ot uhio, a mounting to general clamor, when there was almost mutiny in your very camp at Seneca, do every thing that you and your Jriends required of me as necessary to .. i i. rcinmu'i: i in fjiwu uwimwi vi trie ueoje and of the armyl Tho success of our army reqaireu mat you, tne general m chief, should have the confidence of all; and to insure that,l signed addresses, without idins them, because I was told that it was necessary, wrote letters approvn ihroughout your conduct, aud subject to your corrections, without asking what they mew oe, oecause i was assured ay members of your family hat you yourself believed thai on my, expressions in rem tion to you much depended. But of what I did for ou, enough ot what you have done for me, there is nothing to bo told, You have personally nledgod yourscll to correct any false impressions that may have been created by the publication of the two works above mentioned: in a word, to speak of all things in relation to the transactions in Sandusky ae they deserve. t We are told in McAfee s History, "Gen cral Harrison, discoverins from the firo of tho enemy that ho had nothing but light ar tillery, winch could make no impression upon the work, felt not a moment alarmed for the safety ef the garrison, well knowing that a breach could not be affected, and that without afl'ecltng a breach every attempt at escalade could be successfully repelled." General Harrison, is this the fact?. Did you not, during the whole of'lht bombard' ment ot tlnrni-six hours, evince more e- motion than could have been induced by a belief that the garrison was not in dan- ffer? Did you not, m the extremity of your apprehensions, cry out. "THE BLOOD BE ON HIS -.OWN HEAD; I WASH MY HANDS t)F IT?" And was there one man of all your camp at Sen eca (the gallant Wood excepted) who be lieved that, without the most despcute re sistance, the garrison could prevail against tho attacks of the enemy? Answer these queries, and fairly, 1 demand it of you as right. If the statem'eut in McAfee's book be correct, then where is the merit of tho defence of Sandusky? State candidly tho facts, without culogium on any of us; for each one who served there would bo judged by his works. Tell to the world that, when you fell back on Seneca, leaving, as a garrison for Sandusky, but 150 men, the works of the place were measurably de fenceless that tho picket which connected the block houses were so loosely planted, that the elforts of a siuglo man could pull many of them Up that there was no ditch about the work, nor any outward defonce to oppose to an assailing force that' but few entrenching tools were left behind, and thoso unwillingly and to all t'iis,tliai thcro was spared to uo scarce 40 rounds of mus ket catridge per man without a single pro pared, catridge or ond ounce of powder for tho only piece of artillery in the placo. Then state the appearance of the defences, on your coming down immediately after the defeat and flight of tho enemy. The brave men who toiled there during ton davs and nights (o put themselves in a posture of aeiuncc, aro as much entitled to credit for it as they are deserving of praiso for their gallantry after the coming of the enemy. Having enlarged on these points as far as may bo due to the truth, I would then have you speak of every other circumstance) in relation to tho aflfair of Sandusky (both anterior aud subsequent) calculated to place it in its proper light. I havo been told it already occupies its proper place that ev ery thing in relation to it is well understand anu uuiy appreciated, uan you join in any expression of this kind? Surclv you A. .. 1 1 ' cannot, lor you icnow too wen what was done on that frontier, and how much imme- If . I . . i i t . uiatciy arounu oanuusny, that has never come to light. If my services had been duly appreciated, then truly have I been resting too contentedly upon what I have .i f . i uoue, tor no puonc expression, conveying an assurance oi tno gratclul sense in which my services are held, has ever vet reached mot You may say that I received a sword from the ladies of Chillicothe, and that I was also breveted by the President; for the first I feel as a soldier ought to feel for a gift which ho should prize as his life; as for tne latter, 1 regard it as a thing of no value and not to be considered, for brevets had been dealt out by the dozen, and often times to mose wno nau never seen an enc- mv. My name wa onco boforctCongress for a vote of thanks, and it was rejected as unwortny an expression ot its approba tion. When I was thus so flatteringly passed upon, was Congress, in your opinion, in formed of all that I had done in the North West? You will say that it was not. And when, at a very recent ycriod, too, I tvas compelled, by my necessities, to ask a place, and an unimportant one, and found difficulties and vexations when I had ex pected every thing the reverse, had I not a right to believe that my claims to prefer ence were considered but of the same rank with those of every other applicant for office? 1 ha world knows that there was a repulse of the enemy at Lower Sandusky; but what further does it know calculated to enhance it above the most trival affairs of tho war? Does it know that I disobeyed your orders to abandon the place, and that this disobe dionce SAVED YOUR ARMY FROM A PRECIPITATE RETREAT and per haps the WHUL1S FRONTIER FROM THE INCURSIONS OF A SAVAGE FOE? A council of your general and field officers decided upon the propriety of fall ing back upon Upper Sandusky; every ar rangement was made for a precipitate re treat, and the signal of departure was to be given at the moment of my joining. I car ed not. Your order ivas disobeyed, and you were thus saved from the danger of a retrograde step, ihe consequences ot the repulse of the enemy at Lower San dusky were, as you have long known, more important than can bo conceived by any one acquainted with the topograph) of the section of counlty under view, and (he po sition of the opposing forces. How you would have fared hud I been caplured.you can best conjecture; at all events, it did ap pear that, at tho time, you believed tho en emy more than a match for you. And what would have been the consequonces ot your defeat? A smoking frontier of moie than five hundred miles in extent. What saved tho boats and the immense stores concentrated at Clcavcland under the direc tion of Major now General Jesup? What also prevented a combined attack of land and naval forces upon the fleet of Commo dore Perry at Erie, at a time when its de struction must have been certain? My dis obedience of your orders my subsequent defeat and repulse of the enemy at San dusky. Gen. Proctor, on leaving Detroit in July, 1813, had no other object in view than the destruction of the fleet of Commo dore Perry, at Erie, and ot the military stores aud boats at Cleaveland. He block aded Fort Meigs merely as a cover to his real intentions, anu to allord turn an oppor tunity of ascertaining what reinforcement" were marchinc out, that ha might bo assur" ed of the safety of Detroit during his ab sence. Satisfied of this, he left Fort Meigs with a force of at least 3,000 (Indians inclu ded) in futherance of the grand objects of tho expedition. On reaching tho poiht of crossing, at the entrance of Sandusky bar, his Indian force refused to go further on tho lake, without first taking the scalps and plunder at Fort Sandusky Gencrel Proc tor, from his own Xvrittcn statement, (now in your hands,) unwillingly indulged them: An attack was made it failed and witn heavy loss. The Indians deserted to a man and thus an expedition originally well planned, and fraught with deadly conse quences to our cause, was completely de feated by a force of 150 men, of whom no thing was expected, and for whom nothing; further in praise has been offered than wad extractad from McAfee's History of the1 War in tho West. Respectfully, G. CROGHAN. Gen. W. H. HAnniso.v, Cincinnati, Ohio; From the Pcnnsylvaniari. Wo have some knowledge of political struggles, yet we remember none which haye been marked by the peculiar charac teristics of tho present. The deraocratio party presents the same front and avows the same principics that secured its triumph more than forty years ago. Those princi ples are precisely those, which during all that time entitled it to the fierce hate ani unmeasured denunciations of any and of all the fragments of opposition that happened to be floating upon the political ocean. They are few, but they aro vital to tho sys tem under which we live. Tho surrender or overthrow of any of them would bring wim h a thorough anu radical change in the distinctive features of our Government. While their ascendancy is complete, tho substance as well as the fofms of freedom! remains. The moment they cease to con trol tho destines of tho country the coun try would be converted into an oligarchy or something equally as bad, and as anti-Re-publicam We have said that theso principles' were few but vital. They are as we under stand then a strict construction of tha constitution of the United States state rights in their fair extoiit no national im provements without the consent of tho states equal rights and to secure these suffrage only limited by birth, age residence, and taxation the right of instruction in tho people and by the people who aro tho' fountain of all power. Now tho opposition which is a combina tion of the worst elements, for the worst purposes in other words a temporary and Hccidental confederacy to affect an auti-Ro-publican object avows no rruNCirLES bnt deny and denounces all those. They have contended, and if clothed with power, would contend again for the doctrine of, implication in other word's for the right of altering tho constitution to suit their purpo ses. They aro the enemies of state rights and particularly of the right of suffrage, which they have always endeavored to narrow down to a properly standard.- They treat the doctrines of the right of in struction with tho utmost contempt, and thus placo the representative above tho con stituent. They give tho aeant not only tho power of the principal but more: . x he people m tho approaching election have therefore to choose between a ect of democratic republican principles which se cure their dignity and freedom, and tho wild anti-republican notions of an opposi tion compounded of all parlies, and possess ing tho merits of none. We await the re sult in confidence. The opposition aro full' of hope let them enjoy the pleasing delu-' lusions' Their dream will be short. J. hoy hurry on Regardless of the sweeping whirlwinds' axvay, That hushed in grim repose, expects its evening prey. People are much more liberal w'itU the! advice to editors than with their money.Ad vice costs nothing. Money is money. Editors can have an abundance of advica gratis. Subscriptions would be mush more acceptable, and by no means so annoying. A little less of the former and a considsrablo' more nf tho latter would not corns amiss in' these hard times. Absent Mindness.-Tho last case of this' kind, that has come to our notice, is tho unfortunat. belief of the Whigs, that Indi ana and Kentucky are tho whole Union,and elsct the President of the Unitsd Slates "solitary and alono." We predict they will recover from the illusion r.bout tho 4th of March 18U, when Mautin delivers his second inaugural address perhaps eoonsr, Mogiciam
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