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All advertisements from strangers, as well as al' orders for job-work, must be accompanied with the cash, or a reference to some responsible nnd con. venient. acquaintance. For the Times. PARODY. On the Wabash when the sun was low, In ambush lay the hidden foe, And dark as winter was the flow. Of Wabash rolling rapidly. Hut Harrison saw another sight, When the drum beat at dead of night, Commanding fires of death to light, The darkness of the scenery. By torch and trumpet fast arrayed, Each freeman drew his battle blade, And furious every charger neighed, Tojoin the dreadful revelry. Then shook the hills with thunder riven, Then rushed each man to battle driven, nd louder than the bolts of heaven, Far flashed the dark-red musketry. And redder yet those fires shall glow, Which felled the hellish savage foe, And darker ret shall be the flow Of Wabash rolling rapidly. 'Tis morn, but scarce yon lurid Bun, Can pierce the war clouds rolling dun, Where furious Shawnces' deep-mouthed gun, Hour 'mid the sulph'rous canopy. See ! Harrison rush from place to place, While smoke and fire begirt his face, To crush the assaulters of his race, With Kentucky's gallantry. The combat deepens: On ye brave, Who rush to glory or the grave; Wave, freemen, all your banners wave, And shout with all your chivalry. Friends shall part, where friends do meet, Combined their country's foes to beat, Though each turf beneath their feet, Should be a soldier's sepulchre. Hark ! how the fulling foes retreat, Bold Harrison's victory Is complete, And every turf's a winding sheet, Of some Indian warrior. BARDAN NON. Apple Ridge, Mo. July 8. JOSEPH COOPER'S ADDRESS, TO THE PEOPLE OP HOWARD. My Old Fhiends or IIowakd : Being can. didate to represent you in the Senate of this State, is the cause of rny addressing you at this time; and having no disposition to conceal my princi ples, but believing it the duty of every candidate to lay them before those he offers to represent, I will proceed, in a very brief inunncr, to state such of mine as I am told oro interesting the minds of the people. Of the manner in which I will fulfil the follow ing pledges, if elected, and stand by the interests of my county in all other respects, you will have to judge from my conduct in private life having been a citizen, fanner, and trader among you for near thirty years. I am in favour of the election of Genml liar, rison, as President, for a single term of four years, he standing pledged to the people not to be a candidate for re-election, and to set the impor tant example of one term. I consider the estab lishment of this-principlo of the utmost import ance, as it will do away all electioneering among the office holders, and tend to the promotion and advancement of honesty and virtue in the admin istration of our public affairs. 1 entertain no doubt of the necessity nnd pro priety of a National Bank, and think there is wisdom enough in this great nation so to arrange ts details as to greatly-advance the interest of thai farmer, tracUlr, nrTJ merchant. We all know how signally the State Banks have failed in Mipplying the place of the Old Bank, having in a few years broken up all trado and commerce. Formerly the trader could pay you a fair price for your ar tides, take them to market, procure United Stales paper in payment, and come home end pay his debts, to the general satisfaction of those with whom he traded ; but now all are afiaid to trade, as there is scarcely any who are judges of the different kinds of money, and the trader would surely be broken down by the greatdiscount the different little banks being from five to fifty per cent, under par. We may continue to try one experiment aftei another, but in my judgment the farmers will be the sufferers, nnd as one of that class I would prefer a return to former times. 1 believe the sub-treasury, as the oflieo holdeis call it, will only male matters worse, as I recol lect wh"n the specie circular was issued, it was promised to muka silver moro plenty among the farmer, nnd I think we all know it has been the causo of taking all our silver from among us, until it is now almost impossible to procuro change for a five dollar note. I know, too, that nil tiie promises in our Piesiduul's message, and speeches of our Congressmen, on the subject of g Id and silver, nave resulted in disappointment; and for one I feel unwilling to trust them any longer. It is con'cndcd bv some that the State Bank of Missouri is good, and that if other state banks had acted bh she has, they would bo good also. I know our bank continues good, and if any of us had credit e'nough to borrow a few thousand dol lais in silver, and weio then to lock it up and hire twenty or thirty men, at from five hundred to twenty five hundred dullixs a year, to wakli it. we could bo good ns lung as it lasted; but if reports are true, the people aro not out of all danger of paying taxes to stop some of the leaks which have lately been discovered in its vaults. Particular men are suid to have been favoured with as much as thiiiy thousand doll irs of this money, much of which is now doubtful, and if 1 am elected, I pledge myself to try and have a committee appointed who will honestly examine into this matter, and report the truth to the people. If any thing is wrong, and it turns on' BOON "ERROR Ill' CYRIL . AV. that any partiality has been used, I will vote for an entire new set of officers and directors. My honorable competitor doos not deny hav ing voted for what is commonly called the Cur rency Bill of the last session, and I understand he is under a pledge to voto for it again if he is elected. I will give a very different vote if it is your pleasure to elect me, and pledge myseir not to legislate the little currency we have out of the state. I have found it of great use to me in pay. ing up for produce and stock, and think the peo ple generally could not have paid their debts if the bill had passed and become a law at the time our members voted for it. I also pledge myself not to run the State in debt any more than can be avoidod, being in fa vor of tiding on horseback instead of rail-roads, until the hard times are superseded by better mo ney and better credit, nnd more of both. The right of o majority of the people to in struct thei representatives will never be op posed or denied by me, but 1 will not permit n few men about the towns to set themselves up for the people, os is common in the winter, and undertako to instruct me to give a vote which I believe to be in opposition to your rights acd in terests. It is well known to a large majority of you that I supported and voted for Gen. Jackson, but believe he done wrong in vetoing the Bank of the United States, and not pu ling up another one in its stead. This I consider the beginning of all our troubles in money matters. If the place of that bill, when not permitted to pass, had been supplied with as good a one (thought to bo less dangerous) we would all have been much better off or such is my honest opinion. I will sav nothing on the subject of my qualifica tions to represent you, considering that myself nnd my honorable competitor ought not to quarrel a- about that. You will therefore have to weigh our principles, and decide which is best calculated to advance yourselves and our country. To your decision, whether (or or against me, 1 will bow es becomes a republican. Your fellow Citizen, JOSEPH COOPER. Howard. County, July 13, 1S10. GEN. HARRISON AT COLUMBUS. The following is the substance of Gen. 7arri- son's remarks at Columbia, Ohio. They were reported by the editor of the Ohio Confederate, a former supporter of Van Buren. We hope the Loco Foco croakers will be satisfied now, that the people's candidate '13 now uncaged, and that they will ceaso their slanderous reports of his concealing his opinions. The old General very happily alludes to this slander. GENERAL HARRISON'S REMARKS. General Harrison said he was greatly indebted to his fellow-citizens of Columbus and Franklin County the most cordial hospitalities had at all limes been necoiued to him by them. So long ago as tho time when he was honored with the command of the "North-Western Army," and held his Head Quarters at Frank linton, on the other side of the river, it was his fortune to find in the people of Franklin County, not only good citizens, but patriots and soldiers. Their unvary ing kindness to him had laid him under many pre vious obligations, and their generous attentions on the present occasion ho cheerfully and gratefully acknowledged. He said ho had no intention to detain his friends by making a Speech and he did so in obedience to what ho understood to be the desiro of those whom he addressed. lie was riot sui prised that the public curiosity was awakened in referenco to some things which had been lately published con cerning him, nor was he unwilling to satisfy the leelings of his lellow-cttizens by such proper ex planations as Decauie mm, in ms present position before the country, ie confessed that ho had suffered deep mortification, since bo had been placed before the peoplo as a candidate lor the highest office in their irift may, the most exalted station in the world that any portion of his conn- trymen should think it necessary or expedient to abuse, slander and vilify him. His sorrow arose not so much from personal dear as was to him the humble- reputation ho had earned as fiom public considerations. 7e might draw consola tion, under this species of injury, from the revela tions of history, which showed that the best of men, who had devoted their lives to the public service had been tho victims of traduction. But virtue and truth a e the foundations of our Repub- Iican Byslem when these arc disregarded, our free institutions must fall he looked, therefore, at symptoms of demoralization with sincere re. gret, as betokening danger to public liberty. A part ol the political press, supporting the existing administration, and certain partisans of Mr. Van liuren, alto a candidate lur that high omeo to which some of those whom he addressed desired to elevate him, had invented and propagated many calumnies ag tinst him, but he proposed on the present occasion to speak of ouo only of the nu merous perversions and slanders which hlled the columns of the newspapers and misrepresented his character ami conduct. He alluded to the slory of his fuiuo. s "Cunjidaitial Cummittci," as ihey called it. "The story goes," said Gen. Harrison, "that I have not only a committee ol couseiunco-keepeis, bul that they put me in a cage, fastened with iron Lars, and keep me in that." (To one who looked at his bright and speaking eye the light which Deemed in its rich expression the smilo which played upon his countenance, blending the lineaments of benevo lence and firmness who remembered also ihat ho was listening to the voice of a son of old Gov. Harrison, one of "ihc signers," the pupil of old "Mad Anthony," the hen of Tippecanoe, the Defender of. Fort Meigs, fm conqueror of Proc tor the idea of Hri. lUary 1 irrLion in a case! was irresistibly ludiciitius! When the laughter had subsided lint General proceeded.) "I have no Comuiillee, fellow-citizei s; confidential or other. It i true that 1 employed my friend Major Gwynne to aid mo in returning replies to some o! the numerous questions propounded to me by let ters. But to such only as any man could answer, one os well as unuther. There is scarcely a ques lion of a political nature now agitating the public mind, on which I have nut long since promulgated my opinions, by speeches, published letters or official acts. A large majority of letters tddresscd to mti purported to Heck my views of Abolition, United .States Bank, and other matters concerning which my views woie alieady in possession ol the public. The mot suitable answer to these LICK CEASES TO HE DANGEROUS, WHEN REASON IS LEFT FREE TO COMBAT 7V FAYETTE, MISSOCRI, and to well intentioned persons the most atisfac tory wus a reference to the documents in which my opinions already expressed were to be found. Such answer I entrusted to my well tried and faithful friend Major Gwynne. Letters requiring mora particular attention I answered myself. Every body who knows Major Gwynne knows that he is not one whom 1 would employ to write a political letter. 7j is a self made man a soldier and a gentleman but ne'uher a politician nor a scholar. I asked the service of him, be cause he was my friend, and I confided in him, and it was plain and simple. My habit is to re ceive, open and read my letters myself. Such as may bo easily answered by another, I hind to my friend an endorsation indicating where (he infor mation sought may be found as thus "refer the writer to speech at Vincenncs" or "The Answer is seen in a letter to Mr. Denny," &c. But it seems that Major Gwynne was Chairman of a Committee of tho Citizens of Cincinnati or of amilt n County. When the famous Oswe go lclt- r was received, it was read, and as usual with such letters, I endorsed it and handed it to Major Gaynne. But, it seems, when tho answer was prepared, it was signed also by his colleagues of the County or City Committee. Of ull this I knew nothing nor in their ca pacity of Committee had they any thing to do with my letters. Yet by a little mistake and much perversion these gentlemen have been erected in lo a committee ol my conscience-keepers, & made to shut mo up in n cage to prevent mo from an swering interrogatories." Gen. Harrison re marked that, had he, indeed called to his assis tance the services of a friend in conducting his correspondence, he would have hud high authori ly to justify him in the measure. It had been said of General Washington ihat many of the papers which bear his signature were written by others and he believed it had never been contra dieted; and Gen. Breckenridge, Aid to Gen. Jackson in the late war had represented himself lobe the author of much of Gen. Jackson's cor respondence. But he had not done so to any other extent, or in any other seusu than m he had now explained it in requesting Major Gwynne to refer those addressing enquiiies lo him to the public sources of information. And he would here say, that in all his public life civil, and military, there was no letter, report, speech or order bearing his name which was not written wholly by his own hand. He said, to open, read and answer all the leltcrs received by him w;.s physically impossible, though he should do no thing else whatever. To give his hearers an idea of tho labor it would lequirc, he said, a gentlemen then present was with him the mom ing he left Cincinnati, when betook from the Post, office 16 letters there- were usually half the number at the Post-office near his residence 21 letters per day. Could any man, ho asked, give the requisite attention to such a daily correspon dence, even to the neglect of every other en gagement? Tim it was, that many cr nimunica. lions were sent him which were not entitled to his notice sent by persons who had no other object but lo draw from lain something which might he used to his injury and the injuiy of the cause with which he was identified yet there were enough of those which claimed his rcspecful consideration for the sources from which they came, and the subjects to which they referred, lo occupy more time and labor than any one man could beslow upon lliein. Gen. Harrison said ho had alluded particularly to this mutter of the Cummittee becutisc it had so re cently been tho occasion of so much animadversion by Ins pulilical adversaries. But it was one only of many misrepresentations of him, his conduct, his principles and his opinions with which the party I'ress was teeming. He said it would occupy him nmiiy hours to discuss them, if it were necessary or proper for him to do so. ie referred, however, to the Uichmotid Enquirer and expressed his surprise at the manner in which his name and character had been treated by that paper. lie did so, as it all'or ded an example of the prostitution of tho press to party purposes. That paper, which formerly did him more than justice and paid him the highest compli ment as a -,idier and civilian whose editor at the time could designate no other man whom he consid ered so Well qualified for the responsible place of .Secretary of War was now lending itself to the circulation of tho must discreditable calumnies a gainst him and endeavoring to persuade his coun trymen that he was a coward and a federalist. He alluded lo the evidence upon which the Enquirer sought to fasten the accusation that he was a blark-ciK-l.aile federnhst i. e. the remarks of Mr. Ran dolph in the Senate of the United States, lie said that ihe uttack of Mr. Randolph was inetat the mo ment it was made and effectually disproved. He passed a high encomium upon the genius of that remarkable, man, and said, that those who knew Air. Randolph, knew that ho never gave up a point in debate, or receded from his ground any where, until convicted of error. The fact that he made no reply to his answer to the charge, is proof to any familiar with his character Ihat he himself was satisfied that he hud erred. Gon. Harrison explained tho foun dation of .Mr. Rmdolph's charge, made at a moment of temporary irii ation. lie said that old Mr. Adams, refused to adopt agaiust France the measures which his party desired and showed himself in that respect, al least, more an American than a I'urtizan. It was that course of policy of .Mr. Adams which com manded his approbation and induced him so to ex press himself, at the lime. Mr. Randolph remem bered tho expression hut probably forgot the par ticular subject of it, and inns the very fact which proved him to belong to the- Republican party of IrillU, long years afterwards, separated from its at Icudant circuuisiiiucos is used to prove him a feder alist. General Harmon expressed himself ilh much earnestness on ihe injustice which was thus attempted tu be inflicted on his character in his ua Ike iSlate, in which, when truth and virtue and honor had suffered violence every where ul.e, he had hoped they wou'd survive. lien. Harrison alluded to several other instances of gross misrepresentations or ub'ulntu falsehoods ill ustriously mid sham, fully propagated by a party press. "It seeuw almost incredible, fellow eiiiz'ns," said he, "b.it it is true, that from ti Km speech, lilling several columns of it piper, t,vo sburl sentences have ben taken from Ji.I' rent parts of it, tliesu two sentences separated from their context, are put together, my ii'iinu uila.-huj to them, and published throughout the land is mi uulhen'ic docu ment." lie deplored that stain of public sentiment which could tolerate sueh u -yste 't of pirty action, nnd trusted for Ihe honor i-l' his country, and the hopes of liberty, that the reform:;: ion of such abuses w ould soon be w rought out by tho force of a pure and healthy public opinion. "Why, fellow eiliz us," said General Harrison, "I have recently, in that house, (pointing to the Statu House) been charged with high oll'eneej against aiv cuuntry, winch, if true, ought to co.t mo my life. Yes," continued ho, "accusations were there laid to my charge, which being estab lished, would subject ine, even now, lo the severest penalties which mil it it ry ltw indicts for 1 have always hrht that an officer may not escape the re--ponsirjli ia, uf uiiC'j.tduct by resigning his -oni- SATURDAY, .II LY 1H, 1810. mission. These charges are not made by my com panions in arms, by the eye-witnesses of my nctbuis, by the great and good uud brnvo men, who fought by my side or under my command. Tiny toll o different story. But their evidence, clear, unequiv ocal and distinct, -the testimony of Gov. Shelby, the venerable hero of King's .Mountain, uf the gal lant Terry, and of many bruve and generous spirits who saw and knew mid participated in all ihu oper ations connected with the batllo of tho Thames Ihc evidence of impartial and honorable- men, tho con current records uf hi.-tory, and the authority of uni versal public opinion, are all cast aside, in deference lo tho reckless assertions of those who were either not in being or dandled in the arms of their nurses! Gen. Harrison said, ho acknowledged that thee calumnies were disagreeable to him. Hit good name, sueh us it was, w us his must precious treas ure uud he ilid not like to have it mangled by such calumniators. Were it his land w he li they nre seeking to destroy were it tie? title deeds ti, bis farm that they are endeavouring lo mutilate, he could bear their cllects with patieuce, and smile even atlheir sucec-s. But lie confessed, not viih standiiig his perfect confidence in the justice of Li country and the decision of an impartial posterity, that these ruthless uttuclts upon his military clci'r vclcr affected him unpleasantly. This policy of hi adversaries constrained him to consider himself on trial before his country. He was not reluctant to be tried fairly. Tho American people being hi Court and Jury his adversaries held to those ru!e of evidence established by common sense and com mon right, he feared nut the result of the strictest 'cruthiy, and would cheerfully submit tu the decis ion of a virtuous nnd enlightened community. 7e asked but fair dealing and liual justice no more. General Harrison alluded to several other instan ces of gratuitous and unfounded calumny, having no shadow of apology in any fuel for their inven tion and publication, lie spoke of the batllo of Tippecanoe of the death of Ilia brave and lamented Daviess, whoso fall lent been ascribed to l.ini. Ho said the w hole story ubout the v. idle horse was entirely false, and that tho fate of the giliant Ken tuekiau had no connection whatever with lus own white mare, which, by accident, was not roil: on the occasion by any one. In ren.ari-.iii' upon the sljiitiers connected with the bitlh; of Tipp.sc nme. lie said their refutation, one and ull, was I'oiu.d in the proceedings of the Legislature of Keutuci.y. auu especially in the extraordinary con-nlenco re-1 posed in him by the gullunt I rovernor ami people ol ! Liiai. ouuio, wi.eu ii.ey suosupienMy noirjreu mm with Ihe command of their urmy, roinposctl of lie choice spirits of the land, the best blood if Kentucky. Gen. Harrison spoke w illi deep emulion ol the trust repuiLU in him, by Kentucky, on the occasion allu ded to, and said that the commission which made lit i tho commander of lint brave and patriotic army of Kentnckians, ho had ulway ; held as the most honorable coiu.nissiuii w Inch it nad been the fortune of his life to have conferred upon lit tit. He referred to a very recent story got up in his own neighborhood and sent forth to the worlc, corroborated by the sanctity of an allidavit w hich represented him as confessing lo a young lntm on a steuin buat, that he was tin Abolitionist, and that although lie voted ugairist restrictions jn .Missouri, lie did so iu opposition to the suggestions of his conscience, etc. He said the nnrraiive bore on its face the proof of its absolute falsity and when he pronounced it a fabrication, w ithout the semblance of a fact or a word for its basis, it was not because he thought it required a coutnidic'.ion, but to evince the recklessness and desperation of his political enemies, who seemed to hate given up every ground of hope, save that which they found iu vilhf'ying his name. "It is u melancholy fact, fellow citi.'.eas," said Gen. Harrison, " that the udtoeates of .Mr. Van Baron should so far forge', what belongs to tie character of uu American citizen, and do so much violence to tho nature of cur fiee institutions, us to place the great political contest in which we are now suiting, upon an is-ue sueh us this. I would nut accept the lofty station to which some of you are proposing to elevate me, if it came, lo no Ly sueh means. I would not, if I h id the power to prevent it, allow the fair fame uf my competitor to be unjustly ussaih.d uud wounded, even for t! e at tainment uf that lofty aim of u noble ubiiiou. Say, I have often defended .Mr. Van Buren against what I believed to be tho misrepresentations of my ow n mistaken friends and others. 1'ellow-citizeiis, if Mr. Vim Buren be the hotter statesman, let us say so I shall he the last man to raise an objection against it, or to desiro to impose restraints upon the utmost independence of thought and action and the freest expression of feeling and opinion. I loveu frank and generous adversary sueh a man 1 delight to embrace and will serve him, according tu my u'nlity. its cheerfully as my professed friend. But that political warfare which seeks success by tout detraction and strives for as cendancy by the ruin of personal character, merits the indignation of honest men, is baleful to every generous mied, and tends loo surely tu the destruc tion of public virtue, and as a coiisequen-:..', to the downfall of public liberty." General Harrison upologiseJ for occupying his fellow-citizens so long. He said he would but men tion one more of the lutesl slanders w Inch ha I come to his knowledge. A German paper, published in Pinciniiati, almost under his own eye, puts it forth with apparent sincerity, tbut "General Harrison, now a candidate for the Presidency of the United States was many years ago, when a young man. an Aid to General Wayne, uuiong hi Indian wars and that, when young Harrison found that a battle was coming on, l.e always run off into the w oods." (Again tiiere was loud and irrepressible laughter.)- ine editor forgot, said the General, when he served up this little dish, that the only possible se curity to young Harrison's sculp, on the approach ot a battle with Hie Indians, was in !:tvj in;; u it nj Hi a'mds ! Such a story as this can only excite a smile here, it is true, said General 11., but tnis paper circulates not aloiu iu the United States co; ies ol it are probably read in Europe, where our insiory is less known, and where the c u'.radic ion of su.'b falsehoods may possibly never come. "ll has long been proverbial of old soldiers, fel low citizens," (continued Gen. II ) "that, tle-y di light to go back toother days and light th -ir builes over again. W hen I b"g.tu ibis undress to you, 1 intended only to speak ol' my tar-fa uiI "C'lm.nit k "J corns.' i-uce kiffvrs,'' uud the Iran f.'iryc," iu which they confine me, bul 1 have unwillingly taken advantage of your kind dispositi ,u to listen to me, un I extended my remarks to other, though kindreu topics. I wili ou'.yoJd that, although they h-tve made a w ide uiistaka ivho make me to il.vell iu un Iron Cage," the unlucky wight wiiu put me intni, I. Jg Cabin was a little nearer the truth than he pro bably supp sed himself tobj. It is true ll.at a pan of inv dwelling house is a log cabin ant as to the hard cider (tilt) laughter which followed the aliu-i-,ui to the "liard cider" branch of t.,e story, dro.vued Uiu voice uf the speiikor.) li it, said Gen. Harri.o.i, udmoni.hed by the pr i verb, that you may ascribe my loeg sjw.vh t,, ihe caoiuuu infirmity of lie) old soldier, un. bring imp under tho suspicion of the loquacity of age, I uil, conclude tliestj hasty and unpremeditated remarks, by lliauking my lcllow-cili.ein of Columbus for tlieir politeness, un tho present o -c a-i-m, us will a for tho friendly feelings of which they have uni formly and often heretofore given uu so m ti.y grati fying proofs." 'l ie) General retired, leaving the crowd, which had continued to uecu.it, ilale while he sji.,l;e, i,; lighted with the prompt and satisfactory maimer in wiueh he had met the wide1, ol ihe ciuien-. 'J lit uppermost idea in tho luiudul eveiy one witu whom the writer iiucreb.ing'.'d a '.hu.wut, was ti,j wi,i. TIMES - Jkffeio. Vol. 1 .". 1 K. that every man in the Union had heard that unpre meditated and extemporaneous address. Upon every candid mind it impressed fhe convict ion thai the opposition candidate for the Presidency wits the lust mun in the world to be made the instrument of a comniitlPit of "Conscience-keepers," or to conceal his opinion of public maasitres from sinister mo lives, whun thu disclosure of Iheui was called for by the propriety and fitness of things. Tt will be recollected that the rcuiatks of Gen Harrison urn reported by the Editor of the Con federate, entirely from memory, nnd there-fore the language is not the General's, nnd possibly, there may he noun; slight variation fiom the sentiments ho expressed. Emm thu 0:,l Sn'-H-r. TI1K GHEAT GATHERING AT luRT :i l.' ..: 7 V've Iras ii .; !; vr'e r:n- t',rn Of f ry ymt 'i- tfi ! f, n': m -,t ; X:i-1 i t Mi.tmi'j . ' I u .- ',-. . , 11' !tf ' I sw't ii't n'ro-is A-.s.. ' '.-., Through riiir '(.-, ,,'.-,- Hn.,- ,7 s'-rp. In trim;, viiemin? Vi .t (V.y uy , IWi't thinner, fife and f,i'i:i nrwn. And r.l. m!iin Imrn, tfiry m,n- '. y nmir .' '.''lie Terr) -burgh Whig ciiin ins n glowing nr rennt of this meeting. It numbered, as r-timati d. '.).") ,0111) souls. It was one of the most brilliant pa geants eter witnessed. There were military com panies from all tue cities on the shores uf Lake t'irie, an-! other places there were banners, (lugs, the roiriugof cannon, fire-works, music, a mighty processi.m speeches, &it. &c. "What pen," siiys the Whig, "can record its history ! Even genius un. t fe 1 itelf rebuked at th'j rff.rt, as if med d'iiig with Hiit. hetond its ri.mireinuion " TIM-' "Ul.lt St iI.fdKK" 'I HE WARWORN VET ERA N uf THE WEST was them: again tread ing the field of his, bis coioiades' and his e.uintrv' gh.ry. The met ting was fixe,) f,..r i,c llth, bui'liv the litth ihe neighborhood of Ihe port was a dens', mass of human ii!';. "Afar dow n the river," say, our cot- i:ip .ra'y, "the steam-bout t.'oumod'.rr IVrry, which h id 1. ft f,.r Toledo iu ihe in. .ruing, tie! in le-r Ira tt the Je;'.'.:rson and Sai,,o,;.v. might in: sn'U rapidly ippr.i-it-hit:g the t-e.vn. The i "rv runs through the inn' itud-j like wild-lire, '( !,! Tip's coming :' "We shall see the man himself now I" A.iJ t'o-u they wouhi '-hout, and the gur.s filed and the bulls mug, ami the Avenues nearest to the d a.!, at which t;." i'errv would stop, w,-r. cn.w-l-d and rr 'turned and jammed with people. vj gr-ut was the e.vcit, ne nt as thu boat nearer1 the wharf, that Ihe men who wa re in the tear, limbed upo:i the shoulders of those forward, as if determined, nt all l.uznrds, to see "Old Tip." Tli.) boat came to the inti-ii: on board commenced, ami the multitude shouted. Those w ho were near est ;he boat empiired uuxiuuslv, if thu General was on b-'tird. Will he bo -seen ! Js he going to the lort to-ui ,ht ! These yiestions were nut answered before a cry ran through the crowd, "Thero In comes!" "That's him !"' '-That's Old Tip ! And there, indeed, he was, upon the upper deck of the i'errv, gazing upon the migh'y mass which had assembled to welcome him to " Old port Meigs." There he stood, and us shout after shout rose from ihe mouths of thou -uinls, coupled with his name, 'i thought we would have given the world for n single euio ion which then thrilled his bosoni Hero he was on the scene of his former aehiev iih iils; tle ro he Irnl commenced, and hero he hud almost tern. ina'ed his inili'.ny career. Here w as !'io-.p:e Isle here was !'..rt .Meigs, and here In. stood, the youth who was honored hv the hero of the one ; hiui-elf the acknowledged hero of the other, receiving the tribute of a free pcoplt. Wt thought we could ulmost s,.e 1( tear steal down the II-ro's cheek, uud that there was a meaning in his siinlt', w hich told how vividly ue niory and senti ment were at win ii iuhisuiihd. Still ho was coi leeteil and i'.a! n. 'Prom the b"ut, Gen. Harrison, was escorted br the City Guards of Uuli'alo, to Fort Meigs, in a bnrouehe. The crowd closed in behind the vehicle. as it ascended the lull, from the dock, loud and deafening cheers for "Old Tippecanoe," rose from every mouth, in the vast multitude, which were continued without inter mission, until his return to tow n " The eleventh was ushered in by a salute of on : hundred guns. 'Ihe Convention was duly organ ized at n proper liuur. "But listen!"' The uir i again rilled with shouts, music and guns! And now it changes. The cry is, "Old Tip's coming." Evert eye is turned to the approach of the escort. The barouche is now at Ihe foot of tho stand. "There 'ie is!" "That's the man." "U'd Kentucky Jean!" 'No fcfd, IKKl can hige'that!" "No rutile shirt there!" These, i.nd a thousand other ob-erations broke uiioii .uir ears, as the General ascended the stand. ..Jr. E.'. ing iio v aiiouneed that Gen. iri isim .vonhl li.l.iiess the people. After the shouts which fwliowid ibis announcement hud died away, Gen HARRIS' '.N appeared in the front part of the s and. iiiu iivered. What now shall we suv of the multi tude! Cnild the presence of Mr. Van Bli.kn in spire such feiiiugs, as at that moment animated every bo-om! Here was no sellishfeeling t.lie rich and Ihe poor the aged and the young nil were hereall were occupied with one lliougli'. Tl cv were here iu theirmight and in the vi-neratdo form before them, they recognized a connecting li.ik in that great chain uf patriotism, which had bound tin ropublh: together, from its birth, to the present day. A chieftain was there, w ho had led their armies on from vietory lo victory one w ho had never .abu-eo nis I rust whose fame w as wrijVu in the crum bling brenst works, l.ttiui), batteries and traver ses, w hich I'very where surround them. He wn here upon the field of his fame, to receive the trib ute of r.'.-pect of a grateful people. Ami well did 'hey appreciate his services for sure never before Vis eutnu-iasui greater never before was a iofuer sliou' borne upon the breezes of Heaven. Ami what a moment was this fur thu tifro himself! Un i..t fithi-r i de t f hi in sat his aids, who, twii.tv seicn je.irs ue , were with h.w un this very field. I't.ey c ere iviiues-, s to bis valor then; they were In re to give lle-ir lestim my beferi) the tribunal ul the pe .pie now. Reside hi u sat CeioueN Clarksnn and i'li.hi of Kentucky; behind and around him it-ren renin. ml of ti e 'various bands, who were with him at Pre-t) ue Isle, when aid loWi-u. Wayne; at Tippecanoe, Weeii Goternor o1 the .N orih-West--rn Territory; a! port Meigs and the Thames, when cuiiiiiiuiiiler in-chief of tilt: North Western uruiy. "re, too, bending under the weight of eighty, five years, wus his Chaplain, the Rev. Joscni R-.li out. Upon this occasion, us upon the thrilling occasions, of ll;, he put up a fervent pravcr 10 lh-Tl.r- no of Grace, afVr which Gen. 11 A R R 1 S-1. addressed the multitude, itl a speeell uf more than an hour in length." GEN. HARRISON'S SPEECH. li rled by the E lilor ff .'.'if D- trait A Urrtii ;. Phi. LOW ClTIZK.NS : I am not, upon this occasion, before you, iu ac cordance with my oau individual views or wishes. It fas ever appeared lo me, that the cltice of Pres ident of the Untied Siutes should not be tnniu nf 'orb un,' indh idnul ; but thai the pcojde sliould, ji jui.i ..eouily, and with their own fiea mil, uccord tue ili-siingnislied honor to the man whom they be-iiev.-: touldtiet perfomi its nupounni d .n Eu 'ert.ii.itig these we.vs, 1 should, f'clij.v .iii.:eiu. huve remained at home, but for Ilia prcssini and fiicndly invitation which I have received from the citizens of I'crrysbiirgh, tc.l Ihe earneslnes with which its acceptation was urged upon me bv fri. mils in whom I trusted, nnd whom I am nrttv proud to see around tue. If, however, feMow em zens, I had not complied with that invitation -it' I had remained at home believe me, my friends, that my spirit would Imva been with you ; for where, in this beautiful Innd, is there a place cn let -bttrd, ns this is, to recall long pust reniiiii-CHi e-. and revive long lumbering, but not wholly 'extin guished, emotions in my b i.om ! k Iu casting my eyes mound, fellow en i.ent, thev rest upon the spot w hre the gallant Wayne tri umphed o gloriously over lu enemies ami carried out Ihose principles w hich it seeun?d bis pleasure to impress upon my mind, nnd in whieli it has ever liern my happiness liniii'ily in attempt to imitni.; hitu. ll was there fellow t'Hiz"ns, I saw thf banner of the United Slates flout in triumph over the flag of the enemy. There it was where was lir-t I n I the foundation of the prosperity of the now wide "prctid nnd bountiful West It'wos Ihote 1 beheld the indignant. Eagle frown npou the British I,iou It was there I aiv tbe yiuiHi id our land rnrry out the lesson they imbibed fi um tbe glluot W'nyne the nohle--t and be-: fin A un i u-.in can nt aspmo in lie fur his eouliliy w hen called to do vo in its d fence. A' thi- moment the sjien ker's eye fell np'.m li.-, Hudg. ?, v.l.cti I." -aid . Gcio-rn! li. dg'-, will le i con.e uj. hi lo .' n hate slo- d by toy side in tie hour of buttle, uud I catitiol bear to see vuu at s,, creut n distance now." Iint'ietise eheering followed ibis ri.n-iderate recognition, and the cries of "rat-e him up," place hii.i by tin: Mile of his old Genciiil, I.ud scarcely been ultered w in n he w as camel ferword to ihe s'und The Geneial cou'iiiued. 'f was there I si interred my beloved companions; the ouipa nioin of my y-iu'h. It, was n it in accordance with tha stern etiquette of military life, then to tn"nnt their deonrtiire ; b it. I may now drop a tear over their graves, at the recolleciioii of thur virtu" and worih. In Hi).!, fellow-citizens, I received my commis sion to serve under Gen. Wayne. In IHU. I was his uid at. the battle of the .Miami. Nineteen years nflt rwutds, 1 had the honor of again bei-g associated with tunny of' tho-e who were my com panions ill arms then. Nitr.teen tears al'ierw-ards. I found myself Coniin.in.lei-in-l. hief of tbe North We-tern Army; lint 1 found no tiiruiiui'ion in the bravery of the A men - i'i soldier. I found the sam spirit of valor in all --not iu the regular soldo r onlv, but iu the ei. rolled militia and voluu'ier also. What g'.ono is r"ur.iiis.:eiiees does the view nf all the-: scene- around lie; v call to my mind' When I C"!isi i.ted ., vi-il this uieuvrable spot, 1 expec'e-l thai a th e!.. rod pleasing associations (would to God there were no painful associations miuglid wuh them ) would be recalled that I h mid meet thousands o1' mv fello'.v-'titizrns h"re--and am ing them inanv of my old companions, met here to rear a new uit.ar to libtr'V in place of the one which bad men have prostrated. Here the General looked itrouild as if for snmi water, when the ery was raised " give the General vjii.c hard cider.'' This w as di ne much to the satis faction of Ihc multitude. And fellow-eii izens, (continued the General,) 1 wiil not. attempt to conceal from you, thut, incom ing here, 1 expee'ed that I sliould receive frum you, !ho-o evidences of regard which a generous peo ple are ever willing to bestow upon those whom they believe lo bo honest iu tlieir endeavors to serve their country. I receive these evidences of regard and esteem, as Ihe only reward at all adequate to compensate for the anxieties and anguish which, in the past, I experienced upon this spot. Is there any man of sensibility, or possessing a feeling of self-respect, who asks what those feelings were ? Do you suppose that the Commander-in-Chief finds his reward in tho glitter and splendor of the camp ? or in the forced obedience of the masses around him ! These are not pleasurss under nil circum stances; these are not the re wards which a soldier seeks. I ask any man lo place himself in my situa tion, and l.heu say whether tho extreme pain and anguish which I endured, und which every person similarly situated must have endured, can meet Willi any udeti'i ite compensation, except by sueh expressions of the confidence and gratitude of ihe people, as that with which you, feliow citizens, have ibis day honored me! These feelings are common to ali commanders of sense and sensibility. The commanders of Europe possess thern, although (.-laced ot the head of armies reared to war. How much more naturally would these feelings attach to a Commander situated as I was! lor ot what materials w as '.he army composed w hich was placed under my command ! The soldiers who fought and blid uud triumpl.td here, were lawyers who had thrown up their briefs physicians who hud laid aside their instruments mechanics who had put up their tools and, iir fur the largest proportions, igricultm -alist, who hud left their ploughs in the furrow, although their families depended f"r their bread upon tlieir exertions, and who hastened lo the battle-field to give their life to their country, if it were necessary lo maintain her rights. 1 could point from where I now stand, to places where I t' It this anxiety pressing heavily upon me, as 1 thcught of the feurful coiisiuiuences of u mistake on my part, or the want of judgment on the part of others. 1 kii-'.v tie ir were wives who had given their husbands to tie field mothers who hud e!o'h"d their son. ;' r ba"le ; und I knew that these expecting wives and mothers were looking for Ihc safe return of ihetr l.ubaiuls and sons. When to this was added the diction, that the peace ul ttie entire West w. uhi be broken up, and the glory of inv country furnished if I failed, you may pos--ibly cone, i.e the anguish which my situation was calculate ! to produce. Peeling my responsibility, 1 personally supervised und directed the arrange ments of the urmy under toy command. 1 trusted to no Cjlonel or other otii -er. No person hud any hand in any disposition of tie- army. Eteryst. p of warfare, Whether for g--. or ill. was taken un der inv ow n direction, and of none other, as many w ho new hear me know. Whether every move men', would or would not, pass the criticism of Bo naparte or Wellington, 1 know not; but whether they would induce upplause or censure, upon my self it must fail. B it, felloiv-ci'-iz-Mis, still another motive induced uid to accept Ihe mvi'atiim which bus been t kindly ex ended to t-ie. I knew that here I should meet with many who had fought und bled under my ointnand that I sineild have the plea-ure cf tuk iug them by the hand, uud recurring, with them, tu t he scenes of' too pa-t. I expected, tuo, to meet with a few of tue gre .1 and good men, j et surviving, by w hose t aVerts our freedom was achi ;vcd. This pleasure ulone wou.d have been suiPil ieut to have induced in v visit to this int. resting spot upon this equally interesting occasion. 1 see my old com panions here, und I see not a fe.v of the Uh! Revo lutionary tteiaiis around ii'.tf. Would to tied thut it had ever been iu my power to have in..de tl uni comfortable and happy ihat their un might go dowu in peace! But, f-dlo ,t -lilizciis, they remain unprovided for niimiinwti'l f the ingratitude of my country. It was wuh the ereutesi diil.eulty that lie) existing pension net was passed through Congress. Ri why was it restricted ! Why we, it h brute suldieis who fought under Wayne exclu ded ! .-.oiiliirs who mi fered fur luoie than lie V who fought iu Ihe Revolution proper. Tue l!evo iilioii. in fact, did not terminate unt.l 1101 iiut.l tbe battle was fought upon the batle ground upon .viiieli inyeyu now r-.ls (Miami.) Wrruuiu,uiil with them from the roMinieueeuieiit of' tin: Rendu ; ion. unt.l the vi lory of Wayne, to which I lime isl a! laded. Tue great highway tu Ihc West w:i .he scene of uin.ea.siug sljuVcr. Then why tl-is unjust, discrimination 1 " ur the soldiers who toiniii.uitd ihe war ol' the R vulv ii.-u, in t'ictt. ::. eluded, while thuio by whom it tin ie,:uii, or n portion of Iheui, tire ie.vai.ied ! I w ill lell -, i why. The "v,r i- ouiu o W-'iu-.'s hoi I. a : tint I'c.v adi.-.a e- i:ui '..i-i-e -ia.- Iu 1 i.v. ei : .