Farmers' gazette, and Cheraw advertiser. (Cheraw, S.C.) 1839-1843, July 15, 1840, Image 1
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AN
EASY WAY OF ASCERTAINING THE
HEIGHT OF A TREE, STEEPLE, &C. ON LEVEL
GROUND.
\yhen tltesun shines fix a pole of known
length perpendicularly on n level surface;
measure the length of the shadow, and at
the same time, measure the shadowfof the ,
tree or other object whose hiight you wish
to ascertain; then according to simple proportion,
or the Single Rule of Three, as the
h-ngth of the pole's shadow is to the length
of the pole, so &the length of the tree's
shadow to the height, of the tree. Example:
Suppose the leng:h of the pole to bo
10 feet, and the length of its shadow 14 feet,
and the lengh of the shadow of the tree or
other object 124 fee"; then:
14:10:124 .
10 14)1240(88-6
C-7
112
??
120
112
-%fc - . 8
12 inches.
, 96
84
- - =* 12
* 14 *
Thus the height is ascertained to be 88
feet 6 inches and twelve fourtenths, equal
to six sevenths, of an inch.
If the nhiert wh(?n lifeht VOU wish tO ob
? J o tnin
is not perpendicular, then you must
give your pole the same degree and direc- j
tiou of inclination with Uie object.
They have a barrow of the Berkshire breed
r.cor Lexington Ky. which when 11 months
old weighed 122 lb. ond 64 days afterwards
weighed 410 lb. being a gain of 4J lb. per
^ d.iy. Tiiis facts are plated*in an advertise- '
ment in the F.ranklin Farmer.
When employing an overseer for your
plantation, or a foreman for your shop, enquire
firsr, into his moral cljuiraclcr; second, j
into big habit as to early rising; and then
into his industry and acquaintance.with the
business for which you need him. If his
morals arc bad, he is not to be trusted; and
jf belies in bed till sun rise, be warns jy)irit
and energy to manage any business efficiently.
In xsitber case keep clear of him,
whatever his other qualifications.
If you have a job for a Mechanic, send to
a shop where you hear the hammer by sunrise,?or,
ten to one, your work will not be
done when it is promised; and mostly likelyt*hen
it is done it is badly done, and.
you are charged more than it is worth. Industrious
t ffioicnt mechanics are the least
nnt to sliuht their work, and the most apt
~~r * ? ~ o i
to be satisfied with a fair price.
. Mechanics who work all day (and indeed
all persoos who regard comfort or health or
|ong life) ought to be in bed so early at
nigbt ax to have time for sleep enough fully
to refresh them before day. But those who
spend the early part of the night in revelry
cannot do so; and this is too commonly the
first cause of late rising among laborers.
From the Southern Cabinet.
NOTES ON EUROPEAN AGRICULTURE,
BY A CHARLESTON!AN.
NUMBER FIVE.
. * - THE GRASSES.
Providence has kindly scattered hisblrssi
in due proportion over the earth. He
' has endowed man with int IJigence
and industry, to enable him to appropriate
to his own us'*, the various productions
in the wide field of nature from
which he may derive subsistence and comfort.
Ther? is no country so sterile, which
man by seizing on the productions around
him, may not render subservient to his use,
nndfrom which be may not derive a support.
The Arab in the* desert, and the Esquimaux
ami fst the ices of the Pole, find u
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Ji JV B C H
at .rT.? .uimw
ciieiia:
iMU1 . "Ml ? IHfTM?
I table prepared for them in the wilderness by s
the bountiful lir.nd of Heaven, und by seiz- p
ing on their adyontuges, they are fed and v
clothed and are contented with their lot. I I;
The man in civil zed society has many arti. ?j
ficial wants, but is endowed with greater re- {
sources. Science and commerce enable j I;
him to bring to light the hidden resources of ! I
nature?to profit by the experience of oth- j /
j ers, ?n<i to bring irwo cultivation the produc- | e
j lions of other lands. A benefieient Provi- ! t
dence lias created various cereal grains, \ It
j fruits, and grasses, and planted them, per-! s
j haps, in some small island?on some obs- | fi
| score spot on this His earthly garden, but has 1 v
j endowed man with intelligence and eirer-: fi
i prise id* know-their value?transplant them [ j;
I into other soils?improve these gifts of na- j s|
ture by cultivation, and render them invalu- u
i able auxiliaries to his comfort and happiness. c
The ntost valuable plants and grains h
| which now engage the industry and minister v
i to the support ol three-fourths of the world, h
i are of comparatively recent introduction. A
J Whilst the (dive, the millet, and the silk, a
; may he traced back to the ages of antiquity, c
I the articles which now feed and clot lie, the s
j inhabitants of the civTzed worlJ, have been e
more recently discovered by men of science, tl
and brought into cultivation by tho skilful 'I
! agriculturist A single generation has only e
passed away since a liotidful of rice, and a v\
lew see?Js ol cot:on, were so an in a garden j U
in'Charleston as a curious, and no doubt, re~ a
g.-nded by many, as an id|-? experiment. ! b
They are now such important staples, tlmt p
they -engage the romnu rcc, and regulate, in h
a considerable degree, the monetary system b
of the world. The Irish potutoe, w hich has tl
been of the greatest consequence to man-j I;
' k;nd, was r ot known in Europe till the days 1 o
jofJl.high, and found iis.wav into England i
bv u shin, u reeked on the const ol Lancash. | g
ir<<. During the many severe famines to ti
wh ch Great Biitain has been subject, there si
i is no exaggeration in ns$< rting that the lives I
i ol millions of human beings have been pre-j a
! s'Tved bv this vegetable alone. 1l is but a j a
| little more than a cen-ury since the first i e
[ coffee tree was brought to France, from ' (
i which all the trees in the West.India islands ; c
.have originated. The original sweet or- j ?
ange tree, from which all the varieties of that 1 n
fine fruit in Europe and America have been E
derived, although a native of China, was n
shown but a few years ago at Lisbon. The Ii
wriier of this article, has plucked fruit from i.c
tho original tree, which produces the sickle a
pear now cultivated both in Europe and A- d
merica, as the finest variety of this fruit in it
the wot Id. Ttie tree, he believes, is still ei
growing in one of the meadows in the vicin- m
ity of Philadelphia. Nor is it in the power
of any government, I15 its strictest enact, vi
men's, to prevent the dissemination of frui s, b
plants, and seeds. If the ingenuity of man ci
>1 . 1 1.. .1- J_
cannot accomplish n?tnc dims, me wmus j o
and the waves, will? fleet it. The cocoa- g
palm is now g-owing on the sands of Flori- 9a
da. tiie nut having been floated from Cuba t,
by the waves ol the sen. The sea grape, ?
the shore plum, and more than a hundred y
other species of West-India plants not omit- it
ting ttie maiiogony, have been carried ttii- |j
tlier either by the winds or the birds. The u
white headed p'goon is known to visit Cuba f,
I? very day, wliilst it is breeding along the
Florida coast, and thus Becomes a courier o
and n.planicr between the island and maine. n
The severity af the laws of that exclusive J
ar.d extraord nary people the Chinese couto a
not prevent the productions of their soil o
from finding their way to other lands?nor
! could the rigour of the Dutch and the burn- c
mg of their superfluous spice trees prevent r
, the dispersion of their cherished aromatic y
plants. The tea shrub of China is now H
cultivated in Java by nv n smuggled frorr. |;
| Japan, and also fiouiishcs in the vicinity ol ji
Charleston?and the spit'e trees have found ?
thnr way to the islands of the West-Indies p
and of the Pacific ocean. h
Tiie grasses cultivated in Europe, nl- c
though the majority of them .are not indigenous,
have now b* came so thoroughly natui* (
ahzed that they may be regarded as natives, t
In laying dow n lands for hay or pasture a a
greater mixture of seed is used than in the a
i Northern States of our own country. The li
i.grasses most commonly cultivated are red 0
clover, while, clover, limoihy or herd's n
grass, rye grass, crested dog's 'tail grass, ?
! vernal grass, trefoil; &e. To this may he I
j added as fodder for cattle various.species of o
I vetch?as well as turnips, carrots, the sugar c.
beet, &c. The invaluable herd's grass? j
our timothy ( Vleum pralense,) was exten- il
! shely cultivated in this country before its va- t
I lue was known in Europe, and has only of s
; la e come into repute in the latter country. J |
I I believe in America it received is name j
j from having been brought from Now-York i
I to Carolina by Mr. Timothy Hanson. Less ^
mer.t than this uad often conferred immortality
on a name.
A successful and extensive farmer in v
I Scotland gave me the following list of grass c
j seeds, and the quantities of each sown on
j an acre : . c
find Clover?the variety called Duke of v
Norfhlk's cow.grass, (Trifolium pra- 1
tease,) . . 4 lbs. r
While clover [Trifolium repens.) 7 44 {l
Rye gras (Loll/urn pavennc,) . 25 "
Trefoil (Mcdicago lupu/ina,) 4 44 j
Sheep's fescue grass (Fesiuca ovina,) <jr 44 f
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In England farmers differ considerably 1
in their estimate of the various sp^e'es of ^
grass. In the pasturage on the South c
Downs, wh'-rc the forma ions are of a chal. ^
ky nature the plant called the Burnet (Pole. c
lerhini sanguisnrha.) seems to cover ilie c
whole earth, and is greedily eaten by fine 5
I
r 4
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ERA W A
IV, SOUTH-OAUOUNA, '
.jy.T"* ' ? MMI* w
heep that range on those pastures. This
>Ianr, which I have never seen in America, "
vas formerly cultivated extensively in Eng-irv.J
Cr\r nnctitrnfm Kilt It line r\ f I >tn V/?!1PC
uii'j IVI ^uorji "in iv IIUO| wi ini? y uiat
fiven way to oilier more valued kinds. In "
htf mountains of Switzerland, along the ''
ligh-woys between Constance, Zurich and
J -rne, and indeed in the whole of the Swiss ,f
Ups I noticed tlje sheep and goats, and
wen cows, feeding almost e.\clusiv?r|y on *?
he tin grass, a species of plaintuiu (Plan-. "
igo lanceo/ata,) which I have occasionally !
een in America, in the vicinity of culiivaled
ields, whore it was evidently introduced. I s<
ras informed by 1 he inhabitants thai the fine
lavour of their hulter and cheese was iw- u
?tried to them by litis plant. The sweet 9
c ntcd vernal grass (Aulhoxanthum alpin w
m,) grow ing in the same vicinity, may also ^
ontrihute its aid in this particular. On the ''
ills of Sro land in Loch-Lomond, which lr
i-ith tint exception of their being not wooded,
ear some resemblance to the mountains of
Virginia, lite common native grasses, such
s the flat stalked meadow grass (Poa 0
ompressa.) crested dog's tail grass Cynor- K
urus crista!us,) Agrostis canina. and sev. a
ral other hardy species give nourishment to h
to extensive flocks covering the mountains. l>
'he Duke of Bucclough i? the lordly poss- ^
ssor of many of these extensive sheep
uilks. Thousands of black faced sltoep, ai
le usual varieties of these lowering bills, l'
re annually driven to the markets in Kdinurgh,
Glasgow, &c. To my taste, they 11
roduce the finest mutton in Europe. I. Sl
uve often thought that not only these tr
reeds of sheep, hut the pastures on which
icy are fed, might be easily nnd successful- p|
i introduced into the mountainous districts P1
four country, >
In Germany, the common sptirry (Spcr
ula arvensis,") is cultivated as a winter pas- k
jre for slieep and cattle, it is sown on the '<
tubble after the corn crops are removed,
t is said that the mutton, as also the milk a
* " r ft
net Duller oi cows, ieu on n, art; ui a .n_.
ppcrior quality. There is a distinct varity
of this plant, called the branching spurrv
Spergula arvejisis ramosus,) which is now s?
oming into general use. It comes earlier 0
nj is one-third more productive. I did ai
ot observe it in Great Britain, and the n'
English farmers did not think it equal to
lany other grasses already in cultivation,
t has been accidentally introduced into our
ountry with our i nport^d garden seeds,
nd is naturalized among some of the gar- 0
ens on Charleston neck. I do not consider fr
of.much value in our climate. It does not n
rpial our wild pens (Vtcia saliva and V. di
ic/ielti.) tc
In many portions of France I observed a g<
cry extensive cultivation of a grass Vsem- cli
ling oafs, called by the French, L'voine C
'evee ; it is the Arrhenalhcrum avenaceum lu
f Botanists. It is sometimes called Ray e.<
rass de France, It has nor, as fur as I b<
nil recollect, been introduced into England, w
ui I have heard Frenchmen praise it highly, fc
von preferring it before our famed timothy oi
rass. 1 have no doubt it would succeed In
) many partsof America. Oueof the ear. rr
est and best pasture grasses of Great Briun
is the meadow fox-ta I grass (Alopecileus
par lensis.) It is, however, better adap;d
to pastwrngothan hnv, and requires two di
r thiee years after sowing Jo arrive at fulfar ai
maturity. But it is a perennial, seldom It
ics out in spots liko many oilier grasses, tr
nd constitutes the greater portion of many w
I the richer pastures in Britain. tl
Until of late years the varieties of the h
ommon rye grass {Lolium pcrenne.) were si
egarded in England as produc-ng more ir
rass and hajt than any other species. They lj
re stilt cultivated almost universally on 1
mds which are expected to be converted h
nto wheat fields after one or two years, a
iomc of these varieties are annuals, others o
erenninl. None ofthem remain, however, k
no re than three or four years, when it is noessary
to re-cultivutc the ground. f,
At the present lime the Italian rye grass j:
Lolium Ilalicum.) is regarded on the con. ||
ineht of Europe as the most productive of
II the species. It is perennial ; the leave* a
re broader, and it is said no: to bcaflecli'd w
?y the viciss tud?-s of either heat or cold. I |,
ibserved this superior grass growing in the f,
icghhourhood of Hamburg?in Prussia. ,
Jaxony. Austria and France?and I.card j,
iu! one opinion, which was of the most fav. (|
lurablo character. In the French periodi- s
a I {Le cultivatcur, Journal des progrcs a
Igricoles.) it is spoken of by Mr. Bouiu v- g
le a very successful ngricul urist, as one of vi
he most valuable grasses in the world. He s
oivs it with red clover among liis outs?ten a
>ounds of rye grass to lite aero. * n
He concludes by saying, " I can assure
'ou, that its hay is excellent for feeding
torses and cattle ; and that its nutritious 1
[uuli'k'S are greater in proportion to its
weight than that of the other h?vs and c'ov:rs.
I
b
In England, where it has but recently n
:ome into notice, the accounts I hoard of it h
vere very favourable. The following state- o
ncnt from a respectable firmer, whose t
tame I omitted to notice, I extracted from an vt
igricullurul p iper; p
" I cut on the 1st July, 1837, from ten
rish perches of inferior land my Italian rye '
jrass : the stalks were from four to four P
eet and a half long. Product at first cut- ^
ing nine husht Is of seed, which Isold at ''
U
LOs. 6d. [sterling] per bushel. Second n
:rop on the same year from six to seven c
>ushels, and stalk from three to three feet l'
ind a half high. The hay was of the best 1
pmlily. I expect another crop next v
pi ing." a
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D VI E RT
WEDNESDAY, JULY
LB JM. . "MPWP 1,I |I.Li._ W IHI W. JltVL?Ti
Seeds of this grassmay be eas ly obtains
'om Hamburgh or Havre.
-There is residing in the Department o
>e Loire an eminent agriculturist by th<
a me of Bailey who was originated a striklgnnd
permanent variety of rye grass cailec
lailev's rye grass. I saw ii growing of
10 mountains of Bohemia and in France
: was stated to mo that although shorter it
Jtpw'ih, it was thicker and finer in foling"
lore permanent in duration, and yield 'C
illv ns h"avy a crop as the Italian rye grass
'rom this variety were produced six thouind
pounds to the acre.
I sltak conclude this.article on the grasses
iH*? few obser.vatitms in reference ?'o oui
uhurc of those sped s which I concejvc
ell adapted to increase the products of the
airy and to improve our soils in regard tc
ic rotation of crops, in the maritime dis.
icts of South-C.irolina and Georgia.
[to be continued.]
Seeds.?The certainty and continuance
f ihe vegetative power of seed depenr
really on being fully ripe, we|! secured
nd preserved from too much confinement
eot and dampness. Some, however, loos*
teir vegetative properties much soonei
lan others.
Parsnip, rhubarb, and oilier very tiiir
rid scaly seed are not to bo depended or
le si cond year.
Beans, capsicum, carrot cress, leek nastui
um, ok u, onion, salsify scorzonera one1
mall herb seeds should not generally bt
uste?l the third year*
Artichoke, aspargiis, corn egg-plant,
ridive, fe ticus, lettuce, mustard, parsley
phs, skirret and sp nage after the thirc
ear*
Broccoli, Cauliflower, cabbage, celery
tile, nidisli, and turnip, will vegetate wfcf
?ur or five years.
B el, cucumber, gourd melon, jiumpkin
nd squash?also buruet, chervil, and soi
I, have been known to vegetate freely five
> t< n and more years.
Some seeds should no! be sown the sanm
ason thev are grown. There is too mud
f a tendency in biennials to go to seed;
nd in annuals to vines and unfruitfules9.
;i?veR II. II * PRISON AT COLUM.
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13 US.
General Harrison arrived at Columbus
Miio, June 5th, on his way to Fort Mcig<
:otn Cincinnati. Great numbers having
isemblod, and it being impossible for therr
wring his short sojourn, to be presenter
i hinfin detail, be was induced nt the sug
cstionofa friend, to address them froir
ie steps of lite National Hotel. The Oiuc
onfederate of the 11th ins', gives the Ibl
iwing sketch of his remarks, und express
5 a. wish that every man in America liar
sen present to hear them. The speed
as entirely nnpremediated, says the Con
derate; neither General Harrison nornnj
ther person thought of his making a pubc
address, two minu.es before he cornlenced
it."
GEN. HARRISON'S REMARKS.
Gen. Harrison said bo was greatly in
ebterf^o his leilow.citizens of Oolumbm
nd Franklin county?the most cordia
ospitnliy had at ail limes been nccordec
) hm by them. So long ago as the lirm
hen he was honored with the command o
ie * Northwestern Army," and held hi:
' nd quarters nt Franklinton, on the o'hei
ide of the river, it was his foriune to fine
i the people of Franklin county not oiv
/ good citizens, but patriots and soldiers
'heir unvarying kindness to liirn bad laic
im under many previous obligations, am
nd their generous additions on the prcsen
i-~ nri/l <rr.-i'ofullv nr
ocas on iil" uuu
nowledged.
11(; said lie?- bad no intention to detain hi:
iends l)>' nnking a speech, and hp did sc
i obedience lo what lie understood to h(
ie desire of those whom he addressed. II.
ois not surm ised that puUic ourosity was
wakened in reference to some things
diich had hecn lately published concernm;
irn. nor was ho unwd'ing to satisfy tin
-el-tigs of his fellow.c.tizens by such prope
xplanations as became him, in his presen
osition b' fore the country. lie confesset
lint lie had suffered deep mortification
ince he had been placed before the pcop!<
s a candidate for the highest office in thei
if:?nay, the most exalted s'ation in tin
,oi |(l?that any portion of his counlrvtnei
bould think it necessary or expedient t<
huse, slan ler or vilbfy him. I lis sorrov
rose no: so much from personal?dear a:
,as to Inm the humble reputation he haunted?as
from public considerations. lit
light draw consolation under this species o
ijury. f rom the revelations of history w!i:cl
bowed lliat the best of men, who had do
oied their lives to the public service, hat
eeh the victims of trudition. But vir:u
nd truth arc the foundations of our repub
can system. When these are disregarded
ur free institu'ions must fail; he looked
licreforc, at symptoms of demoralizatioi
,i:h sincere regret, as betokening danger f
ublic liberty.
Apart of the political press, supporiinj
n existing Administration, and certaii
artiztans of Mr. Van Buren, also a can
idato for that high office, to which some o
iose whom he address (I desired to elevati
im, had invented and propagated pnn;
alumnics aguinst him, but he proposed 01
bo present occasion to sp? ak ot one only u
be numerous perversions and slander
/hich filled the columns of the newspaper
,n I misrepresen'ed his character and run
* ly
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15, 1840.
. mini j? sa?bum i i wf wn . bijj j'ls ,?wa?
J duct. He ulluded to thestory oThisr frtnrous ?
'confidential cornmititee," ns^hcy called it..|
f "The story goes," said General Hariithn,*
3 "that I have not only a committee of con- j
science keepers but they ;mt me in o cage, t
fastened with iron bars, and keep me in t
1 that." (To one that looked nt his bright r
and sparkling eye?the light which beamed I
1 in its rich expression?the smile which '
? played upon his coun onance,.h|ending the (
' lineaments of benevolence and firmr^ss? ?
who remembered also that he was listening* c
' to the voice of a son of old Gov., f I i?rr*orw-4
one of the ''signers," the pupil oT old^MiKf- a
' Anthony," the hero ol Tippecano^lhe dt?v- c
r fonder ofFort Meigs?, the conqueror of Prdo- j
t lor?the idea of William Honry Harrison i
J n n cage/ was irresistibly ludicrous!) | I
) When tltc laugher had subsided, the \
General proceeded. "I have no commit- i
t<*e, fellow-citizens confidential or other.? I
It is true that I employed mv friend, Major
Gwyn, to aid me- in .returning replica to
' some of the numerous questions propotin'
ded to mo !>y letters. Hut to such only as.
? any man could answer as well as another.
' There is scarcely a question of a political
nature now ng'tating the pubhc mind, on
r which I have not long since promulgate my
opinions, by speeches, published letter or
1 official arts. A large rtiajordy of letters
1 addressed to me purported :o seek my views
of abol tion. United States Bank, and o her
r matters concerning which my views . wore
' already in possession of the public. The
most suitable answer to these?and to well
intentionrd persons the most satisfactory?
> was a reference to llib donimenrs rn which
?' my opinions already expressel were to be
I found. Such answers' I entrusted to my
wj^'11 tried and fii bfui1,friend, Maj. Gwynn.
Letters requiring more particular Ht'eiflton I'
I answered myself. Kver'y body who knows
Major Gwynn knows that he is not one,
? whom I would employ to write a political
r letter, lie is a self-made m >n?a" soldier
' and n gentleman?bul neither a politician
nor a scholar. I hskfid the service of h:m,
; because hewas rny friend, and 1 confided
1 in him, and it was plain aud simple. My !
; habit is to reci ivo, open and read my lelt'-rs
rtiyself* Such as require Special attention,
I reply to myself. Such as may be easily
answered by another, I hand to my friend,
' with an indorsation indicating where the in
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formation sought may be found?as thus? |
"Refer the writer to speech at Vincrtncs1'
s or the answer is seen hi my Jettcf to Mt.
r Denny," St*. \
But it seems that M ijor Gwynn was
I chairman of a comniiree of the citizens of}
. Cincinnati or of Hamilton county., Wh? u
i the famous CKwcgo letter was- rf ccived, j'
> was read, and ns usual with such letters, I'
. endorsed it and handed it to Major Gwynn.
. But it seems, when the answer was prepared
I it was signed also hyf his colleague* oft he
i county or cil v committee. Ofali this I knew j
nothing?not in theircnpncry oT uommitte
r had-they any thing to do wi:h my ! -tiers.? . |
* Yet hy a hide mistake and much perversioh j
. tln so gentlemen have heen creeled into a j
commi tee of my conscience-keepers, and j <
made to shut me up in a -cage, to prevent I j
me from answering interrogatories?Gen. |
, Harrison remarked that, had he, indeed, j ,
i called to his assistance the srviees of a (
I friend iu conducting his corp-spoiid?nee, he i
I would have had high .authority to justify j ,
him in the measure. ^ I <
f li hnd btii-n of General Washington
5 that many.of the papers which bear bis j.
r signature were written by others, and he :
I believed ir had never been contradicted; I
and Gen. Breckenridgc, aid to Gen. Jack.
son in tlie late war, had represented himI
self to be the author of much of Gen. Jack. '
1 son's correspondence. But he had not cf?ne "j |
t so ;o any extent or in any other sense than ,
. as lie had now explained it?in requesting j ,
M ijor Gwynn to r? f r those a ldr<*ssin"' in- (
, quiries 'o him, to the public sources of in- j ,
} formation. And be would It re say, that |
; in his public life;- civil und military, there I,
. was no letter, report, speech or order, bear- 1
? bis name, which was not written wholly by ;
, his own hand, fie said, to open, read, and j (
r answer all the f iters received by Inm was !
physically impossible, though he should iJo
r uottiing else whatever. To givriiis hear- (
t ers an idea of the laborer it would require, j
be sa:d, a gentleman then present was with
lf him the morning lie left Cincinnati, when he i
took from the post office 16 letters?there j
r were usually half the number nt the post
> office near lita residence?24 letters |vr I
1 day. Could any man, lie asked, give the ;
} requisite attention to such a daily corresv
pondence, even to the neglect of etery o'bs
er engagement? True it was, that many
j communications were sent him which were
, not entitled to his notice?sent by fvrsons
j- who hbd no other object but to draw from
I, him something which might bo used to bis
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injury anu m? injury ui v-uu^
j lie Was identified?yet there were enough
f, of those who claimed his respectful considerution
fur the sources from which they
[ came and the subjects to which they referred,
to occupy more time and labor than
1 any one man could bestow upon them.
j (Jen. Harrison said he had alluded particularly
to this matter of the committee
because it had so recently been the occasoin
of so much animadversion by his pohti-*
? cal adversaries. Cut it was one only ol
~ many misn'presentationsofhim, his conduct,
his principles and his opinions, with which
G the party press was teeming. He said it
^ would occupy him many hours to discuss
'* them, if it were neceessary or proper for
him to do so. He referred, however, to the
' Richmond Enquirer, and expressed suprise
* at the manner in which his nameand character
bad been treated bv that paper, flcdid
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;icn of the press to party purp<?te$? X^at '
viper, which formerly did him mow^tyaa .?. / ' jg, :
ustioe, and paid him the hi^?t w)|i?^*-.' ; %
nents as a soMi.y and^ivilliaa-^hoae*3iV
or aHDn^isme could designate no other 4 3
nan whom Ipfcconsidefbd. so wail qual'fififil "J
or die reV|)ons:ble p'eee of S -erotary^af " "
iV'ar?was rutw londjp^'jt^df jto the-dfc?ijJ~
at:on of die most jdiacred*$3bh? c^ajftTes , .
tgainsl him, cMidrauporing t? Rap
pufctry.in7,a tha; he">as a ?eoward"??d a '
ederal gt, Jte aButled to the evirjfcncelipor* A
v 11i':It the Iviqrjirer sou<jlitlo hasten tiie^ '3
uisiiiian thtw lw fcis a bla?^.r6ctude3fe^r.
larft?i <\ the remarks of Mr. Randolph '
it the Senate of- the Untied Stales.?
I*? said that the* attack of Mr. Raftdpjp'i.
vas mot at the moment it wasp madi) >
ind effliciuaily disproved.* He passed a?
ngh encomium upon -the g^nkis of that f?.
narkuhle man, and said, that those who
thoiv Mr.. Randolph, knew that he feever
javo tip a point in debate, or receded from .
lisgmund any where, mini convicted ofrv*
'or. Ttie fact ih it lie made no reply to hig ,
mgwer Io-the charge, is p-oof to tioy farni^v |
ar 'with his character that lie himself was
lati fi'*d that he had erred.
G1'n. Harrison explained the foundation
>f Mr. Randolph's charge, made -at' tooo-*
;fnt of "temporary irritation. S
)l i Mr. Adarftg refused to adopt ajwret
bronco the measures which liig parly d??? . - ,
tired,*Hiid showed drimself.in that r**gpc?if
tj lo.rst, itiore an American that* a partgrtn."
It w a* that course "of policy of Mr. Ad-ims
which Commanded his Upprifbatioa sud in?
tn?"'l t> ?n r on tn uvnri'M himself at the
IK# WA - a,
me.^ Mr. Randolph rememb"qpd Via ex-< _ *
jrefcsion but probably forgot the .particular
ujbjooi of it, and thus the vefy lact ? iiictv
/roved him ;o belong to the repunlcap party7
>i IT'OO, long years ahcrword is separatea-Vorn
its attendant circumstances, Hud used-*
o JhoVo tfini ? federalist," Gen. Harrison
expressed h/msolf with much ertraestn^oo '?
lie injustice--which was thus' attempted
o bo irrflicied on hts clmracter in l?r< native
3 ate,1n which; Iwheft truth nn J .viritle and *
lonor'lrtd sufli-n d violence, every where?
*Ise, he had hoped they woti!d*nr* ire.
jfcien. Morrison alluded trt'several -orber'-'
nstnnces of gross misrepresentations or ah. *
crfrtle fidsehoods?indusiriousty end shame.fully
propagated by a party priattf.-Wmeems *
dihost incredible, fcllcw.crtizens," said tr*,*
' but iris true, that-frofn-a loug-apvech, fill->
irig several columns of a paper,-two short9
mtericos have been token from d;ff ren|pirls
of it?th'-setwo senfenersr Separated
from their context, a-e put toge her, (by
name attached to them, nod published
throughout the I nd ns en authentic 'iocnm<
nt" He deplored that sentiment which
could tolerate such.a system of party nc
lion, and trusted for the honor of his conn- .
ry, and the hopes of liberty* 'hat tin* r<*fornation
.of such abuses would soon be
jreuglu out by the force of p pare and
lealrhy* public opinion.
'Why, fe!low^cili2"n9''said (Jen. Harrison,
f*l have recently," in that house (p??im? '
iig to lie State'-flou^c) been charged with
high offences agaiusi'my country, Which,'if.
!ioe, ought to cos; me Aiy life. *Yes" continued
he, "uecusaficms were there 1a1d- to
my charge which, being established' w#u1tl
subject me even mow, to the seven s: pehalies
which m I. t a ry law inflicts ?for I haw
alwa\$ held fha: an officer Tnay noi escape*
the responsibilities of misconduct by' ro~
signing Jib commisson. Tneio charge*
are not made by companions in arms,? br
the eye. witnesses of my aciions, by * liie..
great-and good and bravewn wha fought*
by my side or under my Command. Thejr
lull a different story; But thedr evidence,. p '
ch ar.1 unequivocal and distinct?tht?' testi-'
' .1 tl. U?_. *
rrtony Of IjOV. rjnriny, yit: vcnrraui<' "cut
of King's Mourn ft in'; of Urn gal'an.t Perry,,
find of many brave nnd generous spirits
wi.o saw nixJ knew-dnd pariicTpftttfci in aH
ill** op-rations concerted with the battle of
the Thames;?the e.vith^e of impartial *
and honorable tn-n, the concurrent record**
of history arid the* authority of universuf
public opinion, are all losi, in deference to
the reckless assertions of those who w*-re
fi her not ingoing, or dandled in the arms
of their nurses!
Gen. Harrison said ho acknowledged *
o,
that the calumnies were disagreubfti td"hint.
His good name, such as-nt w*< was
his most precious treasure, and he Hid .not
like to have iumanglrd by such calumnfa,,
tors. Were it his land which th'-y were
seeking to destroy?"were it ihe-titje deeds '
i.;.. f..*m ilmf ?liov nro enrle uvnrim? to
i\j ma iui iii -?tiv?v %..w? ? . - ?
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mutilate, he could h'-ar their with pa'."
lience and smile even at their success, nut
he confessed, not^iihstanding his prfebt
confidence in the justice of his country and
the decision of ?ti impartial posterity, that
t'ioso ruthless aUicks npon his military
character affected him unpleasantly. This "
policy of his adversaries constrained him
to consider himself as now on trial before
his country. He ?ns not reluctant to be'
tried fairly. The American people hem/*
his'conrt und'-jury?Kis adversaries heli
to those rules of evidence established by ^
common sense and common" right?he
feared not the results of the sirictest scrutiny,,
nnd would cheerfully submit to the decision*
of a virtuous nnd enlightened community*-?*"
licnsked but fair dealing and final justice
?no more. *
General Harrison alluded to several other
instances ofgratuious and unfunded cid^
umnv, having no shadow-of apology in any
fact for thoi invention and publication. Ha
spoke of the battle of Tippecanoe^?of the *
deurh-of the brave and lamented * Davie* ?
wh 'So full had bccu ascribed to htm. He
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