Old Tippecanoe

Author : William Ogden Niles
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ISBN 13 : 9781331143444
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (434 download)

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Download or read book The Tippecanoe Text-Book, Compiled From Niles Register and Other Authentic Records (Classic Reprint) written by William Ogden Niles and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-11 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Tippecanoe d104-Book, Compiled From Niles Register and Other Authentic Records The compiler of the following pages was for nearly twenty years connected with "Niles register," either as associate or principal editor of that work. In October last he retired from it; but since General Harrison's nomination for the presidency, numerous applications have been addressed to him from different sections of the country, by individuals seeking official information illustrative of the character and services of that veteran soldier-statesman. Such information as is embraced in the pages of the "Register" has always been promptly and cheerfully given. But he thought it he could relieve himself from the necessity of answering every individual applicant, and perform an acceptable service to the friends of general Harrison, by making a synopsis of all the documents, &c., in the "Register," and publishing it in the whig newspapers. He had not, however, advanced far in that task, before he discovered that it would be utterly impracticable to compress within the limits of a newspaper the vast mass of testimony which is necessary to do full justice to his character, and to satisfy the reasonable curiosity of the public; especially that younger portion, who were not actors in the busy scenes of the late war with Great Britain. He, therefore, made an arrangement with general Duff Green for the publication of the following compilation; for which he claims no credit, and is fully sensible that it abounds with evidences of the haste with which it was prepared for the press. But he has kept it free from all comments which might reflect upon general Harrison's former associates, and confined himself exclusively to documentary evidence, which no one can dispute. Neither is it submitted in the spirit of proselytism; but with a sincere desire to do justice to a pure patriot, whose well-earned fame has been shamelessly traduced for the most vile and selfish purposes; and whether he is, or is not elected president of the United States, it is due to his character that the evidences of his devotion to the interests of his country should be more widely diffused among the people. The compiler must remark, however, that every document from the pen of general Harrison affords conclusive proof of his ability to do his own "writing" as well as his own "fighting" for they arc characterized by a bold, manly, and vigorous style, and abound with those graceful and well-turned periods which mark the practised writer and accomplished scholar. It will also be seen, in the notices of the enthusiasm of the people during the late war, that he was hailed as "The Washington of the West," and was the first American, since the death of the "Father of his Country." whose services in the cause of civil liberty were compared with those of that great benefactor of the human race. The compiler believes that a "Second Washington" will not appear among mankind; and with a sentiment of general Harrison, (which contains an admonition to the American people that should be inscribed on every ballot-box in the country in letters of gold, ) offered in reply to a toasts drunk in his honor at Cincinnati, in September, 1828, he submits the "d104-Book" to the sober judgment if the people. By general Harrison: - Electioneering tricks, designed by the great enemy of mankind fir the destruction of free governments, by preventing a free expression of the public will. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com