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Dedicationtobenj00oldt.Pdf LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN IN MEMORY OF STEWART S. HOWE JOURNALISM CLASS OF 1928 STEWART S. HOWE FOUNDATION 363 I .H.S. WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON. DEDICATION TO ri Harrisori CHRISTIAN GENTLEMAN; PATRIOTIC CITIZEN; BRAVE SOLDIER; WISE STATESMAN AND 23d President of tKe United States. THIS VOLUME IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED BY THE OLD TIPPECANOE CLUB OF CHICAGO. PRESS OF PEERLESS PRINTING CO., 107 FIFTH AVE., CHICAGO, PREFACE. the unique Presidential campaign in UNQUESTIONABLYthis country was that of 1840. A stupendous, peaceful rev- olution! When forty-eight years later the surviving followers of that gloriously successful chieftain, numbering no less than fifty thousand souls, received the glad tidings that the National Re- publican Convention had nominated his distinguished grandson, Benjamin Harrison, for President of the United States, they ral- lied as if by bugle call, formed themselves into scores of Tippe- canoe Clubs, held spirited, soul-stirring meetings, as in days of yore, buckled on the armor, and unfurling their time-worn banner to the breeze, again marched forth to battle and to victory. Most of the veterans, conscious of having participated in their last Presidential conflict, were then ready to exclaim with Simeon of " old: Lord, now lettest thou Thy servant depart in peace, for mine eyes have seen Thy salvation." It is improbable that similar coincidences will ever reappear in history, in that the identical principles sacredly maintained by so large a body of voters during almost half a century, notwith- standing the vicissitudes, oft times tumultuous, to which the re- public had meanwhile been exposed, including the unfortunate canvass of 1884, should again be the battle-cry and win popular favor and endorsement and that under consanguineous marshal- ship. Let it be recorded in history, and never forgotten, that every man who voted for the two Harrisons for President was loyal to the Union during the War of the Rebellion. If constant devotion to principle throughout a long and active life shall be held worthy of remembrance, esteem and emulation by the de- scendants of those who intelligently and patriotically practiced it and if the perusal of these pages shall stimulate the reader of whatsoever party to an exalted sense of political duty, and con- sequent love of country, the object of this book will have been accomplished. DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES The Old Tippecar\oe Club of Chicago. At a regular meeting of the Club held at the Grand Pacific Hotel on the 2gth day of December, 1888, the following among other proceedings were had: RESOLVED: That a Committee of five be appointed whose duties shall be to draft a Preface or Historical account of the times and Biographical History of Chicago's Old Tippecanoe's from 1836, 1840 and including 1888, the same to be placed in the Register of the Club, and to be published under the supervision of said Committee. Afterwards, to-wit, on the day and year aforesaid, the Presi- dent appointed the following persons to constitute said Com- mittee, to-wit: Hon. Cyrus M. Hawley, Henry Sayrs, Albert Soper, Wm. H. Bradley, Wm. S. Elliott. Attest: H. M. GARLICK, Secretary. To the Tippccanoe Club, of Chicago, III: MR. PRESIDENT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. Your Committee to whom was referred the duty to supervise the publication in book form of biographies of the members, and to prepare a suitable introduction explanatory of the purposes of this organization, have the pleasure to report, that they have received and exam- ined about seventy-five biographical statements, and have di- rected them to be copied in proper form for printing, and expect that many others will be received by your Committee. Your Committee further report that they have prepared the IO MEMORIAL BOOK OF THE said introductory explanation, or statement of tne principles and purposes of this organization, to be printed with said biographies. C. M. HAWLEY, Chicago, Illinois, January 26, A.D., 1889. Chairman. This organization was formed on the fifth day of July, A. D., 1888, to aid in the election of Gen. Benjamin Harrison and Levi P. Morton to the presidency and vice-presidency of the United States of America. It consists of those who voted for Gen. Wm. Henry Harrison for president in 1836, and those who voted for and aided his election to that high office in 1840, including their sons, daughters, sons-in-law, and daughters-in-law. Ex-President Gen. Wm. Henry Harrison was born in Berkeley, Virginia, near Richmond, on the 9th day of February, A. D., 1773. In June, 1793, with the rank of lieutenant, he was appointed aide- camp to General Wayne, though not a graduate from a military academy. He participated in the battle and victory against the Indians on the 20th of August of that year. He then was placed in command of Fort Washington, and continued in the same command until 1798, when he resigned, and retired to private life on his farm at North Bend in Ohio. But he was not permitted to remain long in retirement; for he was soon after appointed by President John Adams, secretary of the Northwestern territory, embracing what is now Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Iowa, Wis- consin; and soon thereafter Louisiana was added thereto. On the 3d of October, 1799, the first legislative assembly of the territory elected him as its delegate to Congress, which office he filled to the satisfaction of his constituents and with credit to himself. In 1801, he was appointed Governor and Indian Agent of the Territory. In 1809, he negotiated the Fort Wayne Indian treaty. But the wily Tecumseh and his brother The Prophet, were not disposed to comply with the terms of the treaty, for they were intent on war. They made the attempt to combine all the Indian tribes and forces to overpower, kill, or drive out the settlers from the territory, notwithstanding their treaty obliga- tions to live in peace. Their efforts to enlist all the tribes failed, but they succeeded in gathering a formidable army of braves of nearly 1,000, who stealthily, Indian like, rushed with a yell upon OLD TIPPECANOE CLUB, CHICAGO. II General Harrison's camp before the break of day; but they were repulsed. The battle of Tippecanoe followed, resulting in the death of Tecumseh, and the triumph of General Harrison and his army. This victory excited the envy, or fears of the British agents, and they renewed their secret efforts to incense the Indians against the United States more openly, and to boldly invade the territory. In addition to these hostile efforts, on the i6th of May, 1811, the British ship of war, Little Belt, fired upon " the United States Frigate, President," in command of Commo- dore Rogers. This was one of the causes of the war of 1812 with Great Britain, in which Gen. Wm. H. Harrison was distinguished as one of the ablest of our commanders. As commander of the Northwestern Army, he held the rank of Brigadier General. In March, 1813, he was promoted to the rank of Major General. In 1824, he was elected United States Senator from Ohio, and was appointed chairman of the military committee. In 1828 he was appointed by President John Q. Adams, Minister Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Columbia, and was received with marked attentions by reason of his distin- guished character and ability. In 1836, he was nominated by the Whigs in several of the States for president, but was defeated by the election of Martin Van Buren. In 1840, he was nominated at Harrisburg, Pa., for president by the National Convention of the Whig party on a Protective Tariff and National Currency Platform, and elected by an overwhelming majority, and was inaugurated on the 4th of March, 1841. We voted for, and aided in his election, because he repre- sented our political principles, and was eminently qualified to discharge the duties of the great office. His sentiments of protection to home industries, a home market for our productions, the development of our natural re- sources, in order to furnish remunerative employment for our citizens, to the end that they become prosperous and educated, not only in the common schools and colleges, but in schools of all kinds of industry; and his doctrine of a national currency for exchange and circulation commanding a par value in all parts of our country, drew to his support the most intelligent of our 12 MEMORIAL BOOK OF THE citizens. At the time, all our industries were suffering from the Calhoun free-trade slavery extension policy, which sought to benefit the slave-holding states at the expense of the free states and their manufacturing industries. General Harrison's popularity was so great, that, when he left North Bend for Washington, his passage was lined by hundreds of thousands of admiring citizens, whose plaudits rang out as though the nation was celebrating its jubilee. His inaugural was patriotic and impressive in vindicating the principles involved in his election, and which he proposed to carry out during his ad- ministration. But while the people were resting in his purpose and fidelity, on the 4th of April, 1841, at thirty minutes past mid- night, he was struck down by death, like the great oak than is scathed and leveled by the lightning. As he sank into the silent depths, he uttered this patriotic injunction, intending it for the vice-president; "I wish you to understand the true principles of the government. I wish them carried out. I ask no more." His every official act in war and in peace shed glory upon our nation. His humanity on the field of battle is illustrated in his order directing his troops to take a town that was opposing our force.
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