Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON. The prominent position now occupied by General Harrison before the American people, renders it peculiarly proper that a brief sketch of his life and public services should be laid before his fellow-citizens ; for although his public acts, both in a civil and military capacity, have been for the lasting glory and honour of our whole country, yet in consequence of his having resided for the greater part of his life among the patriotic and chivalric inhabitants of the western states, they are more familiar with his history than those who reside in the east and north. It was this acquaintance with the man, or rather—to make use of the endearing appellation by which he has been universally known—it was this acquaintance with the Washington of the West, that has there produced such a general and ardent feeling in his favour; that the people have, in despite of party dictation, borne him triumphantly along, for the highest office in their gift, until there is now no doubt but he will be elected by a most decisive majority. It will be apparent that our efforts to compress the materials of his eventful life, in the compass of a few pages, has compelled us to omit all those minute illustrations of particular facts, which have in reality given to his life all the beauty of romance. To see a youth of eighteen years of age, leaving his kindred, and friends, and paternal roof, and inspired by a lofty patriotism, marching into the savage wilderness, and battling with the enemies of his country; and then in a few years to rind him in the councils of the nation, exerting himself to promote the civil institutions he had so gallantly defended in the field; and then again leading the armies of our country to victory at the dreadful midnight conflict of Tippecanoe, and at... --This text refers to the Paperback edition.