The Life of William Henry Harrison of Ohio the Peoples Candidate for the Pr
The Life of William Henry Harrison of Ohio the Peoples Candidate for the Pr
Isaac R Isaac Rand Jackson
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It is with the sincerest pleasure that the general has heard, that the most punctual obedience was paid to his orders, in not only saving all the women and children, but in sparing all the warriors who ceased to resist ; and that even when vigorously attacked by the enemy, the claims of mercy prevailed over every sense WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON. 133 of their own danger, and this heroic band re- spected the h'ves of their prisoners. Let an account of murdered innocence be opened in the records of h...eaven against our enemies alone. The American soldier will follow the example of his government ; and the sword of the one will not be raised against the fallen and helpless, nor the gold of the other be paid for the scalps of a massacred enemy. " What a contrast do these noble sentiments present to the atrocious conduct of the British Gene- ral, Proctor — who, at the cruel massacre at Raisin river, and at the Rapids, basely permit- ted unresisting prisoners of war to be unspar- ingly butchered, by his savage and remorse- less alUes.
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