is action may be entirely attributed, (under
the favour of heaven,) to the abilities and military skill of General
Harrison.

After General Hull had tamely surrendered to the British this important
post, with the gallant force that composed the garrison, an event which
spread consternation far and wide throughout the western country, and
greatly increased the difficulty and arduous nature of Gen. Harrison's
duties, he immediately organized the brave troops under his command, and
commenced a course of rigid discipline, and military trainings, with the
confident hope of retrieving the consequent disasters of this
proceeding.

The American army advanced in order of battle, and were in the immediate
neighbourhood of the enemy; the reconnoitering parties brought in
intelligence of the dispositions Proctor had made, wherein he had
committed an irretrievable error in ranging his regular soldiers in
order, and extending his line by placing the files at a distance of
three or four feet from each other. Harrison, with the rapid decision of
an able general, instantly availed himself of the error of his opponent.
The extended and weakened line of the enemy, could offer but a feeble
resistance to the charge of his gallant troops, who dashed forward at
the earnest solicitation of the people of the territory,--and with the
public expression of the most flattering approbation, on the part of the
chief executive;--till at length they gained a complete victory.

The various and arduous duties of the governor of Indiana, required, for
this office, a man of very superior abilities--one possessed of stern
integrity and prudent moderation, accompanied by the most unwavering
firmness. Such a man Governor Harrison, in the long course of his
administration, fully proved himself to be. And in acting his part as a
general he merits no less the applauses of his countrymen, in training
and leading their armies to victory. The nervous and impassioned
eloquence, and classical felicity of illustration, with which he
enforced his arguments, gained him much applause and influence,--and
discovered his abilities to be of the highest order, blended with the
truest republican principles;--in which were manifested an ardent zeal
for the good of his country, and an earnest desire to serve her best
interests. Though vested with unusual powers, both as governor and
general, he was never known during the whole of his command, to exercise
his authority in an u