DEDICATION. 



TO THE TIPPECANOE AND OTHER HARRISON ASSOCIATIONS OF THE CITY 

 AND STATE OF NEW-YORK. 



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FELLOW-CITIZENS, 



When I had prepared and arranged the materials contained in 

 this volume, the question occurred to me, To whom shall I dedi- 

 cate my work? Who will value it most? Whose sympathies 

 will last the longest? The answer was in my heart, the great 

 body of those popular associations, with whose patriotic efforts I 

 have taken some part in the late glorious triumph of the many 

 over the few of principle over power. 



When deprived the privilege of accompanying the expedition, 

 even as a volunteer at my own expense, I have no doubt a bitter 

 smile was on my lips, and that my countenance wore a melancholy 

 cast, derived from reflections somewhat akin to that of the philoso- 

 phic Jaques, " compounded of many simples extracted from many 

 objects, and, indeed, the sundry contemplation of my labours; 

 which, by often rumination, wraps me in a most humorous sadness;" 

 but no one heard from me either murmur or complaint. Inured to 

 hardy culture, and self-relying from my boyhood, I have now no 

 personal wrongs to be redressed no complaints to utter no sym- 

 pathies to ask ! Indeed, when the vessels composing the exploring 

 squadron weighed anchor at Norfolk, I looked on with aspirations 

 for their success ; it was the expedition for which I had laboured, 

 not a place in it ; and I felt as one whose triumph was complete, 

 save only that the scientific corps had been mutilated, and Com- 

 modore Jones and other competent officers, in effect, driven from 

 the command. But an executive and his secretaries, who have 

 shown themselves thus incompetent or unwilling properly to fit out 

 a scientific and maritime enterprise, the Tippecanoes have dismiss- 

 ed from power ; and it is for this service I present to you this slight 

 testimonial of my esteem and gratitude. 



Taking, however, as I can at present, a calm review of the past, 

 it is in no partisan spirit I make this dedication. The expedition 

 itself was no party measure ; liberal-minded men of all parties 



