THE PRESIDENTS REPLY.

20 James Brooks Esq.
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WASHINGTON, May A, IS4l.


"The flag which was in the midst and thick
est of the strife," and was committed to your
care on the Tppecanoe battle-ground by the
surviving soldiers of that memorable field, and
which they commanded you to bear to the me-
tropos as speaking emblem of the valor of
their old commander, and of the perils he had
undergone, has been delivered over to my
hands, and will be placed among the honored
trophies of the Republic. The account which
was given me some years ago. by the gallant
Ensign now no more, who upheld the banner
amid the perils of the fight, had prepared me
to expect to see it as it is, gashed by the TOM
ahawk and rent by balls. That Ensign alone,
of all the officers, with but twenty men of the
gallant company over which, when the sun
went down, that flag so proudly waved, sur
vived to tell in the morning of the hazards of
that terrible night. From that brave soldier,
who afterwards held a high place in the hearts
of the people of Indiana, | learned properly
to appreciate the fearless bearing and noble
conduct of the patriotic citizen who has so re-
Gently exchanged this earthly tabernacle OF
clay for one that endureth forever. Death
is the common heritage of humankind; but SO
to live as that the darkness of the grave shall
not obscure our names, and that they be placed
in close association with the names of the
great and good who have gone before and
who are TO come after us, makes death itself a
conSummation rather to be wished than fear
ed, and throws a light of glory over the grave.
Such, now, is the condition of "the old COM
mander," into whose hands, when you re-
ceived this flag, you SO justly anticipated its
delivery. His deeds are now "enrolled IN
the Capitol" and this banner shall be preser.
ed as memorial of battle well fought, and
ola victory most nobly won.


Ipray you, sir, to accept assurances OF my
great respect. JOHN YiER-


The bearer of the flag at the battle of Tip
pecanoe. alluded to in the above reply of the
President, some of our readers may not recol-
lect, was Ensign Upton, Tennesseean by
birth, who started from home with only his
axe for patrimony, and who subsequently
became Senator in the Congress of the Uni
ted States, and one of the most distinguished
men in Indiana. Of him the anecdote is mar
rated, we have seen in the public journals,
where General Harrison is represented as RI
ding up in the heat of the battle, inquiring OF
the Young Upton, "where is your captain?'
!, "Deadl sir" "Your lieutenant?' "Deadl sir.'
I"Your second lieutenant" "Dead! sir'-
I"Your ensign?" "He stands before youp'-
where Upton then stood, holding and defend
ing this very flag, but so covered with dirt


and so besmeared with blood that Gen. Har-


rison scarcely knew him. "Hold on" said
6 Gen. Harrison, "for moment longer;I will
reinforce you:" and he rode off and led up
there the company of Capt. Robb; by which
time, or soon after, of the seventy-five men
under Capt. Spencer, there were only ten OF
, twelve left not killed or wounded, in the CON-
pany was this flag.