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over & won" that I was the victor - the enemy
had retreated & bowing to the people as gracefully
as I was capable took leave (I was this
more particular in this, as Mr. M. was a very
ungraceful man).
I have given the foregoing sketch of my speech
at Stanford, in Lincoln County, from memory,
but I am sure that it is in the very words
in which it was delivered. I acquitted myself
to my entire satisfaction. My friends were
more than satisfied, & it made me many
friends & many votes. We spoke after this in
Adair, Casey & Pulaski. Mr. M attended
the Wayne Court, but did not address the
people. He was elected by a majority of 62
(sixty two) - he got only 18 votes in Wayne - out
of upwards of 1200. I don't remember the
number of votes I received in Lincoln, but it
was over 100. In 1814, we were again opposing
candidates, & I was elected by a majority
of 1262 - loosing precisely the same number
of votes in my county (Wayne, that I did before
[?], 18. I got a large vote in Lincoln.

About the last of August 1812, the Kentucky Volunteers
were called for - my company was attached
to Col. Joshua Barbee's Regiment & at the
time of receiving marching orders, we were
ordered to Indiana, under Gov Harrison it was
said. Our services would not be required for
more than 3 months. The Regiment rendezvouyed
at Danville, the residence of Col. Barbee.
The next morning our route was changed for
the North West, in consequence of the surrender
of Detroit, & the Army at that place under
Gen. Hale. As our march was thro Nicholasville
in Jessamine County, near to which I was raised, I
left my company & went to my brother Samuel's
in Fayette, where I met with all my brothers, they
having come there from Clarke & Montgomery to