The National Register.
London, England, 1814-01-30 00:00:00

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encountered, have presented achievements of our naval arms as
brilliant in their character, as they have been important in their
consequences.
On the Lake Erie, the sqnadron under the command of Captain
Perry having met withl the British squadron, of superior force, a
sanguinary conflict ended iu the capture of the whole, The con-
duct of that Officer, adroit as it was daring, and which was so wen
seconded by his comrades, justly entitles them to the admiration
and gratitude of their country, and will fill an early page in its na-
val annals, with a victory never surpassed in lustre, however much
it may have been in magnitude. On the Lake Ontario, the caution ,
of the British Commander, flivoured by conttaencies, frustrated I
the efforts of the American Commander ta bfing on a decisive ac-
tion. Capt. Chauncy was able, however, to eqablish an ascend- 11
ancy on that important theatre, and to prove by the manner in
which he effected every thing possible, that opportunities only were
wanted for more shining display of his own talents, and of gal-
lantry of those under hie-command. The suceess on Erie hay.
hug opened the passage to the territory of the enemy, the Officer
commanding the North-Western Army transferred the war thither,
and rapidly pursuing the hostile troops, flying with the savage as-
sociates, forced a general action, which quickly terminated in the
capture of the British and dispersion of the savage force. This re-
sult is signally honourable to Major-General Harm isem, by whose mi-
litary talents it was effected.
T. Johnson, and his mounted volunteers, whose impetuous '
onset gave a decisive blow to the ranks of the enemy ; and to the
spirit of the Volunteer Militia, equally brave and patriotic, who
bore an interesting part in the scene ,• more especially to the Chief
Magistrate of Kentucky, at the head of thrbo, whose heroism, sig.'
naliaed in the war which established the independence of his coma-
try, sought at an advanced age a share:in hardship and battles, for
maintaining its rights ;111(1 its safety. The eileet of these successes
has been to rescue the inhabitants of Michigan from their oppres-
sions, aggravated by gross infractions of the eapitalation which
subjected them to a foreign Power, to alienate the savages of nume-
rous tribes fromn the enemy, by whom they were diappointed and
abandoned, and to relieve an extensive region of country koin a
merciless warfare, which desolated its frontiers, and imposed on its
citizens the most lirjassing cireumstatees.
In consequence of our naval superiority on Lake Ontario, and
the opportunity afforded by it of concentrating our forces by
seater, operations which had been previously planned were set on
foot against the possessions of the enemy on the St. Lawrence.
Such, however, was the delay punctured in the first instance by
adverse weather of unusual violence and continuance, and such
circumstances attending the fiat movenn me of the army, that
the prospect at one time so favourable was not realised. The
cruelty of the enemy, by enlisting the savages into a war with a
nation desirous of mutual emulation iu mitigating its calamities,
has not been confined to any one quarter, wherever they could
they have been hurled against us. No exertions to effect it have
been spared. On our smith-western border the Creek tribes, who,
yielding to our persevering endeavours, iwere generally acquiring
more civilized habits, became time unfortunate seduction ; a war in
that quarter has been the consequence, infuriated by a bloody fa-
naticism recently propagated against them; it was necessary to
crush such a war before it could spread among the contiguous
tribes, anti before it could favour enterplizes of the enemy in
that vicinity. With this view a force Weis collected into the ser-
vice of United Slates from the states of (korgia and 'l'enuesse,
which, with the nearest regular troops and other corps front the
Mis,issippi territory, might nut only chastise the savages into pre-
p-ace, bat make a lasting impression on their fears.
Time progress of the expedition, as far as it is yet known, cor-
responds evith the martial zeal with which it was esponsed, and the
bt.st hopes of a satisfactory issue arc authorised by the complete
s;:ecess with which a well-planned enterprise was executed against a
holy est. hostile savages, by a detachment of volunteer militia of
Temmesse, under the command of the gallant Gen. Coffee, and by
a still more important victory over a large body of them, gained
under the immediate command of Major-General Jackson, an
officer equally slistinguished for his patriotism and his military
t.dentsm.
Time systematic perseverance of the enemy in courting the aid of
the vaffes in a!I quarters .had the natural effect of kinsiiing their
ordimuy propensity to war into a passion, which even amongst those
least disposed towards the United States was ready. it not employed
on our side, to be turned against us ; ;r departure from our protracted
forhe4rance to accept the services tendered by them has been forced
upon us, but in yklding to it the retaliation has been mitigated as
'Mali as possible, both iu its extent and in its character, stopping

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