Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1813-12-20


impetuous onfet gave Deceive, blow to
the ranks of the enemy aud to The fpirit
of the volunteer militia equally by and
Patriotic, who bore an intereiting part IN
the Sene more Especially 10 the chief
magiftrate of Kentucky at the head of
them whole herofm, fgnaliied in the
war which eltahiihed the independence
of his country, iought,ai an advanced age,
hare in hafdihips and battles, for MAIN
tanning its rights and its faiety.
The effect of thefe fuccstles has been
10 fefcue the inhabitants ct Michigan
from their oppreiiinns, aggravated by grois
infra6tions OF the capitnlatlon, which Tub.
ieaed them to foreign power to alien
ate the iavages of numerous tribes som
the enemy, by whom they wee diiap-
pointed and abandoned and to relieve an
exteuhve region of country from merci'
lefs warfare which defolated its frontiers,
and impoled on its citizens the mott har-
rafting !ervices.
In coniequeEce of our naval fuperiorlty
on lake Ontario, and the opportunity az.
forded by il for concentrating our forces
by water, operations, which had been pre-
viously planned, were lei on loot againu
the poift aions Of the enemy on the st.
Lawrence. Sneh, however, was the de-
lay produced, in the hrf iDfance, by adj
verfe weather of mutual violence and con-
linuance, and iuch the crcnmtances at
tending the final movements OF the army,
that the profpsd, at one time 10 favorable,
was not realized.
The cruelty of the enemy, in enlihing
the favsges in,o war with nation de-
lirous of mutual emulation IN mitigating
lis calamities, has not been confined to a.
nv one quarter. Wherever they could
be turned agaiuf as, no exertioDs to effect
il have neen fpared. On our South Wei.
tern border,the Creek tribes, whO,yielding
TO our perevering endesvors, were gradu-
ally acquiring more civilized habits, became
the unfortunate victims OF deduction A
war in that quar,er has been the comic
quence, infsr,ated by a bloody fanaticiim
recently propagated among tnrm.
Il was necelfdrv TO cruih iuch war
before it could iPread among the CONT
guous tribes, and before IT could favor en-
re,pr zes of the enemy into That vicinity.
With this view force was called INTO the
fervlce of the Unued States from the
ftates of Georgia and Tenneiiee, which.
with the ueareit regular troops, ana Other
corps from the Mlilippi territory, misht
not only chaltiie the iavages iato pieient
peace, out make larlns lmpreiiion on
their tears.
The prosrefs of the expedition, as far
az IL YET snown, Corresponds with the
martial z1al with which IL was eipouied
and the bch hopes OF iatl.taetofy Hue
ave authorized by the complete ,ueceis
with which a well planned enterpnze
was executed agalnt a body OF hohile iav.
ages, by set chment Of the volunteer mil.
TIA of Isnnsnes, under Command OF the
gallant Geo coffee X by A mi more I'M.
portant victory over larger body OF them.
gaaed under the immediate COMMAND of
Mi. Gen. Jaeklon +; AL officer equally DIFF
tlnguiihed OF his patrio,lim and his mill
tary talents.
The fytematic per feverance ofthe enc
my 10 counting the aid oil the iassges ~
ali quarters, had the natural eh,et OF
klndiing their ordinary propenhty to war
INTO a pailioo, which even among thoie
ben difpoled towards the u. States, was
ready, II not empoyed on OIL iide, 10 be
turned againit US. A departure from our
protTaeted forbearance 10 accept the ieryi.
ees rendered by them, has thus been forced
upon us. But, in yelling To II, the retail.
tatioa has been mitgatea as much as poiii
bic, both in its exteIt and In its character,
itoppioe far ihort of the example Of the
enemy, " ho owe the advantage they have
occahonally gained in battle, chiefly TO the
numper ut their iavage aiiociates and
who have not con, rolled them either from
their ulaa practice OF indiicfiminale
maGacre IN defencelsis inhabitants, or
from icenes Of carnage without parallel,
on priioners to the britifh arms, guarded
by all the laws OF humanity aud honora.
bic war.
FoI theie enormItles, the enemy are
equally ieiponiibe, whether with the DOW
{, To prevent them they want the will, or
with the knowledge OF want OF power
thry fill avail them. elves of fuch initru.
menIs.
In other r,fpeds the enemy are puriu
ing a courle which threatens coniequen-
ces moa al1i,etug 10 humanity.
A aanding law of Great Britain natur-
alizes, as Is well known, all aiens. COM
plying with conditions limited to a ihortcr
period than thoie required by the United
States and naturalized fubjeess arc IN
war, employed by her govsinment in com.
mon with native iubjeets. In a contieu'
Gus bl,tilh province. regulations promsl-
gated iincc the commencement o. the
wal compel citizens OF the u. States, be-
ing there under certain circumstances, to
beat aims Whit of the natige emigfants
from the United States who compoie
much OF the population OF The province, a
-pumber have actually borne arms sga'na
the United States within their hunts ;