Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1826-01-26
For tie .Nartinsbmg Ga=st.e
THE QUARTERLY AND NORTH AMERi CAN
REVIEWS.

The civilized world IS at this period divided
;nto Two great parties, d,ametrlcaly opposed
10 each othcr II political doctrines asowedy
hostile TO each other; because the supremacy
of the ons must De che destruction OF
the other, The one dates It's origin IN the dark
and barbarous ages Of ignorance and Feudal
servituie: Tine other sprung into oelns on
the h Of July, rs The one IS an aatiqu-ted
and ruinous, YET venerable aud MASSEY oothc
structure. whose corner stone - the Jus llve
ma regum - The other is the Temple OF
Freedom, based upon the principle thai 'asi
men are by nature free & equal To la, ASIDE
metaphor The former IS composed OF servie
advocates of Kingiy power; OF the torres IN
Great Britaln--tiie u!tra's IN France--the slaves
of Ferdinand, the fool, in Spa'n-sno The
ssborn thrais' of Alexander the Autocrst.
II is not then to be wondered at, # 'he pro-
minent supporters OF tins party. the advocaes
of such cause, should shew an overwhelming
Jealousy of all free governments, and carp a'.d
caxi al their tree institutions. leaving no tf-
forts unessayed to dIscredlt them and their
cause; that we the citizens OF Republic.
should be disposed to rejoice upon any palpa
bic failure and discontinue in this their Gau0a
Die undertaking.
These reflections have bees saggts'ed by a
oernsai az the Review OF Hunters Narrajive,'
in tht. last No. OF tue North American REVIEW.
This book is the production OF a certain
Joho Dunn Huater, who pretends Ahat he was
CAPTURED by party ct Kickapoo indians, when
about four or five years or age-t%ken from the
K,ckaDoos by the Pawnees from the pawnees
nv the Kansas, aud finally Transferred to the
Os.ges, with whom he lived until the year
1916. when he was, as he says, nineteen or
twenty years OF age
This production isreviewed by the Quarter.
" Review. and lauded work strictly accu-
rate, and entirely free from suspicion IN fact
the Critic in his Zeal 10 supper. MIR. John Dunn
Hunters seraclty, pledges himself for the truth
of ms statements of which more anon.
The North American Review. IN long and
able article on he subject of our Indians.
takes occasion 10 refer TO Nir Hunters work,
and at once suesses at tile reason OF TINS
mn eXampled moderation and even favor
sheyn ~ the Quarterly towards an american
book The secret IS that Mr.. Hunter Ibihss
proper 20 abuse our hardy iT0ntlcT settlers.
and our Government for cheating the Indians
out of their lands, and POISONING them with
whskey, Sc ANY one u these most congo
Mai themes you'd be Sl!icienl 10 secure TO
Mr. Hunter the special favor and protection OF
the Quarterly Review. the n. A. Review, IN
the examination OF ulFer's Narrative, proves
incontes lbly, by serTSs oilngenius argument,
and well urged facts, that the whole book rs a
tissse of falsenood, and Mr. John ID. Hunter, the
quasi Indian has m all PROBABILITY. never seen
An Indisn, unies~ in the streets CT cites,
and that the sage writer in the cd <rly. has
proved himself Gull. when p.asifg at out
thing ssthat lac did not understand.
shall confne myself TO Une or two OF the
most striking retutatons
LIST Mr. Hunter inserts in his book what he
calls a speech Of the celebrated warrior Ie'
cumsen, Cor as he is nov called 'iecunthe) as
made 10 The Usage nation in 1872 The Quar-
tery considers this speech and the circum
stances thereof. as related BY Hunter, as con.
elusive evidence Of his veraclty, and moreover
chooses to confirm has statement oy saying,
'we happen to know that fecumthe did GER
f.inlv, after the capture OF Detroit by our
forces in 1912, quit our head quarters there,
and that he did not return TO the
Michigan Territory, until The following Janu-
ary.'
To this our Reviewer replies, 'Gsw ne hap
pen to kno.s that cTecumthe' did not leave DE.
troit for the Mississippi country ~ iol2 We
hgp5ea 10 knsyc that on the 27ta OF September,
1911, he arrived at Vincennes and sought an
interview with General Harrison. that ne 're-
turned from his tour in December. and re
NAMED with his party during the winter oil
1Sl1-I2. In the spring of 1912, as the no;c
of preparation became louder and louder, he
was invited to Maiden. He lett Fort Wayne
for that place on the I'd Of July, and arrived
there about the 9Th or 9Th. Tie was IN the
most OF the engagements on that frontier, du'
nng the two succeeding campaigns, and never
was again farther west than Tippecan@.'
nese Is distinct discrepancy between the
two statements Of the Quarterly aud North
American Reviews and the question may be
asked why credit is to be attached to the state
inent OF the latter, to the prejudice OF the
iorme,l Let the North American answer this
GhreWd question=-'We are the less apprehen-
sivr Of leading our reader or being ourselves