Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-03-04

ple,eiv yapquished the eiemy; hut inc i've %
his chivalrous associate Vas ;he price oil tlie
victory.
Cen. Brown was soon fter appointed 5ri
| q idier>gereral in the regular army; ana IN t'e
descent of The rivr S L,srence, In 'SiS, NJ
e,inccd Judgment a. d Efficiency, len mar
it apparen, that, if the fommsnd OF that eA
peui,on had devolvet or him, II would IN oil
n,obabiIi,v have ,d an i, reiy diffrren' Issue.
In hr early pat Of 1871 ,he was Pr"m'tra !"
| the rank IF Major General, and appolntrd to
the command of thr Ar ny t Niagara. Cn Ii
Inc proper season for opening the ampaig"
! comm, need, he employed himself ~ organizing
his forces, in giving them an rthclenl discipline
and in cherishing al tn Sc prinrl9lrs Il con.
nrxion between the different members anh
GRADS Of the BODY, upon which It's successful
n5era ion was dr?rnden': and it was his gooa
rnrtune to be aided effectins these Objects ny
| m ny Illusions coadjutoss.
II would b. impossible in this sketch to give
| detailed view of he opera ions on the Mag
ara frontier. The battles Of Chippewa and NJ
| ayara and the defence ard sortie OF Fort Erie
are the four p incipal incid, nt> OF that e'enhu'
campaign H. he two frs and me las ''eh'
| Brown command d IN person, anc "h'ie ne
was disabled by wounds hr'retained me sr"e-
raj c0nlrou of rhr army. 1t is No d'snaragr
mrnt of the merit Of any one oil his s"o 'rn'r :
yates to say, tina: he was The master sPi''' ".
that camp.ign. Thy were an assemniaSe OF
gallant men burning 10 retrieve tn IL o"a"'l
| clo"y and their own HIS merit was thu same
and i, was also, more He planned N cam
naipn. and he carried INTO It's detais IN Saline
resolution and energy; by which NJ was o" an
sides sustained No one, who does no. k'o"
the pressure Of embarra>sms NJ, when we's"
ed down he national government ana c'oSse'
its operations at hat cri,irH al fpoeh' can e''-
mate The service which Gen. Brown has rem
l.r-d 10 his country. The army OF Niagara
was litel al y abandoned 10 its own 'h'r''-a"u
it was only by. dlnt Of assuming heavy person.
al RI spomsibiii,es, and of making urGsn, ap-
~ ais 20 the government OF The save OF NV -"
York. thai the Indispensable suppl"s anu 'e'"
iorcr ments we've obIa'red by me cofn,ha""''
while his forces wer, shut up III the n'ie".
If Fort E'ie, and menaced by owe whe''"i's
numbers.
The campaign of Nj gar, constitutes al ara
in the military h's,oiy OF 'hr oniTu 'a''
II could II exh,b, higher order OF mora
,;r,,e h tina, which bore us through the
trial, a, d prri's Of the revolution. But II eh
hjb,ted American and British troops win
n, .riy ,uua numbers and di, ciplin", IN a So
rirs Of contests in The open Fl ID, whore victor!
could only b. gained Ivy superior skill ana re-
solution. They were contests OF man "pposee
10 man. and are conclusive as to all qnestioh'
aff.c.i he, military capacity. lhey nave
Tad mos, eff acinus itffoence upon our VA,
torl suirIt, and The his ory II af er times VII
NOM. 10 Them as slgni6c ant evidences oil char
; as'.s.-. (. ...;>. & d "a -
E tor"ier was lttt. by educ u Of the miliar
IS ablstmeut in sole com nanL Since tina
Time hr has been established with lis faml
a: the city Of Washington, where he died.
Geh Brown, like many in the Unied States
who devote their services 20 the public h =.
l. II large family VINO were entirely dep- nte u
OR bin; and hi, income at the time Of his dc h
was de- ed entirely from his commissions
! hr duty which drvol,es on the e,vernmrnt
on such ncca,ions is obvious, although il i,
NOT ways performed The indIvidua, who
d"dI'a Is his services 10 III. country, who haz.
ards ais Lille IN her defence, AID who adds 10
the public reputation. ought To be assured tina,
h" wi lno'. hy wit awning hi, attention from
ms privae fortunes. consIg n his firmly to wont
Ho'rrnmsnt ought NOT perhaps TO b. munh>
cent, bu it should be Just.
ten. Br wn's case embraces still more af.
fe l"g considerations. Hi, severe wourd,
du'i"e re war, Il, eIry return to the field e
dTrd disease, from he fleets of viii h h.
was never rxrmpt f'ra dar Iurng the seven
years which >utceed"d the war; l. only left
hln then o BE- followed W. unders and, IS a
consequence, by one # those attacks, to a ST.
rirs OF ""Ich lie has al last fdlrn victim
with reg ,rd To The family of Gen. Brown.
MS CASE 'r''s r. latinn To- the ma 10 al legi,-
azure rot unlike hat Of Go,prnor Clinton TO
the 'fg' ,Ia'ufr of his safe, and If me pro,
VISION br law be no m ID in DO c.srs, h ,r
o"dh S WI not resi-. ma to the Uni erssl sentI.
ment OF the pubic when hey represent.
From the New York Daily Advertiser
The National In,r'hg' ncer Of Tuesday,
contains lh' speech ufih Hon. J. {. Wr,pIt
IF Oh on the subiuol Of relfenchmrnr-. de-
'ate which grew ~ ofa resolution originally ,
'tiered by MIR. Chiffon Of kentucky; but wh CHI
vas alter wards SD altered and mod fed, is To I,
'ear very little resemblance to the torn IN ,
hich il was 1t Il st IN reduced. HIS spre I
IOt : gre al [ 4, dir IN MIR WrIpnf'. tai.,,.