, 1841-09-04

cue. General Dodge organized a small bul
intrepid corps, who took the field, and, as
tar as possible, staid the plague, until the
volunteers from Illinois, and a few companies
Of the army, could be brought to their relief
during thus period the enemy waylaid all the
roads, and murdered many Of the inhabitants.
One incident connected with the war will
serve to illustrate the character Of General
Dodge and his followers.
The enemy came to the Pecatolica, and
murdered some Of the citizens. Dodge and
his party pursued them, and being on horse.
back, came in sight of them in a few hours
IN the open prairie. There were fourteen
Indians, and, | bsiieye, sirteca Whites. The
enemy. finding 'heF oea!d no: maze their es
cape, posted themselves fer bu,lIlsc. in a small
grove OF timber.
"Now here was Just the situation TO test
the courage and devotion Of any man 10 his
country. The exasperated enemy were ar
med with the rifle, tomahawk, and spear.
which they had been accustomed to use all
their lives. They had a decided advantage
IN position, protected as they were by the
trees of the forest, and were enabled to have
there usual advantage-the first fire.
$40 dIslOdge the enemy a charge must be
made IN the open'prairie, in the most expo
sed of all possible situations, and from the
number and desperation of the enemy, at Il
great sacrifice OF human life. In such n situa-
ton what is the course of Dodge and his
brave associates? They never hesitate
They resolved to dislodge the enemy or per-
ish in the attempt. They dismounted from
their horses, ana headed by their comman
der, charged the enemy on foot. They re-
ceIred the enemy's fire when almost at the
muzzles Of their guns. A desperate conflict
ensued bntwecn the survivors and the enc
my. After each party had delivered lis fire,
exasperated combatants.
The story is soon told. The enemy all
fell. Not a man Of them was left to tell the
tale.
81 met him and the survivors of his party
Il few days afterwards, and some Of them
still carried upon their persons the evidence
of the conflict.
1.-The long and arduous service which he
subsequently performed, his visits TO and
treaties with several Indian tribes, as far
west as the Rocky Mountains, his appoint
ment TO the office from which he has baen
so u~njustly dismissed, and his conduct while
IN II, II is unnecessary 10 dilate upon. Rey
have become matters Of history.
"a leading Wing Journal of Illinois, speak.
ing of his removal from office, and protest.
ing against il, says:
AS one Of the brave defenders of Wis.
consin, in these times that tried the courage
of the hest of men, on that frontier, he Gen.
Dodge stands deservedly among the fore
most
"Again:
His name. his fame, his public acts, are in
terwovcn with the interest OF the Territory.
"flcre IS the testimony Of a political op
ponent Of Gen. Dodge; one whose location
and means OF information enable him to ap
preciaie public sentiment. Yet in the face
of all this, and in violation Of their own
pledges. and in contempt of the known SEN
timents Of the whole country, this same
Henry Dodge has been stricken from the
rolls of public service.
"Let me ask he Senator from South Caro-
lima, who so elocnently denounced proscrip
ton, If he approves of his removal! Is thi:
"proscription procribedg' Would that Hon
Senator, or any other man having an Anne
rican heart in his bosom, have removed
Dodge?
"Let me tell the citizens of Wisconsin
and Iowa, why it is taat such desolation, in
the way of prescription, has swept over theil
land. 1t is because ID Federalism wants
TO triumph over them. The second reign o
terror has commenced. The objects is tc
make war upon your Democratic principles;
to break down your Democratic men,; and
to bring those two territories into tho Union
as States, in Federal leading strings. They
well know that Wisconsin and Iowa are
destined to hold the balance of power in the
Senate of the United States,and it behoove:
them to manacle these young giants in time
81 have no fears for the result. know
something of the noble hearted, unterrifec
Democracy of these Territorie'. They car
accomplish whatever man can accomplish
and can do whatever patriotism and hono1
I may require at their hands.
, The Chicago Democrat says th't,a Hoo
! sier who probably had never beena city ii
S all his born days before, seeing tie waite
: running from the cask of the man employed