Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1841-05-08

Empire that he should have maintained the comparative peace
and security of SO vast dominion until all things had pened
he had orseen and predcted and that when the necessity for
the decisive nterposon of the strong of the Government
became, at last apparent and imperative, he
should have been in readiness to strike the blow which foed
the combinations and the hopes of yearst this chap
ter repeat commenced under the elder Adams and conin
ued under Jefferson and Madison and with the approval of ALL
which, of all others of his life east calculated dazzle except
by the briancy of its denouemen denotes him the above
eulogy, as ne is above reproach.
1t would be inappropriate again the controversy,
fight anew the incidents of the opp9rte and gnay success
full campaign of the Wabash The States of Indiana and Ken
lucky, whose officers and soldiers doubtless told Alright his story,
have each awarded him the solemn thanks of their Legislatures
and recently repeated occasions the overwhelming
icaon their people, has impressed the irradcabe estimate of
jury from whom appeal unaowed by the ritual of Democ
sion reversal But single incident therefore,
authenticated of that bloody and cven morning. will be
adventured here as denong the daring GOODNESS OF the real
possession, no less than the vaor of the Chief
1t related of the late General Upton, Senator from Ind
ana and by no means the political interest of his old Com
mander, (who then in nomination for the Presidency that
being enqued Of what he had reference the courage
of the General he spake thus think him br0rc
ever lived No could have behaved with courage
than he did While the engagement hottest and where the
bullets flew hckest he be speaking in his ordinary
one and giving command with the greatest precision The
company to which belonged land of which he Ensign
continued General Upton went into action eighty strong and
only twenty survived The firing upon tremendous
and after the General had made his for repeng
the attack of the Indians other points, he rode up where
and made the following enquiries: Where's your Cap
tain! Heis dead Sir Where's your first second Lieu
tenant Tcyae both dead Sir We'll where the Ensign?
He stands before you, Sir Well my brave fellow ad Iiar
rison hold ground for five minutes longer and all will be
In fifteen minutes the enemy were repuse on all des-
Upton and his brave surviving associates calamity led their
remaining comrades and though Congress still DELAYED the formal
declaration this will continue be regarded the
battle the first brilliant victory achieved the Second
War Of Independence.
ing, in the bvouacs of Mad Anon' the banks of the
Au Gaze and Maumee, in 1894 and s. which destined
become the rang point for the rereva of the of his
country 1sl2 scarcely pause to saw before intro
ducing him the Commander-in-Ch of the Northwestern
g A.
pie first and then the Government the whose Judgment
equal to his bravery and whose patience humanity and
triotism inferior neither All were alike essential TO the
proper and successful execution Of the task before himfo
whatever have been suggested by the ardor Impotence
of the public mind during the campaigns which lie before
well informed and cooudgng posterty viii not fail to estimate
them the most responsible, aborous and trying that
devoved upon officer and having been performed
under circumstances which OF themselves stamp the military
character of the chief who conducted hem with eca which
VIII become the louder ana more expansive as the great quail
ties required their execution are more and more exemped
by time and reflection
1t therefore undervaue the magnificent import
and brilliant victory of the the great and
fearless achievement New Oreansno far @ deract
feather from the daring and distinguished leader who there
again covered his patriot brow with aures which will but grow
the geener with the growing greatness of his TO-,
these but that the of truth demands it, will be written
in history and learned by Children that the General whose
character and energy address and patriotism almost created the
army which he led through the wilderness Of the nhos-
pabe North; who fed them and clothed them often ancpa-
ton of the orders supplies Of his governments who kept them
together reied their ranks under circumstances the
discouragng and dheatenng and who did all this while
portion of his countrymen unapprecang the which
rendered delay merely proper but inevitable heard
railing his imputed oh and casting doubt upon his motives
This is the whom history will designate WASHINGTON
WEST"
1t would be Inappropriate and we shall therefore follow
him through the wcarsome details of service which than
other through which he passed. destined his char
for the and the nobe greatness under every
tremty and Encouragement Such details belong his
to cuogybut cannot fobear the relation of a
single incident occurring at moment which seal the
character of the campaign, and affect him correspondngy
in the estimation of his counymcn, illustrative that
his philosophy had been extended tension and had
resolved to withstand longer the errng judgment OF
his countrymen. 1t related by Of his aids that lust be-
fore the battle Of the Thames the General rode up mae
tic Seneca Chief and took his powder horn and reprinted his
pistols Pcrcevng this Lieutenant (since Col) Smith enqucd
the meaning of it. and whether he expected per-
sonal individual conflict His worthy the noble
spirit which had lost its pose under the mistaken muriungs
which had reached and stricken it-h command better
army than Proctors, and |
lwish you Lieutenant would reprime and
observe the condition of your armsfor
AIDS Me-"
The battle is over-the victory is wOnte mhole objects
the most arduous, dcoagng and difficult campaigns of the
service accomplishments Eagles flying high and
proudly from the deserted oresse and DER the path of the
fugitive the uppermost Canada British ARMY the first
only during the has surrendered American Gen
eralhe triumph of the misudged commander is complete
unique and adeethc soldier has performed his duty
won his prise!