The Arkansas banner., 1843-12-02
BIOGRAPHY OF GEN. LEWIS cAss
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blOGRAPH1 OF GEN. LEW IS CASS.
 PUBLISHED BY REQUEST.
 LEWIS CAss was born in Exeter, New Hampshire, October 9th, 17S2. His ances- tors were among the first settlers of that part of the country, and his father bore commis- sion in the revolutionary army, which ne had joined the day after the battle of Lexington, and in which he continued until the close of the war, having participated in the memora- ble battles of Bunker Hill, Saratoga, Trenton, Monmouth, and Germantown. He was af- terwards.a major in Wayne's army. In l799 he moved with his family to Marietta, but eventually settled in Wacalomoka, in the vi- einity of ZanesvilIe, in Ohio, where, after a life of honorable usefulness, he died in Aus gust, 1880.
 His son, LEWIS CAss, was educated at the academy of Exeter, and studied law at Mari etta, under the late Gov Meigs. He was ad- mitted to the bar in 1902, and pursued the practice of his profession successfully during several years,
 In 1896 he was elected a member of the l Ohio legislature. When the enterprise oi Col. Burr began to agitate the country, he was appointed on the committee to which the subject was referred, and drafted the law which enabled the local authorities to arrest the men and boats on their passage down the Ohio river. This law interposing the arm of the State, balfled project which was generally believed to have been of revolutionary cha racter, and intended to divide the West from 1 the East. The same pen drafted the address to Mr. Jefferson, which unfolded the views of the Ohio legislature on this momentous sub ject
 In 1907, Mr. CAss was appointed marshal of the State; which office he resigned in 1913. In 1872 he volunteered his services in the force which was called out to join the army under General William Hull, and marched to Dayton, where he was elected Colonel of the Sd regiment of Ohio volunteers, Having to break through an almost trackless wilderness, 1 the army suffered much on its route to De- troit, and 1t was necessary that the officers of the volunteers should be exemplars in fatigue and privations, lest the men, unused to mili- tary discipline, should turn back in discou- ragement. Col. CAss was among the most urgent for an invasion of the Canadian pro- vince immediately after the army arrived at 1 Detroit, but Gen. Hull did not cross the river until after the lapse of several days, and there ] by lost all the advantages of prompt and de- cisive movement The advanced detachment was commanded by Col. CAss; and he was the first man who landed, in arms, on the enemy's shore, after the declaration of war On entering Canada, Gen. Hull distributed a proclamation among the inhabitants, which, at the time, had much noteriety, and was ge- nerally ascrlbed to Col. CAss: 1t Is now known that he wrote 1t. Whatever opinions may have been entertained of the inglorious descent from promise to fulfilment. 1t was ge- nerally regarded as high-spirited and elo- quent document. Col. CAss soon dislodged the Brititish posted at the bridge over the Ca nards. There he maintained his ground, in expectationthat the army would advance, and follow up the success by striking at Maiden but he was disappointed by the indecison of the General, who ordered the detachment to return.
 In all the timorous and inefficient measures which followed, Col. CAss had no responsi- ble participation. His known disapprobation of the course pursued made him an unwel- come counsellor at headquarters. When the army capitulated, he was not present, but the detachment with which he was serving, under Col. M'Arthur, was included, and being unable to retreat by the impractcable route behind 1t, submitted, and was embarked for Ohio. Col. CAss immediately repaired to Washington, and made a report to Cover T. ment. In the following spring he was ex- changed, and appointed Colonel of the 27th regiment of infantry, and soon after was pro- noted to the rank of Brigadier-General. He joined Gen. Harrison at Seneca, and crossing Lake Erie with him, after Perry's victory, was present in the pursuit of Proctor, and participated in the triumph in the Moravian towns. The northwestern campaign being happily terminated, Gen. CAss was left in command Of Michigan and the upper pro vince of Canada. His headquarters were at Detroit, and he thus became the military guardian of people over whom he was soon October 9, 1Sl3,) called to preside as civil governor. In July, lSl4, he was associated with Gen Harrison, in commission to treat (at Greenville, Ohio with the Indians, who had taken part against the United States dur ing the war. \ treaty of paciieation was formed, comparative tranquility was restored | to the frontiers, and large body of Indians i accompanied Gov. CAss to Detroit, as auxi- liaries. At one period Michigan was left with only ope company of regular soldiers for its defence, and that, at the time, consist ed of twenty-seven men. With this made quate force, and the local militia, the Govern- or was, for time, left to defend the Territory against the hostile Indians, who were con stantly lowering around Detroit.
 In 1915, after the termination of the war, Governor CAss moved his family to Detroit. Michigan had suffered greatly during the war Detroit exhibited scene of devastation- scarcely family, when it resumed its domes- tc establishment, found more than the rem na1ts of former wealth and comforts ffsrws had become silent, and morals had suffered in the general wreck, and it required great pru- dence, and an uncommon share of practical wisdom, to lead back people thus disorgan- ized, 10 habits of industry and order. The civil government was established, and such laws enacted as could be most easily carried into effect The legislative power being