Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1848-10-18
Mai. Gen. Thonas S. Jessup.
Washington city. d. Z.
WAsurseroN Cry. Sept. 26. 1913.

.Sir.-G have received your leucr, dated
the 23,l inst. calling my aIteuIion to GER
tain charges said to have heen made b.; the
Hon. Thomas Butler King against Gen
craI Cuss, in a SPEECH lately delivered hy
him at Paterson. New Jersey, in The fol.
lowing " ords. viz: Gen. Cass is The hero
of Hulrs surrender. Ordered a1oay by
Gen. Hull before The Attack upon Detroit
by the Bfiihish. Gen. Cass rcceired no in
teNigence of the disaster I'LL he ,cas sum
nvned by single British officer. fourteen
miles from Detroit, 10 yisld, and he did
yield. Win taoo or three regiments cf,nen,
Gen Cass surrender 10 a single British
officer, fourteen miles from any other enemy.
Aud in compliance with your request that
| should give such information as I possess
iu regard 10 the situation Of the detsch-
mem referred to by MIR. King, al The time
OF Huil's capiIulalion, land The pusilion
of Gen. Cass in relation 10 it, and. whether
the General was in any way guilyof any
Thing unLecoming brave and gallant of
fcef.'' | have the honor to State in re-
Div, thai the charges made by Mr.. King
relate, to the surrender Of a detachment
sen, by order of Gen. Hull, on the 14,h Of
August, 1872, To meet a convoy Of proVis
ions, under the command Of Capt. Henry
Rrush of Ohio. supposed then 10 be on the
route from the river Ratisin to the army 81
Detroit.
3 As Tho acting adjutan, general Of the
army. L detailed that detachment, aud,
Inv .the order OF Gen.. Hull, placed Col.
McAnber, (not Col. Cass)in command
oft. The General directed that The de-
Dc dfei
accompany il. Before The detachmen,
marched, number of volunteers jnined il
from -rseimenls, so that tie agoro
l~-u=6rce when it left camp was abou,
four hundred men. Col. Cass was NOT q
pall of The delaiI-he joined as volun
teer. Whenl understood TINT he desired
10 go, objected IN two colonels going with
so small de,achInent: butthe service was
considered by us all as extremely periIious.
Col. Cass 'cluimed it as risht 10 share
the dangers with his men. and he was per.
mittcd by the General, not ordered, to ac :
company them.
On the 10th Of August Gen. Hull sur
rendered the fart and American army by
capiulaion, to The British forces under
lie command Of Major Gen. Brock. and
included McArhur's detachment in the
capirulaiion. The Colonel had been order
ed by express 10 return to Detroit. and he
was within four or five miles of the forl
when he received intelligence of The sur.
render. Bu fell back about three mills TO
the river Huron. where he received the
articles OF cupilulaIion, with an order from
Hull TO surrender. The Culouel was
believe bound in gond faith to surrender;
but whether he was or moi. he was com
PEELED to submit, for he had moi a davis
subsistence, nor dozen rounds Of amuui
tion for his command. He was as gallant
a soldier, aud as patriotic citizen. as the
county could boast; and he did all that
was possible under The circumstances; but
the surrender ofthe detachment
was right or wrong, he uone was respnn
sible for it. Colonel fnnw GeneraD Cass
had 40 more to do with il than the hon.
Drable gentleman who makes The charges
against him.
From the foregoing statement, yoa PER.
,eive that there was moi even q single re.
,iment 10 surrender. nor was Col. Cass
II command at that lime and on The oc-
:asinn referred 10 by Mr.. King. Tia, I
gentleman has been so unfortunate in the |!
andnm statement Of his facts. as unl 10 |
rave stumbled upon single truth. His !
charges | know To be utterly unfuunded /
rom beginning TO end. There is nothing |
n The history Of the country. written or ,
lnwril,en, to justify any one of Them iu the i
mallest degree. As TO Gen. Cass, served
rith him in Two campaigns, part of The !
ime under his orders and attached TO bis
risade. ] have seen him in stu rions
nd under circumsta that would TEST
ke courage ofany man, and he never fal.
cred; bui always acted 10 accordance with
he dictates of high courage and patriotism.
Whatsoever may be the course of ohers,
e is never the apologist OF The enemy. bu,
always found on The side nf The country.
| am, sir,',wilh great rrsquet your obedi.
nj servant. THOMASS. JESUP.
Hon. Robert Smith, Washington City,.
From the Temperance Advocate.
mr.