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sucn nd to explain OF the failure q The arms
n H e United States the northern frontier have the
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ho he assurance OF the very high respect with which
y' am your obeden and very hSnbIs ss syp1Nc
II The ewing National Committee" would have noticed
h references made by their historian, they would not
ne e onened the LIST volume American State Papers, as
h ,rroRp containing General Cass's leer-for there
his WI ole executive document exposed to view, and
,be Generals allegations concerning the disastrous oc-
VI, on the NIAGARA FRONTIER are fortified on
a,I side by official communications, DRAWN" IN the
e rns manner from the War Department Two OF them,
indeed from Gen Mcclure, published aboye,) appear
@ on the sane page, (4S7,) and immediately preceding
,hsst Of Gen Cass which unfeehngy noticed Capt.
i Inn a Rogers of the 24th," being ONE AMONG THE
,nSsrsG on the night Fort Niagara was surprised and
"fen s now ascertain where our Captain Wing Hero"
vas ON the night of the 18th, or at A o'clock on the
orntup of the 10th December lol3 when Fort Niagara
was taken by the enemy. In the handful OF the wing
ittee after exhibiting the letter OF Gen. Cass which
he saws was from the Secretary OF War by Con-
Dress. he parades from the Adutan Generals office,
= boy that he was Fort Niagara the night ii
s taken, but "was at Buffalo under orders from Gen.
MeClure" This is all the evidence he has addnced TO
convict Gen Cass of SANDER and FALsEHoOD! lie has
moi attempted TO bring forward another witness or sol
rv fact TO dspove single allegation contained in the
Generals letter nor has he venured 10 inform the
nublc of how he engaged at the time Niagara was
iaken or when BUFFALO was sormed and reduced to
ashes but relies for his acqmtal entirely upon the note
he has published, signed by j. b. Walbach, Aduant
General We now call attention to this note, pub
Isbed above copied from the wing handful 1t is evil
IDENTIFY intended, by the manner in which it is published,
TO impress the reader with the belief that 1t has been vol
untarfly promulgated by the Adutant General and that
tha GALLANT CAPTAIN OF THE 9TH had nothing to do
with if Now, if we turn to the "Naonal lnelligen.
GER of March ii, 1874, we nd tins note published I'M
der the head of COMMUNICATED" 1t is dated ON THE
18th MARCH; and THEE days after, on the l4ih 1t
captain of the oath, who procured II from the Aduant
Generals office prove that he was at Buffalo on the
10Th December, 1913!
Now we ask ourreaders to peruse carefully the letter of
Gen Cass which made the head and front OF his Of
Tending We publish il above it appears in the "whg
handb" 1t is dated on the 18th of January, 1871, at
Wiiamsve, eleven miles distant from Buffalo. Mark
the dates Fort NIAGARA was taken early on the morn
ing of the 10th December 1913; and on the 30th of the
same month BUFFALO was sormed and laid in ruins On
the 2,h day of January only THIRTEEN DAYS after this
last calamity had Transported we find Gen. Lewis Cass
Drawing the piercing winds of the northern lakes in that
nclement season, passing through Buffalo on his way
from Detroit, (where account OF his "hgh merit and
peculiar fitness he had short time before been appoint
ed civil and military commanderD to attend the court
martial at Albany, then sitting on the trial OF Gen Hull,
in obedience to the orders OF his government he found the
before oushng village of Buffalo in ruins, and the whole
frontier population in state OF alarm. He judged things
as they then appeared to him; and his letter, written
evnces that clearness of intellect quickness of concep
ton, and soundness of judgment, for which he is so
justly celebrated His opinion of the conduct of those
charged with the defence of Niagara and Buffalo, formed
upon the representations made to him by the people who
witnessed it, promptly communicated TO the Secre-
ary OF War; and 1t has been trlumphanty sustained by
the documentary history OF the country
Fort Niagara, as we nave shown' was taken early on
The morning OF the l9th OF Decemper 1918! Al tnat
time Captain Rogers says he was serving under Gen
hcal letter TO the Secretary OF war, december ~ an
nouncng the fall OF Niagara, tells us that he LETT the
Tort ior buffalo nfee ddP previous 10 he dttdcH oh
the 18th day OF December SIX days 6fore me attack we
md hm al Fort WlnneDago preparing 1or H. ana Capt
Rogers, OF the 24th" was with him, as will appear from
Inc lolioWlng;
GENKRAL} HEADQUARTERS FoRr NIAGARA,
ORDERS December IL, 1913
oapah Leonard Will as soon as Pos soie nave proper
no u nos ehaaeS ,R ne oIie ss' anu
bonld he nosted with their men in case Of an aftacL and
should thew not be able to maintain the outworks to
to the block and hou and have everything
in such though he expected Immediate
tack
Muchls expected OF Captain Leonard from his long eI
@ h anu n n q aay a1 .e Gesa iee,s conn
g l nc WIN pe ws, py GaP, ooas' Oh e ar
Rv order of of Ri Rr;g o Cen Geo McCimre,
Lieut.. 18th U. s. infantry, and VOL Ad-de-camp
GENERAL Headquarters Fort NIAGARA,
ORDERS : December IT, 1873
me contractor WIN dcposle IN Fort Niagara, mmedl,
aey' one month provision or three hundred men, and
SIipvssu nlncss p' " wiz to'"o a'o ISSUE a. '
At Lewiston saw for 500 men: at schosser. 200 men
at Buffalo 1000 men for one month
The commanding officers at the different stations will
sign returns.
ny 0"oi VI "on' Niooiure' IouN pocrps
Cant 9th mi Act Aidde.camp
Wa co,c ,ho ho ..a,or,I doy -, ~ .,N.,;on
Il ~ noPy 'e DG'I soneia oiu1.o Iioh 'o tNa'Ji
a heSeiCeI % january ~, 1914 alnouSn lney also
appear IN the volume !, American State Papers,, en-
cosedln and forming part OF, the first official despatch
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