The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-10-10
COMMUNICATIONS.


This number will close the winding sheet around he
,.aJ.ys promulsalei from the ewing Platform" in this
civ on The night of Friday the 22d September, which
have been published and circulated in the form OF hand
hill II the execution OF the task have undertaken
oe, not place the sandeer the predcamen occupied BY
his usirious namesake at Smi,held, VIII az least stl
him of his fangs, and leave hun an unenyiable burden
on the hands OF his employers; whilst al the same hne
il will serve arouse the American people, and urge
them 10 come FORTH in the power OF their strength and
manlines TO elevate the man al Their ehocehe patriot
in peace the hero in war-whose fair and unsuied
character stands as unscathed and mpregnabe against
the infamous assaults OF his sanderers does the ocean
rock" upon which the tempest and the pillows exhaust
their strength and fury but 10 make shine clearer and
brighter -. a, -.
taton of General Cass For the purpose OF reference we
will again introduce il: 'Cass's biography exposed -
Casss cowardice proved. and his ISLANDERS against the
New York VOLUNTEERS and others admitted By himself
10 be false"
Under this head, the instrument OF the wing CON-
mee proclaimed that General Cass was a LIAR and a
cowARD-hat his published biography tissue OF
fasehoods-that General Harrison had confidence in
him, and would never assign him to any command"
Every assertion and declaration made support of these
charges we proved IN our first number 10 be absolutely
and unqualhedly FALsE-base and infamous fabreaions
in their mlnuesl parsand our 2ro9f came from ue pub
iisted HISTORY OF THE COUNTRY We have
poyed other weapon defensive or offensive; il is
sufficiently potent not only to protect the veteran patriot
in the bosom of his family. at the spot where he
gained SO many unfadlng laurels, against every assault
made upon his public life, but, whenever referred TO- pre-
sents traits and incidents in his eventful career to
the adniratOn OF the American people.
In Saturdays number took up the prirdte grievance
complained of by the author of the speech published In
the wing handful We repubshed the letter written by
General Cass the IIth January, 1914 to the Secre
tary of War; communicating information in reference to
the surprise and fall OF Fort Niagara and Buffalo We
stated the circumstances under which 1t was written and
showed that il was not intended to be 'secret let
ter, bat furnished by the Secretary OF War with the
other documentary testimony, showing the "causes OF
the failure OF the northern army" which was called for
by resolution of Congress. General Cass, in that
letter, says to the Secretary OF War:
al passed this day the ruins OF Buffalo Il exhibits
scene of distress and destruction such before
Witnessed" ''The fall OF Niagara has been owing the
most erimra ntgge"es The force IN was fully compe
Leonard, is confidently said, al his own house, three
miles the fort" Captain Rogers and Captain Hamp
both OF the 24h, had companies IN the J Both Of
them rere absent from ii :"
So much for the "fall of Fort NIAGARA" This
red before day on the morning OF the l9h December
the 30th of the same month, being ELEVEN days afler
wards In noticing this calamity General Cass, in the
same letter. SAYS that from the best information he could
obtain we had between three and four thousand MILITIA
TO defend Buffalo, and that "a except fen Of them be-
haved in the most cowardly manner They fled without
discharging musket"
The information here given to the government by Gen
Cass both reference to the fall OF Niagara and the de-
strucon of Buffalo, Captain John A Rogers in his wing
speech, pronounces to be FALSE and sLANDERoUs and
says that be compelled General Cass to acknowledge
that they UNTRVE In support OF his position, he
presents paper dated March H. 1913, purportlng to
nate from the AdIuan Generals Office, the character OF
which, and the used to obtain It's publication, we
exposed on Saturday; We will again present the pre-
document for the purpose OF referring to 1t IN an
other place 1t says: From documents DEPOSITED in
this Office it appears that, at the time Fort Niagara
@ q a IL o1dts AZ infantry
Cass said that Capt John 4. Rogers, Of the a4M IN
taken, and that he was ABSENT Does not the tesmo
ny of Gen Mcclure in his letter published in last
number prove that This company was IN the FORT and that
Lieut. Peck who commanded it, was killed And does
not Capt Rogers himself prove his ABSENCE, by exhib
itng evidence to show that he was In BUFFALO when
Niagara was taken? But why has he not told US what
he Was doing in Buffalo at that particular time and why
he left his company in Fort Niagara three days before II
was attacked when was the general impression that
as has been concusvey proved by the documents pub
lished on Saturday But, above all why has not Capt
John Rogers informed his wing friends concerning
in ruins Gen. Cass, in his letter which has given
much offence, strongly eensured some Of those having
charge of the defence of Buffalo. Capt John A. Rogers
to excuse himself for not being at Fort Niagara on the
10th December, when that place shows that
he at that time at Buffalo! Now where was he or
what was he doing the 30h OF the month, when
the British forces made their attack upon BUFFALO,
and laid it in ruins!
These are important and serious questions The ne.
cessiy OF popoundng them would have been obviated if
the ground they occupy had not been too dangerous for
the gallant Captain to tread upon He refers TO Gen.
nronounces gross libel upon the uoiI,ntesy and militia
and with the coolest mpudence gives his opinion that
ga Drawer set OF men did service in the army" but
time. Again, he says:
'Can the highspirted and patriotic people of New York
for who slandered them a communication q
the Secretary of War; dated January H. 1874 and hi, on
the Secretary from for negccng
sufficient forces for the protection of the Niagara frontier"
Now, let resort more TO the published history OF
the countryhe sacred national record that cannot lie
and what will become of the sanderers of Lewis Cass
In Saturdays number published two official letters
from Gen. Mcclure under whose orders Rogers said he
at Buffalo when Niagara taken. The first of
these letters dated at Buffalo, December 30 and comm
nicates 10 the Department of War the melancholy nte
gence of that affair In this letter he the following
language:
although our force very Inferior am induced TO
think the disase is attributable TROOPS
but the commanding officer the fort
CaP Leonard) IN not preparing being ready and looking
out for the expected attack"
The second letter of Gen Mcclure is dated Batavia De-
cember IS, 1913, in which he says:
at notorious fact that the night which Fort
Niagara captured Capt Leonard mds much Intoxicated
and left The fort about III o'clock, assured that
has given himself up and that he and mis- family
the Canadian side OF the strait
From these letters it will be observed that Gen Nc
Cure was at Buffalo on the 22d OF December three days
after the capture of Fort Niagara and on the 25h we find
him in Batavia writing his second account OF the fall OF
that fort In both places find him testfyng against
the conduct of Capt Leonard and sustaining to Its fullest
extent the accusation made by Gen. Cass.
But let us proceed with testimony IN corroboraon
OF the facts communicated by Gen. Cass IN reference TO
the fall OF Niagara and Buffalo The following despatch,
copied from the National lntegencer of January 10,
lS4, communicates the first official information respect
the destruction of Buffalo: