The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-10-06

infantry, TO direct the of the cavalry and
give them the necessary support" Again, IN the same
letter. speaking of the conduc, of the officers and
under bis command, General Harrison says Il have
already stated thai Gen CAss and Con. PERRY assisted
me in forming the troops Tor action The former an OF
icer OF the HIGHEST MERIT and the appearance OF the
brave Commodore cheered aud animated every breast
Sol Rogers" has published garbied extracts from The
above letter 10 sustain his charge of cupable neglect
against Gen Cas- Tor not having his brigade IN I'M ac
ton. We will give the assigned by Gen Harm
son as they are written IN the commencement oil ms e
ter lie says; Gen Cass's brigade and he corps OF
Lieut. Col. Ball were left at andwich, with orders 10
iollow me as soon as the men received Their k'ess
and blankets, which had been left island on laise
Enc. The naUoiabie detau at SdHd7ieh ieas attended
ruth no disadvantage 10 ts!!"
The command OF General ass had Just returned IRON
pelilous and faiiguing expedition, where they couh
not be encountered with blankets and knapsacks ana hey
were unavodably lei on small island m The lake IN
the published .bography"' of General CAss "A faithful
history is given of the whole movement of The army,
showing that but a small portion OF his brigade was in
the battle OF the Thames and the reasons assign
ed for lis not being there which are given by General
| Harrison, above quoted But what was the conduct
OF The gallant, The glorious young General, when he
found the army ready TO march 10 victory OF DEATH at
that crisis OF the campaign, and has brigade must neces-
sanly be left behind? Did he quietly avail himself oil
the ease and comfort then offered, and remain with his
command? No no He belled on his sword, and said
10 his commanding general II trV 60 Nth you 10 The
fight Of yor a,dsn' And he did go, and by The
OF the general he took his position the head Of
| the front lne' 81 the invlncible legion.
Gen Harrson's letter TO The Secretary OF War, above
referred is part OF the countrys history, and be
found almost everywhere We are quoting from Nes's
found the general orders issued by Gen HARRISON "a
copy OF which enclosed in his letter the Secretary
Of War; prescribing the order of march and OF battle,
when the whole army should act together" This order
is dated Headquarters, on board the United States
schooner Ariel, Sept 27ih lsl3". The battle was
fought and the victory gained the 9Th of October.
In This general ORDER, General Cas- and his brigade
which II was then expected woud be in the acton-are
frequently mentioned and assigned important and honor
able positions. Ii concludes follows:
'Brgaler General Cass icN designate such officers AS
HE DEEM PROPER, 10 ASSIST Capt Eliot, Of The nary
IN The orrangemeat Of the boats and the DEBARoArIoN
THE TROOPS. The General will be The signal for the
whole 10 move. BY command:
" EDMUND p GAINES, Col s. AdIt Gen"
Here is the ORDER ITSELF directing the "debarcation"
of the troops. which the 'bographer" of Gen. Cass
aud directed by Gen. Cass OF the army, and Capt Elliot
OF the navy" Why, the order as published is much
of the service performed by his biographer Yet the
new luminary at the wing stand and his printed hand
bl. pronounce this notice. "attogether taise;' and
HE claims share of the performance of 'hat honora-
Bile duty II here appears that, in arranging his plans
of battle and providing for the execution Of important
services, Gen. Cass is assigned the most prominent
position and is given full and entire power by the COM
manderin chief to select such officers he MAY deem
proper to aid him. Here is the cQuntry's record-let
| be read. The name OF LEWIS CASS appears among
the gallant heroes whose glorious deeds adon each page
| but there is no such TO be found as 'CAprAIN
John Rogers Of the 9th infantry" or Of COLONEL
hero, Gen. Harrison has treated him most shamefuy
for he has breathed his name in prose or verse in
any OF his dispatches to the War Department.
So much for the SANDER the living and the dead :;
that Gen. Harrison had no confidence in Gen Cass"-
would not appoint him to any command, because he
could not trust him " The blush of shame must rise to
the cheek of every hghminded hearted man of
every party and condition, whilst perusing the vile AMI
npudent alsehoods put forth by the unprinciped tool
lately enlisted 10 do Their very laudable work of de-
traction and SANDER.
la to morrows paper shall proceed with the expo
sltlon OF this last desperate attempt of the opposition
dat fEn ilotar
reckless use OF their favOre weapons ISLANDER, FRAUD
and Fn.sEHooD Gen. Cass, we have said, has been
oitennes assalled in the ercest and most reckless
ner, since The commencement of this political campaign
and fasehood after faisehood leveed against his fair
lame and spoess reputation exposed nothing but the
disgrace OF their authors The SANDER next preceding
the in course of dissection is attributed by the
-" Paterson Guardian to an honorable member of Con
gress-Mr KING OF Georgia Strange to say! he has
not so lar as we are aware contradicted it, But the
strong resemblance of his banng to the masterpiece of
iniamy now exhibiting in handful form, as the offspring
OF . The wing platform, warrants the suspicion thai the
georgia member, II he did utter those extraordinary ex
pressons, was furnished with his weapons" by .tCo
John Rogers, formerly of the northwestern army" and
that the honorable gentleman now very sorry that he
suffered himself TO soil his fingers by touching them
The tissue OF Misrepresentation attributed to his speech
concerning Gen and his connexion with the surrender
oGen Hull, and calling him the bero of that surrender
was mel promptly by an appeal to Gen JEsUp the present
distinguished and universally known Quartermaster Cen
eral Of the American army acting adiuan general al De-
tro at that time who instantly responded 10 the appeal
and put down. at once and forever the vile, the gceess
Islander.
r The name OF General THOMAS s. JEsup stands before
The country without blot benish, or suspicion that
either ever existed in his pure character There are few
any, ohcers OF the army living, who have served
IN more important campaigns incurred more personal risk
in hard-fought battles rendered more important
services to the country. And he has in his possession
noted down from personal observation at the time-im
porian matter TOR future history connected with the
events OF the last war with England which can nowhere
else be found When General Jesup speaks the people
OF this country will sten they will then PAUSE and RE-
ION Now hear what the General says his letter dated
September 25, 1885, answering the charges preferred
against Gen. Cass in Mr.. Kings speech as being the
hero OF liuls surrender, &c Afterquoting the charge
he says:
Gas the acting adjutant general the army detailed
that detachment, and by the order of Gen Hull placed
Col Macarthur (not Col Cass) in command The gen
hundred and fifty Col. McArhus md the sam,
number from Col Cass's regiment, and few mounted
men were directed TO accompany Before the detach
ment marched, number of volunteers joined from both
regiments so that The aggregate force, when lett
camp, about four hundred mem Col Lass was MOI n;
part OF the detail; lie joined volunteer. When
dersfuod TINT he desired To objected colonies
ing with small detachment the service was con
sdered by all extremely perous Sol Cass claimed
II as right to share the dangers with his was
permitted by the general, ordered accompany lem
'On the 10th OF August General Hull surrendered he
Tort and army by capituaton forces unde
the command OF Major General Brock, and included Col
McAtiur's detachment in the capituation The colonel
hati Deen ordered by express Detrs he
was within three or four miles OF the fort re-
ceived intelligence of the surrender He fell back obout
three miles To the Huron, where received the m
tclss ol capliuaioo, with order from General Hull to
surrender The colonel was, believe bound in COOL faith
PEELED to submit, for he had days subsistence nor n
dozen rounds oil nd He