The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-04-08

been Declared; IN the other no mention w..
made Of the matter One Of these Iettersw
despatched by special messenger; the o,hs,
was sent by the public mail to Cleveland. and
thence through a wilderness Of one hupd,.d
miles by such conveyance as 'saeeidsnf mini,
supply" II might be supposed that the lett,
which was sent so carefully, contained the an
nouncement Of the declaration Of war, seeing
il was rather important than otherwise ,ha, ~.
commander of the army should be apprised as
this event. But not was the other letter tb,,
engrossed the care Of the Secretary. Tbi.
comparatively unirnportant letter reached In.
camp on the 9th Of June. Eight days after
wards, the one containing information Of IN,
declaration Of war-whch seems TO hay, b..n
too sensible Of its own importance TO make any
vulgar haste-presented itself in camp. Two
days before this, the enemy al Maiden had r,-
ceived the intelligence. General HulL h,5
placed on board a vessel important baggage
stores. and the invalids Of the army. The But
ish garrison at Maiden. having been apprised Of
the declaration Of war, quietly took possession
Of the vessel as il was passing the fort
Such beginning leads US naturally TO expect
the events which followed. In a short i'm
Michilimackinac was taken, and this eneogr,.
ged the Indians TO resort in great numb,r. 10
, the British standard. Gen. tiULL's supnlis.
were cut OFF, for the enemy commanded the ak.
with their ships, and the forest with their Ind
ans. Gen. DEAKBOkS, instead Of co-Oper.,iny
with Gen. Hun, had made an aTmistis. Nh.
the British Commander, excluding Gen HIM
from lis operation. Gen. BROCK was thus q,
abled to send reinforcements To act agaa.,
II Gen. HUI. We quote Mr. Clarks's suons
statement:
"Genersl Hull found himself. ihereior,. 80
n tirely deprived Of the assistance On which h.
had depended lie is told by the Secretary o.
War, June 2i) which letter Was not recev.i
until the 9Th Of July, that ian adequate for,-
cannot soon be relied upon for the reductio, a,
the enemy's posts below YOU" From th- Ner,b
he hears Of the fail Of MichilImsckinae ami Of
the approach Of Z, 900 hostile Indian warriorsspt
400 employees Of the Northwest Camp,uv
d front of his own army, he finds rriuioFc.-
menis continually arriving, of regulars ana
le militia, TO strengthen the British troops at Ma
den. On the Lake, his Communications V-r.
cut of by the British fleet, on the south hy
land, his communications were cut Oh by ,ts
Indians, aud an attempt Ia restore them by Nau-
horne's detachment, had been unsuccessful go
Within his own army, ignorant and incavat.
Of understanding this stale Of things. there VA,
DA spirit of INSTRUMENTATION and autihy foster
ed and encouraged even By the militia Od.crr,
themselves. In this stale Of Affairs, on the IN
Of August, he received letters from Gen. hsH
and ten. Porter, commanding al Niagara abr
., Black Rock, informing him that a large haa.-
Der Of boats filled with British troops had 5a-s-
ed over Lake Ontario To the west part Of IT, ala
4. hi NIL.
wise that the British forces, with the CANADIAN
militia and sayagrs, on the opposite side Of the
Niagara river, We're moving by water % Tie
same point; and what was NOSE decisive ~ttH.
General Hull was Informed by the same letters.
9Th that assistance cooperation would b. sf.
re- fOrded from that quarter 10 The Hoops uBirG s
comma nd
Under these circumstances % attack Mallsn,
even IL the attack were successful. would hav.
been useless. To take Maiden would not open
the Lake nor the forest; would bring no sup
plies TO his troops, aud IL must soon have fallen
aws again for want of them. The First thing % b
done was, 10 reopen the communicates
through the wilderness 20 Ohio. For ths pur-
'n' pose General Hull re-crossed tn his army Ia
Detroit on the evening Of the eth Of August
leaving 4 sufficient body Of troops intFrIct-s
and fortified on the other bank. 10 enable him Q,
regain the British shore, soon As Ia, couuu.
PFC nications were clear"
Eis zen. BRock crossed from Malien to Detroil
ldeT and was preparing for an assault upon tie fori
MIS- when Gen. lIULL determined TO surreRdrr-al
act which Mr.. CL,RKE regards as 1.-THE braves
ma, and MODEST action Of hie hitherto universal
,oh regarded as that Of brave and patriotic naa
era 1T would have required very little courage Q
a, fight. General Hull had been IN many nat,Is
of the Revolution. There probably was not b
oa'- officer solder IN his whole army, who IA
,ake seen hall as much of himself he IA
aste led a column Of seven Companies al the TAIN
No, Of Stony Point with the bayonet, Unoe
General Wayne; for his conduct which &C
non ton he received the thanks OF sshing tOn. an
the promotion in the service. tie IN the mas
hast of the battle Of White Plains, Snd tler
l;s. wounded.
lie was in the battles OF Trenton ana frEcs
0hs' ton, and was promoted for his conduct thos
been engagements. lie fought at Ticond-roga,
ND Bemis' Heights, in the battle Of October TN.
- Monmouth, Morrissania, ana other plscss, m
led regiments and battalions in most 0t thes
,ely, actions, Now, the couragr which can engss
flare in a battle is very much thing OF habit Man
dual men are towards IN their hrst battle almost a
men are brave in their tenth. Is 10 hksll
therefore, that General Hull should have bee
keep the only man in his army, disabled BY isa
pre- from fighting Gen. Brock Is not THIS suPPc
ape siton an absurdity What then were his 10
sons, as given BY himself tSeneral Huh ~
now in the position in which, as he had stale
hich before the war To the Administration, Delro
tion must fall. His communications to Ohio VEL
ran | cut off BY the Indians in the woods his 60,
munication by the Lake, by the British :
NC and he had CO. operation below, al Nara
after Under these circumstances. tue fall Of D-tr,
that was inevitable. If he should night a bs.tIs q
the defeat the British army, this resu!t wo,d not
less inevitable, for victory would NOT rep
'"' his communications. Besides -. Ms foTr
'erto were vastly inferior 10 those Of ,hs enemy
in provisions were nearly exhag s,es ana there v
en- no possibility Of obtsiaiY 4, supplv from Al
w,. quarter IL he We're 10 6gRt. he would say.
own reputation, bat = oult NOT save the army
erfnoiy, ana he W Ould BE- exposing the defsn'
eS lhhao'Ah's of Michigan 10 ali the ho-r'
hich " i"usan "S ARE, without a reason OF a. o
man Jec" ehe~ these circumstances, il would
ard. "e paI' Of a selfish man TO hight. Il vas :
Pa''"'. a brave and generous man, TO hazard q
'"e sue dhce Of his own reputation a soldier, o.
word 'is own selfish feelings To his duty As UoV'
a nor and a man. General Hull did the iast-al
TO the time Of his death, never regretted Il ioI
aeh- moment. In disgrace; condemned 10 death
both a coward; believed To he traitor by the ign
H. rant; seeing the success Of his ealumn'aioi
who built their fortunes on the ruin OF his on
y he was always calm, tranquil aud happy
knew that his country would one day also u
then derstand him, and that history would at last
oton him justice tie was asked, GA has death-be
~, whether he still believed he had done night
the surrender Of Detroit-sRd he replied thai
at did, and was thankful that he had been enabi'
Al TO do