The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1848-10-21

lHC DtlIl uUuSt Dlduucr dSdln NdH-
| ed to the Counter as a Base Fab
rication The Infamy Of FEEDER
alism Exposed.
D The infamous SANDER against Gen.
| Cass, that he erected the first dstilIery
lin Detroit, and sold the whiskey at
thirty dollars a gallon to the Indians, is
still going the rounds Of the federal
press. and vile carricatures. represent
ing Gen. Cass as peddling out the whis
key, have been painted and exhibited
| by the whig leaders, at the mass meet
ings of that party.
II" Gen. Cass has ever been strictly tenn
perate tea-never having tasted drop OF
Iardenspirits during his long and event
| fuI life. This fact is well known--it
has been made the subject OF comment
long before Gen. Cass was nominated
for President, and no federal paper has
yet dared to name the man that dare
dispute it.. This fact, then, being known,
| the charge that Gen. Cass manafactur-
ed and sold to the Indians, at price
sixty or one hundred times its selling
price, that which he would not use him.
self. is SD serious one, that we wrote
to Michigan to ascertain the facts
Some days since, we published the re-
ply OF Hon. Lucius Lyon, which efec-
tualIy repelIed the caIumny. Our
neighbor Of the Journal objected TO the
testimony ofiMr. Lyon, on The ground
, that most of it was hearsay evidence.
J and hence it could. not be received
We now submit evidence that is clear,
/ positive, and to the 'point-from the on
ly men now living, capable Of giving
/, positive evidence on this subject, and
, witnesses, too, whose standing in so.
ciety is as far above that of the SLAM
J, derers Of Gen. Cass, as il is possible for
one man TO be above another.
Col. Edwards, who wri.es US from
Kalamazoo, was formerly citizen of
, Ohio--was Il member OF the Ohio Leg
lslaiure from Montgomery county--was
a Major and Deputy Quarter Master
General in the war OF 1912, and was
:. subsequently President of the L.egsla-
J, tive Council of Michigan. As man
) of hnnor and veracity he has no supe.
, rior, and no man in Michigan or Ohio,
dare challange his word on the state
:. ment of a matter of fact. He was the
owner, in part, of the distillery--was
the man that erected it, and his state
: ment shows the utter !aIsity Of the
. charges against the Democratic canoi.
date.
+. William B. Hunt, Of near Detroi', is
the surviving brother of the partner of
} Col. wards-was clerk in the estab.
MISUNDERSTANDING with the business,
and is a man of sterling worth, whose
!, word is as good as a bond. At the
J present time, he is one of the County
Auditors of Wayne county, Michigan,
4 (an Office similar to that of County
Commissioner in this State.) and is a
highly respected member Of the Pres.
byterian Church. In reply to an in.
snuation OF the Journal, on a former
occasion, we will remark, that he is
neither related 10 Gen. Cass by blood
or by marriage: .a csf;,e+ta.s
| ,,,;, KALAMAZOO, Sept. 18, 1848.
Editor Ohio Statesman:
1 Sir: The story to which you refer,
as running the round OF some of the pa
pers, that Gen. Cuss erected the first
dislilery in Detroit, and manufactured
whiskey and sold il to the Indians, is an
entire falsehood, without the slightest
foundation in truth. The first distillery
there, was erected BY me. Ii was, l
think, in l822, when the late. Col. Hen
rs !. Hunt and myself were contractors,
| for furnishing the army rations, for the
troops, OF which whiskey was then a
component part. found il necessary.
4 to ensure the supply at a reasonable
rate, to erect a disiillery, and did so;
and after the expiration Of our joint
contract, | sold out the dis.ilery 10 Col.
Hunt, who took the contract separate.
jlv, ani continued the manufacture of
whiskey some three years perhaps.
| when he abandoned it, and the distillery
was discontinued. Gen. Cass never
had the slightest interest in the erection
of the distllery, or in carrying it on:
and this falsehood, now for the first
time started, is coined aut Of the SIM
piegfact, that the building was erected
on a piece Of ground l'had leased from
Gen. Cass. The truth oil all thisis well
known to every old inhabitant Of De /
tfoit, Cor it was then quite small place,
and every mans business was pretty
welhknowhg to his neighbor, and do
not believe that there is one Of them
who will not vonch for its truth. 9ysai