Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1861-07-27

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10 our domestic manufactures and to the
growth of our Navy, they aided greatly to Gre
ate the means which will now enable the ma
tion to put down speedily with strong hand
the lnsolent traitors who have fallen away so
rashiy from the spirit and example Of their
noble fathers, and deserting the affairs of re-
publican liberty at which they worshiped
have hastened to pass themselves. and are at
tempting to compel US and our children to pass
through the fires of the Moloch of Slavery.
The first efforts of land warfare in the war Of
1912 were signally unsuccessful, due as is now
universally admitted, to the incapacity Of the
Government, and the want Of spirit and enter
prise on the part Of the General in commsnd
Hull wss sent to Detroit with very INADEQUATE
force, under order to invade and conquer Upper
Canada. Hulls troops were eager for action
and had Amberstburg-the post Of the enemy
nearest to Detroit, and held by q weak garris-
on-been attacked Immediately, it might have
been taken; but, ignorant Of the weakness of
the enemy, though fully conscious Of his own,
and discouraged by his isolation from means of
suecor-for he was 200 miles distant from the
nearest frontier settlements, and 500 from any
source of efeetusl support; much worse off in
that respect than any of eur present generals
Hull wished TO fortify his camp, to get his can
non mounted, to give time for the operation of
aformidsble proclamation which be had issued.
While he was thus employed, the British gen.
eral, Proctor-for Proctor we might read John
ston-srrived at Amherstburg, with reinforce.
ment', followed, FIRST by Gen. Brock and then
by Tscumseh, noble Indian. any parallel for
whom We should seek in vain in the ranks of
our rebels. Hull thereupon gave over the in
vasion of Canada and retired to Detroit, where
he shortly after ingloriously surrendered to
the approaching British and Indians, whereby
not only Detroit, but the whole peninsula Of
Michigan, passed into the hands Of the British.
Ul hn 0utn ntohR al
President and Cabinet-though they them-
selves, by the inadequacy Of the forces which
they had placed at Hulps disposal, were great
ly to blame for it-great the astonishment and
anger Of the people at the mortifyipg termina-
tion of the first attempt to conquer Canada.
But, 80 far from checking the ardor of the
western people, it stimulated them to fresh
exertions, and before long force was placed
at the disposal of Gen. Harrison, who succeeded
to Hull's command, by which, in the course of
the next year, Michigan was recovered. the
battle OF the Thames was fought, and Upper
Canada temporarily occupied.
We might cite other incidents of this war,
including the conquest Of Washington itself by
the enemy, the burning of the national CAPT.
tOl-then rs now, in an unfinished condition
and the coming together Of Congress, the blac-
kened ruins Of the Capitol still smou!dering,
IN the Patent Office, the sole remaining public
building, hastily and scantily fitted up for the
reception Of tho national Legislature Worse
and more alarming than all, we might picture
tho fierce contentious snd embittered spirit of
party by which the national legislature was
divided when thus assembled in this hour of
disaster to quarrel over the past and with
specie payments suspended and national credit
at the lowest ebb, ~ provide as well ss they
could for the future. We prefer rather 10
quote few extracts from Madison's message
sent to Congress at that meeting, and which
are not without a certain applicability to the
present moment: Awaiting himself of fortui-
tous advantages, our enemy is aiming with his
undivided force deadly blow at our growing
prosperity, perhaps at our national existence. =
:. He has svowed his purpose of trampling On
the usages Of civilized warfare, AID given
earnest Of Ii in the plunder and wanton de-
struction OF private property He strikes
with peculiar animosity at the progress Of our
navigation and our manufactures" From
such an adversary, hostility in its greatest
fOrce and worst forms may be looked for The
American people will face it with the undaunt-
ed spirit which, in our revolutionary struggle,
defeated all the unrighteOUs projects aimed at
them. His threats and his bSrbarities viii
kindle in every bosom, instead of dismay. an
indignation not to be extinguished but by his
disaster and expulsion {" In providing the
means necessary, the National Legislature will
not dlstrust the heroic and enlightened patri-
otism Of its constituents. They will cheerfully
and proudly bear every burden of every kind
which the safety and honor of the nation de-
mand. We see them rushing with enthusiasm
10 the scenes where danger aud duty call In
offering their blood, they give the sarest pledge
that 10 other tribute will be withheld"
There is as much patriotism in the country
now as in the Revolution, or in 1914 The
traitors Of the South are no more formidable
than were the tories of the Revolution, who at
one time, aided by the British, had complete
possession OF the States of Georgia and the
Carolinas, with an invading army in Virginia:
while, in contrast to the war of 1872, the pee.
pie Of the North, and we may say of the Union,
are united as one MANY. Y. Tribune.