The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1866-07-07
GENERAL LEWIS oAss.

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cease.
Lewis remained at Exeter until 1893.
when he went to WILMINGTON, Del, find.
ing employment there as a teacher. In
October, 1900, he removed to Merietta.
OLlo. where he entered on the study of
the law, and was admitted 10 the bar in
| Decemb Der, 1903. He soon after estab-
lished himself at Evansville, where, in
1906, he married Elizabeth Spencer 10
the same yea Mr.. -Cass was elected a
member of the Ohio Legislature. aud
soon after was appointed by President JEFF
terson as U. S. Marshal for Ohio.
! In 1919, upon the outbreak of the war
with Great Britain. Mr.. Cass was chosen
Colonel of the 81 Regimentof Ohio Vol
unteers. and proceeded with his men to
DetEeil. reaching thee early In July.
4 The Ameri5aa troops at that point soon
later marched into Canada; the preelama-
ton issued on this occasion was written
by Col. Cass. In skirmish, July 18th.
at bridge across the Aux Canards R.v-
err, Col. Cass drove the British from their
position. Shortly afterwards the U. S.
forces recrossed to Detroit, which point,
with the Territeryof Michigan, was sur
rendered, Aug. l6, by Gen. Hull to the
British Gen. Brock, At the time of the
surrender, Col. ,Cass was absent with a
detachment, but was included in the cap
itulation, and, when asked TO give up his
sword, Indignantly broke the blade and
threw it away. lie was paroied, and GO
ling to Washington, gave tie first official
account of the campaign to the public.
In January, 1918, he was exchanged, and
about the same time was commissioned
as Colonel in the regu!ar service. In
In March of the same year he was fui :
Their promoted to the rank of Brigadier
General, and, joining Gen. Harrison's ar
my, bore bis snare in the pursuit of Gen.
Proctor and the victory Of the Thames.
He was then placed in command of De-
troit, and shortly after was appointed Gov
ernor of the Territory of Michigan. s"-
In June, 1915. Gov. Cass removed his
family to Detroit, and the next yeaa pur-
| chased there tract of land for which be
paid $4,000, and the value of which is
now estimated at millions Gov Cass
was e9 o6fcio Superintendent of Indian
Affairs for the Territory, W hich included
what now constitutes the States of Mich
| igan anu Wisconsin, and ultimately his
uPerintendency was made to embrace all
the tribes northwest of the Ohio. Up
to his resignation of the Office of Govern
or, In July, 1881, he bad concluded nire
teen treaties with the Indians, by which
cessions had been acquired in Ohie, In
diana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin,
to an amount equal to nearly or quite
fourth part of entire area of those States.
When President Jackson reconstruct
ed his. Cabinet, in August, 1881. Gen.
Cass was appointed Secretary of war. In
1886, he exchanged that position for the
Ambassadorship to France. He vas on
excellent terms with Louis Philippe, Of
whose character be gave very favorable
report in his ''King, Court and Govern
mentof France" By far the most re-
markable incident of his diplomatic. ca
reer occurred near its close, in February,
1845, in his attack on the quintuple treaty
(between Great Britain, France, Russia,
Austria and Prussia for the suppression
of the slave trade. He protested against
the treaty as an attempt to interpolate a
new doctrine into international law. Lou
is Philippe did not venture to ratify the
treaty, and it fell to the ground. @
The course adopted by Gen. Cass in
this matter met the approval of President
| Tyler; but the Ashburton treaty nego
tiated shortly afterwards, was regarded by
the General as substantially disavowal
Of his protest, aud he accordingly re-
signed his Embassy, returning home at
the close of 1842. IA
T. H.
for the Democrat nomination for the Pres
idency, and, on the seventh ballot in the
National Convention. received "a votes
more than Mr.. Van Buren,, the principal
opposing candidate, hut still short of a
majority. After the eighth ballot the
names of both Gen. Cass and Mr.. Van
Buren, were Withdrawn, and on tho ninth
ballot James K. Polk was nominated.
Shortly after Mr.. Folks election, Gen,
Cass was chosen a D. S. Senator from
Michigan. taking his seat in December,
1945. He soon made himself conspic-
uous on the Oregon question, then mat
ter of dispute with Great Britain. He
insisted upon the maintenance, at all haz-
ards, of our claims as far north as 81
degrees 40 minutes. The dispute was
SOon EeIlieu py tteatJ iH@uo ANA .e'''ttt0u
in spite of the OPPOSITION of the General.
AS the Mexican war approached con-
clusion, his famous Nicholson letter made
its appearance. This letter, dated Dec.
"a, 1847, proposed to keep the question
of slavery or it's probibitatiOn in the ter
ritory to be acquired from Mexico out of
Congress, by setting up for The Legisla-
tures of the territories exclusive right OF
deterpjng their own domestic institu
ttions.
In 1913, Gen. Cass was nominated for
President, on the fourth ballot. by the
Democrat National Convention. He fail
ed. however, to secure an election-Gen,
MISUNDERSTANDING him by SO electoral
votes.
! Gen. Cass. on being nominated for tbs
Presidency, had resigned his seat in .he
Senate, but was elected, in June, 1913
Nor the remainder Of the term he had re.
, signed. In 1850 he was a member o
Mr.. Clay's Compromise Committe, and
supported all the measures which en2na
ted from it. He was reelected as Sena
: tor from MichiOan. for the term of sil