Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-02-02

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with his customary warmth and bitter
ness that seems almost absurd at this
late day:
"Without shedding drop of blood,
without firing a single gun, the fort,
with all its cannon, was taken with
BurgOyne at Saratoga from the British,
with vast amount of powder, lead,
cannon-balls and all the munitions of
war-all. were surrendered, uncondi-
tionally surrendered to the enemy.
The enemy himself must have doubted
his own senses on that occasion. Let
us see: Twenty-Five hundred men,
with all their arms; twenty-five pieces
of iron cannon and eight brass ones;
forty barrels of powder-all were sur
rendered without firing gun to about
one thousand militia and few
Indians! 1t was even done so, done by
Gen. Hull, Madison's Commander-in-
Chief of the Northwestern Army.
"Colonels Macarthur and Cass, with
about four hundred of the very best
troops In the army, had been despatch
ed at the very moment they would be
most needed, under the pretense of
guarding the wagons with the provis-
ions which Gov. Meigs, of Ohio, was
forwarding to the army. These troops,
under Macarthur and Cass, had march
ed about forty miles into the country
among the whortleberry hills of Mich
igan and then marched back again
without seeing any provisions, until
they arrived within about nine miles
of Detroit on their return. Here they
were refreshing themselves on the pro-
duets of some bee-hives and q fat steer
which they had just killed. Here they
were met by flag of truce borne by
British officer and file of men, from
whom they learned that they were
prisoners of war. They marched for
ward to Detroit, laid down their arms
on the pavement and were marched
into the fort, which was then so crowd
ed that there was scarcely room for
them to lie down in it. Capt. Brush,
who was guarding the provisions, was
included in the capitulations, as we'll as
the provisions themselves; and as if
that was not enough. All the troops
who were then marching to join Hull's
army, we presume amounting to ten
thousand in all, were also surrendered.
These, however, never gave themselves
up, but returned home.
'Thus ended the expedition. The
militia were allowed to return home on
their parole of honor not to serve in the
war until exchanged. They were
landed on our shore along Lake Erie at
different points. Gen. Hull
and the regrlar officers were reserved
for the triumphant entry of the British
officers into Montreal and Quebec.
Thither they were taken and Hull him
self, seated in an old, ragged, open
carriage, was drawn through the streets
of Montreal and thus exhibited as a
rare show to the natives there assembl-
ed. But the heart sickens at the
recital; and we dismiss Hull and his
with the remark that he
was afterwards tried for his conduct by
a court martial on three charges, viz:
First, for treason; second, cowardice,
and third, unofficer-like conduct. He
was found guilty of the two last, con-
demned to death and pardoned by the
President who had appointed such an
creature to his high station
of COmmander-in-Chief of the North
western Army. He was broken though
and we do not regret to state is long
since dead. We now return to Ohio.
With this summary dismissal of
Gen. Hull we also return to Ohio.
We pass on now to the closing events
Of the war: The seige of Fort Meigs, |
gallant defense of Fort
Stevenson and Perry's celebrated vic
tory on Lake Erie-all of which are
historical events of great Importance
The ladies of ChilIicothe, as soon as
they heard of Croghan's gallant de-
fense, voted him a sword. In Niles
Register of that time the reader will
find their address to Croghan, and his |
answer. The brilliant victory of Com
modore Perry has been immortalized
by Powel's celebrated painting in the
rOtunda of the State House, of which
The State may we'll be proud.
Says Atwater: Within three hours
Of the seige, this engagement termi-
mated in favor of "Free trade and sail
,r's rights.n Perry, writing in the
same style in which he fought, in
formed Gen. Harrison that, tive have
met the enemy, and they are ours."-
THE victory was an entire one, Perry |
all the ships of the enemy
md six hundred prisoners, which out
numbered our entire force at the COM
of the action. He took /
also, six more cannOns than he had of
MS own. This was one of the best |
fought battles recorded in history
Barclay fought bravely, manfully and
we'll, but Perry fought better and sue
,eeded in capturing an entire squadron
rom the enemy.n This most decisive |
victory opened passage into Canada |
which Hull had so ingloriously sur
Let us sum up the conclud-
ng events of the war Of 1872, from the !
pages of the same chronicler:
1.-THE war may be said to have ended |
IN Ohio, on the 5th day of October,
S13, and all that was done afterwards
vas merely guarding this frontier,
,y Gen. Duncan Macarthur, who was
appointed Brigadier General in the
'egular army and took command here. |
dov. Meigs had been appointed Post
naster-General and settled in WASH
ngton City. Harrison resigned his
commission, and was elected to Con-
yress by the Cincinnati district. Me-
Arthur made an expedition into Upper
canada, in the summer and autumn of
.814, disarmed the militia and destroy
I'd some public property there. The |
)eace was declared In the spring OfI
1915, and all has been peace in Ohio
ever since. And so may it ever remain
n peace and prosperity. The immedi-
tie effects of the war on Ohio, are
summed up in few sentences.
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