Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-07-01

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GENERAL WILLIAM with war debt OF
HENRY HARRISON. $SOOOO.000. Hel
commerce had suffered immensely
On June 10. 1872. congress declared
war against Great Britain. President
James Madison had sent war messag &c
to congress June l, and two days later
the committee on foreign relations in
the house Of representatives reported a
manifesto as a basis of the declara ton
Of war for these reasons: The Impress
ment Of American seamen by the com
manders of British ships Of war. the
British doctrine and system Of block
ade. the orders in council and. lastly.
various depredations committed by
British subjects on the commerce Of
the United States.
Fighting Blood Was Up.
The British system Of blockade was
aimed against France 1t closed the
main European ports. France retalia
ed by blockade Of all the ports of
the British islands. United States mer-
chant vessels were distressed by both
countries. The United States sought
to prohibit importations from Great
Britain and finally to keep aloof from
commercial intercourse with Europe
A law to this effect. called the embargo
act. was in force from 1907 to 1909.
In point Of fact. lighting blood was
up on both sides in 1912 Some Eng.
lishmen and some Yankees. both on
land and sea. were always ready to
fight ut 1.-The drop Of the hat" In the
summer of 1871 the British sloop OF
war Little Belt answered the custom
ary friendly hail. who are your
from the United States frigate Presi.
dent with cannon shot The Presi-
dent answered in kind until the Eng
lislfman learned to he civil. A few
weeks later the Indians in the north
west attacked General ". II. Harri.
sons camp on the Tippecanoe and
were defeated after desperate battle
1t was claimed that the Indians
aggressions west of the Ohio were in
cited by emissaries who wanted to
annex the upper Mississippi valley to
Canada.
As Patrick Henry said before the
Revolution Of l77G it was useless to
cry peace in 1912 War was inevita-
BILE. 1t found the United States with
an empty treasury. revenue de
stroyed By its nonimportation policy
an army of only 10000 men and a
navy comprising all told fifteen ocean
sailing ships TO offset this weakness
England had Napoleon TO core with
The head of the United States army
was Major General Henry Dearborn
There were four hrigadier generals
among them William Hull. governor
Of the territory of Michigan.
Canada Invaded.
Hull crossed the Detroit river in
July. 1912. with 1900 men to attack
Maiden. He fell back to Detroit and
was besieged there by General Brock
On Aug. Is he surrendered all Mich
gan to Brock. In October Colonel
Solomon Van Rensselaer, and Colonel
Winfield Scott crossed the Niagara
from Lewiston. \. T.. and captured
Queenstown Heights General Brock
was killed in attempting to retake the
ground Finally the Americans who
survived were captured.
The next invasion cost the life of
General Zebulon Pike Pike crossed
the lakes with LOO men and captured
York now TorontoI At the moment,
Of victory the magazine of the British
bockhouse exploded. killing Pike and
tfty-two of his men. York fell April
-. 1918. and a month later tire land
and naval forces combined. led by
General Dearborn and Colonel Scott
and Commodore Isaac Chauncey and
Lieutenant o II. Perry. crossed Ming
ara river and captured Fort George on
the Canada shore
The British attempted 10 offset these
merican triumphs by invading New
York General George Provost. at the
head of thousand men. crossed Lake
Ontario and attacked Sackett's Harbor
The militia OF the district rallied and
drove the invaders back TO their boats
Early in the war General W. Fl. Har.
rison OF Tiprecanoe fame set out with
a force to assist in the invasion Of Can
ada. A detachment OF EentuckianS
led by CooneI Winchester defeated n
force of British and Indians on Raisin
river Michigan. but met with surprise
and massacre Jan ~. 1918 This bat
tie gave tn. Kentuckians the famous
war cry "Remember the river Raisin.
Meanwhile Harrison had established
himself at Fort Meigs. on the Maumee.
near Perryvile. O. Ohio men, led by
the youthful Major George Croghan
built Fort Stephenson at Lower San
dusky (now Fremont. The British under
Colonel Henry prnctor marched across
Michigan to attack Fort Meigs Gener
al Green Clay fought his way into the
besieged fort with several hundred
Kentuckians. shouting their battle cry
Remember the river Raisin." The
regular garrison then rallied and drove
the British from their batteries This
was May &, 1915. In August Proctor
surrounded Fort Stephenson and de