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Baltimore, Sept. 6.
LETTER OF TRb SECRETARY or WAA
[To the Editors of the Baltimore Pa
triot*]
, It may be due to myself and is
certainly due to others, that (he rea
sons uncled which I retired from the
direction of the War Department, at
a juncture so critical as the present,
should be fully ami promptly .known’
to the public. —*»These reasons will
be found in the following brief expo
sition of facts.
On the evening of the 29th ultimo,
the President called at my lodgings
and stated that a case of much deli
cacy had occurred ; that a high de
gree of excitement had been raised
among the .Militia of the District ;
that he v f as himself an object of their
suspicions and menaces ; that an offi
cer of that corps had given him no
tice, that they would no longer
obey anv order coming through me
as Secretary of War ,• and that in the
ui’gejiey of the case, it might be
dent so far to yield to the impulse*
as to permit some other person to
excercise my functions in relation
the defence of the District.
1 o this statement and proposition
I answered substantially as follows—*
1 hat I was aware of the excitement
to which he alluded, that I knew its
source and had marked its progress;
that the present was not a* moment
to examine its more occult causes,
objects and agents, that ostensibly
rested on charges known to
tb be false, that it was not for me to
determine how far the supposed ur
gency of the case made it proper
lor him to yield to an impulse so
vile and profligate—so injurious io/
truth and so destructive of order ,
but thajt for myself, there, was
no choice ; that I could nevef sur
render a part of my legitimate au
thority, for the preservation of the
rest, that I must execise it wholly or
not at all ; that I came into office,
with objects exclusively public ; and
that to accommodate my principles
or my conduct to the humours of a
village mob, stimulated by faction
and led by folly, was not the way to
promote these, and that if his decis
ion was taken in conformity to the
suggestions he had made, 1 entreat
ed him to accept my resignation.—
This he declined doing. It was an
extent, he was pleased to say, to
which he meant not to go; that he
knew the excitement was limited, as
wefrwith regard to time as to place ;
he was now, S; had always been, fully
sensible of the general zeal, dili
gence and talent, which I put into
the discharge of my duty,, and that
it would give him pleasure, were I
to take time to consider hii proposi
tion. I renewed the assurance of
my great personal respect, and my
readiness to conform to his wishes oiv
all proper occasions. 1 remarked
that whatevei zeal, diligence and ta
lent I possessed) had been employed
freely but firmly, and according to
my best views of the public good,
and that as long as they were left
to be so exerted, they were at the
service of my county—but that the
moment they were made to bow to
military usurpation or political fac
tion, there should be an end to their
public exercise. We now“*pai ted, *
with an understanding that I should
leave Washington the following mor
ning*
It has since been stated to me as a
fact, [to which I give the most re
luctant belief] that on the morning of
the 29th, and before my arrival in
the city, a committee of the inhabi
tants of Georgetown, of whom ‘Alex
ander G. Liansou, Editor of the fede
ral Republican, was one, had wailed
on the President, by deputation , and
had obtained, from him a promise,
that I should no longer direct the mil
itary defences of the District. Gu
‘ this fact all comment is unnecessary.
It but remains to exhibit and to
answer, the several charges raised
against me and which torm the
gtound work of that excite ruent, to
which the President has deemed it
prudent to sacrifice his authority, in
declining to support mine. They
ate as follows, viz.
Ist. Phut [fioin ill-will to the Dis
trict pf Columbia, and a to re*
• . *
THURSQAT, OCTOBER 6, 1814.
move the seat of overnmeht] I gave
orders tha: the retreat of ihe army,
in the affair of the 24th* ult. under cir
cumstances not making retreat ne
cessary or proper.
This charge has not for its sup
port the shew of truth The Com
manding general will do me the jus
tice to say, that l gave him no such
order, and that he was and is under
the impression, that the retreat was
made earlier ‘than I believed it pro
per. To the president 1 appeal, whe
ther I did not point out the disorder
and retreat of a part ot the first line,
soon after the action began, and stig
matize it as base and infamous.
That in spite of the remon
strances of Gen. Winder, and by the
interpositions of my authority, i
had prevented biin from defending
the capita). .
Tins charge contains in it a total
perversion of truth.—When the re
tiring column reached the capital 11
was baited for a moment; Gen. Win
der here took occasion to state to
Colonel and myself, tha
he was not in a condition to
tain another conflict, and that in
force Was broken dMn by fatigue
and dispersion.—Under this repre
sentation we united in opinion, tn*tt
he should proceed to occupy the
heights of Georgetown.
3d. That I had withdrawn the cov
ering party from the rear of Wash
ington and ordered Capt. Dyson to
blow up the fort without firing a gun.
A his charge is utterly devoid of
truth. The covering party was with
drawn by an order from Gen. Winder,
and Gain. Dyson's official report'shews
t.iat the orders under which he acted,
were derived from the same source
though, no doubt, mistaken or mis
represented.
4th. That by ray orders the Navy
Yard had been burned. This, like
its predecessors is a positive false
hood /■/
Perceiving that no order was taken
for apprising Commodore Tiugey
of tlie retreat of the army, I sent
Maj. Bell to* communicate the fact
and to say, the'Navy Yard could no
longer be ‘Covered, fhe/commo- *
dove was left to follow the sugges
tions of his own mind, or to obey the
orders,pf orders had been given, of
the Navy Department*
sth—and lastly, that means had
not been taken to collect a force
sufficient for t|ie occasion,
x As the subject of this charge may
very soon become one of Congressi
onal enquiry, I shall at present make
but few remarks :
Ist. That no means within reach
ol the War Department had been o
mitted or withheld—that a separate
military district, embracing the seat
of government had been created ;
that an officer of high rank and cha
racter had been placed in charge of
it ; that to him was gh’en full au
thority to call for supplies and for
a militia force of 15,000 men; t.vat
to this force was added the 36th re
giment of the line, a battalion ol’ the
38th, tletachments of the 12th, of
the artillery and of the dragoons,
the marine corps, and the crews of
the flotilla, under the special com
mand of Coin. Barney—making a
total of 16,200 mep.
Gen. Winder’s official report of
the engagement of the S4th ultimo,
shews how much of this force had
been assembled, and the causes why
a greater portion of it had not been
got together. * These will be found
to have been altogether extraneous
from the Government, and entirely
beyoud its controui ; and .
zd. That from what is no\v known
of force, of the loss he
sustained in the enterprizc,’ of the
marks of panic under which he re
treated, See. See., it is obvious, that if
all the troops assembled at Bfadens
burg had been faithful to themselves
and to their counti), the enemy
would have been beaten and the Ca
pital saved.
JOHN ARMSTRONG.
Baltimore, 3d Sept. 1814,
Many of our readers will be pleas
ed to learn that Gen. Armstrong
was misinformed as to the fact stated
in his letter, that *? Alexander C.
Hanson, editor of the federal Re-1
publican,’* w*as one of the deputa
tion which he states to have waited
Oil the President of the United Slates
from Georgetown, on the morning
of the 29th nil.-—and, indeed, as to
the fact that ar*j deputation waited
on the Presideutyrawj Gtargciovjn on
That occasion# . *
Intclligtrcec*
’ Copy of a letter from Commodore
Chaunesy , to the Secretary of the
’ \ Navy, dated
U. S. Ship Superior, off Kingston, , : v
August 10th, 1814.
• Sir— -Great anxiety of, mind and
severe bodily exertions, have at
length broken down the best consti
tution, and subjected me to a violent
fever that confined me for eighteen
days. This misfortune was no more
to be foreseen that prevented, but
was particularly severe at the mo
nient it happened, as it induced a
delay of fiVe or six days in the sail
ing of the fleet. %
> In the early part of July, T expect
ed the fleet would be made ready lor
sailing by the 10th or 15th / but
many of the mechanics were taken
sick, and amongst them the block
makers and blacksm+ths. so that the
Mohawk could not be/furnished with
blocks and iron work for her gun St
decks before the 2 ith or 2.5 ‘ h
ult. when she was reported ready by
captain Jopes. As considerable ,anx
'»ety had been manifested ‘by the
-'public to have the fleet on the L ike,
I should have asked capt/Jones to
take charge of it and go out, bit I
Was then recove rip g'my health, and
was confident I should be able in
three or tour days to go on board
my sell* Theie was an additional
reason for < ibmitting to this delay
an the difficulty I found in making
the changes of commanders, neither
and( them being willing to be separa
ted from the officers and men, and
a change of crews through the fleet
being inadmissible.
In the afternoon of the 31st July,
I was taken on board, but it was
calm, and I did not sail before the
next morning. To satisfy at once
whatever expectations the public had
been led to entertain of the sufficien
cy of this squadron to take and
maintain the ascendency on this
Jake, and at the same time to expose
the of promised, the fulfil
ment of which/flad been rested on
our appearance at the head of the
Jake, 1 got under way at 4 o’cbo k
the morning --of the lsi inst. and
steered for the mouth of the Niagara,
Owing to light.wfhils, I did not ar
rive off there before the sth. There
vve intercepted one of the enemy’s
brigs running over from York to
Niagara with troops, and ran her on
shou. about 6 miles to the westward*
of Fort George. I ordered Lite
Sylph in, to anchor as near to the
enemy as she could with safety, and
to destroy her. , Gapt. Elliot ran m
in a vevy gallant manner to within
from 300 to 500 yards of her, and
was about anchoring, when the ene
my set fire to her and she soon after
blew up. This vessel was a schoon
er the last year, and called the Be
resford ; since they altered her to a
brig, they changed her name, and I
have not been able to ascertain it.—
She mounted 14 guns, 1 2 24-pound
carronades, and two long 9-pounders.
Finding the enemy bad two other
brigs and a schooner in the Niagara
river, I determined to leave a force
to watch them, and selected the Jef
ferson, Sylph, and Oneida for that
purpose, and placed the whole under
the orders of captain Ridgley.—
Having locked into York without
discovering any vessel of the enemy,
I Jest Niagara with the remainder of
the squadron on the evening of the
7th, and arrived here on the 9lh.—
We found one of the enemy’s ships
in the offing, and chased her into
Kingston. / ‘ : •«,
My anxiety to return to this end
of the lake was increased by the
knowledge I had of the weakness of
Sacketl’s Harbor, and the apprehen
sion- that the enemy might receive
large reinforcements at Kingston,
and, embarking some of the troops
on board his fleet, make a dash at
the Harbor and &urn it with all my
stores during our absence. 1 When if
left the Harbor,- there were but about
700 regulars troops fit for duty.—
• It is true a few militisf had been cal
led in, but little could be expected
of thejn should ap attack be made.—
My apprehension, %ems, was
groundless, the enemy having con
tented himself with annoying in
some trifling degree the f coaster*
, between Oswego and the Harbor in
r his boats*
I I cannot foibear expressing the
’ regieti feel that &o much sensation
\ has been excited in the pnbic mind,
because this squadron diu not sail so
soon as the wise-heads that conduct
our newspapers have piesumed to
think 1 ought. I need not suggest
to one dl experience, that a
no. xxxik
man of war may aooear toth * <*ve rtf
a landsman perfectly ready f»r sc *..
when she is deficient ini maov <»f tlia
most essential points of her arm, la
ment, nor how unworthy T should
have proved myself rtf the high fyit*.t
reposed in me, had I ventured jui 4
in the face of an enemy of equal
force, without bemg ready to meet
him in one hour alter mv anchor wa*
weighed.
It ought in justice to be recollect
ed, that the budding and equipment
of vessels on the Atlantic, are unat
tended by any of the threat difucuitie i
which we have to encounter on tin'a
hounds with facilities. A comman
der makes a requisition and article*
of every description art* furnished
in twelve hours *• but this ifeet v ha*
been built and fitted in the wil lernesi ‘
where there are no agents and jdian ti
lers shops and founderies, frcMtc, vt
supply our wants, but everything j*
to be created ; and yet i shall not
cline a comparison of what has bee tv
done here, with any thing d-mV 01
the Atlantic, in the budding or e-v
quipment of vessels. The Guernesnr
for instance has been building urtil
tilting upwards of twelve month's ui [
\\:z city of Philadelphia m l i* not
yet ready. The President Irigate
\Vent into the Matvy Yard, at NeVv.’
York for some ptrtjul »epairs, a Tew
days alter the keel of the Superior
was laid ; sihee then two frig.ues <?f
a large class, and two sloops of war
of the largest class, have been b\iiU
and fitted here, and have sailed bev
President is ready for sea,
although every article of their arma
ment and rigging has been .train spoN
ted from Mew-York, in cfespite of ob.
stacles almost insurmountable. I
will go farther sir, for it is due t>
the unremitted and unsurpassed
ertions of those who have’served the
public under my command, and’ wifi
challenge'--the world id produce a
paralleTinstance ih which the sbirui
number of vessels of sUch diineiisions
have bden.built Sc fitted m thfekahie
time by the same number of work*
men.
I confess that I am mortified in
not having succeeded, in satisfying
the expectations of the public, but
it would be infinitely more painiui,
could 1 find any %ar»t of zeal or ex
ertion in my endeavors to scrvtf
them, to which l could many degree
impute their disappointment.
1 have the honor to be, sir, with
the utmost Yespect, you inmost obedi
ent and very humble servant.
ISAAC CUAUNXEY.
Hon. wm. JonYs,
Secretary -of the l\ T avy t
The following articles are extracts
from late L >nd-mpapers.
By the new diplomatic arrange
ments, the French K.ip'g has dis
pensed with the services of most of
Bonaparte’s Ambassadors. M. Do
MohtmorenCy is appointed Am.ms*
sador to Madrid ; M. Ounoii l to
1 Nigpna ; Count de Choisstml Gouf
fier to Constantinople ; *l. Victor
de Caraman to Berlin, and hi. (ioli
ver nay de» ia Tout du Pin, to the
Hague. t’f’
The beautiful Madam Racamier*
who was ordered to’ quit Paris by
Bonaparte, has returned. Marshal
Masse rta, oheof the ex-senator** has
retired tof* bis country seat at ifcuel.
An ordinance has Been published
in all the parts of % France, that dur
ing the war between G Britain and
America, no armed vessel* 4 shall be
fitted out for either of the’ bellige
rent pbwprs, nor shall any French
subject take , an interest in any such
War.’ * f ' r
■ Tfhe British Treaty wfi.h France
was discussed in the British House
of Commons, June 29. Mr. Can
ning said, the interest oT France wa*
small in the New-Fouwlta*>d Fishe
ries ; but he wished Government to
give those Fisheries dUe considera
tions as to* America. In our treaty
of peace with that power we gave *t
way more than \v£ ought ; and wc*.
nevernow heard of that treaty, but
ax a trophy of victory on one hand;
or the monument of degradation and
shame on the other. Wc ought to
recur in questions with America to
the state m which we no v stand, ra
ther than Iliad—in which ue cues
stood. /
Lord C »sdereagb said he was fully
j aware of the impoif|aucc of the Ne.wv
1 Foundiand Fisheries.
| The ldutcii Government has a*
4 gretd with the English in the total
I abo;- , .he bhtve Trade.