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ATHENS, geoxgxa: publishsd iy M*DONNELL fc? GAINES,
V.Y WILLIAM HULL
3riya dier General and Commander in
Ch ; ef of the North Weftem Army
of the United States.
\ PROCLAMATION.
Inhabitants if Canada !
\f rihirtv years of ppace and
pr-fp-rity, the United Starrs have
been driven to arms. The injuri
ous aggre ffinns, the infulm and m
dig--irif s of Great-Bntain have once
irir-T left rhrm no hicernati e but
ana At refiftance or unconditional
fuhmiffion. The army under my
rommand hi* invaded your coincry,
arid the ftaadard of Uion now
waves over the territory of Canada.
To the peaceable, unoffending in
habitant, it brings neither danger
nor diffi ulty. I come to fi .and ene
miffs, not to make them. I come
to protect, not to injure you.
Separated by art immenfe ocean
and an extenfive wilderntfs from G.
Britain, ysu have no participation
in her councils, no intereft in her
conduit—you have felt her tyranny,
you %en her injuftxe—-but I
do not alk you to ave-.ge th t one or
red refs the other. The U. Srn
are fufficiently powerful to affj and
every fecurity confident With their
rights and your expectations. Ite ri
der you the invaluable bb ffi: gs of
civil, political and religious liberty,
and their neoff ry reful , mtitvidu
al and general prafperity. That li
berty which gave decifion to our
councils and energy to our conduft
in a ftruggle for independence, and
which conducted us lately anU tri
umphantly through the ftormy pe
riod of the revolution—that liber
ty which has railed us to an elevated
rank among the nations of the
and which afforded us a greater mca
fur of peace and fecurity, of wealth
and improvement, than ever ftll to
‘the lot of any country.
h the name of mv country, and
bv the authority of government, I
promife you protection to ytur p< r*
f< ns, property and rig its. Remain
at your homes* pur lot your peaceful
and cuftomary avocations—raiie not
yr*ur hands again ft your brethren.
Many ef your fathers fought for the
frr doin anu independence we now
erj >y. Being children, theiefore,
of the fame heritage, the arrival of
an army of friends tmift be hailed
bv you with a cordial welcome.—
You will be emancipated from ty
ranny and opprefiion, and rvftored
to the dignified ftation of freemen.
H*d I any doubt of eventual fuc
cels, If might afk your affiftanct—
but Ido not. I come pre pared for
every contingency —I have a force
that will look down all oppficion;
and that force is but the vanguard
cf a much greater. If, contrary
to your own interefts aad the juft
expectation of my country, y> u
ihould* take parr in the apprcathii g
contcft, you will be caniidered and
treated as enemies, and the horrors
and calamities of war will (talk be
fore you. If the barbarous and la
vage policy of G eac-Bruim be pur
fued, and the lavages let looic to
murder our citizens and butcher oar
women and children, this war will
k\ a war of extermination. Ihe
fit ft ftroke of the tawmanawk, uc
GEORGIA EXPRESS.
MJLY SMALL IVV TO AMO FLO, AWO KMOWLIOOI SMALL MX INCRXASB9.”
fi A attempt wirh the knife,
w ii be the fignaiof one i dicrimi
nae Leae of ddolatior,, No white
man fou: and fighting by th of
an Indian w.b be rak- n pnlonei; i
- deft uft on will be his lot. If
the didatfs of reafon, dut , julbee
and humanity, cannot prevent the
employment of a for e which ref
pe£U no rights, hi knows no wrong,
it will be prevented by a frveie a id
rrlenthfs Lftem of retalaion I
doubt n t tour courage and Arm
or is—l will not ak.-uot ywur a ach
ment to liberty. If you te-drr your
(ervu.es voluntarily rh-v w.ll beat;-
copied readily. The U. Suits of
fer you peace, liberty and fecurcy,
your choice lies between thrle
and war—flavery and drfbuc ion—
Choofe then, but uhoLe wil L—
and may He who knows the juft?.:*
of our caufe, and wnohvlds in H s
hand the fate of nations, guide you
to a refills the mult compatible wirn
your rigrs ana intereft,
and happinefs.
By the General,
A P. HULL, Captain
ef th i jib U S. regiment of
Infantry end A \id de Camp.
Head Qjas er.v, Saudwicn,
July 12, 18 12.
Letters of the 14 k July fay, the
Canadian m line arc deferti g from
M. dden in large parties—fixty in
one body, on receiving the procla
mation, reported taemleivcs to the
General, a..d then retired to their
farms.
“ The American flag waving otf
b >th flds of the river, has afton
iflied the natives, and they are re
tiring to their villages, and holding
councils to advde ail the Indians to
remam neutral. The General hal
primmed us a r p to Maiden, after
whicn we lhati detach a final! par.y
to our fr.cuds at Micnil.mackijac,
and I hope puiju* uu maren down
Lake Eric, through icv.ral plcafant
flue liuu fettle meats.
“ Tne General is determined to
adacie riig aufly to his proclama
tion, and hold (acred all the pro
perty of individuals. The citizens
of Canada (for I already hail the
pcniniuia of the Lakes as a Race)
appear lattsfied with our v.fit.
“ The hofpitality of our new ac
quaint! ces has already regaled lome
of us with as fitie cyder as was ever
made in New- England. The Gar
rifon at Maiden is doubtlels well
fupplied, and they are fending HF,
by the Qjeen Cnarlotte, down the
Lake, luch (lores as will be unne
ccffary to their immediate defence.*’
GENERAL ORDERS.
Head Quarters, Bofcn,
Juty njt, 1112.
Having been aucaonicd by the
Pre fide nt of the United States to
accept the fF >* of any company or
compan es of Vulunterrs, either of
Infantry, Cavalry or Anilery, who
may’ organize ‘themLives fr the
fcrvice of the U Led States, in
conformity with the aft of Cangrefs
of February 6th, 1812, and the
fupplemcntary aft of July 6.hinfl.
I nerrbv give n tce to all fuch
Americans as poflosa fuffi-icntdc-
gree of patriotifm and nvlrary ar
dor, at this intereftmg <. r As, to vo
lunteer the r crvices in defen eof
their country —that as foon as a fuf
ficient number of able bodied ci i
zrns, (hall eiT/ciate anu fubfenbe
their names to an enrolment, in
conformity to the be fore men tinned
afti, with fuitable < harafters as of
fi er.s, and (hall to me at
Aibanv, date of New Y ;rk, a co
py vA fheir enlift rn., with the
naen s ■ f the conrn fli > ed and non
comm Binned < muficians hi
privates their frr vices will be ac
cep'ed; and the i ffi ers will be conl
rn fn red bv the Prefid -nt of tne
Unufd Sta es, and the nam-com
rci Pi ned ffi ers and privates, when
aiied m'.o Irrvice, will be armed
and q upped at the expenlc of the
United States] and will retain their
arms when difeharged from fcrvice.
A company mull con flit of une cap
tain, one firft lieutenant, onr fecund
li utrnant, one enfign, four fer
jeants, four corporals, two nmli i
ans, and not lefs than flxty fix pri
vates. When a lufficient number
of fuch companies are farmed, they
will be organized into battalions, re
giments, brigades and div fins.
H DEARBORN,
Major General United
iitales* Army.
From the Fittsfiad Sun of July 25.
THE VOICI r f jOH N ADA ’4 >.
Ihe following extra A of a letter from
the late Prejiient of tne U States ,
Mr Adams, to bilk an ah IV.uJm,
ij<l of this town, is defer mug the
rejpeStful confiaeration of e very dif
pagi nate American, the original
is left at th)s ojjiee for the inf pelt iou.
of anf po /on :
Quimcy, July b, 1812.
“ DEAR SIR,
“ I have received the favor of
your letter of the iSch of laft month,
which has revived the recollcftion
of our former a q uintancc in
France, England and H >ila id, as
wed as in leveral parts of our own
country.
** I think with you that it is the
duty of every con.fi leratt mr Ito
fupporc the national auth irh es, in
wnofc hands loever, tney may oe ;
thougi I will not lay whatever their
mcaiures may be.
“ To your allufi n to the war, I
have nothing to fay, but that it is
with furprife that I hear it pronounc
ed, not only by newspapers, but by
perfoos in auciierity, ecci fufttcai
and civil, and political and md ary,
that it is an unjuft and uaacctJLry
war: that the declaradou of it was
altogether unexpefted, &c.
“ H>wit is p *ffi >le that a facial
or moral creature can fay that the
war is unjufl , is to me utterly tn
eomprrhenflblc.
‘f How it can be faid to be un
neceflary, is very m fterioui. I
have thought it bota juft a.d ne
cefTary for five or fix year*.
“ H>w it can be unexpected is
another wonder. I have expeftrd
it more than five a ‘.d twenty years,
and have had gr< at reafon to be
thankful that it has been paftponed
(o long. I faw luen afp ru *a tnc
Britilh xfiands, waen 1 refuea in
FRIDAY, AUGUST iS, 181a.
France, in H Hand, and in England
LfeK, that I expefted ana r her war
much fooner thi'i it has happened.
I was fo im rr(T and with the idea,
that I ffxprf ff and t Lord Lanfdownc
formerly Loid Shelburne, an ap
preherfi n that hisLorbfh p would
live long en ugh to be obliged to
make and that I (h“uld live lirg
rn gh to fee another p< ace made,
bftwren Grrar Brrama and thr U.
States of America. His Lordflup
dd not live to {r.ake h pi-a; e, and
I (h ill not probably live ro fee f j
but I have lived tt fee the war r at
muft be followed by a peace, it the
war is not eternal.
<c Our agricultural focictks may
not be fo much regaided, buL the
great inre-eft of agriculture will not
br dirnin.ifhrd by ihe war. Manu
faclurrs will be promoted.
f< The minift- r a*” S:. Peterfburg
will be informed of your opi i\ .n
of the utility of fome bulhels ofbi
bman whea j not kiln dried.**
Speech of Mr Caution—in the Fed
erai caucus held at the f-nt of £<?-
vernment March sth,5 th , 1801,
immediately after the acc-Ji-s of
Mr. J'ffeifn to the Prejidmiy of
the Unred States
M . Caution rofe lioig im.t
la e this *ll n-biy jn the imtnaicJ
aj. plaufe b ftuwfd on the psiriotic
ftn; m*“n<r (paidunrhe word, whcfi
the poverty ef languagt cointds
me to ufe) of ourdift igu flutd pre
fidelity who having nurru r ed
in the old (’ hool properly appreci
ates the importance of powet aad
their irfigu.fi ance rght. li*
true, trat ihufc wlit ;ii> p?>*vrrful
are always r g it. [applauje] 1 con-
th‘a afLmbly on tne ap
p’aufe they btftow on tnia lcrai
ment, Crecaufe it (hows theif reaii
nefs, at a proper cr fi*, ro refort, if
ne efifa y, to the ultima ratio Yegn\r. %
But though this be our pui poir,
and our true intereft, let us, my
honorable riends, ptufr, and f.ri
oufl rtfl ft on our proper cou L,
ere we rake that ftrp, which, o -ce
taken, can never be retraced. Our
(Length though mighty once, i*
nowfmall; our numners few, feat
ured a*.d dfmayedi and fmall as
t ! irv are, every day It (Tens them.—
However, therefore the proud ipi
nt of our chief may prompt, how
ever our hearts may dtflrc tht
fh >rtffft road to power, that road is
lull of perils; nay is ambufn-cl with
deftruftion. In the open fields of
baffle, even in the days of our bead
ed (Length, we have been fairly
va.iquilhed. Here I may fpc-k rhe
truth, wirheut injury to our caufe.
In other circumftances I know too
well my duty. Why then, nty
friends, purftie nirafures that will
and muft be ia*al ? Has life loft its
that we are of
il ? Has defpa;r taken its cndlela
abode in oui nearts ?
Nf', my friends, let us aft with
wifd m—let us profit by our mourn
ful experience. Wnen the govern
ment was ours, what availed our
m ghry armaments ? Not with End
ing tic thunder of nur cannon, and
the fli.-naces af our legion*, tne na
tions put tnern j#wn Inc voice
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