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Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la mdthode. irrata to pelure, n A u 32X 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 I* > TWO Ll^.TTERS ADDRESSED TO General William Hull On his conduct as a Soldier, in the Surrender of Fort Detroit, to General Brock, >vilhout resistance, in the com- mencement of the late war with Great Britain. i BY TIMOTHY WALKER, OfHopkinton, Mass. ..BOSTON : i Prikted roR Timothy Walker. 4ft21 ■^■" ; '^ 9\l\ec? PREFACE. !^,^R 24 l*'*^ Hh.askea why the following I IF the cuesuon should b*-^ abitea wuy . time that he «as tned ami ;«;;«* ^.„ „;,, I had » strong mclmation to write i hi, conduct, bat for some reasons ""-y^Y it off .en recoUect (perhaps verj...^^^^^^^ towhich tnneior lea „„„, ihp ercater part fi... letter to the General, 1 spent the grcaie p m my first letter to ^^ ^^^^^ ^j^,^,^, I " of my time m readmg, and ^™°"g • ' ^ad been eame across some appropriate remarks t ^^ *v.o trparherous and aDommauic „ade on the "^^^ ;„„,„ „„ „h>ch cansed ''"; "ettLck to that. im., and think what an »^ n\e to reflect oacis. lu Arnold had ,,easant.t.atio,.sV.n.dh^^^^ ■ five miles helow K^n^l^J-^^^^j/r three h.n- Hndson River. -P^^^^'^^ f, ,„, several small dred miles from my parents, J. ^.^^ , children «hich were as dear to me as my ^ ■ then thought by these reflecuons that ^ «»" ^^ correct idea o. what must ^^^^^^ ''^^ j^^.J^edfessly the brave officers and -' -' f ^J ^l. „te war. given up to their enem.es by Gen. H«U n 'These reflections gave a fresh spnng to jv ^_^ ,0. -n««ia JnCination to .r e to - Oene.^^,^^ ^^^ the 12th ..f February. lo.O 1 ^** ^^^ j^, ,„i ,„d in hand for the sole purpose of eipressmg lowing ut the ence I is trial cerning 't now t it off ar 1820 ly stated iter part things I ad bfcen nduct of h caused it an «Q- nold had soldier on r twenty- ide of the hree hun- iral small A?n life. I Id form a feelings of , needlessly ui late war, my bereto- eial, so 00 took my pen the real and IV undisguised sentiments of my heart to Gen. Hull, rela- tive to his abilities and conduct in former days, and a1«o n.y p.inte.l disaprobation of his conduct in upper Cana- da, and at Fort Detroit in our late war. At the time I >vrote the first letter to the General it was far from my intention ever so far to expose my weakness as to give the letter publicity, but after hav- in- the letter transcribed by a person that can writti fa" better than lean myself at this advanced age, and -ending xhe same to xhe General, I shewed the origmal to many persons some of which advised me to have it printed, still I gave them but little encouragement of so doing, at length Mr. Lawsoq Mc'Farland of llopkmloa put into my hands a history entitled Sketches of the War ; and by perusing its pages in course, I came to a letter that was addressed . the secretary of War by Col. Lewis Cass, (now Governor Cass,) concernmg his giving up Fort Detroit and the troops under his com* mmd to the enemy, and his sentiments & comments m that letter were so congenial to my feelings, and com- -cided 80 well with the essence of my letter to the Gen^ eral that I shortly after sent the General a second let- ter in which I gave him to understand that if 1 did not receive some ansvver from him shortly 1 shonld have the letter printed, and as 1 have not yet beard any thing from him, 1 have at length concluded to have the whole printed and sent abroad in the world withoat any expectation or desire to court praise, •v without any dread or tear of otfending ari^ Tafi Author. t Hopkinton, Fehuary 12, 1820. To Gen. WiLtiAM Hull, Sir, 1 Timothy Walker, am a man that is far advanced in life. 1 am, this day, sixty seven years of age ; and 1 live at present, m an humble spher. ; and 1 am a man to whom the God of nature has not been over bounti- ful ; and what adds to my misfortune, is, m . acquired, are no better than my imtura abili- ities. Yet 1 am not wholly without consolations for I have been endued with a very good memory, and 1 retain it, in some degree, to the present day, which I thmk is a very great blessing. And 1 have another, very exalted consolation, which is, I belong to that class ot men, sir, as well as yourself, to whom Presi- dent Monroe, in eighteen hundred seventeen, in his answer to an address from the society of Cincinati, in the City of Philadelphia, said '< that nothing can be more gratifying to me, than to meet the surviving members of my associates in arms, who distinguished them- selves in the revolutionary contest. Notwithstanding, fir, you an4 I were in v/ the tented fields, in the Uevolut.onry war at ^ the same time, yet I cannot say tha I ever knew, or saw your face, until after that war ..vas over. But since that contest closed I have known you in various capacities 1 lave known you as a Judge of the Common- 1 plea Court, and 1 have krwwn you in your mit- TT t20. hat is , sixtj sent, m I whom bounti- is, my . a I abiU- olations y good ^ree, to rr great exalted ; class of n Presi- venteen, society 'hia, said or to nae, s of my id them- > were in y war at it 1 ever that war closed I icitie?. I Common- 1 your mil" itary capacity. When you was a Bii^adicr General, I had occasic^), m the capacity of Clerk of the wf st Company m HopLinton, to make complaint against two persons for ne- , elect ofduty, at a brigade muster m V> ai- tham, and we had trial before you, ai your dwelling-house, near Angers Corner m New- ton ; and I must confess that I had, at that time, a very good opinion of your ab.ht.e., and also of your conduct ; and my good opm- ion did follow you round, through the vari- ous posts of ho«or and profit, that were sub- sequently confered on you by Gcvernment. And after our late war, in eighteen hundi ed and twelve, was declared agamst Great Brit- ain, and 1 learnt by the public paP^.'-^' /^.^^ vou was appointed to take command ot the northwestern army, Iwas well pleased from a belief that- your patriotism, courage, ana generalship, would be adequate to the impor- tant undertaking ; and when it was announc- ed in the papers, that Gen. Kullhad crossed over, & planted the American standard m tl. Canada my heart almost leaped for joy ,from a belief, that, if you did not conquer the whole of the Upper Province, you would soon make yourself master of the enemies' out-post.— And it did appear as though you might have taken Fort Maiden with ease, and with but very little loss of men, if you had put the plan into execution, which was conceived by the council of war which you had called to- o-ether for that purpose. But instead or so fwrnyf i| . / 1 V ^ 'Jsi u / '^ ^^^>4- Join-, you struck jour colours andtenls. re- crossed- the river, took shelter in I'orl De- troit, and left ail the inhabitants of Upper Canada that had stayed at home, and not tak- Pn up arms on either side ; and all those that flocked to your standard, to whom jou haU promised protection .n your ^mpous procla. mation, to the. mercy onPy of the merciless— And then, si., your sun of glory set, pud nev- er has shewn his head since ; and le! t you overshadowed with a dark cloud. And it was :)ot long after, that another, still darker clouda.osein your hemisphere, m the log and mist of which, yon did not only- g.ve up Fort Detroit, with all the stores that were in it of every description, and the whole ot the Michigan Territory, 5)ut y°u gave up yourself, and a very respectable body ot ofti- cers and soldiers that, in all probabihty. would have fought like a band of spartans, it they had been commanded by a Macomb, a ^rown, a Harrison, or by the gal laoi and .n- trepid Major Crogan, whoso boldly, and sue- cessfully lii.indered death & carnage through the ranks of his enemies, at Lower Sandusky, Such are the men, sir. that you gave up to the disDosal of a cjuelnnd barbarous enemy, which lou migm,.nall probabi.ity. Have re- pf-lled.ana caused to re(r«at with great Iosp knditismysoal-s opinion, that you would have made the atl.i.npt, at Uast, tt you tiau not approximated nigher to t,.o cha.actei ot ^ traitor, or paltroon. {hitn yoa did to lba.t ot & ■A LSI 'IkiU^^ 4v -^ O^n^' (/ ^ nts, re* )il Do- ll |) per lot tak- )se that ou had procla- iless.—- nd nev- lel't you id it was darker the fog give up at were ehole of gave up J of offi- babilitjr, irtans, if comb, a t and in- and sue- through indu&ky. ire up to i enemy* have re- re at I OS? ju would 'you had »acter of .0 that of /i y n..*- n patriotic and bold commamkr A .hock- in^, shocking, and la.neniab'e la e • \t length, afl.r a cousKkrnblo lapsr .f time, you v.-as formally exchanged an 1 a Cou t^Martial appointed, and )-" /.eld to answer to certain charges and specfnat on which were alkdgcd against you, concr, n.g 7onr conduct a^ain. Alte- some consulera- ble length of »rtne, a good Iriend of mme put into my hand a pamphlet, that gave a u!l, and no^louht, a correct account of your tr.al and ' -»^e; and 1 lo<^t no tune m readu.g Z^ ' ^niished It. And you may well com ' by that time, the muiisgmsed fou%'a. .. chahged, that it would have unk to the bottom of the bottomless T^^^^^^^ there had been any such ^lace, Now must take the liberty, so far to digress, as o em- ploy n'y pen for a few moments, to tell some Things aVout other persons, whose characters stani at present, a's far above TO-s as the heavens are higher than the earth. Ky rea- son o old age and infirmities, the extreme •depth .f the snow and the severity of th« Sther,l have not <^<>"- 7^\«I^^^^!. ^ amuse myselt with books. And 1 have late- ly read the Naval Biography for the second V or third time. It gives a P^^^^^^^^, ^^^^^^^^^^ of the births, parentase, and «obk ^«^^^ J^^ eighteen of ouANaval heroes. And I have f^uo .nnr«P. of the Dreseut week, been lead- ^ i;;j^"Fr;sident Monroe's tour, thiottgh tue ^ ''Vl 8 northwesteni States in eighteen hundred Boveiiteen. And wheu 1 take into fon- sideition the man^ distinquished and mark- ed civilities, praises, and honors, that were ho meritoriously be«tjned on him ; and also the unblemished characters and valiant deeds of our naval heroes, and attempt to contrast them with the character of iDren. Wm. Hull, in our late war with Great Britain, I must confess 1 know of no language, that would be c('ra[»ete»t to discribe it. But suffice it to say, if 1 had the wisdom of Solomon, and th» elo- quenr.e of Cicero, 1 think the task would be too hard for me to perform. Now, w, whether you have ever considered of your conduct in your retired hours, o: not, 1 can- not say ; but this I think / can safely say, if you ever have reflected back/and duly considered how many tears of sorrow, days of mourning, and sleepless nights have been spent by the Fathers and Mothers, Sisters and Brothers, ol these unhappy men that you so needlessly and basely gave up to a cruel enemy, many of whom were transported to an inhospitable clime, and there made to suffer- with cold and hunger ; / say sir, if ever you have seriously considered of those thii^gs, I should not hnve thought it strange, if you had, Judas like, gone and hanged yourself. But, sir, 1 not only advise, but intreat of you never to be guilty of suicide, for that will on- ly add new weight to yonr load of ^g'J^*» which, it would seem, is alieady Ueavy enou^k to «iQk>tkQ towaia.which you live; unci red ,0 ron- mark- t were id also t deeds :ontrast Hull. I must ould be to say, h© elo- 3uld be w, Wf )f your 1 can- ly say, d duly ^, days ve been Sisters that you a cruel 3d to an [) suffer* ver you hifigs, I if you oar self, t of you will on - f guiU, ' Heavy >u live, 9 ♦ if there were nol more than five or tea right- eous persons in it, to w.irJ and parry off tho frowns and judgments of heaven. Zvery well know, sir, it is an old saying, it is hard to twit by facts ; but how it is, that you can content yourself, and have the boldness to stay among people that kndw you have just- ly forfeited your life, and have had the sen- tence of death pronounced upon you for a crime, which on , /I never to have been par- doned ; and that it is only from the clemen- cy of President iviadison, that you are now the living monut^onts of God's sparing mer- cy is a m}stery to me. * Therefore, if I were to give you any fur- ther advice, it would be to stay no longer in Newton, lo shelter your guilty head under the roof of a splendid mansion, which, I have great reason to believe, was built with British gold I whicb, 1 think, augbt to have been otherwise appropriated. 1 think it would been better, if it had been put 'to the same use that the Chief Priests put the thirty pie- ces of silver to, which werfs given to Judas, to betray his master 5 which was to buy the potter's field, for a plac" to bury strangers m, because, they said, it was the price of blood ; Or, if it had been God's will to hare it applied to you, as the ancient natives of Sou n America did their shining ore to Fernando Cortez, who was one of the earli- est Spanish adventurers to that region, whith was to pour it down his throa/, boiling hot, through a funnel, 1 verily belie I'c in my heart) Y ■ \ 10 there are a great many people, tViat woulit have said, Aaieii, Auien 1 the will of the Lortl is done. Is there not some curse, some hidden thunder Red with uncommon wrath ! - To blast the wretch, that owes his greatness To his countries ruin '. t For fear that I shall give you some occasion to think, that I am too sarcastic, and bear down too hard, I will change my discourse, go back and tell what .vhold be my further advice, if I was under any obligation to give it ; which would be for you to stay no longer in Newton, but repair without delay 1o some tjnfrequented wilderness, where the foot- steps of no human being ever before were *een ; and were no voice, is to be heard, but . ihe hideous yells of ferocious beasts of prey, that Eire thirstirig for your blood ; and there in an humble, y^a in a very humble, iiid peuitent manner with deep contri- tion of heart, fall down on your knees, iind etideatour, by your unfeigned and un- ^eadmg pfayers *.id tears, to appease the ^^ath of atl offended God, atid if possible, bbtaitt forgivetie^^ for the sins that you have ebttitnritted 6gaitet hiria and your country 5—* atid there reoiain k despifeed and miserable Tt-bglodyte, until death shall end the scene. 1 hojie; sir, you will have the goodness to f^ceite, and read this long scrawl with com- fti^iui'*, and keep it for an admonisher \ it is tl >-^* woulii ndcr ness. possible, It may be the means of saving your soul alive. By s^^oiilg, you will oblige your friend, TIMOTHY WALKER. Gen. Wm, Hull. N. B. If you a e disposed to make a return, it will gladly be received by me. occasion nd bear iscouise, further I to give 10 longer 1o some he foot- ffe were eard, but i of prey, ind there humble, p contri- ir knees, I and un- pease the ' possible, you have ountry 5-^ miserable the scene. 3odnes» to with com- iher } it is Nine months ago this day I addressed a Icmg fetter to you in which I bestowed up- on you as 1 then, and now think some mer- ited encomium* Ffespecting jrourabiliiies and conduct in former days. I also with as much frankness in the same letter expressed my pointed disaprobation against your de- testable and deleterious conduct while at the head of the North Western army in upper Canajja, and at Fort Detroit in our late war with Great Britian. At the time I sent the letter to yon, I en- tertained a strong hope and had some ex- pectation that I should receive an answer to my letter, from you, but alas 1 those expect- ations have long ago been at an- end. — Therefore I take this method to inform yon, air, that I have now in my possession the o- riginal letter in my own hand writing, from which, the letter I sent to you was copied, and that I have, at divers times and by di- vers persons, been importuned to have said letter printed. Now; sir, unless I receive, pnd that without <^elay, some permauen^^ajid ^satisfactory objecdoDS t# the mea«ure rroa* \ou, 1 have made up my miad to yield to those importunities, and have the letter print- ed and sent abroad into the world ; where I fancy it wiU be read with delight by hi» ex- cellency Governor Cass, &rby the freemen m the Michigan Tetritory, whom it appears, you was willing to make vassal slaves a(r the time that you gave up Fort Detroit. from yours, TIMOTHY WALKER. To Gen. WILLIAM HULL. JINIS. ^ ■ ^ i len^ juid re from ield to 5r print- ; where ' hi» ex- emen ia tppears, aves at dit. LKEft.