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cient officers, merely because they happened to belong to their 

 own party; and, the opposition were accused of throwing every 

 impediment which they could, in the way of the, then, admin- 

 istration. Both these accusations were, but quite too well 

 founded. Governor Hull, had served in the war of the revolu- 

 tion, as an aid, and in some minor appointments, perhaps, but, 

 was never made to command, but, to execute, the commands 

 of others. When young, he could have executed what an able 

 general should have ordered him to do; but at the time of his 

 appointment, on this frontier, he was too old, to belong to an 

 army in any situation. All the little military knowledge, he 

 ever had, was antiquated and useless, and even worse than 

 useless, because he relied on it. The higher appointments, 

 made by Mr. Madison, in the army of 1812, were mostly of the 

 same stamp, such as Hull, Pinkney, Dearborn, Winchester, 

 &;c. &c. &c. They were too old, and they had not kept pace, 

 with the age, in which they lived. Hence, all they did, was 

 useless. They were directed by Dr. Eustis another worn-out, 

 revolutionary, subaltern officer. Such disasters attended on 

 all the movements, of these worn-out generals, that millions 

 believed them, traitors. We have never, for a moment, believ- 

 ed them to be such, but, they were utterly incompetent for 

 any of the duties of the field, at the time of their appointments. 

 Ohio at the commencement of the war, had so few opposers of 

 the administration in it, that they could not be, even called 

 a party. 



Under the aforesaid act of congress. Return J. Meigs, then 

 governor of Ohio, raised three regiments of volunteers, for 

 twelve months. This was in April and May 1812. After 

 electing their officers, at Dayton perhaps, where three regi- 

 ments had rendezvoused; they were numbered first, second 

 and third. The first, was commanded by Duncan McArthur, 

 its Colopel; the second, by Colonel James Findlay; and 

 the third, by Colonel Lewis Cass. Early in June, these troops 

 marched up the Great Miami, to Staunton, where they were 

 paid off' — they then marched over to Urbana, where they were 

 joined by Boyd's, or as it was called, the 4th regiment of regular 



