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state than the former one had done. At the conclusion of 

 Wayne's war, we had scarcely five thousand inhabitants, per- 

 haps, not even that number. At the conclusion of the war of 

 1812, our numbers were probably three hundred thousand. 

 The population increased, after this war, not rapidly, yet stea- 

 dily, for two or three years, until, by a succession of unto- 

 ward events, the state became stationary, for several years. 

 But we will reserve our remarks on that portion of our civil 

 history, for a separate article. 



As a national affair, the war, which we have been consider- 

 ing, so far as Ohio was concerned in carrying it on, was con- 

 ducted as well as could have been expected. Her citizens 

 had no sailors impressed on the high seas, nor any ships or 

 goods seized there, by England, yet our people never murmur- 

 ed that it was an eastern war, and ought to be borne by 

 eastern men. Our citizens never objected to crossing an im- 

 maginary line, under any poor, frivolous excuse, but on the 

 contrary, they complained that they were not led into the 

 heart of the enemy's country instantly, and allowed to end 

 the war on this frontier, at once and forever. Our citizen 

 soldiers, patiently underwent all the hardships of warfare, 

 without a complaint, and they cheerfully obeyed their officers, 

 who were elected by themselves. The officers treated them 

 as their neighbors and friends, even standing guard while 

 their soldiers slept. Western members of congress served as 

 privates in western campaigns. McArthur, Cass, and all the 

 officers stood as sentinels, often, as if they had been privates. 

 Desertions were rare, and not a volunteer was punished with 

 death, for any crime, nor ever deserved it. There was no 

 party opposed to the war, in Kentucky, Ohio, or Indiana. So 

 far as these states are concerned, now, they are as true and 

 faithful citizens to the nation as can be desired. We have 

 stated facts within our own entire recollection, and cannot 

 be wrong. Impartial truth is all we aim at in our relation of 

 events. 



By the war of 1812, the nation might have been indirectly 

 benefited, by gaining some little notice abroad. It might have 



