Neutrality? The crucifixion of public opinion . e main body of the Britisharmy, under Col. Proctor, the American commander was taken;but his soldiers were doing their duty on the field and had afair chance of winning the battle. Partly terrified by a threat of Col. Proctor, of letting loosethe savages for another general massacre on our helpless fron-tier population, and influenced partly by the promise that Proc-tor had made, that if the Americans would surrender the fron-tier population should be protected, they laid down their armsas soon as they received this assurance with the order of th
Neutrality? The crucifixion of public opinion . e main body of the Britisharmy, under Col. Proctor, the American commander was taken;but his soldiers were doing their duty on the field and had afair chance of winning the battle. Partly terrified by a threat of Col. Proctor, of letting loosethe savages for another general massacre on our helpless fron-tier population, and influenced partly by the promise that Proc-tor had made, that if the Americans would surrender the fron-tier population should be protected, they laid down their armsas soon as they received this assurance with the order of theircaptive commander to sur-render. The dastard liar, whoprofessed to represent thechivalry and honor of Eng-land, turned them out forbutchery unarmed! The warwhoop rang on the night airand 500 Americans werebrained by the of them were youngmen from the best families of Kentucky. That foul treach- Instigated by the English Indiansery has never been forgotten Massacre 500 Americans. or forgiven and it never will be by Western 76 NEUTRALITY Alas! Eastern Americans, judging by their newspapers,seemed to have forgotten it. President Madison, in his message to Congress of June 1,1812, said: In reviewing the conduct of Great Britain towardthe United States, our attention is necessarily drawn to the war-fare just renewed by the savages on one of our extensive fron-tiers—a warfare which is known to spare neither age nor sexand to be distinguished by features peculiarly shocking to hu-manity . . Again Lester in his history writes: But the British namewas to receive a deeper stain from another cause. From theoutset one of the main reliances of Great Britain in the prosecu-tion of the American war was the employment of savages of thesoil. This dreadful policy was clearly and fully determined on,when the war began. It was never departed from; it was nevermodified; it was steadily persisted in to the end, and it issteadily persisted in to this date. The New York Times,
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