We must blush for these things while we execrate them; for we ourselves are Englishmen. That famous little island, with its green lanes and waving woodlands, its busy towns and historical hamlets, was the home of our ancestors, and must ever have for us the highest romantic interest of any spot on earth; and we cannot too warmly sympathize with those who are still bearing burdens of feudal days, when the bravery of feudal leadership has long since passed away. Let us never forget how near of kin we are to the English people; but God forbid that we should inherit the vices of the English Government, or copy its crimes!
If the story of a war like that we have been reading of teaches anything, it teaches the broad wisdom of dealing justly, and the ultimate folly of all chicanery, violence, and wrong.
Adams, John Quincy, American minister at St. Petersburg, 225.
Appling, Major, at Sandy Creek, 256; at Plattsburg, 262.
Armistead, Major George, in command at Fort McHenry, 288.
Armstrong, Gen. John, made Secretary of War, and plans Wilkinson's expedition, 149.
Backus, Lieut.-Col. Electus, at Sackett's Harbor, 113; killed, 115.
Bainbridge, Com. William, 24; cruise in the Constitution, 78.
Barney, Com. Joshua, in the defence of Washington, 275.
Barron, Capt. James, in command of the Chesapeake, 10.
Bayard, James A., made a peace commissioner, 225.
Biddle, Capt. James, 75; in the Hornet, 325.
Bisshopp, Lieut.-Col., attacks Black Rock, 124; killed, 125.
Black Rock, N. Y., attack on, 124; fight at, 165, burned; 166.
Blakeslie, Lieut.-Col., at Black Rock, 165.
Boerstler, Lieut.-Col. C. G., captures batteries on the Niagara, 99; captured at Beaver Dams, 123.
Boyd, Gen. J. P., at Fort George, 108; at Chrysler's Field, 154.
Brody, Col., at Lundy's Lane, 239; killed, 244.
Brock, Gen. Isaac, assumes command at Malden, 34; receives surrender of Detroit, 36; at Queenstown, 54; death, 55.
Broke, Capt. Vere, 65; captures the Chesapeake, 179.
Brown, Gen. Jacob, at Ogdensburg, 47; at Sackett's Harbor, 113; in Wilkinson's expedition, 152; his campaign on the Niagara, 231.
Caller, Col. James, in Creek campaign, 179.
Canada, invasion of planned, 26. Canoe-fight, Dale's, 188.
Cass, Col. Lewis, in Detroit campaign, 032; to 037; made provisional governor of Michigan, 148.
