There may have been circumstances demanding such cruelty.' "'Permit me also to bring to your intelligence the battles at Fort Meigs and at the river Raisin.

American prisoners were there given by English officers to their Indian allies for torture and death.

The English war cry at Sandusky was, "Give the d---- Yankees no quarter."' "'Sir, permit me to say, that you read history to a devilish purpose, if you read it to search after brutal precedents.

At Goliad our men surrendered.

They were promised safe-conduct out of Texas.