Disapproval Of The Common People

Furthermore, it is a safe conjecture that the common people of Great Britain did not approve of the use of Indians in the British armies, and there is no small evidence to support this. The use of the Indians was denounced as well as defended in both parliament and the reviews. But the very character of the common people of Great Britain is conclusive that they abhorred the use...".

From "The battle of Plattsburg; a study in and of the war of 1812. To remind our troops of the actions of their brave countrymen.--General Macomb, in his report of the battle of Plattsburg"