Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-05-29
BATTLE OF BUNKER,s uJTI

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The production which has recently Attracted
most OF the public attention, particularly iI the
eastern states, is memoir on the battle of
bnhker HUI, from the pen of General Henry
Deai born, written for the information Of "a
friend, and published n the Port Folio. In thu I
! memoir. General DcarbOTnimpeaches the c0I,-
duct OF General Putnam i'm that battle, and in
direct terms accuses him OF cOwardly conduct.
ms charge so much at variance with the re
| ccired opinion OF Gen. 'utIfim character has
startled the public mud, iIritaieti the friends
Ut the departed General, and drawn down tbe
! maedctions OF his old enemies ou the autlor
who survives. This inrideu, is ely to give
| rise 10 spirited cogirsroTSy. Colonel rrnm
bali has already entered The lists TO Viudicate
the character of General Pntuafn others.
among WhomiS son Of the General have pro
missed an ample rctuta;lOn ON the other hand
we gather !rom the New Hampshire Patriot
and the Essex Register, thatthe veteran Gen.
stark has Icpt aiedlv asserted the same fact in
regard TO General Hrtuams conduct al the
1attic OF BuhheTS iii'l. as IS now promulgated
ny another conspicuous actor in that scene.
ihe surpiizIng feature OF this controversy is
that Il should not have arisen unfiI now aad
that, If the charge he substantiated, General
Fut"am should have heen permitted 10 wear so
long the !anrpl he had not won.
As 10 INC point at issue, ve must require
stronger eVidCuCe 10 counterbaiance the so
iemu aud minute testimony OF Sen Dearborn,
supported by that OF the hero Of Bennington
than the aSSeycrahous of fricndsbip or The
laudabe zeal Of Gal affection. Nevertheless.
we shall he pleased 10 find, that General Dear.
born aud Gcnei al Stark were both mistaken I:
and Wc cannot help regrcttiug tlley arc not
mat what has been long believed and is iden.
tined with our most idOized recOliections.
should now be disprOved We are unwilling
THAT our history should be changed Let MS
not be understood 10 cast ccnSure on General
Dearborn. He has duties paramount TO tile
opinion Of the world, and has lived long and
wei enough 10 Know LOw 10 disregard that
praise OF ceUSurc, DOth OfWhich are CTenuently
unseservediy bestowed. Tits certain, that he
who las faced the eBeUlies Of mis- corntry so
| often IN tie heid of battle, wl0se countenapce
never fell aud whose hand never wayercJ
VIII not cover beneath meuaCeS or abuse from
any quarter; aud it IS degrading 10 the charac
Ter OF the country TO see fhCm employed, as
uley are, III controversy purely historical IN
regard to which, more than 10 amy other. il is
necessary TO divest ourselves Of gassiouand Of
prejudice. Since tie question las arisen. ct
II be dispa7Sionately discus, ed, aud decid d
upon The testimony. Resuit hOw il may. We
shaii have gained much additional light on that
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