New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-06-23
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Life and Correspondence of Pres. Reed

loss, furnishing mental excitement 10 the brain Of
the mere dreamer, became by that event chrystal
;z.d into form Of harmonious being-gave expan
80, N the active intellect 20 the time It's form and
PRESSURE and revealed to the inspection and com
or.bsnsion Of every one truths which had been be
fo,e euarded with most Jealous care appertsining
70 the dreaded areaHa Of empire. Man has walked.
ever since that era in the history Of the world, in
all the consciousness Of individual existence.
II was the prologue 20 great events-the fore
sbadowing OF a moral and political regeneration
In our day we have witnessed some acts IN the
great drama then commenced, but no time shall
record its completion
The actors in the Revolution were OF o character
age. and position b lend propuety to the manner
Of conducting it, and % insure good results from us
termination They were men, mostly, Of grave re
Elective dispositions who had passed the dangerous
Derod Of youth and were Of q social and political
rack 10 feel most sensiby the insolence Of authority
On the one hand and Of licentiOusness on the other
Revolutions are generally precipitated by the sP
rising Of an Infatuated popuace expecting 20 Grad
icate enormous evils by the preparation OF still
greater as in the case Of the socaled French Revo-
luton the Revolution Of 1879 in England, for the
moderate conduct Of which much praise has been
claimed and accorded. was but change Of dynasty
and the substitution Of principle Of rnonsrchical
government for another the stoarts had sought TO
govern BY prerogative uncontrolled by Parliament
and lost their thrones the House Of Hanover sought
70 control Parliament themselves, and saved through
them prerogatves and throne
The persons most distinguished at the h7'"i"-
non in social rank and for wealth generally ad'
ber.d TO the Royal cause its supremacy they helo
necessary 10 the preserya.oa d both and the evis
sx.,nv had not yr ssSed with such sensible effect
',on the greas mass OF the population as to awaken
ia country throughout, any very lively isehng o.
resentment Beside Loyalty is OF Pyrsmidical
character il is strongest and rnest at the bottom
twas from the middle clnss proper, for classes
tho, existed the yusfe iihea Of the social body.
that the great msoisy ofthe agitators OF the Revo-
lu.ion proceeded, as II continued, undoubtedly it
uras ooncured in and abetted by all Persons OF
every class and condition save by the very few
whom from their unfortunate obstinacy We denomi-
mated Tories the English writers, Loyalists The
spfferings OF a common country in time fused @h
classes and parties into one body Of resistance 10
the Tyrant Power beg nd the seas
The authors Of the Revolution, many OF taem'
were persons of good education-not a few o. moch
erodtion. Classical scholars, who had completed
their studies. well commenced at home at Oxford
or Cambridge.
Next 10 Warrington, we recollect no one who
in his own person better reflects the character OF
the Revolution than the subject Of this work He
seems TO have been Of grave temperament. slow
and not brilliant in action celebrating much and
frequently doing what he did well, butnot attempt
ing wonders
We are inclined TO think however that the author
Of this Life has conceded TOO much importance to
the letters of his grandfather, which appear therein
Condensation would NOT have lessened their mer'
its. nor dosrscted from their readers information
Mucb however can be pardoned to the hial alice
ton that magnihes the importance of the object OF
its alteration.
Nor do we think the text dwells sufficiently long
upon the salient points in the history OF those times
The intellec, of the author would illuminate the val
leys long after mountsin.top had been obscured IN
nieht-reversiug thus the history OF natural light
His patrons are the public he writes for them, and
il is 10 their qualification he should address himself
That which. in the whole history OF the War OF
HpVOlutlOus
il the conduct of the Army IN the Winter of a. at
their quarters at Valley Forge. Upon that conduct
Turned the character OF the War; whether It should
be n Rebellion or Observation-Disclosures Washing
ton and his compatriots should be hung as Rebels
10 their King or worshiped as Saviors OF Their
Country Three thousand men, unfit for duty, be
cause without clothes or shoes sleeping round
miserable fires from want Of blankets TO cover
their shivering nskedness, suffering from continual
hunger from disease and extreme cold Is a tab
leau worth some contemplation, and much after.
thought Destitute of clothing, destitute OF pro
visions. destitute OF all save their trust in God,
they went through that Winter"
IL had been as well perhaps If the work before
us had dwelt moment upon such theme not SO
much for its own intrinsic beauty, as the conse-
quences that grew out Of it.
There is however, in this work much to interest
though little can be expected of course from novelty
of incident because all the chief events OF the Re
volution have been domesticated among us Still
the author while he introduces his own share OF
original anecdote or illustration gives new grace
to former narratives-charaoter too are developed
better perhaps in the correspondence laid before us
commenced it may be carried on, without intention
Of future publication, than in the usual narratives
OF disinterested writers. We see the great men Of
the times thus Jas it werel d'shGbls and are sd
ruitted to the privacy Of their thoughts
There is a want OF pretenson in Mr.. Reeds let
tiers, not unpleasant an absence OF any appearance
of writing for literary effect most creditable to the
author There are positive beauties beside-much
classic grace felicity otexpression original thought
and fall comprehension OF the subject discussed
-IIrE AND CORRESPONDENCE or JOSEPH RErD Mil.
tsry Secretary of Washington Cambridge Adlutsni
General of the Continental Army Member OF the Con
es 0f the United States and President Of the kXceu
live Council OF the ststo OF Pcnnsy Ry his Grand
son, WiILi1N y sHKD. Two volumes. syo. Philsde
phia Lindsay s blAkiston 1877.
EY~The Buffalo Press do injustice 70 MIR Csrter
the Telegraph operator In the NewNork Office In ehsrg
ing the Line with showing taVori,ism TO any house On
the morning OF the csmorss arrival ten messages with
the foreign went 10 Buffalo before any Of the
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