New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-03-20

led to TIE woods, and parry va oo,scnea on ~.
~rO;e an officer on this OCCASION and II they can
but 6pd . prseXt TO kill tnem, they VIII" Do
prise seek 70 eseapei ne W. snO n.n,ss
thousand had withdrawn to Mirsmicht, ana the re-
zion south of the Ristigouche some louno res. on
the banks OF the 81 Johns and i.s orancoS. e1s
ehsri.ably sheltered from the English IN the wig.
FAM of the savsges But seven thousand Of tnese
banshed people we're driven on oos!c t, ,r,p' ss
Hampshire to Georgia alone, one tnousano ane
twenty to South Carolina alone. They we're cass
lahore without resources natns sHs pn,1iOS the
thought of selling themselves as iaoorefs houso
holds too, were separated; the eoioniAi newsPsRes
contained advertisements OF members OF Ls1S
seekirR their companions of sons anxious 10 reecn
and relieve their parents, of mothers mourning io'
their children
The wanderers sighed for their native country
but TO prevent their return, their villages lion
papoiis 70 the isthnus were laid waste LneI o.o
homes verA hut ruins In the district OF Minas foI
instance, two hundred and my OF snen d'e TSs live
stock which belonged 10 them, consisuhS % Haos'
numbers Of horned cattle hogs. snesp xnu r".,,"S
were seized ~ spoils and Opposes Q, ~ nn,nt,x
WAS reduced to q solitude. There was none ie.
round the ashes Of the cottages oil the oas
he faithful watch dog vsny :eesins shs shs;,
orchards; the ocean broke over their negiectsd
dihes and desolated their meadows
The SEQUEL of Braddock's defeat at Fort Du-
ouesne is described with a similar terse express
siveness
The forest field Of battle was left thickly stIewn
with the wounded and the dead. Never hsd there
been such harvest OF scaps ana spo nuuus sv.
russ with the haloos Of the req men .nS o1o -"
airing Of small arms ninsled with pea 1..S .rt,I
iery was brought in, and the Indian warnors paint
ing their skin shining vermiion, with patches OF
black and brown and blue, goIed IN the iaceso ha''
and bright apparel OF the English omcels
We may adduce the slight personal sketch OF
Braddock as an instance of the same admirable
distinctness in character drawing which is found
in Mr. Bancrofts local descriptions: =" Edmund
Braddock was man, in fortunes desperate, IN
manners brutal, in temper despotic obstinate
and intrepid expert in the niceties of review ;
| harsh in discipline" So too single pregnant
naraeraph on the recall OF William Pitt to office
IA private man in England in middle life, with
no fortune, with no party, with no strong family
| connections, having few votes under his sway in
| the House of Commons. and perhaps not one in
| the House of Lords-a feeble valetudinarian,
stunning pleasure and society, naughty and re-
| tired and half his time disabled by the agonies
of hereditary govt, was now the hope Of the Eng.
| lish world Assuming power, as, with the voice
of an arcbange, he reused the States Of Protest.
| antism to wage war for mastery against the
despotic monarchy and the institutions of the
| Middle Ages, and to secure to humanity its fu-
| turity Of freedom"
The description of Pitts ministry is in the
same mastery strain.
Assuming power, no bent all factions TO his author.
| itaiivs viii and made 4" . venal age unanimous"
The energy OF his mind the spring Of his elo-
| Quencs His presence was inspiration; no himself
thoughts Of beauty and passion, Of patriotism and
| courage; none BY words accomplished deeds like
him His voice resounded throughout the world,
the ,Ss q ns .nS sou9 Ss
GapGes Animated by his genius, corporation for
txade did what Rome had not dreamed Of and Brit
ose1 man make s's resting his foot in
tered RuIing with uptouadsd authority the millions
but oss sonsisIssis sy on Is Esropean sentiment!
IssSdm sss sos s. q: ~sssln shore q
10 Atlantic, The England which was still ne model
j lfAIhasiG 0soeag ledtcps, AID defend " tie COM
full and malignant confedeTacy that threatened
| the independence OF mankind"
| But we must not daily with this minute search
| for gems, and forget more general characteKi-
| cation of the volume, which has called forth our
| remarks.
We have already stated its strong ideal ten.
denotes. Like the previous writings of the
author on American history, it is devoted to a
record of the struggle for human freedom. In
| his view, the grand panorama of events is an
| illustration of the workings of Providence for
the elevation of man. England. sent forth her
noblest sons int the forests Of America, for the
development OF free, great, and powerful peo-
| pie 1t was the office Of America to substitute
fors hereditary privilege the natural equality of
man for the irresponsible authority Of sove.
reign, government founded on opinion organ.
izing social union through the establishment of
personal freedom and thus emancipating the
nations from all authority not emanating from
themselves. The American Revolution armed
men OF the same ancestry against each other,
yet for the advancement of the principles of ever
lasting peace and universal brotherhood placing
new plebeian democracy by the side Of the
proudest empires, discriminating religion from
civil Institutions. and securing personal freedom
in its complete individuality. The development
of these ideas is the kindling theme of the his.
torian. They form the inspiration of his Muse,
and FIRE his language with living eloqusnce.
His work 10 thus impressed with an epic unity,
which lends vitality and spiritual loneliness to
the details Of his narrative.
The point of view, moreover, from which this
volume 10 written is that of universal history.
Events are contemplated not in their partial, lin
tied. isolated bearings. but in their integral har.
mony. America is regarded as the hope Of man.
kind. Connected with the absorbing question of
the period-that of the aristocratic and military
Prossstantism of Europe agains, the monarchies