The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1852-08-27
LI.ILBsERTY, Ls EoUALITY PRO GREssIoN
They Pluck Dead Heroes to Plume


II g General Scott. as
! The Kingston Journal, natiyistwhig pfin
/ ~ 1914, is isentitled to The. paternity Of tht
i pretended extract from the Argus Of 1914
now going The. rounds Of the wfig press
u which represents Gem Scott as the oaily Of
!, tieer who participated in The battle oil Lun
\ dy's Lane, and the sole hero Of that baIt
1 liought and brilliantly Contested field.
II kWe have before denounced this pretended
Argus account of the battle, as so entirely
Igarbled by aappressions and transposition,
10y omissions Of tho names and deeds of all
4 d1ho took prominent parts IN 1t, other thar
General Scott--as 10 stamp 1t an out-and- ou
tabrication-disgraceful to the parlizans who
/, originated and who now sanction The impo-
Il sltion, as il is shamelessly unjust to the il
4 ipstrous dead whom it despoils Of their Iau.
rels in order to form a chaplet for the brow
l "A General Scott 8ssla DIT. tT
4 We promised TO refer again TO this sacri
) ! 1gious attempt 10 glority the living, by rob,
bing the dead, and to make the Argus acces.
sory TO double outrage on the truth OF his
tory. and the fame oil some OF the noblest Of
our counIry's defenders. Having since re.
= ferred again TO our files, we are ena bled to
expose this miserably disgraceful election.
eering Scott device. 7s75 p
0nthe(5th of August, 1914, the Argus
copied from the Buffalo Gazette, itsaccount
of the battle of Lundy's Lyne--occapying
fabolt half colamn. This is the account
Ewhichlhe Kingston Journal has seizedupon,
and eviSctrating it, in the manner described
hus thrown out 10 the world asthe original
| Argus version Of the battle, and as "wbal
the Argus thought Of Genera Scott in l8l4.'
Now,we propose to show what this con.
tempo1neous account of the battle was, and
what plrts Of ii the -KingstonJou tho'l
properlto omit. 1t will be found that among
The suppressed portions oft, is the recita
. of whit wasat the time regarded as the great
t Eexplol the day,we mean the storming a,lC
taking Of the British batteries jythe troop'
11ader Col. MiLLer--a feat which confessed
" astonished The British generals by its da
: ring and galtantry and was the turning point
t If not the termination of the conflict. Al
S this is carefully blotted out of the record By
f the Kingston Journal, obviously keep Col
: Miller out of sight, and to thrust Gen. Scot
into the foreground, and appropriate TO hin
ihe sole honois Oh Inc ne'a.
: 30 also, dhe names OF brown, Porter, Jes
Q sup. Riley, Mcneil, Worth, and other prom
inent field officers, are stricken out whereye
they are mentioned in connection with no
# Bile deeds of gallant service and devotion T.
country-lest they too might share with Gen
/ eral Scott, portion of the fame which be
longs in common to all.
Z But we pass over some comparatively mi
nor omissions, and present one or lwo Oh th
s important passages winch, IN Tue opinion z
q MS friends, would damage uenerol Scott
claims 70 all the glory OF the Dattle, II leit II
4 anu wnloh We're accordingly ielt out. Ihe
~ afe ~ llese;-
y l'lc ssouii1 was opsllnaleiy contestpa III
~ ~ w ~ q WIFI ue'
! efal '!, splown, Pefceiylng 1hat Tue enemy
afuliely was most des'rucllVe' DECIDED
III storm the battery, Col. Miller, the hero
: Magagna, was ordered ON This enterprise b
1t approached the enemy's cannon wltha quic
r. step, and delivered his fire within few pa
ces OF the enemys line; who alter recelvln
Two or three rounds and vigorous charge
+ retired to the bottom OF the hill, and abar
n doned his cannon. Only one piece was bro
W off the field for want OF horses. The encm
,e now ga0c 'cay and rstreaLed; they were FOL
,oweu eoiile uls'encei W, a'lly was no'
occupied IN securing 'ne piiSoners' anu ofihg
n Ing OH lhe "ouhuea'
d Ihe cessation, however, was snort. u
IS Gen. Drummond is supposed to have arrive
le at this interval, with reinforcement. Th
l. enemy renewed the action while our troop
D were busily employed in clearing the groun
re- of wounded. but the Americans formed wit
\ alacriiv and after Close engage ment of 9
n,;nn,es tho o nor,v ,yers ren1leed The a,
= ..Au'sa VIZ ,aI n.y .o..a..ai ~ -.
! my hVW eileoeu .ie .eiiose. "a: u sealiy' 4,
y lot an ile Wounueu' anu 10 iy.i.eI nun =,
S. ground, IL oeing nearly ~ O'CLOCK AZ hign'
they returned TO their encampment IN goo
is order.
On the morning Of the 26th, our forces III
& der Generals Ripley and Porter, reconnoitre
re the enemy near the battle ground, returned
and hurnt the Bridaewater Mills. and all n
ansnv,s barracLs and the Rridoe nj Ch,nn,
omen "a r,nssod ~, NV tha ,, ,;vas 20 Fort HI; 4
wa a,u fooo.I W ". ''- " N''' - =
,e wnsLe TL 'ney maui CO s'anu' ,,,,,o,
10 lIe eneiny . lo'ce SnSaseu iiiue' naf9 pee
IN ileai o,oorOa!,S enoi. ~ .nds "ndtni,
N Malor uenera, nlall was wo9nueu 1ilu 1h mhe
! = IN Inc rear OF MS army, py oapt. heschun i.s
! toge'her with one OF MS aias, Inc olner peli
? killed. $a. .,,-4sg u 4 ~. ~