Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-06-20
Historians = ouaudary.

Historians In y Quandary.
The battle Of Bethel Church involves The
Northern officials end their t1umpetcrs in
torturing dilemma Their army exceeded the
command Of Col. Magruder in tho ratio oil
four to one and yet it was rcPulsed, defeated,
and chased ior six miles. Either they suffered
great less, or they displayed grea. cowardice.
When forty .Ggc hundred men march nine
miles to whip twelve hundred and then run
away without doing it, just in proportion as they
assert that they escaped harm. in that same
degree do they proclaim that they shrunk from
their undertaking and turned their intended
soldering into nimblc footrace.
Eu, our ambitious Northern historians get k
to cover both points. Their army received OF
ly trivial rjary, SO they say, and yet eac!!
solder was IS brave us Achilles. Nay, they
exceeded him, Cor they were strong where bc
was vulnerable. Their rery heels were hero
ic TINS the terrible Z,uaVes, whose only
fault, according to their panegyrists, was that
they were too daring, g ID at the first glcam Of
Cardinals coming bAyoncls-
\ spectator informs US that to him the sight
was amusing. They dispersed by The ian..ail
movement, each man mpkinghis own path, and
sepa a.ins as swiftly as he nlis 1t both 'rom his
foe and from his !elIow But this was merely
display CT crcessics bravery, not comprehend
e. by our friend; just Us discord is harmony ret
understood Tns Z,uages had, probably, in
their minds eye some furious battle, in somo
coming day, in which they were painting to
have part Brave as Job's war-horSe, they
slne;t the far-oF Gsht, and they ran-tomsst it,
ThAS it was not the repulsion, but the sttrac-
.lun O.; danger that gave wings 10 their feet i;
and their speed !s to be taken as the measure
Of their courage. Dsspisins tue little matter
On band, like noble heroes shcy were with the
true refinement Of chivAlry, but saving them
selves for more desperate fields. Long live
the Zounves!
Having thus done wha. We taay to give con.
sis,cncy TO the praises bestowed on the nvin-
Gibbs ard uvuintrable hosts thai brayey
Sought and uore bras,lg tied Oh Bethel plain,
and to assist the Norti:yrn eulngists in har
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