, 1864-08-04


COL. JOHN 4. BR0ss.
This 1a1nented hero who fell in the assaul
on the rebel works at Petersburg ct the hea,
OF the 29th regiment q. 8. colorcd volunteers
vas pnre, brave, earnest patriot. He &C
cepted his command, not from motives o
personal ambition, but from religious sens
Of his duty to his fellow men, AMI
from thut sentiment ot true ehlvalry whic]
inEpires the Christian martyr to give his lif
for the oppressed and to brave prejudice il
behalf Of the low}y. Our country has los
no ttuer, noblef son. He went forth know
Ing his fate. No earthly reward-no common
patriotism would have induced him to max.
The certain sacrifice, for such he regarded 4
such tt has proven. He fought not only 70,
the integrity Of our. Goyernment-a motive
at best Of enlarged and enlightened selfish
ness-but fer the freedom Of the slave. ND
tive wholly Christ-like, unsehish, and which
lees noble minds cannot even appreciate. Hi
has gone to the reward which bis deep oonyic.
tions Of truth and duty ever presented to his
mlnd and heart as the highest to which NOR.
tai could aspire, for had not Christ taught
iDasmuch as Je have done It, unto the lesst
Of these ye have done it unto me.'
THE TRUTH OF HISTORY.
General Mcclellan On the H1axaae,c o1
Fort William Henry,
Major General Mcclellan was lately sere.
naded at the Fort William Henry hotel, Lake
George. He made his appearance on the
balcony amid cheers, and in the course Of q
short address to the assembly, said:
After Ea[Iant defence Of the now ruined ram
parfs oi Hillism Henry. the blood Of your grand
stand, IL butcherJ Permitted By the cruel apathy
ol Aonfc4ln, who two years nfterHa9d auffered for
his crimes 10 The great battle under the walls OF
mott honorable part
These lew sentences are matter of regret
and surpsise-surprise that graduate Of our
National Academy should know 60 little OF
military men and eveEt4; regret that a citi-
zen proposed "a candidate for the Presiden.
tial chair should be SO ignorant OF American
history.
hontca1m, thus ccolly consigned by the
Democratic orator to infamy, was the soul
Of generosity and chivs1rJ. There are no
brighter pages In the military history of
America and France than those which roeora
hts noble aee.3s and heroic death, and 1t
Is not creditab1e to us that IN American
officer could be found to perpetrate 20
shameful SANDER on the memory Of q brave
colder.
It Is not true that a butchery was "permtt-
ted by the cruel apathy Of Aontcalm." Nor
is 1t true TINT the ancestors OF the Demo-
cratic gentlemen addressed by Gen. Mcclellan
had the slightest part, active or passive, in
the "hntchesy'' referred to; nor that " 9th.
ezs'' OF the ancestors Of the same gentlemen
had any thing whatever TO do with the credit
able attair under the walls Of Quebsc-. Nor,
finally, is 1t true that Montcalm sssu5cred
for his crimes.'
The countr! about Lake Gcorge-both be-
lore and long years after Fort William Henry
existed, was bowling wilderness, and 1t
has only been settled to any extent within
The past thirty yeas.
The defenders Of the fort under. the gallant
Munro we're Ill English soldiers, OF New
England Rangers; and II Wolfe had depend
ed upon the entire region from Lake George
to Canada to furnish single man for bis
Royal Americans, 1t would have been sorry
relfsnce.
There IL some excuse for very young peo.
pie who read the heavy romances facettonsly
called the History Of England" and believe
the most astonishing fables, az for instance,
those current concerning Elizabeth, called
{q.4asi 1.tetts non lueendo), the Virgin Queen.
The excuse is tlst old people tell them it il
history.
General Mcclellan has no such excuse, for
be is OF age, and the history Of the period In
question is clearly settled and well written.
$ATn IL -. L.
ts TINT, being called upon by a committee,
headed, We will say, By Judge Brown some
three days beforehand, and adriscd OF the
impending surprise; he straightway labors
at leisure his little mpromptu-crams for
local history, ont Of the Lake George Guide
Book-adopts ite learning, and becomes the
victim oi the literary quack who compiled It.
Under ordinary circumstances this would
be an unfortunate accident. But for General
Mcclellan, whose admirera-on the strength
Of the West Point oration-had lust announc-
ed him as very Perieles-as a profound aud
btillisnt schclar-it assumes the proportions
OF gigantic calamity.
, !" Suffered fur his crines." This is sinsu-
lar view for soldier to take Of soldiers
death. Why, If man were crimson dyed in
guilt, death On the battlefield in his couu.
ty's ranks would be looked npon, not o.
punishment or suffering, but as . glorious
expiation.
ANY schoo1boy will furnish Gen. Mcclellan
the sentiment and argument of the question
in the trite but classic quotation:
s',Du2ce d deoor.m eft pro pdtria nori.
But enough Here is the veritable history
Of the incident referred to by General Nc
Clellan:
with view to make the capltulation fuylolably
binding On The Indians, Mont&an summoned their
war-chiefe 10 council. The English wero to depart
with the honors Of war, on pledge not to serve
aere e q nat p9ate q
eecort was to attend them their departure; eve-
r canadian or French 11dlan made captive during
the wn1 was to be liberated. The Indians applaud
Of Angust, The French entered the fort, and the
Eneli.h retired to their entsenehea camp.
oasa aais aed 81 @ s1a n :a 1885, sn
glG Englltk, and I'll night ione they were Wild
kts Of Acadia e1c!tea The ansry passlons Of other
irnm English pe1ndy and Encli-h power. At dsy-
break they gathered round the tntEep pchnents. and
as The teIrided Engiieh soldiers filed Of began to
plundes them, and lncited one another to swing
lie tomakawk recklesrly. Twenty, perhaps
even thirty. persons were massaczed, while
rery many wese made prisoners. Officers and sol
he fort, to the ten!e ofthe French. II arrest he
disorder, De L<r plunged into the ttkault. daring
death d Nousond ttnasf. French QMeers receiEsd
teostsas q r*.ey:ng 4h< eapasss, aa4 staod At
ID. XVI mt." crisd Mostea1n,''' uslng pravsrs
and n.enaces, and p,ptHtsss out spors As Eng;
tAe froops 10 dgend hsusxlres.. From the French
camp Montealm collected together more than four
aaaaned who Eere d,aa1tssed With great eseors-
md be ecnt De Vaudreull to ransom these whom
~ ~ t1nd,ans bad carried swaz-Baasr2rs Hl.tory
now 1t is hardly possible that any man Of
average intelligence who had ever real this
passage Would have adopted and >giren
noss m.etance TO the shameful calumpy here e1-
No explanation that General nyccua,,,r
could offer would be ut all deairah1e or If
the elightcst avail ~' ~ -
We commend him to aiieace. and to Tim
lection, perpensioa, and pen,tenIs1 co..
temptation Of great slstoraAn'a port.s,tur.