Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1884-05-20

,ar,r to aoccmpli.h III. purra-c BY sew
ing up an cncoaniei IN ~hich tie enemy
va vofs'cd. A victory, however. j. rot
neccss4y in order To shos gallAn, fight
ing ~ 90 gain Fcno~n IN battle. Those
~ho fought II Thefmopylc, Lexington
AMI Banker Hill achieved fp' themselves
immortal glory though sanqaished by
ossfshelming numbers and, oonsider,d
from an historical standpoint. J, ~as a
strange proceeding ior Mr. HILL to at
temp; 20 gra,iy " local pride by eSpA-
uaiing upon The barren victory achieved
IN 1859 rather than upon the fAr more
important though disAsiroa' battle Of
1890
Ne HUI .ayshe /. afraid l have no, read
'' Sallivan'. llis,ofy q Maine - !, ~a'
Unnecessary. however. for him thus ex-
plici,ly % siaie thai he thought me unAc-
ruain'sd With Sulivaa's History. tor, had
be no, Supposed me and al the other
rcaders Of the .iga' utterly ign0TAn, no,
oaly of Sullivan's bat o. every other h.s'
tory q Maine. he never woali have at
tempted % imPo.e upon our ignorAaee IN
the gross fashion he has would ia.
form him. however. ,ha, I an no, - X
norAa, Of Sallraa As be- has. IN his as
SUMPTION of superior knowlcjge. taken
fof granted have read Saliivaa care
fally. aad many Others Who have psrused
Nj Hgil. articles have probably doae
the same ani they. a. vel a. ]. have
doabilc,, noticed that. when Sallivan
says anything iha, ieod' 10 show that
I.1ye~tlrs Fight was very important
battle. both IN a. immediate and remote
consequence. Mr. Hall ignores him at
terly For example. Dr BslkuaPs History
OF Ncw Hampshire says iha, l.9se~clr'
, sht was one q ,he most fierce and
obstinate battles ihA, bad ever been foaghi
With ihs lndans and Sullivan endorses
that painsiaking aud Trustworthy his'ofi-
an. anl iof a. account of l.1yewelis
Fight rcicrs hi. reader. 10 Bslknap a.
having. a. he say.. done 80 much ius-
tee % ,he ,abjec; iha, L . be.' 10 refer
the reader % his h..tof, 'or it. In an
other place Salli,an .ay. that the Nor
r.dse~ock battle and the battle u Cap
tain l.,vewell were q great consequence
q 'he people Of ths Province q Maine BOD.
Thsss decisive actions relieved the people
from grea, apprshensions and saved The
froniisr from grca, calamiiie' 50
much ior Mr Hull, suppression o! SUI
lyaas testimony when it would tell
asa.as, him. ! will state in ihi, connec-
ton that Mf. Halls quotation from wha,
Willisis History Of Portland sAys q Love
wells F,sh, j. misleading. whether 80 IN
iended " not. From What Mr.. Hull
say, one would suppose ,hA, Willis ranks
loye~ells ? Fish, a. next in Importance
% the ash, a, Norriigewock, whereas
Willis simply ,Ay. ,hA, il was The "asS,
con.il,rable" engagemen, IN poin, Of
time. 10 having occurred less than nine
mon,hs af,srsard.. Furthermore, Wills
.ay. thai Lovewelr, Fight wa' the Ia,
son.iisrsble sngagemen, " q ,hs war, -
ihs, j.. o. iai.aa por'f ra' fram haf
tm. Jgralri tolo,.
Mr.. Hull says''i, woaldApPsar 70 have
been the highes, patriotism ioT Losewell
and bis men to stay Al their own tresides
20 defend their home-." never heard
of good general Who though, TO conquer
such Zoe, a., the savage skin. by SIM
ply ash,ing on the defensive. Love
veil. FRYE. Rogers and Church did no,
ihink this the way to ge, peace and safe
~. They A" carried the war into Africa.
according 10 the orders usually given 10
Indian fgh,ers. particularly tho-e given
10 Church IN 1859. viz: 20 fad oia aaf
auari h,r ieadguaa,r aad principal
r,nd,.rous" When Mr.. Hull eOmph-
msnis Msj Rogers for bis expedition
agains. and destruction Of the Pequau-
ke,s in their Jas, stronghold a, $, Fran
ei.. be pays no les a conPlimen, TO the
lamented I.osewell. whose unfinished
wors the brave Roger took up and CON-
ple,ed.
II wolf Is seen PrOwling round a
.heep-fold the faithful shepherd follows
him. Putnam.hke. to his den. though il
be forty miles away, and there hsh'' him
10 the death. Mr.. Hull would blame
Washington. Stark, Pa,nAm and all the
other greA, pa,rio, leaders Of our Revo-
luton because they did no, hug their
6re.ides and refuse 10 leave their homes.
when "the de.Po,'. heel ~As on our
shore they simply wanted to know where
,hA, despo, was. Where the foes OF their
county were. there they marched. That
va. the way their patriotism taught them
TO protect their homes and hresides.
During our late civil war there was /"
elias. Of patriots who though, the best
way to put down treason ia arms was to
for,ify Washington and TO stretch a cor
don Of forts and wooden guns round the
States in rsvol, and BY thus making .
srea, show Of strength % scare ne re-
L.u,os 10 d,aiA. Grant and sherman.
however, found better way, the former
by cutting Od the ebelliOn'' head at
Richmond and the latter by drawing and
.....,.,;ng I, nv "mArching through