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

Of the armies by land and sea. the at
t,cks in from, and rear. the flank move
msn,s. the fierce fighting and the cour-
age shown on both sides here he stops.
wi,hoa, saying word abou, the killed
aud wounded Why is this Evidently
because Mr. Hull regard. the casualty
LIST A. weak spot whi,h he wishes to
guard Agains, exposure lie saw that,
after magnifying Church's great and we'll
trained army. the flower Of the colonial
soldiery. fresh from their grca, victory
over the renowned Indian ehief,ain, King
Philip. TO say ,ha, this grea, army bad
in i,s "herce fighting" actually lOs, but
eleven killed and less number wounded
would have been 90 groiesquely ludicrOu.
,hA, a gufaw Of derision would have
burst from every reader Of his ridiculous
story
With twenty thousand men
The king Of france came down the hin
And ns'cr vent up Again
After dilAting upon the sire Of Churchs
army. ",he fierce hgh,ing" and the long
continued battle. after such s,raining
for effect to have said anything about the
Insignificant liz, Of casualties would have
been like descending from the sublime 10
the ndieuloa.-goins up like a roeks,
and coming down like a stick. Why
did no, Mr. Hull go on and complete his
picture, n he wanted 10 give hi, read
er. the solid truth. why did he no, say
,hA, IN the Falmouth fight one a. irsNiy
~ Ciurci', troops icn' e,iisI kiilsd ~
rosal,d. ,-l,r,a, he killed and ,cousded
IN Lorsrslr, Fgh embraced hr,s. iourih'
~ Lorncclr, o,iirf forss' The extent
Of the casuAl,ie. !. certainly one n ihs
',.is of the magnitude Of battle. bat
Coz Mr. Hall 10 have stated the nrmbsr
Of Killed ard wounded in the two battles
he vi. comparing would have shown
ths, "ihe 6ercs Sighting was done here
rather than At Falmouth and Of course
would have been ou, Of place in an at.
temp, d minister 10 the lccal pride
q Porilandsr.-s desire to do which Mr.
Hull oonie.ses possessed him when he
rcsauecicd "a par, Of Portlands an.
cien, history" Those who write of 's'.
srrso history .hoald. however, dives,
themselves of local Pride" and every
other feeling ihA, can in the least degree
promp, them TO d.s,Or, OF to suPPre.
facts make 40 claim fof loyewelrs
figh, a, a grcA, battle on aoeoun, Of the
number of troop engaged. bat namber.
are no, necessary. for some Of the mos,
memorable battle, rccorded on the page.
Of history were tough, by small armie,
When Mr.. Hull speaks OF whA, nigh,
have secured had Msj. Church bcen de-
ieAted a, Falmouth he becomes eomieAl
Had he been defeated Nc. Hall says ~
!, ~, an imaginary opinion TO say ,hA,
.. .Masachuss,,. would have teen 30
discouraged ..tha, she would have felt
disposed 10 Abandoa her purchase; And.
II ,ha, had taken place. Maine. Instead
Of being one Of the States OF the Amer.
isAn Union. would nos be par, of the
Dominioa Of Canada" This highly
wrough, pis,are Is purely fancy sketch.
having no; a shadow Of fac, for is ba-
sc. The capture and destruction Of
Falmouth. which Me Hall says would
have been attended with such direfal
consequence. actually occurred within a
few months after the hgh, Of which he
treats. ba, did the terrible consequences
be peaks Of take place. No, at all.
Did the Province Of Maine bscoms "a
par, Of the Dominion Of Canada |
haven't heard Of IL. Was Mr. Hull sc
nous. OF IN jest. when he penned this
rhetorical flourish sboa, Massachuse,,s
becoming ''so discouraged" q, such q re-
buff; Mr.. Hull has read history to lit
tle purpose IL he suppose. 50 slight dis
as,er would have caused Massachusetts,
to give up a large portion Of her terrific
~. Her history !. far from Jus,ifying
80 poor an opinion Of hsr. Her hardy
bravery in the early Indian wars Of colo
nial times. her intrepid sPih, through
the long wL Of the Revolution. and
where i,s frs, battles were fought, and
on whose soil il first blood flowed, and
her sturdy yalor in crushing out rebel
lion both within her own borden. and in
other States Of the Union amply attest
tha, her courage" In a jus, cause has
always been "At the siicking-plaoe.
Mr.. Hull says ,ha, he could. Il he had
had time have given more fully the rea-
sons which induced him TO the opinion
that. had Maj. Church been defeated q,
Falmouth. Maine nigh, "now be part
Of tbs Dominion Of Canada" j think,
however. that upon further consideration
he will congratulate himself ,ha, he had
no more "time." Tor. as far as he has
given any reasons for his opinion they
are. when subjected to a calm analysis
found - be lsmen,ably weak.-,he more
Of such reasons be had given the ~orse
hi. case would have appeared. Those
who undertake to reverse well-au,hen-
,iea,ed history should have something
more than a hypothesis to res, upon,-
At least more than an hypothesis that Is
overturned by an evening zephyr. l