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Sir George TreVRlyal'S Opinion
Of Americans.
STUDY OF The REVOLUTIONlSTS
Bunker HiII-The French Allies
Magazine Anecdotes.

presents the views OF an English MS
torian on nature Of the Revolution
which should interest every American.
Writing OF the battle Ot Bunker Hin
ne cOncurs with Senator Lodge. iu his
estimate Of the Importance OF the bat
tie of Bunker Hill 10 the Revolution
airy cause. Il is true that this impuy-
lance was not Immediately recognized
by contemporaries. The author ot this
book recalls that. after the battle. al
though depression T@iEned in the be-
leaguered city. there was no eNultatipn
in the camp Of the bssiegers. The
truth is that. in war as in politics.
the morrow Of an epOch-makiuE even:
is not always characterized 10y eNhjlar-
actions. lLere is WEAKNESS and tisIp-
pointment and a consciousness that
The thing has not been completely done.
and an uneasy suspicion that IL had
better never have been attempted
Bunker's Hill. the next morning. and
even for some years afterwards. pre-
scented TO the COlUnists who had taken
share in it the aspect OF something
very much saort OF a. Marathon. Con-
temporary accounts OF the action We're
in a tone of apology or even OF Censurc.
The affair produced Il whole she1t uf
court-martials. No one came forward
to claim Ghe credit OF 10. and more
than one nth OF June came and went
without a proposal being made To keep
the day as an anniversary. The pItri-
OTIS had expected from the enterprise
| tactical advantages which IL was not
capable Of yielding. and they did not
at once perceive that. in its indirect re-
suits. it had been the making OF that
cause. The true significance OF what
had happened WIS first detected by
their Anniversaries. and the most aCcur-
ately by those who knew the country
best. \ Massachusetts lOyalists. who
fought so We. for King George that
he rose to be Il full General in the Brit
| ish Army. re =arued Bunker's Hill as y
transaction which controlled every
| thing that followed. You could not.
he would say to his friends on the
other side. have succeeded without
it. In the tnen state OF parties. some
thing was Indispensable to fix men
somewhere. and to show the planters
OF the South that Northern people
were IN earnest. That did the business
for you. The rebels" wro.c Gage
a week after the battle. are shown
not To be the disorderly rabb!e Toe
many have supposed. In all their wars
against the French they have shown
no such conduct and perseverance Js
they do now. They do not see that
they have exchanged liberty for tyTIu-
ny. No people were ever governed
more absolutely than the American
provinces now are; and no reason can
be given for their submission but thai
it is tyranny which they have erect.
ed themselves" Our author deems
these conclusions just. though they
were not expressed in friendly words
Bunker's Hill has exhibited the Amer.
leans to all she world as a people q
be courted by allies. and TO be countet
with by foes; and il had done them ths
yet more notable service OF teaching
them some home truths.
II was a marvel that-so many armet
citizens had got together so quickly
and a still greater marvel that thel
!. had stayed together 81 long. Even
Cabinet Minister could not now den,
that. As individuals, they possessed Tn
, old coUra~e of their race. They h1
displayed. moreover. certain milj,av
qualities OF "A new and special type
such as were naturally developed o.
the local and historical conditions uu
der which the had been born Ju
bred. No one. however. who pIs-s
the early hours of that summer af;sr
noon on the hill over CbarIestowu
and. still more. no one who witnesse
the state of things in tle rear OF Ga
position and among the heIJuuIrt G..
= stan az Cambridge could boz blind q
the conviction chat a great deal won.
. have to be done and uudoue before Oh
the colonies were able % hold the fe
throughout the pr1-raeteI struE-
which was now inevitable. Ila m.
y terial was there. excellent. aJuuill
1 and duc,iis o. nat.ona. army. 81.
/ features OF its own deeply marsc.
but to mould that material into shai
was "a task which would have Co
pursued under difficulties OF uuusu
!, completely. The ar,ifcer was alre1.
found. The Second Continental Col
gress had appointed George washiu
ton of Virginia 20 the command OF Il
), force bssieging Boston, and on the Ia