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/1march might have beeu discovered by the enemy.As to the fact, Col. Pickering only asserts thathe never heard it; this cannot be placed in opposition toGen. Pinckney’s positive assertion, and,notwithstanding all that may be said and written, i will add, to Geo. Lafayette’* confirmation of Gen, Pinckney’s statement of facts : for, there is not a more respectable man in the country than he to whom he cor finned it in a conversation directly upon the subject of the coutrover* j | gv respecting the charge of Pulaski’s being found j asleep on the morning of the battle of Germdn- j tovvu by Gen. Washington himself. This I have } beAN r fee in teeHemon i the *lt; bund Ire \iefrom a gentleman of the highest standing ; and 1 he “ __ beanCol. Pickering’s declaration that he never heard 1 Hr jof it, is no evidence to rebut Gen. Pinckney’s as- j hum!nesSett reel print Loti*sertions, that he was present and saw it.Coi. Pickering says that circumstances did not afford time for the Occam nee. But he is mistaken in point of fact. Count Pulaski he supposes j was marching with the army. Whereas the anec-a I dote, as related in the sketches, and by General j St| Pinckney’s letter, state that he had preceded the J ^c‘|1 army in command of the patrol that was pushed forward to drive in that of the enemy. He had j the lt;iheu at least half the night before him, and a halt t j of the army, which th** Colonel supposes necessary to afford time, was altogether immaterial.Count Pulaski certainly brought over with him ; a very brilliant and imposing reputation when he j arrived from Poland. But a* to his vigilance, he muu have left that quality of a great General be-iUu’n Ma7adit hind him. Certainly the surprise at Kgg hatbor, j ANit»ni-dno»I-ntarn.prii*)i*ar-in4-*l-tstitrtheFWeAANif not the Chambei -*ccne at Germantown, may b** permitted to raise a doubt of his claims to that attribute. It is very certain that Count Pulaski failed in reconciling iha Aan-rican officers to being I y commanded by him. And the exposition which circumstances give to the so much relied *.m re commendations from Gen. Washington* \a this :Gen. Washington, in -omnum with, all others, acted, in die fust instance, under the impressions produced from abroad, and therefore recommended him to the high station to which he wu appointed ; in the second, his recommendation nad nothing in view bu.‘t to disembarrass the army from the unhappy effects of toe fir*t. And it is not unfair lo conclude th:it his own experience may have aatisfied him that the Count did not possess the towering military attributes which Ume had ascribed to him.With these observations I take my leave of thee, | ,object WILLIAM JOHNSON.of | Charleston* November* IB^G.IabbsuitbutliOflforof,twta\pi i;purst It
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Washington National Intelligencer
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Mon, Dec 04, 1826
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