The National Republican And Ohio Political Register

General Charles Lee.— The proceedings of a General Court Martial for the trial of this Officer, touching his character at the battle of Monmouth, have just been published. The pamphlet, containing 134 royal octavo pages, is introduced to the public in the following manner, by General Jacob Morris, who for some time acted as one of the Aids-de-Camp to Gen. Lee.

TO THE PUBLIC.

To do justice to the memory of a gallant, frank and warm hearted soldier of the Revolution, who, although not a native born American, was surpassed by few of that eventful period, in zeal and devotion to the cause of this country, I have directed to be re-published, the proceedings of the Court Martial that decided on the conduct of the late Major Charles Lee, at the battle of Monmouth.

Now, that the party excitement which unhappily existed in the army at that day, is almost forgotten, and nearly all the distinguished actors of that glorious era, are removed from this world, much might be said without injury to the feelings of their surviving descendants, to shew that Gen. Lee was harshly dealt by.

My enlightened fellow citizens of the United States, will be satisfied I think, on the perusal of the annexed copy of the trial of that officer, that the sentence emanated from feelings in the members of that Court, not very friendly towards him. I was on the field of Monmouth with Gen. Lee's division as a volunteer, attached to a troop of Light Dragoons. under Capt. John Heard, commanding the cavalry of the State of New-Jersey, and saw enough to impress me with a belief, in the language of a respectable military character now living, who was also present in that affair, " that the conduct of Gen. Lee on the 28th June, 1778, shewed great generalship, and that he deserved credit, and not censure."

JACOB MORRIS.

Butternuts, Otsego County,
State of New-York, Sept. 1823.