The National Register.
London, England, 1812-11-08 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL RECUSTER.

borne out by facts, as it is, by facts which could almost in-
duce a belief that he has the gift of prophecy, we cannot
bu: think the whole entitled to attention. «' hen we find
him speaking of the then projected expedition into. Canada,
as an undertaking very different from what it appeared to be
to M maisoN, as it has since proved-,--when we find
him urgie4 the probability of General Ilut.t.'s failure at
Fort Malden---of his being placed in a situation of great
peril—of the impracticability of sending. him timely rein-
Cr.-cements—of a disastrous termination of the campaign—
of the Engl.sh, ha% jog overpowered General Hut L, being
enabled to cross the river against Fort Detroit—of the cap-
ture of that place—of the frontier.settlements of Ohio being
seriously menaced, and of nearly all the Indian nations
flocking to the standard of England ; in all which instances
the view he took of the subject has been proved to be correct,
has been completely verified by events, we cannot but think
his judgment to be relied on. The opinions of such a man
are not to be passed over, as the vague surmises of a super-
fcial orator. They are to be regarded as coining from real
knowledge and an exalted understanding; and when we
oppose to such a character the stupendous ignorance and
almost incredible folly of the American Executive, who,
after being thus warned, could send forth Gen. merely
to furnish the British with a timely supply of arms, it is
almost impossible to feel alarm at the probable issue of the

contest,
When to the language lie?d by General GERM AN we add
that witch has been heard from Mr. ItaNDoLr it, and many
of the most intelligent Members of Congress, we feel still
more confirmed in the opinions the have uniformly expressed
with re,pect to an American war. The decided tone in which
the people of the United States have generally reprobated the
present conflict, and the strong remonstrances made against
it, furnish irrefiagable evidence of the ruin with which it is
li'- eh. to be fraught to those who have commenced it. The
dissolution of the 4.71pi0n is not one of the most remote con-
sequences likely to result from the folly or the treason of Mr.
otsoN. Their trade to the East Indies, which is of no
inconsiderable importance to them, cannot he expected to
survive the shock, and nearly or quite the whole of their
colninerce will be completely swept from the ocean. Univer-
sal distress mint be the consequence ; and, supposing the
worst for England—supposing the Americans to succeed in
their designs upon Canada, such a conquest will not coun-
terbalance the losses they must be exposed to in other quar-
tets. Tlaasetvogaged in privateering may possibly thrive on
the general ruin, but it is not too much to hope that
the voice of the great body of the people will be raised
so loud, in consequence .of the tremendous pressure of
the war, that the present Government will be completely
overturned, or compelled to adopt a new line of policy. In
the event of either of these changes being effected, the speedy
Winn of peace must be the consequence.
The worst effects of American hostility have already been
felt in this country, in those measures which preceded the
war, and which, in fact, amounted to war—war on her side,
though unanswered as unprovoked on ours. America made
herself impotent, in a great measure, before she commenced
the contest; and we trust it will be found that her hostile
declaration was but the signal for her ewn chastisement, the
harbinger of her own humiliation. That proper means have
been taken to make.her feel the force of our arms we cannot
doubt. It were vain longer to hope that she may be conci-
liated by pacific means. To the people of this country it