Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1813-12-07


tuiioa, were cautioned against interrupt.
ing 10y their machinstioas, the progress
ofthe grand military plans which werc
about 10 dessloPe themselves. Another
army vas raised, and to ensure lis suo-
cess,the bes, military talents of the cow.
try from the north, south, cast and west
were put in requisition. The first In
.relAgence which we received from this
grand .srmy, is on the 9Th Nov when 1t
IS announced through the medium OF the
Democratic Newspapers, that & the ar.
my was advancing rapidly into Canada,
that no opposition sssexpected from TIE
Canadians, as the, dared not oven ieof
az sur 6odfs as they Were tassin.g--,fat
Wilkinson and Hampton were to form
a jaus ion in a fe1 days thersafter before
Montreal, where thy were 10 attack the,
oneiny III fnar and flank, and operwhe.m
RIM in aomenf! On the 9Th another
Bulletin appears, and "e are informed
tina; Wilkins IN had laoded 1900 men on
the Canada side, and was descending
like thaader-. storm ON Montreaf--iiis
Exceilency Tho Secretary Of Wat, VS.
of opinion, that he reached me Island nf
Montreal oil the lAth. and had full pes
session of The I'ovva on the 18th. We
were iprther informed 'that Wilkin.
sons numerical force was equal to al,
opposition---tbat he and Hampton lar
nioaized mall their movements-and s
l.aliE that the operations of these two
Generals in Canada would ssfonish and
coz found the Eur2tsaas" Such were
ne predictions of the Ear.prophets and
now save they eesn veTehed The 90.
geg"helming torrent" has passed b.
without shaking the foundations of aIon;
irPal--t6e thuaderAcloud" has ,urred
outa mere wind- 5ia 5der; and naught OF
AL these prophecies is iikeiv to be &C :.
eohpiished except this-Thas the, ope.
ratlons Of our Generals in Canada uiil
aSsO7tsh the Euraheass The, have al
ss@ds coaioandrd fhe Amrrieans.
But whilst the psrtlzans OF the Adj
ninis,ratien were employed, in bouying
up tie pnhiic spirit by these extra CANT
proIets OF CONG IGst-thc honest and in.
tels'gent men Of the minority. openly ex.
pressed their OPINIONS Ut The utter fail
'ure Of the expedition against Canada.
They could nct 9eMese, that the people
ofthat country were iuciineito exchange
the certain and powerful protection
# The government under which they
lad lived and prosDered, for the pre-.
cartons faYoraof another, which had
shewn itself either incompetent or
unwilling to advance the interests of It's
own na ural citszens--por could they he
persuaded to oelisve that raw and III.
disciplined recruits. unaccus,omed to
the riccrs Of Northern cl mate, AM
whsse operations we're to be jointly de
rected by officers, bet~ixt whom dead
iy feud bad for yesrs existed; could
3 oyerwhelm in moment" discip-
Iinea army, fighting upon their own soil,
and for their owD fire sides Did they
mistake the character of the enemy
Let the letters of General Wilkinson
snswer, S The mole inhabitants az Ca
NADIA, (says the GeneraD cherish mi
versqt hostility against he United States,
AND deserve credit for the zeal and IN
I lligence. which they have employed
with SO much advantage" Were they
wrong in their eonjectures as %
the issHe of the camtatgn2 Let the is
sue of the campaign speak for itseif.
Our armies have gone into winter quar-.
ters without having effected a single OBJ
iect Of. the csmpaign--Kingston, Mon
treal and Quebec, are in the quiet pos
session OF their r;ghtfui owners, and all
that we have gained in exchange for the
blood s treasure ofthe nation: is disgrace.
Whether the failure of the expedition
against Montreal is chareable to the
.niscondue, OF Wilkinson or of Hampton
it is not our province to decide-nor In
truth dove feel any interest In the en-
,,,;r, Iti~ m the Government and not