The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1813-09-07

t'"ies, once oy sea ana twice BY land. The
hrsf Invasion to which we allude is tha,
400, when WOLFE and MoNrcALM Eel.
g4iiantiy contendiug on the pla,us OF Ahra-
ham for this splendid prize. Tie donin
,on OF the Country then passed to e.. Britain
since 1t has heen ia her possession, it ha
been attacG0d--1. By our forces in I775 -
| ms wasa plan cou bired operations, in
which MONTGOMERY Sith The troops un 9.
der his command, penetrating, by the wa.eis
which Cow from lake Champlain, were 10
be Joined by corps under ARNOLD, mar.
! ching through the wilderness oiRiainc The
former took ST. JOINS. the KEY of the pro
vince on that side, ana pushed on to Mon
| treal ;whiist the latter, after enduring al
most inconceivabie hsrdships, succeeded il
reaching the point nf re union, and the two
little armies made joint attack on Quebec
IN which their brave Comma aGer fell. .
ne next to which We refer, is that of GU,
last campaign. its events are too recept
and unfortunately tco notorious. to render
any other remark necessary, than that q
series otisolated opera ions thas underta ken
without force adequate TO toe success of
either. even had they been combined, the
execution OF which was ent'us,e ted to such
generals as Hull anr Van Rensselaer,, could
have no Other result than disaster and di.
grace. -
To repair the Consequences Of these er.
rors--to re ganiz- the staff ofthe army
% bu'!d, to equip, ard man naval force OF.
the iaxes--to reral The attacks Of the enc.
my on three distant pojnrs, Sackest's
Haibor, Fort Meigs. and Norfoik,
have been the unavoidable incidents tina;
have retarded the ope1ing Of the prescn
campaig1 beyond the period u which the
public expectation had assigned it. BIZ
this delay has matured cur preparations. (
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under the most favorable auspices. Ih,
movements OF the northern or central army
under general Wilkinson, of the north We
tern under General Harris n. and Of tie
corps OF observation under Gen. ilampjo
viii De combined with each other, ana wit
the three hoti!ias OH lakes Ontario Erie &
Champ . The Secretary mt Wa, w
take Central p .irlon 1T s ckett's tlarbo;
tr"m which he Will be able t. SUI crinte &
the organization and movements nj the div
tercEt corps and al the same tine to com
municate conveniently with Washington.
The Official details at that city are nfded
al interim to a general officer, and To toe
heads OF the different subordinate bureaus
! he public service will therefore suffer II,
impeachment by the absence OF ths SsCrctar,
whilst at the same time his presence at the
seat Of the war will cnable him promptly &;
eff acruusiy to apply the erred for su~tl
difficulties as may occur in the Course OF h
campaign.
Naval operations depend so much upon The
WINDS and weather, are so.precarous, and
are frequen ly so uncomfortable by human
skill, that military movements, dependent
up5l thca, are laoie TO be defeated BY til
connection. a good plan of campaign a
gainst canada should. therefore. anticipate
such an event by providing a substitute il
case OF its occurrence. We have rcas n to
believe that such substitute Is provided ia
tire plan Of the present Campaign, although
naval successes upon the likes Cannot fail
to tsciiitate the snbseq ent military opera
mons and NIX their result upon basis that
fortune herself will not be able to shake.
AT the same time we 3ce no reason TO an
prehend any naval disaster, except from the
Causes we have mentioned The force OF
this description that has been provided i,
so ample, that we cannot be induced to fear
It from any other cause.-Naf. Hdp.