The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1815-01-28
tyoL. .4.--No. s..

~ .tAt ~ Il i'tCc as nS nJS IlltEl rtU
nac, to preserve country generally Inhabited
oya pccpie 10y no nieans z-.lous II, their
own deience, or rather. that OF their TERRITORY
Let any o,,e lnaA ut the situation Of Lake
ChaMpia'n. ttextensls in length $50 niles,
perhaps running above tine stat. of Vermont.
* enterrig our province of Lower Cana,lA In
ine pointing towards Quebec. 1t was very
desrAnie 10 drive the Americans from tie
command OF this lake, which may be caii,,i
their high read Montreal & Quel &c. 1t is
the great ch;Iinel for their army, their pro.
VISIONS, their guns, to pass along sad, com
piete the sole masters If tbs lax = il is not
easy to Conceive how they are To be kept from
Quebec without Ucr:t large array fioa,
EaSlaaa II tiie Ameiicans have beer. d.
&c lied 'a't0H the lake. nrhaNe been C,.,rDei-
ie,s 70 r .G-S 20 ne FERN. M end ofi then IN
have drive" back thsi II my also. wtuld have.
been an object Of vast Importance; nor would
great loss IN the attack, on our pare. have
been an 'y,'~fri-r'16ie L. So, or been followed by
ANY extremely great dagger. Be- whcu our
Feet was not orly deiea:cd bu. actually cap
t'ied, and gone OF 20 double the force cf ;he
hine lcaES, even the certain defeat Of tAtir
army coul have led ~ 10 bcnrticiei result
We 9lust still have abandoned Pkttsbureh
the fleet OF tine enemy would have specify
brought another army 10 ANY point that they
wished, and would have pla cd that arrnv;0
or 90 miles rcQycr Jue6,c than cur aTn,y
woalh have been. But if, bv any Ci,..ns:s, Ne
had been ceieated by it,ad after the ,-ixsti,on
the water, the loss CT cH Ccnada wcnid, AMI
must hive been the consequence, If ,hr A.
rnerlcans nad chosen to Conquer it, which.
dare say they would. Therefore, il ;,pptsys
TO IN. that sir Georgs Provost acted Tie ol.Jv
part which sensible MN, under suci, cir
cunst .,i!ces, could have, for one rncnaent tno't
OF. He ifsked evsrg ling in the attack, and
II ne succeeded, n gai2cd TlH.i4g zyoJTs "a.
UinS' The loss Of aGif hS array, watch was
the case CT the stormng o. Ford Erie, would
have exposed him, even in, case Of s.., c,s,. 20
great peril The Americans couic have. I'm
III Haiately poured an army 10y me.Ls cf t.lc:,
feet) more numerous than MS into Jow..i,
Canada they could have poured in, all tie
winter, militia and volunteers from the non
uious and brave republican stats If Vermont,
while or governor had, and Couii have. no
hopes OF receiving reinforcemen:s 4 tie md
lle " f,ert summer. For supposicl; US 20
have Sfa'e troops At H,tAx thCv could
hardly SAL thence before the mtitie ofOato-
Der, and before they might reach Quebec, the
ICE IN the st Lawrence ni.ght have scuttlcc
ar foancred their vessels. i,,S So Law. erce.
our OILY channel 10 Canada from Ergl.l,d q.
from Halifax, is full II mountains o{ ict. al the
month of June. ] have seen = LARGE ,nonn
tam OF ice Of the mouth Of that immense RI
yer on the 18th of June. I believe, tn no
vessels OF any considerable size, ever attrtnu,
Tue navigation OF that river, mach betAre June.
In what situation, thsn would orr gov err.,,
have been placed, if he had met with any So
rious loss in the storming of the tori 1t Pla;ts
burg And yet he is censured and abused
for retreatlnS aiter the total capture nf our
cooper Ntmg fleet, while the officers OF tbst
meet are firdised - the skies. About tbrt,.
weeks ago, Just after we heard of the bar
n:ngs OF Washington city, met Sir Genre1.
frevosts Wagon between Portsmouth and
Hayant. Inc carter was whistiing along by
the side OF some nice fat horses could nor
heip observing TO my son how much hr.pp,er
TINS fellow was than his master, who had 10
govern Canadians and fight Americans It IS
easy TO talk about the . hcr0es II YDsi9i,eo -
torning part Of his army. "Ihe heroes
oui"usc are said to have remonstra,cd !,
< "nS' the retreat They are said to nave
expressed desire TO storm lie f.rt Si,,
- rye rrSVoSt would. dare Sa;-, have 5,er.
OF the same mind, if he had had reaso, e.,
suppose, that one halt OF the people within.
were, as the people of Toulouse ven, rcat:,.
To Join him. Bat he well knew tie co,,t,..,..,
He knew that he had to get to the f.rf NIX,
a river of blood. lie had just seen the ftte
Of our fleet and he knew, as "the heroes
OF Iolioisc" might have known, that the mn
Ill the tort were OF the same stamp as G,o.e
upon the water. We now find from det,J~
co statement IN tie American papers, corli,,r
from altnNrity, and accompanied: by an sc-
count OF Killed and wounded in the naval bat
tie OF the Lake, that our feet had 81 o,,rs
and 1.ojJ men, while that Of America had hnt
SO guns and $50 men ; cur feet vas all tal,sn
but size gun boats, carry ng Is guns amcocee
them al. And yes the naval people are trg}a-
ea, while ) l George Provost IS re;.garnd--
Whence arises this i,justicc9 Whence, ,hi<
security Of the navy from ali censliq.. and o.
ven n" H al criticism d. we feel thai -
ccrsurc any part Of it is t. discover 70 H.,
world that It is not always infallhe Do W.
suppose, tlLit in discovering our fears of i,e
'nfe'lofity IN pcint of quality, to that IF An's-
I1ca, we shall make the world perceiv. 80,
iact are we fools enough to hope tbat ~
history OF this battle can be hidden -,
France ard thr rest Of Europes WIZ. the,
this Injustice Way not blame the 49,,
part OF the forces, il blame mus, fan soroo
where j see no necessity for its falling an,
uhere, Tor nv part. Wehad 81 men En-,
and ITO wounded, which shows no tb"ra
was some lighting. We had double the nm,
Ger killed a0d wounded tat Jonathan b.d
which shews that Jonathan yyayfb ,no.'''
bic-b0died and active Of the two. A 49,
was, a little while ago, Published &C f~,,,
one Of our officers in the ChesaDeaxe a.
SAYING, that jonathan must now lax mil,
Sh4rilly "boH htr'. j. appears fror, g., ~
cole ~ 49,