North American. [volume] (Swanton, Vt.) 1839-1841, 1840-04-29

dams were disposed to join. and did aetu-
ally JON, The American army"
The last American authority we shall
cite to show that the Canadians did join
and aid the Americans when they were
called upon, will be the late Chief Justice
OF the United States, Mr.. Marshall, who.
(page SO, vol. LIST. save, that Congress
rewarded those generous Canadians who
had suffered for their adherente TO the
American cause.
=" Congress seems 10 have entertained
The opinion expressed by General WASH
'ngton, in letter to Gen. Schuyler that
The Province could he secured only by law
ing hold of the affections OF the people, and
engaging them heartily in the common
cause" Ia pursuance of tins opinion,
they adopted the magnanimous policy Of
conlpensattrg those individuals who had
suffered for their adherence 10 The .4r,eri-
cans"
According 10 Washington, (page 100
the American General in his instructions
to colonel Arnold and bis officers, babe
them "to consider themselves as marching.
not through the country Of an enemy, but
Of friends and brethren, for such The an
ha6ifanfs Of Canada haze proved them
seives in this unhappy contest"
We believe we have quoted enough al.
ready 10 convince the candid and impartial
reader, that the Canadians performed
their part of the work in rs and nc, and
that, had they NOT been abandoned by The
Americans, they would have then achieved
their independence. We shall go further,
after having read the life Of Gen. Marion,
we hesitate not in saying that the Cana
dams have shown more zeal & were more
earnest in their opposition 10 the British
Government, than the Carolinians, ac-
"ordlng to the picture drawn of the revo-
luton OF the people, in those parts of the
United Colonies.
But let us continue our quotations. We
shall bring forward the writings Of British
authors which will substantiate the proof
already given that the Canadians were not
friendly TO the English crown, and that
they did aid the Americans. The first
English authority we shall quote, will be
the journal Of a British officer, which we
have already mentioned. We would in
form our readers that they can find this
work in the second volume of Smiths
History of Canada, from which we make
our extracts.
AT page 81, you will find that the Can
adams did not oppose, in the least, the
march of the troops of Arnold. IL is a self
evlden, fact that when people does not
oppose the march OF an invading army, bu.
on the contrary supplies it with all the ne
cessaries Of life, and even with materials
Of war, that people is decidedly in favor of
the invasion. The argument is incon-
trovertible. The British officer save, un-
der date of the 18th November I775:--
On the Sd November we learned that
strong body of the rebels were not far
from Quebec, and that the Canadians Iiv-
ing on the Chaudiere did not in the least
oppose their march,
On the second day OF December, the
same author writes, page IS -
Yesterday ha5iiant of Loretie was
drummed out Of town, for having indus
triously made disheartening reports con-
corning the strength OF the rebels, and for
advancing ridiculous untruths, to instil
lear into The minds OF the lower class"
Next page, under the date OF the
4th December, he says -
"The rebels are lodged in every house
near the walls. Jeremiah Duggan, for
merly ha;r-dresser in this place, has the |
command Of 500 Canadians, under the
title Of major"
Again he writes, under the date of
Tth December -
"Deserters report, that I" Mr.. Mont
gomery heads 1000 rebels, 500 Of whom
are Canadians."
On the S0th December, this officer notes
down the following lines, which can be
found. page % =
In the night deserter came in from
The rebels he reports, that " The army
under Mr.. Montgomery amounts 10 be-
end shrea fhonaanA .aan -