North American. [volume] (Swanton, Vt.) 1839-1841, 1840-10-21

sers NJ tie British care ioto The Ameti.
car camp. aad CORD number siragelefs
were made prisoners
The Americans not forgelloi Of their
national honor, paid sl the attentions re-
qaisi'e 10 the earthly remains If those of
! the enemy who had fallen in the contest.
They were buried with all the military
honors which were due to their respective
ranks. The wounded and the prisoners
were also treated with gres, kindness.
Such was the issue Of the battle of
Piattsburgh, whea the British headed by
their Governor General came in search
Iof an unhappy and diseraceful defeat
which must have proved bitter pill for
Sit George Provost, who bad taken SO
much pains and trouble 10 plan this expe-
dillon from which he anticipated the haDpi-
est resblt for British ascendsncy in Amer
lea.
On the I4.h Of September Sir George
Provost issued his General order in which
he announced that The British army had
been expslIed from the American territory
and that the English RotHla had also fal- |
len into The hands of the enemy.
The battle Of Platisburgh closes The |
History of The Military operations on the
frontier Of The Lower Canadian Province
We shall new undertake to discuss the
question whether by proper management
and with better military tactics the Amer
leans would not have enlisted the Cana
aIans Of both Provinces to join against
Great Britain aud thereby add to the
. Great American Union" these two val s
liable British possessions. We have pro- q
'ed that IN the revolutionary war OF Isl /,
he Canadians had done their part of th~ I,
ask imposed on the sons of the Western Z
hemisphere in trying 10 lid themselves :,
y their Eastern oppreSsors. We have u
hown TO our readers that it was entirely
wing to circumstances beyond the reach >
! the Canadians and wholly discreditabIe ;,
Q the Americans themselves, If "star-spane- ;.
ID banner" waves not in triumph on the
horeS o! the 81. Lawrence. We shall now i
ssume the same position as to the war oil r.
ol2. We are allowed to Judge of peo n
lie by their physical acts as these are al !;
'ays the sure sign Of the bent of pub =
spirit. When physical acts are NOT :,
'und to support mans arguments, we /,
e then allowed to draw differences from
hat might have occurred If another state a.
affairs had really taken place We mean III
say, TO use legal phrase, that oUert acts he
owe not only the deed, but also confirm, an
e Intention, and that tho frequently nc. in
'n smay not 60 so far as intended. vel that lin
G desire OF committing them did exist. mi
certainly incontrovertible, modified or tbe
pendent upon unforeseen and uncontrola- in
circumstances. If the critic takes oh;
reiul review OF all the incidents which -;
ok place IN the Province Of Lower Cana ,;cl
since the moment that the Adminstra wb
:, Mr.. President Dunn, thought it his ma
ty to call upon the Canadian militia TO {
IN constant readiness after the naval bay
lslon between the Leopard and the ara
IesGpeaks in June 1907, he will find that nph
public spirit in that Province was then Iv {
At towards change Of governmen pl,,
e shall take the liberty Of inviting the ope
entIon oil our readers to some extracts Ere
m the public newspapers Of that period PRO
n in Canada and on the frontier in the n.
IIted States. We have no better criter- md
OF the disposition of the public mind wb;
N the printed records either of that Of (,
ion itself or of its neighbors. Besides cd ,
sc two testimonies, we shall bring 10 zee,
support public documents which will r
~ '''"' 1'ose al Inc mead oi the Colonial tool
'ernmeat themselves, were in constant : III,
I'm and dread Of the disleyaty Of the r -,
nadians 10 the British government A..
c population OF Lower Canada is a ,v.,
,iure of nearly all the nations Of Amer.
and of Europe, the majority being OF ,bo,
neh origin, once under French govern oa;.