North American. [volume] (Swanton, Vt.) 1839-1841, 1840-10-28

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desisive measures bad Ieft in the command
,ng OBJECT"
AaJ what was the state OF these 100
eon6diar and honest Canadian Patriots,
who had 90 generously followed the i'm.
pulse Of their Rspublicsn feelings 10 joining
the eowardly and tieaehrrous Ito the Can
adian,) old American General They
we're placed in a most unenviable position.
They had deserted their own government,
nay thry had done pore, thew had joined
the Kings enemies to fight against him.
But the reader, unsequsn,ed with that
part Of the American History, will suppose
that q provision was made 10 The articles
VI Hul's surrender, and that these men
were protected. Far, far from this, no
such article was ever provided for them,
and they. who had sacrificed oil for the
American flag, were hurled back to their
former masters. who, far from sparing them
viewed and treated them 90 traitors I! In
40 excellent article written in Niles Reg
is,er Of the 10Th of Sepiembcr, 1919, on
the shameful surrender Of Detroit by Gen.
Hull, we 6nd the following extract, which,
ne are happy TO state, was no, fully realised.
But il does not thence follow, that because
The British did not thus send 10 the gal
lows those Canadians who foil into their
hands at the surrender Of Detroit, the con-
duet OF the American General was less un-
generous, ungratsfu, base and perfdious
towards them. Had they not focked to
The American Standard under the fair
promises rendered to them by a Proclama-
ton made and issued with all the military
solemnity OF General speaking in the
name and on The faith Of whole people
Had not those Canadians who had joined
the Americans, q RICH, to be protected even
more than the Americans themselves, as
.hess conld only be treated as prisoners OF
var, whilst the former were TO be punished
by death, or by long imprisonment, and ac-
ute suferings Tor the crime OF High Trea-
son We ask our candid readers, whether
those Canadians had not double right to
the esteem and protection Of the American
people, when impelcd by their own choice,
they had abandoned the protection Of Great
Britain TO fight for Republican Liberty 2?
Yer. after all these claims to the protect
ion Of the American nation, let il be know
that they were basely abandoned and more
over they were delivered to the British to
be dealt with, according to the laws OF
nations =! The extract from Niles Re-
gister to which we are slIuding 10 conceived
in the following terms
"The state Of the Canadians, who join
ed the American standard, was dreadful, |
M provision was made Tor them. They |
were abandoned to the galows, and il /
was expected that so or 60 Of them would |
be hung by the British. One of them,
said TO be a man of great wealth and con-
sequence, blew out his brains in the |
streets Of Detroit, on being assured OF the
surrender. Other cases OF similar nature
are mentioned"
IL more proofs Of the benevolent dispo-
siiion Of the Canadians towards the inva-
ding army were wanted, we could point to
the following extract, taken from General
Hull's letter written from Fort George,
whilst prisoner oil the British. This let
ter was addressed to tho Honorable w.
Eus,is, the Secretary of War OF the Uni
ted States. II reads as follows:
"In different directions, dstachments PEN
etrated sixty miles in the settled par. oil
the province, and the inha6itants seem
cd ssiisfed srith the change of situa-
tion, which appeared to Ne taking place
the militia from .7ssAerstburg were aai-
~ deserting, and the whole country, then
Wader the control Of the army, tras asking
for protection"
And little further he says:
Fully intending. at that time. after
the communication was opened TO re-cross
the river, and pursue the object at Am
hestburg, aad strongly DESTROYS OF con-
timing protection TO sery large number
Of the inhabitants Of Upper Canada. soho
had voiuntariiy accepted u under my proc.
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