The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-01-24

CRowN-poNr, I'd of June, 1775
RESPECTABLE GENrLEMEN--Before this time you
have undoubtedly received intelligence, not only of
the taking the fortified places on Lake Champlain,
and also the armed soop and boats therein, and the
taking possession of schooner, which is the proper
ty of Maj Scane, and armed and manned it and
of the conversion of them, with large train of ar
tery, to the defence of the liberties and constit-
tonal rights of America. You have likewise UNI
doubedly been informed, that the expedition was UNI
dertaken at the special encouragement and request
Of number of respectable gentlemen in the Colony
of Connecticut. The pork forwarded to subsist the
army by your Honours' directions, evnces your APP
probation of the procedures and as it was private
expedition and common fame reports that there are
number of overgrown tories in the Province your
Honours will the reader excuse me in not first taxi
ing your advice in the matter, lest the enterprise
might have been prevented by their treachery. II is
here reported, that some of them have lately been
savingy converted and that others have lost their
influence.
If in those achievements there be any thing honour
airy, the subject of your government, viz the New
Hampshire settlers are justly entitled to large
share, as they had great majority of numbers of
the soldery, as well as the command in making those
acquisitions and as your Honours justify and APP
prove the same, desire and expect your Honours
already have or will lay before the grand Con-
tinental Congress the great disadvantage il must in
evtably be to the Colonies, to evacuate Lake Cham
plain, and give up to the enemies of our country
those invaluable acquistons-the key of either Can
ada or of our country, according which party
holds the same in possession and makes proper i'm
provement of it. The key is ours as yet, and pro-
vided the Colonies would suddenly push army of
two or three thousand men into Canada they might
make a conquest of all that would oppose them in
the extensive Province OF Quebec except reinforce
ments from England should prevent. Such diver
sion would weaken General Gage, or insure us of
Canada.
wish to God America would, at this critical Juno
ture, exert herself agreeaby to the indgnity offered
her by tyranncal ministry. She might rise on
eagles wings, and mount up to glory freedom and
strength Fame is now lowering over her head.
vast continent must now sink to slavery, poverty
bondage and horror, rise to uncomfortable free
dom, immense wealth. nexpressible felicity and inn
mortal fame. | will lay my life on it, that with if
teen hundred men, and proper artillery, will take
Montreal provided could thus be furnished and if
army could command the field, it would be no in
superable difficulty to take Quebec. This object
should be pursued, though it should take ten thou
sand men to accomplish the end proposed for Eng
land cannot spare but certain number of her troops
Nay, she has but small number that are disciplined
and it is long it is broad--the more that are
sent to Quebec the less they can send to Boston, or
any other part of the Continent And there will be
this unspeakable advantage in directing the war into
Canada, that instead of turning the Canadians and
Indians against us, Gas is wrongly suggested by ma.
ny,) it would unavoidably attach and connect them
to our interest Our friends in Canada can never
help us, till first help them except in passive or
inactive manner.
There are now about seven hundred regular troops
in Canada | have lately had sundry conferences
with the Indians they very friendly Captain
Abraham Nimham, a Stockbridge Indian, and Mr.. |
Winthrop Holt, who has sundry years lived with the