Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1845-10-21
TIE STGRIllG OF QrEBlC.
Gf ELiRU EURgITT.

u iLtRu ItR8!TF.
As the conquest OF Canada seems /,
have been leading object in our two d
.j"i@''e wars with oreat Brit in, we woul,
respectfully call The tention OF all Ii,
truly valiant, and Of all those whose patr..
oiisln S not run" in pair Of bullet moulas
to the present Juncsure olafi,,irs in Quebec
We are tlrmy persuaded fiat reGoabiable
city might be easily overcome, if wei
arranged descent was made upon il, with.
out moments delay. And if Capt. Polk
would but commission Us TO fl out ,ha,
great lazy levlatnan, the OHia, which lies
b'shing IFS rocodiie back in Boston harbor,
and permit It's 10 man and arm it with
such men ana arms as we Vol Of, we would
| engage 10 reduce that American Gilralter
inten days without the loss OF IA single drop
u blood Who ca es for Wolfe and aicnt-
| 2omcry Brave men they were, in Ger
/ tain sort OF fashion bat they did .noi
know anything about war; - overcoming
enemies; they had not the gospel kaack OF
taking city. Their tactics and tools
were shor.-sjghicd and shor,-bired. The
difficulty with them and ali their kiad was
thls-fbfy cosLi not gd al the cncmy-
They pushed thousands Of their foes into
eternity on the points Of bayonets; their
cannon fenced the plains OF Abraham with
wndrows OF dead men but they never
killed an eaemg. Encm es are as immortal
as any malignant spirits, and vou might as
we'll hope 10 shoot sin stone dead, as to
shoot an enemy. There is but ore way
given under heaven, by which one can
Ri an enemy, and that is,by putting c,als
| on fire upoa kis cea3; that does the bus
mess for h m at once. lie in wait for
hlm,a@d if you catch him in trouble. faint
tom hunger or thirst, or shivering with
cold spring upon him like good S marian
with your eyes. hands, tongue and heart
Iul OF good gifts. Feed him, give him
drink, and warm him with clio hes and
words Of kindness and he is done for
You have Killed an enemy and made a
friend al one shot,
Now, as we were saying, we should like
TO be put in comma. I'd Of The Oh. 0 Cor tar-
~ days. We would lrundie out all that
was made Of iron, except the anchor. cable
and marling spikc-we would not save a
NEST Gated 20 a cheese knife. Then the
way we would Toad down the huge vessel
to The waters edge, with foo and cover
ing for human beings. should be marvel
to the carrying trade. The very ballast
should be something good 10 eat. Let's sec
-yes-we have il! The ballast shall be
round clans, or the real qua hags-heavy
as cast iron and capital for roasting. Then
we would bui'd along up, filling every
squire inch with we'll cured proyisions-
We would have hagshead of bacon noun,
I d in every port hole, each Of which should
discharge so hams minute when the ship
was brought into action. And the state
rooms should he filled with well made gar
merits, aud he taut cordago, and the taper
ing spars should be festooned with boys
jackets and irowscrs. Thea. when there
should be no more room for another cod
fish or herring, or sprig Of catnp, we
would run up the white Gag Of peace, and
ere the moon changed, it should wave in
triumph ia the har5or OF Quebec. We
ou,d anchor under The Silent cannon Of
her G;bralcr, and open her batteries upon
the hungry and homeless thousands beg
gng bread on the hot ashes Of their dwell
ings. We would throw as many hams
into the city IN twenty -four hours as there
were bomb shells thrown Into keil by the
beseisng armies. We would barricnde
the low. narrow streets where live the low
and hungry people, with leaves Of bread.
We would throw up breaswcrk clear
round the market place, OF barrels Of -four.
pork aHd eel. and ia The middle we would
raise stack Of salmon and codish,as huge
as small! Methods; meeting house with
II >teep,e il, aud bell in the s'eep'e ;and
tie bell should rim. 10 all the city bells and
the CITY bells should ring to al! the people
To come to the>markct and buy provisions.
.'wilhout money and without price" And
white flags should every whe;e wave in
the breeze, on the vanes Of s:oeplcs, on
mast head, on flag slaves along the embat-
lies walls, on the ends Of willow sticks,
borne by the romp ng. laughing, trooping
ch ldren. All the blood coIored drapery OF
war should bow aud blush before the stain
less standard OF Peace, and generations Of
Anglo-Saxnns should remember with mu-
tuaI fe'ic taiions. TIE CONQUEST or TEE
WH.rE FLAG or, Tie Norming ofQae-
Der.