New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-10-04
WHO WERE THE rRArroRsfr :


I WHO WERE IKE TRAITORS fTagg
II III ieen said by he anti A me,; oa,,s ana,
Borsdiot Arnold d ma fius Of the con ntry-Awas
lihe only traitor Of the Revolution /. This inn.
Piled a'shasnsful reelection on tbe true natise
patriots Of that era upons which we commented
with severity some time since The same par.
ties, In their over wheimiug zeal 10 obtain NE
votes Of foreigners for their ticket, continuallg
enlarge upon lie SERVINGS Of foreirr,ers dnrinr
| the struggle that preceded the achievement W
Our liberties, lust ss though natives had little
OF nd hand in tie trsnsactionf This. ID. ~
haye denounced Il betting terms. Ana 4ntand
| TO do 40 unto Tie end 81 tho chapter. a'&
But were tbere no other traitors than Il a;ters
| born upon the soil h That's the Question wa arc
tahont Is investigate, and Ii. III that invsstica.
| ton sdisaereeabie DEVELOPMENTS are made ia
no ons complain Of us The issue is none If orr
seeking. Ii has been forced upon us bv tbe az.
traordinssy co,irse the canvass bas taken. We
imagine, upon examination, II Switl be found
that the ebsot is on the other Lego and that
where thore was only one native traitor. there
we're thousands Of exotic traitors. And let ii
be borne Id mind, that AFTER the 4th 81 July.
|1776, all residents Wers citizena. Of liz sInde-
pendent States Of North America "a according e
Jeffersoa's immortal declaration. Al greet many
foreigners became Hloy alists, "a sweet name
for traitor and espoused the cause Of Kinu
George while tbe real patriots rallied around
the standard Of WAsHrNaroN, ar,l fought under
him with . right good WILL ~ 81
The Baton Rouge Gazette has some iu,portant
revelations on this point. which We subioin with
pleasure, and commend 10 che attention Of our
readers. Says our contemporary, Id reference
/ 20 the defense madeby Lord Howe, Commander.
lin Chief Of the British forces on this continent
ave know that Gen. Howe, the British Gen.
eral-i Chief. did not think 10, (that there
were many native traitors) when he declared Id
his defense against the attacks Of g galloway,
that he had not used the American loyalists in
the Revolutionary war, asshe might have done
This same Gen. Howe, commissioned Oliver De-
laney, Of New York, and Gou-tland Skinner. Of
New Jersey, Brigadier General, to raise six
thousand i've hundred men among the aforesaid
loyalists. Gen. Howe stated in his said de-
fense that notwithstanding an their efforts
and encouragements; notwithstanding the 10y 4
atty of the people, and the many thousands
flying over " The British troops for protection
sBrigadier General Delaney ct the opening Of
she scampaign in l7T7, instead of 1900, had
only raised 597, Brigadier SINNERS number
amounted only 70 81 towards bis expected Eve
battalions Of 2500.' Let Il ever remain i
standing monument Of American loyalty and
truth that in Gen, Howe'B defense he declared
that several other corps were offered to be
raised, and we're accepted, III the winter Of
HI6, making IN the whole thirteen, to consist
Of $500 men, including the brigades Of Delaney
and Skinner. But Il May, IT'S, the whole
number IN al these thirteen corps amounted
only TO 3 500, little more than half the prom.
ised compliment, and Of these, as have before
observed, only 4 snail Pre- portion toere Aneyi-
cans. Now 1t must be remembered that this
statement was made BY the British General.in.
Chief under the pressure Of q solemn charge
and in adefsnsB; and that of the 5000 actn. |
ally raised out Of the population Of New York
and New Jersey there was only q small pro. |
portion Americans. See Washington's Wri
~ a,pas;.r = ~. y americans
ss,;sS Us ueneral rs % oe
,.sss4 ~ X sV ss. - wear w livery q
u N" - osn 'nslr native country
usaAas aookea g tne British
y. sVsls ~ Ssve',' anu several thousands
,... ~ assss' ass,aen.s 81 tne coonies'
$50 800 ~ D.a',sn nag 20 wage war
lpon, any ussefoy ING lnuependence Of, our an
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