Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-06-04

- tNa darkest days OF lh' h'N"l"-
L. vbeu every sign indicated
ga, tho struggling colonists were
j .,, 90 be overwhelmed by the
LOT king George. Major General
ysl., schuyler commanding the
,...,,ept NJ the north, saw one rift
.. clouds. Great soldier he was
,., but he planned a campaign that
,..,gbt 10 American arms the most
,.,. victory OF the war and that
"A france 90 recognize and join
s.,t. with the infant republic on the
80 triumph he was supplanted 10y
Vain incompetent man, VINO robbed
a., of tbe hunurs that should nave
l' IN him and VINO then, In his
so.pht 90 Gust Washington
t.,r.slf rs conmandcr-in-chief
Ns'E,lgler had three grave faults. He
rrr he was Dutch and he had
'r-,r,atir gout. For being rich he
.'. IN part responsible, for the for
,,,-. tbst came TO him from his
- he added to and sWcllcd until
h. ,gss one NJ the richest men OF his
.,re lie could not help being Dutch
and he should not be blamed for the
s",,t for ID developed when he was a
sbUi and he inherited 1t with his
ngi.vh blood ana TINS wide domain OF
Because VI his wealth and prom
inepee and mis- service In the French
and Indian wars he was put In COM
rrsnd Of tae army of the north at the
outbreak OF the Revolution. He plan
nj the INVASION of Canada and would
Fave commanded the expedition but
illness forced him to remain behind,
srd MONTGOMERY assumed command
instead The scheme was brilliant.
That IL failed was not the fault OF
SCHUYLER or Montgomery. Never did
a general have a more insubOrdinatc
o- mutlnous body Of men than
Montgomery. After the capture OF
Montreal they wanted to return They
had enlisted for only a few months
and their time had expired. They had
undergone untold hardships they had
found that the Canadians, whom they
supposed were ripe for rebellion,
were loyal 20 the British, and they
were half c0lthcd and half starved. It
was only by cajolory that Montgom-
cry could Induce a portion Of his forces
90 take part Iu tGD attack on quebec.
There Montgomery met his death and
the C0ntiuentais were beaten. The
siege was maintained until the spring,
AMI then General sullivan began tho
retreat that has been described as one
0f the best conducted Of all the war
IN the British parliament MOntgom-
ems attack ON quebec was charac-
tefIzed as second in daring only TO that
Of Wolfe and he was lauded as the
braves, VI the brave
Lord North the Premier, replied
that however much Montgomery might
b. admired FOR his bravery and his
worth IL should not be forgotten that
he was a rebel and had been killed
In rebellion against his king.
This brought from Edmund Burke a
response such as the house of parlia-
ment rarely had heard.
II 90 BELTS his lordship to use the
term hebol" he declared But for
rebels his Majesty George III. would
not be king Of England today Crom-
ven was a rebel Every step in
LngIand's advancement was the re-
'lt Of rebellion. To rebels are due
The great progress OF the world. with
.lt rebellion We would be slaves. II
Hchard Montgomery was a rebel he
VIZ i" "'NNII 'Nr company ana I lOr
'ne am proud Of the privilege Of pay
ne tribute to So noble a solder in the
,ause OF liberty"
The RETREAT FROM QUEBEC.
The retreat from Quebec was Bit
tt enough. hut 90 its bitterness were
.daed the horrors of smallpox and
fhus. 10 Was but a fragment OF the
fmy that Montgomery had taken
plil mat returned to Crown Point
~ Ilconderoea. The British, led by
GENERAL Guy Carlton. we're in the
,ehe OF the Continentals, and after
,ly sembaucc OF a defense Crown
oihl was abandoned Carlton might
ave captured Tconderoga, too, but
Z was content TO postpone that work
3 a later day
in me gloom that settled upon the
I-nlly as result OF the Quebec
sasler % was natural perhaps that
,""lteF came iu for much blame.
ue men who had gone with Mont
,,mer{ were mostly New Englanders.
neN had no love for SCHUYLER He
=, a New Yorker. He had been one
NeW lorH.s commissioners for the