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G ;:' t« '♦■ 'll i -u; r :•■:": •" ) .„.-> >. ttl « '.-^ rJ 4' 1^ . ,1 tJfjaM*-- A j,^ j|^ Sw [» * •■ I -test y * ^"^'tj^CW-i ■'¥" ';'' die Mail, ij-j^i h npHAT this houfe will now refolve it- ^ ielf into a committee of the whole "Ihotifc to coijfidcr of the ftate and conditioit **<3f the army* which furrendered thcmfelves «*bti convention at Saratoga, in America J l|»^^d alio by what means Lieutenant Gene- •* ral Burgoyne, whb comttaandM tjjat army^ '«* and was included in that convention, ^yas .** Ycleafed, and is now returned to England r** ' Mr. Vynef, in opening the motion, .ftated feme queftions to General Burgoyne, which he propofed to afk in the committee. The Motion was feconded by Mr. Wilkes, ^ho alfo ftatcd further queftions in re%ca ta .. i-i ' 41 J. t i Ntil j in li J wiiL , " ., ^ i •ui 4L 'A ' ..SL- . ■ -.*.~-,3ii~ ^«i^ Ji-..-». „ii— i *• ' ; n r 2 ] * the treaty with the Indians, their conduA during the campaign, and the burning the country. An amendment was propofed by Mr, Fox to infert, after the word cotTfider, thefe words «* of the tranfaaions of the northern army «* under. Lieutenant General Burgoyne, and " of" ' The motion thus amended, would have run as follows: « That this houfe will now " refolve itfelf into a committee of the whole , " houfe to confider of the tranfaaions of the " northern army under Lieutenant General " Burgoync, and of the°llate and condition^ " of the faid army, &c." In the courfe of the debate General Bur- gopne fpoke nearly as follows : ' ^r. Speaker, not imagining ^|e would. be any motion by tke honourabl^^ntleman who fpoke firft; but that merely a defire of information would be exprefled upon certain iiibjeas, rhad myfelf prepared a motion for an addrefs to the king, to have fuch papers laid before the houfe, as are now in pofieffion of the ftcretary of ftate, and contain an account in detail, much too long for me ^to give in my place, of every circumftance exprefled in the queft ions of the honourable gentleman. Thofc 3 papers mr—r itj.ii«r»i '' [ 3 ) papers are of the utmoft importance to the ftatc, to parliament, and to the public. The turn tHe biifincfe has taken precludes me at prefent from my intended motion ; but I rife to give i^y warmeft fupport to the amendment propofed ; and as reafons for the expediency of inftituting a full enguij-y, to which the amendment points, } fhall endea- vour, as far as 1 can do it withoift breach of order in debate,, to- give to *both the gentle- •Mr. rjr»f \ ' J' " • . c • ' t '' ^ »f • " , * . :■ '-^ , , - ^ . ^ . ' J V •^iH-T-i.^, ^ 4* .*■ ' Upon thi^#' .11*1 -»>»¥'^; nnifters, or njinifters of mihifters— tbut a^ long thofe men, who, in their, zeal ^ag^inft ^hecolonifts, had adopted the reafoning, that f* partial feVerity was gciiei?al* mercy,'* pro- 't^cd by carrying terrors , it condBced to inifliing the war. How juft fo ever this )rinciple may )gfi^ my mind is not bf a texture [for carrying it into effeft; and I returned to [Canada the following fpripg, when I fwc* [ceeded to tjie comm^nd^ , determined to be the foldier, notthe^executioner of th^ ftate. , I found care had been already takea by Ge- ifcral Xarleton, upoij the farfle principles': of lumanity Which always dire6: h-is condu6^^ [to officer thje Indians wjth gentlemen feleded [froih the Britiih troops; upon a diftinftion of their temper and judgment, as well as upoii that of. their valour; and in mi^th greater f [number than ever was'deftined to that fervice Ibefore^' ,To thefe, precautions I added that of fa favourite pricff,'^ who had more controul o- ver the paffions of ;,thc Indians than all their [chiefs put together; ai|d I truft the ezpence p^t upon government to engage that gentle- man's affiftance through the courfe of *the ' jcampaign, will not be efieemed an imprc^ir- ftxticle in my accounts. - i ; 1 !,- <^> h ■4W (g,".*iyi V VS-. ' p -in is' . . - ^ =3*= iLXm ^ » 4 *» ' 4 V . "^ ^ 1 if IL ■ [ 6 ]- ■ Sir, with thefe affiftances I was able to en* force obedience to the injundions of my fpcech at the great council, upon aflembling the'ar- myi which has been made public. Bkrbaritj was prevented— So much fo, that in one in^ fiance, two wounded provincial officers were brought off in the midft of fire upon the backs of Indians; ■ and a captain, and his whole de- tachment, placed ih ambufcadc, wet^^rought prifoners to my camp by Indians, %vithout a man hurt, though it was evident they were placed for the fpccial purpofe of deftroying me upon a reccwinoitring party, and I Was at tjhat time very popCilar with the Indians. * I could produce many more (nftanccs to fliew, that every poffiblc excrtrori of humanity *| was ufedj and that the cafe of Mifs Mccree excepted, wbi(^ was accident, not premedi* tatcd cruelty, flic ftories upon which the ho- nourable gentleman founded his accufation of me* were merely thofe fabricated by commit- tees, and propagated in news-papers, for tem- porary purpofes. The proclama.tion, which the honourable gentlemaii^' iit aijr abfence treated with fo harfli terms, I avow, was penned by myfelf. The defign was to excite obedience, firft by encouragement, and next bgr the dread, not the commilfion of feverity n ', ♦ f 7 I - r*/ to fpcak daggers, but ufc none.'* And far were the Americans, in their hearts, rom putting upon that proclamation the in* :rpretation that gentleman has done, that it irved to procure me refped and acknowledg- lent wherever 1 aftwwards traYellcdthrough jc country. / Sir, a gentleman has been in London great irt of the winter, who I wiih had been called* * yourbar.— -It isfor the fake of truth only- wifli it; for he is certainly not my friend, [is name is St. Luc le^orne, a diftinguifhed irtifan of the French in the laft war, and^ iow in the Britifh fgrvice as a leader of the fndians.^— He owesi^tis indeed fome fervice, . paving been formerly inftrumental in fcalping; ' lany hundred BritiOi foldiers upon the very v. round where, though with a different fort of ititudc, he was this year employed. He is nature, education, and practice, artful,, kbitious, and a courtier. To the grudge* ie owed me for controlling him in the ufe of; |he hatchet and fcalping knife, it was natur^ his character to recommend himielfto mi*? * lifterial favour, by any cenfure in his power ^o caft upon. Ml unfafhionable general. He ^as often clofeted by a noble Lord in ray eye*, •toriG. [nd, with all thefe difad vantages, as hchw^'^'*' ^ •.V i^|,tr^':;-«-i 'f- in ) f I ^}.f -■• V: ■ " !g g:'r!":"_ f? .-.;. .• 1 t » 1 .- ' riot been examined here, I wifli the noble l6r4| to inform the Tioufe, what this man has pre^l fumed to fay of my conduft with the Indians. I know, in private companies, his language has. been, that the Indians might have done great! ferviccs, but they were difcharged, 'Sir, if tfi reftrain them from murder was to difcharge them* I take with pride the blame— -They were difcharged 4 That circumftance apart, lihould fay that the Indians, and Mr. St. Luc at tht\ head of them, deferted. . r*Sir, in regard to the call made upon me| by the fame honourable gentleman, for expla^ nation rcfpeding the burning of the country during the progrefs of the army under my command, 1 am ignorant of any fuch. circum- ftance ; I do not recoiled more than one ac- cident by fire; I pofitively aflert there ^asj 1^ fire by ordfer or countenance of myfelf, or any other officer, except at Saratoga. That diftrid is the property of Major General Scuylcrof the American troops; there were large barracks built by him, which took firej the day after the army arrived upon thd •- ^ ■ ■ T.. .. - ■<,;•' ^ ' -J .^ • »■,.-., '.■' -^ ■ ^. '.-.-:, :■.,. V - ^.«i * , ^ .k - ■. ' t . ii^ - - •^iWi' . m. - . ■--. -. .: ; '■ • Thli part of Ae fpeecti inctudeJ between ciWcliWtt, tnil omitted at the time mi the preceding and following parti, and! deliTcred feparately upoik a fecond call of Mr. Wilkei; bu» iiow ii ioferted ip iw proper pl«ce, at better coD«eaing the whole matter fptAe to by General Burgo^. > I grounal V' [9 .] ground in their retreat ; and I believe I fieed not ftate any ether proof of that matter being merely accident^than that the bar lacks were then made ufe of as my hofpital, and full of fick and wounded foldiers. General ScUyler had likewife a very good dwelling-houfe, elxceed- ing large ftorehoufes, great faw-mills, and other out-buildings to the value altogether perhaps of ten thoufand pounds ; a few days before the negotiation with General Gates, the enemy had formed a plan to attack me ; a large column of troops were approaching to pafs the fmall river, preparatory to a general ajSkion, and were entirely covered from the ftrc of my artillery by* thofe buildings. Sir, I avpw that I gave the order to fet them on^ 5rc ; and in a very fhort time that whole pror pcrty, I have defcribed, was confumed. But, to (hew that the perfon moft deeply con» ^emed in that calamity, did not put the con- £^ru6tion upon it, which it has pleafed the honourable gentleman to do,' I muft in^ iprm the houfe, that one of the firft per- fpns I faw, after the conventipn was %ned» was General Scuyler. | czprciTed tp hini my regret it : the cvdit which had happem tdf and the reafons which had occaiiened jl^i ^fltl^lcfircd me to think no mor^ of it| ,,,:,.:,,«^, -.. ■, . g ■ fai4 '4^ r d-' 1 ,■ -Jkai ^ ;'«;i. [ 10 3 . . faid that the occaGon juftified it, aceordlng to th^principles and rules of war, and he Ihould Have done the fame upon the fame occafion, or words to that effed. *He did more — Ht fent an aid-de-camp to condud me to Albany, in order, as he exprefled, to procure me better quarters than a ftrangcr might be able to find. This gentleman condu^d me to a very cle^ gant houfe, and to my great furprife, pre- fented me to Mrs. Scuyler and her family ; and in this general's houfe I remained during my whole ftay at Albany, \Vith a table of more than twenty covers for me and my friends, and every other poflftile demonftration of hor Ipitality: a fituatiori, painful it is true in point of fenfibility at the time, hut which I now contemplate with fome fatisfa^ioni as parrying undeniable teftimony how little I dcfcrved the charges of the honourable gen, tieman ; and I kave it to his fcdihgs, whether dfitr this explanation, fcrnc farther apology jsnotdweto me.] : '— n.,- ^ , ._ -^.^.j^^,,,.., fii iegafd' to the firft and moft matcriaf facftidn alkcd ^e' by the honourable gciftk- man who proppfejd the ttfotion, viz. In'what Iftuatidh is the army; at Cambridgef! It !| with fome furprize 1 fincf tliat any pari of this country is ignorant of the extraordinary cir, ^ * - * "^ cuipftapcci k * _.♦ t H 5 eamftaJicei that have attended it, as I cotice.ve Svernn«nt muft have teceired mtelhgence of them fome time ago. In «gj'"> to the re^ pon made by ihyfelf, I acquit *= k^S^^; nifter. of any bjame in not yet l»y'»S >»^^= it public, becaufe '^^ T^^ ^° "^f^TlM the papers could not^be digefled and coped, with thTconftant Ubour of three^ks, before laft Saturday, when they were put mto the hand, of the noble lord fecre^ry a£. fkate fo>^ the American department. But I truft that noble lor* will now lofe no time to make pa- blic. matters of fuch importance. Let them undergo the fcrutiny of the committee as pro- pofedby the amended motipn, «nd let the world judge, ijpon their report, whether the ' fpirit of the troops and the honour of the na. tion have been fuftaioid and vindicated during thofe tranfaaiohs. In confidence ftiat thele . paptB cannot poffibly be withheld, I refer the honourable gentleman to thein for a full delineation and explanation of the ftate ot things atCambridge, and will reft my prefent infptmation upon a few material fafls. The troops have undergone hardfhips and trials of patience as feverte, though of a difTeroit nature, as any they experWneri in the conflia, of the . campaign. They have acquitted themfclven ' • with ^ ' f :..*i -C:^&^'h¥[: \2 M -jA|«I^«foU.tio„, temper, and h„„o„,; ther »re i„aie i, • . '^ ' ° therefore f^tr "* J"*'fi''''le, without breach of public £ tL ''t"'^ ^'^''"Won of the frooj ^^vrr„::2::ri5S--'>ich juftify this meafur^ 1, ^"'"^^^ to fflanV C„.^' L '""'S«f' grounded many iappofitions that I knew to he uniuft ^nm^.condua.Itho„ghtitadut;toi r"' f^ »™y' ""d to myfelf, to refute thofe fijppofitions, and ftill, if ooffibl- t^ ■ ■ -diatecffeatotheco„vS'l|;:;i;«" S;tbel^ 7 ^> ^'-^ ''^y ^ ht A^ t'hr. K^' ""'*' 6°°<1 that refutation., And that brings me to another queftionafleed bythehonourable gentleman: "By what m a^t «d upon what condition I am in perfon he,."' Sir, I charged tny aid de camp, who carried »rd.Wh to the congrefs in a'nfwer to Zr vott of fufpcnfion, which the. prefident had Pffical y fcnt rnc, with a fecond letter toT *Jve„d,h cafe the fufpenfion. after confide^ «tion had of my firft letter, was continuj^: ' The &•%/ ■'^*^ifew*-' •■, ' ««Q;^s^^'»^"£^'*''-*'l*%s-'i' ' I. t^ The purport bf this letter Waitbaikp^flpbrft for my perfonal return for the re-eft^bM/hmenC of my health, (which was then much affeftcd) for the purpofe of fettling large andcomplicaJfed accounts, and other reafons; andlofferedtogivd a parole that fliould the fufpenfioh of embarka- tion be prolonged beyond the time apprehended, ^Jjyould return to America upon demand of th^ congrefs, and due notice given, re-deliv^r my,; Iperfon into their hands, and abide thefatoij^^ ^the reft <^f the army with whom I had ferv^^i 3ir, I had many reafcms, not neceflary nor pj-o^'. )er to be alleged to the congrefs, founded^ upon a nearer intereil than health or any pri- kate expediency, to make me defirousto retuj;^ lome: to lay befpni government important;) ruths, not to be communicated. by othe^ % leans, and, to fupplyl as far as in me lay, by m affiduous iand h I have fallen upon me, from the nature of tl^e If rocctedingsynd morp efpecially from the po- iiition, which] 1 cannpt admit to be a true one but which I undetftand has been miKh ip- iiifted upon, « Yhat where there is mifcarriagc ■, there muft be blame ; and confequently, that the acquittal of oiie man infers the condemna- tion of another,^ ^^ ^ ; ^7 Sir, the papers which have been laid before the Hpufe are in fotpe refpe^s deficient and in Others fupcrfluous. The firft fupferfluity ta Which I allude is ^ private lettcmfrom me to i«»;jivv-:-i t^:mm-.^^m:^ ■ the u^J? /■ -~^ V .*• ' J* r * "•'aign ; tilpftSmg Sy Kopes^f his Lord{hip*S-patro- S^n th^:piiHifit,^ conbludihg wlthfo^^ acknowledgments ari^ profeffions as r«mnce, which were Ihbutfht at that time to require particular .ttentio»,_bu| :Tlfo«^n doubts whether the general'. co«miffi«>n autbc^fc^ ^W traabeyond the bouuciaries : ^\f^^^-'^.'^^'^:i\ -pait&ilotrf before the return of General 6urgoyne to England, ^ i»d cniwely without hia luioirlcdgc. , . , . ' V :^ "T"^^^?! m '"^^ %' '" " "V" ' "^"T r- . , li^notifica to StfGuy C^aSoii accordmgly^. S^at his military cDmmai^ was confined to the. bcSndarics of the province olQm^et. It M , iwtoccur' to the nobk LorAto ftate thatlpa,- becau£,dbijbtlefs he di^ not »refee the prcjii- ^ccs thc\lcttepwiuldoccafipn; biS I cannot bujt laraent he did not produce ^her kttets of mi«, which would hav€ remA|d effeaudl^ ^ every pt^Wc fufpicion of a deHn fo forcigf^ . to py- hdrt as that of fupplan^g ^ gallant frieud. Such letters would at - * ...■ '.■■'"": * •■■■- , ■ ; -Ij ', '%.<<. through him; but they were not private as ap^ plied to fecrefy, nor improper as they related to the diftinft and feparate obje£lof the com- mand I was entering upon. But, Sir, had any parts of thcfe letters (or of any others ne- ceffary to my juftification, of which I fay Ithere are many) becnprivatein any fenfeof the word, will that excufc be alleged for detaining them, when there has appeared before you a paper, of the moft fccret nature, I mean ttiy thoughts upon conducting the war from the fide of Canada. What officer will, venture hereafter to give his ,oi|inion upon meafures or men, when called upon by a ihtiiifter, if his Confidence, his re^fonings, and his preferences are thus to be invidioufly expofed; to create jealouiies and differences among his fellow* officers, and at lafl to put an impoiition upon the world, and make him refponfible for the plan as well as the execution of a hazardous campaign? The plan, as originally drawn, I KkVe nq reafon to be kfhaiped of, becaufe it ^underwtnt the infpe(f^}on, and had thefandioii pf Tome of the firfivand ablefl officers of tbts fountry; but the plan, as it ftood when my prders were framed, can with no more pror priety be called mine, than any others formed ^j the cabinet for the diftant parts of America, ' or ^^ fi^T^''-^ff^ [ at } or any other quarter of the globe where I had no participation or concern. — The hoble Lord well knows, that the idea exprefled in thefecret paper laid before you of a latitude to aa againft New-England, waserafed; that « power to embark the troops in cafe ^f unforc- fcen impediments, and make the junaion with the fouthern army by fca, was not admitted. —Will it then be infmuated, that the plan was mintf ?— Why was it not produced in that changed and garbled ftate, by which the mi- nifter madeit his own? Becaufe it would have been one proof, if one %ad been wanting to unprejudiced minds, that by cutting off every propofed latitude, and confining the plan tq one only objea, the firckg a paflage to Al- bany, the orders framed upon that plan could be 1^0 ptbcrwifc'underftood, than as pofitive, pcreinptory, and indifpenfible. But, Sir,* it has been boldly infinuated, and perhaps dten credited by fome in this houfe, that the wprd$ at the latter end of the orders, which are called the faving claufc, were fpccially dic- tated by me.T~Sir, to fuppofe that,. is to fup. pofe me an i4cot !— Savingdaufe— to whom ? Surely, not to the General who was to aft un- der it;— for fee the fituation in which it puti >>»»!— Under the wprds •« you are to aa at , ,.. . "xxigcncics Si '-H' It *% I ^ exigencies may require," Ipt us fuppofe him t9^ ^ftbc cautiops part. He makes ^^tiirn^ «Jon the enemy, becaufe his ^^ was (U9l». thi^t in domg fo he muft abandon hjs qommumcations and nlK yU retreat What woulij the governjnent, thcL^my, and tbe . country bavc feid to 1^^ Wh^t ought evecy ip^ to have Wto him vyhp read the prior, part of this Qr4^r ? ' " I? % vigorous exertion ? Is this '* to Jhrte your ^ay to Albany. The enemy " were panic ftrupk before Brinih troops ; « tto, nwp^s therefore wer^ bu' as Oia-^ S apws. Th? loy^lifts awaltc4 your advance " tp joi^ 1cor *Qwi^s— Sir H. 9Unton was .,/., «* waft nomeni^ , ywMA Mifv^'^v "— "t jV'w^iqeV^oi^;^^^ ^^^ ^^ M campaign." '^"Takc jthc conflderation the oth^^r >vay— - The general foUows the F»^*#.f ^^^ ft?".^' atid the letter of his ordcr-fight|( His^Tound \y : inches, and n^ifc^rrics. •k You ffM b? f* difgraced fqr youf raflinefe," fays the inl; t the paft fide Hudforft river," Sir, to imagine a general general could diaate fuch a dilcitt»ia for him- fdf is prepbfteroiis. -Tb betievc'^Kat ^ftrini- fters couWMkn it, 1? ifevdr t^kmh^k^iM^^ them; it wotildbe W bjjfievc ttei €lyaBfe^^ ^ -T"-. ^irt- Jfe V- ■;'r dudcd all material operations ; more able adr vifcrs, or more faithful friends, never exifted: : that they faw I was placed in an arduous fitur ation, and felt for my difficulties, it is true; but that they ever dropt a fyllable that implied an idea that I had an alternative, I flatly deny. The indefatigable alacrity of General Philips to bring f(Jrward the tranfports preparatory to the paflagc of the river, was uncommon even in fupport of a favourite objea-, it would have been uncommon indeed, had he a^c^ with fecret reludancy ! As to General fra- zpr, our communications were thofc of the mofl: unteferved friendfliip ; ?nd it is my pride to affirm, that the confonancy of his fenti- ments with mine were almoft invariable. Upon the paflage of the Hudfon's River, in particu- lar, he thought it of uncontrovertible ex- pediency ; he thought it glorious danger ; he was confulted upon all meafures at the time and fubfcquent to tt ; he bore an aaive part in many; ixc approved of all; and the laft fentelKC he uttered, was a meflage of affedion and good wiffies to me. ^^ . ' .. The other falfehoods that hive bceli dif- perfcd refpcaing the fame period of time, can hardly be urged as reafons for enquiry, for they arc below refutation; fuch as the delays ' . \- . occafioncd tt »eeh dif- ime, can Qirj, for le de%s ccaiioned t '-25 j • occatioiled by carrying forward all ttic artil- lery, and a cumberous train of baggage — " It ** was a merit of Eaftern pomp," fays a mU liifterialnews^writef. That «// the artillery was wi|H the army is falfe, for the heavy ti^ifi was fentbackto Gan^a: the field*traire which irem^ined was that which had been declined for the expedition, when Sir Guy Catleton ex-* pe£ted to have the conduft of it In perfon.. That intelligent and judicious officer,*denetai Philips j had been confulted upon the proporr' tion ; and it had been fcgulatcd upon the con* ^deration of the nature of the war ; the power of that arm in forcing pofts, and againU new troops t and the probability of havingf pofis ourfclvcs to fortify* Neither, ^f, Wis the artillery, in the proportion carried, caufe o{ ^e; Jca4 d(4ay ;. bccaufe the horfcs that drew it wt»e flupei-nutnerary to thofc which were fufficient for all the carts 'and waggons we hidj and confeqqently within the time Indifpenfibly given for the tranfport of the proviiion, |be artillery was brought forward by hories that could have been no other^aya .employed*'':' '''j^*! f"»>.riT'.'i'. ' ■ ■■.'''' * '•''•f^-'^- Tlic fupp^ed quantity of baggage is equally erroneous "^ cannot fuficr an idea fo unjuft, I%.|J|m| fpirit of the army, to remain upon the E minds IM I 'HI I ¥ ' 1c. ]; , . ' ' ' I i ' _i__. *%!^. ubL^ft^tflll.. k. j^^^ •" mrnds of the public. AU.>ggage of bulk, to the abridgment of many materija comfdrts, had been chearfully left behind by the officers 5 Ibme of them had not beds; many lay |n foldicr's tents; and 1 know of none that had more then the common ncceflaries for aaivc fcrvicc • l- :■, • -^^'.r*-'- ^''- . .l-^ .- -. It muft' be total want of knowledge o{ the country and the war, to fuppofe that, with aU thcfe. precautions, the train of carnages did nott itill- remain great. It isjio %e ton* fidcre^, there was a train of fix hundred car- riages ; and thofe too few for the indifpenfible purpofe of tranfporting provifion, whtre there yfU^rwstet carriage; there was anothet train ol very cumberous carriages, equally ttc* ceflkry Ibr' the transport of the boats, where the rapids i^reyen^ed their paffage in the ftreana . a tranfporVtnfoni!? places, of many miles in in length. Sir, it would be trifling with the ' houfc to dwell longer tipon thefe ccnfurcs, the . offspring of malice and ignorance; th* prev*^ lence of iuch reports tends to one ufe"~ Ug^ perfuade the world, at leaft, that HiMft* • faults could not abound, when detraaion itfelf 18 reduced to have recourfe to fuch acoofataon. g*,r^ fcyerting, therefore to the more grofs injuries my reputation has fuftaincd, I tbitil^^ .^ ■ 'tX \ ^) ' S^lj.- .'il- i if • bulk, mfdrts, fficcrs ; lay in tiathad : aftivc ; oi the ^ivitK arriages be con- red eaf'' rpenfible tre thcit anothelf lally nC" 1^. where t ftream • miles in with the' fures, the btfreva- --ItwiU feitfclj^ cottfation.^ lore grofs I pi^li^' r >7 1 have ftated enough to fhew, that the cha- raaer of a member has been unavoidably brought into queftion, and upon his a&mon that the information the Houfe has proceeded ui>on/is incomplete and fallacious Unow^^^^ Xt dcfcriptioli of men could juftly refufc to him perfonally a new and full enquiry. 1 would aik of minifters themfelvcs, ivhat would be their feelings, if, after an unfuccefsful undertaking of high truft and imporUnce, and debarred, by an interdiaion. from the prefence ^ irtheir Sovereign, the means of fiibmitting their condua to that royal brcaft. where ju- ftice, and benevolence, and protedion to the inndcent are ever to be expeaed, except when truth is perverted or concealed-what would be their feelings if refufed alfo an appeal to their country ? To my brothcr-officers m par- liamcnt 1 would more particularly apply for fupport to this amendment, as a common fcaufc pf the profeffion: they will confider the dif- couragemcnt that mui^ enfue, and the injury the fervice muft i«f&r, if an ofjicer, who « confcious to have done his beft, whofe greateft enemies pretend not to impute to hmt any other charges than excefs of zeal and errc neous judgment, and even thefe chargef founded ujon a mutilated ftate ^r^^'^ ■>*■¥ i'. . i ;)' "•I 4 ■ • S' »#„«i.Jt- . ,JJ »-f if-^^I^TV,^ "i ■>-■-, '^'' f, (^ iTfciWSVT" ' " What is the ftate of officers, fif upon fu^h grounds, and bythcanful management of other pircumftarices, they ai«' difgrapcd it court, put%^, if not inevitably precluded tJiis judg? meht diy vcfting myfftlf, is fk as poffible, of eyery per- ibnal motive ; fcorning the pitiful contention, for fuch comparativeTy h wo^ld be^ whether: fiH^mmtfter fhoiild exdnerate hriiifclf firpoj ^ 'ef r6i;;J'i^ )^ jpftru£tion, Of the gener^ .**.■..■-■- .> .-/ -^ - . ■ ■ , , ■ .#..-. W90M^WWm f ..■-■- ■ ^-sr^ ,■■-■■--,■ -- , A ,yJ r.f . "■- £^ --^ ■ ■ ■ ' * . '^ u^ 4 I*' V L. m^^^^-^WS^"^ ' [ *9 1 from that in his execution ; I here in my place as a reprefcntative of the nation, require and demand a full and impartial enquiry into the caufes of the mifcarriage of the northera army in an expedition from Canada, \X. is a great national obje^i. The crifis of * the time emphatically requires fe. The cx- iftence of the Britifh empire depends upon the ^xertiona of the military, and the beft foun- dation for public fpirit, is puUic juftice. In Addition to the natural animation which as Britons the army poflefs, place befi:>re their eyes ' that fecondary (pring and conlxoUcr of human actions, reward and puniihment. Let the firft ^nd moft glorious reward, the honeft appkufe ' pf the country be obtained by a fcrutiny into truth for thofe who deferv^itt on the contrary, Jf there has been delinquency, let the fpirit of Manlius prefide in the puniftiment, *||.r . c ^ *• The hand of fete is over us, and ^veii ** Exafts fevcrity from all our thoughts/* If there has b^en djfobedience ; if unauthei»^f fifed by circumftances, if uncompelkd by ori$n /for I will nerer ih|:ink from that plea) a gci»i peral has raihly advanced upon the enemf^ And engaged againft infurmountaUe odds, tlH ^ifcipline of the ftate ibQuldi^^ though k .-•■»■». '■••■.?-►• ■!M^ ■■'f A'-- ' ' -.'ft'' ^ [ 3° 1 « /, LiBor, deliga ad palum, M. ■,'W ■■«■ V' ' Thefe Sir, are the means to excite true \': ambitio^'in your leaders, thefe are the means to keep thein in due reftraint ; this was tl^e ciSj.. fy4m of the glorious patriot.* whofe obfequies yft^now celebrate,''and could his a(hes awakqa, ^ would burft their cearments to fupport it. As for myfclf, if . 1 am guilty, I fear I am deeply guilty : an army loft ! the fanguine ex- peftation of the kingdomMifappointed I' ^ fb- yekn war caitfe'd, or thi^ commencement of liberated ! an cffiifion of as brave blood as ever run in BritiOi veins (bed, ind the fevereft fomtiy'diftreffes combined with public calami- ty^-^If this mafs of miferies be indeed thecon- fcquence of my mifcondua, vain will be tbc extenuation 1 can plead of my pcrfonal fufFer- ings, fatigue and hardlhip, laborious days and flccplefs nigbts, ill health and prying fituationr. poor and infuffkient will be fuch atonement ill the judgment of my country, or perhaps in ihe eyes of God— yet with this dreadful alter- native in view, 1 provoke a trial— Give me inquiry— 1 put the interefts that hang moft emphatically by the heart-ftrings of njan— my fortune— my honour— my head— Vh«l Mmoft faid my (alvation, upon the tefti \ '^7 BwKfSkj It k^confoktion to mctatfimk that %'#■»-*»'»■-'■ />' ) »v ■ ► ■ ^MMBMa i iMBiiiiii ii i iai iii i iii ^^ •^W:' rp>^ Cite true le means was the obfequles siwakqfi, ipport it. fear I am gu me cx- !d! a fo- :em^nt of : blood as le fevereft ic calaml- d the con- nil be the tial fuffer- ( days and [ituationi; atonement perhaps in idfulalter- -Give me bang moft of man — ad-^t.had tefti >^':: ic to think ' that - ( I 31 I ^ ^ that I ftlatt be, even in tirmife, the only cuIprit^Whatever fa^ may attend the gene- ral who led the arrtjy to Saratoga, their beha-^ viour at that memorable fpot muft entitle them to the thanks of their country— Sir, it was a calamitous, it wau an awful, but it was an, honourable bour^Durmg the fufpence of the anfwer from the g^eral of the enemy, to the refufal made by me of complying w;th the , ignominious conditions he had propofed, the ^ countenance of the trbops- beggars defcriptioa, -*^ patient fortitude ; a ^ fort 5 ^^:l^. -fJT - ^ "^T^t^i t,%l. "^ ^ ccii.* The event I mean hafpehti iti art ^ge when Roman virtue was at its height, ft was that wherein Manllus cfevoted his fon and^ the iirft Decius devoted bimictf. A Romart army, fliut upTfey the Satimites at Candiuro, . were obliged to furrender theit arms, and tcr fbbmit to the more ignominious condition of' pafEng under the yoke of the enemy* Thcf conful who had commanded them, propofed i# the. fenate, to break the treaty whereby^ tbe army was loft to the ftate; and fo make him in perfon tbe expiation, by fending him bound to the enemy to fufFer death at thtk hands. In oac point of view the prefcntf cafe extremely difiers from the example, be-» G^ufe by the treaty at Saratoga the army wi^' faved to the ftate. It is the non-complian<»^ with public faith that albnc can lofe it- .aii^ here the parallel Will hold ;. if Lhave been in- "^ ftrumental to the lofs of thofe brave tro6pi|J Jifice the treaty, I am as culpable as if I featf^ ' loft them fy the treaty, and ought to be A# ^ facrifrce to redeem them. Sir, thir refcrenc# ' " may appear vaift-glorious. It may be doubi* ed whether ^ece exifts in the(e times publii^ ■" ^' "'■"'■ ■" '-■ '. ■■ ■^,. : :■";■■' 'V«;-.V ^ It had been mentioned in a fofmer delmte^ ttuit referenced . to aociient hiftory carried fometimei an air of pedantry ani , werefeldocn of ufc.' . ^,:4,^.vm i *^;'i -M'^ii,* .iif.- <■'■"':'■,_ '■ ^.'■:- ^ :s::t I M. ■"*■ f I hxi be ^K efcrenctf * t doubi' refereRoet iaotry aiul «•■'■''■" .. ' >*-•. ■•f. ■•■ ^nft, >*■.' - [-33 ] fpirk ferioufly to emulate fucb examj)les^ I perhaps (hould find myfelf unequal'; but others, who are moft ready to judge me fo, ihuft at leaft give credit te one motive for ftating the parallel— that I am. too confcious of innocence to apprehend there is the leaft rilk of being expofed to the trial. :-^- Sir, I h^ve only to retiiri^ my fincereft thanks to the houfc for the patience with vvhich they have endured fo long a trtfpafs 4pon their time, and to join my hearty con. ciirrehce with the other gentlemen wIk) have ipoken in favour of ^^^^^^"^"^^^g^, ,i ' r>*'^4 ^?vt!i -"".'-.' 5r. i.' > ' " * ♦«*.Jt*'n,n - .'^''-■:r>Ti-> ^ '-m- 7 '■ *, . - *,- J. iff' rff \ '* J n - > It » K Ji^n'il 'I'-l "- « m^ iU- » ^ '.:>: 1 - !■»' ■ - j J „' 5spi5**^3^ =-^*TR5Hj«rr- |SC^ i-^j «^_jj 1- 'fWl [ "3*- ] ,■ :,' 'i.V':-''3 J^i''rt /■ *'*'t.J*-V »— J^'f •J^ , vjfbiuii, i^8^. fiiMaUrl '::\^f.X w •'» • 1. .« .1 [R^ HartUy moved. «*piat aii limntte^ ^ addrcfs bc^ prcfented'. to his majcfty tq ciitrcat his majcfi^ that he will be graciouflf plcafed not to prorogue the parliament; but that he wiU fufifej them to continue fitting, m the purpofe of affifting and forwarding tl^ mcafures already taken for the rcftoration of peace in America; and that they may be m readinefs. in the prcfent critical fituation and profoca of public affairs, to provide for eve- ry important event at the earlieft notice.** Sir George Savile feconded the motion. Ko pcrfon offering to anfwer, the Speaker ^yat proceeding to put the qucftion. Geijeral Bur- goyne applied to the trcafury-bcnch, to know Whether the king's fcrvants "n^^^ J^^^g"^ ^ to thp motion? In which cafe he faid he (hould give the houfc no trouble : that otherwife he thought hemfelf pledged to deliver his fenti- ments. The call was, "Goon;" and Gene- tal Burgoyne proceeded in fubftance as fol- 1^ Mr. lows; i ', ^. \- w # -i-f- ,#. - f% *. ■, s.;; t'" .:-^'.tv.,.^ A >'^^„^$^ II w iiMii I Mi if y^ '"%i*'*r-j uMtaMiiaHiBatfMMMi t • » ti. Ntf il Bur*;- ) knovf ) agree : (hould wife be is fenU* dOene- e as folr Mr. ^fi t 35 1 ilr. Speaker. 1 (hall not purfue the argu- toent of the honourable gentleman, upon Ae Moediencv of parliament being ready fitting may arrive from your commiffioners, *« wUni has already been too ably enforced tlTuire a fecond: neither. Sir. after fo long- 43^g«ce as I received in a former d*. ^ Koufe the debt they owe to national Jj- •Icei pblicy. upon the fubjed of enquiry^ . 'bint and neceffary a duty. B«t, Sir, 1 hall '•„& folety upon a vifew of the prefent ftate of ^^SSuntry -univerfallycompi^fiveupn '•Aeunderftanding. in favour; of the nieafwe r^pofcd. While an enemy is P«P"«i »P°» L neighbouring coaft, and perhaps is at this W mbarking! diffidence, defpondency. and^ ' ' Cftcrnation. Ire evident among great p»t . rf the people- A more fatal fymptom pre- • - v.d, amone a greatfer part ; a torpid indif- "^r wiU not, look into their 'I'ff "'•'."'^""Tt ^^^uces. Qod grant that general pan. l«n« »• «* '^ti iM' * '»« %," j-"*^**-,*-! "^^ f^f-^" -^'». ^■ 'M, [36 .1 the rcfiilt of aU thc(e clcmonHrations ! /or panic is incident, upon ibme occafious, to thofe who have been mod didinguKhed fop bravery tipon others. ,^ , . *r^c falvation of the country depends upon the, confidence of the people in foftie part of ^pverhmfnt. The mini^ry have it noti the whole nVuon Ij:^ ^r think they fee, their in- fuffjciencyr Inufan no^ to apply thefe words grofsly or VMT^lcntly i there are among theqi many to whofc pcrfonal qualities and talents I k|ear rcfpcdt, and to none ipore than the ,|iO^ lord in ^c blue ribband. But talent^* are relative to times ; and It is no reproach to , iby, thgt men well qualified for negotiation^ financcivif the (inooth current of govern- ment, may be totally unfit for their Iftationk^ when the crifis requires inftant rcfburce,' deq- livc counfel, animating aftion. That thcfa are notorioufly wanting, the heft friendirSf" the minifters (hake their heads and confefi. ll* '4^|i||^.man of cofnmon fenfe and common fpirU lijn^1$e co\intry, that does not (land confouridel and aghadat the late fupincnefs? tbat^does nof |hink the heralds ought to have accompanied voiircoach,Sir,|Wh|[d|l^u carried up theiddrefs pi ,tbe commons ; and that the dcclaration\'' [mi'f$ Sc JamtsVgiitc fliouJil have accom ■«!' • ,6- 5" i J ^ Sjifi- -i:'- fplrit irib||| ^ the body oCW place fojr their laft ftakc. % IIq, not tay, that men have not fought dclperatf. giy/in iiich fituatipns ; but then they have bee|i -kought tOt q^TC^nity- by a progreffion of coi^- 1^, imd h$yf iccn great cj(|p^ to raifc ai^ .»• ^^^ ^ js#"' ■ ^ \%j- t , >;_ iffimukte their puliic paffiohs. Iknow of po Ltcxertions/wherethe k6«iWmg «^^ &OJM meafuresto, reftofc s^n army after a 'thev X freq«»t- When General Ropan- . ^enfiofls of theTurlOA cavity. h«firft^^«- W waste ay afi^ the ufe of chevauKf de ■ . I" ,ndto «<;amp' Withput entrencbm«ts, ^ t^ktagoSeat-hotnetWah f««^ an^U;^ ■ -W™ ta-th*' immorWl year.' 1756.' *« ,*^^f«^ The moft gloriow tribote «c ^Wote Let mmifters vifit hi. ««ain^ wh.k ^P u ^!^* and catch wifdomy aAdw- .*« above gr««n<^a^« Did he keep '4i)OT, and vntutfrom the view. r ' Cts at Spithtadto prevent .nvafK»i Di«_te ^* i-fer to ttnft the internal defence of the n«H*^ ^ .'^W^rifon.! No. SiN your "^'y-J* : ? '- Sv^d in ofttifTve operation -m every ,«^ 1 the diii fians th every la Spkhcs vafiort: His (hi on the gratif) fccond ikvetl miM the B< cpmn fi^edi vouri exea ftfkti ft: witli may ,aec^ • • _'l.:. ^ , . -.: V - :- ■ - - . - . * * - .'•., -.-. .. ^ .-^ ,-^ ♦ ■ ' -' • r:\--i-" •r. * - ' * A ■ \\ ■ \ of no i •-'A id ucce^ x» r a^er a L^ liipory m time, Rbpan- tbapprc- ivaiiX de ifta^Bd^- ETUCCU HOC e^ a tiif^^ utitalidRi 1756/ the b(Uii*Y ad- aribiit* m htf "Cjx- uns, while n,' aildvi- Kid be kioep tii Did he the natioo. navy wit very c|iiii- pported bky a juft ^^ \ l39 M aiuftcOHfidena, were ten times ftrongerrftet the difmiffion rf the Hanoverians «nd KW- furnE tlun before.. o£y4.y IhJp b«apw ».*««. r every ttRiSient felt itfelf «* hotter ft *-; ! ' v* We ha«e flow a br«ye «dmi«l^ a4iiig_<«^ Spkhe»d. who knows the way to prevent .^ vifion Iby -fceking the enemy at r dtoc^ Hisfcare ol glory in the defeat of Qonflans a on the minds of his followers ; you ^nnot. gratify him orthem more than to give them % Lond occafion, and by the (ame »^f^'^, feve their country. Thfc brojhtf of tha^ t|», ^^ mlriU a member of this houfc." bredatfo .n«^ the befl fcHools of hi. frofiffton. is fccond »t command on fhor?, and fecond town's* «eed« no other praifc than that he warAe &- vouri.e, + a«dthe friend. i»d the confid^t^t^ij^^ «eaJt5r.af the arduous plans of ^^i. ft«efmm I alluded to.-Let thtfc me«^b«J*^ fiftfi (With national fpirit, and EngtaodUMl to be fubdvKd, while « river or a WU "WmH without fuch fpirit, another batfle of Haftmgs may make another conqueft. 1= i « .,< Sr, I repeat that the beft hope of geiwrat. iM and difliifing this genuine ftrength of th« ^ mind, to which arm. and tteafure are but^ dequate fubfkitutes, depends upon thi prefawa of parlatnent, « » povide (accOTdin? to «te ?•< V «' •^y* »♦- •#- CA Irf" •\ i*l#' 'm-^ i^$;r-; .±-£^-„^-:u.-ll.. .:.:-:^ » * P * ■I' 3J «? ".' r i«^rds of the motion): for every important . event at the earlieft. ftoticc/*^To ftrengihen . the xcrb^ni itdt/% adulafbrf addrcfles, but by fUch occafional fiinfitipni, as would give • fteih -fliid' eistra^cnerg)r to its power, pcnd-^. Ihg the emergency that nrigiht require 'it 5 To fupport public xareditjift union with the city of London, not on^ by common engage- ments of fiaithv but by a£ts of quick and en- couraging efficacy towards individuals, who li^ight nobly rii(k their all in, the caufe; but ibi^c all, In ftttl numbers and by general cottf*. "' l^iiSiu^ni^v^ to the worlds ^ ' Voe 'l^pfcf*'*^*'^*^*' ^^ "* detchniiied people at- taelEed Ift their vitals ;-rf4o pro* that they are, nbt to be feduced from their duty by the M?j .^'^ats.silurement* of pleafurc or perfonal intereft^ ^ "^'%ut have fortitude to await the apph^ach of . the enemy,' as the Gauls were awaited ^^yi ihe fenators in Rome i txid^ if need were, t4 f ■ teceive idcatJh rn> thcfe feate, to give example and fire toi their fbrvivii^ counfrymeob . Sir* , a parliament, thus, infpired, (the occaiion, I btii . HevfrirMniiy confdence,. would: give the infpi- ration) would fpeeai im mddiatc and ej^teniive veneration, and nifliience.*^F^£lloh ii^ ^his W frealt city^ if iadlion there is* ; Wriiuld bc^ no iriore i-^majoriti^rs and miaorkift -l^fxi luffed ■^ ■ -*#¥**-- ■M * "S ' I ^^ (iportaiit . rengtheit . iles, but aid give 5^ pcnd-^ uire It: ivkh the engage- and >n- lis, who life: but era! con- world Si teopk at- theyarc r the ill- interefty l:t)acb oC eikcd.liTl were«x4i| example en. S1V4 ion, I bcw he infpi- etenltve oio thi« Id bc^no U 0- VW^ be loft: in unanimity fpr the public fafety ;■-<# the png's name, thus fupportcdi would be in tuitbatowerofftrength; and t\ie daring at^ temiits of the enemy would only tend to the prefetit glciry and future ftability of tl?^ ftate.' Slfi thefc are my fincere fcntiroents ; and for this fr<« delivery of themi I. doubt not that 1 ihall read in the morning papers of to-morrow that 1 have thrown myfelf ii^to the arms of oppofuioi^. -1, am wnicious I never didf^ «J^ue a jferviee to, *^. Ml»5 stud 19 tb« epuntry a& 1 do in the pa^t^l -poW tsike ; ai^ . whateyc;r fpay, be th^ idlf edrtim^nts of tfe^ day, I truft that with the refpea»ble garfe of the public, if the term op^ po/tian li W VBii^T W^"^ '^ will be ap^ plieable 6nly ta th^ rejeOion of this motion. If Jtih^ KmgH J»i»iftcrs.^*^c the lead^an^ exercKc fWt. !|erfwafi^^ that pur^ofe, I hold them to b? oppofersr of rational fpirit, oppofers of public virtue, oppofers of the moft efficacious mcans-to fave their country. Sir, 1 fcornto take up this lan- guage upon fo pitiful a motive as perfonal rcfentment. Government, whoever are the imnifters to conduft it, (hall have my voice wbea w confcience dircAs it. That I " think inyfelf a pcrfecuted tnan, I ^vow. • '- . . Q that ) r> i-l.v . .' >. jr ^ ■■ •' ' ".V '- "■ -\ .:'■■■ * ( • . • • ■ ■ • '■ ■tt. *.' 1 f^^-^oM^^yr^-^^ ^^"-^ ''n^ f - #^ 4 •i* 1 I that 1 am a tnJorkcd viftim t# War tlie Sni that do not belong to me, I lippehend ; hut thfe is not the firft time I have ftood the frowns of power for parliamentary condud; and whatever further vengeance may be in ftorc for me, I hope I (hall endure it as be- comes me. ^ I* am aware that in far better times officers have been ftript ol' their prc^, ferments for refilling the poiTeffors of that benth.—They cannot take from me an humble competence;' they cannot depHve nie of't qualification to fit here ; they cannot ftrip rm I truft they cannot^ of the confidence of i^|M^ conftituents to feat me here ; they- cannot ft r^^ jne*^^-^! am ^iire tHfey eannot-^ — -bf prin* ciplc and fpirit to do niy duty here, p •rl never was more excited by thefe mo| ^^ and Lnever can be. more, than upoi the .prefent occafion to give mj yote in fopport of the motion,^ ' ' ' : ^ ^ A;vi *-^ ;.';;■ i ',■•>,«. - . r\A.i A. ^'^^h ■■'4'' ' APP|N? ''I*. ;(* /. ■ ^' .*■■ ■■■■■■■ ^ %. i trnt ludj be ill s be- better, F that Mnjble . % r- [p nieiit pnn* upottv^ )te in —f- ' '^' F'^^^W^ A |» i^ E M D t 5J* £irfy ^ a Letter frm dtherti Wiih'mgtett ^ rt UeitienaM General Burgoyne. March I iM, 17784 "^ H . SII^ . s",t IWis, only two aays lliice, iioiioui-ea witH your very obliging ktter of the iith of and the polite terms m which yotl are pleafed ' fo exprefe it, are j^cdikrly flattering; jihd I take pleafure in the opportunity you havei ' afforded me of affuring you, that, far front fuffcring the views of national oppofition to be imbittcred and dcbafed by perfonal animo- fity, 1 am fever rciady to do juftice to the me- rit of the gentleman and the foldicr; and to cfteem, where efteeift is due, however the idea * of a jhiMic enemy may interpofe. You will tK)t think it the language of unmeanmg cere- mony, if I add, that fentimcnts of perfonal I hlp^^k the prcfcnt inftancc, arc rcaprocal. »■ .^, ■k i if -■ 'yVKj, s^-^ Jf'i '*f'J- A-i f.V.^ APPENDIX/ Viewing you in the light of an officer con- tending againft what 1 conceive to be the rights 1 6f iny country, the reverfe of fortune you experienced in the £fild.cannot be unacceptable, to me; but, .abftra£ted from coniiderations of national advafntage, I >can fincerelyfympathize with your feelings, as a foldier, the unavoida- ble difficulties of whofe fituation forbid his Cucceis ; and as a man, whofe lot combines the calajftity of iM health, the anl^eties o{ captivity, and the painful fenfibilitj^^or htc- putatiep, eXppfsd, where' he mof^ values it, ^ the,^ffauJts^Jfnallcc and dctradioi^, ' As your aid de camp went dirc^^ly on to^ CpJ?»gcfif3, the bulin^s of your letter to me \^4 i^eo .d^q4c4 befpre it cattie to hand. I am b^y .that %hiis^ chearful act^^' J? ;u%iB<^§l "■ JSiVi / I'' ■■. r. '5 \ A-^ /* m a ted, grefs It is anyi ceriit prior ^^ cepti: in W vft fiis ij the < iuat tiffin eototi ika] bf I ly ci tnei ■:"^*" :er con- z rights ne you septable tions of path 1216 ,avoida- 'bid his >mbines eties o{ or a:re- iues it, on to^ to me and. I iefcence cffity of ation of km iil'^m ^3 \ s^' APPENDIX* NOTE, rejpea'mg the Firfi DeiaU. CiNQE the fubftance of the lJj[eccK*has beeft *^ prepared for the prefs, it has beeh obfervcd, in a daily paper, that General Burgoyne fta- ted, that it had been a race between thejCoJA grefs and hinij to engage the Indian nations^ It is X miftake, that General Burgoyne madci' any mention of -himfelf being any ways con*, cerned m any negotiations with, the Indians! prior to giving dircftions for their jimdibn ^th the army upon Lake Ghamplain ? ex* cepting in the council of the autumif to 17761 miVhidi they were difalifled for tb^ year. ;- vft is true, General Burgoyne did ftate, M Bis fpecch, that there had been a race betwecii die emiffaries of the Congrefs, and the coiip^ duiSters of India afl&irs on the part of the Bri- tifli government; to engage not only the contiguous, but alfothe remote nations. This fkft might have been proved by Mr. St Liil leCornc, had he thought proper, as well ||l by itiany others* / , * / ?^ 1 ^ This part of Ac Indian futjjeakcddiriitifi ly efcapwi the prefs, by its being omitted iit the notes from which the fpeech was coUcaedi» i'u'm 'H'-' ►44- NOTE, K^'. • r ■ i -• 4 « "> V X i^^it^-^'bji.'j. , { W: 1% i 't^' NOTE, reJpeBing the Second Dehati* MR. Wcdderburne tbok occasion, after i Ihort argument againft the expediency of th« motion, to propound i >r^, lit the prefent property of another power. He infixed, with ftill lefs expreffion of doubt, that the General, under his prefent obligations, ^as incapacitated.from exercifing any office^ oy^ faring arms in this country. _ . General Burgoyne, in reply, ftated the ouf. ' toie upon which Mr. Vedderburne's arga. ment wa^ in great meafure foimded,^ viz. ^V the convention was broh^ aikl that the Gene^, yai was under the ufual rcftriaions of a pAt ^ fonerof war. The convention was. declared Jiy the Gongrefe ftot intended to be brokej^ on ^ci part; though the execution of it was fcfjje^nded. The General t^fcforc infift^d, that he was under no other gbligaiion, than ' that 4liat ferv •♦« T and '' his^% and thoi ' him ibm if^ ».*.*__^,' T^' •-^<,i>^'W -%, I. l« ' Debate* (ion, afeer i | iency of th« Ltiive to Ge<*. tc in parlis/-' length, with arnii^« H6 the ftory-;^ afes parallel, •n prifoner c^ L being broke); fui juris, but power. He of doubt, that (ligations, lyas tny office^ o| ftated the oufc rburne's argil- ided, viz. t^t; :hat the Gene-* lions of a pn,-^ n was, declared 3 be broke, on fion of it wa$ If eforc Jnfiftedt bligationi than thai ^irt Ipedfied k thi*^^^ i^ ,^« Not to ferve in America ;". and that of his parole* •** Tq return at the demand of die congrefs, and due notice given" : that in this country he Was free to exercife his rights as a citizen and a foldier ; that ihould the enemy land, though his prefent disfavour might preclude him from the commiand which his rank, and fome experience, might ^title him to, ho irtifted the king would notyefufc his rcqneft* I to take a mnfquet in defence of his country. He pr^)ceeded to argue, that even upon the fuppofition that Mr. Wcdderburne's pofitron had been true Itt its full^ extent, -and that he had been, direaiy, a prifoner of war under pa^^ role, he ihduld not have been incapacitated from a£J:ing in parliament; and in anfwer to the precedents brought from remote ages, he produced one of a prefent member (Loird Fre- derick CaVeiwlift) who, when a prifoner to France, af^er the aftion at St. Cas, and upon his parole in England, fat and voted in par- liament. That noble lord, upon quitting Fnuice, had aiked, whether any reftraint in thXrcfped was meant? as he fhould certain- ly vote for every meafure that could diftrefs the enemy ^He was told, that they fliould at fpon thmk of reftraining him from getting z X, ' -' I ^ 4 d '^ ^^^^ ' ^.,, .< ..■ • ■" ■■ '^ . ■ ''-y ■,■'"■ ■ - -^ ■■ ■'-' s - . . ."'J-. ■ *. ♦l'- ■ ■, m '■/•'- ■■ ^ ; \ - v' . t> , t . • ■ . « ■ • .i3^^ K*' ^^ * ^^^^r • a\ • •* • / t it> ' / f ^ « ^0m--^ ?.. ' jdothcm'mi^chtcf^ -^ "r^ f Tlie^ceeded to #>J«rve, tnafl ^^fe, in foint of explanatibn^ ^ |^r^i% |he jam^ \ for that before he left^| <^^| ji^^ ^ been itttimated to ilm, th{rti|H^ ' ^rfoni i^ Bojhn, Who ^«^^^^ jji#S3®^ fli0uld.not b9 ictoinesd b j; |arok from Ul^ .^^^tffeidfa^ when Ameri* l^'^^|K^ecxn^4 tl^t he came to ai^explat |,atioii iitt^*#l*«^ witJ^ the im^ tiered, tttt^B^^^^^*^ *^ ^ould rcowitt anlJe in that coustryr i-a&er than return home— T^J^ '^^^ ^^ *^^^^^ iP|ff|1Mftiiftlt i¥a3 fxpteSfid* lh«c the £^^ '^ i*l*^tt Injury froia die iCSlferfs prefapcc in par. Iam6i| ; that they wiihea for peace upon pro^ •^t^JWWasr that*|hey r^^W^^^^Ml^ -J ^, ai ft matl of 1iiiinpilI«i^fWwW^B*^ vS- V- "-.^^la-^^ hc}tev«#;*f b^'iwnowf _to (jpe^k ^explanations Mr^ Wei#n*inaw ^''"'^i^ ;^Vr- Scncrars ri^ts; «|ld the fcoufe gW tmani^ " ■■^* '' ''^i'^ f^^ iatlw-6me f^awwiu-''' . : ^'i " i ^¥^ I it . . , «^ , ~. '■• ' ■^*m tit • J • .* - \- L ;