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 A Writer, hot Very lorig fince, drojJfied fome 
 ambigtrous words, which might be fup-, 
 pofcd to reflea: upon lord Loudon j arid 
 the whole people were alarnied: it was an infult 
 upon the wifeft mieafures j and an abufe of one of 
 the firft Of men* Power in a little time changed 
 hands J and the public voice changed with it: 
 fluduating and weak as water j and driven, li^^ 
 that, any way, with the leaft breath of artful 
 men. Nothing \^a9 now expedted, where all 
 before fecmed certain of fuccefs j and wagers 
 were offered by thofe who affected to be in.the 
 fecrets of government, that the reft of the" world 
 might form the defigncd opinions. ' 
 
 The meafures were ftill the fame j and the 
 man the fame who was to condufk them : and if 
 he had no^efervcd the firft extravagant ap- 
 plaufe, far^s did he merit the new obloquy. 
 The dcfign was as likely to fucceed under one ad^ 
 miniftration as another j for "the force to execute 
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 execution of it; and there neither was nor js any 
 
 taiufc to doubt,, but he >vQuld have purfued' the 
 
 ^^.true path to its fucccfs. 
 
 He is now returned : -and in the place of that 
 glory which he would probably nave gained ^^^ 
 he has the unfair reprefentJttions of ioterefted men 
 to conibat v and hei^rs his conduct arraigned by; 
 thofe who haye as little knowledge of the circum-, , 
 ftances^ as pf the nature of the fervicc. '^^ 
 
 This his lordfliip' has paifcd hitherto, and I 
 fuppofe will coatinuetapa^i over, untegarded. 
 ' The good and great are above the notice of po- 
 pular clamour: but what them^vesf defpifc, o- 
 thers often feel for them. I thinjk the earl of 
 Loudon wouldbe as much above anfwering fuch » 
 acGufations, as defervittg^ttiem: but they are fo 
 cafily refuted, thatit^cr^inuch to be regretted 
 if none Ihould <io it. • ' 
 
 The general ppinion of thcfe perfons is, ^at 
 leaft it is their general exclamation) that his lord- 
 ihip did not fufficiently pufti the feryice^ and 
 that Louisbourg might hav«i been taken with the 
 force under his command. * They are bold e- 
 nough to urge the meafures pf gpirernment in 
 changing th^ C(5mmand, as a circumftance of 
 proof for their affertion. . 
 
 Jt little bcoomes fuch perfons to judge of the? f c • 
 fclutions of a miniftry, wjiich it is impoiTible they 
 IRiould underftand : ^nd it wouldbe as improper 
 for me to qucftion their impropriety, who aiii is 
 
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 ccnfure,; and it muft thcl) be iildificr^nt frbnx. 
 whom it comes. "'' ^ r - . " tr^ • '\ 
 
 If it (hail appear by the foUbWing ftif clcteil' 
 of circufmftarices, that the carl of Loudon laid i? 
 plan of Gyrations, equally for^ thfc glory and in-, 
 tcrcft of his country j that this defign received?, 
 the fan/ftion oftbegovefnment j andhimfclf, its \ 
 author, had the honour of the command : that ^ 
 th? meafures. by whith ' he purf9e,d this purpoft/ 
 were conformable to leafoi^, and tjre nature of 
 jifie fervice "; and that^hey were apprbved bj!" tbofc 
 mpft immediately concerned ;- th^ the expedititni 
 was pufti€d>yith aH' pofliWc vigour by his lord- ^ 
 fhip ; iwitt was rendered impr^(^:iic^bie by su^ 
 dents in which he had no tohcern; wen^e 
 reafon to hope the candid arid honefl will conti^ 
 fiue to pay that regard to his lordihip's gresft qua- * 
 lities, with which they received the noiiqc orhis - 
 being appointed to conimarid in that enterprftzei 
 1 his we (hall attfjmpt to (hew, by a plaih re-i 
 cital offal's ; which will b^ r^ted, we hope, with 
 accuracy ; at \tm \yith impartiality: for ^^q Hav^i 
 no view but truth v This fias been hitherto pbfcur-* 
 ^ by artifices, or dcfaccurby rancoiir, bdt itis . 
 not difficult to clear op thofc ftains, "and prcfent 
 the fair relation to -the world. It has'^hotyctbecii 
 done ; and indeed, according to the circumftan- 
 ccs, could not ealily ; for we have depended Jti 
 England up9n the reprefcnjtations cif, things from 
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 were partial. . . 
 
 The people of New- York hated lord Loudori 
 for two things ; his quartering the troops upon 
 them, and the embargo on their fl]iips: and pow- 
 er changed hands in England. The enterprize 
 mifcaJried, as half the en^erprizes in the world 
 have done, from the circumAances of things, , 
 not from any fault in the commanders : and tho' 
 we fuifer, no one is to blame. This is the genc^ 
 ral ftate of the cafe j and this will appear by th«' 
 following fa^s. . 
 
 We fliall take in the wtiole time from the fir(t 
 plan of the enterprize,to the return of the troops : 
 and we have neither dciire nor power to mifre- 
 prefent them. They have been laid before the 
 
 f)ublick as they occurred, and occafionaliy, ia. 
 arge recitals : and we may <apply to every ac- 
 count that has been pubiimed from the arucles 
 of news-papers, to the fyftems of che temporary 
 politickns, that they are as here reprefented, and 
 that tlTey never have been reprefented ptherwife. 
 Thefe being allowed, the reafonings cannot be^ 
 centradi<^6a, for they flow from no other fource ^ 
 and we flatter ourfelves the impartial publick (to 
 whofe judgment kings, appeal) will entertain no. 
 doubt in any circumftance. What is here offer- 
 red is the plain and uninfluenced vqice of reafon : 
 if his lordfliip had been confolted, doubtlcfs it 
 would have been better; but it is thus difintc- 
 tetted ) and I believe no one will have fo much 
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 And if the reader wi{hes to fee another, let him 
 remember the poor good old lord Blakeney. 
 The vehemence of applaufe, and the fudden and 
 unmerited turn fronii it to cenfure or negledt, are 
 miTerable indances of the unfteadinefs of theMin 
 
 w man mind ; and while they teach us caution, 
 they (hould bealfo leflbns of humility. ; ' '- 
 
 Toward the latter end of the year before laft^ 
 the earl of Loudon laid before the miniftry his 
 lenfe of the ftate of the war. The importance 
 of North Ameridttneeded not to be inHfted on ; 
 it was too'obviousw argument : the little fuccefs 
 
 'c^our fotces there, he (hewed, was owing to 
 their having^ undertaken little; and it was pro^ 
 pofed to attempt Cape Breton, and thence all 
 Canada. The enterprize was great, and it was 
 therefore fit for Britons. The thought was wor- c 
 thy of a hero; and with the Propofition thii'*^ 
 nobleman laid down the nieans and.meafurts for 
 its execution : vaft as it appeared, he (hewed it 
 was pta^icable; and we have no rsafon to doubt 
 but that he would have proved it fo in the exe^ 
 cution. Perhaps we (hall ftill fee it done with 
 the (ame forces, and upon the fame plan : and I 
 think I may venture to fay, that in this cafe no 
 roan will be more rejoiced at his country's fuccefs 
 than lord Loudon, or more indifferent whether 
 it were brought about by himfelf or by another. 
 
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 inent an entetprizc againft thcfe places, he deli- 
 vered ia an account of the force which might be 
 required for lt$ ^xecotion V ahd'the greatcft per- 
 Ibflwi 81 the kiogidoin, after ainature confideriitiQi], 
 dM :e^?l honour to his lord (hip's head an(| 
 licart, by appr<)ving not the purpofc only, hot 
 the plart of opprations y and by committing to 
 fetfecarc the conduct of the expedition. Lord 
 Jioudoa recei/wcd the appr6batioaof;hi§^fch«me 
 n^ith the fjMneooe^nefs wherewith he had laid it j 
 ^d; -with an undtfturbed mind, planned the ne- 
 , ceflfary lixeafurcs, pptoffucccft atone in the en- 
 lerprizei but of fafcty in the colonics which 
 i^oight l^ etpdfed by it. 
 
 i Three point! idemanded great confiderationJ 
 Tbf preventing the enemy from receiving intel^ 
 ligoice of hb de^gt» ; the providing an uninter* 
 tupt'Cd tranlt)ortat»on for the troops > and the fe* 
 curing the froatiers of the feveral colonics, moft 
 cxpofed to be attacked by the enemy, while the 
 miin rfoirce w« a^'mg cffeftually on the great 
 
 Thefc are the requifites to a rational undertak- 
 ing of fuch importance, and without thefe faccefs 
 would other be impoffiblc, or the confequcnccs 
 worfe than its failure. 
 
 For thcfe lord Loudon provided by a timely 
 care, and by fiach racafures as appeared* to him 
 left moft eafy and eflfedtual. 
 
 Had" things at home continued in the ftatc 
 wherein he left them, thcfe mcafnircs ^ouldhave 
 
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 dcfb^pHj J^nd every ojap of them would have 
 been a'%ew article in hif praife : but men jadged 
 differently by the time the accounts arrived : and 
 the mob, who had before applauded not without 
 Teafon^ though withoii^t know ledge, were now 
 taught to cenfure and condemn equally without 
 either ; and tl^ey who knewjT little againft both^ 
 
 Men whO; \vere at this yaft diftance were tf 
 judge of operajtibn^fWit|ipt;it knowing ^p<yi -whajlt 
 circumfliance^ l|e who wa^oi^^he/p^t found them 
 ■neceffary ; and t}iey who were Ignoi^nt of the 
 liature Qf commandj were tp determine roncernf 
 jng the meaiure^'pf the war* !Fhe politician of 
 H cofSce-hottfe ;!wa8 to fit in judgment upon his 
 defigns, whom the goyemaicnt had underflood 
 iPibe perfenftly capable of the: fervice J and it 
 may be faid, with that freedom which become^ 
 ■the triitht ignorance w^s not his moft dangerous, 
 enemy. Mm y*^cre taught tp fay ■what tho% 
 who influenced them knew to be falfe j and the 
 reputation of the comniander was to be facrificed^ 
 3»hile he w»? pwrfuing a dcfign approved by his 
 country, by thoft very mcafurcs w|)9}?( he ha^ 
 kid do^n for it^ cxccMtion. ■ ^ 
 
 I (hall not anticipate, by entering int6 particuM 
 Jars, what may be neceiTary on a more importaiiic 
 occafion i but I (hail add, there are fome whp 
 will bluih to read this 3 and perhaps fear whj^ 
 
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 commander, though perhaps he has felt with as 
 inuch warmth of gratitude as any man, the ap* v 
 plaufes of his country, yet would difclaim them 
 upon the conditions on which fomc have tried 
 
 to gain them. ' 
 
 The mcafures by which this general provided 
 for the execution of hit cnterprize, and the de- 
 fence tsf the colonics, though they be now con- 
 troverted, were otice approved : they ftill are 
 what they were, tnd k fecms plain to reafon 
 they would have been approved ftill, if any o- 
 ther man had followed them. He vras in acom- 
 mand that authorifed his taking thefe ftcps; and 
 he was upon thie fpbt to know, though we arc 
 n6t; that they were neccJffary. This will appear 
 lief«ftftcr; and it is juft it (hould be believed 
 now, uUcfs fomc reafonable caufc be Ihewn t6 
 
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 In the colonies, the governors Whom his lord*- 
 (hip affembled on that occafion, entered into all 
 his reafons, approved all his propofitions, and, 
 like the government at home, adopted all his 
 rricafbres; and by their ready concurrence did 
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 They were pleafed tp think he underftood the 
 ftate of their refpedive governments better than 
 they did thcmfelyesj and while they acknowledg- 
 ed the wifdom of placmg them only on the dc- 
 fcnfive, they were at once furpriftd at the cafy 
 means by which he propofed to eflfed it; a^d 
 perfedly convinced that thofc means were fuffi- 
 
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 When, in purfuance of his lord(hip*s pkn, the 
 number of troops to be fupplied by each colony 
 was fettled, and the places of their deftination 
 were appointed, according to the well laid and 
 well underftodd plan of general defence; this 
 part of the preparation was accompllfhed : and 
 the refpeft the feveral governors paid to' the com* 
 mand^, and the unanimity they {hewed among 
 one another, gave every pofTible propped: of tran* 
 quillity. 
 
 Thus far the enemies of lord Loudon (but I 
 recall the term, he can have none) let me be 
 permitted to call them the blind and mifguided 
 creatures of thofe who wi(h him ill, muil ac- 
 knowledge every thing was condudlcd well. 
 
 The tw6 remaining articles, the e£fe£lual con- 
 veyance of the forces, and the prcferving fecrecy 
 in regard to the enemy, were to be provided for, 
 one way and only one : this was by laying an 
 embargo on the outward-bound veflcls. Either 
 of thefe occafions would have juftified tliatmea- 
 fure in the eye of reafon, but both concurred to 
 demand it. This expedient anfwered both pur- 
 pofes, and no other meafure could have anfwered 
 cither. . ' 
 
 I know this embargo has becn'^an occalion of 
 much complaint at home, for fome caufe of dif- 
 iatisfaftion muft be afligned j and this was bcft, 
 for it was popular. Far be it from thofe who in- 
 tercft themfelvcs in lord Loudon's caufe to endea- 
 vour to deny, to extenuate, or even to cxcufe 
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 iMice ? none would difpute it ; that woyild be too 
 hardy: it would betray an ignorance no man 
 would charge upon binfiTeif. Had he not a. 
 right and juft authority to do it? there isno que^ 
 ftioTi but he had. His orders were abfolute: he 
 was fuppokd to underftand the fervicc i he wa$ 
 co^fidered as a brave and an'honefl n)an : and 
 fxQ will be confidered as fuch a one when even^ 
 the deteftation fhall ccafe, which wilLlong pur* 
 fue their memories who now afFeft to think him 
 
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 It muft be owned that the laying an embargo 
 on the outward-bound veflels was a neceflary 
 misafure, and that lord Loudon hadjuft authority 
 to do ir. Of what then i&it that men would 
 complain ? Is there any one will fay a comman- 
 der is to blame, who dod a neceflary adion l^ 
 Jiis propcf power ? there is none fo abfurd. Let 
 riiem on the other hand fay, whedier they would 
 not have blamed him if he had omitted it ? Tl^e/ 
 would bavi had juft reafon, 
 < This embargo was attended with many incOn^ 
 veniencies to private perfons X it is allowed } bat 
 k could Tiot be avoided. Public meafures of the 
 moft ufeful kind often are fo, and when tha 
 people's voice is left to its free courfe, the neccf- 
 £ty is feen, and there is no complaint. 
 V None will difpute the neceflity of it in this in- 
 ftance. It is impoflible. At the fame time it 
 Hiuft be owned, it was attended with particular^ 
 inconvcnicncics. England was in want of cornj 
 
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at lead the public by tiiEid' men were made tf 
 think fo ; and to fuiFer a« much aa if the (oitatf 
 was real: there was cotn in the tolotiies thai 
 could be fpared ; and the enibargo prevented fb^ 
 the time its exportation. The circumftances ard 
 certain. But did lord Loudon create rhefe ciri 
 cumibinces ? Was he the author of our imaginary 
 famine ; or in the plan of his enterptize could he 
 forfceit? ' 
 
 - 'It is allowed thoTeperfbnsmlhe colonies who 
 had (hipped corn tor England loft an advantage; 
 but it was a lofs that could not be avoided : and 
 if thofe who have been loudeft in comj^aints 
 would make out ^vfair lift of the fufFerers, the 
 quantity (hipped, and the time dplayedt it WoUl^ 
 be found, that very ^ttle occaOons, when it is 
 tiiought convenient, can rail^^itiit clamoulr^ 
 This it the fair way of ftatin|thsLSccount ; it ii 
 very plain why they will not^ brought to ddit^ 
 but if we hear mqre of it> 'tis not ic^poflSble ^ut 
 we may do it for thetn. 
 
 In plain truth the inconvenience wa$ itiucit 
 lefs than has been pretended ; an^ the import* 
 ^ce of the mes^ure greater than can be well t<i 
 magined. The candid reader fees the fair ftate 
 of the cafe ; and he will perhaps fay for himfelf, 
 what^ after the meafures that have been taken, 
 it would be indecent for me to fay to him. 
 
 The government has, in confequencc'of the 
 clamours on this fubjed, taken from commanders,' 
 for the future, the power of extending an em- 
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 fiep be wife, or what were its immediate motives ;^ 
 ifor I think greatly of their integrity and wifdon^r 
 who now have power : but if it be thought by 
 9ny that this new regulation reflects difgrace upon 
 lord Loudon, they may be told, that on the con- 
 trary, the taking away this power for the future, 
 acknowledges he had it juftly when he exerted, 
 it; and the neceflity of the fervice was really e« 
 though to have anfwered much greater private 
 difadvantages. 
 
 Men^whofe own hearts had taught them to feek 
 bad motives for the condu^ of others, laboured 
 to attribute this embargo to a different caufe: and 
 ^ere were, not wanting fome weak enough to 
 ioasigine, or wjcked eno^gh to pretend, they ima- 
 gined there, that this flep was taken to favour 
 uie bargains of thoie who were to provide for the 
 forces: nor did we want here men who were 
 impolitic enough, I had like to have faid ab* 
 iiird enough, to adopt the opinion, 
 
 I (hall not enlarge here upon the private cha* 
 rader of lord Loudon -, but they muft have 
 known very little of it, who could fuppofe him 
 capable of being influenced by fuch motives; and 
 they inufl have furely ilrange .heads as well as 
 moft abandoned hearts, who when the nature of 
 the publick fervice fo plainly and fo needfully re- 
 Quired this meafure, could attribute it to private 
 views and perfona( intereft. 
 
 Thofe who were uppn the fpot can acquaint the 
 incredulous, that it was not till late in the clamour 
 
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 thi$ accufation was ftartcdl The firft complainti 
 were of the hardflups of the meafutej the unhappy 
 ftaten^private men who muftbc ofpreffed tofcry^ 
 thepuNic; and the neccffitics of England. Tbdfe 
 were thc^firft expoftulations j but when thfe lord 
 Loudon fteadily oppofed the t)ublick caufe t6 
 thefe private hardftiips j and though he was- con- 
 cerned to fee them, would not endanger the ge- 
 "neral fervice to remove them j then it was th^ 
 private purpofcs Were pretended 5 then malice 
 taught the fuflfercrs to invent caufes, which thcm,- 
 felves did not believe j and dlcfc^ Were added tt> 
 the former clamours. 
 
 " Lord Loudon, in the confcioufncfs of his own 
 innocence, ftemmed this torrent of calunonjr 
 there; but probably he did not imagint it ever 
 could be received in England* '} ,* ; 
 
 If it be a crime to prefer the'public fcrvicfe i^ 
 the convenicncics of. a few privatfc perfons, it 
 cannot be denied that lord Loudon has been guil- 
 ty. If the care of thofe forces, whiclh arc ex- 
 peaed to perform the grcatcft exploits, be crimi- 
 nal in their comnrtandcr, this nobleman is with- 
 out excufc. He had, bcforethis great affair pf 
 the embMgo, incurred the ill wiU^ of fomc indt- 
 viduals^ this account : and it muft be owiied, 
 ihatAe feems on that firft occafidn to have oon- 
 fidercd the foldicry not only as Valuable members 
 of a ftate, but a« human crdjitures. Thefe ar? 
 his crimes: for he is not acciifed of others, ex- 
 cept by perfons who are too low for anfwenng; 
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 Mhs^ whom (he tiad ca^e^ oyer for her immedi- 
 ate xkfence, at a ijeafon when the field prefented 
 only death to them : aqd New-York^ faithful to 
 the difgraceful example of the. mother coyqtry, 
 woi^ld have expofed to death with as little remor(e 
 the troops this government fent thithei: for h^r 
 protcdion, and, for the enterprife dcfigncd by thfs' 
 commander*. 
 
 <5n thiipccafion, if reafon be allowed to jud^^i 
 |ord Loudoi^s conduct may be fet as a model f'cjr 
 all ifuture officers in the like circumflance. 
 J. . The troc^s the government had fent in purfu- 
 ancc ofthepla|i| arrived after the wprft hard- 
 ships of a winter s voyage : and, after all their 
 fuilerings, they had the fpirit to lay, that'^hcy 
 complained of nothing, fince they Knew th« fer- 
 vice. required it ^ , . 
 
 The people^ though they had been fenfibie 
 enough of thcfc danger's, and though they looki- 
 „ed upon theie ti-oops as dcftined f 0/ their iafting 
 fccurity, y^ would have treated them with a rt- 
 gour difaraccful, even if fhcwn tpward the pri- 
 fonci-s of aij enemy : the public lioufes were by 
 uo means IbiRcicnt for tneir reception j and tp 
 the mofli;mild.>erMnftra^ces, the magiftracy ai^- 
 fwercd, with as little ^decehc^ as feelings that 
 they ihould not be admitted inte private ones. 
 The commahdcr knew cqudly his power, /and 
 the necefEty of the fer^^ice'f he; ordered them ill 
 a fair and equal difliribution to the prjviate as weft 
 as publick hdufes. The iiiagiftracy 4rififlfcd'^ah 
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 don oppofed his authority, and the- necefllity of 
 the fcrvice. ' Thcy^ were outrageous, and h^ 
 ;»ras refolute. He always fpoke with great reft 
 peft of theirnatural and political rights j but iui 
 ivould notjficrifipc to them the lives of the foldieyiL 
 His tordffitjpcfurried his^pointj and lie then tool? 
 orders for the good b^ehaviour of the foldlers. In 
 thi6 he was as indefatigable,^^ he had bdtn refo-» 
 lute in giving them quarters \ . and it will be own* ," • 
 ed at New -York for 6%^, in fpitexven of preju4» 
 dlceitfdf, that the foldicrs behaved with fo per- 
 fc<a regularity and decency, that «hofe who ^ 
 been loudeft in the oppofuion^ owned aftei >^drd8 
 "they fuftcrcd no hardlhip. ^ f ^' -.-^ 
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 cidents. It was on thefe thfe commander firft 
 loft the good will of fome people in the colonics j 
 and thefe, as foon as they found encotiragemcnt 
 from England, fpiead the mofl unjuA afpcrfions. 
 . Lord Loudon had chc honour to be cntrufted' 
 Whh <he conduft of a very important*^enterprize ; 
 and he manifefted a due care and a becoming fpi- 
 Mt^irii providing in thefe two inftances for the pre- 
 fcrvaiion of the troops, and |br. p^venting that 
 ooonrion ib^jrce of difappointmcht irfEngUlh enter-, 
 priices, the intelligence of/ the ^niy. In each 
 of thefe cafes fome private perils fufTcred incOn-^ 
 leniencies: and therj a(^re fflpuths in which a 
 httlchardfhip-wiiriS^^ic^noud complaint. It 
 ip cnoiigh to^fayi thayjifc diiadvan^ages in euch 
 ^Qtfe . were tht AesMtmt could be expcfted ; and 
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 to ilitt intectft 'off the people. The embargo 
 WisicoBtiniiefino longer than the neceflity of tkic 
 fymm Baquircd: tmd the people (ufFercdnQthin^ 
 fr6rtli!r£Qeiyang: their delivcrerfi into tfieip %0tifc^ 
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 pocpofesof th€ enemy ifoc that year's campaigri 
 ai% noiir knowa; arid their difappointmcnt wa» 
 owing fbldy to thcfc fuccours; fo that it is not too 
 ttHlch to '■ (ay, that the numbers of thefc forces, 
 and" thC' dct^mined fprrit of th^ codnmaoder in 
 chief i which . the French^ alfo tknew, Hived J^" 
 Colonies without ili?il?.iiig a blow. : If they iq^ 
 what, it is for vav)Cpuatry to beth«ifeat of w^^ 
 they will at fength underftand what arc thofe fer-» 
 vices of a force which deters the enemy frcasi 'at- 
 t&cking them: and they will know, what thofo 
 who arc fit to command armies always fcriow^ 
 ihat much raorefervice may in (uch cafes be done 
 by keeping the^ccs tc^ethcr, than even by the 
 
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 fqf my own part, and I am not altogether un<^ 
 ^quainted with |he civoumftances, I think ^^ 
 tainly they woii^df aed whm I recoUe^i tfal 
 fury of applai^icf andygoed opinion, which, ae» 
 ^omp^nied this nobleman on his undertaking tht 
 fbrvice ; and fee i)0 (lep by which he has jtlftly 
 forfeited that good opinion* or deferved even 1^ 
 lighted cenfure, J cannqt join Ithe multitude in 
 difclaiming my firft fentim^ntei: but rather piiy 
 the w^aknefs of human nature, and blufli to lee 
 men of greater abilities carried with the torrtnt, 
 aiiid sidopting opinions which tibey could oo^ de- 
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 It was 4h article of high knpottance inihe «» 
 gtijation of this enterprize, that ^ fle«fi ot can{i<^* 
 derablc forCc ftioUld fail from England at fiich k 
 feafon as to join its influence in the a^ion*. The 
 commander in chief of the forces knew verjr wcU, 
 at whftt time this fleet ought to f$il from England; 
 and when it might reafonably be cxpe^ed in A^ 
 merica. Hi» lordfliip cdmputed the voyage, as 
 accurately as fuch cir€umftanc«s will wimit of 
 computations J for a voyage to. Awierica is always 
 longer than on« from thence to England : and 
 allowing for this and for the chance of winds, bo 
 computed, that they rtiight be expedcd the Mt 
 week in June. "^ ■ ' 
 
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 out them.ari cnterjjrize of fo great moment, dnd 
 in^wHicli thjty Wterc deftined to have fo large a 
 Ihare ? Plain as the anlwcxs to thcfc qiieft onsf 
 ' A5«,r the demand i^ not the left neceffary. Wtiatf- 
 lime heard 'oh^'?ted to the conduit of this' 
 nbbleman, has arifen either from want of know* 
 
 • |edge.of the mbft plain fa^ls, or from a refolution 
 to conceal that knowledge. Tbenanfwcr to all 
 
 '^5 cavils is (o plain, a man of teafon is-alnk^f^ 
 a{hamed to make it j but they (hould bluih who 
 Jiave rendered it neceflary.'^'-' ' 
 - . .Much ' more might be feid : and may bs If 
 fartiicroccafion calls; but, for the fati? faction of 
 the ;difiniereiled public, thie will be fufficient, 
 - .':Wc 'have iVen the ftate'of the enterprize, it5 
 depcfkienceuppn a fleet from England,. and the 
 regular cxpe^ation oi that reinforcement. Let 
 lis revietrthe ^otiduiSl bf lord Loudort, even to 
 the "floinuicft article > for what If honourable wilt 
 bdiE dp, and>be-'ft)ore itfelfi the ftri<iter is the 
 triaK it'wiiltiie^ais gold from the furnace, the 
 more pare and ^ rfeft ffof thefc ftrift enquiries. 
 r The troops wjio had arrived in the dupth of 
 winter, had been rccruittd and i efrefhcd by three 
 months reft and food in their quarters, when 
 the; prcparatipf( Wa« to be begun for the fervicc, 
 Th'cle quarters and this rcti clhmint we have 
 /hewn they owed* to Uxrd Loudon : the people 
 vouid have -left them in the, Ihecis to perifh. 
 The Ipiiit andckttrnired roiblutioii with which, 
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 h»6 infift^a on this point, againft the tnaglftrt^ 
 jind*peoplc, doobtlcls have made him many cne* 
 mies there i bit they ought to have pro0ure^ 
 him more friends here ; and to have endeared 
 him for ever to the army. - ; " ^ 'j^ 
 
 It was plain thofc people would ehdeiv6Ur:to 
 diifreprefcnt his aftions j but their fource of cn- 
 Tttity, which continued not the Icfs violent tho' 
 concealed, ihould have been always confidere^ 
 hcfe s and their accounts judged accordingly. 
 The tranfports became the next confidei'altion •* 
 and It was computed, that about nir5ety woul4 
 be Efficient for the embarkation. Timely cai^^^ 
 was taken of thist the government was not put 
 to a ncedleft expcnce, by keepiftg them in pay 
 a long while before they were wanted ; nor waj 
 the preparation left to the laft moment. A* ^* 
 was poflible ihe fleet from England might arrive 
 fooficr than the computation, ninety veffeli for 
 jrhisfervice were rekdy by the firft week in May, 
 J^nd wcre^t together at New- York, with ordcn 
 t(> be in rcadincfs to receive the forces. Th« 
 was the condufi of the general i and let me isk 
 thofe who would find fault throughout hia/prp* 
 cecdings, What in this was wrong. What Was ill». 
 judged, or What they would w lib othcc^ife? H 
 is thus we have defired them to ejwmine th^ 
 whole condudt of the cnterprizc, and thus we 
 fiiall defire they will continue the/examination. 
 1 hat thefe thingt arc true as thevare here repre- 
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 ^L*f|dX-oudoti» held all things thus m readme^ 
 rfqrtniglit, waiting with tl^it impatience wjiich. 
 
 ^Idnot but ar^le m, the hre?ft ptja comn^ah4er 
 wBia ]ov<d hi^; cpuntry,, and haci concerted n^jear^ 
 iures for rendering Her the moil; iipportantfervicc^ 
 ^^hc arrival pf the fleet from ^inglarid, , r 
 ^, Though towjard the end of May they wpr« 
 not arrived, as every day brought the utpioftj^^ 
 Slits of the computation noaner and nearer, ^he^ 
 ^ces werljin the Vi^.weei^<;if'tl^t;n|lom^ 
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 ■ This was done with ^good order and due expe-*' 
 flUtion. They arrived at Sandyhook on theficft^ 
 day of Junej and the fifth of that month> ijij^ 
 limexjf utmoft confutation for the arrival ^f|! 
 £t|^ii^ flect^ lord Loudon .d(o embarkedr , | 
 |w«»ight be in rcadinc^ to iail pn it's arriyaJU^^ 
 :^.Hithorto letM^ askpartidity itlcjf, yiz^ thtt^ 
 %nj ^ukin the cpnduaof lord t'QU<^on;or€Ottkl 
 there lany be piictended in it ? Is. it not evii^n^ 
 |ha^ his force w?s.^eadiy, and himfclf re %, to 
 a<^ ^n the arrival o'the 4cet| and vHO^W:*hey 
 aave Jbad him iail without^^tem ? ; / 
 
 >^ While the preparations i^crip making at New- 
 York, for our troops embarking, news came, fcbf 6 
 ihe French hajia Cqijiadroa pf fpme force cruifing 
 off Halii^x : U»at they were 4k (hips of war, fiv«' 
 9f ihcm of the line) and t^ ^hcy were deftinc4 
 to Loui5»bourg. The intf:l|ig^ae, wliich camd 
 cxprefs from Bofton^ was confirmed by ,ihc crews 
 ^f ftjme .prja&r.wWch faad failcn into thc.htnd^ 
 of the privateers of Nevv-Yojiks their tcftinjjw)( 
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 concurring with the account fromourowtt pcopld^ 
 ^f he ficet froaa EnglantI, e»ga^4xpe^ed, was 
 not yet arrived. What was tLe Coaitnan4cr:^ 
 the land-forces to doi Gould be with his tranill 
 ports and theimail ; ibpport of ^Ihip* of war ihtil 
 attemisd them, proceed againA; fnch a forci ^ 
 there is none fo ra{h or ignorant nt/to^y it* ^* ^ '^ 
 oAU'thatcotild be done vna (Hm« s two fiiipt 
 of war fent ou^ lo view the^ cdaf^i' the tvanfporii 
 abiainingat a^chofv^ ^ ' « ^nH t.; - uM 
 
 Theyc^pwai now ad vamcoi toward ihelaHef 
 
 dnd oB June : and the ie«ifoa> o^ tho campaign, 10 
 
 whichfo^nouch was to 'be done, became cotii 
 
 traced into very natfqw' UtniiSi Lord Lovidotiy 
 
 who had formed the pkttk, and from his know» 
 
 ted^«of ill d^rcuvDfbnce^ hsd Ity greail exp^gto^ 
 
 t^sirom it, poHdd the hours? kmpioyed in vhlf 
 
 necitilai'y Aep, in greai impatience: at length thelll 
 
 dviM^eturnedJ find had fcea nothing of tl^ cne^i 
 
 } llie operations oFthe campaign, the hope id 
 
 advaiKf^'to England from aili this preparation^ 
 
 l^ung now almo(^ ^pon a point of time, a modxnU 
 
 r To f^il was not without haiard > but to deU^ 
 
 long^ was to givr op all. If fuch' a ' force of ch# 
 
 crnemy, as had been reprefcmedi {hould hvne 
 
 fallen in with the tranfports, the event mufthavKi 
 
 been dreadful ; but there was Hope they mij*h| 
 
 not, finct^tfc (hips lent out on purpofe hid^ot 
 
 •fcenthem. ■,.-:■ -^rr.-uu 
 
 Lord Loudon, wgcd by this profpeA of faoi 
 
 cefs, and by the certain mifchiefef a longer ^ 
 
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 kyv failed On the twentieth of June; and he titm 
 tivefdln te» jdiysiiit Halifiix. > j^ i t 
 
 ai, Jfcrfedlhi:thc«x|»'^ation<>f the Engliflt floet's 
 ^Qixufig) lord.Loudon, who. h^d waited hour hf. 
 hpur while he-lajr. at Sabdyhdokj for it*!^ 'appiear«ii 
 fDjOe, never doubtedt but in* the ti^ne ofhisiail<« 
 jiig from theiice to .Halifax they would arrives 
 but even ^hia thought was vain. He made the 
 dangerous voya^ fuccefsfully ; but he fou^ no 
 icct, nor had tjiffcleaft notice of any^ : '\ n . Vv 
 
 Delays in England, and contrary winds in the 
 psnafecv kept a«5nkal Holbourn from North "A- 
 Utepct till the fecond week in July. > I do not 
 know that there is any acciifation ^rly to be laid 
 fgainft tho(e who were expedted to prevent* the 
 dflfiyat honsue:; and certainly the winds are fun«^ 
 ContTOulable : but whatfoever prevented this Acet 
 item arriving at the expe^ed time in < Americtyf 
 prevented alfo the fuccefsful execution of th^ pro« 
 je^t. The prefent fleet has faikd under more 
 liappy aufpices ;rithas reached the deftination 
 inpre than two months earlier than that did which 
 (hould have fupported the operations of lord 
 Loudon ;. and as we judge with realon that the 
 delay of that fleet prevented our fucccfs, we may 
 with equal juftice promife ourielves that glory 
 from the prcfeut expedition, which it was im- 
 pofl[ible to reap in the other. 
 
 Lord Loudon found at Halifax the deftihed re* 
 inforccment of fhips and men ; and he landed 
 hii foldiers, and encamped them on an advan- 
 tageous grouQd. 
 
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 ftVent. His tordOiip kep( the men employed ki 
 clearing ground for a parade^ . and afterwards 
 tn regularly eiscrcifing them uppn it, and in mak- 
 ing every other preparation that could be necef- 
 fary or ufeful in the fuccceding time of a«!ftioiy. 
 
 At laft the fleet arrived ; not in a body, hut 
 (hip by (hip, as the ^yinds apd feas permitted. Ju- 
 ly was wafting fa ft ; and every motion required 
 now the moft preffihg hafte. The fi^rft ftcp to- 
 ward the attack of Louisbourg was to learn the 
 ii!at« of the place at that inftant, tbe force apd 
 condition ^f the enemy, and the feveral circunS- 
 ftanccs which might give ligUt Into the beft me- 
 thod of attack. 
 
 Veffels had from time to time been fent out to 
 this purpotei aq^d now fome of the beft failing 
 ones m the fleet, with the moft experienced pi- 
 lots on board, were di^tched with the two great 
 inftrudions, a careful examwadon, and a <|uic^ 
 return. 
 
 In the mean time the care lay in preparing Ac 
 land forces for the attack. The number amount- 
 ed to about eleven thoufand ; but a great part of 
 thefe were new to the profeflioa of arois, and 
 Ignorant of the duty. 
 
 The firft bufinefs had been to give them the 
 rudiments of their inftruftion, on their landing at 
 Halifax ; and they were now praftifcd in the me- 
 thodsT of attack i and accuftomed to the fmell of 
 powder, by repeated reprefentations of regular 
 lieges j in which every incident that could occur 
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 in a^ual fcrvice was /hewn them ; and all thofe 
 'things which might have thrown them into con- 
 fufion in the aflault, by their novelty, were ren- * 
 dercd familiar by the examples, conduabd with 
 the moft perfed regularity in thefe exercifes. 
 
 This was the employment of the land force, 
 while intelligence was fought by the (hips : and 
 by this theinen were fo well taught their duty, 
 andfo familiar with every article in the attack of 
 an enemy, ihat perhaps from a body in great 
 part raw and undifciplmed, they were, by the 
 end of that fhort interval, fuch as it would be 
 difficult to equal in many armies^ - 
 
 It "does not appear to me, that a better ufe 
 could have' been made of the time neteflarily, 
 employed in gaining intelligence ; nor can it ap- 
 pear to any,jhatLocmbourg {hould have been at- 
 tacked before this information was obtained. 
 There is nbman ib loft toreafon. Yet this is by 
 fomc ftrange artifice, and by a'more ftrange con- 
 dud in the geAerality, attributed to the com- 
 mander in chief as a crime J and he is thought 
 blameable for it. This alfo gave occafibn to the 
 gallant impatience of an officer in high comm- 
 mand ; which I yet think dcferved applaufe, not 
 cenfure j much lefs the harfli fteps which a coun- 
 cil of war thought proper to take upon that oc- 
 cafion. 
 
 He who blames eagernefs in the troops, con- , 
 demns what he ought of all things to encourage * 
 and applaud. The earneft valour of the officers 
 is of the/ame true ilamp, and of the fame high 
 
 charadcr ; 
 
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 charaft^r } the rcgulatifji?8 of tlw fervjcc will .al- 
 ways prevent its gqing tpq^foa^a Icogthj; mdM 
 is a good prf^age of wcqe^,ia aiftion. , i , 
 The fe are to wiih for the e^g&gemept, but;, lit 
 is thecomm^ndcf in c;jii,ef ^ho is 19 dcte^ipine 
 when to^pntcr, MPPn it. ,r HP?' yajovir ihpuld.be of 
 another , cai^ and ch^r^i^r, tcnypercfi with tcool 
 thougl^C ap4 uoicr the abfol^j* coiitroul of tUf 
 
 He alone js tp ^etejjfnin^jWH^A ^^^ i"^; wlja^ 
 manner to ^ta^qk the epemy. ;^ his plaqe an4tofScc 
 give him this^ a^thprjty 5 af^d, the firft prwjfe j^ 
 thore who are yi^der hiip;\ in cpounand, is ac.quief'; 
 ycnce ipihis,ppio]o^s, ,wiih o y; ,,/ , ; 
 
 ^.' T^^r^Pf^fi, '9?^crciiei ,af)4 conft^nt emp^y- 
 IJient oi[ the troops in tfiefe attacks, had railed in 
 thpm a fp4n,t9fearneftdc%^[tj>,enfer.on. the real 
 fervice ; and it is no wpnder ^heir p£lcef $ hr^thk 
 ed the^fan^e generpus-^dpur^ Jlhink it^jpti^y ,be 
 faid, within tne bounds 0^ ippd^it truihiUbaiii'o 
 tnah in,thfi..army^dcfired,^tbi? opport'^nity pf .^nn 
 taring upon adtion, noore earneflly than loid Lptk-^ 
 4qp^ buxia.l^in^ it was a defire tempered with a* 
 djipufand cautions* th^ Wf,pf the men,;[thci 
 fuccefsiof tbe"cntcrpri?e, tKc glory of his cp^a-< 
 try, ai^d her wnj^edia^e an^ ipoil important, ki*. 
 terefts,' depended fol^fy i|p(;^ ];^m: heTnuftaAr) 
 fyver itjo Qpd and to his:'9Pun,trj, jif; alijw;s^*qpt 
 conduced rightly, ani tne,,lc;aft overfightijof :^8 , 
 might coft the' lives of tijie n^cn, and 4>c^v»ry 
 hope pf the caufe, ...rrlL- rni-.n 
 
 For thefe rcafons he carneftly fought the nc- 
 ccflary intelligence ; and certainly the managc- 
 
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 ment and employment of . the force while he 
 
 "Waited for it f hoWcver fomc men, in whofe mrfitis 
 
 ^Uiiery takes the pliu;e of tckfati; may have r^- 
 
 •rfcfented,it) was the xaod rational thiit could 
 
 ia»fe'bcendei^iled?-V 'r -^^- -'.^■^^' ^ ■■■^ . 
 
 "'The foldters thbtigbt fo ; and they found th^ 
 
 «ff^<a«'oif i^, in ftith in improvement ^^as ne- 
 
 ^tfr^inadt iii a like body df troops in eqtial time i 
 
 the pi^ople felfo'thdb|p;lit ft whb were on the fpot. 
 
 It was an a6k of which ev^ry, naan yould, judge j 
 
 i«)d alt Voices Were urtarilmou^ fh appfoving it. 
 
 - ^ if 4t Cfiitid be charged tipori ibrd Loudon that 
 
 htpMmata m tkttfeoFw^lti^^for thisimelU* 
 
 gencei and that he H^d cfmhtedTticH meims of it 
 
 as were before Jri bft ^po^er/ there wuld be juft 
 
 gtrotfftil for this c!ehflrr<: buf it fe irotorbus that 
 
 tfrafe lidti it\i cafe, - Oi^f. a^empt^'foi- intelligent 
 
 were iihhapplly delitycd and difappplnt^d i bii^ 
 
 thefe mifefaan^f e$ Ih the ^ execution '^cinhot hy 
 
 blait>e *ipon' thecJomtti^dfei' whQ,gaYe th< orders.' 
 
 This a^d thi« only fe the qu^iftion with relation 
 
 to hit Ibtdmip; Did h^br did he libt dijf^tch veP 
 
 fck^i propel tittiesi attd with' prtjper Inftf u«J|iohs; 
 
 on'tos impbrtaritfe^Vjte? l^is^bidft evidebt that' 
 
 h«aid:^ahd this'was all he could^^dt); ' We cah* 
 
 n^ttidrc charge u^oti Wd JUoudiin ibc ill lack' 
 
 of ihbfe he fent ottt for this pf0rp6f(j, than the 
 
 defeyofihefengUfhiieet. , ^ ;' i 
 
 It 48tmairi thk lUeh i fleet, the force and 
 
 ddlinatibn of which *w^re fettled fo Idng before, 
 
 nllght-hffve arrived in North Arherida at a much, 
 
 earlier period ; an4 in that qafe rbe tihie necefta- 
 
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 rj; for.gainin|irjt^lj^cnCy Would not hav^fw^^ 
 idweH up the tfafori fit jfor a^iorv^ but it is iipi * 
 IbrdLoudon's fault the fleet from England canjit ' 
 fa mu^h tyo lattf l^e rcould do no fnpre th^n tget 
 j<i' rca^jnefs to a£t w^th it wh(?n it ft^uid st^rwf j 
 arid ^^e wa? in th^t rfja^iocfp. Th^ %im P^.^i^^ 
 m^' intelligence i>et^yeeh the 'arrival of the flep^^ 
 and the enVeriKg^uponarfiori,'|i^uft 
 ahep'ci&ry, period |if delay, h^ all- w weigU 
 the a^iqn.' Thls'cQuld npfc bcrccrcnched By lof3 
 toudoni the only queftion, wKiqhean regard Wi 
 Iord(hijp-s eondw^j ^ is^ whether hf .pfplqnged it!^^ 
 Let this beex^roin^Jtri^ly,. feirjit.will.'be tol^ltj 
 advaritage every ariiclc'fliould Be if^j fcri^t^ij^^ « 
 hut let us fet out juAly, The time was proloitge^ 
 beyond all expedationr but lord jLoudoli ai^ 
 more prolonged it, than he delayed, the, flt^et^,^,^ 
 
 It. is allowed, intelligence was nece^ry ti'Qm 
 tiriie .to time, and molt cflential of all before 
 ^e entering upon a^ion. Lord Loudon ^d[ 
 from.tiipe t;o tipae fought an4 obtained it, anJt 
 juft before -ihe engaging in the fer^ce, . he djfT; 
 patched fwlft-fail|ng vc&ls, and good pilots, 'ijci, 
 obtain it, and tq m^e a]fpeedy.return« Soou^ 
 time muftejapfc in this employment i and dvir«j 
 ing this time, his lordihip exercifed and, ^cuiTn 
 tomed the forces to the iiitended fervice* Tttii, 
 w^6 not cenfured.^iar otherwife -, it was applaud- 
 ed, .. But the time oAyaitir.g wj^s protra^ied, and 
 when the in lel licence wai flow, l^e wascenfured 
 as ii he had been the caufe } , and the employ^ 
 ment of the troops in mock fights And counter- 
 
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 htiftmn natural , - » ^ 
 
 '^ If this^employment ofthcfoldiers wa« reafon- 
 kBt^'at fl^ft, it cotitd not be ridiculous aftcrwaVdsj 
 If^^as bnc^ right, It could nojt becofne\yfongg 
 wiifelfs by wafting ufeful timeiipbn itl But tbt 
 ijttic could hoft DC ufeful till the- intelligence ar* 
 h^i atid tlib cenfun wa? therefore nioll Unfaijfi^ 
 'th^ coriimander In chiisf prdfefed 'thefe excrcifes 
 for the ihftf uftion ahd improvej?i^nt of theibl^i-i 
 ^tf;' in a time oi" jna^^ion ; this inadtibn was^c* 
 ^i^ary while the? mtelligence was fou|ht, and 
 it cbuld bot but continue till the intefli^nce ar* 
 rived. Theit could be no bett^r'or rj;r^|iB ufefuj 
 ^ployment of the fo^diers during tha4f .period, 
 and it was not continued any longfer. * - 
 
 ^ One ajigoft blufhes to ftate propofitions which 
 ^'i^ !ri themfdyes fo cleafj^ fo largely; but there 
 mnb other way to combat th^popukr clamour. 
 .Tftfey who hive been fo rarl^as to cenfuire this 
 commander, either do not tinderftand' thefe 
 Aings, tho' they are fo plkin^i dr they affeanot^ 
 to'fcc them cl^rJy. Jt is i^ccciTary therefore to 
 ftate them as thpy are j cither to convinpe thofe 
 pciifpns, or to (h^W the publjc that tiiey ad^gkinft 
 <6tivi<aion. : i- / 
 
 With regard to the delay. Itfelf, now Irf'the 
 impartial htfar the reafonsi The very day the 
 commander in chief came to Halifa^i, the moft 
 experienced jjllbt of the place, captain Gbram, 
 w.as finglcd out fop the important fervicc of gain- 
 * ing 
 
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 yii]gintel%enc6 of the enemy's iftrehgth andrMk 
 dittbn. His orders were, exprefs, and they vfk^ 
 ^^^..pUed diligent enqi^iry, and a quick return. Hie 
 found in the harbqqr of Lovii^hetiTgipurteen ihips 
 of war; ten of the line, the others frigates: thi? 
 was the condition of the enen^y before the arrivid 
 of the Britifh fleet , and I fup^ofe mt moft fevere 
 accufer of this ^eneralV condud will allow,- all 
 .that he could dp was to gain intelligence^of it. 
 There is none wlio would have had him entei; 
 on the attack againft this force, and without the 
 
 fleet. .- ' ^ ' ' ° *"/'■:•"•' ' 
 
 The tinjie of waiting for the EnglKh (hips was 
 fo conficJerable, tb^t great alterations in the 4a^te 
 of the enemy's affairs might have been m^de in 
 that period: therefore frefh knowledge of their 
 flrength was afterwards neceflary. .Captain Rou$ 
 was then fent out in the Succefs, and two ve0pls. 
 .of lefs force, with one of the tranfports, the beft 
 failor among them. ' Intelligence from this fource 
 '"%2s of thehighefl importance, and the dcfign was 
 excellent for obtaining it. The tranfport was to he 
 fent as clofe into the piouth of the harbour a^s ]^^.. 
 iible, that the French might take her for a prize^ 
 this would^ naturally have brought outj a pibt: 
 and they were tq. have qome back with him to 
 the general and commander of the fleet. 
 ' If this failed, and he (hould be chafed by the 
 ihips of war, the orders were for the fliips in the 
 offing to get between the enemy and land, and 
 take up any vefTel they (hould fee, that the people 
 jxiight be examined for the neceilary intelligence. 
 
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 imlWfcr (W, ftxantbis plarf of fetvice, and thcfc 
 btdcTt. Wq kHo^ the jiian was not ejcecuteci, 
 and the orders were* not pundually followed' ; 
 but this lies not at his ddor: npr indeed at any 
 man's. There feenmed a better oppbrtunily 6f 
 jntelligcnce to offer, and the purfuit 6f that pre- 
 vented the other. All that regards lord Loudon* 
 Is the propriety of^this dcfign for gainitig itj and 
 .that, we may prefumc, iione/ wiH atteiiipj; to. 
 blamej it is certain none there blamed it j a^d 
 they were better judges than any can be herti. 
 
 Tfiat the conftrfiatider in chief was fully detec- 
 inined to attack the French, upon the ftatc of 
 evidence firft brought in by captain Goram, none 
 pretend to doubt j nor can it befaid that any ne- 
 ceflary or proper meafure tcndirig to that purpofc 
 Vas omitted. The arrival of the fleet waa to 
 
 five the means, of the attack J ahd aU that could 
 e done now, was to have every thing in rcadi^ 
 
 After this all wad condudfced in the 6mtf man- 
 her'/ and the laft day of July all the tranfports 
 were ordered in divifions to the weft (horc, and 
 to have the boats ready for receiving the tirbops; 
 a proper number of 'men " draughted from the 
 Halifax regimerits were fent on board the men 
 of war J and the whole force had orders to he 
 teadyforembarking^at an hour's notice. The 
 next day all die troqps were ^mbarked, councils 
 were held for the immediate' <:ondud of the en- 
 
 terprizr. 
 
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 ifports 
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 rprizci 
 
 tcrpnae, and a Hoop of war was di{p'»tf hf d «o 
 ^giand, with inte^pnqc of all that had paflc;i 
 . jht Succcfs, wnqir captain had the command 
 .of the (hips fent'put for intelligence a full fort* 
 night hetore, thought he had fallen in with rea-* 
 dier means than thofe contrived for this purpofe: 
 two yefleis came in (iehtas he failed toward Lou* 
 kbourg, wJbich by alt mai jcs aiid charc^^ers ap-> 
 pcar.ed to be a privateer fchoonei of tic enemy, 
 with a frigate of Louisbourg. The captain put 
 himfelf in fuch 'poiition that they could notfcape 
 biimi and while he puriued them, difpatched 
 llhe tranfport back to acquaint the governor what 
 fortune had thrown into his way. 
 
 When he came up with thefe vcflels, his hopes 
 of information vanifhed : he had the misfortune 
 to find, that all his zeal and earneflnefs for the 
 ^rvice had only fervcd to lead him into an error. 
 The veiTcis were an Englifh privateer with a prizes 
 
 What added to this ill fortune, was, that the 
 ^nlpott being gone, it was impofTible for hiin 
 to execute the firft intended plan. He lougiit 
 by ^very means to repair the mifchance, and fuc- 
 ceeded fo far, as to take a fifhing vedel newly 
 come from Louisbourg, which he carried inio 
 Halifax. 
 
 The intelligence thefe people gave, flrengthen- 
 ed the refolution of imniediateLy attacking ^the 
 place, and gave that fpirit and eager expectation 
 tp the forces, which rife from certainty of fii< ctfs. 
 They confirmed in every inibnce the truth of 
 ^ptain QonM|iVj64l acpojunti as> to thq fia e of 
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 'ihings at the time when he gave It; ^nd they rcpr^- 
 
 fentea tKem in i' y^t fairer light' fof otfr ^nter- 
 pfife at prefent;'. The account the people ob- 
 lairie4 from/this irit^HrgeiTpe was, that of the ifoar- 
 teen fhips of war feen there by captain .<}oram,^ 
 one half \vere fent to Cinada^; the cheirtiy ribt 
 ha^ng penetrated' into the fecret of our pUrp6fes^» 
 nor knowing where wc ddftined'the attiick. The 
 garrifori^ot Ldujfbourg;, they added, wastiot nxore 
 
 than three thoufand fncn^ 
 
 ' All now confpi^cd tb aninnfati ; aiTti endouttgi^ 
 ihetroops ; an'd^N^ei'^ meafute^ris takepfdr t^e 
 ifnediate execution of the great dcfign : the forces 
 were , embarked, the Veilels ready,' and Gab^rott 
 bay, near the harbopt'of Louisbcyutg/ vC'is app6ijit- 
 cd as the rendezvous 'in j:afe of feparation. '' 
 
 - I fuppbfe it vrill be allowed, ,that the attacking 
 or ' hcit attacking Louisbourghiuft have been \ti ^ 
 reaf6A detcrniindd by the force there : what out " 
 own fttength was, we firfedly kriow ; and upon 
 the Irrt^ligence now ftited,thefe waS ftir rcafontp 
 pror^ife ourfelves faccefs. Under thefe circnai- 
 ftantcs the attack was refolvcd ; ahd under thefe 
 itVould have been executed: but other intelli- 
 gence arrivc'd the next day but ohc j and nccef- 
 larily occafioned other mcafures. ^ 
 
 Captain Coram, fent Out a fccond time, was 
 not yet returned ; and early on the fourth of 
 Auguft, a French prize was brought in: (he had 
 been fcnt from Loui^bourg, and was^bound to 
 Frar^ce: her bufincfs Was to cariy intelligence, 
 
 anti ihc WiS taken, with her paperi^ 
 
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 ' Thcfc gave a certainand a true account: a!py 
 might be deceived j but thofe who wrote home 
 an account of the ftate and ftrength of the place, 
 muft know it. 'I his was certain intelligence ; the 
 reft was^conjeaure. By this it appeared; that 
 'there w6re then in the harbour of Louisbourg 
 twenty-ninefhipsof war, feventeen of them oT 
 the line, the reft frigates J anfi that the forces 
 ainountcd to four thoufand regulars, befide the 
 garf ifon of three thoufand before- mentioned. ^ > 
 
 This changed the face of aflfeirs abfolutely» 
 and, with it, changed the meafures of the coin^ 
 inander. Ascertain as it had been that we might • 
 attempt Loui^bourg with great hopcs-of fuccefej 
 according tp the former accounts i fo plain it wai 
 that we now could not. if 
 
 The ftrcrtgth of the enemy rendered, the taking 
 of the plac<* imprafticable ; and the general has 
 been blamed, who therefore dedincdtbe under- 
 taking. /, £ 1. 
 
 This Is the fair, and thi& the true ftate ot the 
 noble commander's conduct : and this will, with 
 the impartial, fet afidc all ccnfure. If we may 
 credit the accounts fince that time, this ftate of 
 the place, contained in the French papers, muft 
 have been true j'and in that cafe it would have 
 been raftinefs unbecoming a general, and unju- 
 •ftifiable in the highcft degree, to have ^lade the 
 
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 > It appears that lord Loudon, from this and o- 
 
 ther concurrent teftimonies, found the place too 
 ; well iuppgtied^ be attacked with his force; 
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 tfioSJie tberefc^ce gave up the defign for rhat 
 yean leaving the glory of this important con« 
 quett to fomc fuccctding and more favourabUi 
 opportnoity. He took back the forces} diftri* 
 buted them in sdvantageous ftations} and waf 
 preparing for other enterprizeSi when it pteaied 
 the gotvernment to give the command to anothen 
 
 Ihefe are the fads relating, to that undertake*' 
 Ingi i>ey,are plain, certain, and nocorioos: 
 there is nothing new to the r^^der in thib dat# 
 pf them, for thofe who have befbce from time 
 to tkne recorded them, have ^n^ tt jqftlyi 
 From thefe the arguments areeafy^apd.theconf 
 clufiim. is certain, that lord, Loudon has a^ed 
 ftccording to the power en trufted to himi like a 
 Vfuve and wife man : and that the (late of things 
 ;fdciermined him to defer ~ that enterprise, in 
 .which there is no profpeA he could have iuc- 
 ccedjcd, to times in whicH it may perhaps be 
 accompliQied by another. Though whenever 
 it' IsMone,. the .public k will find, that even with 
 more force, and luore advantages, the ilrugsle 
 wiii be deipcrate. ^ 
 
 If WG would learn how ill reports firft rofe coiw 
 ^erning the commander; and why a man almoil 
 jkdored one year,, became thie objeA of unfair 
 l^^nlure in, another, the caufe is uUyj and they 
 kuaw little of human nature who cannot.traceit 
 without our affift^nce. Our opinion of .Inen in»(i 
 bi'tions in tr^t remote part oi tht world, cannot 
 iui be ttifli^m ed greatly by the Sentiments of 
 thuic upoin «4|. ipoi i wiiQfO we iiippole to have 
 
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 more bppoitiinttiiii of knowing, «nB whofe teH^ 
 mony v^ are too apt to receive, without confidef* 
 ing the influence of their pafiions. 
 
 The opinions of people in Engkmd ooocerhmg: 
 lord Loudon have been greatljr influenced h^ 
 thoTe of the inhabitants of New York: perhapt' 
 it may be fair to %, they have beea derived abi»: 
 folutely from them. ». 
 
 Thofe people, like oarfdves, &t oat trxdtit 
 high opinion of this nobleman ^ and it is a point 
 of importance to confi^er how they came tor 
 change it. If he would have been diredted hf^ 
 their intcrefted views, or would have preferred 
 their convenience to the fcrvke of the ftatty hi# 
 would have had their fuffrages to this day. W^ 
 ought, inftead of adopting their unfair ^gjreftiw 
 dns, to honour him for the caules of their dmaBi^ 
 
 If lord Loudon would have left his foldieni 
 without quarters, thef^pec^le would have bedi 
 fetisfied : if he would have left all meant opeA. 
 to the intelligence of the enemy, they vfoM 
 have made no complamts. 
 
 It is certain by the account of the people m 
 the veflel taken by the Succefs, that they did 
 not know the deftination of our forces, and that 
 great point, the divifion of their force, had beeft 
 gained by it. This was t eoofequence of tho 
 embargo: and it was iiich as procniied the mafjk 
 ceruin fuccefs to our enterprize, if the fleet from 
 England had arrived at that lime, to have joined 
 in me execution. That fleet was delayed i and 
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 ty. That which was pra6icablc againft th& 
 imaUer force, was impoffiblc to be performed' in 
 <^>j)6fitioa to the larger j and the attack of Lou-». 
 vbourg which might^ve been made aiihe fii^^ft 
 favourable time, was poftpoqcd by the. delay of 
 our flcct» to a period when it was impracticable* 
 laccufe no perfonrbut this accident was the 
 traiife^ and this.finglc circumftance was the rea*- 
 fcn we did nocattaclt Louisbourg at a time wheii* 
 probably we might have taken it. ^ ■ - > 
 
 I In the mean while, the people of our colonies,, 
 ^ifgufted at the high hand with which Jord Lou-? 
 dorf had nccefl^rily carried the afiair of quarter-' 
 ing the troops and* the embargo, fought all pcca- 
 ' firioB of mifreprdfenting his lordftiip's conduct t. 
 accidfehts.in which he had no concern were in 
 ^cir confequences attributed t^ him, as if fee 
 had caufcd thbm; and every trieafurcfthat falfe- 
 bood,/ within the; reach of their low cunning, 
 could adopt, were ufed, to perplex and djfturb hi& 
 Ibrdfhip's councils: ' ■ ^ 
 
 i (fWhcn they were tired with the novelty of the 
 tsircife of the foldiers, they began to complainr 
 that it was delaying bufincfs, and wafting ufefuil 
 rime V though they at the fame time knew the 
 deity was the not artivmg of the expeded inid- 
 ' Hgcnce, and this wad^ only an employment of the 
 foldiers tillit eame. ,*..._,*♦ 
 
 ' I sIThcy firft'brcd thofe difafFe61ions in the ofll~ 
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 l^^^ces j and they even a{t<§ijip{ea toik jl^ 
 the evidence of that force in Ldtdsbourg; wHidk< 
 TTctidefi^d the article inlpriteablc, bjr a ftlfchbod 
 as, ihfoieiit in the cotrtrivance; as it was eaiy df de^ 
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 ic ftatc of the place,^ and flfrcngth faf tfitf 4* 
 ixtth'pm the knowledge of Which the entcrdriiwl 
 ^ai fulpbnded, were give^bvthi^ French officert 
 thepiielvesA and intended for their foverc%ii{ 
 Thfc account, on: thiB ftren^th of which Aey 
 have ehdeavpufedftd invalidate it, Was what thtjf 
 caHed the tiftimohyof captain Goram.' Thej* 
 wei^fc tunning to^ fix iipon thisf nami^, for it Had 
 tUdtit-, and thcy^^ere bold to ufc it: they hai 
 no right to his nimfe> when thcy-anndtcd it trt» 
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 'Tis certain captain- Gorani WaS (c^t ^t i fel 
 eond time, and that he returned with a fccond 
 account of the ftrchgth of the eti^y. But whtt* 
 that account was, they ncvdr'knew or heard: 
 they gave otit in the place of it, fuch an account 
 as tpight bcft fuit their own bad purpofes; and 
 they produced for this the Authority of a JcW|* 
 vfbo declared he had received it from «aptaili 
 Gf ram at midnight, or before day break, *thc 
 day fucGceding his arrival. ' ' >'^? '' i V'[ 
 
 This ftory was thtir own, and they could give 
 it whatever circuihftances would bcft foit tnciif 
 purpole. Hi cy varied nothing from that ftate 
 of the enemy's force, which fet it atthe lowed: 
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 Jew affirmed, thaf he had come on diore during 
 l^f flight, ^aUtJI»ould feem to tell him this news, 
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 fpottlA hring him thithcrt, aad that having told 
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 }jii^ that ;ciapta40 X^orasn, when he had beea 
 ^t «n,an enterprize of fecrecy and urportaocc;^ 
 l^^uld <|ome on ihore to tsell what he had Teen to 
 ^jK^ Jew, before he gave an account of it to 
 tiibfe who employed him^tior is it any more 
 |irobable, that what he faw {hould contradift 
 what the French officers themfelves had juil 
 llfrote home to their fovereign. 
 
 Captaia Gocam declared the whole an utter 
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 fiever came alhore that night; liior then or at any 
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 , 7his was a convitFlion there was no withftand* 
 ing; the ftory was given up there,, though it has 
 bf eo revivoi in England.' The Jew was impri- 
 fbned as an ioi^poftor, but foon aher dilcharg«d 
 without punlflunent : thccommander, whofe ren 
 ^tation was intended to be hurt by this poor, 
 fontrif ance, t^bg ytxy much above fuch meaoi 
 felentmeots. He con^red the fellow as he was, 
 
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 the tool of a fet of defigning men, whom as 
 \vould not have condefcended to punilh in theif 
 own perfons, much lefs would he regard this mi- 
 fcrable inftumcnt of their bafencfs. What account 
 ^xaptain Coram really brought, can be no fecrct| 
 if lord London be (uppofed % pcrfon intcrcftcd in 
 the event, it may be known frcw* admiral Hol- 
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 Thcfe are the proper fources of intelligence j 
 and it is upon thefe and no other, we ^ould 
 found our good or bad oj inion, our cenfurc or 
 applaufeofdHtinguilhed perfons.. There is great 
 merit in the adion, when" m^ of rank and ^fflu- 
 cnceexpole themfelvcs to the dangers and fatigue* 
 of war for the pubic benefit; and we ought tgi 
 look on thofc who do it with a high refpeft. No 
 rank or influence (hould fcreen the guilty from 
 infamy or punifhment j but it becomes the pub* 
 lie to be very fure of fafts before they form in- 
 jurious fBfpicions. If it become a praaicc to in* 
 ciulgc this difingcnuQU£:and indecent conduft of 
 tailing without caufc, at all who do not fuceccd, 
 we (hall difj^uft thofe who arc fit for high em# 
 ployrocnts; and no man will undertake the fcr. 
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