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Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la m6thode. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 .- «• HHP ^^ SCHEME To Drive the French Out of All the Continent of America* \ Humbly offered to the Confideration of , Efq; • ;■*■•■> l^rintcd in the Year MdccliV, / --■m^^' ■^^ ■ -» )J( )«( )9( )J( )R )!( )S^ )«( )^ ^ )« i SCHEME To Drive the French out of All the Continent of AMERICJ, Humbly offered to the Confideration of -, Efq; J^HE French Settlements upon the Continent ^ of America, commonly called Canada and % MifTifTippe, contain large Trafts of Land, V which the French pretend to have a Right T to, and which run up along both Sides the t^r River St. Laurence to the Lakes called Champlain, iintoria, Iriej and others, computed to be about 900 Miles, and alfo along both Sides all thofe Lakes to the River St. Gerome, which takes its Source from the South Side of the faid Lakes, and empties itfelf into the River Mifliffippe, as does the River St. Laurence from the North-Eaft Side, and the Space between is alfo computed to be about 1 200 Miles, and down the River MiiTiifippe to the Gulph or Bay of Mexico is computed to be about 1 000 Miles more. On both Sides all the faid Lakes and Rivers the French have great Numbers of Settlements, fome of which are fortified with Bailions, others only palifadoed, and the reft open Villages, But this vaft Extent of Coun- try produces great Wealth to the French Nation in Timber, Planks, Mafts, Yards, Fitch, Tar, Fifh, Furs, Deer, Elk, Bufflo, Beaver, Wolf, Wolverin, Seable, Fox, Martin, Bear, and Wild-Cat Skins ; befides Lumber and other Commodities to their Sugar-Iflands, and without which their faid Iflands would have the greateft Difficulty to fub- fift ; and, v^^hich is ftill more material, the Trade to thofe Settlements is the greateft Nurfery they have for Seamen to A 2 their [4 1 their Navy. And altho' they have no Right to any Lands on the South-Sides of either of thofe Lakes and Rivers but what they molt treacheroufly ufurped in the fcvcral Times of Peace, by making Incurfions upon our feveral Indian Allies, when not properly alTifted by us ; and which Set- tlements they have brought to be fo near and clofcly fitu- ated to our Settlements of Nova Scotia, New-England, New-Vork, the Jerfies, Penfilvania, Maryland, Virginia, Carolina, • and Georgia, that they are continually annoy- ing us either by open Hoftilitics, or by fpiriting up fome of the Indians in Alliance with them to make Incurfions upon our Colonies and our Indian Allies, in which they murder, fcalp, and plunder our poor innocent and induftrious Plan- ters j'and tWalfo thofe Indians art always headed by French i Officers, and mixed with fome French Regular Troops, and net only furnifhed with Arms and Ammunition gratis, but rewarded by the French for every Encroachment they make either upon us or our Indian Allies ; Yet they dare not face . 11^ upon that Continent in Time of War, becaufe our Co- lonies are much more numerous in White People than their's, and our Lands more fertile both in Kind and Grain, and their's a more poor Soil and colder Climate ; which makes them more covetous of extending their pre- tended Limits into our Colonies, and to pofTefs themfelves of fome or all our Sea-ports, the Navigation to our Co- lonies being clear and open all the Year round, and their's but a little in Summer, and that very difficult, by which we can ferve all the Indians with the Commodities they want near Fifty per Cent, cheaper, and more efpecially as the Produce and Manufadlures of our Country are what all thofe Indians chiefly require. Therefore, the French have been ufing all the perfidious Arts in their Power, ever fmce their firft Settlement in that Continent, to get PofTeffion of our Colonies, as may be (een by looking back into the Be- haviour of Ljpwis the XlVth. This ambitious and perfi- dious Prince, finding that he could not obtain Univerfal Monarchy by all the Efforts he could make in Europe, con- ceived that the only Way left to attain it was to poffefs him- feif of our Colonies upon the Continent of America ; nei- ther ny Lands livers but •al Times al Indian Kich Set- )fely fitu- England, Virginia, ^ annoy. ' fome of >ns upon ' murder, 3US Plan- >y French i )opR; and •atis, but ley make : not face our Co- ple than ^ind and l^limate ; heir pre- emfelves our Co- d their's /hich we ley want y as the what all ich have ver iince feffion of ) the Be- fid peril - Jniverfal pe, con- efs him- nei- ther [5] thcr would he have been miftakcn, if he could have accom- plillied that End : For, whoever has the fole Pollcflion of that Continent may be foon Mailer of all the Spanilh and Portuguefe Settlements in the Weft-Indies, and all the Sugar Iflands ; and the immenfe Treafure brought from thence would foon enable him to conquer all Europe. And, in order to prepare ibr this Grand Scheme by a Method that fliould be the leaft fufpeded, he, inftead of reducing his Troops upon the Peace he made with King Wi lli am, fcnt feveral Thoufands of them to Canada the very fame Year he made the faid Peace ; and no fooner they arrived there than his Governor there fell a fpiriting up the Indians, in Alliance with them, to make War againil our Indian Al- lies, always mixing Detachments of French Troops with the faid Indians in every Attack they made, and fometimes their whole Force, and the faid Governor at their Head, v»'ell forefeeing that it was neceffary to vanquilhour Indian Allies, or to bring them into an Alliance with them, before they attacked our Colonies, becaufe, when once they got all the Indian Nations of that Country on their Side, they could pour in fuch Numbers of them upon the People of our Colonies as would drive them into the Sea in Six Months' Time : But, as our faid Indian Allies proved to be a much braver People than the Indians in Alliance with them, altho' not a Tenth in Number, and their Country being fo defended by fuch Lakes and Rivers that it was very difficult to come at them, great Numbers of the French Troops and Indians were deftroyed. In the mean time, the FVench ufed feveral of our Indian Allies, which fell into their Hands, with the moll inhuman Tortures, in hopes to terrify the reft into Submiffion ; fome of whom they caufed to be pinched to Death with Red-hot Irops, others they fiead alive ; then they difperfed a Number of Priefts among them to endeavour to feduce them : But thefe brave and heroick People withftood all their Tortures and Allurements. However, the French continued the above Pra(flices, and kept fending of Troops there Year a ter Year 'till the Death of King William. Then, thinking we i^ould be fo taken up with our AiTairs at home that we couI4 m [6] could not take Cogniy.ancc of what was done upon the Continent of America, the French fent a large Fleet there, with a great Number of Troops, the Firft Year of the Reign of Queen Ann, and openly attacked and took Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, and ifudfon's-Bay, and alfo made thenifelves Mailers of the Ifland of St. Chriftopher's, the French Minifters pofiii\'eIy denying then, as they do now, that they knew any Thing of thefe Tranfadlions. •and, in order to gain Time to accomplifli their Mafter's Dcfigns, ufed all their Endeavours to pacify the Queen and her Minifters, by afuiring them that, if any fuch Hoftili- ties had been committed, it mult be owin alfo the Hiftory of that Country wrote by the Honourable Cadwallader Caldln, Efq; in the Year 1 747 ; and a Memorial prefented to our Lords of Trade by Edmund Gray, Efq; Surveyor-general of Georgia, the ift of April, 1753 ; the Speeches made in February and March, 1754, by feveral of our Governors of our faid Colonies to their feveral Affemblies ; the Anfvvers made by them ; and Numbers of Letters wrote from thole Colonies to the Mer- chants of London. ' As this is a true State of the Situation of our Colonies and the Defigns of the French, (who are now fhewing that they are in earneft to put their fo -long -concerted grand Scheme in Execution) fure there is no Englifhman in his Senfes, nor a Miniller who is not either an Ideot or a Traitor to his Country, but would join all his Endeavours to be afore-hand with the French, and to drive them out of the faid Continent of America ; more efpecially when they fee it may be done in One Year's Time, and at a very fmall Expence in comparifon to the Advantages which may be eireftually gained by the following Scheme, and without giving the French any legal Pretence to declare War. Imprimis, — " That 60 Independent Companies, of 100 Men each, befides Commiflion and Non-commifnon Officers, be formed ar foon as pofFible, and the Command of each Company given to the moll experienced Officers now upon Half-pay. B zdr-'' That [ to ] 2^, — *' That 50 Private Men, who have fcen the mort: Service, be draughted, by equal Proportions, out of all the Regiments of Foot in England, Scotland, and Ireland, and put into each of the faid Independent Companies ; the other 50 to be recruited by the Officers of the faid Indepen- dent Companies, and all fent to our faid Colonies as foon as completed. 3^, — " That an Eftimate be made of the Strength and Numbers of People in each of our faid Colonics, and Or- ders fent to each Governor to caufe each Colony to raife as many able-bodied Men as may anfwer the Contingency of each according to the faid Eftimate, {0 that the whole Number to be raifed in our faid Colonies be not lefs than 1 4,000 efFe(5live Men, befides Commiffion and Non-commif-' fion Officers. 4/>^, — " That an A 61 be paffed, as foon as the Parlia- ment meet, to oblige each Colony to raife the Number of Men affigned them according to the faid Eftimate ; alfo tO" arm and accoutre them, and to march them to whatever Part of the faid Continent his Majefty fhall affign, and to be fubjeft to Martial Law. The Reafon of this is, Becaufe the French feldom attack more than one of our Colonies at one an/d the fame Time ; and, as our faid Colonies have often Difputes amongft themfelves, they feldom affift each other as they fhould do ; and, further, as the Law now ftands, fome of the Charter Colonies don't look upon themfelves to be obliged to fuc- cour any of our other Colonies, nor even to obey any Or- ders fent from hence, more efpecially as to arming their Colony. 5/;^,— -" That a Man of Fortune, Courage, and Abili- ties, who may be moft in the Efteem of the People of the faid Colonies, and approved of by his Majefty, be fent from hence to command the Whole ; and that Two Major-gene- rals, Two Brigadier-generals, and Five or Six Field-officers, be fent to fervc under the faid Chief Commander ; and the general Rendezvo&s of both the faid Indepeiident Compa- nies, and all the faid American Troops, to be at Albany. 6/y^,»— " That Orders be immediately fent to build Seven Flat- was [II 1 Plat-bottomed Ships, in feme of the Ports of New-Eng- land, of the following Draught and Model, viz. Four of 500 Tons each, to carry 20 Guns (24 Pounders) upon One Deck, and to draw but i o or i o J Feet Water ; their Com- plement 70 S£.iiors and 100 Marines ; Two of 300 Tons each, to carry 16 Guns ( 1 2 Pounders) alfo upon One Deck, and to draw but Eight Feet Water; their Complement 50 Sailors and 70 Marines : And a Bomb-fhip. yt^, — " That Orders fhould, at the fame Time, be fent to build Seven other Ships, of the fame Dimenfions as the above, at Carolina, or fome of our other Southern Colo- nies ; fave only, that Two of them fhould be of the largeft Model, and Four of theleffer, and u Bomb-fiiip. A Mo- del and Draught of the faid Ships was givxn by me to ^^^^e Lords of the Admiralty in the Year 1 746, to build Ships for the attacking of the Coafl of France and Spain, and was approved of by their Lordfhips ; and the Commiffi- o.ners of the Navy were ordered by them to build a folid Model according to the faid Draught and Plan, which they did, and the faid folid Model is now at the Admiralty, Whitehall : And it was then allowed, both by our Admi- rals and Generals, that Ships of the above Draught, Mo- del, and Force, could beat down and deftroy any Sea-port Fortrefs they could come within Mufket-lhot of and lie in fmooth Water. And it's to all known, that they may do this at any of the Forts either in the River Canada or Mif- iiffippe, and not be in any fear of being attacked by French Ships of War, becaufe they could draw up into fuch Shoal Water that French Ships of War above their Force could not come at them. 8//&, — " That all our faid Troops fhould be furnHhed at Albany with all Sorts of Provifions for Three Months at leafl, a good Train of Artillery, Carts, Waggons, Draught and Baggage Horfes, Spades, Pick-axes, Shovels,, and all manner of Implements for War : Then to march from thence to the South-fide of Champkin-lake, the moft Part of which is Water-carriage; and there they may be joined by all the Warriors of the Five Nations and our other FrienJly Indians, who, with their Canoes and other Boats, . B 2 will tc. t J2 ■) will afTift our Troops in crofTinp; the fuld Lake to a navigable River that runs from the North-fide of the faid Lake into the River St. Laurence, between Qucbeck and Montreal, and but a fmall Diilance from either. But it would be neceflriry for our faid Troops, as foon as joined by thcj: faid Indians, to attack and take the Fort which the French have lately eredled at a Place called Crown-Point, as alfo all the other little Forts which the French have alfo erected on or about the South-fide of Champlain-lake ; the taking each of which would not take up above Three Days by 500 Regular Troops, if attacked with Six Pieces of Cannon, Twelve -pounders ; or a few of the leaft Sort of Bomb-fhells thrown in would caufe them to furrender in Five or Six Hours ; the little Magazines they have in each lie fo expofed to a Bomb-ihell, that the firft which fell upon them muft caufe the Fort to blow up or be all on Fire in an Inllant : Indeed, the Fort at Crown-Point is fomething ftronger, but it has no Magazine Bomb-proof. ' All the aforefaid Forts taken, the Communication between Champlain-lake and Albany would be fafe for Convoys to bring any Thing to the faid Lake ; and the old Indian Men, Women, and Children, would be in no fear of be- ing attacked while their Warriors accompanied our IVoops. Some of our Troops (hould be left on fome proper Place on the South-fide of Champlain-lake, in order to ereft Magazines there, while our other Troops were taking the faid Forts, and a good Number of Carpenters to build fome flat-bottomed Boats, and fuch Rafts as they build upon the Rhine in Germany, to carry our Troops crofs the faid Lake, and down the faid River that runs from that Lake to the River St. Laurence, together with their Artillery, Ammu- nition, Provifions, Sec. Thefe Boats might be conftantly employed to carry every Thing the Troops wanted from the Magazines ereded as aforefaid on the South-fide of Champlain-lake for their whole future Operations. And thefe Magazines might be continually replenifiied from New-York, by Way of Albany, there being the greateft Plenty of every Thing to be had in the Colony of New- York exceeding cheap, as alfo whatever Number of Draught Cittle and Horfes Ihould be wanted, The [ 13 ] <)th, — ** The Seven Ships built in New-England fhould be ordered to fail for the River St. Laurence at the fame Time that our Troops begun their March from Albany, in order that they might meet them at or near Qucbeck, in order to attack it both by Land and by Water at one and the fame Time. It's not improbable that the faid Ships might take it without the Help of Land-forces, becaufe there is no Magazine Bomb-proof at that Place. Capt. Kirk took it in the Year 1629 with Three Ships only, the Biggefl but 100 Tons, carrying Twelve Guns, Six-pounders ; and the other Two, 70 Tons each, carry- ing Six Guns each, Four-pounders. And Sir William Phipps took Placentia in Newfoundland, and Annapolis- Royal in Nova-Scotia, in the Year 1690, with a few Ships, and attacked Quebeck the fame Year, and would have ta- ken it, if the Seafon had not been fo far fpent that the Froft and Ice had begun to fet in, and that he had loft a great Number of his Men, and his Ships very much fhat- tered in the taking of the aforefaid Places ; altho' the Big- geft of his Ships was but 300 Tons, carrying Guns of Twelve-pounders, and he had no Bomb-fhip. Sir Ha- viNDER Walker's Misfortune was entirely owing to his Ships being too large and drawing too much Water : He alfo was too late in the Year. Therefore, it would be ad- vifeable that both Ships and Troops fhould begin their Ope- rations the latter End of April cr Beginning of May. lothy — ** The Seven Ships fent into the River St. Laurence fhould attack the firft Place they come to belonging to the French, in order to alarm the Country and draw their Troops that Way ; by which the French muft divide their Forces, fo as not to be able to afTemble them top-ether in One Body to oppofe our Troops thr.t came from Albany. 1 1 th, — " The Seven Ships built in Carolina fhould alfo be fent into the River Mi ffiffippe at the fame Time our Troops marched from Albany ; and they fhould alfo attack the iirft Place they could come at in that River, in order to caufe the fame Alarm in thofe Parts. This would put the French in fuch a Confternation as not to know what Part of the Country to defend iirfl, being as it were put between Two Fires. i2tL—'' That m r '4 ] 12//% — " As foon 'di Quebcck \vi\!^ taken, looo of oar Re- f Jar Troops and a good Body of Indians, fent down the ivcrSt, Lamence along with the faid Seven Ships, would foon take the IHand of Orleans and all the little Fc/rts on both Sides that Rivor down to the Sea, and clear all thofe Parts of the French ; and, as it is rnoft probable that the French would draw off the Troops they have now guard- ing their Fortifications which they have thrown up at Chi- ne£lo in Nova-Scotia to ftrengthen their Troops at Que- beck, the Troops we have now at Nova- Scotia might take tlioie Works as foon as they were gone, then crofs the Bay of Fundy, or march round the Peninfula, and take all the Forts which the French have lately erefted on or about the River St, John, and clear all thofe Parts of the French. 13M, — ** The Land-forces left atQuebeck, after leaving a Garriibn there, might go up along the River St. Laurence to Montreal, which lies upon an Ifland of 15 Leagues Length and 4 Breadth in the faid River : This taken, ano- ther 1000 of our Regular Troops, with a good Body of Indians, fent aa*ofs the Lake Ontoria and down the River St, Geroxnc, to meet our other Seven Ships in the River Mi^^ppe, wctild foon diHoHg^ all the French, and drive them all out of th;it Country j for, as foon as they heard thatQnebeck and Monti eal were taken, they would never make any furtlier Stand -any where elfe in that Country. WhenCanada and MiiTriFippe were taken, ourTroops might march back to our own Colonies, fave only 10 or 1 2 of the Independent Companies and a few of the faid Ships ta guard the Country. But there need not be many left, be- caufethat, when once the French Governors, their Regu- lar Troops, and their PrieRs, were either taken or drove away, the poor Phmters would be glad to fubmit, to live there quicdy and peaceably under his Majefty's mild Go- vermuent, iROre efpecially as they are now kept moft mi- fer^ihly poor under thofe Bigots and Tyrants, who opprefs them tr. the laft Degree, becaufe they were Protefiants when farS-lbnt there' by Lewis XIII. after the Siege of Rochclle, and continue *fo ftill as far as they durft. ij{d, — *' ThvJ Five Nations and ouj: other friendly Indians •wili nr^, r t5 1 will keep the French Indians in eternal Subje^on ; and, as we are Mafters of the Sea, a few Ships of War, fent to that Coaft every Year, as wc do to New- England, New- foundland, and Nova-ScQtia, &c. would for ever prevent the Return of the French into that Country. ^he Cofl of Raifing^ Cioathing^ and Accoutring Sixiy Jiu&pefg^ ^ent Companies of Footy i DO Men each, hejides Qommjfiom and Non-Commifficn Officers ; alfo their Pay fur Owe Whole Tear, and the Tranjporting vf them to America^ To the Railing, Cloathing, and Accout- ) £ ring of Sixty Independent Companies •• 36,000 o q of 1 00 Men each, at 6/. ^"r Man,-— S To their Tranfporting to Amciiva, at 3/. } per Man, To a Whole Year's Pay at 8/, per Man ) per Day, J To 60 Captains at los, per Day each. To 60 Lieutenants at ^i. each per Day, To 60 Enfigns at 3/. 6d. each per Day, To 1 80 Serjeants at 1 6d. per Day each. To 1 80 Corporals at i od, each per Day, To 1 20 Drummers at u. each per Day, 18,000 73,000 10,950 5*475 3,832 4,380 2,737 2,190 10 10 Total, 156,565 The Cofi of Building, Rigging, and Manning of T'^wehx Flat^ bottomed Ships and T'lvo nomb-^effels ; together 'wiib tb§ Charges of Victualling and Wages for One Whok Year^ To the Building and Riggiftg the Six ) Largeft, 5ooTonseach, at 10/. perTon f ' ' '^o ditto the Lefier Six, of 300 Tons each, 1 8,000 To Two Bomb-lhips, of 300 Tons each, 6,000 To a Year's Pay, 1 70 Men to each of ^ the Six Largell, at 4/, per Month per > 53j040 Man, — > To ditto the Six Lefler, of 1 20 Men each, 37,440 To ditto the Two Bomb-fhips, of co7 Men each, The Total Expence Independent Companies of the Ships and I 306,24.$ If I 1 ^ " ■T . ^Dffr'i •( [ i6] If thefe Ships can't be built in America by the Time re- quired, fome of them may be built here and fent over ; but the Building of them there would not amount to near the Money herein fet forth. As all the abovefaid Offi- cers of the Independent Companies are allowed Whole Pay in this Eftimate, the Half-pay they have now ought to be deducted, which amounts to i o,i 28/. 1 5/* The Expcnce of Raijtng, Cloathingy Accoutring^ and Main- taining 1 4,000 Men in our Colonies of America for a Tear, c To the Ralfing, Cloathing, and Accout- ] ring 1 4,000 Private Men, at 61. per > 84,000 Man,- ) To their Pay for a Year, at ^d. per Day 1 per Man, — ■ 3 To 140 Captains at lo/. each per Day, 25,550 To 140 Lieutenants at cj. each per Day, 12,775 To 140 Enfigns at '3J. 6d. each per Day, 8,942 To 420 Serjeants at i6d. each per Day, 10,220 To 420 Corporals at lod, each per Day, — 6,387 10 To 280 Drummers at is. each per Day, 5,110 170,333 6 8 10 Total, 323,318 6 8 The Whole Expence of the Independent Companies, the 1 4 Ships, and the American Troops, put together, a- moui^ts to, 629,563/. 6s. Sd. The Expence of General and Field Officers, Baggage and Draught Horfes, Carts, V/aggons, Spades^ Pick-axes, Shovels, and other Utenfils, may bring the a- forefaid Sum to amount to, 700,000/. The Gentlemen, who have the Management of our Af- fairs, may look upon this to be a large Sum, altho' a Tri- fle in Comparifon to the Foreign Subfidies we pay on Pre- tence of maintaining the Ballance of Power in Europe, and notwithftanding the employing it as aforefaid is not only to fecure but augment our Colonies, by which we may have it returned in a Thoufand Fold, which is very difFv^- rent from the faid Subfidies, which neither return nor fe- cure ' [ '7 ] cure the faid Ballance, nor ever can, becaufe the Ballance of Power will inevitably fall into the Hands of him who becomes poffefled of the Continent of North- America, and to whom all the Sugar-illands muft fall of Courfe, be- caufe they can't fubfift without the faid Continent. The Spanilh, Portugucfe, and Dutch Settlements, and in (hort all America, muft foon follow the fame Fate ; and the Trade and '^Vcafure from thence will impowcr him to hold the faid Ballance, and confequently enable him to prcfcribc Laws to all the Princes of Europe. Therefore, it may be clearly conceived, That the Ballance of Power is really in America, and not in Europe, as thofe Gentle- men have fo weakly imagined. If tliis Scheme is well condu«^ed, the above Sum is all the Money that will be wanted, becaufe the French may be drove out of all the Continent of America in Six or Eight Months at farthell : But, if we go on paying Subfidies in the fupine manner we now do, and let the French take our Colonies, our Subfidies muft not only be augmented Year ;:f':er Year, but continued 'till we have not a Shilling left. It requires no great Degree of Judgment to compre- hend, that on tiie Security and Profperity of our faid Co- lonies and Illands depends the chiv,f Trade of this Na- tion, nay, it may be truly faid all the Trade we get any Thing by. The innumerable Quantities of Goods, which are annually exported into thofe Colonies and Iflands from hence, to the Amount of fome Millions Sterling, and tha great Number of Shipping and Hands employed iu the Exportation of them, make up the moft ccnfiderable Part oi' our prefent Trading Intereft ; and, by manuuidi-ring the Materials for that particular Commtrcc, what Num- bers, nay Families, are wholly fuppoited in this King- dom ! It is from our Trade to our Colonies and Iflands that v/c are fupplied with Nine Parts in 'i'en of all the Calh that comes into this Nation, moft of the Returns from thence being in Silver, or fuch FiFe£ls as we muft abfoluteiy buy with Ready Money from Foreign Nations; and a vciy conHderable Part of the Commodities, imported from cur faid Cclonies and Iflands, are r 'xp tcrtd [ 8« ] tered f(^Y other Commodities in lieu of Money, to which may be truly owing the great P>.ire in the \ alue of our Lands. 'Tis the Returns brought from our Colonies which ena- ble us to fupp.ort our Trade to the Eali-Indies. The Mo- ney carried out by that Company, that paid in Subfidies, and other Drains too long to particularize, amount to a- bovc Three Millions .Sterling Yearly j and the Ballance of Trade, taking all Parts of Europe together, is very much againfl us, as may be clearly pioved both by our Merchants and others of the greatcft Speculation. Tf the People of our Co nies upon the Continent of America can be prevailed upon to raifc the whole 20,000 Men, there will be no Occafion to fend the fiiid Sixty Inde- pendent Companies from hence. This will reduce the Ex- pencc of Tranfporting the faid Troops, and may better anfwer the End propofed. The Behaviour of the Ameri- can Troops in the taking of Cape-Breton is a convincing Proof that they may be better fitted for carrying on a War in that Country than any Troops fcnt from hence ; and their Comnanders may be better Judges of what Opera- tions are to be proceeded upon, and may bring their Men to fuch Difciplinc, as is neceifary for that Wildernefs Coun- try, in two or three Months* Time, becaufe'moll depends upon Eufli-fighting. But our faid Colony-Gentlemen have been {o hardly iifed and ill rewarded, both for their Service and Bravery in the taking of Cape -Breton, &c. that it's not to be fup- pofed they'll come into any future Meafures for raifing of Troops without proper Encouragement. Therefore, all fuch American Gentlemen, who do agree to raife Companies or Regiments of able-bodied Men, ihould have the King's Commiffion, and be afTured of Half-pay when their Service was over, and to rank with our National Military Oiiicers according to Seniority and Date of Ccmmifnon. If all the faid Troops are raifed in America, and the a- forefaid 14 Ships built there and fitted out by the Ameri- cans, it can't give the French any Pretence to declare War, more • [ '9 ] • more efpcclally as they have been the flrft Ao:grcfrors in at- tacking and invading our faid Colonics : AnJ this would be the more agreeable to fuch of our wife Politicians as are a- fraid of a French War ; but, if this Notion Ihould fo pre- vail as to terrify us from attacking Quebeckand Montreal, and totally driving them out of all that Continent now wc have it in our Power, it will be giving the French Time to fend more Troops there, and oblige us to keep a continual Standing Army, to guard our Frontiers, 'till we are quite exhaufted, and then declare War, when we are not in a Condition to oppofj them. Therefore, the driving them back into their own Colonies will fcrve only to bring on an Expence which may become Ten Times greater than what is now required to do the Bufmcfs efFedually, and our Trade to all America fall a declining all the while. The French have already fo wormed us out of all the vSpaniOi Trade to America as to draw a Ballance of above Two Millions Sterling ; and, as they have feen the Spaniflx Depredations taken i'o little Notice of, they have been en- couraged to do the fame by taking and confifcating fcveral of our Ships on Pretence of their approaching too near their Sugar-iflands, when in reality they only pafs and rcpafs to and from our own lOands and Colonics, and fometimes are drove upon their Coaft by mere Strefs of Weather. They have alfo poirelFed themfclves of feveral of the Neutral lilands. Their lately forcing and defeating our Troops in Virgi- nia has put that Colony, Maryland, Carolina, and Geor- gia, into fuch Confuf on, that the Confequence may foon prove dreadful ; bccaufc that, in all thofe Four Colonies, there are above Eight Negroe-flaves to each White Man, who, if the French do but promife them Liberty, may rife and maflacre c\'ery White Man, Woman, and Child, in the faid Colonics. Thefe poor People have been crying out to their Mother- Country for Help thefe Tv/o Years, but were told by our wife Politicians, TLey mufi defe7id them- fehes 'With their Militia. It's true, that their Number of Militia may amount to feveral Thoufands ; but, as both Ij^aller and M.m of all the White Men in thofe faid Colo - - G 2 nies ■\ [ 20 3 nies are upOn their Lift of Militia, and mull go to fight the French Regular Troops, they would ir :kc a worfc Figure; than our's did in the late Rebellion, becaufc theft* had only a Pack of Rag-a-mulRns to deal with. Their ramilies alfo muft, at the fame Time, be left to the Mercy of their Ne- groe-flaves ; and this muft be the Cafe eternally, except wc either always keep a large Body of Regular Troops upon the Frontiers of each of our Colonies, or totally drive the French out of all that Continent. To leave thefe Colonies under their prefent mifcrable Condition, or not to endeavour efFcftually to protcdl them for the future, muft appear aftoniftiing when we refledl that there are 75,000 Hogftieads of Tobacco imported Yearly into thir Kingdom from Virginia and Maryland, a- bout 16,000 of which are confumed in this Kingdom. The Neat Duty on the faid 16,000 is about 250,000/. paid Yearly into the Trcafury. The remaining 59,000 Hog- ilieads are re-exported to Foreign Parts, for which we re- ceive above 400,000/. Sterling ; which Mon«y is laid out Yearly here in Manufaftures, to be fent back to thofe Co- lonies. The Benefits, that will accrue to this Nation, by driving the French out of all the Continent of America, will be as follow, viz. i^.< — As the Affair ftands now upon that Continent, nei- ther the Indians in the French Intere ft, nor thofe in our's, bring a Third Part of the Commodities to cither the French or our Markets, becaufe of the continual Wars, as they otherwife could do if they were all at Peace : Yet the Com- modities brought now to our Markets, l^y the Indians in Al- liance with us, amount to a large Sum Yearly ; altho' they are not One Part in Seven of thofe in Alliance with the French ; beiidcs whom, there are a vaft Number of Indian Nations that neither the French nor we dare open a Trade into their Country, becaufe of the faid War, and there is nothing we buy of them but what fetches us above 1 000/, per Cent. Profit. Therefore, if the French were drove out of that Country, we fhould foon bring all thofe different Nations to Peace, and confequently bring all the whole ^ Trado TiJ he Shii [ 21 ! Trade of tluit Continent into this Kinrt!om, wliich would be m:my Mi]lioni> a-Ycar. I'hc Ilutli'on's-Bay Company value the Profit of their Trade with every individual Indian in the Hudfbn's-Bay at 20/. a- Year. Now, as there are above 100 Indians in and about Canada and MilTiilippj, who might be traded with, to One that is in the Hud(on's-Bay, and the Profit of Trade with each Indian valued but at Ten Pounds, how many Millions might there be brought into this Nation, if the French were drove out of that Continent ! how many more Ships and Hands employed ! how much more of our ma- nufadured Goods might be Yearly fent into that Country ? , and how many Thoulands more of our Manufadlurers and poorer Sort of People might then be employed I 2^, — The driving of the French out of the Continent of America would alio not only put a final End :o the Depre- dations of the Spaniards, and bring us a Free Trade to all thofe Parts we claim a Right to upon theSp^^nifh Main Con- tinent, but oblige them to fubmit to our fupplying them with all the Commodities the French now do, which would confequently bring us the aforefaid Ballance of 2,000,000/. which the French now have of them Yearly ; becaufe, if the Spaniards did not comply with all the above Articles, we could march our a!brefaid Troops into Georgia after the Conqueft of Canada and Mifliflippe, and take l5t. Au- guftine ; then mv^rch them down a-crofs the Peninfula of Cape Florida to a Place called Pencicola, a fine Sea-port at the Mouth of a large River that runs thro* Georgia into the Gulph or Bay of Mexico, right over-againfl the Ha- vanna, the Diftance but 50 Leagues, the Wind and Tide continually fetting that Way^ and waf: our faid Troops over to Cuba in 24 Hours : And, as the Florida Indians are great Warrioro and very numerous, and mortally hate the Spaniards, becauie they formerly pofiefied themfelves of all their Country, and ufcd them wieh fuch Cruelties, that the faid Florida Indians rofe upon them and drove them out of all their Country, but the Port of St. Augu- ftine, which they could not take for want of Cannon ; therefore, nothing would pleafe thofc Indians more than' the s r 20 the taking of St. Augullinc, and to cmb.irk with our Troops for Cuba, to be further revcnffcd of the Sp.inianls ; and wc might cany over fuch Numbers of fhcm as would, to- gether with our faid I'roopr., drive; all :' c Spaniards out of Cuba in a few Months at a very little Kvpcnce to this Na- tion, and in fpitc of all the Uefiilince the Spaniards could make ; and the Conqucll of that Ifland alone would oblige the Spaniards to grant us all thit's fet fottli as afurcfaid ; if not, thefe Troops, together with t!ie (M Indinns, would foon drive the Spaniards and French out of llifpaniola, and the former out of Porto-Rico ; in which Crife, we might oblige the Spaniards to give us the Indulto they now allow the King of Spain for bringing home the Trcai'urc, bccaufe the Spaniards could fend no Ships to the Well-Indies with- out our Leave, when we were poffeflcd of thofe Iflands, and that Indulto alone would pay all our National Debt : All which Methods of treating would oblige the Spaniards to live in eternal Peace and Friendfliip with us ; and the French could never be fo troublefornc to their Neighbours, for want of Money, and would quite lofc Sight of their fo long thought of Univerfal Monarchy. 3