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Price Six-PENC«r % VpMT.,^.^ ii*mitii.;i^-y,.-. v*i:'.Uj^X,i:^^ ( Tl j^^^^^jg DIALOGUE BETWIXT General W O L F E, ^ The Marquis'' MONTCALM, In The Elys i an Fields. M N T C A L M. Consratulate you, General Wolfe, that Fellow- cuizv^ns of this lower world, we are little we are no longer enemies. T I intereftedwithwhat IS done above. Tho M you have been an implacable enemy to v^v nation, I cannot forbear doing jnilice to your valour, and admire your military exploits : 1 confels I envy your glory. The conqueft of Cape Breton, and the redudlion ot Canada, which are chiefly due to your conduft, while they calt a blemifh on the French name, (hall tranfmiC Yout's with praife to the Uteft poftenty.— Lotmlmrg and ^ehec, Ihall be you. immortal trophies I ^ ^ WOLFE H— ( 4 ) 1 »' O L F E. The proofs of your efteem. and of your approbation cannot but pleafe me, fir, as von are a true judge of military nu-rit. Y^uJcar pa.gns .n y/wn,«, are the beft commendat onl of your experience, and of your ability in 7h, ar of war , and ,1 fuccefs has not attended your courage and your prudence, it is becaure^°he cXe-s a'„S'l2r"cun'er''"''' '"" '"^"^ '"'■ M N r C A L M. J will not attempt to detrafl from yourt^lorv - b yo,,,,e too honed todifuwn the Idvantagl game ; he th.u h.s the aces at picket, muft wi^ fl.nH n' '"""'"'"J^'l i""-e,,id foldiers, who ft«d againft the mouth of a cannon with a com- • polureand a fteadinefs not to be expeT.l amongft the Ircnch: And I had the conl^nand of poppets, who lofe their aflivity and motion a foon as the leall fpri„g i, broke. You had all the Inppl.rt you couid dcfire ; your troops were well p,yed, well cloathed, and well d,lc,! whim ' '" '"I'i T^^ ""' «'^"^ proy,C,ons wh.lil you were Martersnt fea ; you afled, be- f des, un immouny, under a good General . A, for me, I |,ave h.en in fome regard nbandon'd thele two years fince, and like an exile, in that im- ) C 5 . immrnfc colnny. My li:tle army had W,r, r^ m.Kh negleded, tl>.u k loft all ftntimen " of ?,':tr"s-T^T^ "'"'^VS afraid of bini ft.rved. Six battalions were all the r-culars i? that army Who could believe that th^ ]?.^ • " "'■"illry ,s fo little acquainted with the ftate ^f r, „, ' V ,""'' =■ ^^ntry of fuch vaft ex- pol.d timapbce or that importance fiiould not have been kept In proper rep "5 Wh t h r"f 't "^^ ^^P™^'--^ ^o thofe who fit aTdie hem Methink. the ^W Monarchy "gt "^^''to'^ omcer whole capacjtv I conlrl depend upon ; and my fi.-ft ducy^ac nTy coW imprudence of AVi/^^.^. ^""^ ^^^ ^^ O L F E, . ' ^g''^^ CO what you fay. We havP n^ rV irv:,b^;'1:X/'>™-^^T^'-"«S Hui'iic . rrairs. He is a manof vaft o-rnTiic and or an mcommon la.racitv • Hi. ,1 r a' cdn.rs a,,d integnty are':^2>ut"x, t'^HJ lov" h,, nation, who ad-res him H^ has a He makes ufe of theSe^dvaXrcor^^ls nation yj Jl 4"" ( 6 ) ...>n to the hightft pitch of power and great- nelV. Murters of thtr fra, we are become the arbiters of the fate ot nations ; and Europe, ]cz.' lous of our fucccfics, is fort'd to admire and to fear us. MONTCALM. You have falhn a facrifice to thf glory of your Country •, and the furrt nder of the capital ciry of the 'Er.nch empire, was bought at the priceof your life. Your memory Dull be tor ever dcaJ and glorious to polleriry -, and the following Grne"rations fl-.all repeat from age to afTf, your virtues and yr.ur exploits. What pieafure tor an I'jio^tjh patriot to fee the Bntilh arms vidorions in' the other hc-mifphere •, the hir^i'ijh name known and refpeded through the whole world. O ! how happy are you, braVe General ! My f.Ue is very different from yours : My name fliall never be menrinn'd in hilW)ry uirhoutthe Ihametullofs o\ '/luckc a«^d Camtla Mv death, glorious as it is, is not evenconnderM as afacrifice,. but rather as an aft of delpair I have fo-efeen nothing in my lalt moments, but tl'ie decline of the fniub empire. T he lofs of \i\ colonie'; expofes to my fight, thepi6ture of it'. cleftrudi(,n. A moving fpeaa- le to an honed mun, who loves his country, and who hasfauh- fullv'uived it widuuc fiuTefs, and vithnut re- ward. i>m-/j/ vile Guv..! .you wiio defign'd to great- me the '7 ^ jea- and to lory of capital : at the 1 be tor ind the age to What :• BrHifJj re ; the Dgh the , br.iVe I yours : hilh)ry Car.athi, infuitrr'ii "pair I nts, bnt lf)rs of itSlure of n honed las fairh- :h(Hic re- dcll^ri'd to ( 7 ) to fiibdue the Univerfe, art* become the con- tempt iind ignominy of mankind. Vour rtime difgr.iccd, ewry wht-rc flicws [he image ot your wcaknels, and of your humiliation ! IP" L F E, The fcheme of taking from us America^ wis well trained. The French finding that our mi- nillry bore patiently their encro.ichmencs up(>ri the 5r//?/y& rights in America^ and their repeated violation of the 15th article of the treaty of Utrecht^ thought they might proceed further. They made a fcttlement upon the caft fide of the head ot Lake(Jjainplain^ within the territory of the province of Ne'iv-Toik. In the year 1730 or 1731, ihti French made their fettlement ac Crown- Pointy and built Fort Frederick, which thcv have made fince one of the (Irongell Forts in America. We never gave i\\q Frejuh any dil- turhance in any of their encroachmenrs before the beginning of the late war. While the French were incroacliing upon us at Alj'i'fippi^ Niagara, and Crcivn- Point, they did not t()!■g^!: Nova Scotia, where we had never beeu ac the pains to plant a colony of our own peoi)le, or • to elhiblifli a civil government, thouLrh the French inhabitants had fubmittcd ro ourgovern- megt, anct were obliged to take th;: oaths to his Britannick is/\ci]c[\y : We ailosved them ro con- tinue under magidraies of their own chufinir. The P I t*^"a:' {• r 8 ; They called themftlves, and were callf"^, even by the people of our girrilons at Amiai^oln an-J Canfo^ the JScutral lumj^ : And ai foon as rli- war broke out between '^V^wand u% they took every opportunity t.^ Mievv they were true aiul Joyal Vrencbm<:n, Tluis it appears, that frt)f;i the Year 171 1, to the beginning of the prtCent war, the increafe of the French power and do- minion in America^ has been owing to the nrg- \^di ot our minidry, and to their not attending clofely to the prefervation and the fecurity of the Britidi polTeflions in America. It is certain that the French have been always the aggrcflbr?? in •;hat part of the world. Their devices and their cruelties, have, at laft rungr -he alarm, and awaken'd our government from its lethargy. They reived, at that time, too much upon the affe(!:iion of the favages, who were moft of them on their fide ; and your miniftry has negleded from the beginning to get a fufficient number of regular forces, in order to flrike a blovv capable to caft us down without being ever able to rife again. M N r C A L M. I am of your of opinion. A power who is blinded by its ambition, without a fyftem well laid and well combined, fhews its weaknefs in making known its great defigns. The difpute betwixt the two Nations, which appears to be of -i -■^~r¥ ,^ , ":f, evfn 'polis an '4 >n iis rh:; hry tf)ok me aiul :ar frofii : prtfenc and do- the nrg. trending urity of > certain ^grcflbn ces and ,rm, and ethargy. h upon o were miniftry 3 gee a order to wilbouc who IS em well cnefs in ! difpute rs to be of ( 9 ) ■rtPv/TV little canfrqucnce to the fuprfficlal po. liMcians, is an objet^t of the greatell importance. 'J ..e Krcnch Were fenfible, that nothing hut their tra'le, fupported by their colonies, could create aniv/: liut fcarcely had they begun the a<:ts of holblities according to that plan, that they diverted their attention from that objeO, cflential to their nchesand grandeur, in order to engage thcmfclves in a war on the continenr, which hus been conducive to their ruin. Thev ought to have lent fome of their bell rroops to Ainericay to form a tormidahle ^.rmy : They ought to have tflablifliM magazines at ptoper places: And the government o^ Canada (hiuld hive been beUowed on an officer able to foreiee events, and to concert with the General the fpec- dieft and furrft meafures to ftrike a decifive blow, whilfl the Efiglijh were yet nnavfare. Your fuperiority at fea, could not hinder us, at that time, from fending proper fupplics to Ca- luda. — The fl^et and the men employed in the expedition againft Minorca, could havo ferved to chat purpofe. A nation who is not ia a condi- tion to keep and defend its own territories, ought to renounce all projcdis ofconqiieft. JV O L F E, We have adled more prudently than yoiii during the courfe of thi« war : When you found you were not able to contend with us at fea^ B you t< ( 10 -) Able poliucans fa«r,he« that you would n^g- wf""'"^ f°\Pr'"'"'y- The cafe has hap. pen d ; and well for us. The cr- .que « of hL. rtestA/f'' '"5'°"^'r^«> Perfuaded that the £»^/i/^would make the utmott eSi.rts to de- fend that Eleclorate, Your miniftry has been miftaken m tne.r fpeculation. The i^^tylS have left t.,e Hanoyenam and their German Allies, the care of defending their own country. Alte prov,d>ng for the fafety and defence of our co- lonies, which we always regard as the fource of om oeft troops to the afllftance of our Allies For your part you haveexhaufted yourfelvesof men aad mon»y to conquer a country that vou can.otkeep poffeffion of: And the^n,b,t^o^ cf becoming arbiters of Germany, has hinder'd yoi. from confidenng ferioufly, the confeqaences of our viAoriou. arms in Aminca. . ^ N T C A L :,I. ■ It is furprifing that there has not aftually been a mmiftenn Frame who knows the true intereft of the nation, or the refources of yours We anTi;; trut"^" "*" ^''"^ '■"b"eVolitidan,! and in truth we are nothing but fine courtiers Wehave thefoolifli preftmption toimag^e' ourfdves fupenor to all nations; and we have not [ 1 e continent, would neg- e has hap- Jefl of Han- which you uaded that forts to de- y has been ^%i^/h have ^an Allies, try. After of our co- e fource of 'nt fome of our Allies. )urfe]ves of ^ that you - ambition s hindered nfeqaences ualJy been Je iiitereft Lirs. We >liticians ; courtiers, > imagine we have noc ( M ) not even the materialsto lay the foundation of the grandejr of a people. We have attempted to aggrandize ourft-ivf-s without weighing the pro- bability of fuccefs, againft the dangers and the expences of ihe undertaking. France ought to have abandoned al! ideas of conqueft, after the acquificion of Alface, Lorrain, and part of Flanders. It is an extenfive and v/ell joined kingdom : Its fituadon is advantageous, its clf- mat« happy, and its foil generally fertile; its harbours in the Mediterranean, and in the Chan- nel^ arefuuated foran extenfive commerce : Butit ia a radical defedl of the internal adminiftration of the kingdom, to let whole provinces \\c wafte and uncultivated J and not to protnote, by wife regulations, the populoufnefs of the country. What a fhame it is for France^ who ought to be able to furnifh corn to her neighbours, to be obliged to your Wand for that neceflary of Jife ; the want of which has often obliged France to fue for peace, and keep her dependence on your nation. Scarcely haci the two nations com- menced hortilicies, when you begun by ruining our comm- fee. This fource of the wealth of a (tare being ftopt, the fovereign is obliged to have recQurfe to violent means, which only ferve to impoverilh a kingdom, and to accomplifti the milery of its people. A nation is foon reduced when the fubjVds cannot exert an emulation, and have no longer any property. B 2 frOLFE. n « iw>ar - ( 12 ; ^^ O L F E. I could not help laughing at the French King*s moderation at the begmnint:^ of the war : Such fcmiments are always regarded as a weaknds la a king. ^ He gave us, in his manifeftoes, the odious tide of Py rates, becaufe we made reprifais upon his fhips without the formality of a decla- latior of war ; as if we had not a right to re- venge ourfelves in Europe of the encroachments of that crown in America. France was not then in a condition to a^, as fhe had but a fmall number of fliips. The patience ofth' k-n^. of France, wos ii! t to th.c of a :nan who expofes himleU by his iti^prudence t( receive a blow, before he percdves that he is not armed to re- venge himldf of his adverfary, who is pr- par'd to (trike him if he is not fubmilTive. W > Yhall have always a great advantage ovtr vju bv our coniticution, and our natural pofinon, which are the two principal caufes of our grandeur ; '1 he one prefervcs our liberties and properties ; the other defends us againfl the fudden attemptf, of a rdtkfs and powerful rival \ who would have reckonM En^and, before now, amopgd her conqurr*d p.ovinres, if we were not fcparatcd f'om the Coritinnit t)y an arm of the Sea. Our ihips are our bulwarks; and our commerce is a conltant nurfery of txcellrnt feamen A King of England, who phices his glory in a rHpt 61 for the M^vs, a/id in protcaing^Jjc hbcrdcs and the proper- ' war : Such weaknefs la feftoes, the ade reprifdjs y of a. ciccla- righc to re- rroachments /as not then but a fmall th' k:ng of vho expofes ^e a blow, rmtd to re- > is pr' par'd Wefhall yju bv our 1, which are deur ; '1 he ■ertits ; the attempt.', of would have nongrt her c feparatt^d Sea. Our iimerce is a A King rc-fprdl tor ics and ihe proptr- C 13 ) properties of his people, is the moft powerful and themoft abfolute monarch in the world He finds in the zeal and affcaion of his fubiea/ all Che refources he may have occafion for to lupport the dignity of the crown, and the w. ifare of the ftate. The Engii/h never rrfufc cocon- tr Dute generoufly to the expenc^ of a necefTiry war; and are contented, ifthey know their fup. plies are properly applied. AKing of FrarX, delpoMck as he is, cannot exped impofTibilicies from hisiubj.as: His finances mult b- ex- haulled, when the people are no longer able to iupplv the expends of the lUce.— Tell me- Mr. Montcalm, was ic your clioice or intereft that procureuyuu the command m America? M O N T C J L M. You know tha: I facceeded Dieskazv, after his defeat. He feemed to have taken your Coun tryman, Mr. Bmddock, for the model of his condua. The lateMarfhal of ^^.v. recommended him to the King as an officer of merit. You know the manner of making war in Europe and m America, ,s very different \ but I (Lai! nor pre. tend either co applaud or condemn him I ne- ver profefTcd myfelf a Courtier. J fled from l^erjadles as from an infeaed air ; where falf hood, treachery, and intrigue hold their empire I never asked any flivour of the miniflry, as [ ehofe to be employed in the war, and as I dif- liked !..,-, Ill r 14 ; liked to be commanded in Europe by Marfhals that owe their dignity to Madam Pompadour, I propofed my fervice to the King, in America^ who accepted them, fo much the more willingly, as \ had no competitor in that command. 'l obtained it, I aflure you, without any difficulty. It is rather an honourable baniHiment, than a preferment granted to merit or intereft. Mo(t u\ our general officers are attached to the court by hope or favour ; nor do they ever leave it willingly, as nothing is to be obtained there but by force of intriguts and importunities -, and where the courtiers Qudy to remove whoeVer pretends to any fliare of the fovereign's favour, or that of his miftrefs. It is a place where one IS only remembered while he is prefent ; and where a continual fucceifion of pretenders.anni- hilates the very memory of the former. The French miniftry were fo confident of their fupe- riority in America, that military capacity did not dctemine them in the choice of a Ge- neral. It i.% in my opinion, the moft critical and the^ moft difagreeable command that we have : They look with indifference on your fuc- crls i an<' the leafh faults are regarded as crimes. 1 hey rely entirely upon your condu.. »? turn on rs, jealous A'e fliould be whole r to (liare It is not fee, with- 2: They )urs, who julph of ( i'^ > the ma- inent has le Britijh )\ Europe tain your jrt you, > proted: c French tuation .* e Ihould ard con- e : Ne- ir minif- [uifitions , as the nge foi* ; Englijfy nation n.ition irs general, Ihould he incenr.".! ro i":f iiighelt degree, to \ti ib many fui'iiotis laviifi'.j, and ti)e iivesof !o manv bnivr ini*:, ikcrifLcd i? nolorcorpurpole. In'dei b, Mr. Morlcnm, v,-e are ro trotibie Oiirfclves about rhj^ir dilTerenc-st Jci; riicm figiir and qnirrel as long is tJy^y pieafe, i flunk vvf' have payVI our Ihire in rheir J— — 'd bloody fights! ' If I w.is to 'ire .;.;.;;!, i give you my word of honour, { fiiou'vi be a gie«f. coward *, tiie natural iVniim-nc of felf piefcrvu- cion.fliould prevail above the ihiril of ihar chi- mera call 'd Glory, What foals have we been,. Co inlift ourfelves amongfl thofe privileged high- waymen, who defert their native country, leave their wives, children, friends and relaciotis, re- nounce all the plcafures and Tweets of life, in O'der to purfue with fury, and deftroy their br. rhren the Euroneam^ in the remotefl: parts of tiie globe ! I'hey fight for a country where they have e(labli(h*d themfelves by violence and cruelties. Their ufurpation is their com- mon right ; and probably, in a century or two, the rcftlefs European will be driven away from that part of the world. I could have liv'd at home happy and comfortable, without troubling my head about the quarrels of Princes. What lias been the reward of my zeal and fidelity? '^- ( IS ) A musket fiiot ! I have fallen a viaim, to their ambition, in the prime of my age. My coun- trymen, in pitying my fate, fliall admire my va- lour: The news writers (hall celebrate my ex- ploits in their weekly papers. Perhaps my na- tion will cte6i a monument mlVeflminJler.Mbey to my memory ! Can all thefe frivolous enco- miums make amends for the lofs of my life? I fliould prefer the company oF a pretty girl, for a day or two, with fome botrlf^s of your French wine, to all that (luff of glory and reputation. MONTCALM. I am of your opinion, my dear Sir. I wiOi the grand Monarch was in my place, even upon condition that I fliould do his duty with Madam Pomiadour ; perhaps (lie would lofe nothing by the exchange?. I cannot fay that (be is a very great favourite of mine ; flie has been the caufe of fo much mifchiff, and played me fo many tricks, that I (hould never be reconciled to her but upon very advantageous terms. I heard be- fore 1 was ftriz'd with that fit of madnefs which did cod me my life, that flic intended to pay a vific to the miraculous Lady ot Cbatres: 1 can- not loncfive what b'lfinefs a Whore has with the Virtj^in Mary ! If Hie ever turns modtft and difiatn tiled, I fhall bclive miracles. You EngliJIj have fome plaulible reafons for fight- n, to their My coun- lire my va- tc my ex- ps my na- ifier. Mbey lous enco- lylife? I ■^ girl, for )ur French Litation. I wiOi ven upon b Madam )thing by is a very the caufe fo many pd to her heard be- efs which to pay a J : 1 can- ; with the dtft and fens for fight- ( 19 ) fighting : You take up arms in defence of your liberties and properties : But as for us, we fight for (lavery \ and facrfice our lives and our for- tunes, for the pride and ambition of a Man, who is often the fcourge of hii fubje