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I Mi »«.»-.*u-.'.*.'\y ^V.^i.;^-ii;•^^ W^^P • ^^>JbiXt V^ rX^\^'. « .. ^ 11 f » rr. } // R E A S p N S .i;^^; , . ^! -iJ IV. -.Irfi '::'*"» > trr^cit To prove that the Letter printed'% . the End of the French Miemondl of Juftification is; ^ fffrenfi $m^ gery, and falfely afcribed to his T has been obierved by the Great Grotkit '■in his Treatife De Belh & de Pace, that a War breaking out between two Nations, does in a great Meafufe difiblve all thofe Da^ tks^i' which, as Behies of the fame Species^ w« 6wc tO'one another;-' v} IbuhaoO v-mi . i 'Jilt — ' ■"*'■ '• •■ - ■.— — ^'d '^J fsfi 'tap nig then, though it may griiatly fertre to : pie^liate the Behaviour of the jF>v«tfj& Miniftryi ' in alledging a Thou&nd Particulars, which f 4>r CO f^>imi (iriAiy true, in Judification of theic Uprightnefs and pacif ck Intentions before the Declaratio^i of War ^ yet as Chriftians, united under one Head of Religion, though f anions in the Manner of pra^ifing it, I cpn- |^i|/e lyivate GWadef^ ougbt not to be iar'- ca(licaily treated, nor the Glory of the tnoH refpedable Princes be contaminated by a hor- rid Kind df Forgery, with Defign to render them contemptible amongft the People v/ith l/rhom they Ijve, aftd amongft' fhofe who^it: Jt-War withihem-i fuch . atrocious Procf^ed- 3gs, eVen (loftllities cannot, countenance tisibngft politd Nations. *-ui*,^4*^-k^^ ^ > T H AT the French Minlftry have been cgre* gioufly guilty of this mean and unjufliBable Behaviour, will evidently appear, at lead I ihall prefumd to make it fo, to any M4n wtio with the lead Attention will read what fh|tll be hereafter faid on that Letter, which has been printed in ihtFublick^dvertifery tranf- iated from the French Memorial of Juftifica-* tion of their Condudt in tb^ prefect War, and falfely afcr bed to his — thci D— »*-^ . J foy falfely, becaufe I humbjiy, con- ceive that no M an xan believe hioi the Dila- tor of a Letter the like of tbaty when tbe Reafons *■* s \ r lyj .. I.I|<* -* _ w^- 1 [3] Rcifons whidhi fhall ofFc r will be laid befoi4 him; and here I< muft obferve, thttthougH the innate Greatnels of Mifid in the tfUgtitd Bofonn of him to whom: irhimfrnted; AiHU not permit him to undertake thbfrdving thi4 French AiTertion 'to be a FaiAt^y> tonfidiAg '^at his known Charstder of vaft- Under Aahd* ing and miiitai^ Skill umongd t>i$ Couni^^i men, is above ail Danger of being atiaihtefA by French Machinations ; yet I hope I fhall itand difculpate in theOpiAiofM of iny Gbim- tryhien, in^ tny Endeavburi -to -«itplode the atrocious and malignant Delight of ihe (y^/l^i Miniflry $ particularly as it it the^Pate of ^^ pcrior Merit to b^ the mpftifevereiy atbokeid sq this Country^ and as the Slamkr of maWy Tongues, Enemies to the "iu^poied R ■ <'; iDi^ator, hath been let loofe agaihft his miti-^ -^try KnowledgiB on this Occadon: Thefd I ihean to iilenccJ fts> Ji^^m i&fb*;i(.:ii3ii Awt> ; 8 u c H a fcandaloas Attempt as this ought tamake a Premb Minifter,} or even a French Moharth,. biuih with Confufion in the Dark; ^;rhen he refIe(fls(on the Indignity of his 0e^ lia^iouT J nor fhpuld I ^wdnder^ if, touched with Remorfe for this atrodous Atteinpt,^ 1^ ihould abdicate his Throne, particularly as va B 2 \x w v. it ii reported hit Mind is mnth turned toDer li<)tiofi ; tXKt alas ! fuch is the dcfpicable '•nd |lcr|idiQU$ tfMUrciDf the French^ )him whom tbty (Irfpair.to conquer, by Awon^ exalted ail hn^^oiW: fiands aa.tbe Judgment df all Eur9pt^ |Qd,!partic\i|a% ^oir own Anny!^ they mean <0 I^Miice abd iefien inthe tiiiivcrfti:Opiniai6v ttfifor^ they |>re$fM»« to iDppo%ihiib with open rirlRD prdei^ Niotn«;6htaining this End, tbd)r h$ye taken an.Oecafion on Mr .B-tr— f(•&II^c^ i^%,m jimfmctty iafoff^ t 'Letter as i£dt£tan- tf4 hy bis » ' >f> r e [ m ■■ !, taod foiind^aaibii^ Kbsit) Gen^traV^ iBaporsj. byd thisiPablicattfi^ 0^yiiin9an:Afit£fiiiyrtp ififhraatp{^that iheiiupr | )Q fe d. 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A una IhJ^'i ^-jjiihcn i£m;^ orfj to^no^d^aqS r>j Wf^P^vSbT cfFcfeifeg^<^tfftHfc ¥i*o-'t:dflaU t«W(^t IJdi^aHifrtVafibn, #byld£fertofriftaftl ifl'fltt tertg dBla^ftito Jnva^elhis'MitJ,' ^tHrvWt fejuld find f«in^ Oceafibn' Wittfpirtt th^iv ^ 6it*s ati6ritj4€i oiirs, and %hich thej^ itt^^^ftfe they have at laft attained tcb^ fhfs Fbi'^eiy'J fiifpeding, that as no politive Proof can be hT60^ 5iif r^lt'^^^^lWlng ff^ffhd ill B^-^^^k's Papm,lit*kt ^•th«Wifore^4t*Hv'}fr^^afft 'uij!)brt''^!56 Woflrf a§!a'Realtty, arid-i)rilduee the' p^fliifef*. ^uiiEtfefl Which theyi*irifly.^ ^^'^^ . ^unav.v*^ 1?7 G " /! in f :Arjt is therefore. impofiible tatCc^mln fo wha^ Degree the Genutneners of this Letter imsiy gain Credit, and, how far; the ffippoied I^f^-M^. Dilator's Charader may fuccomb Kj^d^.^is m^igna^it Efcvjce, by :' e farther iV^^f^pf his Enemies and their Adherent»i M %#r^«?»» I ft»ll jPft talte qpon me lo ext 'p(o^e.,4^6,Fal£hood wi radically crafe the Efl^ds of it ; and as I have been, the frequent Spedator of the great military Skill and A^c tjJ9i^;of,5the ffifi^ied Rrr — Pi^ttor, to prove, how k ii^,impo(lible he qm hnvi; di^ta* tti |hi& Epi^les an<| in this Plac^iiothing |Mfrfij ^ eafy as to prove deqoofiftcatiyely by ^rgiiciipnts ^ priori^ t^t the fupppfed Rt--*^ )[>idatqr ^ould not he the Autbqr pf fuch abftird Diredipfis, ^by faying, jqft as lye do in Theology a gocfd God cannot gjye. irnmoral Jnftitutcs, that a gri^t Qcpeial fumot giv$ ridiculous Orders. « - ^v ) . ..Vb^fi ,.-A$ »_'•••'.. •» .' I'^^^This Argunfienty howcveFi' ask iiuy b^ ifioqght too abilrad and metaphyseal /or the lytultitude, I d^^l pfk wave an^ prove it i^ pijieridri^ that tbjB Affcrtion of th? FfV^k «S an Impoiiibilky, from the Contents and Na- |ijjc of the Epiftle. ' i ' ' "■ ' 'V. Now I J i\ ^.^n [7l Now let me jud premife aod eiusfperaM aU the excellent Qualities of a General, j^hich are kooWn to ceilde in the fuppoTed Di£fauor pf this Epidle to Mr B k, to all which Fa^8 I can eafily call abundant Tedinnoo]^, and of which I have been frequendy an. Eyo* witnefs. , si ,v i First, no General fo judicioufly diilin- guiihes what Men ought to he chofen ht every kihd of Enterprize, either thofe.^who ^tc%o command or thofe who are tc obcy^i^ Secondly, no Commander has ever been more intelligent, explicit, and .ju£E^ in his Orders to all thofd whom he has appointed to command* . , ^ ' " r f;v'*i'"^^f^ ^- ^^^ k; Thirdly, no. Man is more acquainted with the Geography, Nature of the Place, aqd Nature of the Enemy, againft whom he fends ^n Aj^uiy^ or, pian$ an Expedition, by wha^ Methods Succels ought to be purfued, or is mofl eafily obtained. ki rvjcii lu: Poui^THLY, no General is fo well ikil- led in all the Precautions which are necei&ry iil ■ f' to prevent a Surprize, or the fpreadiog a Panic :toiFrii£lr!]»iLV^! na 'General &' Irol^ ^ under*- fiaiijda tlie Methods c^regolarl)^' fapplyiog an ^i]m]9tMlhj(ndin(StiyiiFrort£on8^ or tioiv it n^be.ti^rpQf^ imdkoa€^iM tio^ another ^vith the greateft Facility to the Soldiers. >n81i'x^LVy bo* Commandiilr. had ever ccpialled him ih dediniiig Troops to the Duties liaiv.viiudi tbejp arc »dfl|pted, fldn:> the raweft MiljdfliauBd Irsegdkrs to the beA difiiiplined and veteran Forces. i , [ AiLtX tfaefe' :Qo[alifications being acknow« kdgedrj^ £ilatwe- and Study ^to be inherent in his — , and Ofdm repugnant to them in the Letter -, it is eafy to prove fyl- logiftk^lly: that, he cannot be- the Au^or of Itiii^the following Manner i^^r^p'^t} ,>iu fcbfi'M Dfl f'lotiW f*niK«?n ,\iOMid[ uih 10 i^WiM Mifj^r^ No great General caiq be the Author fci of i;idictilo4S:-Ordtri4v:-^ zitsx^jB < Ij^nor. The fuppofed R 1 Didator is •^i: Ae greaite^ General in the World* uj *:v . Conclufionk T !!-^ y/ n ^n t^r T t '••■ .J?. ■** .f»'B ^ >i »'^ QoHciufibn. Therefore the R-^-^l Oidtato^ is not the Author of thole Orders^ ' However, waving this Proof, I fliall how proceed by the Argumtnis a pofleriori, when analyfing every particular Paragraph of the Letter, as printed 'n the Advertifer^ I (hall juft fhow, that in every Sentence there are tQ be found Contradidions-to all the above Qua- lifications of great military Skill j and thence fairly inferring it impoflibk that the Letter there printed can be fi om the R ' 1 Dicta- tor, boldly pronounce the whole a pertidiouSj Infidioub, bafe, and degenerate French For- gery. _"-'*--"-^' £-<• .jj^-, • ■h. v;fc,». -Ui,::^' The firft thing I (hall remark, is that fly ironical Sneer with which the L^-tter is in- troduced, and the Reafon for printing it. c ** Hague ^^une 7.1, The following Letter wrote by C 1 iV-» — -r to General B k^ and published by the French " Court, is very remarkable, if conlidered only as a Proof of the excellent military Skill of the P' e by whon? it Was di(5ia- tcd. ' This then is the Key to their In- C tent «c » •■i» v-iL ■,* f V .}:': 'u\- ill- tM, ^^y The Event of thefe Converfations proves the contrary of this being the Intent -^ becaufc, had that been the Defign, the great intuitive papacity of the fupppfed R-— ^1 Didtator WOUI4 [ H] would inftantly have difcovered, what was proved in the End, that he was unequal to the Bnterprize; beiides, it is impoflible he could have been thought on by this fuppofed R 1 General, to command an Army in Chief; he knew the Man had never feen Siege or Battle, was hot, impetuous, and incircumfpedt ; wherefore he never could have entered into Converfation to difcover the true Difpoiition and Turn of Mind of an Of- ficer, whofe Abilities he mud: be perfectly well acquainted with, and know to be une- qu^ to the Undertaking. ^^ , ^^,^ ^,,,^ ^^.^^^ Is It then within the reach of the Jiumari Belief^ that the Perfon, who is faid to be the R 1 Didlator of thofe Orders, can in one Paragraph have been guilty of fuch egregious Miftakes, as to fay, that he would add fome- ^hing fo th whole^ and give Advice which was better than all that had been (aid, when he had already given the wpole that could be faid i added to this, the Impiety of knowing more than his Sire who knows every thing, ^nd the long Converfations of finding out a Man's Capacity whom he knew perfedly VVCllbe|prC, •,::,. ,f.^:!- J . .'^^^-^'- - .. . , /i ' -, * . , , , Shameful ..^d ['S3 i« Shameful Behaviour for the Minifters of a crowned H'^id, even in Times of War, bafc Envy of exalted Talents, which even by this Attempt to efface, ye confefs fuperior, and muft terminate in your Dishonour, and his Glory. To preface the following abfurd Diredlions, by infinuating Nonfenfe, want of Duty, and want of Penetration in one Para- graph againd fo auguft a Perfon ; is not this fufficient to prove, beyond all poflible Contra- didlion, that thofe Words never fell from his Lips, and that the whole is one French For- gery of the blacked Dye, defigned with the mod malicious Views to calumniate him. one be ping ut a Idly PUL I SHALL now proceed to analyfe the fol- lowing Paragraphs, which will evidently illudrate the lad Truth and the Malignancy which it contains -, led the World (hould dill infid that the greated Genius may fometimes fall into Errors, and that one abfurd Para- graph is not fufficient to prove it a Forgery. " HisR. «c -IH- •fs has this Ser- vice very much at Heart, as it is of the ** highed Importance to His M y*s ^mer " rican Dominions, and to the Honour of " his . m t «6 ] ** his Troops employed in thofe l*arts* hid •* R 1 H -—^6 takes likewifc a '* particular Interefl in it, as it concerns you ** whom he recommended to His M* y ** to be nominated to the chief Command." i ^ And here Icar*^othe]p remarking, what will be more amp!) proved in examining the fiicceeding Paragraphs, that this Letter was written after the Death of Mr ^ > ■ i , con- fequently never found with his Papers afcet the Defeat, and is abfolutely founded on the Circumftances of the Battle, and Condudt of .;-^f w>., What are the Words importance to Hi i Majeftfs American Dominions^ but an ironi- cal and ludicrous Sarcafm on the InfufHciency of the Force which was fent, and that of the General who conducted them, flyly intimat- ing the m ' 1 Ncgled, which has all along appeared iince the Commencement of Hoftili- ties, with Refpedt to thefe Pans. And why was the Honour of the Troops inferted, but to throw a Sneer on the Behaviour of that Day in Soldiers and General, to call before the Eyes of all Europe, the fallen Reputation of our Army^ and the wretched Situation of '' our ■li! ::> >ftili- why but that lefore ition of n I bUr Coiohifes ; at the famci tihi^ cloting ih^ whole in a Sarcafm on the fuppofed great Didator, with his taking a particular Intereji in it, aS if he \Vas the ttecommenctir df th^ Gehc- ral, by this meanly attempting to throw thb whole Culpability oh the fuppofe4 R ■ 1 G -1: by the Word Intereji ^ fncerin^Jr. intimating the NigleSi ^ and by recommending the Gtnet-at^ the Mi/carriage oi xht Afl^r y as if the fuppofcd R— - — 1 Perfon had not Un- derf^anding fufHcient tb know the Importance of America to thefe. Realms^ v^hdt 'froop^ Were fafficieht for it's Defence, oV Difciirrt- tnent to chufe the General i and Coiiiedtifcritly* ai the Rbmdn Emperors triumj)hed fdr th6 Vidlories of their Generals, becaufe thfey had made a right Choice of th^ir tlommander^ that therefore the fuppofed R-^-^— ^I Didlatot' mufl fall into Contempt, becaufe b^ ha(!fe^ tested an improper Leader On this OccaiSon^ -i,.^ ,j >> ^ ^^-JU^J , ^ . ..I our 'SriOtJLiJ this obtain Credit, it Wy per- haps be faid, by fome Enemy to this gfeai Man, that C=— -^ ai;' Prejf—H Pahs, H-^Jjf fit i?:-— ;5, and St tfiil— ^.at Port /^O-^^ were all equally of his Choice, 4nd that; theit ill Succefs wa$ in like Manner imptit^lile td , .> i> nis il Hi his Deficiency of pifcernment !a what G — Is arc fit for commjind. , , ? ^ • *-* » * . .*■■''-'"■ " ■ ^•' ; y ^' t *»r»^ <« % ", . . ». ^ . I- . .' ' . ' t ' * ' "* * »' ' ■' Now as this is diametrically oppofite to ihe Jpyrft Article of ^onfummate GeneralKhip, fiireagy, acknowledge^ to refide in the fuppdfed j ^ - " , I Pidator, and is therefore prpved im- powbU to procee(] from his Lips ; fo it is in like Manner equally demoiiftrated to be im- po^bte, by Experiment, in the exquifite Skill iBLi^d Knowledge of Mankind, whiti:r::c>:) ^ ^' H IS A-^— ^1 H*^ 'n ' \;au> 8 bpfiiior! ti, that irhinediately after your landing, yot» confider what AttiBery and other liii^'- ments of Warit wtfl beiieceflkty'Wtrahr- portto H^iilis'Creakfdtycmt firft CJ^fitioQ on the Oto, that !t may not j^Uyaaln the Service; and that you ibriti a feiibhk Field-Train, with good Officers aiid Solr diers, which (hall be fenc to Albany ^^^n^ be ready tb march for the fecond Operation at Niagara j you are to take iinder your Command as many as you think necefTary, of the two Companies of ArtiHery that are in Nava-Scotia ^ndNewfoiindiandi as fbon as the Seafon will allow, taking Care to leave enough to defend the Ifland,'' '*' *^•"' 1- .jii- .U--' «Ui a.A»^;i ■t V This Paragraph feems levelled ag^inft th9 ^xcellepcips q{ thp fecppd and ^bird Artid^i pi cprpplcte Geqer^Khip, acknowledged ij) |the fappofed R*-«r-Trl pidtator , as well as againft tb^,)iiir():s ^nd infmuates, t^ac he^bio gavf ^nd,b(e,;whp received thpfe Orders wprea Pair pf^Cliildrei^, ftill to preferve the Jdea of infuf^ £cient Judgement in ^he fa)fly (uppafed Rer commender of this General ; as if it were pof- fib)e for the fuppofed auguft Didtf tor to have f^hpfen av.AjIan, \o ^yr}flptx\ he cQplc) thinly of giving (pb&rge to cpnlf^r w^a^. >vas nectary for ^ ijQ^lijtary.Enterpri^ ; Pij J^^t ^be General .^W j^f^ \^ ^•^. ;of At, .Of fet forward on an JE^fpe^jtioq w|tbou|t ^rtjllery and piilj^ary Implenaepts j it is not ff^ore J^bfur^ ;p. ijmaginei, tjbac the fame Man (hould want. Admonition ^Q Aapd out of the l^ain^ not to r|fie a Jqur- iiey witbput his (f orfe, or to pi^t on hi^ Bpots ^qr-tbat Purppfe. Vi mii* i-w .1 \c ^■'h 1'^ :» "( i^iiv .^y., Tjip following Part^ are defigned tp ridi^ pile the Parade of dragging, a Train o/j^rtUlery ^firoughendlefs pathlefs Woods, where every Advance ii^ufl be piade by the Dint pf Axes ^o cut uploads tbrough tbe Forefls, and all jp tajte a little Fpyt of np ^onfequence, a:\ ^ ^ 5> [ 21 ) |)ad the Expedition been rightly planned j aft ter all, taking Care iV dbestiQt fail you in th S^rvici : What a farcaflic Sneer is this on the Artillery never being once fired during ihc Attack from the French and Indians^ and the falling into the Enemy's Hands ; unmannerly Triumph, infolent Exultation, as if the fup- pofcd Ri . v 'l Didtator did not know that the Forells oi America were unlike the Plains of Flanders, and therefore that Cannon were improper Implements to be dragged through pathleds Wpods, fubjedting the Soldier to endr Jefs and ineile^^ual Toil. . nioii ^sn;'^ ntm : 'This Infinuation, bafe as it is, is infinitely (hort of the remaining Part of this Paragraph ; .which, by firft ordering B' k to attack :4u ^fne, and then Niagara, would alledge .that the f^ppofed R— ^ — I Dictator was the (Planner, pfth^ laft Campaign in Americ0. •Would a Mari of complete Knowledge in the ,^rt of W^r eyer rifque an Arnoy through endr lefs Fatigue: and Danger, to cfFedt nothing ? J)id Hanm^al^ ^cifiOi Cyrus , Alexander, Epa- minondas, ^urenne Marlborough, Edward the filack Prince, or Harry V. or any other Hero^ S^ncient or nuxlern, ever order fo filly a Thing? &^ a y^9L^ then, ii^ whom (he fuperior Quar i liMcg X. I lli Ihiesof all thektmitei hvrt OMttfhkedd fueh « Midake? The Thing ic«rci$>^«(eFV>i>6 sun Anfwer^ yet I am reiblved ka give M 6M, sUid make itftiefe fir^fi' &ai8Aufel$ lyMb t6 iik BonOy and tJade Urfao^^woald ]^e€redi<4oi^ finr ufans iBKaa liiiinbaUQn^ a «ai w^ni ^ai^i.: %i^^'M(om.yuR will take t%e 'Pains W look into the Map of jimerica^ &9d where Fort tht ^ttefne i^ ^fitbated, and a^ irom what Quarter, Supplies a(^ Men are bmught fto ihat ^«xt, idH be tont^ed inftan^f tli^ a||4helb niuil come from ^ekec In Oahi»di^^ 'cnoUnting the River St Lawrence^ paffing through the iUkes rO;«^tf m ' attd lE)^r/>, ild^ a ^houland Mifs^ m Diiaticd, ^iid Khiit thofe Supplies jtove no other i«^ pf bebg tranfported to dii i^Jkty At the ^sttm time ihik Niagara lies lietween ^eimf trtdr/u^^peyXhro* ^vhich 4307 nmfl of necc^cy pafs : Would an^^Man .-wiho mud know^thk' ha^ m'Adt^if Stuefne (he -firft Objcfc of ft wiitwary Opfermif^ laking the wrong End for the right : Is this poffible, ye Frog-roafting Rafcals ! ye Soupr meagre Thieves ! ye Popifh Dogs ! you fhall. meet your Re w^rd for this Infolence. Ezcdufe my PaiHon on this Occa^on, my Countrymen ! Again, the Sneer on j B ■! ■ ^V Weafcnefs to want, and che fuppofed great Recommender to, give, Diredions, mot to take all the Com- |>anies of Artillery from Nova Scotia sind NeW' fQundlandy as if iuch Things could poffibly be imagined by a General, but taking Care to leave enough to defend the Ifland j by this> hidmatiiig, either the fame Ignorance in Geo- graphy, that Nova Sc f6 that on his Death the Command in chief fell ' \ t . J ■ > -f- ' ! i upon an old Attorney ^ The next Paragraph is f^ill equally fur- prifing and extraordinary^ and feems defigned to dedroy the third Article of military ExceU fence* •■> ,.,,,^^.- ^- -■ » 'i: fhWutu S- ' . ■•«4" "ki -— /v's and P* ments are near compleat, his R-»-^ — 1 « H fs thinks you (hould caufe therti '^ to encamp, not only that they may be the ^' fpeedier difciplined, but alfo to draw the ** Attention of the French, and keep them in ** Sufpence about the Place you really delign ** to attack.." t.;i:'.'..-h C-; ir^viv^ i?^>^f He^e thck French Slanwers' hav6 art^. fully inflnuated one good Reafon for this 'briLi Order, )xcGh :^:\\ Til ►4 [ 25 ] Order, to give an Air of Probability to the fccond, which is ludicrous. . I f~j,k ^ ■ t % til J i.^lP » i'''*ii^%^,f-M, Ci ■ "'■" *'■" r ••■•<'' 'J i ■ f •' • The encamping, to be fooner difcipHned, has fome Grounds for the Command ; but their being drawn together to conceal the In- tent, is of all others the moft ridiculous in that Country, and therefo." the leaft poffible ' to have been ordered. In Flanders, where Towns are almoft as thick.as Trees in Ame- ricdy a Defign may eafily be difguifed, or what City fhall be next attacked, /'here Num- bers may not be more than one Day's March . from the Encampment ; but in America, the Troops being kept in one Camp, would by- the Proximity of the next Fort, where the Diftances from each other are immenfe, and but one Road to each, rather decide the In- tent tha« difguife it ; more efpecially, as but two Forts can be the reafonable Objeds of their tirft Attack, Niagara and Crown-Point, ■ ■ ' I " ' ' ' ■ ■ .'* ' , ' '■ 1 ■•'-«■-■■■ • ■ . . V . . ■,■■,■.'.: This then was defigned to throw a Ridi- cule upon the third Article of military Excel- lence, and infinuate want of Genius in mili- tary Affairs, where all Things are conducted by Similitude and Parallellariiy 5 as if, be- caufe an Army encamped in Flanders, may £ difguife :i ! [ 26 ] diigutib it's Defign of attackinf^ any particular Fortrefs, from the Muitittide of Towns which are in that Country ; that therefore an Army encamped in America^ can difguife it*s De- fign of what Town to attempt, where there are fcarce any at all; or that, becaufe as nu- merous Towns require great Attention and Knowledge in the General of the Enemy, in the Diftribution and Number of the Garrifons, which to make flrong and which to leave weak, from the Incertainty of a fudden Attack; that therefore the French Troops in America would weaken one Fortrefs to ftrengthen ano- ther, when there were Forces enough for both, and only two to be defended. No Satire cuts fo keen as the Imputation of fuch Orders, which, though applicable and right in one Place, are falfe and abfurd in another ; it de- Aroys all the Merit of original th*..\king in a General, by it's being the Mimickry of mili- tary Knowledge, aiid trite Obfervation on the Conduct in populous Countries, inapplicable in thofe which are ngt fo. At the fame time this Order carries a farther Sting on *S lf% Delay at Albany^ which gave the French at Niagara the Opportunity of making that Place impofliblc to be attacked that Cam- paign. ticular which Army s De- there 1 and ly, iQ ■ifons, ^ leave ttack; nerica I ano- h for Satire rders, I one it de- ; in a mili* n the cable time :h at that ?am- aign. t ^7 ] paign. Are the Orders in this Paragraph, the Di(^atcsof that fuppofed auguft Commander? The following Paragraph being fo Angu- lar in it's Kind) verging fo vehemently to the ludicrous, and fo palpably defigned to deftroy all Belief of the fourth Article of military Excellence, makes it impoffible to be paiTed by without dividiiig it into Sentences, -'f ' t "The moft flrid Difcipline is always neceflary, but more particularly fo in the " Service you are engaged ; wherefore his R 1 H — ' — fs recommends to you, that it be conflanlly obferved amongft the Troops under your Command, and to be particularly careful that they be not thrown into a Panic by the Savages, from feizing, ** with whom they are yet unacquainted, and whom the French will certainly cm*- ploy to frightep them," , , , (?M i -)»< ^ ' u »t) £ z 'JL,J You i ■ I- Ifc'v;*^' 7 1. rr; . [28] You are required to keep your SoWiers to ftrift Difcipline, left they fliould be thrown into a Panic : What Connexion can there be between the ftrideft Difcipline and warding againft a Panic ? , : • ^H^\ ^rwor^.:^.: ;ii You are defired to exercife your Soldiers ten Times a Day, to keep off a Panic ; you are defired to change the Guard every Hour, to keep off a Panic j you are defired to make them move their Legs altogether, to keep off a Panic; you are defired to fee that thefr Shoes are well blacked, and their Hair pow- dered, to keep off a Panic ; you are defired to make them dine exadly at Twelve, to keep off a Panic. ,' .1... SuipPosiNG all thefe Orders, and many more, were ftridly obferved j that the Sol- diers were all in Bed as regularly as their Arms are grounded, at the beating the Tat- toQ, and up again, in the fame Manner, at the Reveiller 5 what would that fignify to the preferving them from a Panic ? Exercife and Difcipline being only corporeal Occu- pations, muft be very imperfedt Prefer vatives againft the Apprehenfion of Objeds which affedt diers to thrown bere be ;^arding ;>;.';.;!,* Soldiers : ; you Hour, omake :eep off X thefr r pow- defired ve, to many le Sol- their Tat- er, at ify to ercife >ccu- atives 'hich lafFedl '■'1 [ 29] affed: the Mind with Fear ; as efFedual^ perhaps, as bidding little Rory make Crofs- Windows on his Bread and Butter, to keep him from being afFraid of Apparitions in the Dark ; or bore Holes in the Bottoms of his Shoes to cure him of Cowardice. » ^ ) 7C'! u^.nn Would any of thefe Commands have acquainted the Soldiers with the Nature of their Enemy: Was it want of Difcipline that gave the Panic at Prejion-Pans^ Falkirk^ and Port /'OnV«/, i- ;..:., •.. ...^^ itUvi.;; ••■^•:.>i "f-y The being familiarized with the Objects againft which Men are to engage, can only prevent a Panic; wherefore, the fuppofed great Didlator would certainly, on fuch an Occafion, have ordered the General whom he could chufe, to make Intereft and Friendftiip with the .Indians^ that the Sight of them might be common in the Eyes of his Troops ; be would have commanded advanced Parties of thofe and the Englijh Soldiers to be fent into the Woods together, that by little Skir- mifhes they might have been habituated to fuch Rencounters without Dread ; and, by firing Signals to each other from the moft diftantly advanced, thofe more near the -"' Armyj li.ll -1 !;l M Eli' [30] Army, might have alarmed the main Bcxiy with the approaching Enemy, recovered their Minds from the firft Influence which fudden Attacks are apt to nnrake, and prevented all Apprehenfion of a Panic, by being prepared for the Enemy's Approach, and for meeting them without Intimidation. « « ■ -t. ♦ s^ \tm' \o This, or much better Advice, the fup- pofed R ■ ■ 1 Didtator would have given, and not ordered Men to black their Shoes and powder their Hair to prevent a Panic ; like the Dodor who advifed (having the Head to prevent Corns on the Toes« or drinking Balm Tea to cure a broken Leg. /}' The Term of Seizings I fuppofe, is in- tended as a Sarcafm on thofe Englijhmen who ihamefully ran away in America^ whofe An- ceftors ufed to feize and worry you like Bull- Dogs, ye French Rafcals ; but ye fhall find that the Spirit of Jet zing a Frenchman is not yet loft in this Country, whenever the Inha- bitants, permitted to have Arms, are com- manded by him whom you affect to flander. Do not the Circumftances of this Sentence prove, that this Letter was . formed after the Defeat of £— i^F Can it be conceived that -I A the ^ ■s n Bcxiy ;d their fudden nted sdl repared neeting le fup- given, oes and :; like lead to rinking .- ■ • ' - H is in- m who e An- Bull- 1 find is not Inha- com- ander. ntence er the »ithat the { [ 31 ] the auguft Pcribn to whom it is afcribed, who has beheld the brave Adiions of oar Troops at Fontenoy^ could ^ priori have ima- gined, that a Britijh Regular would jbave been intimidated by a wild Indian or Caaa^ dian Frenchman, \ ; \\\ ;^W{»:j y\ . r .' rr** The next Sentence is no Ic^s renaarkabl^ij? ■-' »-?« - •ir -■% '■r « His R- -IH- •^fs reconamends */' ,<|hii;0 '<:.%,: By the iicft Part of this Sentence the Reader muft naturally believe, that the Ge- neral was two diftindt Perfons, being firft ad^ monifhed never to fleep Night or Day, and the Colonels ordered to do the fame $ and, fecondly, that pu yourfelf fet them thc^ Example. :"ljj^dv. . . ^ . ' y.z \'\ h. :icnh;; Who was the firft jc?//, to whom the vif Iking the Troops, Night and Day, was re- commended ? x^/ ■ !ii ! C 32] commended ? It cannot be the General 3 be- caufe it would be ridiculous, after the Co- lonels and other Officers are ordered to do the fame^ that you yourfelf again be commanded to fet them the Example, when you muft have done it before, in Obedience to the lirft Command : Who this you and you yourfelf are, is therefore as difficult to reconcile, as whether Prince Prettyman be, or be not, a Fiflierman's Son, as it is, in the Rehearfal^ aded by that celebrated Comedian Mader Garrick. rli jf^^tl >» i» '■^AK', -W k '-1 u er, no Com- feen a idition fore as f Mr prized 7roops ^ill be is yet 6Mi- I con- veys ^ ^ i 33 ] Veys an tdea yet more cruel than the totmtt is ridiculous. I^{4 Would a P-**-^d^ whofti Mercy ^2& fd confpicuoufly manifeftcd during the lad un-^ . natural Rebellion in Scotland^ have giveil fuCh Orders ? He whofe conftant Charge it Was to all his Army, to fp re the Innocent i Sparc f.he Innocent, he cried, Women and Children Cannot have offended or rebelled^ let not the Punifhment of the Guilty touch the Guiklefs ; moft of the common Men txt through Blindn^fs^ or are mifled by Preju- dice, let them be fpared alfoi Mercy and Conqued {hall always be Companions where-* ever my Arms prevail } my Ambition is td reconcile the mod obdlnate Subjects to thd Clemency of the prefent Reign. In Obe- dience to thefe Orders it is imagined that (o few Women and Children were flopped into their Hovels and burntj and thzx. Loek-^i and S c t, contrary to their Natures^ werd rendered fo benign and milky-hearted aftel' the Defeats CaK then the L^<9/^j^^ change his Spot^i or the Mthiopian his Skin ) or can thofe hu^^ tnane Lips, .vvho pronounced the Words of F Pity urn 1:34] Ph^ AgftttiA thofe indign Rebels to tfie Crown, have lofl their Nature, and uttered, that no Excufe (hall fave the Britijh and loyal Soldiers from a Fault which cannot be imputed to them ? r'.- •» - Is it not the peculiar Province of the Offi-* cers to provide advanced Parties and Scouts to prevent Surprize ; and (hall the common Soldier be punished for his Officer's Ncgle^ of Duty } How (hall they perceive the Ap- proach of an Enemy, which the General negledts to difcover i or, inftantaneoufly pre- , pared on all Sides, turn to op[>ore an Enemy livhich fuddenly invades them« I ' .> 1 » , ■ A '. -'i!*llis Sentence then i;^as evident^ intro- duced to create an ApprehenHon in the Sol^ diers, of Cruelty in the BoTom of him whoie Whole Life has been equally one continued Aft of Mcrcyj though fuch genuine Occa- fions of proving it in E^ghnd^ have not yet been afforded him as in Satiand, ; Tttis Paragraph then, if ever anything Was, is more than impofUble to have pro- ceeded fiom the Lips of this fuppofed aui^H Di^tOFj being a mtferable Compound of ^ ^ Folly I I [35 J Folly and Cruelty, aod abfolutely contra* di^tory to the fecond and fourth Articles of military Excellence, » » » <*" "MiO r. i.'Xi *>» U L n T me proceed tp analysse the rcnuunlng Paragraphs, the next of which is not a little iingular, extraordinary, and impoHible to be givea by him to whom it is alcribed. . ]r ,; j. (( - Very farcaflical indeed, Monfieur; yoa have written this Paragraph long fince you have known that the Obia Expedition was F 2 finiflicd m H>\\fik-\ [ 36 ] . finished in an Hour, and that no OfHcer un« dcr Mr B k was thought fit to be in* ^rufled with the Command in Chief. Very fneering, indeed, you call that a nice Affair to determine, whether a Man 0iall refolvc to Attack du ^efne, which cannot affedt Mj- fara^ or Niagara^ which mud caufe the Surrender of du ^efne^ reducing B ■ k^ ^nd even his fappofcd R— -■ — 1 Recommender, to a more defpicable Situation than the Afs between two Bundles of Hay, which was fufpencied by the Equality of the ObjcdSi whereas you have infinqated thofc Generals to be held in Sufpence by unequal Qbjeds, the next Paragraph declaring Niag(ira of the greatejl Confequence, , -*<^' This ud gentleman-like Infinuation, feems ^eugned to invalidate the Force of the feconq piiUtary Excellence alfo. Believe me, it is in vain 5 your Army may as well take Gi- braltar^ by throwing Egg!i at it, as dimiitifh fhe Fame of him againil whom this whok ]VIa)ice is intended. - f Now follows another Paragraph of Orders, iqually malicious and impoffibje, * '•' '"* ■,4,.,.-'i.i#.t*,,|i icer un* be in* Very e Affair ifolvc to a Nia- ufe the nender, the Afs ch was )bjcd$| lerals to dts, the of thip , feems feconq it is ke G?- mioiifh whole Orders, > '-1 ■* t 37 ] 'i..-' /I >' . fi- rjrvf rifi »''i 't "If after the Oi&/(7 Expedition is ended, ** it (hall be neceiTary for you to go wkh yout ** whole Force to Niagara, it is the Opinion " of his R 1 H- fs, that you •* (hould carefully endeavour to find out a *' (horter Way from the Ohio thither, than ♦* that of the Lakes, which however ye arc not to attempt under any Pretence whatfo- ever, without a mora^ Certainty of being fupplied with Provifion, &c. As to your •* Defign of making yourfelf Mafter of Nia^ " gara^ which is of the greateft Confequence, *• his R-m — 1 H-^ -fs recommends it ^* to you, to le3ve nothing to Chance in the ** Profecution of that Entcrprize." l^: <( u « v^ cc Ip This Order of finding a fhorter Way by Land than through the Lakes, is another fe- vere Sneer upon the cutting down whole Fo- refts to make a Road to du ^ejhe, where the Englijh Army never ought to have gone j bqt ^s that Command has been already proved impoflible to proceed from the fuppofed great Dictator's Mouth, fo mud this for the fame Reafon; befides which, the diredling B— — k to find a fhorter Way than through the Lakes^ |S the groffeft Affront that ever was offered to i !'■ !' r litit' ,»l I i:ii ii:::| [38] fo auguft a Perfon. Can the R ■ 1 General have imagined, that there is a fhorter Way than a Itrait Line between two Points ? Or would he have given fuch Orders, without ob-p ferving, that a Line drawn between du ^efne and Niagara, muft pafs through almoft r. huwiif«?d Miles in leoeth of tjhe l^ke Erk? ACoMMANDthe like of this, is juft fay- ing, Go the fartheft Way about, fpend me two or three Months in cutting Roads for a hun- dred Miles through Forcfts, otbcrwife impaf- fable, harafs your Men and Horfes to death with ncedlefs Fatigue, lofe your Artillery in the Road, lay yourfelves open to momentary Ambufcade, Sicknefs, and Death, notwitb- (landing you can pafs the whole Way by Water in a few Days without Labour or Dan- ger, carrying all the Ammunition, Baggage, and Provifion, with the greateft Care to the whole Army. This was contrived to deftroy the Belief of the fourth Article of military !p3fcelleace, A 3 to the attempting the Paffage by Land or Water, without a moral Certainty of Prp- vifion, it is nu^rally certain equally ridiculous ^ yet at the fame tin^e a tenth Pact of the Prcn yifion, iLand Prq- lous I Pror ifion^ [ 39 ] vifiort, which h ten limes as eafily provideB, will be fufficient by Water, which is neCv^ffary by Land ; becau(« the Journey will npt: take up a tenth Part of the Tinie. . '' ::1^;"' .^' ;' The laft Sentence i*, however, eminently beyond all the former, it is only to be paral- lelled by itfeif, as has been already mod hap- pily exprefled and remarked, by former Wri- ters on former Occafions, ' * "^ " 4 J 'i i* cc " Yo u are to leave nothing to Chance in profccuting the Siege of Niagara^" This, indeed, would have been moft ex- cellent Advice, if, like Harlequin's dead Hor fe, it had not one fmall Fault attending it, that of Uv'ver being capable to be of Ufe, For Ex- amplej, by what kind of Sagacity, though the A ;? • :rjition Was ever fo well recommended, ^ If B k have guarded againft the CO Chinee uf being killed by a Shot from the Fortification, if he went to the Siege ; the Chance of being beaten by a fupecior Number of the Enemy, the Chance of being out-gene- ralled by the antagonift Commander, the Glance of Sicknefs and Death of him and his cjops, the Chance of Interception of Provi- fion. (If..! mM ig ilt!:! I "I I'ir [ 40 ] iion» and ralfing the Siege through Want of Supplies, and the Chance of a thoufand other Accidents? When fuch Orders are given with- out telling how they may be put into Exccjl* tion. What is it but commanding Impoilibi* lities ? And whoever had received this Com* mand, to leave nothing to Chance in attacking Niagara J ought to have conlidered it as an abfolute i >^*^iHition from attempting it at all, the only Mc ^d by which all Chance of Mif* carriage could have been avoided* Wo UL p then the fuppofed auguft Didator have given fuch abfurd Diredions ? who, not* withftanding his fuperior Prowefs and military Kaowledge, has proved at Fontenoye and La^^ valle, that he may chance to be beaten ? Who can give Credit to fuch perfidious Forgeries ? But the time of Accoun.^ is approaching, you French Dogs ! when Mr ^r " ■ ' r*s Friends (hall lay you ten to one, if you love Chances, that ye (hall chance to be beaten. But let mo proceed. - The next Paragraph very well merits your peculiar Attention* ■...■ t'. u With 5-, 'i t4V] i\ }your ITH *c \^j Y J, regard to the reducing otCroivfi" Point, the provincial Troops being beft acquainted with the Country will be of the mofl Service ; after the taking of this Fort^ his R 1 H** fs advifes you to confult with the Gov rs of the neigh- bouring Provinces, where it will be mofl: proper to build a Fort to cover the Fron- tiers of thofe Provinces; as to the Forts which you think ought to be built (and of which they are too fond in that Country) his K ' ' 1 K— — ■ • ■ " T s recommends the the building of them in fuch Manner, that they may not require a ftrong Garrifon j he is of Opinion that you ought not to build confiderable Forts cafed with Stone, *till the Plans and Eftimates thereof have beert approved by the Government* Here his R 1 H-^ ^ — fs thinks that flockad- ed Forts with Pallifades and a good Ditch, capable of containing Two Hundred Men, or Four Hundred upon an Emergenoy, Will be fufficient for the prefent." " The firft Sentence of the above Paragraph places it beyond all Controverfy, that the whole Letter is a French Forgery, dcligned Q to cc and Q,t^ario^ and huil^in^ ufeiefs Fo/ts withput ^tt^cliing i, i ..„ G 2 the [ 44 1 i*«e French ; ^ if when the Forts of Crowfi^ ^oint and J^fagara were taken, there could be any Occafion fpr bpildin^ new opes on the .Frontiers. ... . , * <- ,i,i . t... ., \\ The Forts which, whijd in their Hands, ^re beft s^dapted to preferve their Country from the Inroads of the Englijh j will, when in ours, b? equally proper to prevent Incuf- fionS from them, as Strajbourg in the German Poffeflion would oppofe the French lovafions of Germany y equally as well as it does in the pands of France, t|ie German Invafioqs of prance. .^y- ' ,' ■ t.-v' i ■ The Fondnefs of jfmerifans for Forts ^Ifo, is a caqflic Sneer on the Negled which the Governors of our Provinces have all along paid to that neceflary Objedl j an Inattention fatal to Englifi jimerica, becaufe, without fuch Places, it is impoflible the Briti/h Sub- jects can become cpn(iderab}e among th^ In- dians : Firft, thefe Forts ferve to annoy all with whom we are hpftilely concerned, whe- ther French or Indian 5 then to encourage thp Native? with whom we are in Friend(hip, by affording them ftrong Holds for the Security pf theif old Men, Womep, and Children, ' - agaipft I could on the ^ands, buntry when Incuf- rerman vafions in the ons of Forts which along ntion ithout Sub- |e /«- .y all whe- th^ inti '. [ +5 ] againd their Enemies, whilft their HuibandSy Brothers, Sons, and Relations, fight our Bat- tles ; for it feems Duty and Love are not yet quite worn out by our mixing amongft them, ~- - '' In Obedience to this Way of Thinking, the French have built Forts in very various Parts of that vaft Continent, beyond the great Lake Michigan j to which Condudi it is in a great Meaiure owing, that they are hourly gaining Ground in the AfFcdtions of the Natives, and the Englijb lofing it. -f KJ-%- »V ^ MVouLD the P e to whom thefe Or- ders are afcribed, whofe political Knowledge is equal to his military, have given fuch Pre- cautions about building Fortifications ? Would he have advifed the erefting fuch Forts, which, being fmall and far from Relief, muft have fallen the unaffifted Prey of the French, whenever they pleafed to attack them ? ♦ / - HI* J»1'«J Would not fuch Proceedings have told the Indian Nations, that the Englijh want either Corjdudt or Courage to defend their PofTeffions ; which Thought, in Indian Heads^ piufl naturally influence their Alli- ances, lit! [46] ances, and incline them to unite with a Peo- ..ple, where the Phaenomena of Good Senfe are niore confpicuoufly p^ceived. •:>***■ J't U I N like Manner, is not the Recommenda- tion of fending home Plans, and not cafing the Forts with Stone, a moft fevere Satire on the Governors of American Provinces, who have conftantly put the Money in their Pockets which has been nationally deiigned for the Purpofe of building Fortifications, and comes with double Acrimony when it falls from the Lipi of our perfidious Adverfaries, who triumphantly behold the Roguery of our Govjernors, Difgrace of the Nation, and .Ruin of our Plantations ! v,,,?,,^ >. .; ,. ;,. ,' f/ This PafTage, indeed, being fo much a-kin to tnat delicate Satire which was fo re- ^larkable in the fuppofed Didator, when a Child, and Lord C—Jl — d frequented the Court, I could eafily believe might be hi?, but that all the other Parts of the Letter ab- ^lutely contradid it. . a^. ' jr^, cr.ir- /fr This Wit then muft be placed to the French Account, as well as the Malice which is& cjofcly linked witj) it.„... , ^,^ ' r ^ ; li j.y .. I There [47] ! There is nothing which tends to'fcniSer Men more ridiculous, than giving the mo(t trite Admonitions, under an important Aic^ of Ccmfcqucnce and Difcovery 5 particularly if it be accompanied with a deep Pretenfion of forefecing what no Man ever miffed feeing that had Eyes. This malicious Defign, I muft own agaiijil my 'Will, the French Mi- nifters have hit off with fome Succcfs in the enfuing Paragraph, t. ^ ':M>^-.y t.'M ,jui i »« I jrii '/' ' ...» ^ , . -., ^ cc (C (C "As Lieutenant-C — —I L e, who ** commands in Nova S tf, hath long " projected the taking Beaufejouf ; his R 1 H fs advifes you to con- fult with him, both with Regard to the Time and the Manner of executing that Defign.*' • • - •" *'i • ;.;.vsHv/ ■■■■■■'■■-. .f.-u:\ .';,,; ' y. 'i^ :i:. -i: I •■ ^::,:j?Sj^'^ ' A VERY fenfible and fhrewd Admonition, upon my Word, Monfieur j as if the fup- pofed great Didator imagined any General would fet about interfering in another Ge- neraPs Province, without firft confulting him upon that Head, .. ^ But [48] V • But now comes the great Command, and equal Proof of his Forefight and intuitive Perception. . rt, i-- -, i . -^ «vl r<". This Forefight is not inferior in Excel- lence to the great Difcovery of Sir Ham Shane ^ in his Hiftory of Jamaica, where he aflures us, that Sheep, which are brought from the Continent to that Jjland, are brought in a Ship. Do you, by this Artifice, Villians, mean to infinuate, that the R 1 Ge 1, like the Dodlor in Phyfic, is no more than an old Woman ? It (hall not fucceed, mor Ami^ it will never be believed; your meagre Troops (hall forely feel the contrary. W E are now happily arrived to the laft Paragraph, which is no lefs replete than the former, with Proofs that this Letter has beea forged fince the laft American Campaign. cc (C eBa;]e " put you in MinH \ ". """^ceiTary to <»,"yordG™dmj,U,„,„jp„t,„ <« c [ 53 ] I was young, and fird began to ride on Horfeback ; Sandy , fays (he ten times, be fure you do not fall from your Horfe 5 but never inftrudted me how to ride with Secu- rity, or how to be a good Horfeman j by which Means I fell as often as if the good old Woman had never given me her Advice at all. ) I.,: '..,■■ '<''■ : ■' -^ -ii*- •'"•; ■ ■*.«i. ■ ^ v.: Can then the celebrated Didator, to whom this Letter is falfly afcribed, give Or- ders like an old Wife, ye French Rafcals ? It is not pofliblci ye have forged this Repe- tition of Advice againfl Surprize, upon the glaring Circumftance of Mr B ^'s being furprized in the Adtion of his Defeat. ^ ■■**«» %■•■ ■ . . . . ■ . J *i . - The mentioning Winter Quarters, the Apprehenfion of the Difficulty of fubiifting the Troops, and giving the chief Attention io that only, feems a Satire defigned to reflect on putting the Army into Winter Quarters in the middle of Auguft^ to prevent all Danger of fufFering by Winl, in a Country which abounds with Provifion, when the Operations might have been continued two Months longer. Would ye impute this Order, alfo, to the gr(ea( General, whom ye have forged [ 54 ] V as the Author of this Letter, when it is im- poflible his Genius could have fuggefled, that ^ny OfBcer could conceive fuch an ab(brd Deiign, or know of it, 'till, perhaps, Months fl^ter the Thing was put in Execution T This fingle Circutnflance proves the whde an egre- gious Falfhood, and utterly impoffible to have efcaped his Lips ; as if the chief Care of a great Commander, was only that his Troops (hould have full Bellies and look fat, in pre- ference to conquering their Enemies and ferv-' ing their Country. h /^ ut; ^ - ;f h^^j .V'.'l Y E Soup-meagre Rafcals ! ye Sallad-eating Thieves ! ye Pbaroab*s Lean-kine ! I fee this Sarcafm, contained in this Sentence, againft the Plumb-Pudding and Roaft-Bcef of Old Eng- land -^ Sirrahsl we can iight as well as eat. This proceeds only from pure Envy of our eat- ipg, from the happy and thriving State in which we are at prefent, and the Chagrin of the declin-<- ing flarving Condition, which ye feel hanging over ye ; Hogarth has already, and fhall again, t^He ample Vengeance on ye for this Affront. »v»- The next Sentence, which crovvns the whole, i find ye have imagined too extraor-* djnary to he put into the Mouth of that aur s^ft [ 55 ] gufl Perfon, for whom ye have forged thd preceding Orders. And therefore ye havd made the Writer in his own Perfon fay, I hope that the extraordinary Supply put on hoard the Fleet, and the tboufand Barrels of Beef dit^mtdi to your Ufe, will facilitate^ and fecure the fupplying of the Troops with Provifion, &c"f ., .,.,^ ,....n^ > (C «c « cc cc This Hope I (hall venture to pronounc^e is' as well grounded a Hope as ever Chridiati entertained : What can be a more reafonable Hope, than that extraordinary Supplies, and a tboufand Barrels of Beef will facilitate and fecure the fupplying of the 'Troops with Provi-* fon ? Inlinuating, I fuppofe, that our M— - — rs were more careful of fending Beef, than good Officers to America ; defigning alfo, that as the firft Paragraph began with a Butt^ that the laH: (hall terminate with a Hope^ where it is fcarce poffible for a Hope to enter, and is not much better than Nonfenfe^ ' D o ye imagine then, that this Gentleman Was capable of hoping that fo much Beef and Provifion would be a Supply, when he knew it was a Demonjiration that it mufl be fo? Sirrahs! we jE>;7|^/{/2>f»^;2 eat Beef and Pud* ding X i [56] ding too^ in great Quantities, and gloiy ia itj and fo would you alfo, if you could, ye Starvelings 1 But our Officers know that Hop^ cxprefTes feme Poffibility of the Objeds mif- ca^rying, which is hoped for 5 we don't hope for that which. we 2Xtjure we poffefs, or hope that Men will be fupplied with the Beef and Provifions, which we are convinced they carry along with them. But we hope to fee all you Rafcals well drubbed by Land and Sea, paying ample Atonement for the unpa- rallelled Infolence of forging this Letter, and afcribing it to the fuppofed R — — 1 Didtatdr. iivvi ^;■ a." Having thus, by Syllogifm, Arguments a priori and a pofteriori^ proved the Impoffi- bility of this Letter being authentick, I now afk Pardon for feme few indecent Efcapes of warm Expreffions againfl: our Enemies the French^ even Enemies, in my humble Opinion, requiring a humane Treatment ; but as the Nature of the Subjedt was in itfelf fo inte- refting to every Briton^ it was impofiible for me not to burn with Anger againft that (I cannot contain myfelf ) perfidious Nation, which thus artfully attempted to fap every Article of military Excellence in the falfly fup- pofed Didator of that Letter to Mr B k. As ■.■\ \^] 'As it is impoflible, therefore, t6 forefee "' how far the Orders in that Paper may gain the Credit of being genuine among the Great, and little Vulgar of B •• », and even a- mongft the People of other Nations, where ' the French have, with the greateft Affiduity, ^ fpread their Memorials 5 I have, therefore, thought it thy Duty to analyze every Parii- cular of it, however unequal I may be to the undertaking fuch a Subjedt, and demon (Irate that a Phaenomep.on the like of that, could never fall from the Lips of him to whom it is thus falfly afcfibed -, and that the whole is an Artifice of the French to leflen the Opi- nion of the World, whiph is at prefen^ fo greatly in his Favour. ^^^^'^ '^^ / , ^ ' , ? ^ All the Pain I find upon this Occafion is, the not being able to write the French Lan- guage as it ought to bej by which Means this Analyfis will be impeded from fpreading wherever the French Memorials have gone before, and pulling up the Mifchief which has taken Root, from the Diligence of the French fovving that pernicious Seed of Ca- lumny. •■ ' ' . ' ' •> Ml II,,,. J I« ff [ sB 3 ^: I' ,1 I N xonfequence of this, I (hall requeft fome one honeft French Refugee of thofe, who in all theic Converfations are fo ftridlly attach'd to the Honour of England j and To violent againft their own Countrymen, particularly on the late Occafions of La GalliJfQniere and Mar- shal Richlieu^ to tranilate the^p Reafons, which are humbly offered to tbp Goniidera^ tion of all Europe, as an authentic Proof of that Letter to Mr B k being all, a Frmcb Forgery i and to obviate all th^ Malignancy which it contains, by endeavouring to convey an Idea, that no gre^t General could be the; Dilator of ibch an Epiftje. ^, ^^ ^.^-^.j^ ^. , The TDeugn of this Forger yip o\xr per» Jidious Enemies (I muft fay it) was, I pre* fume, to deftroy our almoft only Hope of Succefs, being convinced that the M " r in , ij^hief, and in the Marine, were not a little funk in the People's Opinion and Efleeni ; they therefore raflily concluded, that by iniinuating the Idea of the Head of the A— -y being alfo unequal to the great Command, that a general Defpondency might feize the whole Nation, if, peradventurc, they fliould give Credit to a Belief of this Letter 1 being C 59] beiDg wrilten by the Perfon to wisom k (k felflyaiqribed. .i.uh u> .^-MU^A-nim *n^ij U I As too many Perfons, Enemies to the (ufH poi^d great Didator^ h^ve^ Nyith too much feeming Pleafure, defcai^ted on thisX^ter as a Piece of Pecnondratipp that the Author of it could not be equ^l ^o the Commai)d of a G— 1 in Chief,'! thought it a Du ■' .. ••, . ' ■ "' .,. ..^ ^ \ Matre Dea monftrante viam^ , Having thus, from an honeft Heart, and without Guile, cleared my Mind of that Heavinefs which hung upon it, through Fear oi thofe ill EfFedts which a more general Belief oi that Letter being genuine and au- thentic might create, I take my Leave, wi(hing all poflible Succefs to the Armies of the R 1 Fa — ly, #d this Nation, ftiU ready, to defend them by Ink as the Troops are by Arms, from all the AtU :ks of our infidious ^nemies the French, FINIS. -n, P E R R A T A. AGE lo, line iq for began reiA begun* 33» laft line for nuho read lohicb. 38, line I g for care read ea/e, 41, line 1 2 dele tbe. 54, ^ine 14 for tbh read tbi*