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Show \ (ravenous CONFIDENCE 1'21 Howe. Ho v; 11's (Fargo 1) i if; «"- r‘. it i: or: s. A \wt.' ,1: :rmvhiten him, and coiirincc the "world th.1t he 15 a great conp 123 :: fixtprprtipn Igllgl‘illi that refpee'l be governed by his own _1"!L1S':C.llo\\'t‘i‘ltivtig- gym tannin-i»1111‘qu pp, cliziratl‘li‘, is an otlicer, from total .perdi'tioii. Con- ‘1 -. . : iauy rimts in the comic of a few months {11k1¢""151h"'~‘ Wu! 811‘ 11 111mm Howe alter his plan for the campaign of 1*" E ‘1""""'*"‘1 ""‘ 3" between the months of November and April, no 1411: than Gill/11'," '- 51c!" {cious J5. he muff be that his condiir't'in America W111 not bear, 91161311131}; ditle'rcnt from each other, Were propoii‘d, and vet the 111i. l examination of 21 triilitarj.t empiii‘y, and encouraged by ",6 flattering (quail: that other; in_hi3 litiizitiou have met with, 1 111'" not 1'nvp1‘ili,-v_l that he has cholen the later iiiethod‘ol laying by the (,1 encr'al s own account, each of them in its turn was iip. proved of. lhe miiiiller, in his letter of the 3d of March, his calc before a gaOd natured and indulgent llouie of Commons, " iiitirely approves of your deviation from the plan which roii rather than demanding .1 court-martial when he found hiinlelt " formerly fugg'ellcd." llvvull' '1 11"'11111!]tl('l‘, he. does very right to mm"? for a parliaiiieiitai‘y: ellqm: m k 1",, a rv. Imp," it is the only chance he has left, pooras it is, ot 1501‘ though the leiitence of " eeniiirtd" and " caluninizitcd." a i'nilitarv court, and that only could acquit him in the eyes of rnilitai'y'pccple, yet as members or parliament arenas rifle/z), Meaning «ir' a competent judges oi military operations, as well as of all other coald always impute it to the undue influence of a Wicked and corrupt adiiiiniftiarion, and his character would not be at all deuce was placed in Sir l‘.'i11izim Howe, from the time he came the worle for his. baring failed. Oppolition would always be ready to receive him with open arms, and the merit of having to the chief command till he allied leave to return to this country's-He was not only {upportcd with the whole weight of go- Generous con- rcndl-rcd abortive the plans of me prcl'ent miniftry, however well tliev might have been contrived for the public good, could vernmeiit, but was indulged in all his willies both for hiiiil‘t-ll'Tld‘?" 1‘11""! ‘fi‘i‘l‘rf "-7": f" their approbation might {land in lieu ot a regular aetpiittzil, and 3.23:1! Whit "Hr-then there would be no tifque; tor it he did not iueceed, he not faili to intitle him to a high {*at among thole worthy characters who {tile themfelves patriots, and the guardians of the liberties of this country. 511' William‘s We lliall endeavour to anfwer all Sir \‘Villiam Howe's char- "lW'sr‘i £3111"- ges againll adiiiinil‘tration, and prove that they are dilingcnuous g‘im'w'i‘ and ill-founded. 1h: tars " his orders fhould have been clear"---not whifpers acrol's the Atlantic ;---" not f0 ambiguoully exprelled, that " tlicv might always be explained away." He complains of \iantiiigr the confidence and fupport of his l‘uperiorsnthe want of a plan from Home, 85c. yet at the fame time acknowledges, r And again, May 18, " As you mail, " from your lituation and military fliill, be a competent inthge H of the propriety of every plan, his majcfty does not lie‘litatc H to approve the alterations which you propofe." Iiidt-(d the nature or the American i'ervice requires that the Geneial flioiild be at liberty to vary his plans of operations, according to the varying circumilances of the war ; and to any, who will take the trouble to caft his eye over the American corrcfpondcizcc, it will plainly appuir, that the molt ample and generous eonti~ that Pall 9"""‘*"Y ‘ matters, whether political or pi'olcflional, he might think i ' lays, " I am now commanded to acquaint you, that the Kiwi and his friends-Unarmed favours and honours were heapedm 1"" upon him with the nioil liberal hand-and he was intruilcd with ererj,‘ power, both civil and military, that could add weight and dignity to his fituation, or claim relpecl from £1101}: about him, and {rum the world. But thouzh he was left thus entirely at liberty to aft as be No attention c- tliought proper, and as exigencies might require, yet he was ‘K‘in ff' ‘l‘f' by no means ignorant of the ideas of adiiiiniftration refpeéting "‘3 " om‘rs' the future operations of the war. The miniiler did very often take the liberty of humbly propofing his plans, though he never prel‘umetl to far as to give any politive orders in conl‘equcnce oftheiii. Indeed loiiietiincs the King went to far as to tugged " that his ot'ii plans and mealiires met with {rich approbation " from the miniller, that he could jufiify himfelf under it, if his ideas, and his roval will and pleafurc has been fignilied by " lu- tliouglit proper." [3‘1 "3"" ls it not a ilrong: proof of confidence in a General, when un- would be conilrued an order, but I hope the General will not complain of it as fuch, as he never thought proper in any one the ltcretarv of llatci l confetti that this in any other fervice ilydh liaiiiperi-d by iiiilrtictiom and uneontrouled by any lllpCHUr inllance to pav the leaft attention to it, any. more than to the mm. plans filgg‘ei‘te'd by the mini‘il‘er. - Sir ll'illiamllowe and his noble brother have the entire merit of every military plan that was executed during his command, "0t excepting the la‘mousms loll Purone of the vovage round the capes of Virginia and up Lhefa- gum ,1 11(1 ,m‘ifa peak bav, which brought on the 1015 of Burgoyne s 'army, 1110"" "1"" "3" " " power, he is lett iiitirely at liberty to follow his own plans, and promote a war actording to his own ideas P and was it ever ltl'liffl't' a iiiaitei‘ of li-rious complaint againft a ininiller, that he did not illi‘iiill‘i military plans, in detail, to 21 commander 111 chief; efptciallv when every plan propolhl by the General was, lure to nuns-t with approbation? The l'ecretary of llatc, 111 111$ ,_ , '. "i . lf‘tler, dated Oetober 22, 1776, exprefsly favs, " HIS 3111.131111H doe; not intend that the general flioiild, in his plain; ol opt; " ration, be confined to an) particular province : his C'thCC 0l ' A ' " *liuation prefent (war with France, and every fubletlueiit evil that has ari‘fen from them to this count1‘y.~ . - The General in his lpeech complainsof the fillluilc'l' for 1121- to 5". buy ("film"), 1C9"""3 {cut him ‘4 COPY Of his Letter (L3 taming |
