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Show " " " Can it be poliible that you or your employeis can fupptilet e " poflEllion of Philadelphia to be any ways equal tot eex; " pence or expectations of‘the nation which fupports kyou. " \Vhat advantages docs England dCI'IVC from any atc 18$ 6. . of vours? ': " ‘ ‘ " " ‘6 Fillitsthe principal events of the three campaigns be attended " to, the balance will appearltrongl-y againit you at the clofe n of each; but the laft, in point of importance to us, hathfzv " ceeded the former two. At the clofe of " ;‘ Imirnediatly after the battle of German-town, the pro babi- " ity 01 .Burgoyne s defeat gave a newpolicy to atlairs in l'enn~ " fylvama ;, and it was Judged moll confident with the genera " fafety of Americafo wait the illue ofthe northern campai l vn. Slow and {tire is lound work. The news of that victory Zr" rived in our camp on the 18th of October, and no foo net ‘ did the fliout of joy, and the report of the thirteen cannon ‘v reach your ears, than you refolved ' next day, that is on the 19th, wit upon a retreat, and the "‘6 into Philadelphia. This movemehdrew your drooping;r arinv " by fear, and carried With it a polint was eyideiitly dictated tiye dreaded a {econd attack. It was hid contellion, that you ing yourfelf among wo‘ men* and children, and flecpin hide among g away the clioicefi part of To Women. " a campaign in expenlivc inactivity. An army in a citv cc can never be a conquering army. The fitu ation admits only ‘4 of defence. It is mere lhelter; and every military power ‘ in Europe will conclude you to be eve ntually defeated. ‘ " The time when you made this retreat, was th e very 6 time you ought to have fought a battle, in ord er to put yourlélf C ‘ in a condition of recovering‘ni Pennly lva a what you had " loft at Saratoga; and the realon why you iri did not, mull be the campaign in " {evcntv-five you were obliged to retreat from Bolton. In " the filinmer, ifeventy-fix, you appeared With a numerousfleet " and armv in the harbour of New York." 13v cut/wt mgr-ml: They Wm‘dent" [lie Cauti'mvzt was frag/erred 7'22 Mutt "Ki/m q)" (/rmgrr /{ a "W" 9‘" Pre'" ulajrél of lulu/rating. {unmet}. If, inl‘tead otwaltmg yourtime againfi " iLong Illand, you had run up the North Riveniand landed " any where above New York, the confequence mutt have been, " that either you would have compelled General \Vaflnngton " to fight you-with very unequak numbers, or he mult have " fuddenlv evacuated the city, With the lofs of nearly all the " fiores oi; the army, or have furrendered for want of pI'OVh " firms; the fituation of the place naturally producing one or . . " the other of thefe events. " You let flip the. very opportunity which fecmed to put " conqucflt in your power.' Through the whole of that cam" paign you had nearly double the forces which General Vi alli- " ington'immediately commanded. l‘he utinott hope of A- Advantages of" merica, in the year feventy-lix, reac‘ued no higher than thatf Gm H0"- " {he might not then be conquered. Sue had no expectation o " defeating you in the campaign. .You had then. greatly the " advantage of her; you were formidable; your military know " ledge was fl/fipnjivl to 7» complete; your fleets and fmces " either I I do 7102‘ adopt this baggage (if (unfair/tr; 51:! if (1/; pategyrf‘? [152;] not f0!!! m, Could it [have lire/1 [bong/J! fulfil/'1', r/m: tl'irgmtlcizzan, a maul/J afier ibis publication, _fl]0/¢[{y] have bad a fame £0ngch " arrived without any accident; you had nothing to do but to " begin, and your chance lay in the hilt Vigorous onfet: ‘America under " America was young and tiiiikilled. She was obliged to many dlfadmn'" trufl her defence to time and prat‘tice; and bath, by men: "ECS- " dint of prefervance, maintained h'er caufe and brought her . xiii-r13 quit/J/lam, flue/1' 21pm: [lie top of 121'; trz'mzz/ibal girl), flowi ng from IJL‘I‘ 25/7012]?! [71 letter; of liglzl : Tea lauriers {out immor tels. Jed not cement will) f/Jz'r earl/J's lying filled will; [45' fizz/id of lilief awe, flJe Etna; ("um Powdered rLUz'l/Eflczri‘, to tell (u Ilia! it rear/ml rz‘z‘: to f): [Jeanie/15." " enemy to a condition in which {he is now cap-ab e of meeting a ‘ " him on any ground. " Let me afk, Sir, what great explorts have you performed. 53mm; re' . CONGRESS on Hown 's CON D U C 'r. 137 tail-, the end 13 ' {til' l at the fame difiaiicc and all ' the turnin round mull be done over ' v ‘' 1:aga 7 hour ‘ " Some weeks after this yo in. i' . s ofa purpy OS L1 " the. u , . lik_ e Wife {planned an attack .Gen.. ll‘aflnnqton, Whi.le on you was furat \IVh itemar i; marched outwith rizcd a infinite parade; but on finding him preparing to you, r1; next morning attack Emmownt- G" you prudently cut about, and treated to Philadelphia Wit ats before h all the precipitation Ufa re'~ in an "valliiugion. Conquercd in imagination. Rem- on ,Sir" Through all the variety of changes and opportunities, which W smavemims" this war hath produced, I know of no one action of yours " that can be ftiled mallerly. You have moved in and out, " backward and forward, round and round, as it ~valour con" filled in a military iig. The hiftory and fig-u re of your movc‘ ‘4 merits would be ‘truly ridiculous, could they be jul‘tly dch~ " heated. They referable the labours of a puppy purfip‘ntfill‘df ' at . t Y F l * Should the reader afl, rwlmt z't "Wat Ilia! (be General a! la]? Jill (wt/mg f/Jem ? 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