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Show ~ REVIEW of fire \VAR. \‘Valhington's army at New york, by the withdrttwing of the New England men. fflpt American miniftrr employed. in the {ummer commanded the feas, would have been dellroycd in embryo. ‘ Cy, and only made to ‘anl‘wcr the put‘pofc of a ref'ufal. General Howe had 40,870 ellcttwe nit-:1 u; :lcr his command. Let us . _W hen he landed on Longr Illand, he negler'lcd to film the loyal to the King, and ahectionate to the mother country. heights above l‘lat Bulh; the rebels knew their llllDCJI‘t111‘iC3. and Orin? my.s (221'; ,,-ThelE original and hahitual dilpl-IJUODS prevailed overtwo thirde took pofl‘cllion of them at three in the afternoon, w‘ich he {ztidh unlit,- 'A- of the people, when Lord and General Howe met as commillioncrs at Staten Illand. Men of genius and addrefs, would m9r191‘15v {eon have brought molt ol~ the promuces on our lide. But the might have done at ten in the morning. This neailti‘if mm" Inmemw PM" have been fatal to him. He had nearly been induced to amicl'tir'vlarivif‘lmulc Where he mull have failed. But the enemy had their neqlér 'ts "‘J‘S‘C‘DI‘UW too. Howes for want of Qualities to gain, or abilities t‘olnegotiatc, verfal and undifcriminzning {cone of plunder, produced the fugitives into their lines, when they were with the htmoll dili- nzoil fatal efl‘ccf'ts, our enemies Were rendered more inveterate, nd our friends dreaded the approach ot loldiers more than of back l-y the repeated orders of General l-Tw'r". called ficulty ~ ‘ 1. 1. hxclulive of the rebels who were routed, there wore 0121'," 200 rebels. This arole from the contralted conduc} of Generals Howe and \Valhington. Our army plundered. men wzth Putnam in their lines. but our lbldicrs would have carried them by llorm; and in Con- retook twenty waggon loads at Trenton, and reltored the whole fequcncc, all the enemy's army on Long; Illand, confining of to the proper owners without regard to their political crecds. 70% men, mull have ncen hilled or taken. General Robertfon, in evrdcncc, though he could not dent'Gpn' Robertfim that he forbid plundering in orders, but he could not conceal his illiberai hatred to the American name ; and olhcers and men continmd a practice, which was thought no ways dil‘agrccable t0 the commander in Cl‘lk‘f- BU? for this, plundering might have been prevented in the other parts of the army. as well as Charmer of in the lirtl brigade. Such conduct in our two brothers was rztLWI 3"": C'~"thcr the edit-Eliot w aknefs than of vice: they had in common ""1 HUW‘ the {ullen family gloom z in one thing they thflercd : Sir l‘v ll‘ liam hated hulinelE‘, and never did any ; my Lord loved buh- nets, dwelt unen it, and never could leave or end it. '1 hat (li‘flerenr pallieiis and delires were equally dcftrudire‘to us ‘; all of u‘liic , joined to their injudicious, weak, and dilgracclul o‘ , Awe 11 VTSTHWS, proved the ruin of thewar. ' ""VW There is not the leaf: doubt \Valhinft'jton It fliould be remarked, however, in Jufhce to Sir Vi 111mm HOWC, IN : ‘1. ".521 x "Talhmgton's order for frcuring the lamaica road ""13 not obeyed. General Howe, by a night march, (VCCHDiCJ that p: {S ; and unperceived by the ‘nemy, got between their army on the heights Iand their lines. The rebels tlel in the ut wit d'forcler. rSullivan owned, thatwhcn he {aw hirnii‘ll‘lin'rtm fed, he delircd hiamcn to lhift tor themfelrcs. This the ' d;l with Iqrcnt'cxpedition ; and our troops were l‘ollt‘m'ingr tht-i'r‘lwl confirmed all our enemies, and loft us molt 0t 0111' irlends. At il‘ill, even Vx'alhinp'ton's army lhcwed a Joy at the pr01pe€t of reuniting with Britain, and the people of the Prmnnces were praying for our appearance, and preparing to receive us with cwmandey'; open arms; but before the campaign I77o ended, our {our manners, our want of capacity, and even of c1v1hty ; an uniconduit. . {CC what UR? 1101111ch 05 thum- '1 he body of the people of America, were his negociatitns. '"".‘i~h.'l'r""'""" General Amherfi's dcmandG-n. Amhcrfl's 0f twenty thoufanu men, had been conlidcrcd as an extravagan-d-‘Inand. Had this been done, the privatecrs that It is 'now necefl‘ary to bring forward Lord Howe, touching 1+9 Their unitorm charm? tlr‘f‘r: tricts, yet palliated the mature, by liiying, he imagined p.11? ~13, -:‘ callirg back the troops; but the matter i not what min of midtilingr capacity might think or do. \Vould a great ol"iccru.'ciqn< Ing what he might get and what he mi'fht 101%, have recalled his troops from lines, which he hitnhlt‘ was con'itlent they would, had they been permitted, h ti >r'nml with liiccclis P W ithout a 1i:i le movement we lay three days it: the titer: omepluc‘toF Ld. the? lines WI'l'z 'Q,ooo men eager for battle, and allowed tuck 96"- "0‘":enemy to ferry th‘ inlhires over to New York with all their bag‘ gage, though their place of" cmharltation was only a mile and :1 halt from. our camp. Let-i flow» was equally mpme ; he lay ter through life, has been, and 13 to this‘ day, haughty, mo- almolt within ught oftne terry, wtn the molt numerous fleet role, hard hearted and im‘lcxihle ; in general a COmpOllthIl‘Of pride and perfonal courage, though this left phrale ought to De ever [em in that part of [hf Two", "3 if he had been 18m to cm yer, r;;':'f\:r thcin r.) cut 03% mar rrjrr-gi‘v. 1i;l._{tl~_cg,y\) br‘l'ti‘ qgs on their lirit appouitment, they molt ear- 'flly dehred that the rebel :irny Lhonld~ troupe," ,y-is were conlidered as the Horatii of the Englilll date, IDUC 130W 2 impoliible tor them to have acted more properly lot we crietting txpunged tor inltnlibility ; Gm. General Howe could not know theft: Cll‘CLllTllliiDCC'S, and that HUWC'S conduit it was his opinion at the LIHC, that General Jowe did right in melancholy revczrl‘e of fentimcnt is felt ; they are looked upon of inch :1 purpole. 5-3 our UHdOfi'S, rather than our fitriours. Thfi mill limguinc wilhers 011 the fidc Of government, never Though our commardcr was now in potl'ellion ofthe heights " "l COVE!that commanded Gem-rho": l and, he iuirrcd lgi‘O cholc ' 5‘ 5 """L cam hopcd for half the force to cud the rebellion that the PC" 80 oft without the lean? thiturbuiicc. cut 'l'hGY "and i"- {th‘t'hl‘fi'hfhlhh 444m «in AL, . JUN szuzw of [be WM" |