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from the pollution of a conqueror's yoke. The 

 Canadian, gratified by so distinguished an ho- 

 nour as the thanks of his prince for meritori- 

 ous services, will be found willing and even 

 desirous to shed his blood whenever a similar 

 danger may call him to the field of action. At 

 a time when the mihtary resources of the pro- 

 vince were so greatly curtailed by the most ardu- 

 ous continental warfare that ever Great Britain 

 was engaged in, it is a matter of surprise that 

 so much could have been effected with such 

 slender means. An enemy emboldened by pos- 

 sessing an ample force, and inspired by the 

 prospect of obtaining a fertile country, long the 

 object of inordinate desire, could only be suc- 

 cessfully opposed by a union of the greatest 

 energy with the most active measures ; that 

 such was presented to him is incontrovertible, 

 and the credit of having brought them into ac- 

 tion by unceasing perseverance will attach to 

 the judicious dispositions of the Governor-Ge- 

 neral, Sir George Prevost, and for his strenuous 

 efforts in turning the enthusiasm of the people 

 into a bulwark stronger and more impenetrable 

 than entrenchments or fortresses against an in- 

 vader. After an invasion defeated by the na- 

 tive courage of a population, resolute in main- 

 taining the integrity of its soil, it is to be hoped 

 the dazzling ambition of conquest may not 



