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preceding 5^ears, as well as being far superior 

 in numbers. Had the means employed by the 

 Americans been more judiciously used, every 

 impartial person must believe that their de- 

 signs would have been realised, notwithstand- 

 ing the heroism of the English soldiers. The 

 incorporated militia, when it was organised and 

 brought into action, always behaved nobly, 

 and made good a title to the admiration of the 

 country, for its bravery and loyalty ; but still 

 its support, had the invasion been conducted 

 with skill and prudence, would not have made 

 the defensive force sufficiently strong to avert 

 the threatened danger. That the subjugation 

 of both provinces hath been, and will continue 

 to be, a favourite object with the Americans, is 

 not to be doubted ; in the late attempt upon 

 them they sustained a loss of no less than 

 47,000 men, in killed, wounded, and prisoners; 

 but this has not abated the keenness of their 

 desires, and if appearances may be credited^ 

 or any judgment formed from the opinions of 

 ruling men among them, the same sacrifices 

 three or four fold would not be deemed too 

 exorbitant a price to pay for the much envied 

 possession. Great Britain cannot permit so 

 valuable a part of her dolninion to be wrested 

 from her without a strife as obstinate as the 

 richness of the jewel to be contended for 

 demands. 



