Our Struggle for the Fourteenth Colony: Canada, And the American ..., volume 2
Our Struggle for the Fourteenth Colony: Canada, And the American ..., volume 2
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, p. 93. Id. to I«aurens« Feb. X9, Z778: So. Car. Hist, and Gen. Mag., VII., p. 189.
Digitized by VjOOQIC Misgivings in Congress 511 Nor was Congress happy at this time. For one thing, Washington's attitude did not seem precisely reassuring.
When Gates invited him, after the orders to Lafayette had been issued, to give his opinion and advice on the matter, the Commander-in-chief had replied to what was a perfunctory, if not a patronizing, letter: *as I neither know the extent of the objects in ...view, nor the means to be employed to effect them, it is not in my power to pass any judgment upon the subject.' Evidently Washington felt no desire to be connected in any way with the expe- dition ; and while no doubt his sense of propriety and his regard for Lafayette combined to prevent any public criti- cism upon it, an equal sense of duty may have led him to make some remarks to the committee of Congress.'* At any rate, the committee worked hard against the scheme. * We have taken every measure in our power to ruin the Canada expedition, ' wrote Gouvemeur Morris ; • it is necessary that we should destroy it, or it will de- stroy us.' One letter of theirs in particular disturbed Congress so much that, on the sixteenth of February, the Board of War were directed * to report specially thereon, and to la}*^ before Congress a copy of the orders given to the officers commanding the irruption.' Whatever was thought of the extravagant orders, it cannot have been reassuring to find that one part of them — and that the final, cautionary part — had been lost, and could only be given from memory." Arnold had very promptly, very cheerfully, and very emphatically written to Gouverneur Morris against the expedition ; and, as this was a prime opportunity to set- tle scores with both Gates and Hazen, he doubtless ex- 35 (Gates to Wash., Jan.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
, p. 93. Id. to I«aurens« Feb. X9, Z778: So. Car. Hist, and Gen. Mag., VII., p. 189.
Digitized by VjOOQIC Misgivings in Congress 511 Nor was Congress happy at this time. For one thing, Washington's attitude did not seem precisely reassuring.
When Gates invited him, after the orders to Lafayette had been issued, to give his opinion and advice on the matter, the Commander-in-chief had replied to what was a perfunctory, if not a patronizing, letter: *as I neither know the extent of the objects in ...view, nor the means to be employed to effect them, it is not in my power to pass any judgment upon the subject.' Evidently Washington felt no desire to be connected in any way with the expe- dition ; and while no doubt his sense of propriety and his regard for Lafayette combined to prevent any public criti- cism upon it, an equal sense of duty may have led him to make some remarks to the committee of Congress.'* At any rate, the committee worked hard against the scheme. * We have taken every measure in our power to ruin the Canada expedition, ' wrote Gouvemeur Morris ; • it is necessary that we should destroy it, or it will de- stroy us.' One letter of theirs in particular disturbed Congress so much that, on the sixteenth of February, the Board of War were directed * to report specially thereon, and to la}*^ before Congress a copy of the orders given to the officers commanding the irruption.' Whatever was thought of the extravagant orders, it cannot have been reassuring to find that one part of them — and that the final, cautionary part — had been lost, and could only be given from memory." Arnold had very promptly, very cheerfully, and very emphatically written to Gouverneur Morris against the expedition ; and, as this was a prime opportunity to set- tle scores with both Gates and Hazen, he doubtless ex- 35 (Gates to Wash., Jan.
What to read after Our Struggle for the Fourteenth Colony: Canada, And the American ..., volume 2?
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