Canada, as It Was, Is, and May Be, Vol. 2 of 2 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Canada, as It Was, Is, and May Be, Vol. 2 of 2On one occasion we di¿'ered as to the policy of appointing a time and place for two friends to meet us with 100 armed Canadians each. I wished them to remain at home until they knew we had landed on the main shore of the enemy, particularly so as their march would not be along one to join us, and circumstances might oblige us to foil them another time, about crossing over to the enemy's camp, when they were strong and we less than 200. He offered there to be one of fifty to do so, but I heard nothing more of the project after giving him permission to get up a party for the purpose. The fears he openly expressed, in hearing of the troops, at the probable effect upon the island of the enemy's firing their mortars and heavy batteries, was very discouraging, and we quarrelled about that - again, because he chose to consider himself in the light of a nonentity, for the reason that I did not deem it proper to call him in as a military counsellor. I should have done this most willingly if I had not, by this time, lost all faith in his qualifications or discretion. I was well aware, that with so little actual experience as I possessed, a trusty counsellor would be a great acquisition. To keep his restless spirit quiet, how ever, while our reinforcements were coming in, as well as to relieve myself of a most burthensome duty, the general correspondence was entrusted to his charge. How well, or how badly he performed the duty I am not able to judge, for he scarcely ever thought it necessary to make any reports, and his course in this respect has assuredly been detrimental to the service.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.