pert which would derolgt the whole affair more fully and dream
fUotialW, here he could do viva v$ce. He had fpoke handfome
ly of the behaviour of hit troops to this day, under the molt fc
vere trials of mind and body. He faid there had been much de
fertion, but it would be found an honourable defertion, if that
epithet eoold be given to defertion ; they had left letters greatly
to their credit behind chem of signing the motives for their defer
tion ., . i ! ' - i "'
He thought it his duty to refute the reafons given by the Con
grefs lor their conduct, r 4 . i i
He lent fecond letter to die Congrefs, foliating leave to
come home, in cafe they adhered to thar former refolotions. y
. He read a letter from General Wafhingtori, to him, as part of
his fpeech,. dated " head quarters, Pennfyhyania, March it,
j 778 .j. moll elegant, generous and handfome letter to general
Burgoyne, cfcopt length. : .
Coming home, was upon his propofal, he never was confidered
by the convention of Saratoga as a prifoner ; but his propofal to
come home, was to return, if required by the Congrefs, provid
ed the terms of the convention mould be protrafted beyond the
probable time. He came home to do juftice to himfelf and his
fellow foldiers, fufferers under a convention figned by his own
hand. ,
A farther reafon for the committee to proceed, was in his
mind, becaafe hit name had been fo often and fo ferioufly called
forth into debate in that houfe, and fo freely treated without
floors. . The idea gone forth was, that blame was imputable
femewhere; and if ffliniQers were innocent, he was guilty. He
wifhed every minister to put himfelf, for an ir.ftanr, in his fitua
tion. Finding himfelf under an interdict, in the prefence of his
country, where is he to juftify himfelf fo well as in this houfe ?
He fcught military enquiries ; he was denied them : Why then
deny likewife a parliamentary enquiry ? The parliamentary en
quiry goes not bfilj -to .the execution of meafure?, but the mea
lures themfelve. Much was doe to the men and officers under
hJI command : Why was he denied, through minifterial policy,
the prefence of his fovereigo, to lay their fervices before him.
General Howe indeed had the confideration and goodnefs to fill
op the vacant commiffiens in the northern army, at his (general
Burgoyne's) recommendation ; yet they had meritorious hopes
from the crown.
Here be, with great orce of argument and fpirit, animadvert
ed on the difpefi tion of fome perfous, to throw all blame off their
own moulders, at the lofs of the henour, and facrifice of the re
putation! of the officers and foldiers of this country. y
He complained that in fome parts his orders were fuperfluous,
in others deficient. He again urged the production ui his pay
ers. m
He disclaimed having any (hare in taking the command cf Ca
nada in any degree from general Carltcn, of whefe ability, con
duct, and zeal for his country, no man had a higher fenfe : He
wifhed mil his letters on that head had been produced and not
partial letters : General Carleton was confirmed in the govern
ment of the Canadian province and army before his commiftion
was figned or foli cited, and he himfelf thought the appointment
perfectly wife of Mr. Carleton. The expedition towards Albany
Was not his tfeough the mode of carrying it on was in a great
meafure his. He propofed a mere extenfive and different fyftem
of war; he totally difa vowed the faving clauft in his inllructions
to proceed and crofs the Hudfon's river. He proved that general
Frarer bad always joined with him in the conftrufiion of his or
ders, and in his plans and hazard of the execution.
Sir William Howe, and general Carleton, with whom he had
neve! differed, nor ex pre fled nor thought difadvantageoufly of
(far from it) would, he was fure, he equally ready and anxious
to vindicate thJr conduct as he was. if he was guilty, he faid,
he was deeply guilty. Here he fpeke moll pahetically and firm
ly 1 be called for enquiry; he faid he would put not only His
life, but what was dearer to him, his honour, his character, and
every thing to the tell.
He faid, whatever might be the error or offence of the general
at Saratoga, the troops under his command, once led on, had fo
exerted themieivc, fkewn fuch fortitude and hcroifm, as to de
fer ve the public thanks. On their merit he fpoke very forcibly
onrl rirrumfl-anfiallv.
Since the cataftrdphe at Saratoga, and the refidence of the
northern armv at Cambridge, their deportment had been agreea.
ble to military duty, military honour and the honour of their
country. He defired an enquiry to fee whether the Americans on
the principles of .public faith are juftified in fttfpending the capi,
tulation of Saratoga, under pretence of an infraction on his part.
He compared his cafe to that of the Romans, when they paffed
nnder the yoke of the Sabines, when the general was called be
fore the fenate, he made a fpeech on his juftification tff ha
ended that fpeech by defiring, that in cafe the enenry IKouTd an.
reafon ably urge the conditions of peace, the treaty might not be
abided by, but that he might be fent as a victim to atone by his
death, or be fmt in chains to the enemy. Such a meafure he
wifhed for himfelf with the Congrefs, if there mould be found
the fame breach of faith in the enemy. He then reported his
wifh for an enquiry. He fpoke openly and manfully for two
hours. , . r"
June z. We are affured, that at the clofe of the prefent fef.
Lnt nf narliampnf. f he .atrnrnev creneral will be made lord Chan.
rellnr. and created a oeer of the realm : the fblicitor general wil
httvi thn rhief i 11 It iff-fh in of the common Dleas t Mr. Dunning
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of lord Chancellor of Great Britain.
June 3. As foon as the commons came to the bar, the ipeak
er addrefied his maiefty, in a fhorr. pertinent, and well conceiv.
ed fpeech. He a flu red him, that his faithful commons had in
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tne ccurie OI a long ana impuriani iciujn voica cncariuny,
mofi ample fupplies, and that he made no doubt they would be
faithfully applied to the feveral purpofes for which they were
granted ; that they had palled feveral acts for effecting a concili
ation with our American colonies, and trufted that they would
prove the means of bringing about fo defireable an end : That it
was with jjreat fatisfadlion they obferved his majefty had embodi
ed that conflimticnal defence, the national militia ; and the more
fo, as it would enable his majetty to employ the ftanding milita
ry force of the kingdom in operations abroad, and in the defence
and protection of our diftant dependencies : And finally, that his
fairhful commons had every rational ground to expect that, by a
nmner evertion tif his forces bv fea anid land, he would be ena-
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ral enemies.
The fpaker having concluded his fp?ech, the royal afTent was
givtn to the finking fund bill, lo:d Chatham's annuity bill, and
ihrce other bills.
PHILADELPHIA, Augujl 20.
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the Monmouth Britifh fhip of war, of 64 guns, the captain of