He is guilty of the crime of Arson ; and if " he cannot be punished by the Articles of War, he " ought to be given up to the Laws of the land. If " so glaring a violation of every sentiment of human- " ity should be passed over, in silence, if the Army " is not seasonably restrained from such acts of bar- " barity, the consequence must be fatal to the cause " of a people whose exalted glory it is to be advocates " for the Eights of Mankind against the tyranny and " oppression of lawless power." 1

The conduct of General Washington, in the trying events of that memorable Campaign, in Westchestercounty, has received the unqualified approbation of his country and of the world, and secured for him the highest honors, as a Soldier and as a commanding General. The conduct of General Howe, during the same Campaign, received nothing else than the approval of the King, his step-brother, and that of the party of the Opposition, in the Parliament, of which he was a member, and which was, peculiarly, the party who was in sympathy with America.

Both the Admiral and the General, commanders, respectively, of the King's Fleet and Army, were accused, by the Press of Great Britain and in the Par-

1 The Committee of Safety to the President of the Congress, "In Commit " tee or Safety foe the State of New-York, Fismkill, November " 20, 1776."

liament, with want of wisdom, in the formation of their plans ; and with want of vigor and energy, in the execution of those plans. 2 " A connection with "the Opposition, and a resolution, assumed before " their departure from England, to frustrate every " measure of the " [then] " present Administration, " and, thereby, to bring them " [the Administration,'] "into disgrace with their Sovereign and the Nation," were, also, boldly charged on the two brothers ; 3 while others " shrewdly suspected that their poverty, not " their will, consented " -- they said that it was " ob- " vious to all, that, had the Admiral destroyed the " rebel ships, in their ports, or effectually blockaded " up their harbors, no valuable captures of Tobacco or " Indigo could have fallen to the share of the British " Admiral ; " and they did not hesitate to assert that large fortunes were accumulated, from that source. 4 They also took advantage of the friendship which had existed between the family of Howe and the Americans, during the French War ; and they boldly charged the brothers with positive friendship for the American cause. 5 All of these charges were, probably, more or less true.