State Of The British And French Colonies In North America

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ISBN 13 : 9781333414825
Total Pages : 176 pages
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Download or read book State of the British and French Colonies in North America written by and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-08-30 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from State of the British and French Colonies in North America: With Respect to Number of Peoples, Forces, Forts, Indians, Trade and Other Advantages All their fecurity lay in our incon 'ancy, Our levity, our negligence and want of harmony among our commanders. It is by this means, concludes Cbarlcevmx, that they have remained mailers of fo many important polls; out of which we have driven them as often as we have attacked them. There has been but too much ground for this bravado fince that author wrote, whatever there might have been before: what is more, he has had not only the fatisfaelion to fee his remark confirmed by his countrymen driving us our of almol't all thofe important polls again; but alfo the plea fure to find that they have mended of the fault with which he accufed them about thirty years ago of net preferving tbert Colonies: for to our fhame be it fpoken, they have kept every im portant place which they had taken, .and likewife greatly'improved their advantages by building forts, not only Upon, but far within our frontiers. This is their glory 3 this is our difgrace. The point now in queflion is how to wipe off the fiain and retrieve Our affairs. The proper way, indeed, to remove the external evils, would be to cure the internal one, which was the caufe of them but as there is not time qicient for that, while the enemy is already at the gates, our fitlt care mul't be to drive them from thence, and te cover our loft trade as well as territories: after which let them apply feriou y to reform abufes within, and put the Colonies on a footing, which may prevent their falling into the fame unhappy circumfiances any more. Unlefs the laf't of thofe two expedients be f'tedfaf'tly refolved on we had as good look on {till without concern, and fulfer the French to continue their encroachments! For, to what purpofe will it be to put the nation to a great expence, 3i expence, borh of blood and treafure, only to do what Charle'vor'x ttpbraids his countrymen with havingdone, lofe in alittle time again what may be with great difficulty acquired P As the French have mended of that fault, it is hoped their ex ample will prevail on us to mend too. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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."