Perhaps they are waiting the arrival of Sir Henry Clinton, either to push up the North River against the Highland posts, or to bend their whole force against this army.

In either case, the most disastrous consequences are to be apprehended.

You, who are well acquainted with our situation, need no arguments to evince the danger.
"The militia of this state have run to arms, and behaved with an ardour and spirit of which there are few examples.

But perseverance, in enduring the rigours of military service, is not to be expected from those who are not by profession obliged to it.

The reverse of this opinion has been a great misfortune in our affairs, and it is high time we should recover from an error of so pernicious a nature.
We must absolutely have a force of a different composition, or we must relinquish the contest.