. The story of Isaac Brock, hero, defender and saviour of upper Canada, 1812 . l timidity on the part of Prevost, the man withthe liquid backbone. With 11,000 seasoned veterans who hadcampaigned under Wellington, he advanced, September 14th, onPlattsburg, garrisoned by only 4,000 Americans, and when vic-tory smiled in his face, he actually ordered the retreat. Over-come with humiliation, his ofiicers broke their swords, declaringthey could never serve again, and sullenly retraced their stepsto the frontier. This was the crowning episode that destroyedProvosts reputation. Death rescued him from
. The story of Isaac Brock, hero, defender and saviour of upper Canada, 1812 . l timidity on the part of Prevost, the man withthe liquid backbone. With 11,000 seasoned veterans who hadcampaigned under Wellington, he advanced, September 14th, onPlattsburg, garrisoned by only 4,000 Americans, and when vic-tory smiled in his face, he actually ordered the retreat. Over-come with humiliation, his ofiicers broke their swords, declaringthey could never serve again, and sullenly retraced their stepsto the frontier. This was the crowning episode that destroyedProvosts reputation. Death rescued him from the disgrace ofcourt-martial. How clear-cut and free from blemish, in contrast with that ofmany of his contemporaries, stands out the brilliant record ofIsaac Brock. The Treaty of Ghent—while satisfactory to the people ofCanada, bringing as it did a cessation of hostilities, permanentpeace, and recognition of their rights—was received with mixedsatisfaction by both political parties in the United States, afterthe first flush of excitement had passed away. What, the 172. O fcto ■$■ § i Supplement citizens asked each other, have we gained by a war into whichthe country was dragged by President Madison in defence of free-trade and sailors rights, and in opposition to paper blocliades? In the articles of peace, these vexed questions (as related inChapters VIII. and XIV.)—questions which, as we have seen, wereadvanced by the United States Government as the real cause forwar, were not even mentioned. Some worthy Americans, havingsuffered from the fighting qualities of the Canadian loyalists, pub-licly stated that the declaration of peace had delivered them fromgreat peril. In some of the States the universal joy was sogreat, writes Gay, in his Life of Madison, that Republicansand Democrats forgot their differences and hates and wept andlaughed by turns in each others arms, and kissed each otherlike women. Another United States historian (Johnston) writes that peacesecured
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