...would make you more happy and them more respectable 5 that while war should continue, you would follow their standard into the field ; and when it came to...give the world another subject of wonder and applause I an army victorious over its enemy, victorious over itself. This bold and eloquent, but dangerous...

...the war should continue, you would follow their standard in the field ; and that when it should come to an end, you would withdraw into the shade of private...victorious over its enemies — victorious over itself." This letter is now known to have been the production of Mr. John Armstrong, an American officer, and...