thers of the American generals,
and yet all the while kept twisting the rope that was to hang him! The
same may be said of Lafayette. He also praised his courage, frankness,
and delicacy, and "lamented his fate," and yet did nothing to avert
his doom. How much more nobly did Sir Henry Clinton act on this trying
occasion. Although he had yet many Americans in his power, and although
he had held out a threat that if Andre should perish, they should perish
likewise, yet no reprisals were made; not one in his power was condemned
by a military tribunal for their flagrant, and in some instances
repeated breaches of the rules of war. Yet Washington seems to have
considered that he had only acted in the character of a just judge.
He could imagine that Arnold was undergoing "the torments of a mental
hell," for the part he had acted in this transaction, but he felt no
compunction for his own unjust and uncalled-for severity--he could see
the mote in Arnold's eye, but could not discover the beam which was in
his own. As regards Arnold he was probably correct. After the death
of Andre that renegade issued addresses to the Americans, but he was
scorned and unheeded; and he was employed during the remainder of
the war, but he was shunned by the British officers, and although the
British soldiers on guard were bound to salute his uniform and respect
his rank, yet they whispered as he passed along, "There goes the traitor
Arnold!" The death of Andre is the last recorded act in this campaign.
All the belligerents went early into winter-quarters; and with the
exception of a few foraging expeditions, Clinton's army remained at New
York and its dependencies during winter doing nothing; while Washington
continued to occupy his old station on the high lands above the Hudson,
and the French troops under Rochambeau, staid at Rhode Island, all
being equally inactive. About the same time that the troops went into
winter-quarters. Admiral Rodney left the American shores, and returned
to his old station in the West Indies.

{GEORGE III. 1780-1781}

MARITIME LOSSES SUSTAINED BY THE BRITISH.

In the European seas British commerce suffered some blows during this
year, which spread a gloom over the whole nation. Admiral Geary, who on
the death of Sir Charles Hardy in May, had been appointed to the command
of the fleet in the Channel, captured, in the beginning of July,
twelve French merchantmen from Port-au-Prince; but while he proceeded
sout