With  the  ivmpletion  of  his  first  parallel  on  the  10th  of  April,  at  a
distance  of  about  a  thousjuul  vanK  the  town  was  summoned  to  sur-
lender.  LiiHx^ln  ivplie^l,  that  **  duty  and  inclination  pointed  to  the
propriety  of  supjx^rtinsr  it  to  the  last  extremity,"  for  he  might,  he
said,  have  alvuidontnl  it  at  any  time,  had  he  seen  dU  during  the  sixty
days  that  had  ela|>seii  sincv  the  siege  began.  This  was  quite  true
durinsx  the  earlier  wtvks  of  the  sie^je,  so  far  as  his  movements  could
Iv  oonir\^lU\l  by  the  enemy  ;  but  it  w;is  not  quite  true  tliat  his  action
and  juilgiuent  had  Kvn  entin^ly  unr\'straineil.  The  question  had  been
warmlv  dis<niss<Hl,  in  nu^iv  tlun  one  council  of  war,  after  the  British
flivt  had  onvsst\l  the  Iv^r,  whether  it  w;is  not  wiser  to  save  the  army
b\  rt^tjvat,  nuher  than  awaJi  almi>st  certain  capture  ;  and  the  decis-
ion to  lemain  w;is  inrtueiuwl,  if  it  \v:is  not  aK^Iutely  determined,  by
tlu*  ihi>at.<  of  the  to\\ns|HMpK\  that  if  the  attempt  were  made  **  they
wouKl  v'ut   up  his  [l.iuvvln's]   K\Uii,  and  open  the  gates  to  the  en-


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