Extract of a Second Letter from the Same Gentleman

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You will see by Lord North' s Address to his Majesty, agreed to by both Houses of Parliament, what a disposition there is here to do us justice. Generals Howe, Clinton, and Burgoyne, are appointed to go out, and with them six thousand Troops. You see, sir, that the question is now brought to the last issue, in which prudence and firmness must decide our fate. Be you prepared to prevent any attempt by force, or otherwise, to defeat your non-import and non-export plans from having their full effect on this country, and it is most certain that it cannot hold out one year. If the united wisdom of America, in Congress, should conclude her able to resist, by the commercial struggle longer than one year, her victory is certain.