Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1840-09-18
COMPLEMENTARY!

At public table in Plattsburgh on Saturday
last, a gentleman from Albany was compliment
ting Vermont for the promptness with which the
Green Mountain Boys turned out for the defence
of Pittsburgh in lSl4-to which Mr.. Van Ness
replied, that much allowance should be made
for that OCCASION MANY, no doubt said he,
"went to Pittsburgh on that emergency from
"patrotc motives; but more to see fight
"othcrs from various motives; and, had the bat
tile resulted differently, a large proportion OF
"them would have jojned Tie eacmy." O, said
our informant, how | bushed and hung my
head in shome to hear my state thus villfed and
abused by one who owed so much to its partial
ty. But thus it is. The people of Vermont
have showcred their honors upon Mr. Van Ness,
and he has presumed every thing upon their
indulgence. But now lorsooth because they
refuse to be sold out to locolocosm, viper like,
he must turn and sting them to the heart. Not
content that his state should be duly honored for
her patriotic services on the occasion alluded to,
he must needs brand his neighbors with the
most infamous designs Well may the people
of Vermont, with good old Lear, exclaim,
"IIow sharper than serpent's tooth !, is
Tohavc thankless child
"The first active part ever took in politics."
said one of the Pittsburgh volunteers to us the
other day, "was to secure the election of
representative who would vote for Mr. Van Ness
Senator; but how much reason have to be
thankful that my efforts were unsuccessful"
MASS CONVENTION AT KEESEVILLE
We designed to have participated in the peo-
pies celebration of the 18th September, at
keeseville, on Friday, but, in common with
nearly one thousand other Green Mountain
Boys, were prevented by the piratcal nterfe-
renee of desperate fresh from the defiles of
Spain, the particulars of which we have given
in another column. Our readers must there
fore excuse us for not giving them particular
account of this grand pageant,whch we are well
assured was one of surprising magniiicence.-
We arrived only in season to witness the I'M
mense multitude that surrounded the stand and
filled the streets, to hear portion of the speak
ing, and to appreciate the warm-hearted and
overllowng hospitality OF the people of Reese
vile. This disappointment, we regret, not so
much for ourselves, as for our friends across the
water, who, we are sorry to say, were put 10
serious inconvenience on our account. But they
could appreciate the cause, and it is needless to
say that there is too much elasticity in the
buoyant hopes of wings at this day, to be mate
rally depressed by casual dsappontments.--
All was life and animation, and if we had any
doubts before as towhat n. York will do in the
coming contest, they have now given place to
the unalterable conviction that the State VIII
give Twenty Thousand majority to the whig
ticket We shall rely upon our neighbors for
a particular account of the festival. The fol.
lowing is from the plattsburgh Wing.
CLINTON AND ESSEN HAVE SPOKEN!
Great and enthusiastic aSsemblage of The PEOPLE
Ten thousand freemen!
We returned last evening from the Mass Gonven.
ton at keeseyle, the celebration of Nc Donough's
victory and of the evacuation of Pittsburgh by the
British Never has such gathering been witnessed
before in Nothern New York,--it was the larges
meeting ever held IN tho North, with the exception