Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1841-10-22

As STATED BY 4 VERMONT YANKEE.


Not long since, but before Judge Cow
en- decided that people must be tried IN
this country for crimes committed, there
happened 10 be in one of the principal hotels
in Montreal, pompus discussion among a
quorum of British officers, upon the SUBJ
iect of the imprisonment of Mcleod. And
after turning the subject over and over
and bringing to bear upon all right, evl>
dence and sound reasoning that the subs
ject demanded, the gallant officers and
other good and royal subjects, concluded
it expedent and right TO call out reg'-
ment of her Britannia Majesty's soldiers,
to march down to New York, liberate
the insulted prisoner, Mcleod; and bear
him in triumph TO his home, as becomes
the dignity Of so great and powerful na,
ton as England. :,
"Gentlemen," and in moment all
eyes were turned to remote corner OF
the room where sat, before unobseryed,
very comfortable looking stranger, IN
whom, however, at one glance could be
discovered the true Yankee; for indeed. he
stood, as we say, or rather leaned, six
feet six and half-a perfect giant; and
there he sat, seeming only to admire the
beauty of the ascending volumes ofsmoke
drawn from the end of his huge cigar, the
| like of which, with whips and locofoco
matches, he had for years peddled from
Quebec to New Orleans. "Gen,lemen, !"
SAID he, II hope before you undertake to
carry deliberations into effect, that you
will use little consideration. What !!
talk about taking Mcleod out of prison
with regiment of soldiers! Why, gen
tlemen, you talk like children.
| "Why, all the forces you could drum
| up between here and so far north that the
thermometer wont raise at all, can't march
down to the city Of Albany and back a.
gain no way you can contrive 1t Now
I'm a little, small, delicate specimen of
Vermont, and would like to tell you what
the Vermon,ers have done for your case.
They have made a proposition, through
their Legislature, to whip out, clear and
smooth, the Canadas, New Brunswick,
and Nova Scotia, for the sum of sixty.hve
dollars.
"The General Government approved
the plan but, thought the price too high.
The Legislature reconsidered the vote and
made second proposition, and agreed TO
do the work for ,hirty-six dollars and fifty
cents. This, tho General Government
accepted-apd now the only remaining
question to be settled is, who finds the
ammunition. As soon as that is settled
we shall be over here.
"The boys are all headed this way,
and it is all the government can do to hold
on their coat skirts to keep the devils off
| you; and mark my word, in three days
from the time the government lets go.
there wont be British Government enough
left for bye word. But gentlemen, if
you persist in going for Mcleod, arrange
your affairs for long absence; aud for
Heavens sake, and more particularly for
your own, don't go by the way of PIa!ls-
burg"
| 'Fhe conclusion of the matter was, that
if Vermont had actually go, started, and if
the Yankee then with them was, as he
said, but small, delicate specimen of
what was to come, they had better aban-
don at once the idea of sending for McLe-
cd, and arrange their affairs at home for
| such unwelcome visiters.