Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1843-04-07


mental prisoners taken at Hubbardton, 9TH
July; took possession of Lake George, and
at length drove the remnant Of the British
army from Ticonderoga, Crown Point,
Mount independence, and Mount Defiance
Capt Ebenezer Allen, to close the cam
paign, with fifty Green Mountain Boys sur
prised and took forty-nine of the enemy,
one hundred horses, sixty head of cattle and
thirty wagons, and marched them triumph
antIy up to Bennington. Thus closed the
campaign Of A. ID. i777.
Homes; and sincere was Burgoyne when
he wrote his MajesIy-"The district Of the
New Hampshire Grants, wilderness little
known in the last war ahounds with the
most hardy active, rebelIous race of men
on the continent, who hang like gathering
storm ready to burst on my LEFT" BY the
united forces of the Americans on the plains
Of Saratoga was witnessed the surrender Of
the remainder of Gen. Burgoynes army, the
left wing and the rear Of this powerful ar
my having been already captured by the
Green Mountain BOYS; which was, no doubt,
of the greatest consequence TO the then pend
ing cause of the United States, from its
more than threefold effects, -6rst, in uni
ting and strengthening the people and ar
mics thereof; second, in discouraging the
British and Hessians and loyalst troops in
America, and strengthening the minority
and opposers TO the war in England and
ireland, which weakened the bonds Of the
ministerial stickers for such a man in Great
Britain, and lessened the influence of the
tories in the United States. Thirdly, it en-
abled the United States to conclude treaty
with the French nation in l77S. which
brought the French fleet and armies TO act
in concert with the ships and armies of the
United States, with supplies of military
stores, and not only opened the ports OF
France to the cruisers of the United States,
but it brought France and other powers in
to war with Great Britain, and added gen.
orally to the consequence and credit of the
United States in Europe, and enabled Mr..
Adams to establish loans and 10 purchase
military stores in Holland During the Cam
paign of A. ID. l77S and 1919 Vermont pro-
tected the northern frontier, and in the mean
time contributed troops to the protection of
the inhabitants in the vicinity OF Albany
The campaigns of A. ID. 1850 aud 1881
NAV well be considered the two most i'm
portant campaigns during the Revolutionary
War. The British had about 30, 900 troops
in America; 10000 of these troops south
of West Point, and 900 to 10000 in Cana
da. Vermont, July, 1880, appealed to Con-
gress for help. No answer was received
no aid rendered. We appealed to each of
the Legislatures of the New England States,
as well as New York. No answer was re-
ceiyed-no aid rendered. The British
came up the lake with powerful army,
possessed Crown Point and Ticonderoga !;
destroyed Fort Ann and Fort George took
prisoners, killed and scalped many of the
inhabitants in the northern part of New
York, and even south of Fort Edward took
hundreds ofprisoners, destroyed by fire their
habtations, and returned to Ticonderoga
unmolesied by the New York troops, being
reinforced in October A. ID. 1850. Ii was
admitted by the officers commanding the
northern department. that Albany aud Sche-
necteday must be the northern line Of de-
fence.
1t was at this time, while the blood of
the murdered citizens aud the smoke of the
burning habitations of the good people of
Royalton were going up to Heaven, that Al
len demanded of the proud Gen. Carlton to
stay the tomahawk and scalping knife in this
State, as well as in the northern part of
New York. This demand was complied
with, and hostilities ceased during the re-
mainder of this campaign,
During the campaign of A. ID. 1871, af-
ter being disowned and threatened with i'm
mediate humiliation by Congress, claimed
by neighboring colonies, and threatened with
invasion by said colonies, these threats and
these denials brought the Green Mountain
Boys square upon their taps and on the
18th of February, A. ID. 1881, the Legisla-
ture of this Republic laid iurisdictional claim
to sixteen towns east of Connecticut River,
and west to Hudson River, ready for the
campaign.
The British were again in possession of
Crown Point and Ticondcroga the Con-
tinental troops withdrawn from the northern
department TO aid in the southern depart
ment in the capturing Of Lord CORVALLIS /;
the northern department in New York al
most to a man dsheartened, without pro-
vision, without money, without credit the
Indians pillaging and plundering the COM
manding Generals habitation of his silver
plate, took away his guard. 1t seems
to me that they were as destitute of pa
triotism as they were of money or the
necessares of life. The Cabinet of this
State were under the necessity of adopting
policy in lieu of power They did ne
gotiate an exchange of prisoners with the
common enemy. 1t was the policy pursued
by the Green Mountain Boys that prevented
the British from south of West Point and
from Canada uniting and laying waste terri
tory much more extensive than our own Re-
public, Such was our policy and such our
military force at this period, that general