Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1846-09-17
No. ~. WHoEE No. 1867.

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ges had added iotAs snormfsy of the offence
It is rot easyaO decide on: aAeshes was
promulgated, enl<ssfng tie toanty for Allen
to one hundred AID iFy pountls, and for six
Others to fifty pounds each. Not 10 be out
done bx the authority Of New York in exer-
cising the prcroga,ives Of Sovereignty, Colo
ncG Alien aad his friends seat cut counter
proclamation, Offering g reward of i've
pounds to any person, who would take aad
deliver the attorney. general of that colony
to any officer in the military association OF
the Green Mountain Boys; the said attoE-
ney having rendered himself particularly
obnoxious to the settlers, by the zeal and
Pertinancy with which he had entered into.
the contest against tLem.$ Notwithstand-
ing the frequency Of proclamations, il is be-
lieved that no person vas spprehended in
consequence Of them, which is proof that
the people of the paris of New York adioin-
ing the New Hampshire Gratis were more
tavoEable to the settlers, than were the prom
inent men Of the colony otherwise the al
lurement of the BewasG would have induced
combinations for Selling individual Offend
ers, particularly as the people were required
by law to assist the sheriff in the execution
OF his office. Allen never denied, that the
conduct Of himself and his moansaineers,
interpreted by the laws Of New York, or tho
laws OF any well ordered society, was prom.
erly called riotous; bu. he contended, tina,
they were driven to this extremity BY theop-
position OF their stronger ncighbors, that no
other means were ieft by which they could
defend their property, and that under such
circumstances they were perfectly justified
in Iesorting to these means.
Affairs were proceeding in this train Of
civil commotion and active hostiliues
wnen Governor Iyron, in spirit of candor
and forbearanoe hardly to have been expec.
ted at that crisis, wrote letter to the in.
hahS'ant' Of Remington and the adjacent
country, dated on the 10Th of May, l772,
censuring the illegality and violence oftheir
conduct, but at the same time expressing
desire to do them justice, and invi-
ting them to send deputa,ion of such
persons as they might choose, who should
lay before him full state of their gr;evan-
sss' and the causes of their camplain,.-.
40 any deputies thus sent he promised seen.
ny ana protection, excer.ing Ethan Allen
seth ""rner, and three Others. who IA
been named in his proclamation as offsnd.r.
against The laws, aud. Tor experimenting vho,,
. N"aEa haa been offered. On r.ca,,;nm
'h's letter the people OF Remington and ~.
neighboring towns assembled by then 80
mittees, took the subject into consideration,
ana without delay acceded TO the proposal
They appointed two delegates, Stephen Fay
aud Jonas Fay, to repair to New York, and
wrote a letter in answer to Governor Tryon's
briefly setting forth the grounds of their dis
content and the reasons Of their conduct, and
referring to their agents for particular expla
nations. From the style and tone of the
letter, 1t was obviously penned by Ethan Al
len.
Governor Tryon received the deputies
with afability and kindness, listened to their
representations, and laid the matter of their
grievances before his council. After due de-
Liberation the council reported 10 the COVER
nor, that they wished him to give the New
Hampshire Grants all the relief in his DOW
er, and recommended that the prosecutions
on account of crimes with which they were
charged, should cease till his Ma jes.y's pleas.
ure could be ascertAined, and that the New
York grantees should be requested till such
time to put stop to civil suits respecting
the lands in controversy. This vote of the
council was approved by the governor, and
with this intelligence the deputies FASTENED
BACK to their constituents, who hailed them
as Inc messengers of peace and Joy. They
had never asked for more than was implied
BY these terms, being well persuaded, tha
however the question Of jurisdiction mig {
be settled, the King wonld never sanction i
course Of proceeding, which should depri. 4
them OF their property. The impulse Of
gladnsss spread quickly 10 the cabins of H..
remotess settlers; a meeting Of the peorl.
was called at Bennington. where a large
conco"rse assembled; the minutes of the
conncil and the governors approval wers
read, and aPplauded With loud acelama.ions
and for the moment the memory Of all for.
mer griefs was swept away il the overflow
ing tide Of ehihusiasm for Governor Tryon
The single cannon, constituting the whole
artillery Of Colonel Allen's regiment. wa,
drawn out and discharged several times d
honor Of the occasion; and Captain War
ner's company Of Green Mountain Boys, pa
raded in battle array, fred three volley'
with small arms; The surrounding mnlti
tudes at the time answering each discharg'
with huzzas, and every demonstration
of delight. II was accounted day Of ,ri