The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1876-09-28

tkf iae convention pFoccots g. acl
M q i j wssa firm q government
bai smpiy - a recommendation a. {
order q business doing certain aets !
aeeaaiaBee with the rccommead4tio
AID rnitiing 70 81 others
Afar accepting ,Ais report The trs
aei % tie convention was 20 form
covenant o. compact" as recommend
"a This covenant. aher referring /
ihs troubles With New York. says tia
their i reason 70 expect couiiua
aaee q the same unless measures al
taken to form the district into
separate aud distinct one from New
Yofs aud that, aside from this. Dis
aace etc would render such Il
as oc.atjan iuconyeniert FOR The lin,
being therefore the better 10 "sstisf,
Tao psbhc IF their punclaal attachmer
+ T. the common cause they make al,
Itubscfibe covenant that lhcy will
for the lime being, Strictly aud relig
ously adhere 20 the several resolves o
this ora future convention constituted
On said district ~ the free voice Of ID,
lrien i q American liberties.
Committees were appointed to se,
that this covenant and the one adopted
"a July were sigued by the inhabitants
and returned 10 the convention; to
draw aud pteseut petition or remoo,
rtrlnce 60 the continental congress; u
build goa at Manchester, etc. A
board II war was appointed; fines for
the ',slirqucnts ia The militia weto
prescribed an advisory council was
appointed 70 attend the next meeting
~ The convention, who. with one deie.
gate ron each town, should form the
convention; committee was appoint
ed 10 prepare Citation to send to
the State Of New York TO know if they
have any objections against our being
a separate state from them delegates
were appointed to the continental con.
sress, committees of safety for the
seyegal towfs were advised, the towns
east OF the mountain were directed to
be bottled Of the proceedings of the
and individuals were
named for that purpose, and, after a
tour days session, the convention ad.
joufued to meet again at Westminster,
October 80 l776
AZ we said at the outset, the Object
VI this convention was. undoubtedly.
10 declare Vermont free and indie.
pendent State, and TO take linal action
IN the subject, 1t is evident that the
convention did not 60 as far as this,
is appears not only from an examina.
ton Of the proceedings Of the conyen.
ton, but from tho fact that the decla.
lion was not made until January Ii,
l1J1 he reason for the delay will,
be found in the fact that
while ii september there was a larger
from east of the noun
ain than 10 JGly, yet nine towns
littsiord Clarendon, IIubbArdlon.
sudbury Cornwall, Jericho, Hines
lurgh aud Moukton-lrom the west
side Of the mountain which were rep
.esented in July failed to send dele
gates IN September--and as the project
OF new state was almost wholly
western one, delay seemed imperative
Until these towns could be heard from.
The fact that tue convention Of july.
9th the assent Of the delegates from
hese towns had proposed new State
md action thereon had been deferred
lntll September, and these towns
aillng to be represented under these
circumstances, might, without expIa-
Iation lead to the belief that the project
vas deemed too revolutionary and SO
ause the convention to pause in the
completion Of its intended work. This
ertainIy, whatever the cause. was the
esult-aud the declaration of indie
endence was delayed. But the Dorset
onvention, after all, is one of the most
nportant events in our history, and .
hould have been more suitably com
lemorated than by a mere newspaper
Fticle Rutiqad Globe.