New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-08-16

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eccs, aud clash q disens''on OF tAe 1y i -. nv
ion nnd the entnIc lcm'nis o! creed; an lh't ~ ~
knowledge OF The principles Of aii Jg5t government al
their application 10 i3c aHi!r' ~ To - ~ ,,.
From tho earliest controversy abiui title ana juIsd9
ton OF the New Hampshire Grants down 10 toe hhA AZ
mission OF tine STA 81 Vermont TO quo mon o, icg
UnieI States March (. 1871, IL may b. AIRY cphnirl
whether these people wcrc not a ntc'seD - any CO...
munlty of equal num0cr tlcn ~ Ne"-bnS'nd Is "a -
he safely said, that better suiici 10 the lni
asfntey ami bfyrv Than thy managed the AFFAIR." ~
1e,ro and nd of var aud ~ that haf war. ha,f
tiers and inc Iandio5bcfs ~ Sev-Yors, with
its complications OF boundary. jurisdiction m
tile. AID collision OF conflicting claims OF New-ho.h;
New-Iiampshirc and Massachusetts the men OF tnu,'
aud Lexington reader than they 90 spiinS hP IL
sstance 10 the a-gressions OF Great irtah upon ' ~
critics Of the colonies; nor any moro paiI.,'r, or
ficIng united and seadast IN defence ot Inc conmoh
cause; none shrewdeF ana wiser IN ,ne ,inno,i
cy Of war than the leaders OF tlese i1'i' ~;
who. when the infant state unsuopof.o9. ~
Congress and deserted by the neighDorps STATE,
LEFT alone % make such delcheo ~ 81" ooa,i
against q powerful invasion by the common choy
gathering npon her Northern border repclied INC xa-
sion ana soc,ir'd VlctOrN "itlVut co ,i - "r a.
foe by charm OF words, and ~ ie nesse OF war 81
campaigns and none who displayed kecncr sagac-
iiy and sill OF polite administration and management
trned s udepenfence as 2 separate sovereignty for
fourteen years aud put II IN place as one OF the
common ins.ice the rebellion Of tho HewHampshiic
Grants 50 lar as 10 was q r1o ..,t, anu 'H
AMI go il happened, that whea Sheriff Ten Eyck on "a,
lsa dag Of July, l777, with ms pJSsa OF Sonr so
,aeedJ in marital array 70 Brnningto to take pos
session by process IN eecnrnt OF cue farm o, Jnne'
Townsville gathering OF the settlers OF "tue Grants, pre-
naII Tor resistance bennington IN town etng md
voted take thIs farm lder their protect 1n-tni u
was protected IL has been well and truly said
by That venerable gentleman native OF b'nnn< ton
whose presence graces tnis OCCASION ami Nho IN s long
and useful eOf public service has done h age no Dtcr
ysoa a'H tSa nSre f s on tie i'0
Of James Ble,kcnrdge was bora the f .,.i
the periis OF infancy. had by the comm nee
ment OF tge general revolution acquired ti' &C
Gloss reacneI the fu stature OF maHnoGd ani wc NJ
long aferward became the acAnOw lodged equal Oi us
associate American IepUoiicr 10y 80
adl,d 0f what IN Tory Governors OF NeWnorh were
wont to call the Bennington mob ..,... To-.
Tis controversy about the lands of the settlers Kept
up in and another FOR many years atdialy iel
purpose EAcey iI' va, i ~ ~ 1 annie mimi fc!
v"iI1H hI no name in liStory nor exis.euee a
she MIS- difference was considerably married. The
settlers Of Grants wcr" NcwEng udcrs OF me Inc,
Ntw-England type, chershng the democratic ideas and
pbu d with spirit OF resistance to aggressons upon
Inc liberties Of individual peope, which then pee-
ha bfen .cnlary schooci aud trained for generations
by the events connected with me early mmsr'ilol-'
ma he Institutions 81 Church and civil Govern
ment established by them Of thrir free chi occ,
lbs m re u.n iishcd loyal aiy OF the times, though sd
III ye accept az true, forgiving the reproach:
tA,S Ne a, me and ,isi,.ins ON wing the lands
thcy should Uccapy; WHOSE ~hGc cOnNriSatlph Wa,
q
atOa slaves 10 4f'4ai} y3"et .ll "lOsc IutnStcnco
to pa. mother country ant liD'rl opinions AMI man
rr. were extremely offensive All ioya subjects Of iAe
King" Fcw l0dcs among them a. any tiIne-and iios'
few either converted u better WAYS by me tol lacip
move conlcnal homes ~ 'iultt u was not 50 along
the hud.on, nor Ea< ,his ihr SpiT1 " l,g gne
ence IS couspicuou'y Indicated IN M reply OF
Tor he manner IN which the NcwIo,k grants OF We
mont lands a.I been fnaie. " 4 conceive IT, ne says.
good rocy 20 lo,e large OF AM in the han T.
,tr .f
naturally flrn oar ,Aer lands - i"nantsi a method
ia some measure tlc general !cycing sp tai So Ich
prevails is some Ii- Haisstys soyernmeus,' IN ais
den. slt Of Inc settlers. Who would Oe sassals 10 no
patton or land baron, but would own the iAnds lhrY
tiiei And SD was kcpt ~ tl' 'Jh.i 0sets{ 90 20 1o
and jurisdiction, unui huailv closed ~ lI9l by c1npro-
pa the sul OF 9jpvji' Nhc- rs "ifIdtu anon IN
New-York claimants hy way o compensation Tor tieir
II THE REVOLUTION.
In the war Of the Revolution there people more
patriotic none united ia bentlGent OF hostility tn
the aggToss,ons OF Great Britain AID determination TO
defend tue COMMON liberties OF the colonies, ana TO
achieve separation and Independence Than tho people OF
the Ncw-lIamp5hirc Grants none vino, according 10
tbeiraby did Drawer and effective scryice In actual
war than they Scattered along the path nom Can
ada to sryYOrk, they ever reliable rs minute men
10 beat bacs battle Invasion from That quarter Tcon-
derOgs the Canadian border Bennington AM Saratoga.
tell the story OF their Berosm. they The OF
IuiEONUe l1 ht H' uial'toI ~ t''-
uug.on cOnsogu prpex Of MS affairs. wrote 10
the British Minister III Loudon: ." The Sew-Hampsa.re
Gcants, N particular, county unpeUpled IN tde last
war now aouais in the most active am re370as race
Of the Continent, and hauss Ike gltaern storm on m
left" Twenty days after me Declaration o lndepen-
denee At Philadelphia, there assembled at the ian OF
Ia" 10 o iAe GthtH, "h0 "a eA'ee INTO ooIehId COY
ensnt among Themselves 10y formal sgnatare5 recon-
Inc friends of America On the district" wherein they de-
clare: We do voluntarily and sntcInnY "nSa2r Ghdf
"nr live, ana fortunes o def nd tire arms ~ tho United
American states against the hostile attempts ~ ID"
controversy between the two countries shall DE Sct
,ed;" and at later convention, held by Adjournment ~
the same place ~ september, 1t "aa uhaiihou ~ -
solved " ~ tkt suitable measures, az soon may De- -
declare the NevHanrshife Grants separate district
THIS convention adoUmed To meet at Westminster,
%" ,,i I,ino,y - ~ @ni hon ana fhsr, H.
was unanimously proclaimed and pitcf declared that
the district OF territory c1mPr,h'udiu% amd usuaiy
known b. the nam and description of ihe Ncw-H,mi.
shire Grants II right Ought 40 be and ~ hereby declared
forever hereafter 70 be considered Zee and ma pendent
Jurisdiction state, ty the mare OF NewConurcticui
Aud later, ~ Windsor tEe ~ day or July. 1877,
the representatives, OF the frermen OF said DIS
trct assembled IN convention ana framed con
stiiulon for tao state or Vermont f.
while the DRAFT OF this constitution va, under
consideration that the alarming reached the con
yenOn OF tho evacuation By oar troops ar icOhderOgs
aud tGeir disastrous retreat through inD5sGd01 thus
leaving al Hcsterh byftr open % ne rtFasei OF
BJrsOyne with bis Hcssians and savszes. II Is reported
tDal the pulse 0f tne Convention "a separate
and LOOK ~ tue protection 81 tu"r families az nome wien
severe Thunderstorm came on AVID gave them time Ia
reject" and incy stayed ll then work finished
The thunderstorm "A blessed lrOyllcnce-t voice
from tho skies prOcaimlug 10 g." Convention duty
higher than the ersoni protection OF family and
home. And Vernon. received her Christening and
became a STATE though for time after. under the aaOn
aious administration Council or safety, aud until
March t. 1871 fourteen years, existed Independent
sovereignty, with 81 the attributes and functions Of
guty, eDen sGe admitted equal member
oi TIC fcdc..l Union.
VERMONT ~ THE NATION.
Thus reviewing olrOu,!y the early history OF this
State We may safely say that has history