Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-02-12

itants of the New Hampshire grants who did
not acknowledge the jurisdiction Of either
of the aforementioned states, refrain from
exercising any power over such OF the
inhabitants rs did acknowledge such juris-
diction; and that on the other hand said
states refrain in the meantime from exc
cutting their laws over such inhabitants as
did not acknowledge their respective
Jurisdictions.
These tentative advices seem TO have
quieled all parties bat Vermont. New
Hampshire and New York especially
promptly complied with the aforesaid
recommendations and authorized congress
to settle the whole difficulty. Not so the
staunch and sturdy Green Mountain state.
She had already duly declared herself
free and independent; had assumed the
powers of government an had exercised
them in all parts of her territory; and she
should now commit herself TO no policy
that might involve the possible surrender
of her sovereignty ut the behests CT par
tisan members of body in which she
was not represented. Ready she WIS, and
always had been, to bear her fall proper
ton of the burden and expense of the war
with Great Britain; but she was not SO
lost to all sense and honor that after years
of war with Britain, in which she had eX-
pended so much blood and treasure, she
should now give up everything worth
fighting for,--the right of making her
own laws and of choosing her own form of
government-to the arbitrament and de
termination of any body of men under
Heaven.
June 2, 1880, congress showed it teeth
Il little by resolving "that the proceed
ings of the inhabitants on the New Ilamp-
shire grants were highly unwarrantnble,
and subvcrsive of the peace and welfare
of the United States; and that they be
strictly required TO abstain in the future
from all acts of authority, civil or militia
ry, over those inhabitants who profess
allegiance of other states" Unaided, un-
dauned, however, by this grim repri-
mand, Vermont, through her governor
and council, at once responded to these
instructions by declaring,-that she con-
sidercd the same altogether impertincnt
and subversive of her own natural, inal-
ienable rights to liberty and independence ;
as well us clearly Incompatible at once
with the principles on which congress
grounded its own independence and that
provision of the federal constitution by
which congress was expressly fol n,dden
to intermeddle with the internal policy
and government Of unreprcsented terrific
Iies. She further intimated that if congress
and the neighboring states persisted in the
course they were ut present pursuing, she
could, in the end, have no motives to
continue hostilites with Great Britain
and maintain an important frontier for
the benefit of u country that Meantime
insisted on treating them rs slaves; and
concludes by observing that if the present
policy be sleadftstly pursued by congress
it will simply remain for her finally te
appeal 10 God. and to IN impartial world
to say who, under the circumstances
must be accountable for the awful conse
quences which must cnsue. After matur,
/, deliberation the settlement of the coniro
versy, on the part Of congress, was voted
indefinitely postponed.
Such Was still the posture of aft tirs il
= Vermont at the close of the revo utHnar,
: war;
Meanwhile, unsettled and embarrassing
rs was the state of her relations to con
} gresS and to the ncghboring states, III,
, internal tranquility Of Vermont had We
+ been for some time but little disturbed
Her political institutions had been gradu
] ally maturing, and the organization o
] her government had assumed a regularity
and efficiency which commanded, to say
) the least, the obedience and respect Of tht
great body OF the citizens. New York II
7 be sure, had not rulinquished her claim t
< jurisdiction over the territory; but she hat
, of late made no serious effort to exercise i
+ -contenting herself with opposing th
= admission of Vermont into the Union ant
: encouraging, as she had opportunity, til,
7 few disatiected citizens Of the latter stat,
] TO resist its authority and to stir up dis
r turbance and strife
t Meantime, before the close Of the yea
Y 1884, all disturbances whatsoever had beel
completely quieted throughout the state
, The Workers., linding themselves vcg7
, harshly handled by the civil and militar,
: authority Of Vermont, concluding finally
t manifestly, that discretion was the bette
part of valor, either submitte and tool
/ the oath Of allegiance, or otherwise abln
( doned the country. This c1fectual diSner
, sion Of her prrLisans from the lcrritol,
! practically Terminated tn, attempts o
New York TO mlintlin her authority i,
Vermont, Though continuing nominalIy
to assert her claim to the state, until per
, suaded in 1900 to acknowledge her indie
t pendence, she probably from this perio,
4 rolinquished all hope of oyerthrowing he
r government OF Of preventing the final ~
+ acknowledgement of her Independence b,
J congress.
-
During the year l75] there was less disturb
I ance III Windnam county On the part certain pIr
sans of New York, who, being naturally opposed t
tulity TO embarrass the newly nrglni1ud government
aud at several times had actually resist Ell ts uuthJT
= W Dy force In this state of things General Etha
Allen was directed to call out The militia tor tafprru
the laws.Ot vermont and for sppresslug disturbance
ana lnsurrecton i'll the County of Win1hau. Alic
, proceeded from Bennington at the head of hun
dred Green Mountain Boys and, on his arrival at tn
scene Of disturbance issued the following prOclama
ton: Ethan Allen, declare that nuess the peopl
OF Gulord peaceablv submit TO the authority of Yer
mont the togh shalt BE- made as deS0'te S0oHt at
GOMorrdh.",
KEEP MEAT FRESH.-The system O
protecting animal substances by securin!
the coagulation of their albumen and th
+ exclusion of air is attracting in Englant
just now,according to the London Cpwatrl
Gentleman, a good deal of attention TIN
process, known as the Japlncsa method
oonSietinn, l., 4, H,eh Ia;