The Rock Island Argus., 1884-09-15
Benedict Arnold.

In your city, during the present week,
there will be gathering of the de-
scendants of the U. E. Loyalists, at
which time there will be gathered many
OF the descendants of those who from
various motives left the rebellious colo
MES and settled principally on the st.
Lawrence, the Bay of Quinte, and the
Niagara district.
L for one have no love for Tories of
those times no more than | have for
those OF to-day, who now in this ener-
waited country, through the timid and
patient and long suffering nature of the
mass of the people, ave allowed to rob
and rule.
1t may be of interest to your readers
at this time to be informed who some
of the descendants are, and other facts
collected from various sources by one
who with eager interest sympathizes
with all the past conflicts of the mass
OF the people for natural rights, against
preroga,ives, privileges, and uncon-
troHed authority, and trusts to see vet
history repeat itself even here, for we
would be discouraged had we not faith
IN the spirit of justice to some day soon
assert itself, peaceful if possible, if not,
otherwise.
The distance of one slndred wears
OF more and the wonderful results ac-
complished in that time in that country
add charm to the characters who were
active in the American cause, while on
the other side the hundred years has
nearly buried in the dust of obscurity
the names OF those who landed by the
waters in the wilderness of Canada.
Near what is now the Rideau Canal,
at kilmarnock Lock in the Township
of Montague, County of Leeds, are
buried the mortal remains of Hannah
Arnold, who wrote the following lines
from her home in Connecticut to the
most intrepid, daring, and outrageous
General in the Army OF the American 5:
bear Hrother.-Take this opportunity TO
congratulate you on your late success in re-
duclng Iinconderoga and making yourself
master of the vessels on the Lakes. The
cause Is undoubtedly just one. Hope You
may have health, strength, fOrtitude and
Nalour for whatever you may be called TO,
Nc,, &c.
Your ailectionate sister,
HANNAH ARNOLD.
ACNC iiIiJS hClC 1lulcSStbl W NItu-
ersl Benedict Arnold, whose services to
the cause of the Americans it is hard to
estimate.
II is not my intention to go over his
life, to justify any of his acts, or TO
draw him as sn example.
might say if the ball that broke his
leg when leading on the Americans al
Saratoga, which deformed him for life,
had struck a mortal part, to-day his
name would be honored, his remains
would be stored in mausoleum, and his
memory would be cherished by his
countrymen; but, sad fate, he died not
soon enough to be honored.
While it is not necessary to eNtenuate
his crime, or to call it other than trea-
son, we must not forget that there has
been parallels in the world; also, that
| he was n man who, if circumstances
had been different. might have been one
OF the highest honored names of 100
Years ago
Aftet vSrylnS conditions Benedict
Arnold died and was buried in London
in lSjl, ag-d sixty years. His sons,
Richard. Henry and John, came to
| Canada about 1898, to look after the
land granted their father, consisting OF
X, 400 acres in the counties of Leeds
and Greenvile. The SONS engaged in
business and married. and We're leading
citizens, and left large families, who
are now some of our most valued and
| honored friends and countrymen, and,
like their grandfather, are generous
and sympathetic.
L have in my possession General Ar
nold's military coat, owned by his
grandson, which consider OF interest
to the curious and antiquarian, or your
York pioneers.
There are other names of note which
are of interest, but at present space will
not admit. The ancestor of our present
Governor Of Ontario was an important
factor in that time. If the papers ot
the family are preserved would be ot
interest, particularly concerning the
meetings of Arnold. Andre and Robin
son, at Robinson House on the Hudson
- Cor Toronto Globe.