The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1891-03-26

ofif Nv Que NoN Svutu tAstm w fuu ~
ses, to the PsciAc 0ccsn. except that Ne'
York's line arose rs a barrier across th
, way. Nev York clsimea. aud the clslu
, Gas supported by her charter. AL th
lands from the west aide ot the Connec
, iieut River 10 the east eide OF Deiewar
Bay From these generous boundaries
shole State Was clipped npon the vest Il
the gradual harmonixing Of conhictinl
charters. On the ess, Connecticut snt
Massachusetts came up 10 line roughly
drawu twenty miles east 81 tbs Hudson
The curious ziezAs in the lover boundary
with Connecticut vss the result Of bar
gain by which Greenwich. though LYING
vest OF the lioe. vas permitted 10 remair
in Connecticut, while enough land from
the Connecticut side of the line further
10 the north was ceded TO New York 10 re'
compense. These changes were accom-
plished after much delay, but with com
psraiively little friction before there was
sufficient population TO render the land
worth fighting for. Blu. north ofthe north
ern line OF Massachusetts New York still
claimed east to the Connection River, and
New Hampshire claimed west to the twen'
ty mile lipe established lower down the
Hudson by Massachusetts. and to Lake
Champlsin.
10 l760, when the French aud Indian
wars ceased. there we're very few people
living 10 the disputed land. but upon the
capture Of Quebec people from Connecti.
cut, Massachusetts. aud New Hampshire
poured into the "grsnls' by thousands.
Gov. Benniug Wentworth had 10 l749
granted the charter to the town OF Ben
nington to company Of spectators snd
SO soon an the cessation Of war made the
land valuable he set of other townships
with the true carpet baggef's regard for
the fees. The royal Governors Of New
York were only little behindhand 10 this
work, and soon the lower part OF the State
was pretty we'll covered on the map, by
the conflicting lines OF both States, while
ever acre OF the land had two claimants.
Nowadays nothing would be more fatal
TO the growth Of u new community than
any uncertainty about land titles, la l760'
70, the growth Of Vermont WAS accelers,.
ed by this cause The grantees Of New
Hampshire, uncertain how long they could
call the new towns their own, made haste
to sell at whatever terms they could get
Those who bought were the hardy soldiers
OF New England, who had just done their
full share IN beating the Frencbmen They
believed in the justice OF New Hampshire's
claim and took their riff % with them.
That meant that where they settled and
built their log bnts and sawmiils, they
proposed to stay Aud they did stay. The
King. to put stop to the trouble, render.
ed a decision favorable to New York iu
1867. but that made not . particle Of dif
ference. The colony Of New York put
price on the heads OF Ethan Allen. Seth
Warner, Remember Baker, aud other lead
ers Of the Green Mountain boys. and Al
len, il is SAID, rode into Albany in spirit
OF bravado 10 defy the Tory Sheriff whose
dnty it was TO catch and bsug him. Sur
veyors aud settlers from New York went
up only to be driven of. Civil officials
under New York were whipped, and
strongly armed Sberiff's posse met With
such threatening defiance that good Sher
iff Teu Eyck made truce only to be brok
en- az soon as made.
The people OF Boston disguised them.
selves as Indians when they throw the tux
cd tea oveoboard. The same disguise was
adopted by the Green Mountain boys
when they overturned 'Yorkers' haystscks
and sometimes when they sealed the com.
missions OF Yorker ustices with the beech |
seal by whipping them on the barred back
with beech gosds. This sort Of thing
could not last always. Indeed. il did lead
to bloodsbed, but just after the memors.
BILE Court House riot at Westminster.
whep William French aud Daniel Hough~
ton Of the popular party were fatally
wounded bya volley from the Sheriffs
posse, the war broke out. and turned oil
mens thoughts upon the King's armies.
New York never for an instsDt absndoned
her claim TO the New Hsmpshir
grants, but badu't time TO try TO enforce
II.
The military part which Vermont play.
ed in the war was not more yeniuresome
and metilesoms than it, civil proceedings.
The capture Of Ticonderoga aud tue vic
tory at Bepniogton we're not exclusively
Vermont achievements. Connecticut and
Massachusetts participating in the former
and New Hampshire men in the latter.
But 10 its civil capacity Vermont "played
slone." A Convention declared the State
independent Of both New Hampshire and
New York on Jan II, l777. wintry Yer
monts winfry fonrlh OF July, New bamp
shire was willing TO concede the claim.
Congress was willing 10 accept the nes
State. bat New Yoik snlked, and 30 Cob'
grets unwilling TO of nd the State ibst
divided the people Of the North from those
Of the South, tempofizei throughout The
the war Vermont Ut one time formally
"Annslcd" the eastern torus Of New York
and the sestern oues Of Nsw Hampshire
iu revenge for proposi ivn 10 divide her
territory between the i~o Stats. These
towns were provided with seats IN the Vsr
m out Legislature. and seemed grateful for
the privilege
During ali this time. and uoiii 1891.
Vermont vn neiihsrs par. u New York
nor OF Nev Hampshire. uor Was the
state Governed at 6frt by cummitises