Year: 1870

aroRr os IRA ALLEN 10 rHE GRAND ASSEMBLY


oF SEw HAMPSHIRE.


TJHe H5lora5Is Council asf Gs4srai Is


s-u5I4 or tho STATE Of Ven EIupsiirc q1g


sitting 1i Eretor iq Saii state.


AsugsreH .-Persuant 20 my appointment
ttv the General Assembly Of the State Of Yer
m5ntl 70 wait on the Hou'tl Nesheg Ware
E-l'r. President Of the Council Of the STATE Of
New Hampshire with a letter from His Excel
leucy Ihos Caittenien, Esl r. aui As Ia the 81
Letter Reference we're had to me for further
Proticuars Relative 20 the union Of Sixteen
Towns on the Etst side of Connecticut River
with the state Of Vermont and As il mas been the
Desire Of the Hon'bi. the Genera, Assembly That
! would Give them Short state Of facts Rela-
tive to the said union, &c. | Therefore Begg
Leave 70 state the following as a Short aud C5n-
sse State Of the Matter wiz


The first movement 10 forme the State Of Yer
mont was from the West side Of the Green
mountain in Consequence of which several Com
mittees was sent 10 the then Counties OF Cum
berland and Glocester TO see if the e0ple there
would unite with the People on the west side Of
the mountain to make one Body Politick-about
Two years ago Col John Nhe0ck being Ap-
urisei Of that movement went 20 the Town Of
Norwich where one Of sd Committees were and
Proposed TO them for = number Of Towns on the
East side Of the River to unite with Those towns
on the west Of 81. River But was answered bv
said Committee that they were not acquainted
with the situation Of New-lIampshire Therefore
they should DO nothing about IL. Last March
after the Governor and Council was declared
Chosen and the assembly formed agreeable to
the Constitution Of s'd. State There Came in a
Committee from the East side Of the River sd.
10 be Chosen by Convention Of Committees


&. H--
moved in behalf Of the New Hampshire Grant.
East Of sd River (as they were Pleased to Sule
in for union with the State Of Vermont in
Consequence of which Committee was Chosen
from Both Houses 20 Confer with Said Commit
tee and make Report Of their Opinion thereon 10
the House. the Committee after all the Debates
thereon Reported 10 the Iouse as their Opinion
not 20 Connect with said Committee in no way
or manner Whatsoever. The House after ma
ture Deiberstion Voted to accept Of sd Report
which Gave such Dissatisfaction to several ct the
members Of the Council and Assembly that lived
near Connecticut River that they DECLARED II
Them People Meaning those on the East side of
the R;ver) were 10 be entirely Excluded from con-
Meeting with sd State they would Withdraw from
the then state Of Vermont and Connect with
them People and form New State Then after
Long and Tegious Debates the whole Was Refer
Ell 10 the People at Large and 10 he brought be
fore the Assembly again at their Next Session in
June Col Payne and others Of that Committee
Then Publcklv Declare that they Had Con
yersei with Number Of the Leading Members
of the Assembly of n. Hampshire from the East
ern Part Of the State who had no Objection 10
their Joining with the State of Vermont but
some member in the western part of sd State
was opposed to it But Gave it as their Opinions
that New Hampshire as a State would make no
Difficulty about 1t; this Last Idea was Carried to
the peopIe and under this Mistake of the matter
a Majority Of the Towns ia the State Voted for
the Union, which the General Assembly Could
do no otherwise than Confm they being Prviouly
Instructed 20 ly their Constituents; the assembly
then Proseeded to business amongst which there
was an Order Given out for Each Town in the State
that see fit to ChoOs Justice of the Peace and
several Temporary Acts we're Made all to stand
until the Riseing Of the Next Assembly.


S,me Time in the month Of Angst Governor
Chittenden Reed Letter from the Honbl Mes
beg Ware Esq. President of the Council of n
Hampshire showing the Disapprobation Of S d.
State TO the Union.


Some Time in September Col. Ethan Allen
was appointed to wait on Congress to see how
the Political State of the State of Vermont WAS
viewed by Congress who after the Assembly WAS
formed in October Last Reported TO the House
that the Members Of Congress was unanimously
opposed to the Union of the Sixteen Towns Other
wise they Had none of them any objection to the
State of Vermont being State (the New York
members only Excepted) at the Session in October
last Several members from the East side of the
River Took their seats in Consequence of the
union before Mentioned. Thea the Assembly
Proseeded to Business But there appeared such
Divisions and Debates Relative to the Union that
for atout thirteen Days there very little
Business Done, at which time Three Votes were
passed which Gave rise TO Desents being
brought in to the House the Next day signed by
TWenty seven Members of the Council & Assem-
bly, (both the Votes & Descent have Delivered
to the Honble. C5uucil) The General Assembly
then Proseeded the Business of the State and Re
vived sum old Acts and made sum new amongst
which they 0rdred one Commission to be made