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ness to the Court of London , and to the Society for propagating the Gospel in Foreign Parts . „ ' One o _ ' the motives ( he says ) which brought me to London was a hope , that the British Government would join with the State of Vermont in opening a communication , by means of a canal , between Lake Champlain and the River S . iint Lawrence , which , instead of obliging the inhabitants of Vermont to convey their exports and imports in waggons , at a vast expence , over a
large track of ground , by Hudson's river ( a journey that consumes half the profits of the husbandman ' s and manufacturer ' s labour . and industry ) would , to the great advantage of both countries , in a navigation of sixteen or eighteen miles , enable them to receive from the bosom of the Thames into Lake Champ lain the produce and manufactures of Great Britain ; and to send thither , at an infinitely more reasonable rate , the superfluities of their own state . I laid before the Duke of Portland the wishes of the gentlemen of Vermont
relative to it , many of whom would , from truly patriotic motives , undertake the work at their own expence : but the pressure of more weighty affairs , no doubt , prevented his Grace from giving that consideration to the business , which , perhaps , he otherwise would have done ; but which , on a future clay , he mav vet be pleased to re-consider . '
To demonstrate the rising state of the province of Vermont , and consequently the advantages that might result to this country by easier intercourse with it , is the objeit of this sketch . The work is in an epistolary form . The letters are addressed to the Duke of" Montrose , the head of Colonel Graham ' s family . They contain an account of the physical , moral , and political state of the province . The description of the face of the country is accurate , lively , and p icturesque . The delineation of the constitution , laws , pursuits , and
manners , unites exact observation with judicious remark and sound reasoning : it is the result of a mind not only well-informed as to facts , but able to investigate causes . It is a valuable accession to our knowledge of the interior parts of that country , and a specimen of talents in the author , which we hope to see employed in more extensive works , and on a subject : which affords an ampler field for the historian , philosopher , merchant , and politician . Mixed with information and instruction , there is , in these letters , a considerable degree of amusement . The following story very well marks the fanatical spirit of puritanism .
' Before I take leave of Westminster , I shall mention an anecdote of an honest farmer there ( one of the orig inal settlers ) which will serve to show the fanatical spirit which then prevailed—so contrary to that liberal toleration now prevalent in America . ' The farmer in question was a plain , pious man , regular in the discharge of his duty to God and his neighbour ; but unluckily he lived near one with whom he was not inclined to cultivate either civil or friendly terms . This troublesome was no other than a monstrous over-grown he Bear ,
personage that descended from the mountains , destroyed his corn-fields , and carried away whatever he could lay his paw upon . The plundered sufferer watched the ferocious and cunning animal in vain ; at last it learned his cue so thoroughly , as only to commit its depredation on the Lord ' s day , when the coast was clear . Wearied with these oft-repeated trespasses , the good man concealed himself one Sunday with his gun . The Bear came according to custom ;—he fired and shot it dead . The explosion being heard at chinch ,
, threw the whole people into consternation . The pastor , deacon , and elders called a special meeting , and cited the offending brother before them—and , una 'voce , agreed to drive him from them as accursed . Accordingly , he was enjoined , on the next Sunday , to attend his excommunication in the church . He did attend—but went with his gun loaded with a brace of balls , his sword and cartridge-box by his side . Service was about half over when he entered
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ness to the Court of London , and to the Society for propagating the Gospel in Foreign Parts . „ ' One o _ ' the motives ( he says ) which brought me to London was a hope , that the British Government would join with the State of Vermont in opening a communication , by means of a canal , between Lake Champlain and the River S . iint Lawrence , which , instead of obliging the inhabitants of Vermont to convey their exports and imports in waggons , at a vast expence , over a
large track of ground , by Hudson's river ( a journey that consumes half the profits of the husbandman ' s and manufacturer ' s labour . and industry ) would , to the great advantage of both countries , in a navigation of sixteen or eighteen miles , enable them to receive from the bosom of the Thames into Lake Champ lain the produce and manufactures of Great Britain ; and to send thither , at an infinitely more reasonable rate , the superfluities of their own state . I laid before the Duke of Portland the wishes of the gentlemen of Vermont
relative to it , many of whom would , from truly patriotic motives , undertake the work at their own expence : but the pressure of more weighty affairs , no doubt , prevented his Grace from giving that consideration to the business , which , perhaps , he otherwise would have done ; but which , on a future clay , he mav vet be pleased to re-consider . '
To demonstrate the rising state of the province of Vermont , and consequently the advantages that might result to this country by easier intercourse with it , is the objeit of this sketch . The work is in an epistolary form . The letters are addressed to the Duke of" Montrose , the head of Colonel Graham ' s family . They contain an account of the physical , moral , and political state of the province . The description of the face of the country is accurate , lively , and p icturesque . The delineation of the constitution , laws , pursuits , and
manners , unites exact observation with judicious remark and sound reasoning : it is the result of a mind not only well-informed as to facts , but able to investigate causes . It is a valuable accession to our knowledge of the interior parts of that country , and a specimen of talents in the author , which we hope to see employed in more extensive works , and on a subject : which affords an ampler field for the historian , philosopher , merchant , and politician . Mixed with information and instruction , there is , in these letters , a considerable degree of amusement . The following story very well marks the fanatical spirit of puritanism .
' Before I take leave of Westminster , I shall mention an anecdote of an honest farmer there ( one of the orig inal settlers ) which will serve to show the fanatical spirit which then prevailed—so contrary to that liberal toleration now prevalent in America . ' The farmer in question was a plain , pious man , regular in the discharge of his duty to God and his neighbour ; but unluckily he lived near one with whom he was not inclined to cultivate either civil or friendly terms . This troublesome was no other than a monstrous over-grown he Bear ,
personage that descended from the mountains , destroyed his corn-fields , and carried away whatever he could lay his paw upon . The plundered sufferer watched the ferocious and cunning animal in vain ; at last it learned his cue so thoroughly , as only to commit its depredation on the Lord ' s day , when the coast was clear . Wearied with these oft-repeated trespasses , the good man concealed himself one Sunday with his gun . The Bear came according to custom ;—he fired and shot it dead . The explosion being heard at chinch ,
, threw the whole people into consternation . The pastor , deacon , and elders called a special meeting , and cited the offending brother before them—and , una 'voce , agreed to drive him from them as accursed . Accordingly , he was enjoined , on the next Sunday , to attend his excommunication in the church . He did attend—but went with his gun loaded with a brace of balls , his sword and cartridge-box by his side . Service was about half over when he entered