176 NATURAL AND CIVIL. 



;^*'Resolvedy That die petition of- jon&s Fay^ 

 l*homas Chittenden, Heman Allen, and Reuben 

 lonesi in the name and behalf of the people, 

 styling themselves as aforesaid, praying that 

 * their declaration _ that they would consider 

 themselves as a free and independent state, may 

 be received ; that the district in the said peti- 

 tion described, may be ranked among the free 

 and independent states ; and that delegates 

 therefrom may be admitted to seats in Congress^' 

 be dismissed. 



" Resolvedy That Congress by raising and of- 

 ficering the regiment, commanded by colonel 

 Warner, never meant to give any encourage- 

 ment to the claim of the people aforesaid, to be 

 considered as an independent state ; but that 

 the reason which induced Congress to form that 

 corps, was, that many officers of different states,' 

 who had served in Canada, and alledged that 

 they could soon raise a regiment, but were then 

 unprovided for, might be reinstated in the ser- 

 vice of the United States." 



Having recited the paragraphs in the letter 

 from Thomas Young, which have been quoted, 

 they next resolve, *' That the contents of the 

 said paragraphs, are derogatory to the honor of 

 Congress, are a gross misrepresentation of the 

 resolution of Congress therein referred to, and 

 tend to deceive and mislead the people to whom 

 they are addressed."* 



These resolves were favorable to the govern- 

 ment of New York : From their spirit and style, 

 and the manner in which the busiaess was in- 

 troduced, the people of Vermont concluded, 



, • JourBal of Congress, June, i;77.P'2i8. 259) *6*" 



