HISTORY OF VERMONT. ^51 



to New York ; and that the commander in chief 

 of the armies of the United States, do without 

 delay or further order, carry these resolutions 

 into full execution. But after warm debates, 

 and repeated trials, a vote could not be obtained 

 to adopt these resolutions, and the matter sub- 

 Sided.* 



The resentment Congress discovered, at 

 Vermont's refusing to agree with her resolves^ 

 was but of short duration. In a few days the 

 agents arrived at Philadelphia, and on March 

 3ist, officially laid before that body, the com- 

 pliance of the legislature of Vermont, with their 

 resolutions of the 7th and 20th of August. 



The matter was referred by Congress, to a 

 committee of five of their members. On the 

 17th of April, the committee hiade the following 

 report : '' In the sense of your committee, the 

 people of the said district, by the last recited actj^ 

 have fully complied with the stipulation made 

 and required of them, in the resolutions of the 

 20th and 21st of August, as preliminary to a 

 recognition of their sovereignty, and indepen- 

 dence, and admission into the federal union of 

 the states. And that the conditional promise,, 

 and engagement of Congress of such recogni- 

 tion and admission, is thereby become absolute 

 and necessary to be performed. Your commit- 

 tee therefore submit the following resolution : 



" That the district or territory called Ver- 

 mont, as defined and limited in the resolutions 

 of Congress of the 20th and 21st of August, 

 1781, be, and it is hereby recognized, and ac- 

 knowledged by the name of the state of \^cr- 



• Journal of Congress, March I, J78S, p, 298~;>o5,< 



