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mont, ais free, sovereign, and independent ; an^ 

 that a committee be appointed to treat and con- 

 fer v/ith the agents and delegates from said state, 

 upon the terms and mode of the admissipn of 

 the said state into the federal union." When 

 this report was read in Congress, a motion was 

 made and seconded, that the first Tuesday in 

 October next, be assigned for the consideration 

 of the report : The vote passed in the negative- 

 A motion was then made and seconded, that the 

 third Tuesday in June next, be assigned for the 

 consideration of the report : The vote was. again 

 in the negative. A motion was then made and 

 seconded, that Monday next be assigned 

 for the consideration of the report ; and 

 the vote was also found in the negative, for the 

 third time,* 



From these votes it was apparent that Con- 

 gress had again adopted their former policy of 

 evasion, and did not mean to come to any de- 

 cision upon the affairs of Vermont. Having 

 no prospect of success in their agency, the agents 

 concluded their business,! with a letter to the 

 president of Congress, representing that Ver- 

 mont, in consequence of the faitli which Con- 

 gress had pledged to them, had been prevailed 

 upon to comply with their resolutions, in the 

 most arnple manner ; that they >vere disappoin- 

 ted by the imexpected delay of Congress, in not 

 executing on their part, the intent and spirit of 

 the resolve ; that Vermont was now reduced 

 to a critical situation, by casting off a consider- 

 able part of her strength, in being exposed as a 



* Extract from the minutes of Car.gresj, of April 17, I7?i' 

 f April 10. 



