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upon the people, or the government of Vermont- 

 Nothing remained but an appeal to Congress. 

 Complaint was made to that body, that their 

 resolutions of September 24, 1779, and of June 

 2, 1780, were publicly violated ; and that Ver- 

 mont had proceeded to exercise jurisdiction 

 over the persons and properties of sundry per- 

 sons, who professed themselves to be subject to 

 the state of New York. Congress took up the 

 complaint, and referred it to a committee. On 

 November the 14th, the committee reported, 

 " that the measures complained of, wcrt proba- 

 bly occasioned by the state of New York having 

 lately issued commissions, both civil and milita- 

 ry, to persons resident in the district called Ver- 

 mont :'■ And that it be recommended to New 

 York, to revoke all the commissions which they 

 had issued since the month of May ; that it be 

 recommended to the inhabitants to make full 

 satisfaction to the persons, who had suffered 

 damages ; and that it be recommended to New 

 York, and to the people exercising government 

 in Vermont, to adhere to the resolutions of 

 Congress, of September 24th, until a decision 

 should be had upon their aftairs. But after sev- 

 eral attempts, a vote could not be obtained in 

 favor of these resolves, and the matter was ad- 

 journed.* 



On December the fifth, the business was ta- 

 ken up again ; and Congress, instead of pro- 

 ceeding to fulfil her own engagements to Ver- 

 mont, was led by an ill judged pohcy, to em- 

 brace the cause of the criminals, and to pas;^ 

 resolutions full of censure and threatening^ 



.. * Journal of CoBgress, Nov. 14, 1782. 



