268 NATURAL AND CIVIL 



CJ4APTER VII. 



Civil Policy. From the year 1791 to 1S07. 

 Favorable prospects at the admission of Ver- 



:iimnt into, the federal ilnioji. Manner of 

 ■trmisgcting the annual business of the state. 

 , Assembly, cpmplete a volume of laws. Infu- 

 ence of French politics. Washington'' s popu- 

 larity and infaience. Governor Chittenden s 

 resignation and dea^Ji. Flection and measures 

 of governor Tichenor. Policy and proceedings 

 of the legislature at Vergennes^ in 1798 / at 

 JVindsor, in 1799 ; at Middlebury^ in 1800 ; 

 at Newbury^ in 1801 ; at Burlington^ in 

 1802 ; at Westminster, in 1803 ; at Windsor 

 and Rutland^ in 1804 ; at Da?iville, in 1805/ 

 and at Middlebury, in 1806. 



1792. THE dangerous controversies 

 with which the people of Vermont had been a- 

 gitated, being settled by the admission of the 

 state into the federal union, the prospect now 

 was, that they might pursue their private affairs, 

 and the general business of the state with suc- 

 cess, and without interruption. Washington 

 was at the head of the federal government ; in 

 liis abilities and virtues the people had full 

 faith and confidence. With the other states all 

 contests had ceased. In their own state, Mr. 

 Chittenden was the chief magistrate. His man- 

 ners and habits, his attention and attachment to 

 the indcpehdcnce and welfare of the state, his 

 "property, long residence, and acquaintance with, 

 the condition and. ^yants of the people, rendered. 



