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About Rural enterprise. (Halsey, Or.) 1924-1927 | View Entire Issue (July 1, 1925)
To B e tty Rot» Where Benedict Arnold Plotted Deed of Blackest Treachery T h e B e tsy R ose F lag. They cam » to you— tho»e p atriot»— w hen w om pn a »Id w u needed. T hey naked an em blem of you tn the m idst e t w a r e alarm , Ae the k n ig h t o f so n g and story fo u g h t for fam e In b attle'» glo ry . And w ore the v e il hie la d y g a v e upon hie good r ig h t arm. Tour e w iftly sn ip p in g eoleeore for an ln stn n t did n ot la g , And the hand th a t rock ed th e cra d le w ee th e hand th a t m ade the flag No m ore th e hand and arrow » fluttered e'er th e troop» In con flict; No m ore th ey fo u g h t to g e th e r u n d er n eath the green p in e tree; And the » p ittin g m a k s u p lifted n e v e r m ore lte ra ttle» sh ifte d In th e cnnnon'n belch sin ister , a s it w arned "Don't trend on me!" F or the v a ried C o n tin en ta ls had a stan d ard a ll th eir ow n. W hen th ey fo u g h t b en ea th a banner th a t a w o m a n ’s hand had sew n. ‘Treason Houae" In West Haverstraw, Where Andre and Arnold Planned the Surrender of West Point. down stream and out of range. Andrs wns frankly worried. Delay That Was Fatal. "It mny not be so easy to get bock to the ship,” he said. Benedict Arnold thought for a mo It floated ou t triu m p h a n tly w h en C orn ment. "I will give you a puss that w a llis surrendered; will take you safely back to New 'Twae h a iled by K ey In m elody tn the . em b a ttled daw n; York by land tf you cannot rench the And the North fo u g h t to d efen d It Vulture,” he announced. Tig; puts w h en the South had hoped to was duly written out authorizing the I rend It, Continental guards to let "John An meeting places during the Revolution. It was nere W h ile It b rou gh t lta ch eerin g m essa g e h s ^ . a ., t . ^ ?$*-'• S f -. e BJnhmnnH l i ^ T n t Va or.o of .n the h l. moat famous Renounced to the h e ig h ts o f San Juan; derson" through their lines. By now ielsnIM. < l » l Z y ^ f l , ^ r » V ^ h l 8 ,PFe* WdW|t, Almighty God. I know not what course other, may tik e, but ‘ At St. M lhiel It fluttered, and w hen the Andre had the complete dutn for the I w ar w a s won, surrender of West Point In his pos It teld a n oth er sto ry o f a n o th er duty chased at session and. acting on Arnold's sugges dona. Mherty. or give me death." as for me. tion, had concealed the papers in the Ah. B e tsy R oss, you lit t le k n ew the a n hour w ith in th e litt le church I sate< sole of his stocking. The plot had test shall be obtained—fce must fight! honor th a t b e fe ll you. W here P atrick H enry a voice w a s been launched. Arnold left Treason An appeal to nrms and to the God of That qylet day you labored In you r lit heard to ring. tie h om estead , w h ere house for his own residence across the R o u sin g hie frien d s a g a in st a greedy Hosts Is all that Is left u s ! Tour n im ble n eed le fly in g sew ed a k in g, river. The two conspirators were L ib erty or D eath .” n ation n<ver d y in g — C a llin g to arm s a ll lo v ers of the S tate never to meet again. "They tell us, sir, that we are w eak ; That the litt le c o n ste lla tio n th a t you I seem ed to a«e h is e y e s In h igh d eb ate All that day Andre remained In the clip p ed and fa sh io n ed th ere F la sh in g , yea, f e lt my h eart for action unable to cope with so formidable an w ax In g r e a te r n u m b ers from upper room of Treason house looking sp rin g adversary. But when shall we he W ould the crad le o f Its birth. tio n , and heard the n orthw in d out over the river at the far-off Vul stronger? Will It be next week, or the And carry fo rth Its m e ssa g e to the Vhen the Virginia Patriot To a tten brin g ture and counting the hours that re very en d s o f earth. next year? Will It be when we are i The Sound of c la n k in g ch a in s!— and — H a rlo w e R. H oyt. mained until durkness should fall and Delivered Hi» Immortal totally disarmed, and when a British rose, e la te ,, S w earin g, as m any a p a trio t so u l did he could attempt his escape from the guard shall be stationed In every “Give Me Liberty or Give sw ea r, a American lines. Night came and ho ' house? Shall we gather strength by That , com e .w h a t m ay, n ot sla v ery Lafayatte demanded of Smith, the house's owner, Irresolution and inaction? Shall we Me D e a th ,” and Thu« sh ou ld be When Lafayette visited America a that he row him out to the British ' Man's h arttege. but freedom , everm ore. acquire the means of effectual resist Moved the Old Dominion I So liv e s the p ow er o f eloq u en ce, eo Hnce by lying supinely on our bark hundred years ago as the guest of the sloop. Here, however, an obstacle ap sh are nation hla part In the great adventure peared. It seems that Smith was ob and hugging the delusive phantom of to Arm for the Coming W e In the fe a sts o f Im m ortality, durate In refusing to run the gantlet hope, until our enemies shall have of the American colonies lay nearly D rin k in g th e w in e th a t L ib erty doth of possible Continental fire on the Revolution. pour. hound us hand and foot? Sir, we are half a century In the background of way to the ship. He offered Instead to not weak. If we make a proper use of his life. When he had taken leave of guide Andre down to New York by us he had left behind Mm a little One hundred and fifty years ago in i these means which the God of nature road, and with this offer Andre had It. John’s church, Richmond, Va., Pat- fleets and armies necessary to a work hath placed In our power. Three mil group of commonwealths, exhausted by to he content. Ick Henry stood before the now Of love and reconciliation? Have we lions of people, armed In the holy war and distracted by mutual Jeal Under cover of darkness they amous convention and delivered his shown ourselves so unwilling to be cause of liberty, and In such a country ousies and mistrust. On his return In crossed to the other side of the river iDtnortal “give me liberty or give me reconciled that force must be called as that which we possess, are In 1824 he found them bound Into a vig orous, axpandlng nation, basking In and began the Journey that was to end leath” speech. Virginia’s delegates In to win back our love? Let Os not 1n Andre’s capture nt Tsrrytbwn. How the sunshine of an “era of good feel utd convened to consider whether or deceive ourselves, sir. These are he p n ssed through the American lines ing.” lot to organize an armed force to re- implements of war and subjugation, until he tnft the three patriots—Joha , It is hard for us to realize that In iMt the soldiers of the British king, the last arguments to which kings re Paulding, Isaac van Wort and Darid 1777 it seemed nothing out of place for tevolutlon was In the air. The Dec- sort. I ask gentlemen, sir, whet means Williams—guarding the road, how hs the Continental congress to bestow arstlon of Independence was little this martial array, If Its purpose be mistook them for British sympathizers a major general’s commission upon a nore than a year away. But opinion not to force us to submission? Can and declared himself to be an officer nlneteen-ye’ar-old French aristocrat, In r u divided among the planters of the gentlemen assign any other possible o f. bis majesty the king, bow they capnble of giving an Intelligible com >ld Dominion. Some would arm in motive for it? Has Great Britain any seised him, searched klm, refused Ms mand In Engllsji. It was, however, »elf-defense, others trust to his Brit enemy In this quarter of the world to offers of tremsfcdous sums and took quite In accord with the custom of call for all this accumulation of navies the time so to burden young shoulders der It his proud nature smarted unen- him to the Continental authorities and and armies? No, sir, she has none. with weighty responsibilities, especial durably. There came then the Inde the end that came to him as a wartime 'They are meant for us; they can be ly If they were patrician shoulders fensible, treacherous step which was spy are familiar matters of history meant for no other. They are sent That day’s wort In Tree eon house was Perhaps the practice was Justified by to destroy his career in sa hour. over to bind and rivet upon us those to bring notMng bnt dleaslir to tbs Writing under the name -of "Gus chains which the British ministry have tavus.'’ he entered into communication men who engaged tn It. been so long forging. And what have British Gained Little. with Sir Henry Clinton, commander of we to oppose to them? Shall we try .. the British forces In New York, and 1 The defection of Arnold doss »ot argument? Sir, we have been trying was answered by his a!«L Andre, who . seem to have been of mach service t* that for the last ten years. Have we assumed the name of "John Ander | the British cause. He led their troops anything new to offer upon the sub son.” Arnold offered to station his ] In a number of expeditions, none of ject? Nothing. We have held the troops so that the British would en- j which wero of any great Importance subject up In every light of which It Is counter no difficulty In seizing West , The memory of that black dsy at Trea capable; but It has been all in vain. Point. It was a strategic post on son house seems to have best» with Shall we resort to entreaty and humble which the British had long had their supplication? What terms shall we eyes Possession of It would cut off find which have not been already ex Tomb of Patrick Henry, at Rod Hill, | New England from the lower colonies. hausted? Let us not, I beseech you, Virginia. It would open an easy route to Cap- > sir, deceive ourselves longer. ads The Continentals would be | vincible by any force which our en “We Must Fight.” crushed by the loss of their most im | "Sir, we have done everything that i emy can send against us. Besides, sir portant fort and Its. great store of sup could be done to avert the storm | we shall not fight one battles alone. plies The correspondence went op which Is now coming on. We li%ve pe There Is a Just God who presides over A personal meeting between Arnold titioned ; we have remonstrated; we the destinies of nations, and who will and Andre became imperative If the raise up friends to fight our battles for have supplicated; we have prostrated underhand scheme were to go through h majesty to right the wrongs they ourselves before the throne and have us. The battle, sir, Is not to the strong ere suffering. If it came to revolu- Implored Its Interposition to arrest the alone; It la to the vigilant, the active, The Conspirators Meet. oo and the revolution failed, their tyrannical hands of the ministry and the brave,. Besides, sir, we have no And so one day the British sloop rads were at stake. There needed parliament. Our petitions have been ; election, ’if we were buse enough to of-war Vulture glided up the waters ie Impact of eloquence to move the slighted ; our remonstrances, have pro desire It, It Is now too late to retire of the Hudson and anchored not far invention to Join with the patriots of duced additional violence and in su lt; I from the contest. There Is no retreat from Stonv Point. Arnold had laid but In submission and slavery! Our ther colonies. That Impetus was glv- our supplications have been disregard his plans well. When durkness came n when Patrick Henry arose and ad- ed, and we have been spurned with chains are forged ! Their clanking may a small host went alongside the Vul ressed the convention. When he had contempt from the foot of the throne! ■ be heard on the plains of Boston ! The ture and Joshua Smith boarded her. nlshed, the convention adopted reso- In vain, after these things, may we war Is Inevitable—and let It come! 1 Major Andrs. At Arnold’s command he wns seeking jtions calling for the organization of repent, sir, let It come. a man who was to "bring Important “It Is in vsln, sir, to extenuate the illltis, and the taking of such other news” to the West Point commander blm to his death. The hatred of the matter. Gentlemen may cry. 'Peace, teps as would put the colony In a A 'ong blue surtout covered Andre's countrymen be had betrayed reached Lafayatta Monument, Washington. pence,’ but there Is no peace. The war tate of defense. The speech follows: uniform as he stepped Into the small over eras and atrock him down. Brood is actually begun ! The next gale that -Mr. President, it Is natural to man the precocity that was characteristic boat, and Smith did not know that the ing through the yeara. he fell victim sweeps from the North will bring to Indulge in illusions of hope. We to a racking nervous disease front our ears the clash of resounding nrm s! of the age. More of the statesmen of silent passenger he was rowing to which he died In HOI .. apt to shut our eyes against a the Revolution were under forty years shore was s foe of the newly born re Our brethren are already in the field! , , \ truth and listen to the song And now Treason house Itself Is to ot age Ilian over IL At nineteen Alex public. Why stand we here Idle? What Is It i siren, till she transforms us disappear forever. Perhaps It Is well. ander Hamilton, born In the same year In n few minutes Andre had made the gentlemen wish? What would they , «■ 1» this the part ot Wl,e The recollections which It summons up to bea: in g grpat an)U0Ug Strug have? Is life so dear, or peace so as Lafayette, bad a profound and prac his way through the thicket to the out of the past are beat forgotten tical knowledge of the principles at side of Benedict Arnold. A few words sweet, as to be purchased at the price *n/ n<nh Tty? Are we disposed to government and finance. Across the of Identification wero exchanged. In * r°ri bL ,'» b e r of those, who, hav- of chains and slavery? Forbid IL Al half whispers and carefully lowered ( of the nn y a[)d haTlng mighty God I I know, not what course sea William Pitt was aboot to enter upon the amazing parliamentary voices the conversation proceeded. others may take;,but as for roe, give ' * t r " ; »a t m ' « » wMrh 80 nMr,y career that was to make him prime What was the number of troops In ear not the thin 1 , M, vatlon7 For me liberty or give me death !” minister of England at twenty-four. West Point, what was Its armament, mcern their tempo Qf RpIrtt , t The British navy swarmed with mid how many supplies were stored there, ly part, w hatever an, , , the L e tt of F a m tu i C om pany in what way would ,Arnold dispose his ahlpmen ten and twelve year» old. lay cost. I am Willing < wQrgt M<1 How was It that Lafayette, heir to soldiers so that the British could en L Daniel Frederick Bakeman, who 'hole truth; to know tlx. was a resident of Freedom, N. Y.. and an anclAnt and enormously wealthy ter without casualties? rovtde for It. ,'M ch my Arnold suggested to Andre that he who died In 18«» at the age of one house, should have become at a period ’’I have but one lam p ” 7 \ ,-m p Mt are guided, and that i s h * £ In life when the modern boy Is leav stay one more night on shore, promis hundred and ulna years, six months ing high school a sincere And ardent ing he would be rowed safely out to and eight days, was the last survivor f experience. I kno F of M (t Why suffer from.fceadachss3 champion of the ‘’rights of man"? In the Vulture the following night. An of the Revolutionary war. Bakeman adglng of the future. W b J to almost any of his compatriots the mo- dre fell In with the plan and they sd served the last four years of the Revo ind Judging by the l »»rt- Have lution under Captain- Van Arnurn and tlve might well h ate b een cap rice or tourned to the Treason bouae. now what there has t V*n Colonel Willett of the New York net of the British mi f hop, a a love of adventure. In Lafayette It As ot er breakfast th-j w o t on with interior of St. John’s Church was an Inborn passion for human llb- their dlxruMJoBs tM y were Interrupted • troopa. Two years before his death -> ).« < h> an nmlnoo« sound. A detachment congress passed s special set pension ;ndulg» the * ’»><’ hope of p**'“s “n‘5 pith which gentlemen «>*" Is fitting, therefore. that when v e of Ctmynental soldiers had seen the ing Bakeman at the rate of tW I a reconciliation. There Is no longer any ; ‘leased to solace therosel ’ Examined thfck oft the t»lP France, g i'-fiu s Vffitiare'ln the Hve» and had h,-ought year The la»t Revolutionary war pen room for hope If we wish ouse? Is It that Insidious _ In the Revolution we should aymboTIze a cannon dawn .to the shore. The sioner, according to the pension office, _ t f , we« mean »toe presecvea-lnylplate rhlch our petition has late. V It In th e person of Lafayette. Fssnce bobmlng thunder of Its shots was roll was Mrs. Phoebe M. Pslmeter of those Inestimable privileges foi■ which elved, ’Trust It * * sir. acted from selfish motive*, for Eng ing up and down the Hudson. Ansold Brookfield. N. Y.. who died In 1»1L irove a (mare to your feet, s v* g W. have been so long e o n « n d m g -lf land was her traditional enemy. La fa and Andre looked out of tl>e windows She was the daughter of Jonathan _ mean not basely to abandon the Jewelers, Optometrists •otraeives to be betrayed with «ette was whole-heartedly for the of Treason house and saw the V ^ 1™ 8 Woolgy, who aervod ln_s Naw Hl struggle in which we hsve been An Appeal to Arms. cause of tha young re pobUc.—Youth's hstft a» lta anchor anti more swlflly dhlr« CC «*» *blch we have Albany, Oregon “ Ask yourself how thia grariot * s o « * w n«w» to abandon ■ ^ 3 * - f * * * ^ ';____ _ ’atrick Henry's Stirring Call ■ x m l» * * * * » * » » ™ " | YOUR EYES | F. M. French & Son ’ “ « s< odr ^ » Itnglng at the treatment meted out to him by congress and the supreme executive council In Philadelphia. Ben edict Arnold had come to West Point as commander of the post, lie was the hero of Quebec and of Saratoga. One leg wounded In two places bore witness to his bravery on the field. Ho was Washington's most trusted gen eral. He had a record for leadership and sacrifice in the Continental cause second to none. But he was a morose and embittered man. As governor of Philadelphia and as a brilliant soldier he hnd made many enemies. His foes In the governing council of Pennsyl vania had brought against him a series of charges of dereliction In duty. Ar nold had demanded a trial by court- martial. He had faced Its board ot Morristown, the winter headquarters of Washington. The result had been a sentence to a public reprimand. l a -