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
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Stirring Call
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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 -