Excerpt from Early History of Vermont, Vol. 4 York aided in the scheme to subjugate Vermont by a strong party of York sympathizers in Ver mont, but Congress gave New York aid to the same end. Under these surroundings, partv lines were strongly drawn. Loyal Vermonters were determined against all opposition to root out all Toryxinfluence and eradicate all sentiment that appeared in favor of submitting to New York. This required everv loval Vermonter to ferret out and learn the sentiment and intentions of every neighbor. The selection of every delegate to po litical conventions was attended to, and every convention controlled by true Vermonters, and every town organization was under the same power. And all Tory and York influence had to be stamped out. Is it any wonder that this same spirit of political activity, loyalty and independ ence have been kept alive among Vermont people? It seemed opportune to devote the I. And II. Chap ters of this volume to Vermont politics. The III. Chapter is devoted to Banks, and especially to what is known as Vermont State Bank and the management of the currency. The Chapters from IV. To VIII. Inclusive are devoted to the sketches of the lives and administrations of the first fif teen Governors of the State. The IX. Chapter states the causes of the war of the Rebellion, and the services of the lst Vermont Regiment in that war. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.