An illustrated history of the New world : containing a general history of all the various nations, states, and republics of the western continent ..and a complete history of the United States to the present time .. . um ofmoney, should they permit him to pass ; but nobly disdaining these,they conveyed him to Colonel Jameson, commander of the militia inthat quarter. This officer imprudently permitted Andre to write aletter to Arnold, informing him that Anderson was captured. Thetraitor was thus enabled to escape. Jameson forwarded a letter toGeneral Washington, then on his road to West Point; b
An illustrated history of the New world : containing a general history of all the various nations, states, and republics of the western continent ..and a complete history of the United States to the present time .. . um ofmoney, should they permit him to pass ; but nobly disdaining these,they conveyed him to Colonel Jameson, commander of the militia inthat quarter. This officer imprudently permitted Andre to write aletter to Arnold, informing him that Anderson was captured. Thetraitor was thus enabled to escape. Jameson forwarded a letter toGeneral Washington, then on his road to West Point; but it did notreach him until it was too late to arrest the fugitive. Mortified as was the whole army at the disclosure of this nefariousplot, it was a subject of rejoicing that Providence had so manifestlyinterposed to counteract it. Washington appointed a board of four-teen general officers to examine the case of Andre. On his ownconfession of the circumstances, they unanimously pronounced hima spy, and that agreeably to the laws of nations he should sufferdeath. Washington was obliged to acquiesce in this verdict. Everyeffort was made to save him by the British commander, and even by 2 M 2 CAMPAIGN OF MAJOB ANDKa. Arnold himself. Andre made but one request: it was that he mightdie as a soldier. This also Washington submitted to his ofTicers, but in their opinion it could not be granted ; and on the 2d of Octo-ber the youthful, but too pliable Andre expired on a gallows. Thesympathy for him throughout the American camp was unexampledunder any similar circumstances ; and his fate deeply afffcted theroyal army. While the place of his execution was often moistenedby the tears of his foes, the infamous Arnold was allowed to move adespised, insulted being, among those whom he had attempted tobenefit, and finally to descend into the grave, unlamented and uncaredfor. The whole plan against West Point proved a total failure. In October, Clinton sent General Leslie to Chesapeake
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