History of Westchester county : New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York City / . eam Guards. Edit. Loudon,1833, ii. 9.] During the autumn, the American General Arnold, who commandeda large force at West Point, on the North River, betrayed the confidencereposed in him by his party. The secret correspondence between Arnoldand the British commander was carried on through the medium of Ma-jor Andre, an English officer, who was seized in disguise, when paperswere found upou his person which clearly proved every particular of thetransaction.
History of Westchester county : New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York City / . eam Guards. Edit. Loudon,1833, ii. 9.] During the autumn, the American General Arnold, who commandeda large force at West Point, on the North River, betrayed the confidencereposed in him by his party. The secret correspondence between Arnoldand the British commander was carried on through the medium of Ma-jor Andre, an English officer, who was seized in disguise, when paperswere found upou his person which clearly proved every particular of thetransaction. He was tried by a Board of General officers, as a spy, andcondemned to he hanged. The American General has been censured fordirecting this ignominious sentence to be carried into execution ; butdoubtless Major Andre was well aware, when he undertook the negotia-tion, of the fate that awaited him should he fall into the hands of theenemy. The laws of war award to spies the punishment of death. Itwould therefore bo difficult to assign a reason why Major Andre shouldhave been exempted from the fate to which all others are doomed uud er. 220 HISTORY OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY. similar circumstances, although the amiable qualities of the ninu ren-dered the individual case a subject of peculiar commiseration. The mem-bers uf the court are said to have wept when they passed the sentence. IV. REM \HK8 OF EARL MOIRA (LORD RAWBOM). [From his Letter to Major-general Henry Lee, dated At sea, 24thJune, 1813—Lees Memoirs of the War in the Siatthirn Depart-mint of the United States. Ed. Washington, 1827, page 405.]Such, Sir, are the real features of the ease,1 which you hold forth inunfavourable contrast with the tenderness of sentiment displayed inthe proceedings against Major Andre ! It is not my wish to enter into a discussion of the latter case: and itwould be most unfair to doubt the disposition of General Washington,or the irresistable pressure which rendered them abortive. Yet thus far I
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