| Show grel destruction of falls house of revolutionary fame something to be deplored by patriots I 1 IP P till british spy taylor had not been captured in the palls falls house the united states of america in all probability would never have existed as such for it was in this bouse house on october 10 1777 that the emissary sent by general clinton carrying dia etches to general burgoyne as rapped trapped and searched something of the history associated with this typical tavern of revolutionary days Is related by william J roe of newburg us as follos fol lowe the autumn of 1777 saw the plight of americas arms endeavoring to assert the right of el government at their lowest loest ebb prom from the north burgoyne was advancing allo h lie from new york sir henry clinton urged by the necessity of effecting a junction with burgo burgoyne no bad already captured forts clinton and montgomery dispersing AW its old fall falls house in fact almost annihilating the militia under the brothers james and george canton Cl laton george clinton gathering the remnant of his Us defeated troops established his quarters at this old falls bouse house to this house on october 10 was brought a british prisoner upon whose person was found a message from the british clinton to burgoyne which if it had been safely delivered might and doubtless would have had the effect to have delayed surrender at saratoga giving time for a conjunction of the two british armies in fact a similar message was delivered about a week later bur goyne ith alth suddenly revived hope hesitated delayed endeavored to procrastinate crasti nate negotiations but dut happily it as then too late burgoyne was aas compelled to surrender saratoga saw the high tide of british dominion the buffering suffering of 0 the troops that winter vaa most deplorable it ably was mas somewhat worse at valley forgo forge for those very words have become synonymous with patriotic but then the army elated by bi the tho victory of saratoga was as buoyed up by hope of action of the mutinous spirit there maj john armstrong aide de camp on he the staff of general gates va was as the brou mouthpiece th in a letter calmly considered now after the lapse apse of more than a century not unworthy of the occasion and a ery iery masterpiece of literature ho he portrays the condition of the army their and ano the of the continental congress ills ilia stirring ord j must I 1 think be recalled by many you remember having reviewed the tile wrongs and the just complaint of the army with what a burat of aright ight bous indignation armstrong ends bia hia forceful address S can you consent to ade through tho the vile entre of dependency and owe the tile miserable remnant of that life to charity which has hitherto been spent in honor it if you can go and carry with you the jest of toris and the scorn of whigs tha ridicule and what Is worse orse the tile pity of the world go starve and be forgot forgotten the mutiny was quelled harmony restored equity established in tho the temple the ietter of armstrong was penned at the falls house razed to ta make aaa ay for the march of |
