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lRVlNG ,SKETCH BOOK 0 I Q Aff' ,, ,, After a hundred and fifty years only sympathy is felt for Andre but time has not lessened the odium attached to the name of Benedict Arnold. It is true that the military services of Arnold were not appreciated by the politicians of the Continental Congress. The brilliant and decisive victory at Saratoga was largely due to his courage and ability yet the incompetent General Gates reaped the credit. This slight and others of a similar na- ture, coupled with a desire for money, induced Arnold to forget his duty towards his country and himself., That he asked Washington who had upheld him before an unfriendly Congress, for the command at West Point with the secret purpose of handing it over to the enemy thus be- traying his friend and his country at one time, is sufficient evidence of his moral degeneracy. While it is regrettable that his military ability was not properly valued, for one would see every man rewarded according to his merit, a more complete knowledge of Arnold fails to arouse any sym- pathy for the man. After his marriage with the beautiful Tory belle, Peggy Shippen, of Philadelphia, a desire for money was added to his other motives for dissatisfaction. He asked Clinton for 20,000 pounds and con- sidered his services cheap at that price. Moreover, lacking in principles himself, Arnold failed to realize that others were of a different calibre. He solemnly offered to buy 3,000 American soldiers at fifteen guineas per head which was less than the cost of Hessians. He even suggested that Washington could probably be bought off with an English title! . At first one is inclined to regret that Arnold did not meet the fate of Andre. A glance at his subsequent career, however, shows that his life in England must have been a more terrible punishment than even that of a traitor's death, especially for one of his avaricious and ambitious nature. Poverty followed social ostracism and a wretched existence ended with a miserable death. These men, Andre and Arnold, so different in character and yet so closely connected by fate will ever interest the curious and serve as lessons to the thoughtful. Many will read their story but few will feel its full sig- nificance as do we Irving boys whose privilege it is to live on the Very ground of their joint tragedy. , ' . Page fourteen cg W W1
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