When the worst was over, and Governor Bowdoin applied to the neighboring States for help in capturing the last of the refugees, Rhode Island and Vermont failed to respond to the extent that might have been expected of them.

The danger, therefore, of the insurrection spreading was a cause of deep concern.
This feeling was increased by the impotence of Congress.

The Government had sufficient excuse for intervention after the attack upon the national arsenal in Springfield.

Congress, indeed, began to raise troops but did not dare to admit its purpose and offered as a pretext an expedition against the Northwestern Indians.

The rebellion was over before any assistance could be given.