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Agcntsfor the Gazette.
Bridgeport. Charles Youngs
Bcthct. Tinioihy B. Hickock, Esq.
Brookjielal. Lucius C. Northrop.
Bridgcwater. Eli Morris.
Dtznbury. Francis Knapp
Greenfield, Col. Horace Banks.
Ridge/icltl, David Hurlburt
Slant/lord, \Villiam H. Webb
IVestport, John ‘N. Taylor
Wiaston. Bradford \Vinion. Esri.
JOB PE£EI"q' "1‘dNG,
OF ALL KI3€DS.
NBAFLY E.XECU'l‘ED AT 'ri-iis orrii E.
itsnttiiig eklassrs
OF all kinds, for sale very cheap, by
LEVI CLARK.
To the Citizens of Bridgeport, and Fairjietil County.
ITIZEN S—It is now nearly two years since
I became general agent for Dr. Brandreth’s
celebrated Pills in this County. Evcry one
knows the very higli-character the genuine me-
dicine has obtained by every individual who has
used it. "The sale has in consequence become
great, and the calls in every part. of the county
has continued to increase. It is also grncrally
known that Dr. Bi-andretli has never made a
Driiggist an Agent; no doubt he had his rea-
sons for so doing, and all wlfo are the proprietors
of an article surely have a right, which no so
ought to question, of making whoiri they choose
the vendors. \Vluit IHIS been the result. of this?
I will tell you. There is scarcely a Drug Store
in the whole of this County but what sells, or
-has for, sale the Counterfeit Article. How nien
who profess rcligion, who prof-'ss to be moral,
can for a. moment allow their minds to stoop t.o
such low swintlling, is more thaii I can tell ; such
however is the notorious fact; they, the Drug
Stores, not only keep the Cnuiitcrfcit Pills, but V
absolutely assert that they are the genuine Bran
derth's Pills, thus ailcing a vile untrutll to the
crime of swiiidling. This is not all; the Drug-
gists know very well that pL‘t‘smlS who use the
«true Brandretli‘s Pills. soon require no medicine
at all, they tliereforc scll pills which ilicy call
Brundrel.li’s genuine Pills, which are calculated
to do serious injury; by which moaiis they sup-
pose that the true BI'8.lll'L’l.ll,S Pills will be brought
into disrepute. -
Khow therefore all ye who read this, that the
true and genuine Bi-incl-:rtli’s Pills can be on/.y
.___
“DON'T Give or was SIIIP,"
' V0-L. xx.
‘DEATH on THE FIRST BORN.’
BY WILLIS O. CLARKE.
" Young ni'other—lie isgone!
His dimpled check no more will touch thy breast;
No more ilie music tone
Float from liis lips. to thine all fondly pri>.ss’d;
His smile and happy laugh are lost to thr>c—-
Eartli must his mothi-r and his pillow be.
“ His was the morning hour:
And he hath passr-d i.) beziuty from the day,
A bud, not yet a flowcr— '
Tom in its sweetness from the parent spray :
The ilcutli-wind swept him to his soft ri-pose,
As trust in spring-lime blights the early rote.
“ Never on earth again
\/Vill his rich accents chariri iliy listening ear,
Like souie 1Eoh.in strain,
Breathing at evcniide, serene and clear:
His voice is choked in dust, and on his eyes
The unbroken seal of peace and silence lies.
“ And from thy yearning heart,
Whose inmost core was warm with love for him,
A gladncss must depart.
And those kind eyes with many tears he dim;
While lonely memories an unceasing iiziin,
Will turn the rupture»; of the past to pain.
“ Yci, monrncrl while the day
Rolls like the darkness ofii flIl'it’.|'c'1l, by:
And hope lorbid one my
'l'o stream aihwar! thy gr ief-discolored sky-
Tlicre breaks upon thy son-o-.v's evening gloom,
A trembling lustre from beyond the tonili.
"fis from the Better Land!
'l‘bere.baih’d in bi igh=ness ibai around them sp
Thy loved one's wings expand,
As with ilienlioiring clieriibim he sings;
And all the glory of that God can see,
\Vho said on earth to children—--‘ Come to me.’
“ Mother‘ thy child is blast:
.-ind though his presence may be lost to thce,
And vacant leave thy breast,
-\n-l missed, tl sweet load from thy pa rent knee;
Thougli tones familiar from thine car have passed,
rings,
SAYINGS AND DOINGS
or S.»'ll\IU£L SLICK. ;
. Il€ Clocl:mal.'cr.——I heard of Yankee clock
V
B)
obtained genuine of me in Bridgeport, and only
of such Agents in the County who haven certi-
ficate of agency, sigzicd by inc, and also by Dr.
Brandretli, and observe that every one /iris one
of those Jcrtificatc-s,or the Pills sold cannot be
relied upon as the true and genuine Bsaudrcth’s;
and further observe, that it is dangorous to pur
Cil‘\S(_‘. ofany one unless he can cxliibittliesc cre-
(_lcn_tinls,of afrg;-rjcv. . . ,
I The 'l:=olll0\v|li_l_;l are the .~igéi'it.,s. fli”P‘””_l-‘,3‘l by
John B. Saiiforil, for the sale of Briiiidrctii s V.
U. ‘Pills, in the County of Frirficld:
Fairfielil, Goo. Peck, Lewis Burr, 6:. Gen. Burr
I3rookfi<-ild, Burr &. Morris, and LC N0rl:l!F0P
Newtown, Baldwin 5.: Beers, VVm. B. Glover,
Ezra Morgan, S. B. Peck «St C0- and H3”
Shepliiird _
Snuthport, Dt!VlS
\V-istpurt, John \V Taylor
Rcailiiig, Fanlon &'. Duucomb, Abbott .'.:'Frost.
Ridizcficld, \Vm. Dauchy I.-. Co
D:inbury,David I’carsc,Jr. tr .Iil.ll1CS VV. Porter
'Sturdevant 3; Smith.
VViltoii, George B; Middlcbroolt
VVeston, Eli Adams
Trumbull, Judson Curtis
Monroe, Levi Edwards and Daniel Sherwood
New-Fairfield, Secley Barnum and Stephen
Ho. kins
Stratfbrd, Robert VValker, «Sc Treat Bl-akeman
Norwalk. Lcvi Clark and Geo. E. Comstoclt
New—Canaan, Samuel R-iymond &. Co
Stamford, V1. 8; R. Hoyt 5-. Co
Greenwich, ’l‘ho's Barton, .5: Jonathan Jesup
I.)arienfiAl‘l><3i'It‘SiflUY C
Black oc.t ' ansou at 0.
03- A uonktcnt supply of the Genuine Pills
can be had at the old stand of \
JOHN B. SANFORD,
S-ale Agent for Fairfield County.
Bridgeport, Oct. 10, 1837. 31
BOOTS AND SHOES.
THE Subscriber-would respectfully
inform the public and his old custom-
. ersin particular, that he has ‘reopened
with a splendid assortment of Boots
and shoes of every description, at the old stand
formerly occupied by George Mead,'Esq. where
those who wish to purchase can be accommodat-
ed with ready work on the most reasonable terms.
‘The following comprise a part of his stock on
hand, which he offers at the lowest cash prices :
l
l
1
. 50 pair Men's Calfskin Boots. M3 8: $4 pr. pair.
500 do Ladies French Tics, at 87,} cts. do
100 do do Gaiti‘-r Boots 351 50 do
50 do Misses Slippers, 50 and 75 cts. do
100 do Mcn’s VVashiiigton Shoes,$1 37,1, do
50'.do Boys do do 87; to 331, do
' 50 do Cacks, do 44 cts. do
N, B. All kinds of Bootsand "Shoes made to
fashionable and workmanlike manner.
Also on hand and for sale about one Ton
. GEORGE JAMES.
. VVilton, July 3, 1837. 21tf
NEW BOOKS.
A SUMMARY of Dr.
Gall’s System of Phra-
riology, translated from
the French. ‘
Ernest Maltrt
novel by Bulwem
P. R. James.
rs, :1
CG.
Iittttilal a novel by
fzinzeudorf, and other poems by Mrs. Signor-
ney.
And many other. new works ust recoivcdby
J. A. WEED.
Nm-walk,’ November 14, 1837. 36.
new BOOKS.
' I-IE Manhattan Collection of Music, by
3 Thomas Hastings, adapted to the use of
Classes, Choirs and‘ Congregations.
_, The good Fellow, a novel.
The Wliig Almanac and Politician’s Register
for 1838. containing tablesoftbe votes for Presi-
dual, a‘ Iistiof chief Executive and-Judicial offi-
’ cars bf the United States, Members of Congress,
ii iin reflector, and a Polygloi Bible.
I
clock maker the secret of his success.
are so successful in teaching these people the , _
value ofrlocks, could not also teach ilieiii the tlelwefed llle key l01ll8*l€3C0fl. Will! a sort off»
value of time.’ _ _ ‘ _ _
« 1 guess,’ Saul he, -[hey have go; mu; ring to every Saturday night, which Mrs. Ii lint said she
row on their horns yet, which every four-year- W0Ul<l lake 0879 Sh0Uld be (1000. and promised
g o remind her husband of ii, in case he should
old has in our country. ,
niinuies to be dollars and cents. They- do Chance 10 {W891 “-
nothing in these parts but eat, drink. smoke,
ride about, lounge at taverns, make were mounied-—‘ that I call ‘human natur."
Now that clock is sold for 40 dollars ; it cost me
'ust 6 and 50 cents.
sleep,
speeches at temperance meetings, and talk about
-/wits ofassenibly.’ ‘ _
,,,,d .},,,,'i gel a crop. he says that it is all owing Mrs. Steel have the refusal—--nor will the dea-
u the bank; and if he runs in debt and is sued, con learn until I call for the clock, that having
l
vers are a curse to the once indulged in ihense of a superfluiiy, how
why he says the law ' ‘
c_onn_iry. They are a most idle set cl folks, I
l
great scarcity of money?’
terihe usual salutaiioii, aninviiation to alight,
irice he pleases, where a blue nose would fail I
u make a sale at all?
I
S
\Ve reckon hours and l
lfa man don't hoe his corn. _)
(
ell you.’
‘But how is it,’ said I, ‘that you manage to
irieiy ofan
n the face, said, in a confidential tone-
Biit here is Deacoii’Flint’s,’
I will sell it to him.’
At the gate ofa most comfortable looking farm
house slooddeacon Fliiii, a respectable old man,
who had understood the value ofiiine beiterthan
most of his neighbors, ifoiie might judge from
the appearance of every thing about him. AT-
was accepted by Mr. Slick, who said he wished
it) take leave of Mr. Flint before he left Col-
chesier. ‘
VVe had hardly entered the house, before the
clock maker pointed to the view from the-wiu-
dmv, and,~addressing iiimselfto me, said,
‘If I was to tell them in Connecticut, there
was such a farm as this away down east here in
Nova Scotia, they wouldn’i believe me-why
ihere aint such‘ a location in all New England.
The deacon has a hundred acres of dyke’—
‘Seventy,’ said the deacon, ‘ only seventy.’
‘ Well, seventy, but then there is your fine
deep bottom, why, I could run a ramiod into it.’
‘ Interval we will c_all it,’ said the deacon, who,
though evidently pleased at this eulogium, seem-
ed to wish the experiment of the ramrod to be
tried in the right place.
‘ \Vell, interval, if you please, (though pro-
fessor Eleazar Coinsiock, in his work on Ohio,
calls them boitoms,) is just as good as a dyke.
Then there is that water privilege, worth 3,000
or 4.000 dollars, twice as good as what Gov.
Chase paid 15,000 dollars for. I wonder, dea-
con, you don't put up a carding mill on it; the
same works would carry a turning lathe, a
shingle machine, a circular saw, grind bark,
and’-
'Too old,’ said the deacon, ‘too old for all
those speculations.’ ,
‘ Old !’ repeated the clock maker.-‘ not you ;
why you are worth half a dozen of the young
men, we see now-a-days; you are young
enough to have-—’ _
Here he said something in a low tone of voice,
which I did not distinctly bear; but whateverii
was the deacon was pleased ; he smiled, and
said he did not think ofsuch things now. ,
t But your beasts, dear me, your beasts must
be put in and have a feed ;’ saying which, he
went out to.order them to be taken totlie stable.
As the old gentleman closed the door after him,
‘Mr. Slick drew near to me, and said in an under
tone-
‘That is w'natI call ‘soft sawder.’ (An Eng-
lishman would pass that man as a sheep passes a
enircaiics, and soon produced the Cl0ck._a gaudy,
highly yarriislied, irumpery looking 359;}-, He
placed it on the chimney piece, where iis beau-
pies wgre pointed out, aridduly appreuiaied by
_ rs. 1* lint, whose adniiriiimn was abnm ending,
I0 8 proposal. when Mr. Flint returned from
8
a llandsfillegnsi bu‘ ‘he ‘leaf-‘On was a prudent
mam 8 8 8 waich—-lie was sorry, but he
l13<l_ 51 Walcll-—he was sorry but he had no oc-
casioiz for a clock.
C0"; ‘ilaim f'orsa’Ie.’ said Mr Slick- ‘and if
. . . - . ' . . l . ‘
Iliuirlt meet thy first born, with his Loi-d,at last.” 3. Was, I reckon neighbor Steel's wife would
‘W9 "9 F0? She gives me no peace about it.’
do: P00’ mil". to pay his interest,
pevllars. tin __pCtlltll‘3, and Bible pedlars, espe- long 35 he PBYS 1119. What he has to do; but I
cially of him who sold Polygloi Bibles (all in guess I ‘l0n't. want to sell it—and besides, it
nglis-ll) lo the amount of sixteen thousand °‘”"e3 ‘"0 mg“: that clock can’t he made at
pounds. The house ofevery substantial farmer Rllode Island Under forty dollars. Why, ii aim
HIS three substantial oruaments,a woodeuclock, P0SSlbl9o'53ld We ‘-'l0‘-'li maker. in apparent sur-
Howisii prise, looking at his watch, ‘why, as pm
hat on American sells his wares at whatever all‘/8» ll IS IOU!‘ O'clock. and if I haven’t been
I will inquire of the Philip to night? I’ll tell you what, Mr. Fling,
iis mime.) ‘ what a pity it is, said I, ‘that you ll 10 the rlgl1l1lme-
any article of luxury we have never had, but
when once obtained. it is not in ‘human mztur,'
sell such an immense number of clocks, (which to surrender it voluntarily. Of fifteen thousand
certainly cannot be called necessary ariicles,) sold by mi/Sell‘ and parttiers iiiiliis Province.
among a people with whom there seems lobe a lW€lV8 1l10US3"(l We-Te lell 1” lllls lflaflnefi and‘
only ten clocks were ever returned—-when we
Mr. Slick paused, as if considering the pro- calledmforiliem they iuvaribly bought tliem.——
swcringthe question, and looking me We trust to ‘soft sawder’ to get them into me
‘ \Vhy, I doii’t care if I do tell you, for the come out ofit.
market is gluttcd, and Ishall quit this circuit.
It is done by a knowledge of soft sawder and
human natur. _
said he: ‘I have but one clock left, and I guess
vices of those with whom we are in continual
and trying contact, and with iliose infirmiiies it
is our duty to bear. we should say to ourselves
of a fable-—“However bad things are at home.
one may go farther and fare worse.”
ed on a pretty smart horse I guess he'd trot
away {file could. Now I find’...
Here his ‘sift suwtler’ was cut short by the
entrance of Mrs. Flint.
‘ Jist to say good bye Mrs. Flint.
‘ ‘.Vhat have you sold all your clocks?’
‘ Yes, and very low, too, for money is scarce,
and I wish to close ilie consarn-—no. I am wrong
in saying all, for I lizivejust one left. Neigh-
bor Stcel's wife asked to have the refusal of ii,
butI guess I won't sell it. Iliad but two of
governor Lincoln. General Green, the Secre--~
Lary of the state ol Maine. said he’d give uie $50
tor this here one; it has composition wheels an.l_
patent axels—it is a beautiful article-—a real
hrsi chop—no niisiuke—genuine superfine; but
I guess I'll take it back. And besiulcs. squire
Hawk might think kinder harder, that I did give
him ihe offer.’
‘_Dear me.‘ said Mrs. Flint, ‘Isbould like to
see it—-whore is it ?’
‘ Itjs l[l,a chest of mine, over the way, at
Tom I ape 5 store; I guess he can ship ii up; in
Easipori.’
" - - , : . .
: lhai’s agood man,’ sa.d Mrs. F1mr_ ijesi
lel 5 look at it.’
Mr. Slick, willing to oblige. yielded to these
giving his directions about the care Ofme ;,o,ses_
1 ie t eacon praised the cluck..[,e loo rimughl ;,
‘ ' . . o
Ig“e35 )’°"'T3tn the wrong. thistime, dea-
M rS- Flint said, that Mr. Steel had enough to
_ _ __ without buy-
ng clocks lot‘ his wife,
‘ It's no consarn of mine,‘ said Mr. Slick, as
wo hours here—liow on airth shall Ireach river
’ll leave the clock in your care till I reium 0,,
them. this one and the fuller of ii, that I soliyirmieler. Nevertheless, as nightwas closing in,
about?’ was answered by, ‘ You see, sir, we
have a tolerable crop ofgrass grows up here on
the roof, and our poor Maud depends upon that
for her supper. She has not had a bit of fresh
viciuals since this iirne yesterday. Do lend us
-3 helping hand to bring her mouth to the food;
beast to be used to clarnber tip here.’
-remembered his wife.
Noi1W.i.LK. CONN. WEDNESDA1’,iFEBRUARY cc, 1838.
NO. 5l.
sewed‘ 1' I9 5l'80fle. but true, bad wives are
generally best loved.
At the end oftlie weaver’s first day’s journey,
he came to a sorry hovel. on a moor, which
s_eeined' to produce a plentiful crop ofsioncs, but
little else; and by the side ofthis desolate abode
stood a small lean cow, her bones almost pierc-
l“.'!~l1CF Slim. with her head looking up to ilie
roof of the cottage, on which some rank grass
was growing. These melancholy objects were
not favorable prognosiics to a hungry, weary
rafflfiio other habitation was in sight, be craved a
lodging within its shelter. Two elderly persons,
a man and his wife, the owners of the cottage.
readily granted his request: at the same time
making it a condition that, in return for such
hospitality, he would assist them in their eve-
plug labor, which they assured him halfan hour
would suliicc Ilicui to complete.
The Weary Weaver. happy in rest himself for
the moment on any terms, and conceiving no
great liardship could accrue in him from his ac-
quiesence. agreed to the bargain. He had
scarcely sealed, and began to reflect on his for-
office. By this means, will be preventedilia
exercised in our conventions and elections.
party. The principal
to Convention at this time, is one of great and
one which calls for the exercise of all the wis-
dom, skill. and experience of our best and oldest
men, Hitherto on many occasions have Con-
ventions from the Democratic party been called
together for the purpose of devising measures, the
more effectually to resist their old cneniy-—the
Fedcralisis; but never before, was there an Cori-
veiiiinu called ll-r the purpose ofpurgiug that par
ty of its own impurities.
That old eueiny, to whom reference has just
been made. issiill in existence and as active in
its endeavors to overthrow and destroy the De-
inocraiic party as ever. As Democrats, it there-
lorn condition, when some compunctious visit-
mgs (for it has been said he was a tender heart-
ed man) came over him, thinking of what grief
he, might have been ilie occasion ofto his poor
lorsalkcn wife, by leaving her alone and un-
pmvided for. when he was suddenly aroused
lrom his reverie by strange noises from without,
and cries for assistance. Two skips and ajump
brought the weaver to the seat of action; and
iliere, to his infinite astonishment, be perceived
his host seated on the roufofihe cottage, hauling
the cow up on it, by means of a rope, while
iue woman attempted to lift the animal by the
hind ‘legs, in order to give hertlie powerof reach-
ing its summit. To this most unintelligible
operation our weaver was called to lend his aid.
‘ Yo ho! softly,’ cried the man. ‘There
now, Lord love’s don’t kick, tlieie be a good
beast.’ cried the woman.
‘What are you about;
what can you be
As soon as this operation was performed, he,."‘_
erio-comico injunction to wind up the clock
‘That said the clock maker, as soon as we .
Mrs. Flint will never let
lilficuli it isio giveit up. We can do without
iousc, and to ‘human 1i.atur,' that they never
From the London Book of Beauty.
NURSERY STORY.
BY THE LADY cii.uiLo'.r'ri-: BURY.
VVhen we are provoked by the follies, or even
what an old nurse once said to me in the disguise
There was once upon a time a weaver, who
was very poor; and what distressed him still
more than his poverty, was being tied to a very
foolish tiresome wife; who hourly tormented
him by unreasonable» silly complaints which
she lengthened out with those long unmeaning
adjuncts which flow from idleness and peevish-
ness, but are often mistaken by the plaintiffs
themselves for reasoning. It chanced that the
poor weaver, who had but one room,
“ Which served him for parlor, for kitchen, and
ball,”
being early at work at his l()0n_'l, while his wife‘
lay grumbling in bed, that the shuttle accident-
passing close by ller head, knocked against the
wall with considerable force, without, however,
roar and cry, calling him by every opprobrjcus
name she could think of, and accused him of
having entertained a design against her life.-
‘ Oh! you blood thirsty and most cruel ofmen 3’
(he was the tenderest hearted creature in the-
world,) ‘you will never rest tilfyou have inur-
dered me!’ And having ran through a long
string of supposed grievances. with much in-
genuity and liveliness of imagination (gifts tliai
peevish women are often endowed with.) brought
herleloquent harangue to a conclusion by say-
it must have been killed.’ -
Now, the good woman had never had a child:
of supposed and possible wrong, she sat up such
a howling and sobbing. by way of accompani-
weaveifcould bear it no longer, and telling her
‘thatthe pitcher which goes often to the -vell is
broken at last,’ declared that his forbearance was
at an end, and that she should never see him
more, unless he could find three as great fools in
the world as she had proved herself to be. Hav-
ing made this gallant resolution, be set 03 fool-
hunting, and hardly kn\eW‘whetlier he wished :0
be successful or not; for, like many amen who
Anecdotes. Bon Mote. &c. Arc. For sale by_
' -- J. A. WEED.
Nofwjlk, Nov. 27,1837. I ' 386
hog in in pasture, without looking at him ; or,’
said be, looking rather archly, if he was mount-
2"? . .
‘commodity as he had supposed. _ _ _ _
‘This day he traveled rhmugh 3 fine rich cise ii, to the utter dismay of their oppressors.
country: every house he passed seemed smiling _
with plenty. the effects, he concluded, of good Were 0]>i>r€SSt’-Cl flml trampled UPDH by the Same and wlwre determined to support the State Banks.
liousewifery and diligence. ‘Ah, ifmv wife had Class Of Selfish lmllllclimsv styled LOCO-F0805. And those institutions in consequence of the re-
who are endeavoring, to rivet their chains upon comineudaiions of the President, extended their
the democracy ofCoiineciicut. Yet they dared to loans and issues. ‘
ally flew out of his hand with some violence. and‘
injuring her in the least; whereat she began to‘
ing-—-‘ And it‘ there had been a child in the béd, -
but. having wrought up her fancy-to this climax ,
merit to her "words, that even the poor patient _
Siaaier fools than lhysclf.",
'I‘be‘graiitude ’ me weaver‘s no-sis’ md not
‘re began to suspect they were not so rare a _l
not been such a fool, so j,dle,'so peevish, our
boiise might have been even as one of these ?’
refuge, and readily found one in a nice, com-
preceding night's lodging. All seemed to go on
in an orderly, cheering course; aiidy landlady,
clean, well clothed children. ‘Ah I’ thought he,
‘ ifI had had such, I should not now be a house-
less wanderer!’ ,
\Viih these. and such thoughts as these, of
mingled good and bad, he fell asleep ; but when
the first dawn peeped, be was awoke by a
tremendous noise. as of some one running and
leaping, and then a great weight seemed to fall
down. He turned and closed his eyes, en-
deavoring not to mind this, but in vain; and
finding it impossible to rest. he arose to ascertain
the cause of this tormenting disturbance. Fol-
lowing the direction from whence the noise pro-
ceeded, he went iip stairs, and pushing open a
door that yielded to his touch. he behelil, to his
astonishment, a man in his shirt, running,,as
though he were mad. and endeavoring iojurnp
inio a pair of breeches, which were held by his
wife, who was encouraging him in his aiienipt,
crying out in Scottish dialect, ‘ Well done, John
._ir_y again, but at length John lay sprawling
on the floor. The weaver could hardly believe
his sense=; he thought himselfslill in a dream.
At length he inquired the reason of this unac-
countable pastime. ‘ Why, since I settled in
ihae parts, I am behoved to lay by my phila-
beg, seeing it gives offence to some ; and this is
the first day l have gotten my new gear. Ob
bone! but thae breeches are no canny.‘
When the words of the Scotch jumper were
made intelligable to the English weaver, he
could not help laughing, though he wasaware
that the result of having discovered the fools_
d him back from whence he had set
F
‘must sen
out.
In two days, he exclaimed, ‘I have found four
lgreater fools than my own wife.’
l---~‘ Thus saying, he returned home, related his
adventures to his partner, who was so pleased
-with her husband's disappointment, that she
took a’-good resolution, to amend her temper;
whilst he acknowledged that he had been liim-
selfa fool, in not having been master in his own
house. From this time forward. they lived con-
tented with their faIe;»aiid gave the following
advice_ to all who would receive il—‘ However
bad affairs may be at home, one may go further
and fare worse.’
, ADDRESS .
Of the (Consc'ri:atii;e) State Convention. to the
Democrats of Connecticut. _
_ Fellow Citizens—-Having met in Convention.
for the purpose of reorganizing and reestablish-
irig the party on the old platform‘ of Ielfersoniarr
Democracy, and also of nominating. oflicers for
the ensuing;yeatf. we deem it 0111‘ duty to lay
before yo__uthe result ofour deliberations. The
organiziition which has been adopted by the
Convention, -we believe will be found to be
strictly Democraiic.. It brings the nomination
of State Officers more directly from the people,
than the method heretofore pursued by the par-
_iy. By the meibod proposed the Convention,
the voice of the people will be heard, and their
A
may be taken away and the ,
J,]e.,,;n 1,im1onge;-than he coutd heip, for hay- slavish obedience to the will ol masters? ' ‘A.’ ’5nanc'ea§e1n(-‘xzsi.
«lug ilius enlightened their minds, he set off to llm@lY lllleflltlellce 00 their P9” will “"9 ‘he _ _ _ _
1.renew his search for fools with a heavy heart, as COUDl|’y 1l1UCl1 l-l'0Ulllf'-‘ alld prolong [0 US llle en‘ der the special patronage of the administration,
Again, as evening came on, he sought a flssemblel
lreemen.
fortable, clean ‘abode, ilie very reverse of his ileble‘-l l0 lllenh Hall ‘J16 I-"C0 F
that instance. met with signal defeat,the_y iniglii afiuirs ofihe government,
have resorted to brute force, as they did there, to to which reference has been made, was neither
preveni our assembling together. But the ior- subdued norasleep. It was active in corrupting
rent of popular indignation which has burst up-
on the actors of that disgraceful scene, has had a
tendency to prevent any similar manifestations
of coercion.
fore becomes us, to be always vigilant and not
to relax our exertions in opposition to them, until
we have overilirown and silenced iheni by fair
and honorable means. But Federalism is not
the only enemy, the Democratic party have now
to contend wiih—ilii=.re is another, which lurksin
the dark and is iusidiously undermining the in-
esiimable institulionsof the republic. This en-
emy has taken advantage of the past prosperity
ofihe deiniicraiic party, and while the people
were off their guard, has stolen in and usurped
their prerogatives._ This is a solemn lesson to
the democracy, that. sleepless vigilance is always
necessary for the preservation ofa republic.
olught to teach them to look with ajealous eye, to country ; not that ofthemselves they were suffi.
l '8f1Cls0l;llw:1e.;\'lior1i they have entrusted with cient to produce the present crisis, but that the
power-—tiat.i.e east rela.\aiioiiwonld be ofin- manner in which they were forced upon the
:‘0‘;1l:!]t:,1:l:l)il<:] injuhry to little dc’-mpcraii'c.par)ty.' asdn country served to foster and increase a pernicious
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marks and lll'O\VII(iIIf\?rI l)l'lt:e$Il‘II))lllI(lleI”\\0lliCl'I]Dlllf lrI"l1uen(I)e. “moth viasf ‘lien rapidly glowmg.
‘ _ —_ _ f-‘ - ’ ie Sll sequen ac so no government iave in
fathers had rearedwiiliiiriiiringindustry,agaiusi no way [ended ,0 {timings}, me 8,,“ influenm
the most unrelenting bitterness and persecuiing ihus enmndgred,
intolerance.
the old maxim, “that power is coiistariily steal
ing from the many to the few.” It is time that by the President to extend their loans and issues
_ _ _ , ‘he PCOPI8 shtitgld aW_al<e_ from their slumber. in on the strength of ihe government deposllefl.
it will not give you much trouble, for the poor Save the cherished institutions of the republic Concerning ihcse State Banks. the Presiilent in
from being perverted and destroyed—ihat they 1
The weaveriremhled from head to foot, for he should rise in iheirstrengih and check ihefuriher I
_ P"’5,‘-’-“=55 0’ l’°l'”Cal lleresles “lid dlsorganlzallllns all the services wliii.-li were reqiiircd ofihe Bank
‘ What fools you are,’ he said; ‘cannot you Wlilvll are maléma Such lnroalls In their r=1nliS- ofihe United States. quite as prompilv and wiih
Du“ off the grass with your hands, and toss in lior who can tell, without some such salutary 1 '
. 1 .li;lown to her! W0 is me! wn is me 3 \Vife! check, how for it will extend itself? \Vho can 1
‘ What a pny ii is, Mr. Slick,’ (tor such was U1)’ W3)’ ‘O “W '“‘‘'e5' 1 ll 9°‘ '1 flsning am! pm v"-wife! I fear I shall see thei: sooner again than I “’ll l"’“’ 50"“ 3“ republican institutions. one af- i
is-__._,.,,,,;,1 for, smce I have already found two ier another. may crumble under its withering
inflm=nce—bow soon the liberties of the _ueo_nle n..i......-.:u«--umnccive marine
difhculiies in their operations
Ii
It should teach them the truth of
be reduced to a
The
oyment of all our republican institutions.
people yet possess the power, and they can exer- i
Our political brethren in the city of New York
t’)_${elll(:l' and exercise the privileges of
For that movement we are much in-
UCUS not, in
The democratsof the State are called upon by
every principle of self-preservation, to review
candidly the history ofihe party for the last few
years, and judge for themselves, who it is, that
is to blame, for producing the singular and ex-
traordinary embarrassmenis and dilliculiies.
which now weigh heavily upon the party-.
threaieniiig to destroy its old peculiar character-
istics. If we trace the party from the days of
Jefferson down until within a very few years,
we shall find it a history of alnrost coiiiinued
prosperity VVhen the Jelfersonian doctrines
were first proclaimed, very few were found who
dared to advocate them, and those few suffered
much denunciation and persecution. Yet they
persevered in the good cause whicli they had
espoused, until they triumphed. It was a tri-
umph of principle—a triumph of the people over
a few who would be ilieir masters. Iirom a
small beginning the party grew into power, and
the longer iis doctrines were tested by experience,
the more beneficial they were found to be, and
the more popular they grew. Such was democ-
racy in the days of Jcfcrson. In the days of
Madison ilie benefits resulting therefrom were
multiplied. and we, as a nation, were continuing
to grow more and more prosperous, ‘and mpre
respected at home and feared abroad. During
most ofihe first administration ofJackson, where
was ilie limit to our prosperity‘? Democratic
doctrines were then in the full tide of successful
operation. The-national debt was exiin.¢zuish,i.-d,
iaxes were diminished, and wealth was flowing
in upon us from every qll8l'leI’,0I.ll'lt.3 globe-—
Manulacturing villages were springing up on
every stream. and the sails of our commerce
were whitening every sea. In every direction
were scenes of prosperity. and <_3V€lY “here
marksof advancement and increasing opulence.
Yet the administration of Andrew Jackson had
not closed, before the clouds of adversity were
seen gathering around the politicalhorizon. -His
successor was hardly inaugurated into otfice be-
fore the storm burst iipon the nation—a storm un-
paralleled in the history oftbe government. '1 he
Treasury, which before had been full to _cver-
flowing. is suddenly no longer so. Credit lS.d.8-
stroyed; the enterprise of our commercial cities
is broken down. and ilie doors of our manufac
turing establishments are closed up.’ All this
desolation has come upon the prosperity of llige
country within a few short yearS_. arid We “""f°‘
of it is, that ityet remains like an incubus upon}!-
It behooves every democrat therefore. \'-'?1Dl_-lid’
[y to inquire, what. has brought the country into
this unfortunatesiluation C’. What has pl'()(ItlCef?l
go agionishing a change in -50 short a period .'
Why should not the coniitry be 35_P"°5Pe’°”’
under the present adininistraiion. as it hasbeeiqi
under» previous democratic administrations .
has a bad wife, he loved berinore than she do-
influencs felt, in the selection of candidates for
Tbese are imporianiquesiion and deserve much
degree of interference and dictation which the
ollicers ol the federal government have lately
_ _ _ The
individuals nomiiiaied for the viiriousoffices. are
men whon} we can confidently recommend to the
people for their sullragcs. They are “ democrats
in heart as well as in name,” and will if elected,
act for the good of ihecouniry, as Well as of their
object of assembling
momentous importance to the Democratic party,
and in the field as an Open enemy.
considerafiott Let every democrat think and
answer for /u'_r_nsel/‘. Our opinions in relation to
them may difl'er. from those honestly entertained
by many other democrats. In this address,
however, we intend to dictate to no man. ‘V0
yield to all, that liberty, which we desire to en-
joy—the liberty to think for ourselves and to act
as we think. In reviewing the history of the
embarrassments under which the country has
‘labored, we will begin with the period when the
Presdeni refused to sanction ilie recharierof the
United States Back. That act was a popular
one—th,e people believed that the charter wgg
unconstitutional. They believed also, iha: it
was an engine of too great power in the hands
of individuals, and that it had been prostituted
to bad purposes. When therefore the President
appealed to the people to sanction his act, the
call was responded to. by the enthusiastic and
almost unanimous voice of the democracv in
every portion of the Union. We do not m'ean
to complain because the bank charter was not
renewed ; we merely refer to it, in this place, for
lm_3_purpc-se of showing the period when the
spiriiof radicalism first began to make inroads
upon the democratic party. \Ve mean to fol-
low it from that period. s:ep by step, down [0
the present time. The destruction of the bank
opened a door for olficial power, which has
never since been closed, but has been continual.
widening under the auspices ofihe Executive.
I4 roiu that period can be traced the time, when
“ power began to steal from the many to the few,"
and when servants t/taught themselves. at least,
eqiiut to tlzeir masters. Then it was that the
spirit of radicalism commented its ravages;
gradually it became infused into the administra-
tion and gave a coloring to all its acts. One act
of assumption succeciled in another, till finally
those whom the people had iniiriisicd with office
believed that all people resided in iheniselves.
The refusal to renew the cliaricr of the bank
was rapidly succeeded by the removal ofihe do.
Pf’-“I188. and by the specie circular. These
different acts were favorably received by tho
democratic party. Yet we now find the ten-
dency Oflllt’[I] was to consoliclate and concentrate
power in the hands of the Executive. Ifthese
were evils. which required correction the proper
remedies should have been applied. In the
case ofihe bank, had the people been appealed
to for an amendment of the Constitution, the
country would have been saved a popular ex-
citement, and an opportunity would not have
been presented for an extension ofot‘iicial power.
The same may be said in regard to the removal
ofihe deposites, and ofihe specie circular. Had
the representatives uf_tlie people decreed these
acts, that disposition ofihe Executive to assume
power. would have been prevented. and the fur-
ther progress of radicalism been checked.
We can now see and feel the clfect which
those acts have had upon the prosperity ofihe
VVhen the public monies
were removed from the U. S. Bunk. tiiey were
deposited in the State Banks, which were; urged
iis iiiessage in 1834 thus speaks—“ They have
iccii found fully afltfqlltlle to the perforniiince of
be same cheapuess. They have mniniaiiied
liemselves and zliscliargcrl all ilicse duties, while
he Bank of the United States was still powerful
And i; is
3' will find greater
Whsir. ll1i1_l.<_?0f=fl.1Y.
Those state institutions, which were taken un-
were reprcseiiled in all Ilie messages and in all
he official papers as safe, cheap and convenient
deposiiories of the public money. The de-
mocracy ofihe country approved of tlieselection.
For awhile every thing wore the aspect of
general prosperity, and the local banks were
ifiiund competent agents to transact the financial
That spirit however,
the sources of power, and destroying the hap-
piness and prosperity of the people. It mani.
fested itself in the officials throughout the coun-
try, by their attacks upon the character of indi-
viduals and their poisonous insinuations against
local institutions; it developed itselfin the start.-
ling assertion, which was maintained by some,
“that all who trade on borrowed capital ought
to break.” Then commenced the war upon the
credit system and upon the banks—a war which.
has nearly ruined the couiztry. Of the credit
system we can say, that we do not believe that
the nation could exist one month without it.—
It is interwoven with every interest and occu-
pation throughout the lcngth and breadth of
this young republic. The commercial interest.
could not live without it, neither could the ag.
riculiural or manufacturing. _ Destroy the credit
system, and you destroy them all. The grass
would grow up in the streets ofyour commercial
cities. Enterprising Illl'ITlel'B would cultivate
the earth no further than was necessary for
ilieir own subsistence, and the labors of the ar-
tizan and the inanufacturcr would cease entirely.
Thc credit system cannot pe given up—the peo-
ple are identifietl with it, it is a part of their ex-
istence. It enables the poor man to gain an
honest subsistence, and places him on an equal-
ity, in that respect, with his more opulent
iieighbor. Yet those who have been chosen
to fill the highest offices, who should be the first
to protect and the l st to injure the people,
have endeavored to effect an entire prostration.
ofthat system. With the credit system they
have endeavored to crush the State institutions.
All incorporations for mnniifiictiiring and other
purposes, it; has been their steady determination
to destroy. It is time that the people should
understand the designs of those, who have an
overwhelming desire to “rule over them.” How
would the wealth, the enterprise and the indus-
try ofour citizens be employed, if all the manu-
facturing a‘nd commercial incorporations should
be destroyed’! They would go to other coun-
tries where they might find a government that
would cherish and protect them. VVe know
that the people ofthe State ofConnecticut, will
not 5-ufiizr these thiiigs. They will ‘not permit
those institutions, which have rendered this
State, though small in extent of territory to be
comparatively equal in wealth and enterprise
with her larger sisters; they will not permit
them to be dL'SI.I'OyCd. They will cherish them
in times of adversity, and raise them up by good
and wholesome lav s. This same spirit-of radi-
calism, which has come within our borders, has
undertaken to annihilate entirely the banking
institutions. The warfare which has been made
upon them, has been one of extermination. It
is hardly necessary to inquire what woutd lo
the condition ofthis count.ry,were it deprived of
banks. The intelligent frcemen of Connecti-
cut know full well, that it is to those insti-
tutions, they are indebted for marry pf the pijiv.
ileges, which they enjoy. The facilities which
they have afforded to the manufacturers fan,
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