—‘q‘—j..co—. .—¢\ cu}..-
it upon us—l1-ave arrogantly proclaimed it
sltrtll be the law, ‘ notwithstanding the lamen-
tations here or elsewhere!’ The measure
has been thrice rcjected—it is again present-
ed, and, if passed, vvillgprove that the Presi-
dent is too strong for the People. In this is-
sue, 1 can no longer debate its policy or ex-
pediency. Another i:ons_ideration is para-
mount. I oppose it now zt is an E-.t:ecutzve'
mcrtsure Prove it to'_ be the best, I would
have my arm chopped off, my tongue pulled
out, before I will be forcorl to vote for it bdy
the‘ will ofonc man. I will not have ‘ pu -
ding itselfsttifiiid down my throat!’ There
was :1 m-_rjot-ity of fourteen against it last win-
ter; now, I fear, a much smaller majority.
Sonic‘ have gone 01:27‘ ! No wonder. The
Pl‘t:‘Sltl"lll, notwithstanding the manifestations
of public sentiment, has all the odds against
the People, He has 100,000 otiice-holders
to do his bi-ltlingr, stationed at every out-post—
spies, informers, throughout the country. He
has the press. He has the pu-bl-ic 'm.0n.c_7/
whercivith to pay ‘ t/Lc b0unt_r/,’ unprotected
by law, in the hands of partisans, placed
where he pleases, distributed as he pleases.
He has the public lands. This is the great
source of patronage and power.
Sit‘, how can strtte-rights -men support this
mammoth Executive? How expect a large
portion of the States to be free and indepen-
dent, and to stand upon their reserved rights
against power consoli.'lr1.lerl in llte /‘Lands of
the .E.12CCttllt7C of the Federal Government ;
when every new State is raised. nurtured into
very beingiand existence upon Executive pap
and patronage? Look at every new State on
your frontier, and count their Executive force
in the Senate! This is the rlom/Lin corrup-
tion which buys and and secures .S'r'rttes-the
other sources of patronage, ofliccs and money/,
retain man. Zlfcn and States will render
the President omnipotent! I call on all the
patriotic of this land to drop cu rrency, banks,
finance—every minor consideration and top-
ic—and to devote themselves wholly to the
great work of resisting and reducing this
Dagon Executive-—to come up to our help—
to come soon, or we will be powerless to resist!
May an overruling Providence prevent the
reduction ofour strength to a weak minority
before. this very session expires! The Presi-
dent has but a short time to ‘fa.tigzt.c us into
a t.'o7nplia.2tcc ;’ but ifthe ‘fa.t:0t'iic rnmsnre’
be passed, no tongue can tell the horrible re-
sults to this nation. It will surely re-elect
him to a second term ; and ‘who will succeed
him ?—-That is the last great question Let
me. tell certain gentlemen ofthe South par-
ticularly, no matter what may be llI(’.'L-7‘ hopes
and their calculations for their‘ man, there is
one whom Icaiinot calla man,who is as sure
of the Succession as he surely deserves noth-
ing but ignominy and disgrace-—that monster
is '1‘/zomas H. Benton. !
The SPEAKER. Not in order.
Mr. ‘VISE. ‘ T//e man,’ ofMissouri, then:
and who can bear the thought? I hold the
horrible result up to the American People as
the last, worst result———the climax ofhorror—
ofthe present corrupt dynasty! IVhcn that
happens, I will follow the examples ofSwart-
wont and Price, and take passage for Eng-
landl '
ITEDIS OF FOREIGN NEWS-
BY THE GREAT WESTERN.
The Bank ofEngluud is said to have rejected
many bills. recently drawn upon it by Ameri-
can Houses.
The Queen, as goes the stor_v,is to be married
to Prince Albert ofSaxe Coburg—but the Cour-
ier, Ministerial, denies the truth of this report.
"Prince Albert is handsome and about 2Z3years
of age. but without a sliver."
A steam ship of 1206 tons has been launched
at Greenock. for the India busitiess ‘via Cape of
Good Hope. Lieut. G. N. Kendall. R. N-.0ne
of Franklin's companions in the Polar Expedi-
tion. is to command tier.
Jim Crow having had his run in England.
Van Amburgh and his Lions are now " all the
go.” Her Majesty went on tothe Drury Lane
Stage to see the Lions fed. Van Atriburgh
throw in a lamb. and bet): offtbe Lion about to
devour him.
The murder of Lord Noibury is the theme
ofontcry in the Tory councils. It is used very
much as the "murdered Cilley” business was
here last winter, and vs ith about as much reason.
No clue has yet been tliscnvered to tlienssassin,
though the amount now offered is 562,360, and
a life .-innuitv of £100.
O'Connel-has been feted in a great dinner at
Dublin. The Queen, the ;\'liuistry, and Lord
Mclliourrie were warmly toasted. O'Connel
took occasion to abuse the Liberal Press of Dub-
lin most ferociously, for alletlged lukewarnincss
to his support; whereupon. the reporters turned
out. and left the proceedings unreported. No
notice of the Dinner appears in their columns.
Dan may be an honest man, but his modesty
will never hang him.
Tribute to the Amcricrtn C'rzp,ta2'n,—Sir E.
Cndrittgittii. finding by the newspapers that it was
intended to present a tesiimutiial tothe Amcricuu
Captain and crew of the Eliza Ann, of lJl):l()f],
for their humanity. waited upon Alderman Pirie
with a subscription of £5 anti expressed in
warm tertns his admiration of the conduct of
Captain Bowell.
Loss of the Protector East Inrliaman. and 170
Lit;es.—Accotints from India announce the loss
ofthis ship, bound from London to Calcutta. at
Sands Head, near the place of destination. Out
of 178 persons on board, only eight were saved.
viz: 7 recruits and 1 seamun. The number of
recruits on board was 116, accompanied by 16
women and 10 children; crew 36. The Pro-
tuctor was driven ashore in a gale, while at an-
chor.
From France, we learn that the Ministry had
tendered their resignations.
There are some symptoms of a commercial
revulsion, growiogout ofthe general scarcity of
food. Many of the nations cf the Continent
have prohibited the exportation of bread-stufls.
Franceis especially threatened with famine.
The death of the French Princess Mary, by
marriage the Duchess of \Virtemberg. has se-
riously affected the health of her Royal mother,
the French Queen. The body oftlte.deatlPriu-
cessis returning to Paris, and is every where re-‘
ceived with military honors.
Great Britain seems to be preparing to steal
Empires. and all the while crying out against
Russia, " stop thief.”
The supreme (British) government had de-
clared war, and already taken active measures
for the prosecution of hostilities against the Bur-'
rnese Empire. several vessels having been 1. tken
up at Calcutta.
London is being the Imperial Rome of the
Eastern Princes.’ It is stated there are now in
London, where-they have been for a considera-
ble time, the representatives of native Indiin I.
Princes to the number of aloat halfa dozen,
''''-?'n‘- -. .. _'. --‘_ _"— — o- -~—-—
which they believe to be well founded. an that
in few. if in any of these cases. has Sir John
Hobhouse thought fit to pay the least attention
to the applications for satisfaction and redress.
There had been a severe hurricane at Bengal.
which did a great deal of damage.
C‘onsta7itinople.—-The political situation of
Constantinople is tranquil. The Ports was
about to contract a new loan with the house of
Rothchild for 4,000,000 florins.
Vesuvius —Extract of a letter from Naples.
dated the 5th January—‘‘ Early in the morning
of New Year‘s day we were awakened by a
violent explosion like the report of cannon. and
soon discovered that it was an eruption of Ve-
suvius. In halfan hour afterwardsadcnse cloud
of smoke and ashes covered Naples. having the
same effect, from the electricalfluid issuing from
it. as generally precedes a summer storm. Ap
prcliensions were entertained for the city ; but
the wind cltangctl anti carried the Cinders to-
wards the shore at Portici. The eruptions ceas-
ed in the evening. but the detonations recom-
mcnced on the 2d, and continued throughout the
day. The earth was constantly tremulous un-
der our feet. In the evening Vesuvius was all
on fire. and the lava flowed down into the plain
between Poriici end Terre del Greco, commit-
ting great ravages. On the 3d. the mountain
became more quiet, and in the evening was not
so tnuch inflauied as on the previous night. but
sent out continual flashes. which is a phenome-
na extremely rare. Since. yesterday it has been
at rest. If the eruption had continued as it be-
gan, we should have seen a renewal of what
happened in 1822. when, during three days,
Naples was covered with cinders. and candles
had to be lighted at mid-da_v."—-Franc/ipaper.
E.1'trao1'alinar_t/ Prcservatiou.—The following
is an extract frotn a letter received in the city
yesterday morning :---“ Dalkey. Bay ofDublin.
January 16th, 1S39.—You must believe the
following almost incredible circumstance. As
her majesty‘s mail steam packet Shearwater
was on her passage from Liverpool in Dublin.
on Satruday evening. she discoveretl a child
floating about upon a plank on this side of the
rock. The captain of the steamer. with the
greatest promptitude and humanity. steered to-
wards him. and picked him up; and next day
he was in Kingston in good health. He is a boy
of about six years of age. English accent. says
both of his parents were lost in one ofthe Liver-
pool and New York packet ships. wrecked in
the late awful hurricane, and thinks he was at
least five hours floating on the water. He has.
in the meantime, been carefully taken charge of.’
State Election First Monday in April.
For Governor,
I-VILLIAllI W. ELLSI-VORTH.
For Lieut. Governor,
CHARLES HA IVLEY.
For Treasure r,
HIRAJII RIDER.
For Secretary,
ROYAL R. HIN]lIAN.
For Comptroller,
HENRY KILBOURN,
PROCEEDINGS OF THE W’HlG STATE
CONVENTION.--[CONCLUDED.]
M r. Dixon. from the Committee appointed to
prepare an Address to the People of the State.
reported the following which was unanimously
adoptet.: J
Ail;3l@FtE.$$
TO THE ELECTURS OF COIIMEGTICUT.
Fellow Citi:ens—Tlie Convention to which
has been confided the trust of hunting the can-
didates for State Officers. to be supported by the
Whig party, at the next election, beg leave to
address you, upon the political subjects, which
are regarded with so deep on interest, by the in-
telli-gent freemen of Connecticut. For several
years past. the exciting scenes wliiclr our nation
has witnessed, and the conflicting opinions to
which those scenes have given birth, have reti-
deretl it almost impossible calmly to review the
conduct of our rulers. With the administration
of General Jackson, a new order ofthings com-
mcnccd. The established forms of business
were b’ol.'en up—-the institutionsthrough which
our business transactions had been carried on
were attacked. and in part subverted, and in
short, an experiment, vast in its conception. and
destructive in its consequences. was entered up-
on by tnen. who have shown that they could be
deterred from the accomplishment of a favorite
measure, by the fear of no ruinous result. and
by the restraints of no patriotic principle. The
boldness ofthcir designs, an lthe ovcrshadnivirig
popularity of the veteran chief, under the pro-
tection of whose name, they were commenced
and continued, had an almost magical irfluerice
even upon the minds of .cautious and thinking
toes, and the first ineasurtes of General Jackson.
were supported by some ofthe wisest and sound-
est citizens of our Republic. They had. how-
ever. to encounter throughout the land. the op-
position of men whose farseeing sagacity mue-
trated the mists of futurity, and predicted t to re-
sults which were to follow. The stubborn tena-
city with which the administration, in spite of
this opposition. persisted in its insane projects.
and the manner in which it was supported. is
familiarto yoti all. It seemed for years that
“jtttlgcirient had fled to brutish beasts. and men
had lost their reason." The most daring usur-
potion of power, the most flagraritinfriugernents
of the constitution, the most sha.'nc_f'ul itistances
of corruption, were advocated and upheld by
men who claimed and enjoyed the confidcrice of
the people. and it was not until the favorite pro-
jects of President Jackson. resulted in that fear-
ful catestmplte. which btiried in utter ruin the
hopes of so many of our citizens. that the eyes
of the nation were at length opened.
Those scenes of madness are now past. The
charm, by which so many minds were spell-
bound. is at last broken. \Ve can look back with
caluiuess. and reflect dispassionately upon the
scenes, which for the last ten years have torn
plains of the South, to the green hills of New-
Etiglzintl. The passions which perverted so
so many minds, have given way. we trust, to a
correct judgement. Under this influence, we
beg leave to call your attention to the present
taut.
Since the last Convention of the \Vliig party
ofthis State, a series- of the most astounding
urging with more or less vehemence claims
. collection of the revenues of the Union.
.;;.j;icb the believe to be list, or com )ltlll.l_I iudtvitluals, Samuel Stvartwout and William
.3’ . . . - ‘I
-.,—.j..._... -
Two 0
M. Price.) who were appointed to ofii-:e on the
sole ground of their subserviency to the Execu-
tive. have fled to a foreign land. bearing with
them the immense sum of two millions of dol-
lars. A fraud so stupendous—-a robbery so gt-
gantic, has never been recorded in the annals of
crime. Our minds are stunned antlstupified by
the vastness of this mighty robbery. and we al-
most forget the enormity of the crime, in our
wonder at its unparalleled boldness. In the
present impoverished state of our national trea-
sury, the‘ loss of this money, considered merely
in a pecuniary point of view, is most severely
felt. But it is not in this light alone. that We
wish to expose it to your view. The liigh-niiud-
ed citizens of Conrieeticut, in their estimation of
public men and measures. are influenced by
higher and loftier considerations, than any ques-
tion of dollars and cents. They view the sys-
teniatized fraud and corruption. which the recent
disclosures have brought to light, as a blot upon
our national character. and they lament, “ more
in sorrow than in anger." the degraded state of
public morals in our once pure and stainless re-
public.
It is the duty of every citizen toinquire. 00
whom reststhe responsibility of the fraudulent
transactions of which we have spoken? VVith
the view of determining this question. we ask
your attention to the following statement of
facts:
At the opening of General Jackson‘s admin-
istration. his partisans professed the utmost pu-
rity of intention. and the deepest hatred of cor-
ruption. They charged the administration of
Mr. Adams with abuses of the grossest kinds.
and after a full investigation, for which every
advantage was afibrded them, they at last dis-
covered that Tobias Watkins was a defaulterfor
less than four thousand dollars. The war cry
wasimmediately raised against this miserable
man. and President Jackson ltitnself did. not
hesitate to add his voice. to swell the tumult of
partisan exclamation against this unheard ofin-
stance of fraud and corruption. The ofieuder
was thrown into prison—(for the discovery was
reserved for Mr. Van Bureu. that there. is no
law punishing such offences)--and remained
within the walls of his dungeon, during four
long and wretched years. His constitution.
and despair. yielded tothe accumulated woes by
which he was overborne, and as he lay. as was
supposed. upon the bed of death, application
was made to President Jackson for his release
front prison. His reply will never be forgotten,
by any one familiar with the history of those
days. In language which evinced the kindness
taste, he declared that “the doors of his prison
should not beopened.Iill he rotted in his dungeon.’
\Ve have dwelt upon this instance of relent
less cruelty. for the purpose of showing the high
ed to his post anti to subordinate offices tnen
and more faithful to the constitution.
how their expectations have been realized.
In the last message of General Jackson, in
1836. he stated that he thought it “ due to the
various executive departments to bear testimony
to their prosperous condition, and to the ability
and integrity with which they have been con
ducted"-—and he added. that in his opinion,
"thcrcwas no justcausc qfcomplai-nt from arty
quarter. at the manner in which they have ful-
filled the objects of their creation." g_
This certificate ofthe character of the Execu-
tive officers was made in 1836. The defalcations
of Swartwout, according to a late report of the
Secretary ofthe Treasury, happened as follows;
On the 31st December. 1830. $622 34
On the 31st December, 183], 1,168 87
On the 31st December. 1832. 30.801 33
On the 31st December. 1833. 35.298 5-I
Oti the 31st December, 1834. 50.370 04
On the 31st December, 1835, 137.061 69
On the 3lst December, 1836. 336,718 69
On the 31st December. 1837, 1.016.955 32
On the 28th March, 1833, 1.225.705 69
Will it be said tbattbe President, at the time
he made the above certificate, was ignorant
of the defalcatiou which had thus in six years
of his administration, grown from $622 34 to
336.718 69? His own partisans will not be
willing thus to compliment his honesty, at the
expense of his knowledge.
But the dcfalcatious of Swartwout are only
a part of the great system of corruption, which
has pervaded, as is believed, every branch of
the national government. The immense amount
which has been borne in triumph to the shores
of Great Britain. by the leading partisan orator
of Tammany Hall, is well known to you. A
cotintless horde of land officers, whose frauds
have been progressing for years. have been so
eclipsed by their superiors in crime, that their
guilt is almost forgotten by the people. The
amount purloined by either of them alone.
would have ruined any other administration than
the present, And these things have proceed-
ed for years. under the very eye of the Sc-
cretary of the Treasury. as appears by his
own piiblislied correspondence. To one of
these defaultnrs. W. P. Harris, he wrote fifteen
letters. in the course of nine months. mildly ex-
postulating with him for the defalcatious which
were then going on and increasing, and at last.
when the sum taken from the Treasury exceed-
ed $150,000, the defaulter was allowed to resign
in peace. and another, G. D. Boyd, appointed
in his place. who immediately followed in the
footsteps ufhis“illusirious pr.-decessor” in crime.
and was in less than twelve months. a defaulter
to the amount of $55,965 54! I
The cases of this kind are almost innumera-
ble. The heart sickens over the black catalogue
of frauds. which the executive officers were per-
petrating at the very date of PresidentJackson‘s
certificate of their good character, and which
have been continued from that titne to the pre-
sent day.
Citizens of Cor_inec:ic_ut! To these facts will
you close your ears. and shut your eyes? There
was a time w_hen a series of frauds such as we
have above deta§led,would have destroyed every
lineofdistinction between the most violently zon-
tending parties in our State. All hearts would
have been united to overthrow an administration,
and distracted our republic, from the fertile utider which such iniquity has been generated, stroyed.
concealed, and encouraged. And shall the vile
spirit of patty be permitted now so far to deaden
many hearts. and the prejutlices which clouded the moral sense of tlieconimuiiity, as to render former channel.
it insensible to the deep guilt or the ignorance.
better tone of feeling and to a more calm and hardly less criminal. of the men at the head of the cause ofour past distress‘!
ouraffuirs? \Ve cannot but hope betterihiugs
ofour beloved State, We believe its citizens
political sit.uatiori of the Union, and of our own to be intelligent. 30‘! lmflest. and knowing the manifest,now that the effect of'Ih'eir measures is
_ State. 0 ‘
VV.e have neither time nor space for a review administration which cameinto power under the late repentance?
of all the measures and principles of the party must profuse and lavish professions of purity, ings, and insultour understandings withthe pre-
new in power. and shall only speak of those. anti saeredly pledged to reform all ubuses,dved tence that the scenes through which we have
which at this crisis, seem most vizally impor- as it is, totb_e'_very centre withthe blackeststtiins passed have been an imaginary panic!
right, they will never pursue the wroiig. An
of ‘corruption, can expect little favor at their
hands.
A subject ofthe deepest interest tothe citizens
lisclosures have been made, regarding the de- of Connecticut, is the disposition of the Public
falcations of several officers iutrusted with the Lands. These lands are an immense (l0l‘ll8lt' depression of business—and the honest laborer,
faliuost insstiniable value. and amounting in whose eyes have at last been opened to the
uantity. to atnore than one 1.lJt>Lt:s_i.i,tid niillioti 0. wickedness and dishonesty of the administra-
woru by confinement. and shattered by grief
of his nature. no less than the elegance of his
professions ofthe party then and now in power.
in the national government. \Vho could have
bclievedthat men, whose justice was so little
tempered with mercy. were to be buried in so
much deeper condemnation. A reform of abuses
was the object for which they were electetl.-
The people at that time, were shocked beyond
utterance, by a defalcation of four thousand dol-
lars, and they displaced Mr. Admits, and exalt-
wltomthe believed more honest, more ca able
P 1
Let ussee
.. ._ a— - - v _ . -
acres. A property so immense, it would seem.
would be regarded by the people of the Umled
States. as of too great value, to be battered by
political aspirants, as the price of popularity.-
We ask your attention to the following facts re-
lating to this subject. _ _
You are probably aware. that a bill for the dis-
tribution ofthe proceeds of the Public Lands.
among the several States, was introduced by
Mr. Clay. and passed both Houses of Congress
in the year 1833. As the bill would undoubt-
edly on re-consideration have passed by 8 mil‘
jority oftnore than two-thirds. ofeachltt0U§9gl3?1_d
the President returned it with his objections. it
would have thus become. a law in spite of his veto.
He tiir-refore adopted other means of defeating
it. By the constitution of the United States. N
is provided that “if any bill shall not be return-
ed, by the President. within ten days (S|J"‘l")'3
excepted) after it shall have been presented 10
him. the sonic shall be a law. in bl“? '“3l'”"” ‘E5
if he had signed it. unless the Ctitifltessllylllelf
adjournment, prevent its return, in \\'ltl8h 0353
it shall not be a law." The bill was presented
to the President. for his signature, within less
than ten days of the expiration oftliat Congress.
and he was therefore enabled to prevent its pass-
age, by refusing either to approve it, or to return
it with his ve:o. Thus by the sovereitzn will of
one man. a measure was defeated. which would
have diffused blessings far and wide tlirougboul
the land. The amount which would have been
received by this State, estimating the sales at ten
millions per annutn, would have exceeded ll“?
sum of $250,000 yearly. It is impossible to
calculate the benefits which would result to this
State from the adoption and perpetuation ofthe
principle of distribution. It would bring the at]-
vamages 0| education within the reach of the
humblest child of poverty—it would relieve our
citizens from taxes of every description-.-make
every turnpike. bridge and ferry. free of toll.
and intersect our State with rail-roads and ca-
nals, and we shotild exhibit to the world the
spectacle of a free.republic enjoying the bless-
ings of the best government upou earth, Without
the slightest expense to its citizens.
Since the defeat of the bill of which we have
spoken, various schemes have been proposed in
Congress, the tendency and intention of wliicb.
have been to deprive the old States uftheir right
in the public domain. A partisan loader of the
administration in the Senateofthe United States,
vast treasure. to the rapacity ofwestern specu-
lators, and the wishes of some ofthe new States.
At this we are not so much astonished. When We
contrary, their talents. their influence.
their votes,
has openly avowed his intention to sacrifice this
consider the character, private anti public. of the
notorious individual. who has planned, and
threatens to execute this hold and rapactous
scheme of treachery and robbery. -But when
we see representatives of the old States. 80 ff"
forgetting the interests ofiheir constituents, and
their own solemn and imperative duty, as to lead
their aid to such a scheme, our astonishment I8
only equalled by our indignation. In every
measure. whose object has been to deprive U8 Of
our right in the Public Lands, the Senators and
Representatives from Connecticut. have’ been
the humble and obscquious instruments of Phos.
H. Benton. Not one among them all has had
the firmness and the virtue to raise his voice in
support of the rights of Connecticut. .00 the
and
have been united in its work of
of our State,
'~..- bun-~ 4.1‘...
tion. has been taunted with being ‘led to the
polls like cattle to the market.’
Such are the men who now continue. " in
spite of the latnentations ofthe people,” to force
upon the nation the odious Sub-treasury scheme,
which. they boast, has been forthe last year in
practical operation. At the last election you de-
clared in a voice too loud and decisive to be mis-
""_d°'5'°°.d 0' dlflfigfifded. your disapprobntion of
this scheme. The Legislature‘, elected to ex-
press your sentiments. announced your will on
this subject to our Senators and Representatives.
and gave them an opportunity to prove the sin-
cerity of‘ their professions regarding the right of
instruction. Instead of listening to the will of
the majority. as thus expressed. the Senators
who now misrepresent their constituents in the
halls of Congress. replied to the instructing re-
solutions, in an address to. the Legislature.in
which the \V'nig members ofthe General As-.
sembly were accused of deception and finesse.
and the people who elected them of bribery. in-.
timidation. and fraud. The Senators to whom
we alludewere not satisfied with voting in direct
opposition to the known will oftheirconstituents,
but added to their treacherous disobedience the
most unprovoked insults and the vilest obloquy.
We believe their course has afforded you no rea-
son for changing your opinions on the Sub-Trea-
sury question. and you will certainly be as un-
likely to find a reason forsuch a change in the
immense and frightful dcfalcalions to which we
have before alluded. In a speech delivered in
the Senate, by a Senator from this State. during
the mascot session of Czungress. it was stated tbai
the Sub-Treasury had been " in practical ope-
ration during the last year." Within this time.
a great part cf the defalcations above mentioned
have taken place.
Treasury experiment, then. has cost the nation
the safest depositories of the public money! A
this absurd and preposterous doctrine.
Government officers with our elections, M,
‘Q0828 l"!0 Cttflfilcl With the purity of the olcc
live franchise.
they hold their offices.
men who are conscious that they are strugglin
execute his commands, and stand at all time
with their mouths filled with arguments in sup
port of his measures.
election. and in one recent and memorable in
a sovereign State.
surrendering the great interests
for the sake of swelling the
the administration.
zens of the \Vest.
of both houses of the last legislature.
lives nfS'.ate pride, no regard for the wishes and
deter tbetn from :1 base surrender ofthe rights,
which have been purchased by the blood and
treasure of ourancestors. The degrading bond-
age of a corrupt party. has been stronger than
the expressed wislics of the penplev ‘If ‘lie 509“!
admonition oftlieir own consciences. Butwbile
our own Representatives have proved recreant,
we have not been without an advocate and a
friend. A man whose nature istoo lofty, whose
views are too expansive to permit him to be the
Representative ofasingle state alone, has dared.
at the expense of hisown popularity. to raise his
flerculean arm in our defence. What citizen
of Connecticut need to be told, thatthis man is
HENRY CLAY.
During the session of the next Congress, a
powerful eflort will be made to carry into effect
the favorite measures oftheadministratien, with
regard to the Public Lands. The States who
are interested in the question. have notirtie to
lose. A few years more ofapathy and indtf’fe_r-
ence on their part. may see the public domain
literally converted into a vast fund to be expend-
ed in purchasing the suffrages of the Western
States. Will the cizizcosof Connecticut awake
to the importance of this subject ? That they
have notlting to hope from their present Repre-
sentatives. is too certain to admit of 8 doubt.-—
There is but one mode by which they can pro-
tect their rights, and that is through the ballot
boxes. They can speak a voice at the polls
which will fr“).-ever rebuke the unfaithful serv
ants who have been true to their party leaders
and false to the best interests of their State.
The financial system, known by the name of
the Sub-Treasury scheme. was urged by the
President upon Congress. in his last message,
notwithstanding it had been repeatedly rejected
by the people. The ruinous consequences
which would have resulted from this measure,
need not be illustrated and pointed out by us.-
The bare proposal ofthe scheme was sufiicient
to convulse the nation from its centre to its ex-
treuiest borders. The confidence. of_ men of
business in the stability of otir inslitu.l|0.t1$ W38
destroyed, and as an inevitable cpnseqtiepce.
agriculture, comrrierce, and manufactures lan-
guished and decayed, and a vast number of la-
borers were throwu out ofernployment. From
the character of our citizens, and the nature of
ourinstitutions. the state of things produced by
the experiments of Gen. Jackson. and the still
more fatal experiment proposed by M13 Van
Buren, could not long continue. After months
and years of intense sut_I'eriug-—during which
thousands ofA_.tne,r.ican citizens were reduced by
the government which was created for their pro-
iectinmfmm independence to hopeless poverty-
,we have at last in part recovered from the Slt0Cli-
\Ve have passed through the fierV ‘rial. and can
only say that we have not been utterly de-
The repeated defeat ofthe sub-Trea-
surv in Congress, has restored confidence to the
cotfzmunity. and business begins to resume its
what do we hear from the men who have been
Do they regret
the countless woes their wickedness and igno-
rance have inflicted upon the people? Do they
seen in the light of truth. signs ofsincere. though
No! They mock our suffer-
The
manufacturer has been told that his distress has
been unreal and pretended—the merchants have
been accused ofcouspiring to break down the ad-
ministration, by false and feigned tales of the
popularity Of
interests of their constitnefllst "0 P!"l‘_‘°_lPle of
private or public virtue, has been sufiicicnt to
Under these circumstances. judgment of condemnation against the adminis-
of $30,000. Thejudicial and otlie_r expensespf
committee appointed for the purpose of investi-
sequence intrtiduced, and pursued by the last le-
gislature, and in the debenture of the House of
of paying the members only for the time they
tor from Keiiiucky, prohibiting their impropr-
tnterferencc in elections. In the better days o
thing of far different character from the Democ
racy of .Ief'ferson.
ground that it is anIi~re.piiblicztn.'
will Of course adopt the rpptirl of their ctnnmit
the “ first principles” of modern Dernttcr.-my.
On all the subjects to which we have alluded
the Presi lent. and against the People.
utive. in no one instance, have they dared It
independence, which should characterize the re
presentatives of an independent State,
has been villificd and traducctl.
and forsake their trite principles.
degrade our State--accounts which every child
true, would be dragged from oblivion by no son
of Connecticut. whose soul was the home of a
single patriotic seutimcnt,or ll()n.‘)l':1bl0 emotion.
By what other Senators than our own. are the
States they represent slanderetl. -lo-gratlt.-d, and
abused? A Among the bittcrest parti-"ans of the
administration, where else can you find a Senn-
tor to whom the honor of his State is of so little
value, as to be the constant subject of calurnny
and reproach?
We'have thus imperfectly presented to your
view some of the abuses of the past and present
administrations, and exhibited the evils which
we are not greatly mista'<_cu,yo_n will find in the
facts which we have detailed. suficient cause for
a much more zealous and decided opposition to
the measures of the administration. than you
have ever yetmanifested. The corruption which
conjecture. It lifts its iusolent front in high
places, and does not want advocates and sup-
porters in the balls of Congress. The only in_-
vestigation which could be effectual. and which
has at length been yielded to the demands of an
outraged and indignant people. was opposed in
the House of Representatives, s:ep by step, by
the administration party. and the votes of your
own representatives were recorded against it.-—
But the hour of concealment is past. Thelight
of day has been poured in upon the secret reces-
ses ofthe party in powe_r. and they are now dri-
ven tojusiify the abuses they can no longer de-
ny. Witn these abuses before their eyes, we
hazard _little in predicting that the freer_nen of
Connecticut will. at the next election, givetheir
tration, by a-far greater majority than on any
previous occasion.
In our own State w_e are now experiencing the
benefits of \Vhjg legislation‘. Th.e last General
Assembly found the State in debt to the amount
government, were discovered to have increased
to an alarming degree, and the facts on - these
subjects were reported to the legislature. by a
gation. A rigid system of economy was in con-
Representatives alone. a saving was effected of
more than $6,000. The principle was adopted
were in actual sg:_s__ai_on—iristead of permitting
The first year of the Sub-
ITIOYC than J1/fl.€,l'l.0HI 0_/‘_D0_Lifar3, ant] 5|“! yvg
are told by the President. that individuals are
people who can be persuaded that the distresses
which have convulsed the country. have been
only tmagitiary, may perhaps be made to believe
A_mong the tnoderu abuses which threaten the
stability of our institutions, one of the mos;
alarming rsthe direct and open interference of
Jefierson, during his administration. issued 9 Cir.
cular forbidtling his subortlinute officers to do
any thing which might bring the executive pat-
VPI . . .
ie present executive dificrs
lltffn flit’ Elm}! 3P05ll80ftl8H10cracy,antl instead
of being forbitltlen to interfere in elections, the
officers of the patiotiul Govemment are given to
under.-:tand, that zealous and uniiring activity in
the cause oftheir master. is the tenure bv whit-l;
Hence, they labor in
support of the administration with the zeal .,t‘
for life; and the Presidcrit finds in then: 3 _Pr,-3-
torian band of 100.000 men, who are eager to
. _ In more than tiqe state.
their exertions have decided a closely coiitestctl
stance. which must be fresh in your recollections,
they have placed themselves at the head of an
armed mob. and by actual violence, broken up
the legislature, and subverted tfit-goveruincni of
So an-.la;.-ioujs, and inzurlcnt
have they at lustbecomc, that a bill has been
among our fello_w-ciii- I recently introduced into the Senate, by a S..,,,,-.
Professed believers in the '
doctrines of instruction, they have disregarded
the solemn regolujons, passed on the subject of our Republic. 8 bill like this would have [113
Public Lands, by the almost unanimous consent with no oppositon; but modern Democracy is a
No mo.-
The committee to whom the
bill was referred, have reported against it on it..-
The Senate
tee. and the army of office-holders, which is
quartered upon the nation, will learn, no doubt to
their surprise, that their exertions at the polls,
are required not only by the Presitleiit, but by
our Senators and Representatives have been for tion at our hand.;_
L)_.,rin._; ! confidt-ncc. the respect, and the aflection ofltig‘
their whole term of office. they have only vied t fcllmv Citl7.'*-tw.
with each other for the lnglori-‘us honor of being
first and foremost in subscrviet.ir:ey to the Exec- ' rapidly Itpprtmclllttu when you will again be
resist the requirements of party. and assert the
knows to be false, but which, even were they
‘hem *0 dtaw limit’ daily compensation for a week
ftfler they returned to their homes, as was doe
En 1837. Several important reforms were also,
'""°‘l“‘-‘ed lnlflllle jttdiclil department of the
eovernment. Ky the re-organization. of the
0000!)’ C00". and the appointment ofonejudge
.instead' of three. for each County, the pay arm;
judges alone is reduced from above 350001913‘
than 31500 per ztriuum. The length of’ the us-
sions of the County Court has been much di-
m_inislred_. by paying thejudges a stated annual
stipend, instead of the daily compensation which
they before received—a system of payment
which was found to inspire the court with a very
8'95" tiegtee of patience. Original jurisdictioh
W3? Ills” given to the Superior Court. in cases in
which the amount demanded exceeds the sum of‘
‘$70. and in some others. by which suitors are
saved thcndelay and expense of going through the
C°‘”_".Y Court. . The harsh features of the law
relating toinip.r:sonr_nen_t fordebt, passed in 1837.,
n:::':‘:l(3):,:7"l(?rdll1ed and S0f'l8_Detl,.8Uti the uufor-.
‘ - . instead of being liable to be or-
rested and conveyed to the utmost extremity of‘
‘he Slalev 03" 0"“’. llte moment heis arrested on
90 allachmenl. lake the p0ordebtor’s oath before
ll"? 0681139! magistrate, and need never open his
eyesiupon the walls of n prim", '1 he jaw p,,,__
hibumg the circulation of small bills was a1g.,
rénealed. and we are now permitted to use the
bills of our on n State, without being dependent
upon foreign institutions, of which we know no-
thing. '
-‘\flUlll8f fefnrm. which is of great importancg
to one class of our citizens, wasthat which TOJI1
ltd *0 the law by foreign attm:hment.or as it is
commonly called. “thefactorizing law." Agig
0.0.‘?! Slat‘-U3. the wages of the poor laborer am
D!’0l8t-‘led from the grasp of the creditor. and no
amount of wages not exceeding $710. can be tak.
9" by the P'0(‘ess of foreign attachment. The
poor and unfortunate are thus protected by law,
“'l”le ¢‘e'8|'Y Feasqnullle facility for the enforce-,
ment of contracts, is afforded to their more fortu-
nate crcditors. ‘
Among the measures of the last legislature
which meet the almost unanimous approbation
of the people of Connecticut, are those which
were adopted for the improvement of (.‘-omt;ri_p,u
Schools. These schools are among the most valq.
. ablt-. of our institutions. and in their support and
improvement every citizen is directly inlEf8Slt‘ti._
The influence and etii-ct of the measures of the
last logislattire. are already felt in every part. of’
- the State. Still there are not watitingrr.en.whh
ll” l""lY l’!lr‘ltt)3PS We Wllllttg tti tlt-cry our sys-
tem of populareducation, and an zsitctiipt has
been made-.. by certain partizsan nmvap.-zpt-rx, tq
“KONG 8. twjtttllce ttiznittst any eflhri for tilt‘. im-
pruveiritzttt iif crnittrsrui schools. its lu-ing 5; \\/[.12
l1tt’FI.<|tr(£. \Vith whutcvor party the irirnsurt-3
to which we allutlc riitiy have mipi,m;(,.1, W, f,,,,_|
"tl"ll'l¢'ll| they will be zrpprtryt-tl and supports-d
it l'_Y “"¢’)' lllclitl of equal riglita, untl univorutl
cdiiuatiun,
N”lWlll"L~li)f)(lifl2 the fuitltful and economical
s tuannr-rio which the last lr_gislttturt- t.llitr‘l'lfll'g0(i
ll“‘ll' tlllllt-"*. an cliiirt has been tiimlc In rt.-ride-5;
lllfll bo.rl_v odiou.-. by the vilt-st sluotlers, and |hQ
most tinfotintlcd f.'ilslio'ids, Tlieir acts horn beer;
- wilfully lIll5.”f‘[tl'L':<tultlttl, in accorrlartce with A
Plilllo tlt-‘Vi-‘.’t‘|l lltffure the _Cl)tHlY)t‘l)Ctfln€tll ofihetzi
session. Tlii-,aattmiipt. ltowt-vcr, to deco-iv» lira
people. has proved 6lIlll't!l_V' nnavailin;_v, nntl ll.a
falsfilmtlll-9 Hf the rlisappointcd partiztnns of Ilia
administration, have rccuilcd upon their inveu-_
tors.
Tho cantlirlutcs whom the convention TFCOHI1
,- mcnd tiir your support at Ilia next election, have
1‘ already received from your hands, the higlst-at
i proofs of your confidence and approbation. Ir;
re-nr*7"'~.ii".-.- tho... nnndida'es. we shall on,
- dtml 't-~ ~-.' .,..,r-r . ' ‘
the ‘.4 s.
disc - ill“ 2 .- ,;.. -.,
has .-.-'x . .-J4, i.::=',t:'. ‘ \ i
- ry to the public.
-_ ; . .' "_'fi,:§l.‘.‘.". fir." '1: ---
The dtstitiguisiimi |ll'lI\‘tuu?v-C
who now holds the responsible station of Chief-
Magistrate of the State, will receive, we doubt.
not, a trstitrionial of_:,u-tar mtifirloiicc and regard.
as litinttralzle to him, and to yoiirsclvc-A. us tliq
triumphant niaj.»rit_\- by which its was Clt_‘Cl0tl tq
the post he otrcupicea. 'Ho needs no commenda-
His eulogy is written in the
9
(,7i(t._:cflo.‘ qf (.'07ll_H.'_(‘lfl.‘lIf.' The time is noiy
,, t'?)llt‘.(i upon, to p:i»s your jutlgcriig-tit upon lhg
{conduct ofour national rulers. That a large ma
.,jnrity of you disapprove of their nicavures and
Q,” in. principles, no one acquainted with yourchuractoy
teresls have been disregarded. our rights have,C"" tl”'tl>'-
bcen sacrificed. and the cliuractcr of our State.-,l l'"l|lli‘"'tH7"- lltfttttlt 11 l'"t'_V W .13!“ ll" “C9”?
Qur Senator... daut-y in our state. wlmst-i t:t.ur.ae throughout has
have not hesitated to declare to the world on the ‘ l"'t‘tt ttt.*'-rlwl by ruinous rxp(l'ill7Cl.lJl and U|l<_-
floor of the Senate. that the people of Cnniit-t:ti- ’ blttlltiutz Pttfrltplltttt 7
cut, have been seduced by promises, iiititnitlatcrl,
by threats, antlpurc/zasetl by nioncy. to bctrayl
They have
filled the ears of honorable Senators, with stale
and fabulous accounts of incidents, tending to
\Vill you then. by _vnurt-apathy and
Shall (_.'oi:nrt-tirui ago it
lteliutitliled in the dust? Shall alto reautiieilm
cliaina. wliicli other States. after long yearsof
l)ond.=«t;;c. llilV(!(1l la.-zi saundcred and thrown nll
\Ve cannot fora iiiouiciil intluluc the bclirf. tho;
such degradation is to be ours. The trot h lmwover
cannot be di-guisetl. that nothing can avert this
czalainiious and di-gr.-sci-fol result. but the mo»;
vigilant and active exertions on the part of tho
friends of the Ctmslltuliztn and the lawn. The
cosmic-s against whom we contend are alt.-oplesq
rind un:irin;_v. Calumny.tlissimtiluiinuantlfnlse-
hooul. are the weapons oftheir warfare. and those
are weapons which we can never wiold. \Ve
can only defend ourselves against their assaults,
by vigilance as sleepless. and exertions as active-
as their own. encouraged and upheld by the pn-
rity of our cause. Conscioustbat every thing
v.bich we hold dear is at stake, and that upon
the issue of the great contest now going on, de-
pends not the spirit only, but the very forrrtqf
the misconduct of our rulers has occasioned. if our republican institutions--let us devote our-.
selves to the work which is demanded of us. boil;
by our patriotism and our own dearest interests.
From every part ofour country a voice comes
up. invoking us to do all in our power, to stem
the torrent which threatens to overwliclm our lib-
we have long suspected. is no longer matter of erties. Toever_v class of our citiaeus the appeal
is made. The old are r_emiuded of the sacrifi-
ces and- self-denials they so cheerfully endured,
in acliieving our independence, and the young
are exhorted not to show themselves unworth
sons ofsuch noble sires. The poor are warned
to beware of the demagogucs. by whom tliey
have more than once _l_>ee_n deceived and betrayed,
and the rich are reminded that the dangers tq
which they have been exposed, are still in)-
peudiog over their heads. Urged toactiomby
the expectations ofour frinds. and by all that is
going on around us; instigated by no unworthy
motives and forgetting ourselves in the great
cause in which we are enlisted, shoulder lg
shoulder let us enter the contest, Arm {lair HEA-
vi-:_N DE_1-‘END '_1'HE Rroi_r'r.
On motion it was then——
Resolvcd, That 20,000 copies of the Adtl_res'g
and Resolutions adopted at this Convention, bti
printed in pamphlet form. for circulation through
the State,
' Resolved. That the tban_l_;s ofthis C_om-entio,_n
be presented to the inhabitants of Mtddletovtn
for their courtesy and liospitality towards the
members of this _Cor:ver;ti,o_n. ' _
Resolved. That the proéee,di_ngs of this Con-
vention be signed by the officers of lbe Conven-
tion. and published in all the \Vbig papers in thg
State.
THOMAS K. BRACE. President;
Hana! DUTTOIE .
E. CHAMPION ACON. -
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