_ tlistrict and call at the Oliice for their papers,
” ‘ .62 will be cliarged. Mail subscribers$2 pcr
‘ be charged at the"u’s‘ual ra'te's.” ‘All other a_dver
\ ~tisementsat the rate of $1 per square for 3 inser-
olher: will be inserted.
, .l.l©l_B P'E't?.llNT_fllr4JG. _
i I '\ HE Court of Probate for the District fd
‘ Norwallt, hath limited and allowed six
' deceased, to exhibit their claiiiisfor. settlement-
. perly attested, within said time. will be tlebarr-
I‘ at large on the p'ublic'liigltways in this town.
E-except one to--each family.
’ f large on,.thfe public highways be 25 cents each,
' lione-halfto be paid to the pound-keeper. and the
'_ be, 25 cents each, one-lialfto the pound-keeper.
.. REWARD of slot) will be paid fortlte
' body of Mr.,ALriionso Mason. of tilloucester,
, heavy dark pilot-cloth evercoat or surtout, anti
‘ where he will be bappynt any time to see his
- ' References.--Emery Bilsfilli
. Hon. Benjamin Isaacs,‘ Norwalk. Nehemiah
, , and eight acres of Land may
TWO '.D'O_L—L’A.RS PER ANNUM, PAYABLE IN ADVANCE.
—-—*1a—-—-
VOLUME "XXIII.
ivoitwALK, or. \VI<'}DNll£.SjD.&],it’,‘li‘\’E13:R.UA:l{Y 12, I840.
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4’ L‘-; 1 -3- .!_I._.
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THE Nori'\tr.sI.rcGAzE'i‘TE
_ Is piizizi.-ieiig _
, EVERY WEDNE‘SDA‘Y MORNING,
4 air
, - Jxittras REED. JR.
Tantra.--'l‘wo_dollars er annum, payable in
, all cases, quarterly tn it vance. - _
To subscribers who live out of the,Carricr’s
$1 50 per year, paid in attvancc'—ot_lierwise
_ aunutn, payable in advance. Noothers attend.-
. .ed to. To companies nfjsiz. or more, receiving
their papersby mail; 81 50," payable altogether,
inadtiaizcc. ‘ _ " . . _
. Executor's and Adtniiiistratofs Notices, 3 in-
sertions, 81--Commissioner's notices, S1 25.
Y-early advertisers. one square. $l0 per aiirium,
«payable quarterly in advance. The privilege
of yearly advertisers is limited to their own im-
mcdiate business-.-all extra advertisements will
tions. and 25 cents forcach subsequent insertion.
031- All ci”isu_al advertisements sent to this Of-
TICKET FOR S'1‘A-'I‘E OFFICERS.
For Gorcriior,
\"ILL[AlVI ‘V. ELLSTVORTII.
* For Limit. G01f€7'7t0'T,
_ CHARLES HA-VVLEY.
For T_reasiorcr,
HIRADI RIDER.
For Secretary,
ROYAL R. IIINDIAN.
' For Comptroller,
HENIIY IKILBOURN.
ADDRESS
. o the . -
TVHIG STATE CONVENTION
TO THE ELECTORS or co:vNEc'r’icu'r.'
fice, should be atfcdinpauied by the cash. No
:5:
or At'.L'iti'Nns_. _
HEMTY EXECUTED ATVTHE GAZETTE OFFICE.
months from the date hereof,for_the creditors to lilac
estate of JUSTUIDISBROW, late of Norma .
Those who neglect to present their accounts, pro-
ed a recovery.- All persons itldebloetl to said cs-
Jatc, are requested to make immediate paytneni
to _ Piiixaas S. Disnitow. Adtu'r-
Norvrallt. Jan. 23, 1840. 3:11
*7‘ [Town Meeting of the town of New-
. anaan, legally warned and held for that
se on the,20th day oflanuary, 1840,
following‘By-Laws were passed, viz:
“ That all horses. be. excluded front going at
large on the public li_ighways- ,, .
" That all neajt cattle be excluded from going
" That the fees for impounding swine going at
other halfto him who shall impound the same.
" That the fees for llI1pfllI'ntllllg.'-lll').l‘8e8 antlé
neat cattle going at large on the public htt.1_l1“'0Y8-
and the other half to him who shall impound
the same.''- Certified by
--Josrzi-ii SILLIMAN, Town Clerk.
New Canaan. Jan. 20.» 18.10. 4111
stoo REWARD.
. recovery of the body of Mr. J1-SSS!-‘I COM"-
rrocx. (l_ate Clerk-of Steamboat Lexington.)
and giving information of the same in the New
York papers. He was aged 20_.yc=_irS- 859015
feet 2 or 3 i_nch-srs in height, rather thick set,
light complexion and light hair. with a hill“ ‘No intentioiizilusurpations of power—no en- ployinr-nt,_wiIl add the sad and bitter testimo-
croachments tipon the riglits of other dcpnrt- ny Of th€I|”f' Own. .8XP8t‘lt?nC€'-- 50 l1nl\’él‘Sitl
ments or of the states on the part of the Exe. and so long continued has been this distress.
cum-.-_ had before been submitted to by-tlie that it has now come to be almost considered
llpoii. the accession of the individ- an inevitable evil.
tial to the Presidency, in whose footsteps it people the Executive coldly rrsplies, that
is the pride and the boast of the present in- “they are accustomed to expect from their
cunibeiit to follow, the Argus eyes with government too much ;” and in the minds of
which the Executive had been watched, s
seemed lulled to sleep
forehead. His dress consisted of a black frock
coat. dark mixed pantaloons and figured vmolen
veil. is cottonshirt marked J. C.or name. in lull.
and knit lamb’s "wool under shirt, cotton draw-
,ers and stockings. He had on his person a small
gold watch with a short gold ehziin.
Jan. 16. ‘ 10
A Ll_B§$RAl. REWARD
ILL be paid by the subscribers forthe re-
covery, and delivery in this city. of the
Music. a passenger on l)tml’(llhP.‘Steal!l€l' Jlaex
inglon, hence for Stunington. He was uho'ut50
years of age,.5 feat 9o: 10 inches in height. vex‘
rystoutand athletic in his person. Very lrtfltl.
large long bustiy brown whiskers and hair. grey‘
eyes. has a remarkably white and perfect set of
teeth. He was clad in dark underclotlics. a,
fur cap, He tool; charge of a heavy letter en-
closingsome family letters. directed, to “ M r. E.
D. Brigham, Mass.. Chandler, Howard 6-’. Co.
Boston"——andywill without doubt have other pa-
pers which may identify his person.
. ' Mason dz Titonrrsoit, 156 South st.
, NPSV.-Ytlfke Jan 17th. 8'10
DENTAL N O TICE.
convulscd.
subvert the very fortns of our reptiblican in- t
stitutiotis.
cessor of the present Chiel'.Magisti-ate seems arlministration has spread ‘ruin and devasta-
to have marked the commencement of a tion throughout the whole length and breadth
new era in otir history. Previous to that of-the-laud. Hundreds and thousands who-
time, in the darkest hours which our country have been reduced from comparative afflu-
has ,witnessed——tvhi.-nlthe stortns of party ence to poverty. will, bear yritness to. the
spirit raged with the most utigoverned fury, truth of the declaration, and if it wants fur-
and the pillars of the sacred temple of liberty t _ _ _
eemerl almost literally to reel under the depend on their daily labor for their daily
shock, the people have at all -timesguarded bread, and who are deprived by the fatal ex-
their own rights with sleepless vigilnnce.— perunents of the adnumstratton. of all em-
8
people.
_de-spriir.
for the _ V
cutive was perverted from its constitutional ury Schrmfl With the l‘Pmafl\’. that “ the C0n' “CB?-' _ _ _
nucd agitation oftlic qu_cstion_relative tothe cealmciit or denial. The crisis has at last
est method of keeping and disbursing the come, and unless the people oftlic old states
ll every other public money. stitl irijuriously affects the are soon aroused to the danger to which their
With the deep re- rights are exposed, the outrage will be con,
gard which he affects to entertain for the summated. ‘A bill has been already intro,
possible, some of the questions which now
cided by your verdict at the polls.
the right and yet the wrong pursue.”
candid inquire-rs af'er truth. l
ly upon questions of our own domestic‘ poli- t
tntere
would respectfully call your attention.
\Vitliin ‘the last ten yo:-srs, a change has I
will-destroy the spirit, if it docs not entirely
The iiiaitigttrationof the prcde- l
purposes, and‘changed into a vast instrument, ti
ecn able to con- b
by which the President has b
trol and bend to his own wt
department of the got-crnnient.
tion of honest men oti account of their polit-
. OCT. A. HI-LL.‘tha_vltful‘for the patronage
‘ he has received in his profession during
12 months past, in Norwalk, begs_leave to in-
form the public-, that he still continues a. few
doors west of the Bridge, in Burrall’s Buildings,
friends, and answer all their calls in Dental
sulrigddllruptiblc teeth.i‘nserted I from one to a
full set. Also, teeth cleansed. 89Pl1l'l"°dv ex‘
tracted. &c., and all those diseases of the teeth
attended to, which, if Sl1fi'e1'¢¢_l ‘-0 °9“.ll““°v 3"’
productive of so much miscliief. M. J. D.
Mina“, M, D.; Hon. Thomas B. Butler;
Ridgefield. R. B. Botsford. M.
Duct.
William
1
p M. D.
D?;m;')oct. D. P. Knapp, Danbury.
Howell Rodgers, Colchester, Ct.
‘Witter, M. D. Williamantic, Ct.
November 20, 1839.
" FOR SALE _
A HOUSE and LOT_. pleasantly
situated on the West side of Nor-
wallt Harbor, a few rods sdutli of the
Bridge. Any person wishing to pur-
chase a convenient place at a great bargain,wil|
do well to apply sopn to Joitiv A. \Vnr:D. Ni?-
walk, or the subscriber at 25 Peck Slip. N. .
, War. UNm:ituiLi., Jr.
' July 29. 1839- ‘l 251
FARM FOR‘ SALE.
Tueywell known Homestead for-
merly, owned and occupied by Den-
con Ebenezer Hawley, deceased,
pleasantly situated’ about 100 rods
"3. of the 1-3: Congregational Meeting House.
"9 Rid afield; consisting of one Dwelling House
had Bdrn and-about 26-84303 05 L‘"‘lv°f,“'l‘l°b
‘be whole may be sold together. :13)‘; l)sllel‘l)(:|rl:lgt:,
so as to suit purchasers-
please-cal-l on the sub-
E,§g;!§_’fl H-A_W!:E!-. .
‘or in any other way. _
_ - Faor-furtheriufortnat-ion
ical opinions alone was commenced and con-
fice as :1 reward for partizan services, with
inating support of the administration, was
the tenure by which their places were held.
The officers of the national government
till b '
of thd patronage thus created, the Executive
is exalted above the legislature; "all the
powers of government, in effect concentrated
in the President, and the just powers of Con-
gress—of the Representatives of the people,
and especially of the Representatives of the
States, reduced to insignificance and con-
tempt.” The executive veto has grown into
a prerogative more formidable than any
which a British monarch has ever dared to
exercise ; and a right has been claimed by
the President to the custody of the public
money, independent of the will of the ‘people
expressed through their Representatives-—
The investigationsiwhich have been attempt-
ed by Committees of Congress have been op-
posed, interrupted and rendered n_ugatory
and unavailing, by the open efforts of the
President to shield the suspected officers
from inquiry—and finally, after the wretch-
ed failure of those experiments, which we
weer told at a period of universal prosperity.
were to give us a. “better cu_rrency- —-‘the
President of the U. States persists in urging
a measure upon the people, which by their
Rgpgesentativcs they have thrice reiected._ -
Nor is this all. A change. notless m‘i'gh—
gy and ¢]_isa_3ti-ous has come over the business
-and to corrupt the very_ fountains of Re-
.their power, bring them into‘ disrepute
the currency of the country, and with "a vain
promiscto improve what was already per-
fect, they destroyed the beautiful macliinery people’ has been directed towards the subject
FEi.i.ow CITIZENS :--Having performed by which the business of thelcountryphad of the dispositon of the publiclantls.
the duty of our appointment by selecting the’ been so admirably conducted. ’It is uniie- lands exceed-in'qt_i:intity one thousand mil-
. can iidates to_ be supported by the Whig par-.. cessary to remind the citizens of _Connecti- lions of acres,’ and at the‘ govei°nm‘ent' price
ty at the next election, we now beg leave to cut, of the state _of things at the cornmen‘ce- of one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre,
present to your considcmijom .-is briefly as mentot the administration of the predecessor are, ofcoursc, worth more than one thousand
of the present incumbent. ’ There was then millions of dollars.
agitate the coumry, and which are to be d.;.. but one currency in the country-for—no‘dis‘-
No one tinction was made between specie "and the
ny instances, from a state of unparalleled
prosperity, to wretcliedness and want.“ The
men who for the last ten years hard had the
management of our national afliiirs, have not
been satisfiedtwith enriching themsel.ves at
the expense of the country. It was not
enough to convert the offices which the con-
stitution had created for the good ofthc‘peo-
ple, into it vast system of reward and pun-i
ishments. It was not enough to" etnbczzle
the public money. or‘ to lavish it‘ upon" worth-
less favorites. It was not enough to usurp
power——to invade the rights ofithe states-to
expunge journals—-to conceal abuses—to in-
terfere with the freedom of elections-—to pro-
scribe honest nien—-to’ squander the pub-
lic domain—to .disfranchise whole states,
publican inst'itu'tiot'ts and‘so faras lay in
throughout the ‘civilized world. They as-
pired to a higher infamy--a more inglori-
ous honor. At it time when we were so
prosperous that we could not even dream of
adversity, they laid their unholy hands upon
co'mmon"property of the Union.
either acquircdby the Revolution, and its
deathiiato so many of our manufacturing
villages, what might wegnot expect from the
continutiiicc andentire success of these’de-
strtictive. measures l The imagination can
scarcely conceive of the ruinous results which
wouldqfollotv. \Vith the paiccs of T real es-
tate -andi of produce‘ reduced to in "specie
‘standard, the rate of wages would fall in a
greater proportion,.and tvhilelhe rich capi-
talist was made riclierby the increased val-
ue’ 0f‘.‘l)lS_7 money, the poor would be reduced
to more hopeless poverty, and those who are
in debt would be utterly ruined. »
That‘suchwill«'be'ithe efli.-ct of the hard
moncyplans ‘of the administration, which
are to beficonsummnted by that grand scheme
of injustibe and opprcssion‘—-the sub-trea'sury
system," no man‘ of intelligence can doubt.-—
Against this systemgthc electors of Connecti-
cut have twice recorded. their deliberate and
solemn judgement. At the next election it
will fonele more be "presented for their con-
sideration, :and. unless we ‘greatly mistake
their character, it will again receive the
rebuke at-their hands it so richly merits.
"For -several years past, the attention of the
These
This vast domain is the
It was
of employment, and ‘to :send the silence of I mission, to wipe" out the record -of
who is acquainted with the people of Con. bills of solvent banks, unless it"was in~ftivor
riecticut, can doubt that, as :1 body, they are of the latter. As a_natural consequence,
honest and patriotic in their political opinl every bf3n_Ch Of 1311810988 W88 ll0l1l'lSh_lng'
ions. They are not among those, who "1.-new and lucrative. ‘ The golden age seemed lit-
Vve erally to have visited the land.
have reason therefore to hope that an expo- fell llje benign lnflltentffi Of =1_PUF8 and (‘-911-
sition of the,principles of the great party stitutional ‘aClll}lnlS'.l‘€ll.l0l'l, and the poor, in-
which has united in opposition tothe present stead of starving for want of employment.
national administration, cannot fail to produce could impose their own terms upon their em-
it favorable effect upon "'tlic minds of all ployers
The people
Against an administration which
hus scattered blessings far and wide tlirough-
The annual election which is soon to take Out the land. the only cause‘ of‘complaint
place in this state, is to be comesicrl not on. that could be found, was the extravagance of
he public expenditures. So happy nnd.pros-
cy, but also upon the great topics. ofnational pct'ou§.“'35 lllt‘ l1illl0_D. that those Who \l'€_l'C
' S,’ by ,,~},;(-1, our whole 'Union is now most in what ofa grievance, could only dis-
To some of these, therefore, we cover this, and the ears of the people were
stunned by the uproar that was raised against
he extmvagance, which could suppoiftlie
taken place in the mode of administering the govt-rntnent wit/i less t/tan ‘izalf t/‘ta ;pre$e'nt
. General Government, which if persisted in, annual e.rpen(liture !
These days of prosperity are past--we
rust not forever. It is not too much to say,-_
hat the course of the past and the present
her confirmation, a countless multitude, who
price ‘paid by the blood and treasure of our
ancestors, --or purchased from France or
Spain, and paid for from the common treas-
ury of the United States. After-the Revolu-
tion it was found that niitch of this land was
claimedby individual states; and one ofthe
first mc_asurcs.ofthe American Congress, af-
ter the Peace, was to. call tipon the several
states which owned ptiblie landsto cede them
to the United States for the common. benefit
ofthe wiholc. ' On the 10th day of Septem-
ber, 1780, the following result.-tion was a-
dopted by Congress: " Resolved, That
the unappropriiitcd lands that may be ceded
or relinquished to the United States, byany
particular State, pursuant to the rccommr-in
dation of Congress ofthe 6th of September
last, slinll be disposed of for the common
l_)e.»irfit of the United Sta/es." On the faith
of this solemn pledge, "all the original states
quished ihcir right to the ‘U. States. Con-
L
Spirttcy by which Mr.Vaii Burt n, is to be re-
elected to the Presidential chair, mill -Jo/in
C. Calhoun (0 beldcclarcrt his successor,
lVc feel assured that this high handed at-
tempt at robbery need only be exposed tothe
people of Coiinectictit .to_arous_e tlietlt to ear-
liest and unitedoppositioii. . They will never
submit to be plundered of their inheritance,
to advance the forttincs of n partizan Presi-
detit, or _an unpririciplcd office seeker. '
We‘ are told in the latte report of ,-the-Sec»
retary ofthe Treasury, ‘that, it may be soon
be necessary to “ resort to direct m:‘ra!z'o'r‘i,”
for the support of th_e'Govcriiment. When
that day arrives, as it certainly must, if this
measures of the administration are persisted
in, the people will see and feel that those
who warned them of the danger to‘ which
their rights were exposed with regard to the
public lands, have raised no false alarms.
As a means of calling the attention of the
people of Connecticut to this important sub-
jcct, ‘ and making known their sentiments
with regard ‘to_ it, the "Convention have re-
commended tbc.’ci_rcnlzi’tion of a petition to
Congress, in all the towns of the..state,which
shall declare in temperate, but firm and de-
cided tones. the dc.-termination of- Connecti-
cut nevcr to submit to the robbery and breach
of trust, contemplated by Mr Calhotin's bill.
Every. party coiisideration is mergi-d_ in the
vast magnittidc; of the interests which are in
danger of being sacrifiecd to the inordinate
ambition of a few selfish individualsarid we
trust that_ thispetition will he-‘siigncd by eve-
rycitizen of the state without distinction of
party.
At the late election for the choice of Rep-
resentatives in the present Congress, the pop-
ular will was definitively and fulliy express-
ed on the subjects to which we have alluded,
and it was apparent at the opening of the
session, that the ddniinistration would be in
it minority. To prevent this, i; plan was de-
vised and executed, which for boldness and
enormity, is unparalleled in the history of
our cour.-try. be dirt-rtly did it strike at the
very foundation of the rights of the states‘.
that it demands the attention of every mem-
ber of the ‘confcdcracy. '
At the commencemet of the session, the
right of‘ five‘ of the legally elected and com-
House took it upon himself to decide the
nectictir,‘ worn and exhausted as she was by
yet she hesitated not when the harmonyofi
the Union reqtiired it, -to throw her rich in-
heritance into the common fund with a com-
paratively small reservation. Other states
made similar sacrifices. and. in their deeds of
ccssion it was expressly provided “that the
lands ceded should be considered a common
With the most liiv- our only remedy against all these overwhelm-
isli proft-ssioris of regard forthe popular will, ing evils. is silent submission. In the ho-
arrd the most profuse promises’ of ‘reform, s
/vliich were made only to be broken, a sys-
'tem of t-ncroachniczits upon the constitution, d_v is in our own hands, and what. power on
and upon the rights ofthe people, was com- 9
nienct-d—-gt'arltial at first. and unpcrccivcd, _
but persisted in and increased, until the are sUflr*l'lnL’. the Pl‘t‘Sltlt‘nt Of l-ht’ U- S I11 _ . . _
fruits are now seen in the wide spread ruin his last annual iiiessage. presses upon Con» although, since. his iiiiiuguration, it hits been
which has filled our land with stifferiii: and gress a continuation of the mezisu res which a favorite administration measure, it has been
At the period to it high we ailude, have reduced as to our present condition. sediilously concealed, and arrogantly denied
first time, the patrontige of the Exe- He introdti-‘es the subject of the Sub-Treas- by the artizans ofthe Executive in Coiincc-
sion like this can find no place
A proscrip- business of the country”
the avowed understanding that an tindiscrim-' tion" _ _ _
at rest by their decision.
have been compelltd to conti-'ib_ute from never be relinqu_ishcd,a.ntl'they even’boast
their salaries. for the purpose of influencing that it is now "in practical operation,’ and
elections—the expenditures of the general will belcontinucd “:n-spite of_ thc_lamenta-
government have been enormously increased, tions of the people.-’ The disguise which
the .corrupt and corrupting influence they have until lately worn, is no\v_thrown
off, and they‘openly avow their enmity to all
Banks and their determination to impose
To the complaints ofthe t
onto, an impression scents to prevail, that
out ofa true,son of Connecticut, an impres-
The retrie-
arth shall prevent its exercise!
As a remedy for the evils under which we
popular will, it is not a little strange that he duced intothe Senate of the U. State-. at the
tinned, and individuals were appointed to of should continue " injuriously to affect the present session, _“ to cede the public lands to
business of the country” by ffagitatinga ques- the statesin which they lie.” .
which the people, have repeatedly set duced by Mr. Calhoun, who is now ac-
We are told, ltnoxvledged to be in the confidence of the
however, by his adherents, that this fa- administration.‘ It was evididcntly the fritit
vorite measure of the administration will of that remarkable interview in which the
upon the nation an ezrclusit-c meialic cwrrenx
cg/. In the President’s message to which
we have before alluded, this doctrine is stren-
uously advocated. Our sufferings are at-‘
tributed almost solely to the circulation‘ of
bank notes. and if the reasoning of that most
radical and dangerous document -is correct,
we can’ expect no permanent relief till the
use of bank paper is entirely abolished.
A doctrine like this, coming from such a
source, cannot fail to excite the deepest ap-
prehension and alarm in the breast of every
citizen of Connecticut. No man can exam-
ine its bearings, without finding that it af-
fects materially his own dearest interests,
and we believe it is not too much to say, that
if it were carried out to the full extent to
which its advocates propose, its fruits would
be seen, not in silent suffering and uncom-
platuing despair, but in such aresistance as
characterized our revolutionary struggle. If
theembarrassmeats in which the exchanges
of the country have been involved by the
measures of the administration have been
sufiicient to deraage business-—to bankrupt
fund for the use and benefit of the U. States,
according to their respective and usual pro-
portion in the general charge and expendi-
that purpose, and for no other -use or pur-
pose wli.atevcr.”
tempts have been made for several years to
deprive the old states of their interest in the
public lands.
tcntion has been openly €|\'0Wt'(l ; and several
years since, President Jackson. in one of-his
lll€t§Sa_g9S, reicomii'ic_nded that the land should
be ceded to the States within whose limits it
was situated.
to‘me‘-ct with little favor in the old states, and
are, and slioulrl be faithfully disposed of for
Notwithstanding this solemn pledge, at-
In the \Vt.‘Sl(‘f[t States this in-
A project like this‘_;was likely
t is now, however, too late for con-
It was intro-
President of the U. States, and the Father of
Nullifiifation, lately met at the President's
Mansion,'and for the first time for man '
years, gave each other the hand of frien -
ship, and agreed to forget the past in their
united efforts to advance their mutual inter-
ests for the future. From this interview Ml'_
Calhoun returned to his seat in the Senate.
to introduce the bill which is to deprive us
blow. The reference of the bill to the Com-
inittee on public lands was opposed by Mr.
Clay on the ground that this Committee was
composed of ti majority of members from the
new states who were committed in favor of
the measure. The vote on the reference
was considered a tcstof the views of the lion-
orable Senators, and the whole force of the
administration was ranged in favor of -the
bill. ‘Among the members who on this oc-
casion showed their readiness to outrage the
rights-of the old states, was one rccreant
Senator of €onnecticut——the only member of
Congress ‘froth our State, who supports the
r.uiao,us. measures of the Administration con-
trary-to-the will of. his constituents.
This statement of facts fully pro_ves tbatwe
have greatest cause for alarm. The danger
is no loagerprospective. The measure is
alreadycommenced-—iiot as the s_el_fish pro-
ject of’ an individual‘, but as- a favorite. mea-
sure-of the Executiv€'.'¢0n'l1’iV€d and mam?’
ed in-his own mansion, introduced‘ by one
of our rights in the public lands at it single“
questioii against them. He refused to insert
State, whose seat was not disputed. The
candidates who claimed the seats of the re-
turned members had no credentials whatever,
which were known to the laws of New Jer-
sey—and they and their advocates have ne-
ver claimed a majority of legal votes. They
have never denied that the votes which
would have given them a majority were ille-
gal, and in N. Jersey tliefact is adm ittcd and
aniiicrsally notorious. ‘
VVit.hout alleging a single rcason—in the
face of the clearest and most unanswerable
arguments, .'I_n(l_ contrary to immemorial us-
age, by it pnrtizan vote, carried by the main
strength of numbi-rs, the legally elected and
returned members from N. Jersey were de-
prived of their seats. By excluding their
votes the administration hoped to be able to
organize the House by the choice of their
own officers, and to effect this, they were
willing to invade the rights, and degrade the
honor of a sovereign State. To punish such
an outrage, every State in the Union is
t-qually interested. They have sccn a sister
the Resolution.” within whc-sc borders are
the glorious fields of Monmouth and Trrnton.
-° after all her scars, arm’ all her blood, and
her field: of glory, expelled from the Con-
gress of the Union. It is the duty of Con-
necticut to make common cause with New
Jersey in inflicting conuign punishment upon
the perpetrators of this outrage. Its instiga-
to-r will receive his reward at the next presi-
dential election,
‘Since our last annual election. :1 Convert-
tion of delegates from twenty~thrce States of
the’Union, has been ‘held at Harrisburg, for
the purpose of nominating candidates for the
offices of President and Vice President of the
U. States. The convention was composed
of men ofthe pu-rest patriotism and the lofti-
est talents of which our country can boast.
They met for the accomplishment of no sel-
fish desingn—they forgot every prejudice
and every partiality, and with the sole object
of averting the evils which are impending
over our Republic, they brought out it nom-
ination, which has been received throughout
the lengthand breadth of the land with the
sincerest demonstrations of joy. The char-
acter and services of \VrLLi.ui HENRY HAR-
iitsoiv are well known to the people of Con-
necticut. Tothchigliest military talents, he
adds the sound jutlgnient, the correct princi-
ples, and -the long experience which consti-
tute the snfe and enlightened statesman.——
Under his administration the republic will
be restored to its ancient purity,antl it seems
eminently proper that the task of redeeming
the political character of the nation, and re-
moving the corruptions by which its institu-
tions have been sullied, should be committed
to one, who, in his youth shared the confi-
dence, and imbibed the spirit of the Heroes
oftbe Revolution. Above all, in this day of
high-banded fraud,when to our other pccuniaf
the Trcasury to which the “practical ope-
ration” of the Sub-‘Treasury system has of-
forded opportunity. our republic requircsthe
services of honest rulers. Thelbitterest‘ revi-
qc'}il.bft;l'g‘efield, January 22. 1340- ll 12
of the country, reducing our citizens in ma-
our most enterptiziiig citizens-_-‘todcprive
thousands of men, and women, and chi dren
- - u. S...’-
who is anxious, by the most cbseqnious sub-
, I
.1 g-
lers of General Harrison have never (lurid
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-.
his fi)r-
m_er opposition: and under stich circum-
stances as fully shotv, that it is both the re-
sult and the ‘means of executing a vast con-
of the confederacy-—“t/ic olrl battle ground of
ry. ‘losses are added theenormous robbeiics of
to breathe a suspicion against be perfect in “under t
_ _ _ .. "' 3 H, . .
~—g.
integrity, or the ‘unsulliéd 'purity'of his mor-
al character. The public o'flicer‘tvho has re-
tired from :t"lr'ti‘st, in whichhe receive’-d and
disbursed more th‘an'si.vty millions of public-
money, to honorable poverty, is cniphaticttl-
ly the min for the present crisis. Such a
man is lVz'll-ia_m ‘Henry Ilarr-ison, and.“-9
confidently trust‘ ‘that he is destined to be-
the savior of his country. _
The nomination of Ions Truztt, the.dis-
tinguished son %of Virginia, for the ‘office of
Vice President of the U. States, is‘t.-eceivéd
with no less unanimity throughout the Uh-
ion. a reptiblican of the old school, he will
receive an enthusiastic support front the trite
democracy of the nation. - With the Baltic of
’IIa'rrisan anii-'7‘ leyr emblazoned ‘cit _lll:é'l'l’
banner, the \Yhigs ofgthe whole Union are
rullyirig with a-spiritof tinaniinity ‘uni’. ‘coh-
‘fidctice that strikes terror into the heartsbf
their opponents. and insure: the «triumph of
correct principles. - . .
- At-!\\'Q"SucCPSSlV¢ elections, Connecficut
has expressed her disapprobati‘on of the prin-
t-iplés of the adniinistration. Witbone cit-
ception her sentiments are truly reprc-seated
in Conrfrcss, and she ‘once ‘more 'ais’tI'rii'g'-fin
that body an lionarable ‘positibn among-ht-t
sister states. , V p ” " ’
At the limit st-ssioii of the legislature, a
measure was ‘adopted, tvhich will fotrevcr
render our elections‘ it trite expression ot the
sense of the.pe‘opl'e.‘ Complaints had been
frequently rnzidc, that party triumphs had
been, in inany‘pla‘ce's, secured. byfrmid; and-'
an individual who'heltl"tbel'idnorable station
of U. S. S('l1"Ztll.')l"l'l:OlIl'C_O!I'l_le,cllCIl‘l. publicly
declared that the irn'rn'e'nst- Whig majorit or
1838. had bet-‘ii increased by 'no' less t an
1000 fraudii-I":-nt votsg; To preclude the.pos-
sibility of such pretended enorniities, and to
free otir elections from even it ‘reproach of
suspicion, the le‘gislat‘.irc of 1839, enacted
the bill known by the name of the Registry
Law. ‘ ' ‘
It was supposed that this law. the sole ob-
ject of tvhich'_was to-p_i:e‘ve'rit illegal voting.
would meet the wishes of our- ‘political op.
pom.-nts; and especially as they had declar-
' ‘ ' t,_‘a’nd made bitterconi-
ed the practice," __ ‘V,
plaitits .f its '_ 3.-.. But we were wr-
pris '-77 t
at they at once pronounced
it unt‘ ‘ ' global. This is a grave charge.
Let us=..eI.if'if has any foundation.
Tl? .'¢"¢'<7:% 'l_,li.9n o‘f..t._be 6th article of the-
-.-igioii the qualifications of an-
CL
which had any private interest in the lundsgmissioned members from NewJerscy,to their electo.. --'‘But-’'’ who is to judge-_ whether an
under consideration, magnaniinously relin_-lseats, was (lt‘nlt§‘Cl, and the Clerk of the last indiv”-u,al-pos.sesses these qualifications ?-—-.
Thc lath--section of the same article. is in the-
following words: " The selcctmen and town-
her patriotic efforts in the war of the Reva-,their names in the roll of membcrs,altl-tough clerk o‘f the several towns shall. drcide obi
lution, was not behind her sister states lt1;!liell‘ commission, and credentials were in all tliequalifications of-e_l'r:ctors. ‘u.-t-' Still-"h_l'&:1'It¢'5“..
th‘i_s act:-o_f magnanimity. Her domain was ; respects according to the law, and precisely am! in s-.-sltimarzneir, as may be ‘prescribed by -
of vast extent, mid almost inestimable value, lsiniilar to_that of one member from the some late. "
From this we see, that the constitution re-
quires the Legislature to point out by law,
the tiirtés when‘. and the oitiitiér. iii. which.
the townclerlr and select men shall decide
on the qualifications of felcctars.» This is all
that is done in the Registry act. The cone
stitution itself appoints" the body which is to
decide on the qua» -ifications, and the law mere-
ly indicates the way in which these duties
are to be performed. It excludes no legal
vott=r—it merely requires the evidence of his
qualifications, and in literal obedience to the
constitution. prescribes the time. and the
7.’l(l7l72¢'I' of deciding the question.
The Wbigsof Conncctfiiut can now look
back with pride and exulttition upon their
successful administration of the State Gov-
ornment for the last two years. They found
the State deeply in debt, and the treasury
bankrupt. Abuses had crept into many de-
piirtrnents of the Government, and the judi-
cial expenses at‘ the State, cspeciall. . had
been alarmingly increased. Ant" at the
clamor and outrrics which were raised by
the administration leaders, these abused built;
been probed and dragged to light. and as it
result of the able and conveinping report of
the iiivectigating committee, laws have been
enacted which enforce it rigid economy
and a strict accountability.
The present officers. of our State Govern-
ment, who have so faithfully performed their
official duties, have been re-nominated by
the Conveatvibns. Their talents, fidelity and
integrity will not, we are 35§lll'_C_d._f§ll,i,t),l',é-
ceive at your band‘ the rcward'th_e_y r_ner,ir_.,
Reports have been industriously circulated
by the leaders of the Van Buren, party, that
our present excellent Chief Magistrate would
not be a candidate for ré-election.
mg of success ‘while he wits in the field, they
have indulged the hope that he would dc’.
cline the nomination. This consolation how-_
ever is denied them. and with the same tick.-.
ct with which they have twice marched to.
victory, the Whigs of C'o_nnccticut once mofe
enter the contest, assured of it glorious tri-
umph. -
While we‘ are thus confident of success,
the fact should not be ‘concealed that our op-
ponents are preparing for a despcrdtb strug-
glc. Our approaching election- will proba-
in this State. Viewed in-tibia; llight-._ it.-, is of
unspeakable importance; and on iis result
the destinies of the nation may be stispeiidfid.
Conscious that it is the last struggle for ‘ill?
power which has been torn‘ from their grasp
by an injurédpeople. the V on Btircn party
in this state are sccretly preparing for one
more 'd‘es”perate effort". That they are in a
minority has’ been rendered certain by all
elections of thelast two yearsi They hope
however by fraud, by misrcprcsentatibn,_a‘pd
by incendiary appeulsto the base! ,pa_s$t_0,n_8
of our nature, to reduce Connecticut oit_C_,0
more to thcirtsubjectibii. and E0 filte 395031-
rtheir utmost euerglit-s‘.
ed bythe it-imem imrliilinr-.°f.' .-st.i-ti
[which goo deinapit,-gout‘ coast ;,a_.ttoa--
suflbring
e evils of tpi‘.fru_l9._a‘;C_l. it
‘ _ 1, -_ .9-§.1§‘-,. a'-l5~-
fit. ;..i..: . ;z.?.—.. ' "
Despaira .
bly decide thefatc of the Presidential contest.
plishmeiit of object thdy -_dt_’d
Fiti:1:i't‘i‘i:N or Cdstficricvill [tn 1',¢‘t_3I‘-_.
in comma‘ u'itb"our' fellow-citizitil-._
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