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GM Cider Br:-mtly.
— ~. THE Subscriber has just re-
% ceived a new supply ol'O)tl Cider
5.; Brandy, which is Old, and of
-- a very superior qiiality. Persons
whisliiug to get a supply, will do well to call and
examine it, for such an article is rarely to be
found. Likewise a new supply of Cogniac
Brmully, .F:n.-.sacia and St. Cii'oi'ix
Ruin, Hollaiml Gin, etc. disc.
Jenn BUREALL.
Norwalk, April 19. 18-14.
IGI-IT IKOHSO
doz or .-singe, for sale by
L:imteii'ns, by the
L CLARK.
Cotsrpots ! Cite-pets !
L. &.I. R. Peck hasjusl received a large
I assortment of Carpeting, and will be
soltl at prices that will pay those who are in
want of the above, to call and examine qtiali-
ty mid price for themselves.
Also. a handsome lot of Hugs. which will be
~‘.f)l(l unusually low by T L & J R Pi-:ci{.
South Norwalk, May 1.1844.
Arrival
of the
J. GRUMAN can't be beat in selling cheap and Good Goods. For proof of this the
o ptibli_c have only to call and examine
merit of Spring and Summer Dry Goods now offering
at G. 3.
the very extensive cheap and elegant assort-
VVesL‘ End the Bridge, [Vow-zca//5, CA.
Merchants and all others who wish to obtain
are requested to give me a call.
in qairiiitiiy and cheapness.
the greatest bargains ever offerctl in this State,
My store has been doubled in size, as well as my stock of goods _
I am receiving Goods direct from ‘llle Auction Roomsin New
York. and will sell good goods much less than they can be purchased in this town, and enou_«_-h
less than they can be bought in any other store. to pay my customers for Ihetroublc of coming 50
miles to trade with me as many do. For proof
of this, give me a call. for you will he charged
nothing for examining my G()0d5sn0r urged to buy. The following are but few‘ol'niy new Goods.
Silks f'oir, fircsscs.
I
10 pls Chameleon striped Silks, very rich
10 " Plain Colored and Figured “
6 “ Plaid Chameleon 1-‘ “
12 ps Plain, Black, from 56 ms to $1
15 " Blue, B|k,figuretl and plain
10 " plain gro dc caps for 37,13 cis.
,. A Splendid Assortment of Hart Silks.
An elegant_ assortment of Neapolitan, Amazon
Ladies‘ Dress goods of all kinds. qualities and
‘POETRY.
From I/ic Balfiiiiore Patriot.
I-IENRY CLAY.
\Vheti in the Sotftli, a civil war
Rose like a storm of night,
And carnage leap’d into her car,
To seek the field of fight;
Vt’hcn sons oftliose illustrious sires,
\Vho lilcd at Bunker Hill;
Rttshcd forth to light their battle fires,
A brother’s blood to spill;
1Vhcii from the vault of Vernon, first,
A cry was heard aloud;
And the word Peace, in thunder burst
From many it. bloody shroud;
\Vhen swords lcap’tl to tire hcro’s hand.
And glittcred in our gaze:
And terror reigned tiiroitgliottt the land, _
As in those by gene days;
The Solon ofthe Senate stood
Alone, and lI;l(ll.~‘lllfly'(l;
And for his much lov’d couiitry’s good,
The flag ofpeace display’d ;
Iiigh in the Ii'oi'iiin, and afar,
1-} is tniglity mind he cast;
Calhoun fell from the criroson car,—-
'The storm of war was past.
Uucartlily eloquence then broke
Upon the listener's car;
T} "U--.-] .- . .
ie St.n.i.c s touted, as he spoke,
And wondering, lcan’d to hear; ‘
Trcmliling they saw that hope was high;
And hziil’d the happy day ;
The thitndcrs in the S0lll.ll(3l‘.l sky,
Roll’d peacefiiliy away.
The wise titan of the \Vest arose,
And with a Tully’s tongue,
Si.lciic’d the voice of l'rcetlom’s foes,-
A rainbow round them liuiig;
A mighty iiaiioii saw the deed—
'I‘lie flag of peace uiii'url’d;
Europe beheld and gave the mend
Of an ridiiiiriiig world.
Her pen ofgold the hand ofFaiiic
From her high temple look;
And wrote his never dying name
In Time’s eternal book;
\Vith all the Filillefs ofthe free,
He shall in glory rest;
By million" yet uitborti shall he
Through future ages blest.
No marble inonuinciit he needs,
To crunihle and decay;
The meiii’ry ofhis mighty deeds
Can never p:iss away;
\Vithin a iia!ion’s licart cnsltritied,
Sai'copliag.ts sublime!
Ills glorious monument of mind,
Ktiows not tlic touch of Time.
ACROSTIC.
IV atch yonder wi'ctcli—‘in:irk well his haggard face,
If is tattcrld garments and his tottering pace;
I it every feature vice and dark despair
S ecurcly rcign—and poultry and care.
K ceti are his waiits, and justice round him throws
Ir‘. ndlcss coiifttsion, and a cloud of woes.
Y on ask what dire cal:im‘ty is this
IV hich blights so cruelly his health and bliss’?
H e is a Drunkard! Alcohol hath found
I it him a victim, and his soul is hound.
S cm: as the demon, his full torch illumes,
K itidled within, t'ie fatal fire consumes ;
E ach comfort flies at his approach’; and fade
Y otitli, strength and iiature, ’neath his upas shade.
, Tuscan,Rutland,Leghorii and Straw Bonnets;
prices; Shawls ofall kinds; Millincry Goods
in the richest profusion—vt=ry cheap; the very cheapest assortment of Broad Cloths ever offered
in this State; Summerstiifls for Men's and Boys
wearofall kinds.
I2e.g'i°m§ie Carry:-toziéng.
The best and cheapest assortment in this country.
Prints, bleached and unbleached Muslin. by the Case. hale. P3900 0? Yard-
VVe have here glanced at a few of the more prominent articles. lJUl Ollf ilSS0fll11€|1l C0lllPTl5€5
Every thing that can be called for in our line.
Our lharik are due to our friends and co stomsrs for their liberal favors for the past year.
From
the facilities which we have now of meeting the wants of the public. in a much increased stock,
and a variety never before equaled in richness and beauty. we trust they will find it to their inter-
est and agreeableto their inclination, to keep up
SADDLES, IIAIINESSES, &c.
HE best and most varied assortment of
Harnesses, Saddles and Bridles, Trunks,
Valices, Carpet Bags, Martingales, I-Iallers,
Carriage and Riding Whips, &.c. etc. that has
now be found at the Store of the subscriber,
nearly opposite the Norwalk Hotel.
This is no empty boost as any one may see
by calling. For workmanship and beauty, as
well as service, the work which he ofiers can-
not be surpassed. Also :
Saddle and harness Trimmings of all kinds,
Saddler's Silk, and a general assortment of
articles usually called for in establisliinents of
this kind.
Also. a good assortment of Elastic,and Webb
Braces of his own manufacture, made for
durability] as well as convenience.
The above articles, the undersigned pledges
himself to sell, as low as they can be found
elsewhere. The patronage of the public is
respectfully SOll(:lle(l.
' N. B. The strictest attention paid to all kinds
of repairing. WiLLtAii B. SWAN.
Noiwalk. May, 8,1844. 19
Bll0llS llllll 'l‘llll PEOPLE.
EBSTER.'S Speech, a defence of the
' Christian Religion and of Religious In-
struction of the you ug, delivered in the Supreme
Court of the U. S. in the case of Stephen
Girard’s Will. by Hon. Daniel Webster; The
position ofthe Evangelical Party in the Episco-
pal Church, by Albert Barnes; Lectures on
Church Governtnenl, containing objections to
the Episcopal scheme, by Leonard Woods, D.
D.; Chatsworth, or the romance of a week;
Young Kate, ortlie Rescue; a tale ofthe Great
Kanawba; The Little Learner or Rudiments of
Reading by John Pierpont. JOHN A. WEED.
Stone lime.
IME of the first quality. constantly on
hand and for sale by th 9. Barrel. by
CHAS. ISAACS.
Norwalk, May 6, 1844.
' ULL’S Mens and Children's Trusses a
at W E &H M Bissrzmls.
Blank Books.
US'I‘ received a large assortment, consisting
of Ledgers, Day Books, Journals. Bill
Books. Invoice, Sales, Receipt and Cash Books
Pocket Ledgers {Pass and Writing Books-
Cbap-for cash. Joint A. WEED.
A'["1‘ING.—4-4,5-4.-, and 6-4 plain and
plaid Matting,just received and for sale
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Janus M,n.Loitr 6.: Co.
‘cheap by
their past business relationship.
Regular Line Poo/acts.
Elm‘ Jhfoett Fork.
Sloop Mary A. Sel-
, , leck, Capt. J. Byxbee
.... leaves Norwalk every
_,';:._:_;;.=.«_,1.,'1‘tics(lay evening for
James Slip, and returning will leave New York
every Saturday. The Sloop Domestic, Capt. 1
T. K. Mcrrills, leavcsNorwalk every Saturday
and New York every Thursday.
The above Sloops are nearly new. and on
tli e high ]n'css2t're ]m'nc2'ple, and will sail as fast
as any other man’s Sloops running as market
Boats. \Ve are glad to get anything to carry
either way that will help pay expenses, and
doii’t expect any. body’s custom if we can’t
accommodate them as well as any one else
along shore. Come and try us and satisfy
yourself. NOAH Si3LLi~:cK,
~ West side the Bridge.
Norwalk, March 15. 1844. 1'
For Ween Eforie.
\ THE fine fast sailing Sloop
J u l i a, Captain G. Grumman,
has commenced her regular week-
. .. . ly trips, and will continue to leave
the landing at Five Mile River every Tuesday
evening, and James’ Slip, New Yo:k, on Sat-
urday, through the season. Freight and Pro-
duce of every description conveyed on the most
reasonable terms. All orders thankfully‘
received and punctually attended to. Apply
to the Captain on board, or at tiie Store at the
Landing. The subscriber returns his thanks to
the public for their liberal patronage during the
past year and hopes by a strict attention to all
business entrusted to hint to merit acoiitinuance
oftheir favor. W. C‘ SAMMIE.
March 6, 1844.
E'or New York.
Regular Trips for the Season.
The fast sailing‘ Sloop, Mary
Willis, Capt. Willis J. llileiritt
will commence her regular tripsto
New Slip, New York. on Tuesday
g Norwalk (East side the Bridge)
...- ‘
iicxt—leavin
exery Tuesday evening, and returning will
leave New York every Saturday throughout
the season. All kinds of Marketing and freight
will be received on accommodating terms.
Capt. Merritt tanders his acknowledgments
to his customers and friends, for their patron-
age during the past season, and solicits a con-
tinuance of their favors.
Norwalk. March 1,1844.
AILS.—l00 Kegs Cut Nails assorterhfrom
.Some ofour ‘principal men, whohavc been
MISCELLANY.
GREAT EXCI'!‘EMEN'I‘ IN HULL-
ANNEXATION OF PIG’S MISERY.
The following correspondence of the Boston
Courier contains a capital take-ofl‘ of the letters of
Clay and Van Buren on the Texas question:
HULL May 5. I844.
Sir——Our city is now in a state of high ex-
citement. There is now a new maggot got
into the head of the enlightened public,
which hasjnst put the whole conimunity
into an “awful wriggle.”- Ins-liort, we have
a scheme on foot for’ the annexation of Pig's
Misery to I-lull. . .
Pig's Misery, as you well know, is a little
boggy“. Snrilry, tadpoly lot Ot land. lying be-
tween Old Spain and the World’s End. It
affords a_ plentiful crop of moschetoes, and is
the paradise of runaway pigs and dead cats.
speculating in salt grass and eel pots, trum-
ped up a project to annex this ‘fine territory’
t0 the ancient and honorable city of Hull.-
Though I do not wish to interfere with’any
gentleman's amusements, [cannot but say,
“I tvishtliey may get it.”
As we shall have two candidates for May-
or next November, you may easily suppose
‘ample, honest ‘P.-ter Bull calf of Green,
' To this, Martin replied, with the follow-
ing clear, lucid, decisive and satisfactory
statement of his views :
,“I{I.V_'D o'f.looK, April 30, I844.
“ To the Erlilor of the C'af/‘Islam! Roarcr :
Sir—Acting as an unpledged delegate to the
Egg Rock Convention, you ask my opinion
as to the expediency and constitutionality of
annexing-Pig’s Misery to Hall, and l‘t(]l.lt’Sl
me to speak my sentiments. You need not
doubt that I shall freely do this, for no titan
has spoken more sentiments than I have.
It will indeed give me great pleasure to
satisfy every body upon the Pic’s Misery
question, for I hardly need remind you that
1 have always bten on the safe side of all
the greit questions of the day; _ and \Vllt'[I
they have had several sides, I have playel
hop scotch upon all. Touching the annex-
atioo question, [shall be more explicit. for
as it l'li_1S two sides and a hole in the middle,
l..s.iall be able to look very deep into this
political aiillstone, and take good tell for
myself out of the grist. .
On tliisoccasion, I shall take for my ex-
who spoke out, with the following clcarnr-ss
and decision, on the sul-jr;-ct of going to the
w:tI‘S. ,
In very truth, Sir, I had as licf be hanged,
Sir, as go: and yet for my own part, Sir, I
rlo not care, but rather bi-ctiiise I am unwil-
ling. and for my 0_;\',,l’].:p11l'l, I have a desire
to stay with my friends; else. Sir, [did not
care, foi"my own part so much ”
Now to rise the language of :1 friend of
mine, ‘thetn’s my sentitncn.s.’ Pig's Misery
iuighfbe itgl‘t:‘ul.t1Cql]lSlll"n to Hull, and
then again. it might not. There would bu
no dang--r in the annexation, if so be th t it
ii-J nobody any harm, and I think it would
be a very popular measure if nobody would
uiuke any objection.
V You r-quest me to ‘toe the mark’ at this
point. N:-tlure has given me ten toes, and if
lam unhookcd on one of them, I can claw
("ff upon the other nine. You ft-'ql]t’Si me to
face up as square as a brick. A brick has
fiur faces, besides the top, arid bottom, and I
am not quite so flit as to be unable, with six
faces at my command. to.‘look two ways of a
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NORWALK, CT.‘ WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5. 1844.
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CONNECTICUT.
\Ve give below an abstract of an address defivcred
before the Connecticut Historical Society, by Rev.
Horace I‘v'ushnell, D. D. ofIIai'iford, on the eveii-
ing of the 15th of M ay last, for which we are indel>t'
ed to the New Haven Herald. The subject was:
Connecticut and /ier I-Iistory.
He addressed himselfto citizens of Connec-
ticut, being himself a citizen,aiid glorying in
his birth-right. Our greatest dishonor is,
that we have so little of public fceling.—Wt-
have less State pride than any of our sisters.
Rhode Is_l_aiid men glory in their little Re-
public, and ilie citizens of-Vermont are ever
landing the virtues and patriotism of the
Green i‘s1ountains,— but the people of Con-
necticut often confess rather than boast that
they are natives of our State. The sons of
M:iss:icl'itiseits always pride themselves in
the honor Oftllcll‘ State. Its name is music
to their cu rs, while we seem careless of the
lttntl which gives us birth.
The causes lor tfis st. tie ofthings are no-
Ittt't0Us and varied ; and yet they arise from
00 defect in our history. It is unfortunate
for US. that we are situated midway between
two great cities. From tb. so we derive our
news. our fashions. and the tone of public
seiitiiiit-tit, llll we become, as it were, subur-
bm to these two great CIl.iLs. Boston cxeits
till influence onus in one respect, while
New York. in some respects the most c/tor.
(t0lcrZcss ofall cities, sways us in another,till
we i)l'C()lIlf’ a sort of hybrid mixture between
the two. Our l.istory has been interwoven
Withjvsts, that have no foundatiomin truth,
and in these libcls we have acquiesced, till
they are taken as otir trtie history.
M ssacliusetts has more and better l'll>i0l'l~
ans than we . Our greatest want is a good
history of Connecticut. VVe are known on-
ly as the ‘Blue Law’ State, which originated
from a chirge brought against us by a Tory
in London. while we were fighting for our
couinry. A charge known to be false; yet
through our own fault, so universally believ-
cd, thit we are known in some places only
as it State where it was once held as a sin
for a ‘beer barrel to work on Sunday.’
We are fast sinking in the scale _of nation-
al llYll'lOl‘l«IDCt‘. States that were far below
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Sundry’ and half a dozen on working days.
_l flatter rnysclfthat this decisive and cute-
goricul answer will instantly dispel any sus
picion that [mean to play ‘possum, rind I
hope that for this frankness and honesty, you
will soon hoist me up the gum tree.
The short and long of it is, that you will
find me possessed of all the stI'aightfoi'ward-
ness and independence tPXl)ll)lle(l by the old
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us in the times ofthe Revolution, have long
since passed as, and as we lOS9It’l'l‘llOl'l.-ll im-
portance, we fail to make up for that loss in
State feeling. and thus we are stifling our
moral, literary and religious State suprema-
try, and degrading the very stock of the peo-
ple.
Is there any remedy .7
way assert our former pre-eminence ?
Can we in any
Can
man of the f-ble, which we used to read in
the spelling books. I am willing either to,
.;‘=.irry'the doiikcy myself, or let the dookcyl
carry me, so I may gain the most voices ofl
tn.-it long eared animal, the pure piggocracy.
I will only add, that I trust this plain and _
straightforward course will give universal
sritistnction to all pai‘ties—the Piggites, thr-
Anti-Piggitcs, the porputionist, the Pork
Middling Interests. When Iain Mayor of
Hull, I will take that pig by the tail, provi-
ded you don’t soap him, and .we’ll lend a
hand to catch him. I remain sincerely
yours, , lV.l.ir:riN DUUBLEDOT.
J 'I‘ Fish, Calf Island.”
M irtin having thus “defined his position"
awaits the Sl1iTl‘dg€S of his enlightened fellow
citizens. As the newspapers say, “time cart
only determine" how many votes he will get.
Ithink he may "dot and go one," if he is
very luck. Yours, PEEPING Toiii.
Touching of the Su.blime.—I rise Mr
President to argue the cause of the rich man
against the poor man. The rich man, Mr.
President. horazontalizi-s his emancipated
form upon a mahogany sofa cut dowii, bew-
ed at, surveyed and manufactured from th-
tal, cedar of Lt-banon, which grow on the
lofty and cloud capt summit of the ever
niitrnerable mountain of Jchosaphat, on
whose sunny slopes once strayed the poet
l.'_.ing, with the head of six figured Goliah in
his jacket pocket. While on the other hand
,Mr. President, the poor man declines his ex-
pectations in a cottage, circumdecent to some
umbragous stream there to contemplize on
the annexation plot has mixed itself up with
know how the competitors stand as regards,
3 this question, or in otherwords, what is their"
piggilogical stand point. These two com-
petitors forthe Mayorality are Old Coon and;
Martin Doubledot. Last week the editor of;
the'Emporiuin wrote to the former, request-l
ing him to declare his sentiments upon thel
subjec‘t,,to which he received the following
answer : ' *
“To the Erlitor of the Hull Emporium :
“Sir,—You requt st to be informed whet
er I am in favor of annexing Pig's Misery
to Hall.’ I answer, No.
misery enough among us already, without
adding Pig’s misery to the lot. That you
may not mistake me, I say again, that I am
against the whole scheme. dead as a hcrring,~
flat as a chim shell, and straight as a loon’st
leg. So stick a pin there and hold on by
the head. OLE KooN. 1
On the other hand, the editor of the Calf
Island Roarer despatched a letter to Martin*
Doubledot, in the following terms:
‘To Illwrlin Doubledol, Esq .
' ‘KIND o’HooK.
“Sir—I beg leave to address you on the
momentous and exciting questions ofthe an-
nexation of Pig's Misery to Hall. It is
highly necessary that our friends and sup-
porters sbould be informed whether you are
for or against it. Now Doubledot, let us
have none of your old tricks; nor quibling,
no shuffling, nor dodging the question, nor
creeping through a knot hole, nor flying off
the handle, nor playing ’possum, nor whip-
ping the devil round the stump; but speak
out plainly, toe the mark, and face up as
square as 11 brick.
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2d to 6 inch, for sale by STREET 6.’. CAMP.
" Your faithful supporter,
party politics, and every one is eager to l,
l:Thr>n Mr. President, after calling round his
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We have pickerel"
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the incomprchcnsibiliiy ofthe vast constella
tions and other fixed and imrnovcable statel-
ites that revolve around the celvstial axel-
tree of this tcnequarious firmamcnt on high.
givife, and the rest of his little children, he
teaches them to throw away all sublunary de-
Sl(l(‘.I‘.illJmS, and to prospire to scenes of im-
mortality beyond the narrow precints of this
chilling charnel-house.
Ludicrous Blunder.—'l‘he Franklin Reg-
ister, published in Farmington, Maine, apol-
ogizvs for an error which occurred in that
paper, in publishing an address by the Rev.
Mr. Abbott: and surely it was a most egre-
ggious error and very unclassical withal.
The editor after laying the fault upon one of
gbis devils, addsthe following erratum :——For
tdum swizzle,’ the reader will please supply
l'promi7t.cnce.' This is almost equal to the
;correction ofan error in an advertisement
published some yea rs sirice,viz :—'For Bum-
jble.-ton’s storm destroying Porringers,’ read
'l]amilton’s worm destroying Lozengers.’
Bast. Trans.
,The following advertisement appeared
ltlti-ly in a Dublin newspaper, Saunders
NewsLetter :—“ I‘V(1.71.f€(l.--A young woman
1 act as hoosemaid in a small family; also
11 milch coiv—must be of the established
/mrch !”
The complete happiness of tnan—says the
venerable John Quncy Adams—depe»nds on
his having one fixed habitation-—one wedded
gartner for life—one omnipotent God to wor
,hip. _______________
l It requires a great deal of confidence in it
than to eat chestnuts in the dark, or ‘sausa-
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"native Sl.:tI.G. worthy of frcemen
we infuse into our children a love for their
.7 for the
man who does not love his country has no
heart in his bosom. VVe must know our
own history and the history of our distin-
guished men in every walk of llft’. Noth-
ing is wanting to Connecticut but to know
herself. The fifth coininandznent teaches us
to honor our father and mother-—a command-
ment with a promise that our days shall be
long in the land; and this cotnmandmeiit
teaches us to revere our parent State, rather.
than receive some flll)fiC.il.t{(I story, told about
her, only with a shrug or a sneer. A dis-
tinguishcd historian in Boston, now engaged
in writing, the history of his country. has
said that if he could have the choice of what
State he should hail from, there is no one he '
would be prouder to own as his, than Cori-
necticut; or in whose history he could see
la-ss to regret. Let our citizens the n know
their standing and prize their birth right.
It is impossible in a single discourse to
give even the the outline of her history, but
a tnere i7ivenloi'_7/ ofthe materials which she
has at command, may be sketched out. VVe
can state what she has done and compare
this with what has been done in other States.
By this we would not dishonor other States
——for it is no dishonor even to be overcome
by Connecticut. In estimating the charac-
ter ofour first settlers, we may not be ableto
agree in our opinions of their religious sen-
timen's; but these narrow Views and bigoted
feelings must be forgotten, when we come to
look at our great men as an honor to our
State, though differing from us in some of
their views.
Virginia was originally settled by hordes
of adventures and broken down gentlemen
who came in search of imaginary treasurers
to be obtained without trouble. It is true,
that afterwards two leads of women were sent‘:
to the Virginia colony, and were sold as"
wives to these adventures, {or so many
pounds of Tobacco each. Our forefathers,
on the contrary, came to found a church,
where they might exercise the rights of
conscince. The colonies of Hartford and
New Haven were founded by such men as
Haynes and Hooker, Eaton and Davenport,
and graced by such men as the younger
‘Winthrop. who was calculated to shine as a
conrtier, or in almost any other capacity.--
Tnese and such like men laid our founda
tion. No one ofthein ever did a mean thing
or failed to do his duty well. -
T/ie C'o7islitit.lz'o7ml History of Connecticut
is one item in my inventory. Her constitu-
tional history is not excelled by that of any
other State in the world. John Haynes foun-
tied the first civil constitution known in his
tory. Under it the government was elective.
The officers chosi-n bv ballot. The fran-
chise not limited merely to the Church,as in
other Statt-s,but extending to those who swore
allegiance to the laws. It was the forerun-
ner of the constitutions of the several States
and of the United States. Bancroft says,that
while other nations and states have lost the
laws and customs of their fathers amid revo-
lutions, and the rise and fall of dynasties.
Connecticut still clings to the constitution of
her original founders. Next in the invento-
r is :
The part acted towards the Mother Gown-
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gas’ at any time.
try in regordto Iitdependence. Long be-
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fore Indcpr-ndence was thought of, the Gen-
eral Court was held by this State to be the
supreme power. No allegiance to the Sov-
ereign, but allegiance to the State. Vlfhen
the Governor of New York, as we heard so
"eloquently related in the afternoon. came to
the Connecticut Colony to claim Military su-
premacy in the name of the sovereign, his
voice was drummed down, and the brave
Capt. VVadsworth told him, that ifhe persist-
ed in his claims, he would make day light
shine through him in an instant. Other
States had Royal Governors—Connccticut
had her own chosen rulers- She acknowl-
edged Royalty when and where she pleased,
when she pleasrd, she disowned it. In oth-
er States the head was opposed to the body,
and they had to rebel against authority be-
fore commencing tlicir struggle for freedom,
Connecticut had her own governmental! read-
y. No stamps were ever permitted tosbe bro’t‘
into her territory, and what other States only
protested against, she burned by the hand of
the common liangman. She may not have
been the first to think of Independence, but
when seine were iftcsitating whetlier such a
measure was right, her Legislator, on the
l4tlt of June, previous to the Declaration,
passed a law asserting the great pl‘ll‘.Clpl8S
lor which our fathers contended. Two of
the signers from New Jersey were Connecti-
cut men, and one from Georgia. Indeed it
was Connecticut that led Georgia into the
stiugglecfor Independence. Dr. Hall. from
Wallinglori’l,'r'i' graduate of Yale College,
supported by aportion ofthe people of Geor-
gia, who had come from Connecticut, was
sent as their delegate, and ‘as such he signed"
the Declziintion. The next year, Georgia
cameinto the measure, led by the hand of
Connecticut. If there is any State in the U51-
ion that can claim, by pre-eminence to be
called the “Iiidcpcnrlcncc State,” it is assur-
cdly Connecticut.
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Her i’l1'o.rlialiS‘;iii'it is another item in this
inventory. In this, no State excelled her.——
Wht-n the Pi-quots, the lit-rc. st and most
savage ofthe New England tribcs, attacked
the Wethcrsficld settlement, M ison, with
ninety men, took their warriors by surprise.
Prompt and valiant as Caesar, this hr-roic
conzmander, with a few men from three lit-
tle towns on the Count-cticut, bad conquered
the enemies of the whole colonies, bcforti
Massachusetts had time to collect her forces.
What crown bestowed at the Olympic games
could confer such honor as this heroic chap-
ter, which istruly worthy of the painter’s
skill, as the first daring achicvcmcnt ofNcW
England history. Never a year passed, but
that she maintained her martial character.
She marched her troops to Albany, to Sche-
nectady, to Louisburg, to the Narragansett,
to Canada. She may not have had the spir-
it of chivalry, but she never had a coward.
She knew nothing of fighting, unless seine
object was to be gained, and then she knew‘
that sound economy wasto fight well. When
allied with British troops they nefler lost a
battle but what was previously protested as
gainst by her office-rs; they never gained a
victory that her sons did uotdescrve the cred-
it of it, though others get the ptaise. In the
last French war, her Putnams, her VVoosters
and others were learning lessons upon which
they improved in the noble struggle which
followed. On a mere alarm that the British
had taken Boston, Sept. 24, 1774, 20,000
men rose from her hills and v-allies at a mo-
ment's warning, to fight or fall for their
country. When their country called them.
Putnam left the plow, and her militia poured
after him in thousands. In the story ofthe
valor displayed at Ticonderoga and Crown
Point, Connecticut maintained her standing,
her sons rising from their new homes in the
Green Mountains, followed Seth Warner
and Ethan Allen, both natives of her soil,
and ‘in the name of the Great Jehovah and
the Continental Congress’ took possession
of the enemy's camp. Connecticut did this.
She was present at Bunker Hill in the per-
son of Putnam and others. It has been de-
nied that Putnam was there, but throughout
the. Union we have seen his old fellow revo-
lutionary soldiers coming to defend his char-
acter. lt is matter of rt-juicing that the
charge was made while there were yet some
of his patriotic companions livin0..
Putnum may not have been a great Gen-
eral.to direct an army, but he knew no fear
and was full of enthusiasm. If he was not
the commander, he was the enthusiasm of
the bittle of Bunker Hill. A cautious man,
a wise General might not have done as he
did, but it was done, and it wrought out
what the nation wanted-Enthusiasm. Put-
num was there, and enthusiasm accompanied
him. Next year an army marched from
Connecticut to New York, and there first
planted the standard of liberty- The second
rank in the army was given to Putnam and
that by Washington himself. Connecticut
was second in point of rniliiary force. She
marched her troops both cost and south to
protect other parts of the country. At one
time she had 22 Regiments in New York.
Out of a population of 198,000, she had
22,000 in the field. Of the ofiicers of these
troops seven captains were iiiinisters.—
Washington leaned upon Gov. Trumbull,
under'whom:wc went into the war, for coun-
sel and assistance, and though they differed
about some measures, so much confidence
had \Vashington in Connecticut, that he sent
all the prisoners and tories to her; knowing
that they would be taken care of. The good
faith of Connecticut kept prison . for the
country.
Her La/ws, it had been said, were cruel
and unreasonably strict. Some laws indeed
against Quakers and Baptists, we must re-
gret; but the age in which they were passed
was something of an excuse. While she
passed an act of- Toleration for Episcopacy,
hardly seventy families of that persuasion
inhabiting her territory, two Presbyterian
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