The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-03-10
DOMESTIC.
LEGISLATURE oFCoWMEC71CU7
HousE OF AssrMpLY. Feb. g.

HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY, Feb. IS.
RcsotOcd, That the firm and dignifed at
utude taken by His Excellency, the Go
vernon, in withholding his ccuntenance and
aid to carry into effect the law of Congress,
more efiectualy to enforce the emhargo,'
and passed on the 9th day of January, in
the present year; is highly honorable to
himself, and worthy the chief magistrate of
= ;rce and enlightened state ; and thatit me-
rits the unqualified appreciation and the uni
ted ar this legi:!a.are, and vi the
people whom they represent.
Rrsoi.,ed, That whereas the people of
Connecticut were among the first to adopt
the Constitution of the United States, and
the Government thereof, has since that Ii m
obeyed with an honorable and distinguished
promptitude, every constitutional require
ment of the authorities acting under it -
So on the other hand, they too well know.
and too highly appreciate their own rights,
and the Importance of preserving that Con-
s~titution inviolate, ever to Weld a hassire o.
6edience to laws. unauthorized by its proyi-
sion-arbitrary, unequal and oppressive in
their operation, and highly dangerous, ifnot
totally destructive, of the peace, the hap
piness and the just rights of a free people.
Resolved, That the letter of the Secreta-
az w u, liz LhCChleDCy, Win MS re-
ply thereto, be entered on the records Of
this state, with the foregoing resolutions.
The following is the correspondence be.
tween His Exceliency, Gov. Trumbull. and
the Secretary at War, alluded to in the a.
bove -
WAR DEPARTMENT., Jan. 18th, 1869.
SIR,
The pressure of the embargo, although
sensibly felt by every description of orr fell
low citizens, has yet been cheerfully borne
by most of them, under a conviction that it
was a temporary evil, and a necessary one
to Save us from greater and more permanent
evils, the loss of property and surrender of
rights: but it would have been more cheer
fully borne but for the knowledge that.
while honest men were religiously obserying
it, the unprincipled along our sea coast
and frontiers, were fraudulently evadine it /:
and that in some parts they had even dared
to break through it openly by an armed force
too powerful to be opposed by the collector
and his assistants.
To put an end to this scandalous insubo--
diBatioD TO the laws, the legislature has au-
the President of the United States.
to empower proper persons to employ mill
tia for preventing or suppressing armed or ri
otous assemblages of persons resisting the
officers in the exercise of their
duties, or opposing or violating the embargo
laws. He sincerely hopes, that during the
short time these restrictions are expected 70
continue, mother instances will take place
OF a crime of SO deep a die. But it is made
his duty to take the measures necessary to-
meetit He has directed me, therefore. to
request you, as commanding officer OF the
militia OF your Seate, TO appoint some officer
of the militia, Unknown respect to the laws,
IN or near to each port of entry within yaur
state, with orders, when applied to by the
collector OF the district, to assemble imme-
diately a sufficient force of his militia. and
to employ them eff, caciously to maintain the
authority Of the laws respecting the embar-
go; and that you notify to each collector, The
ofkcerto whom, by your appointment, he is
to apply for aid when necessary, The Pre-
s'dcnt has referred this appointment to- vour
Exccllency, because your knowledge OF cha
%racters, or means of obtaining it Will enable
you to select one who can be most confaicd
IN tn exercise so serious a power, with ali
the discretion, the torl)earance, the kind
ness even, which the enforcement of the law
viii possibly admit ever bearing in nv
mind, hat the life Of a citizen is never IN
be endangered but as the last melancholy eE-
fort for the maintenance Of order and obedi
ence TO the laws.
Your Excellency will please to instruct the
officers so appointed, to have correct mister
anal pay rolls made out ard transmitted to
department, o fsuch militia as they NAV
find it necessary, in the execution of their
to call into actual service.
i have the honor to be, very respectable.
Your ExcelieDcy's obedient servant.
ii. DEARBOORN. Sec'ry Of mar.
Hs ErccUcHcg ne GoUcrnor )
IF Connecticut.
LEBANON. 4th Feb. 1909.
SIR,
have rccaivcI .tour Ie,sor e Al an,