Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1816-05-20
From The .Hbaay Daily al7veriiser Q
April Is.

April is.
! Conlecticus E{ectioa--The election il
IConnectieut, having been attended witt
circums aces unusual in that steady state
it has become an object Interesting to it
character, and to the feelings Of it's fe
deral friends abroad; that the state O
things there should be correctly under
stood.
We have seen returns from 100 GU
Of 40 towns, Those towns give Cover
! no. Smith, the federal candidate, l0,4S{
and Mr.. Wolcott, the democratic can
ddate, 9659--leaving Governor Smith, i
majority Of 829. There are few scat
tering votes, all, or nearly all Of WhicI
we have no doubt, are federal vote.
The same towns give Judge TngersoIl
the Episcopal candidate for Lieutenanr
Governor, l2o votes less than the nun.
be given for Governor Smith, AID a lit
tie more than 1900 over the number civ
Ell to Mr.. Goddard. the federal candidate
i for lieutenant governor. This result i.
certainly unexpected by almost ever,
body: and particularly By persons fesid
ing cut Gf the state. who have so Ion.
witnessed its stability, and de,otednes,
TO federalism. We purpose, in sos.t
measure, to explain the causes phich
have produced 1t.
| About two years since, application
was made to the Legislature o. Con-
necticut, fer the establishment of Bank
in Hartford. The applicants in their ne.
.titioD offered to pay premium to the
state for the privilege Of The Charter; &
as there were three institutions In the
state that were well known to be in great
want Of funds, they suggested in their
opiaion, it would be advisable to dispose
OF that premium TO those Institutions. viz
--tc Yale College, the Medical lnstitu-
ton, and an establishment commonly cal
led the Bishops Fund which is a corpora
ton established BY law, 12 or Is years
since, with power to receive donations
to certain amount, for the purpose Of
raising salary to support an Episcopal
Bishop, The capital of which, had howey-
er never been filled up, The object that
the applicants fer the Bank hadin view,
in suggesting what they considered as an
expedient apps priation Of the premium.
canuot be mistaken. In the course oi
the session at which the application was
made, the Bank was incorporated; but
instead Of directing the premium, which
was fixed at $4,000, to be appropriated
to the objects suggested By the petition
ers, the Legislature, in the act of incorpo-
ration. ordered it tobe paid into the state
treasury. BY subsequent act, the lie.
gislaturs ordered $780, ofihe premium
to be paid TO the Medical INSTITUTION
an object OF such universal interest. that
there was very little opposition to it from
any quarter.
The trustees of the Bishops funds,
finding that portion Of The premium hadI
been applied to the Medical institutions
petitioned tie legislature for one halfof.
the remaining $4,000, for the benefit of
that object. The petition was not grant;
edo probably on the general ground, thar
It was not expedient TO appropriate mo-
ney frsm the state treasury to support
public worship fer one denomination Of
christians, to the exclusion of, or in pre-
erence to, other denominations. A simi-F
ar application was afterwards made, and
experienced similar fate-,& according
o our recollection, the democrot mem
,srs in tbs House of Representatives, ,yot-
ID in both cases, almost unanimously al
,ainst the petition.
A few years since law was passed ipl
hat State, disquaiifying any nam from
lolding a Judicial office, after hayingl
cached the age Of 7o--Judge Ineersol.
ne of the Judges Of the Supreme CourtlI
q that State, a gentleman Of great res
reliability of character, and strons,l
ecided and unyar,ing federalist, has|
very near 20 that period .oi{
lie. he has fer many years been theE
fincipal character among the Episcopa- =
ans in the State. BY the death of
lieut. Gov, Goodrich, the last sunner,k 2