Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1817-10-04

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by a court martial 10 be shot for de-.
ton: and has been tried for the mpr5.
of Miss Hamilton, at Athens, tut aco.s
ted. rlta
From the " 7 d. advertiser, SEP. 4
CONNECTICUT.
The Connecticut Mirror Of Alorl,.
the cod inst. states. that the result, ofiI
reemen's meeting in that state, he II
week. is fully in favor Of the denso,s|
party, .hey having elected msiioliir
n ore than forty members i'll the ho,., /
r, preseulatiyrs Of the state legisls,m|
ard carried Their ticket for the ucnl,|
ton for the council by majOrity Of h,
! OCO to a,CO6 votes. We ob.er,
some of the papers, the remark ths,L..
houses OF the legislature have been y.
ed az this election. This is a mist,j. /
One house, viz. the council, was el,,,|
last spring, and consists Of fcderaIi,s'|
lone. The choice of the nomip,Ga|
how ever, this fail, secures lie counriI |
that party in the spring; at which ii,
in ali probgbilit', they will have thee
maHd Of both house,.
This revolution, as might be eyrrra|
praduces ruc', exuiIatiHn amorg !be 4,
mot rats IN Other parts OF the cClnt,r i
well as in Connecticut. 1t is. hOs,y,,
enc thing to eyult, and another 10 cn
duct the affairs of a community mann,
Beneficial manner. than those q fhsts,,
have been conducted he;et iGe. 4 TO-
vcu;ior, even from. a bad gvyerruen, nj
2 eocd one, is often very seI!,Us sfS
for the people Immediately Interested /,
it. Much more difficult, one would ia,
CINE, it would he found, for any .ct 4
men % take a government under Wild
more blessings have been erjoylt, !,
the time il has lasted, than under a. i
other in the world, ard, by sudden u
yoIu;ion, subve,t The old one, and rb,,;
tute a rev onp, which should srcvrs
the people greater advantages than de-
before enjoy ed.
The state Of Connecticut is rea;Ir al
o! debt ; il 20 sea.es considerable fut
il tie stocks; its chool fund amouDt h
million aud a half OF dollars; ,he ,,y
taxes are very low u; and compses.n,
OF every description a'e pfoyebih
small. 1t can hardly be expected ia, =,
new government can be more strict,
popular than the present. Ore brarct /
the legislature is chosen anrus!lv, b, II,
whole body oil the irecmer, and tie otner
twice year, in the various rosls-sl
The Judicial officers, fCm The hishe,, I,
the lowest, ale chosen year., By a COZ
curing vote Of the legislature. fireman,
to be seen whether the party who h,n
Jude ,aken to reform The Affairs Of hit
stare, Will make government more I'd,
democratic than The present. The tine
will certainly come when tits SUBJECT
will be examined by sensible aud j:Y,..
sior ate men, through some other medium
than party passion and vindict,e feeling.
AID We tbink there can be no doubt !.
the e>u.t.
A great many persons, in differed
parts of the country, who are rot irf.
mately acquainted with the affairs d
Connecticut, but who have been lOrg AZ
customed 10 hear The state, its laws, g.
,ernmen;. and inhabitants, reprcath!t
and ylllied, and who have recently htlId
a vast deal of NOISE on the subject Oi"i:'
yeration,' IRON the party who have at l:''
succeeded in obtaining the majority, 81
pear TO suppose thai, there mus, have been
some foundation for those reProacle: and
calumnies-- at least on the sccre .! FeIi
iuus freedom. When The colony Of Con
nectlcut was first settled, there wss Cu
one denomination OF christians in It, aEI
that wa. cosGREGATIoSALISTs. BY tAeH
the government was formed, and undsI
their care, It's irstitutions. literary, tiiI
ard religious, were established How
ever strict these Institutions may har
been, tksy trsre formed for 'hsmss!rs'
and not for older denominations 'rh'c
then had no existence among them. V'
principle, established from the besiEDl!9
was, that ersry men sh5uid contribute
tie support Of public ,cOTship lnPc
cess oi lime, o,her denominations appear
ed. They found the abovemeniione
principle in force--it was not es'abl,,he
for the purpose Of operating upon then
but upon the people who formed it. III
laws, however, we're gradually ameI.O''
ted in their favor, and it vas fna!y Sc
tie that /" Whenever any person shJuI
differ in sentiment irom the worship sI
ministry in tie ecclesiastical societies
the state, constituted by law within ios'