The Litchfield County post., 1827-05-10
GOVERNORS MESSAGE
Gentlemen of the Senate, and Gentlemen ofthe House of ReDres,

"'"''o"'e" cJ Hte 11o@Se oJ representatives,
 Assembled in obedience to the constitution. to deliberate on the welfare and best interests ot the State, the expression of our reverential praise IS due to the Divine and Beneficent Au thor of our liberty, and of every public and prlvate good, for the health, comfort, peace and safety which are enjoyed by the people of this state; for the diffusion of the blessings of religious and literary instructions; for the evidences of improvement with which we arc surrounded; and the preservation of our free
 institutions. t-a.'1 [I
 The demonstration fthe confidence of my Fellow Citizens, with which have recently been honoured, excites in my breast great sen sibility and demands the unfeigned acknow ledgnent of my most profound gratitude. Rv the magnitude and difficulty of the trust. which the unsolicited sufragcs of an enlighted and generous community have confided to me. combined with an unaffected distrust of nv ability to perform its duties, should be ap- palled were l not sustained by the persuasion that the same friendly and indulgent partiali- ty, which has been literally extended to me. will he continued and form medium, through which my conduct will be viewed. If in ac- cePting the trust rendered to me under cir cumstances greatly enhancing it's responsibii- ] ty. | have been too much influenced bv an anxious desire to become instrumental in g;v- ing increased stability to our invaluable insti- futions, and security to the rights of the peo pie, ana too little ny sense of my own inca pac'ty to discharge its duties, must be allow ed to express the Hope that in my motives will be found some pa!liation of my error.
 But eight years have elapsed since I had the honour of participating in the delibera- hons of our State Legislature, and within that period almost an entire change of its men, bers has taken place. It however affords no orCi- nary satisfaction to feel assured that althoupb | have been associated in the performance of public duties, with but few of those who now compose the General Assembly. shall me- vertheIess be aided and sustained by your ex- perlence and wisdom, as well as devotion to the best interests of the State, In all proper enorts to further the public veal, and to pre- serve the ascendancy of fliberty, morality. and law. "5 ~T The men of the revolution are not seen ;,, our councils. They who bore the brnnt of that mighty and eventfui struggle, who were neither intimidatcd by menace, misled by cor rupton. or subdued ny force, have yielded to time The few of the revolutionary worthies who yet remain-iD the land whose freedom they asserted and achieved to us of another generation, objects of continually increasing | regard and venegation. and are richly entitled not only to our warn,est gratitude, but to the
 nations kindest care and liberal support. With
 the surrender oft most important and pro-
 ductiye branches of revenue, however, were transferred to the government of the nation.
 the claims of its intrepid defenders.
 To the States, therefore, it only remains to
 invoke the special attention of the Rational Legislature to the just claims of the venerable survivors of an army, unparalleled in charac- ter, services, snfferings and success. 1 On the last National Jubilee when every patriots heart was filled with gratitude and joy. and natlon was sounding the praises & celebrating the exploits of the civilians who declared it free and independent, and of tho