Litchfield enquirer., 1830-02-25
THE ENQUIRER.
LITCHFIELD, FEB. 25, 1880.

l
 M,. Haynes Speech.-The National In,eIIigcncer ast weck brought US the second speech of Mir. HSyMe upon the resolution of Mr. Foot 'H reply to Mr. Wcb- ster but occupying does upwards otthi'TpeH wide columnsin the IMtelligencer im small type, places it entirely out of the reach of our columns, without post poniug every thing esc W" therefore give extended extracts from the mos, interesting portions of it. or it's merits as a whole, though we have perused it but hastily we should not rank 1t much be(nre many other speeches which are every year delivered n the SeM- ate. A NewYork editor says of it ,ha he is "aware of tho allowance always to be made tor tue effect of well delivered speech and for the partay of Sealous friends or heated partzane but after making all this allowance, confess great disappointment at this speech. Its cabre us an argument, as stN;esTnan's $ view of great state questions, is very light indeed- though as piece of dexterous personal crimnation, as sort offrame tn which might be inserted the facts and the wisdom collected from political pamphlets aud party newspapers in,erspe,sed in due proportion with the cabastc terms of Hartford Convention" "Na- ,ional Republicans" "Federaliss," &c. &c., it is not without ingenui,y---and upon the minds upon which it is intended to operate, will not be without effect"
 "It is obvious that tue offence of Webster wns the culogum pronounced upon Nathan DGne, as the author of that famous ordinance of '87-of which the wsest and most prevalent provision was the exclusion forever from the States west ofihe Ohio of slavery Tt would impossible that any representative from free state should venture, however respectfully, to express his preference for population of freemen over one compounded of masters and slaves, without calling down upon himself the vehemenCe md cen- surcs of the south Mr. Webster thinks, with all the world ha. Ohio, though Of later origin. is of greater prosperity, and more vigorous and substantial growth than Kentucky-and ascrihes the difference, and cer. ain,y we hnve never heard doubt the subject, 10 the existence of slavery in the ono state, and its ex- c,usou from the other."
 1 LiichGcld Countr Foreign Mission Society.
 Las, week we gave brief account of the proceed. ings of the Foreign Mission Society of th's county, together with lie, of the officers and a statement of the receipts into the treasury and plead our abseuce as an excuse for its being meagre. Aer the paper was ready for press, however, VIC received from the Secretary more detncd account, but were then un. able to publish it. Alter giving list of the officers, as published, the Secretary thus proceeds:
 This anniversary was one of unusual interest, ,-rcn. dered so by the numerous congregation which tho fa
 
 together and the interesting character of the address. es delivered on tho occasion. The following resolu' ton presented by the Rev. Mr. Harrison, Of Roxbnry accompanied with m appropriate address, and sec- onded by Hon. Benjamin TalImadge, was adopted: Resoiped, That the benevolent operations which characterize the present day. afford to mankind most favorable opportunity o employ an agency, the results of which shall bless the world, and advance the glory of God, both while they live, and after they dead" The meeting was addressed likewise in very inter- esng and impressive manner by the Rev. Mr. Ely, from the Sandwich lslau,lt, and the Rev. Mr. Kirk, ! of Albany; the one demonstrating the success of missionary operations, by lucid exhibition Of facts of personal obsery alton and experience; and tho other following up these statements, with appropriate appeals 10 the heart and conscience Mr. Ely's address was not made up of general assertions his facts were sta ted with such minute particularly, that no ono could dscrcdt them without impeachng the verdcity Of the speaker. The character of the Sandwich Islanders, when our Missionaries first arrived among them, and for some time afterwards, was universally stained with the grossest and most heart-sickcning vices More than half the children botn among them were murderedin infancy ny the hands of their parents l the practice of stealing was universal among them sanctioned by established maxims of moral conduct and by the authority of ter magistrates; and they gave themselves up to the most uDbrided exccssss in lewdncss and intemperance. When Mir. Ely Jeff the Islands which was about seven years aier the power of the gospel had begun to work is accustomed reor ma,ion the character of the peOpIe-w,h the exccp- ,Ion of few villages ~ho were corrupted hy the inc nuencs oG unprincped foreign residents among them had, in all the respects above alluded to, undergone an entire change; the crime oG infanticide was no longer known among them entire G6stinsnce from 0H spriuOus HouOrs had taken the place of their former ntemperance their character in point of chastity and confluence would not suffer in comparison Of that ol any civilized community; and property, exp pOsed, was even less liable to depreciation, sha" it is in the bes, state of society among Externs reformation however was not the only effect of the gospel at the Islands Numbers of this people appear to have be- come erperimensaIly acquainted with its power and sanciifying efficacy.
 There is one circumstance connected with this an' niversary, which sorry to have Occasio" to re- cord; it is, the sad falling oG in the amount Of ou' contributions. This deficiency is to be ascrbed part
 v ,o the late efforts which have been made in the county in behalf of the American Bible Society, and still more, it is to be feared to declining interest the cause of Foreign Missions, corresponding with th' decline of religious feeling which this community hal been unhapply experiencing for two years past. (