Litchfield enquirer., 1832-05-10
GoVERNoR's MEssAcE.
2 Senale, 0nd


 Gentfemen of the House of Representation
 IAvAlL myself of the opportunity afforded hy inc continued confidence of my fellow cit- izens. to congratulate you on the return of an anniversary, which has been preceded with so many manifestations Of kind, superinten- ding Providence over our State and Nation.
 General peace, and uniform prosperity. have attended US from the dawn of liberty. and ;he establishment offree governments, in America, down to the present moment. May we all unite in acknowledging the source from whence these blessings have been de- rived and in snppIicating their continuance to ourselves and to Posterity.
 Perfect tranquility IS unknown in our world, and the purest atmosphere may bear pestilence and death upon it's balmy waves. in this free aud wide-eXtended country, here the miIdness of our institutions gives 10 the people congratulated latitude of speech and of action, it is matter of no surprise, that dan gerous settlements are PnkindIed by the in- Huence of designing men, to enable them to |" ride uron the whirlwind and direct the storm.'' But happily these settlements are local, and pass away with the occasion ;; and the influence and power of the General Gov ernn,ent preserve the country from destruc- ton, and restless spirits from self-immolaton, during these Haroxysms of lnfuriated patriot otism.. ,s;,.,. \,
 The many and groundless charges brought against that government. by some of the dis affected of our citizens, will be answered and silenced, by the observance of a few axioms {:
 equal and exact justice to all nations, sec tions, and indiyiduals-a careful and candid review of all controverted questions of na : iional poIicy-an avoidance, at all times. of considerations bounded by geographical lines. or affected by local interests-and a strict ad. herence to the general policy pursued by ,he United States. from the time of the adoption of the Federal Constitution :,--a policy which has elevated our country to the novel and en- viable situation, of possessing an ovcrllowing treasury, without an object. yet designated, to which the surplus revenue can be applied.
 The subject of Internal Improvements is one of engrossing interest, and addresses itself to every patriot and pilanthropist for that earnest consideration, which its importance is SO well calculated to elicit.
 Sepa, ated by broad morasses, deep ravines, and lofty mountains, the people of great nation can never live together like brethren of the same family; and their progress in civ- ilizatioa and refinement mnst, of necessity, be as slow and difficult as their opportunities for social and commercial intercourse are few and uncertain.
 In the United States, embracing such va riety and extent of territory, and containing so many millions of inhabitants, entertaining so many different feelings and sentiments, and actuated by such variety of interests !; for the progress of science. the general peace and prosperity of our country, and for the in- creasing and strengthening of the bonds of this invaluable Union. we must look to the formation of roads and canals, and the im- prOvement of our navigabe rivers.
 The Government Ofthe United States has erected lighthouses and break waters, to in- prove our navigation and has repaired forti- ications for the general defence, in our State. t has, moreover, made small appropriation or the purpose of removing an obstruction, which was produced by the ships of Com nOdore Decaturwh moored in tho river Thames, blockaded by British squadron, in he years 1913 and "A. But these appropri- 'tions were made for objects nst strictly of nternal improvement.
 Neither the Government ofthe United States. TOT of this State, has at any time contributed my thing for internal improvements within his State. The Government of COnnecticut ,as. however, readily given facilities, and granted acts of incorporation to companies or accomplishing public works, on terms which have been beneficial to the individuals interested. and to the country.
 The companies thus incorporated have constructed sixteen hundred miles of turn like road, at an expense of S9O9.595, exclu- i've of the cost of seventeen of the roads, whose amount of capital stock has not been to the proper accounting office, but which cannot be less than $l5O,OOO. They nave excavated and constructed a Canal at Enfield Falls fvc and half miles in length, and at an expense of S22O, ,OOO; and also the Harrington Canal, leading from New Haven to the line of Massachusetts, a distance (in- cluding the length of the feeder) of fifty nine and half miles. the excavation and building of which cost S6OO,OOO; and the contingent expenses, together with the payments made for the lands over which the canal runs, prob ably amount to not less than $2OO.O more. The whole length of these, is sixty-five miles, constructed at an expense of Sl,O2O, ,OO0.- Eight toii-bridges have also been built in this State, at known investment of $2Os,649 ; and also nine, whose cost is estimated at Sl50,OOO. -"a ~.
 The Union Company has expended the sum of $SS. 900, in improving the navigation Ofthe Connecticut, below Hartford; and the channel of the Thames has, by another com pany, been devpened and improved, at an ex- pense Of S5,750.
 These are the principal, if not the only ef- '"rts which have been nude at internal im-