Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1832-08-09

through the State, and so great was the ex-
citement on the subject, that multitudes
came from all parts 10 see the machine ;
but 1t was not deemed safe to crafty their
curiosity until the patent right had been
secured. But so determined were they to
possess this treasure, that neither law nor
justice could restrain them ; they broke o.
pen the building by night, and carried of
the machine. In this way the public be-
came possessed of tho invention; and be-
fore Mr.. Whitney could complete his mod
ei and secure his patent, number ot ma
chimes were in successful operation. About
this time, Mr.. Whitney formed co-part-
nership with Mr.. Miller, the second hns-
band OF Mrs. Greene, who had considcra-
bic funds at his command. The company
gained nothing, however, but hardship, in
justice, aud misfortune. They were de-
trauded of their patent right !; and their
funds were consumed in endless law suits,
all ofwhich they lost, !" the jurymen, at Au-
gusta," in the words Of Mr.. Miller, hav-
ing come to an understanding among ,hem-
selves, that they will never give cause in
our favor let the merits ofthe case be what
they may" The few who bought patent
rights, hardly in single instance paid cash,
but gave their note, which they afterwards
to great extent, avoided paying, either
by obtaining verdict from the juries de-
| claring them void, or by contriving to post
pone the collection until they were barred
by the statute of limitations. period of
only four years. @.ae@4
Miller and Whitney succeeded in OBJ
tanning promises ofindemnity from the. Le-
gislatures of North Carolina and Tennes-
see, and the Legislature Of South Carolina
voted to purchase the patent right to the
machine, at fifty thousand dollars, twenty
thousand to be paid in hand, and the re-
mainder in three annual payments. But
popular feeling, stimulated by the most
sordid motives, was now awakened through
out all the cotton growing states. The le-
gislature of S. Carolina annulled the con-
tract made with Miller and Whitney the
preceding year, suspended payment of the
balance (thirty thousand doliars) due them,
and instituted a suit for the recovery Of
what had already been paid to them.-
Tennessee followed the example of South
Carolina, and a similar attempt was made
in North Carolina, but to the honor OF that
State, it failed. The dishonorable meas
ures adopted by the legislature Of South
Carolina, in 1908, we're rescinded in 1904.
In 1898, Mr.. Whitney became deeply
impressed with the uncertainty of all his
hopes founded upon the cotton gin, and
turned his attention to the manufacture Of
musketry, and established works for that
purpose in the neighborhood Of New Ha-
ven. The various mechanical processes
necessary in this employment, were great
ly simpliGed and improved by his ingenui-
~, and his armory proceeded with sure
and steady pace which bore him on to afllu-
ence. In January, 1917, he married a
daughter of Judge Edwards. Four child
rem added successfully fresh attractions to
the family circle. Happy in his home, and
easy in his fortune, witt, a measure Of re-
spectability among hisfellow citizens, and
celebrity abroad, which might well satisfy
an honorable ambition, he seemed to have
prospect, after day of anxiety and toll,
an evening unusually bright and Serene
But, in September, 1922, he experienced
the first attack of the complaint which ul-
timaicly terminated his life, in Jan. 1925.
Whitney's character was, in all respects,
a model for imitation. Few men have dis
played more sagacity in forming their
plans; none of more perseverance in car
rying them into effect. He had rare fer
tiIty Of invention, and an exactness of ex-
ecution almost unequalled. In his person,
he was considerably above the ordinary
size, of digni6ed carriage, and of an D.
pen, manly and agreeable countenance. y
Il Sunday Family Dinner, where all its
members, after being separated perhaps for
a week, unite under the parental roof, APP
| pears to us one Of the most delightful cir
cles imaginable. When home loses its at
traction, we may rely on it there is some
fault somewhere parents have become
unkind or children prodigal; and when "a
version takes place, how great source OF
endowment is cut OF from the parent-how
good a privilege is forfeited by the child /;
where can we find welcome like home !
is at once an altar where we worship
a sanctuary to which we flee. How many
Temptations are resisted wheD The child
1 thinks Of home, or when the parent thinks
of the child-eacll is 10 the other moni-
tor-couscious that the other is watching
his conduct and his welfare. The Sunday
family dinner appears 10 US like a confess
sional. where each must submit his con-
duct. ask and accord mutual pardon. How
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