Litchfield enquirer., 1834-03-27
M Senate, M0rch l9.

NS zrns of the town of Bridgeport, in Connect icut, relative to the endorsements and dis tress consequent on the course of the Execu- tive respecting the currency, and banking in- stitutiOns in the country.
 With the me mOrial, MT. T. said, he had received a communication from several re- spectacle citizens of that town; authorizing hltn tU state that the memorial is sAhscribecl by $50 persOOss who are entitled to vote at the Town and State elections and that thers.1 are but a. few more than 400 legal voters re- siding in tie te,Vn.
 As Bridgeport, said Mr.. T., is situated jo the western section of COnpecticut, and in the county of my hirth and residence. l have the satisfaction of personally knowing many of the memOrialists. and of being able. on this occasion, to bear unrquivoca testinnonv to the responsibility of their standing, as in. trlligent, practical and candid men, who cao- mot be suspected of misrepresentation for sinister or party pTpeses. -., =: The language ofthe memorial, said Mir. T., is srespectful but strong. conveying sentiments aud feelings worthy of independent freemen who know their rights snd interests, and iii th"m.' Disclaiming all intention to .impugn or discuss the conduct of the Exc cUtive,. the memOrialsts earnestly invoke the attention o9 Congress to the disastrous con sequences which have followed that conduct. and the ruin which it threatens to bring On the country. by embarrassing the agricultu- ral, manufacturing, mechanic, and c0mmer- claI interests j. drpriving labor of its accts- toned and rightfnl rev ard, and greatly aug meniing the profits and power ot capitalists, to the serious t.rtriment of the laboring clas- ses In the community.
 For the information of the Senate, it mav. not be improper, said he, to state, that. pot withstanding the Fluctuations Of trade herpsO-, fore, Bridgeport has steadily and rapidly ad- vanced in wealth and improvement. At the. commencement of the present eentary, is was comparatively bat an inrOnsiderablp vi.- lage. Now, the borough of lhas DA.ne ex- ceeds in population any other port in that important and populous secliOn.OF the State. It not only participates largely in the trade and business of tine productive antf4ieh eouD- ty of Fairfield, but extends its cnmaoerciaE relations into the very important and prosper ous counties adjoining t,
 Among the mletporialists Are dnsiiiy respecs table mechanics. whose wealth and Taspecta- bility are the result of their own iDtellertaae> and moral energies. Indeed, to their extra4 ordinary enterprise, industry, and eGonOynyA may be chiefly attributed lhe great and ac- knOwledged success which has attended thg people of that place in the prosecution of the mechanic arts,
 There are, in that borough, two banks in operation. with considerable capitals. One of them existed before the charter Of the first Bank of the United States expired, and main tained its credit ny regularly rrdeeming it's bills, during the disastrous period whrn coin, was driven from circulation by an inundatnn, of the depreciated paper of the State Banks, mich had violated their engagements to the public. by the suspension of specie pa y yments. But. sir, in the present stare of distrust and cOnsternatiOn these Banks do not, and un- doubtrdly cannot. furnish aid adequate to the emergencies of the active and useful business men ~ho have become. in measure. drp~n- dent upon their facilities, under the system of credit SO universally established in our country. tt
 Depressed and desponding under the with ering influence of an Executive measure, which has not ealy deranged our currency and impaired mercantile confidence, hut ar- rested the business, disappointed the hopes. and threatens 10 complete the ruin of mulfi- tudes of industrious and useful citizens, the memorialists appeal to Congress. in full con- tidence that their representations will meet the deliberate and wise and effective cOnsid- eration demanded by the existing crisis.
 In conclusion, MT. T. moved, shat. after being read. the memorial be referred to the Committee on Finance and printed; which. was ordered.
 Arrivals at NswYork. last week, brought Liverpool papers 10 the 8 and London papers to 7t of Febrn- ary. The papers contain the Kings Speech on tie opening of Parliament. which took place the of February. We notice little else ofimporance amoBg the extracts in she New York journals.
 Ho,tford Comranf.
 A new paperis about to be started at Washington, fvor ihe preensops of Mr. Van Buren as the suc- cessor of President Jackson.
 Early piosghiRg.-Some farmers began to plough in Northampton meadow on the l7th insi.
 It is rumOred that Major Downing and Deacon WillOby's daraer." to be married a. Washington oa the fourth of July next. .aa
 Mr. Dasiel Easlsy, residing at ls6 Bowery, Nes- York, on- monday committed saiside by cutting his throat. kr E. ansld ciiixsa and geseray kssws. Hispropsry is estimated at ei2s. s.0o0. HehSa sae&a sympsoms of iasAaisy. aad had aasmpaedso kill his wife. -sa
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