Litchfield enquirer., 1840-03-19


you one who knows his rights and knowing dares
maintain them7 Demand then, wherefore by that
one act of Executive OPPRESSION, your State Is rob-
bed Of more than million OF dollars
But this million of dollars is Of no account by the
side of grander robbery with which the people OF
Connecticut are now threatened. The attempt 10
rest from the old states their share OF the nauona
domain, is now Fart Of the policy of the Federal
Executive. Connecticut had at the close Of the revo-
lutionary war just claim to vast territory G4Ieus
ing westward OF her present boundary 70 NE osJ os
Oceana claim as just against the cvliIzeu rnoo,
that by which she holds the land within hel Prese
limits. A claim resting not upon grants anu pas'n "
ments only, but upon that expenditure OF reasuls'
toll, and oflife by which in long series VI oa I'm
l74O to 1863 she had most efficiently co-opeTateo ~
extinpuishinp the claims Vi the French and Spanish
monarches and upon that still more generous expen-
di,ure by which she had as efficiently co-operated IN
extinguishing the claims of the british crown.
On The 18Th of September, 1856, Connecticut ceded
her rights over this immense domain the faith OF
the following resolutions, Of the 10th OF SEPTEMBER
"Resolued That the unappropriated lands that may
be coded or relnouished to the United States oy any
particular State, pursuant to the recommendation OF
Congress in September last shall be disposed OF FOR
THE COMMON BENEFIT OF THE UNITED STATES:
Without this guaranty-ths pllghted faith OF the
nation-C Connecticut would never have relnqulsh-
ed her claim. Of the value OF that cesson you can
judge. ,os.
John C. Calhoun, the Nullfer, consummated his new
allegiance to the Federal Executive by introducing
into Congress bill to ceds the public anas 70 me "e'O
States in aphich they lie Thus is to vanish the rich IN
heritance which our fathers left u.s., What grouno
have the people OF Connecticut to hope that tneir
rights will be permitted to stand in the way OF party
interest? The President wants the new states 10 sup
port him for another term, and he generously proposes
to buy them with the land winch Connec"cu' gave ~
the Union. . IN,
Shall these things be? They are-they will be.
unless the people Of the United States reused oy the
steady progress Of that revolution which s c9ncenFa
ting 50 vast power in the hands of the Federal FIX
ecuve, come forward to the rescue OF their loertles.
These wrongs will be continued and competed un-
less the people, ralyng those elections which pro-
claim the popular will, pronounce their veto' IN
voice like that Of the awakened ocean ,:,....
There are now before the people two @ "a res
nowned for that unrivaed skill in the 'egerdemain OF
electoneerng to which he owes his pre- sent eieyaton
but which however may serve the interests Of par
honest craftsmanship. The other is an honest man
a man who having received his first commission from
the father of his country has served the Union IN va
rous offices OF trust and toll and honor unoer eveiy
all this public service, while millions have passed
through his hands, has never enriched hmseif-a man
who in battles and in treatles,l IN the camp ana IN
the Senate, in foreign embassies and IN the govern
ment of territories at home, has never shown himself
unworthy of his country's confidence
Between these two candidates can we hesitate =
The reelection of the first, should the people OF the
United States be infatuated as to permit it, will be
the triumph of Executive oppresslon-the complexion
of that fabric of concentrated power which has been
growing rapidly within these few years past. Inc
election of the other will be the triumph OF reform. 1t
will be pledge that the balance OF the constltu-
ton is 10 be resored that the imperial power OF the
Executive shall be brought within safe limits that the
government shall be once more administered not tor
the interests of portion not for the emoument OF Of
fice-hodess, but for the common welfare OF the "hoe
people. az,
CAM we doubt between these two candidates.? We
go for honesty against maglc-for Harrison ana ne
form AGAINST Executive ODDreSSlOn.
Young Men of Connecticut, let the 9th OF April
show that our time honored State is still strong heart
3D. Let that day ocah to the 10 the
will rally around the ancient standard, under which
their fathers have for two centuries resisted Executive
oppression Let "the architects of ruin, the minions
Of power plotting mischies at the seat OF empire,
know that toll as they may to convert the stars and
stripes of the Union into the banner OF autocrat
the three golden vines of Connecticut still wave Of
old over free and sturdy people.
The Good Cause progresses.-The accounts
which we are daily receiving OF the results
of the town elections in Massachusetts, are
more favorable than our most sanguine ex-
pectations would warrant. The Wings of
that Commonwealth are determined to wipe
away the stain which rests upon her escutch-
con from the election of Loco Foco Gov
ernor, and they are uniting as to man un-
der the banner of Harrison and Reform"
and the "Union of the Wings for the sake
of the Union" We have given our readers
some particulars of the great changes which
have taken place in that State since the last
election, but the change in Lynn, we believe.
exceeds that of any town from which we
have seen returns. For many years the Lo-
cos have prevailed in that town by MAORI
ties of two or three hundred, but on Monday
last, the Wings carried their entire ticket by
large majorities. The following has been
the state Of parties since 1884: