Litchfield enquirer., 1842-06-09
TfFRfAND OF sREXDY HABITS.

| ThE+LAND OF SREADY HABITS. -
+. LEANeTRoM HISTORY.
Ws4lHd tn+he Litchfeld Enquirer list of
Connecticut, from LAO to lal9 iHeIusive-a
tVesiod Ofone hHhdfed and ears
CURIOUS document, whenIo s 50
the eral history Of the
from WITCH some valuabl .I.Is tl.ay be
drawn: One of thspa- is here is. il the
Older settled States, MUG more of political
stability. anst'famiiy com sequence than has
gene1& been. supposed. The people at
large Epeei1My n the agricultural districts,
atta9 more importapeGto nanrS than would
be imagined ut may be said mat Connecti-
suit is the land of Steady Habits, and so ip.
7 some respects it is. They seldom change
eitFsf their habits or their laws. But. the fact
We now notice is not peculiar to that State.
l Barring the greater part of Ii one. hundred
and t"'o years, the elections W re held twice
ay&r; so that the wholejiuI or of elections
held~wefe ore hundred and eighty. The
| number of Representatives was two. There
might then have been chosen three hundred
and sirty Representatives. In fact, however,
there arebut fifty one di6speak nGn9es IN the list,
which fhakes an average 81 over seven cleo
tons to each one. But a closer examination
Hshows that nearly the whole are confined to
ten or Il dozen names. Thus the name of
Marsh vas in lO2 y ears sentsuom this town
.sietySt1ptifhes, of which EbenezeS a1arsh fen.
PRESENTED it So times; John MorSb 3 times,
lfand Daniel Marsh tasice.
Jedediah Strong represented the town 80
tuses. Isaac Baldwin was eleven times g,
ected, and Isaac Baldwin, Jr. three times
The name OF Seymore appears Is times, the
name of WEIGH ten times. There are other
names which ware rNnGE aected in the
from l74o to 80 Town reioiced al
most utfinserruptedly I'M The name and fame Of
Ebenezer Marsh. 10 ITO to 1850, il 9.
aualy rejoiced 10 IN gsdediah Strong
From $780, 1870, the Asties of Strong
and Marsh appear to ho r. joint sway,
olden time. In l764, ii u appears She name
Of Oliver Wolcott, vii s~as Governor Of she
State, and one Qf.,heaband who sghed the
Declaration Of 4 epeS hence. Roger VOL
colt the ancestor, was neyU school day,
but was an apprentice 10y.
Such was his superior abilities and indus
try tibet he acquired an ample estate, was
member Of the Assembly, and in succession
Judge of the County Court. Deputy Govern
or, Judge Of the Superior Court, and in 1854
Governor Of the State. He died at 66. Oil
yer Woicott was we'll educated, studied med.
icine, was Captain in the French war, Judge
Of the County Court, Judge Of Probate,
member of the Continental Congress-, Sol.
der Of the Revolution, a signer Of the Decla-
ration Of Independence, an Indian Com1niss.
Toner, Lieut.. Governor, and Governor. At
ter ten annual elections he died at ".
Oliver Wolcott, the third In succession, was
Comptroller of the U. 8. Treasury, Secreta.
~ of the Treasury, and Governor OF Con-
necticut. He died in 1883. aged 70. There
GEe few examples Of such . succession Of
events IN one family.
In 1776, appears the name Of Andrew Ad-
ans. He was a member Of the Continental
Congress, and Chief Justice Of the State
Jedediah Strong, was also a member Of the
Revolution Congress.
Here are also the names Of Uriah Tracy.
a distinguished Senator in Congress- and of
John Allen, Urel Holmes, and Phineas Mi
ner, formerly members of Congress, and of
JabeZ w. Huntington and Truman Smith,
the former Of the Senate and the latter
Of the House in the present Congress.
The list thus presented from one small
town is certainly remarkable, and is charac-
terized by more of stability and talent. than
is easily found in any country, whether of
republican or monarchial institutions-and
gives room to hope that when our country
|
ty will have little influence upon its prosper
ity and happiness.-Cin Cincinnati; Chronicle.
A Good descripfion.-The Raleigh Regis.
ter thus briefly sketches the opposing candi-
dates in the Old North State:
The candidates for Governor now before
the People, are John NJ. Morehead, Re.
publican Wing, and Louis d. Henry. a
Democratic Federalist.
Republican Wing means one who goes
for equal rights, the liberty of the People, and
; the Union of the States.
A Democratic Federalist means one who
is on the outside for the People and on the
inside for himself. Or, who 10 for the People
before the election, and for himself after.
wards.
DIR. DoRR's" SYMPArH1zERs."-Them meet.
ings got up to sympathiZe with the missing
Governor of Rhode Island in his Affections
do not seem to be very successful.
One was called in Philadelphia on Monday
evening, but it is uDnOticed by the papers Of
the next day, with the single exception Of the
North American. That paper says the meet
ing can only be described by comparison
with the foolish and forlorn look of the Loco
Focos Of this city, when told Of the fight of
the puissaDt Dorr.
On Thursday evening last sympathy
meeting was got up in Norwich, c., but after
the enactment Of variety of queer scenes,
in which the sympathy" seemed to incline
rather to the ridiculous. the meeting broke
up in -ow.
Poor Dorr in one short week after he had