Litchfield enquirer., 1846-06-04

Gov. TOucey and his Message.
The paragraphs which follow have been
in type TOR two or three weeks, but are as true
and graphic now as when they were first penn
ed. The Wing editors throughout the State
gave their opinions of His Excellency's first
State Paper Immediately after its appearance.
and those opinions were so expressed as to be
understood. Weperceive from various sources
that he and his Message are duly appreciated
abroad as we'll as home. The N. Y. Tribune
deyotes nearly column and half to them !;
the first and last paragraphs which are as fol-
lows:
We fancied our knowledge of dema-
gogues toleratly extensive, reaching even to
the sorriest specimens of the class, but care
full perusal Of the Message of the new mi .
nority Governor of Connecticut convinces
us that we have hitherto reposed in state
of blisful ignorance ON the subject. Con-
necticut was never before disgraced with a
Chief Magistrate, so shamefully yet SO char
acteristically chosen. He seems to realize
that the elements which combined to make
a Governor of him were of extraordinary
baseness, and he labors to benefit their Goa
lition.
The people of Connecticut proved them
selves tolerably acquainted with this Mr..
Toucey in running him the lowest of five or
six candidates on the State Ticket, though
the Governor usually runs the highest.
We predict that the State will not hold rum
enough to elect him again.
Perhaps some Of the friends of the Governor
will object to the above testimony, claiming
that it is the language Of partizan. Probably
such persons will be better pleased with tho
extracts below; for no one ever suspected that
the papers from which they are copied were
tncturcd with Whiggery.' All who read his
Message, will remember with what assiduity
he there labors to impress the minds Of his read
ers with the beliefthat he is deeply interested
in the welfare of the temperance cause and
how many fears he expresses lest so good a
cause had been injured by Wing legislation.
How cordially Gov. Toucey's good scishes and
fears are reciprocated by temperance men, these
extracts will show. The first is from lead
ing editorial, headed Our Rum Governor in a
late number Of The Fountain of New Haven,
the only paper in the State devoted exclusively
to the cause:
AS was expected by those who were
best acquainted with the man, Gov. Tou.
cey, the new Executive of this common.
wealth, made furious onslaught upon
the License Law in his recent Message
at the opening of the session of the Leg.
islature, which is radical enough in all
conscience to satisfy the desires of the
most rabid opponent of the temperance
lowest Church street or Head.o' the
Wharf pot house.
His Excellency prefaces his TRADE
against the Law. by frothy combina.
ton of the same jesuitical phrases and
sentences that other rumsellers use when
talking on that same subject. He most
deeply regrets d" that any thing should &C.
cur, having tendency in the least degree
to prejudice the cause of temperance, or
TO hinder the labors of those who are en-
gaged in effecting a most bcneficent ref
Orma,ion." Then follows one of the
most disgusting attempts we ever witness.
ed, to bedaub the Temperance Societies
and their advocates with soft soap, after
which comes another hypocritical -four
sh in the assertion that " it is not the
least, and perhaps ought 10 be regarded,
practically. as the foremost objection 10
this new law. that it is likely to preju.
dice the cause OF Temperament!
But the whole of that part of the Mess
age which treats on this subject is 80 de-
cldedly rich, and comes SO nearly up to
the ord mary level Of the schoo,-boy al.
tempts at " composition" 1--WE ask pardon
Of our juvenile readers,) that we cannot
resist The temptation to spread out the en-.
tire passage for the perusal of our friends
throughout the country
Here follows paragraph from the Charter
Oak edited by VIM. H. Burleigh, Esq:
And that we may proceed understanding
ly, let US consider, whose Message is this
Are these to be taken as the convictions of
the man Isaac Toucey3 Can he of his
own proper genius, perpretra,e sophis,ry,
such as prevades this section of the Mes
sage? We do not conceive the matter so.
tits only as he's Ercellency that he talks so.
There have been Governors, and we fear
this is one of them, whose use is purely or
gaAic-to utter what is given them to utter
mere instruments through which the par
ly blows its tune. We should deal consid-
erately with such Governors. They may
not wholly like the tune themselves, as we
charitabiy trust his present Excelleacy does
not. But if the Democratic A6iatus be up
on him, let him no: be held to rigid account.
Had he his option what to speak Perhaps
he reluctated. We think we discern here
and there Indications that the asan strug-
gled somewhat against the Governor, in his
Message.-But il would out. This, and no
other, was the tune played on him; and dts
like it as We may, we blame him little
more than we do the beaten sheep-skin un-
der the hand Of the drummer. In a word,
this Is strictly the Message Of Party. 1t
is she Democracy speaks.