The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-10-10
ONE "BOREJeo LESS.

There is one ''borcr'' less. 7. was
powerful double action borcr. The mo-
tive power was alternately supplied by
Hartford and New Haven. Its ''boring"
capacity, too, was almost beyond COM
prchension. Ii bored, formed and smash
ed-all at the same time. 1t undermin-
ed public virtue /; controlled political
parties made and rnmade public men
determined elections corrupted legisla-
lures and legislators dictated nomina-
tons, and Slapped the very foundations of
public morality. Monday last the people
of Connecticut, by a majority of nearly
six thousand in total vote of some six
ty or seventy thousand, throttlcd the
monster and destroyed the "borer." The
state which we now call CONNECTICUT"
was originally two colonies, having dis
tinct charters, governments and capitals
So far as political or governmental action
was concerned, the two colonies were %
distinct a. is Great Britain and France
more independent of each other than Con-
necticut is now of New York. We
have used the word charter, although,
strictly speaking, one of these colonies
had no charter. The first civil govern
ment in the state was that of Con-
necticut, deriving its powers from royal
charter. Other distinct settlements or
plantations sprung up, each making laws
for themselves, and continued until 1643,
when constitution was adopted for
the COLONY of New Haven" ny five
plantations, the only ones which refused
to recognize the authority of Connect
cut, and which were, in fact, as was
conceded, without her jurisdiction. Other
plantations, subsequently, united with the
colony OF New IIaven-somc Of them
being within the present limits Of New
York-and New Haven Was the capital
| thereof. Connecticut had existed prior
| to this time, with Hartford as its cap
ital, the plantations or towns under the
| jurisdiction of which. RS was, also, the
case with New Haven, were not al Join
ing. To illustrate the plantations, or
dependencies, rs they are called in
the old records, were in the same stua-
ton IA our towns would be il Claren-
don should be annexed to Essex county,
and Guilford to Rutland county, without
changing the relation Of the intervening
towns. These and other difficulties LED
to Il union of the two colonies, in 1864,
when they both united ~ one colony
under the name of Connecticut, with, as
a measure of compromise, two capitals
that of each being retained. With two
capitals Hartford and New Hayen-tht
state has continued until the present day
Der legislature meeting alternately al
either place In the old days, and even
down to the advent of railroads, this might
have been matter Of convenience
Vermont had rowing capital for many
years, not only because the particular
place for permanent location could not bt
agreed upon, but for the convenience o.
the state
The capital of Vermont was finally 10
Gated at Montpelier, pledge being made
by the citizens of that town TO contribut,
given amount toward the erection of
state house. When that building wa
burned, in 1857, similar pledge retained
the building there. Having procured til,
location of the capital and the building O
the capitol, there has been more or les
"boring' ever since to have the state re
, fund the money, thus voluntarily given
But this has been only as tiny drop to tn
: ocean, compared with the "boring" il
Connecticut for the past fifteen or twent,
years. Tired and disguised with royinl
capital, a member of the Connecticut leqis
$ lature, many years ago, introducedla pro
, posal of amendment TO the state constitu
Y ton, providing Tor fixed capital. TIL
Q proposition was defeated and "boring
: commenced on grand scale. The publ
: money, raised by taxation, of Hartford an
, New Haven, as, also, that of their citizens
e voluntarily contributed as "corruptio
fund" was lavishly expended In every PAL