The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-08

smart generalship and an exceeding bold front to dlslodge from Presby- terian pulpits any of the old rugged ministers of that day who had made up their minds to stay there. In our case 1t was the church and not the pastor who was subjugated In passing might say that the trouble arose over MT Stiles salary, He had an iron clad agreement made at the ordination which the society foolishly tried to break. MT. Stiles sued them for reliet and after long wrangling they com promised, as did the Lion and the Lamb with the lamb inside. So pastor and church lay down together, but the church was inside!
 Also at this same time, perhaps lest our ecclesiastical fathers were not suf- ficlently humbled by their wrestle with their pastor, the people vr Mt. carmel made petition to the general assembly to have a part of our parish annexed to theirs, that they might form a so- ciety of their own. The temperature oi our fathers. already high from the To- cal defeat they had just suffered, sent the thermometer soaring again the day they made that famous record on theil books, "Voted by the society that they were utterly unwilling to part with one inch of land that does now or did be- long to this society" (May II. l75s) And In thls they won out, as their success sors have since each tune Hamden has essayed to covet our domain.
 am aware the foregoing has no re- lation to my subject. These issues are set forth as side lights to shine on the path our fathers trod when matters be- gan to grow dark along our frontier.
 The trouble began between England and Spain fifty and more years be- fore we became interested. Both na- tions were paving the air and larine each other to come on. The focal point was down on the Isthmus oi Darien, where worthless Englishmar was engineering a swindling 5chsme Spain fancied her rights there were being trod upon. She placed 'hiT on her shoulder and England standing by her subject promptly knocked Il off. War was declared! Dr. Trum- bull says expeditions were undertaken by the colonies here against the Span ish West Indies and the Rev. William T. Reynolds told me he believed some of our North Haven men went on tho enterprise against Carthagena, but have been unable to confirm his sug gestion. New England sent there more than thousand men. A nor tai sickness broke out In the English camp and 3,440 men died in two days The result was failure. The Spani ards then took the aggressive-ravag ed the seas and carried terror to Eng lands shipping. They invaded ever Georgia and the Carolinas.
 All this time France was itching fol opportunity to get into the squabble on general principles the attitude O. the European nations in that day was if there is no cause for ( fight, ther make one. France joined hands witt Spain. This tickled Spain so hugely and she was so elated with the ali ance that she gradually withdrew from the conflict and left her ally tt fight 1t out alone. France could no invade the British islands, so sh' turned her attention to England's col onies in America This was how tht French and Indian War began.
 In May, 1754, our general assembl! appointed three commissioners to ac with the other colonies and lay befort the king the defenceless condition O our Northern Border" and to claim hi protection. They met in Albany ant agreed upon a plan of action. With out going into further detail, when th' Connecticut commissioners reported to the general assembly the conclusion of their doings, that august bod. promptly turned the report down ant would have none of 1t. They claimed 1t was too wide In scope and too indef mite in action. Besides, 1t did no enough take the king into consider ation. (Here note that Connecticu was loyal.)
 Thomas Fitch was governor and h. set forth to the king Connecticut distress The king replied, HI Majesty in his royal consideration ha thought proper for the defense of hi just rights and dominions in Nortl America to order a considerable mum Der of forces to be raised in thes parts and to order two regiment l from Europe for the purpose afore said, sgnifying that 1t is his majesty pleasure that this colony should exer themselves in that service for th common defense"
 The assembly then provided fund 1 by issuing bills of credit in small de nominations bearing 5 per cent. inter est and redeemable in three years o less to provide for the extraordinar, emergencies of government occasione' l by the invasion of his majestys do minions in North America by tn French and Indians in their alliance
 The French forces trailing westward along our frontier established fort and posts, distributing liquors an,