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fit them for uch porsait. Then wnl oar children, a ihev crow tin mceiber in every comnnunitv, and Jjarfforb DaUir Courant. lalnres.under their own constitnLons. to provide forevery free et'rzen nuhintlieir limits adeqiiate frstui unlawful seiz lie sir dett-niioit. Ii is uMin'est that llio act of Congress which coalers authority oh the inferior msgietrate of a State, to determine siifiimlrily, wnhotiljury and w'idioul appeal, Die question of ihe freedom or slavery of a human being, and by a mere certificate lo authorize bi transportation beyond lb limit of lha State, does not afTord that protection to lite free, which in view of the momenion cousrq ience of the decision, a due regard to the safety of our colored Hiizena requires.

While the deenion -ofthe Supreme Court, lo which relerence has been made, will render it proper for tlie Legislature to modify Ihe act of relaiive to fugitive from eerviee. by a repeal of such of iu provisions a impose on auy of ihe judicial or executive Officers of ihe Slate, Ihe'duty of aiding in their seizure or surrender, it is worthy ol your deliberate consideration, whether there ought not lo he an entire prohibition of all action by the State officers, under the power attempted to be conferreJ by tbe act of Congrea. Ta permit the officer of ihe State in their olTieul capacities, to exercise power which are neither conferred, nor ubiee to be regulated by our law. Conncttknt legislature. uroiTtD tu KAtiJi rtLAicsi.

TkursJay Morning, May 8. I loose met at ft aVlork Tearer by Rev. Mr. Dutton. Mr.

Duron offered a rew.luism, that a committee heap-prmtted to wait apnn the ena'e and rro-it llmir atlKlarw the ltepresenialive Hall, pal. anl Mes-ra. BulkW-y and Briks were ariwmled, who unroeJialely performed tbe duty of their appointment. VOTE FOR GOVERNOR. The two Houses in Convention then proceeded TcK of Civemor, On emintinf the ballots it appeared that 209 were greet and of thrum tliere were for Roger t.

Hildwin. Cliauncey P. Cleveland, 9 Mr.Bahlwin'smajorify, 23 VOTE FOR MELT. fiOVERNOR. TU Convetnion lln procele.f to vote for a tenter arti Coventor On counting tha allot, it appeared that were given in.

Of these there wera for -Kwhen Booth, 1,0 William h. Holabird, C.F.Ctcveland, N. A. Phelps Loo Mr- Booth's majority, 2f TU vote on each of the otlr 6iata OlTicera eul joined as folfowat klation, atiil maintains its onward progress. Its fruit a every where ar pan nt.

Wiil.m the past year, poverty and crime have senjuUy diminisls-d. Tbe tears of the broken-hearted Lave been driesj apf Bn(J joy and gladness diffused throuih Many a family circle, to which Uiey bal Ivaz been istrangersV I lara with regret that in snme parts of the State, a painfat reaction has commenced, under the temptations of an unregulated tratfick, formerly aopprcssed in many ef our towns, by a decisive expression of public sentiment, but now not subject to its eontrul. Your attention will be called the expetiiency of further legislatHMa ow trim interesting subject, by numerous petition which I recommend lo your intelligent consideration. Committees were appointed at ibe last session of the General Assembly, to revise tlie laws relative to the militia of this State; tlie laws relative to the st-i; lenient of estates and probate courts and tlie laws relative lo taxation. A commute was also appointed to prepare a system for the punishment and reformation of juvenile offenders.

Reports on Its? important subjects eonfkled to these several committees, may be expected during the session. Tliey will doubtless command your respectful and attentive consideration. Tlie militia of Connecticut approved its valor and its discipline, on the batik grounds of the Revolution. The young and tlie middle aed, who now compose it, are the natural defenders of tlie glorious inheritance transmitted by their fathers. Tlie same patriotic spirit which atii-raaied tliem, and gave to Uie citizen soldiers of Connecticut an honorable reputation iu tlie ranks of the Revolutionary army, yet glows in the busorns of their sons.

And there can be no douU, from ihe high character which the militia of Connecticut has ever sustained, that it will approve itself equal to every cull of future duty. Many of the enlisted and battalion companies, from tlie spirit of honorable emulation bich excites them, have acquired, and often exhibit what we have wiineasnl on forin tfseir chartcier in the same institution. practically taught tbsl frl lesson I republirnn eqMli-i, which, while if holds erery cinen in s'rict snbordi- nation to the lawe. reogmz no other distinelione than surh a uperior mlelrgenca and vutue confer. It gies me pleasure to oe suie to state tnstine eaiuta-irv ii fl'ience exerted ugnn our public scliools by lha lata beard of educs ina and by die indefatigable eiForU oftlieir aecieisry, still entiiiniies to be felt, sod has given new impale to Uie cause oi sooesiton, ty oringing to lo the knowledge of all our districts tha results of the experience of other enlightened state and countries.

Believing a I do that tha prosperity of onr public schools, and seminaries of every grade ta rJentibed with the best interests of our cotiatitueitts. a well aa with lha glory and honor of the Slate, I shall cordially co-operl in ai.y measure which your wisdom my devisii lor promotion. Although it eannnt be expected that mucli new legislation will be neceeeenry from year to year to perpetuate lha principle of onr free institutions, among a people who tiava generally been distinguished for tha ardor and zeal winch they have nianilie.d in tlieir support, it seem, nevertheless, to ba proper for occasionally In review onr act, and those of onr predecessor tint weniavaee whether nnr law ara uch a to aerura to all of onr fallow citizen, the full enjoyment of every personal right or political franchise, which the spirit of the Constitution accord to them. In the (ierea and violent contest which party spirit hi loo often engendered lo disturb the harmony of our constituents, and which hive doubtless been stimulated. and greatly increased, by lha immense official patronsge at the disposal of tha national executive, too much victimise cannot he exercised to preserve the purity of the elective franchise, by closing every avenue to the ap proach or fraud.

In tlie constitutional requirement tnc Uw shall be made lo snppott the privilege of free uf-fmge. prescribing tha manner of regulating and conducting the meetings of tlu Elector, and prohibiting under adequate, penalties ill undue inflnenr.e therein, the duty of providing by law for the ascertiiinmeut of the perone wbn, at every inch meeting may ne cnutiea to the ex-errie of that privilege, and foi the exclusion of all others, is implied, it wa in fulfilment of tin obligation that the Regitry act ws passed in 134 (J an act which appears to have been well adapted to lha accomplishment of that object, by entrusting the performance of the duties it prescribed, lo the same Board which the Constitution itself has esinlililid to decide on the justification of elector. This act while it remained in orce, ia believed lo have been impartially administered, and to have proved eniii'ently etiecewful in restoring the confi Intice of ihe people in tlie purity of our eieciion. wliirli had begun lo bo essentially unpaired. II nl trie law been eiwied at a period free from political excitement, it would probably have been received, as similar regulations have bt en in other States, with enual annro- hiilioii by fair minded men of every parly.

lolly persuaded that it was sslutnry in it operation, especially in our larger town, and constituted in all a ecurity against fraudulent voting, I cannot hill regnrd it repeal as an unfortunate exercise nf ihe legiilabva power. Law affecting many (pectal miiiner particular classes of our citizen, designating them by tlieir pursuit or occupation in life, and subjecting iheia on thai account to political disabilities, ate at war with tha fundamental principle on whirh our Irt-e institutions are based, it is the right of every citizen iu tlie pursuit ol In own interest or happinrs. lo devote limiseil to any employment not forbidden by the laws, and ao longs lie demean himself well, to enjoy equally with the rest of his fellow citizens all the privilege secured hy lha Constitution. Among the most valuable ol these, to the citizen of a free State, is that of having a voice in the election or those to whom ihe adnun-isttatinn of llio government is eutitistcd. This light the people were eareful to secure from encroachment by Axing with pieci-ion, in the Cointitiition itself, the qualification of electors, and by establishing iu every lown an impartial board to apply them.

The art, passed by lha General Asemhly iu 1842, relative to Student at literary institution, has either been extensively misunderstood in regard to it object and practical bearing, or it seem justly nhiii to Ihe objection, not only ol partial legislation, but of being a pslonhle infraction nf this important constitutional provision. If, niilts. tl other cla-ses of our cit'Zens, irrespective of lha employment they may pursue, are allowed when of full aga lo change their residence at pleasure, ami lo rxerrie at the place of their actual abuve.all their political rigbs, this privilege ran be de-iiiiul to Ihe student, we cannot fail lo perceive lliat the am prinriple would equally warrant, whenever it may be deemed expedient to apply it, a similar restriction in regard to any other piiiauit, until at the pleasure ofthe General Awenihly, any portion of our citizen may be deprived of all power in the government, or be compelled to remain a fixture on the toil that gave them birth. If, however, nothing more was intended, than to declare that a temporary absence from the actual domicil of the student, lor the purpose of obtaining an education at a literary institution, should nut, of. itself, constitute a change of residence, then indeed the statute introduce no new principle in thit respect, sine the question of domicil has always depended uu Ihe intention, and not on the occupation ofthe citizen.

Bui in this view, also, it seems to be objectionable, not only as an unnecessary and invidious art of special legislation, hut as an unconstitutional assumption of the right of deciding on the qualification of elector. All restrictions imposed by society on tha right of nftrage, whether of re, color, residence, ptoperty, or character, are justifiable oul so far as they afford to the community essential securities for the free, honest, and intelligent exeic of tin important franchise. The exclusion of our colored population from the exercise of pi iv ilege so hbeially extended others bv the constitution, and which in the ether New England Statesthey enjoy on equal terms, waa lounded, it must be presumed, oh the belief that whatever might be true of individuals they bad nut a race sufficiently recovered from the depressing influences of slavery, to tender it isle to in-vile tlmiu, especially when coming from ahioid, to an equal participation in the government of llie State. The Comtitntton of the Stale of New York appear to have been formed under Ihe influence of similar view. But while it recognize Ihe propriety of a psr-ImI discrimination between the political fiaiichises conferred on the white and colored citizen, it allow to the latter the right of voting, after a three year' tcsidence I in the Stste.

and the possession for a year of an iviiti- cuiuoereii oi uie vaine oi two nuuur-u anc nny dollar and exempt them from taxation until their di-ahiltty of voting i removed. It i neither the duty nor the right ofthe Executive to propose amendments lo the Constitution, nor to discus the propriety nf the principle assumed by ihe Convention but 1 deem it worthy of ihe conaideiation of tlio Geneial Asaruibly, wliether Uie right of voting in town meeting ought not ta he reatnrvd lo our colored citizens, a they formerly enjoyed it when p.sed of the sine qualification confer the right on other citizen, who are not elector of the State and whether it consistent with the great principle maintained by our fathers in the Revolutionary contest, to subject them to State taxation, so long a ihev are excluded by the Constitution ftom the right of eufTisge. While we owe it la the free colored citizen, by neve iureiniirs to tndusiiy and adnieiy, to em-ourage him in hi efT.irt lo elevate hi condition, we ought aUo to that Ihe icproatli of slavery, though in a aiiti. gated form, and lo a limited exieut. mil exists in Con-nectcnt I it not time thl every vestige of a system founded in injustice and fraud, and incapable of being snppoited except be the provision ol positive law ahonVi be vff iced from onr S'atut book Ought our ime anv lunger to ba constrained to niinoi u.eir authoritative UfrwralMin.

insi iirm free Stale of ike north. naa ma be the owner, but cannot be the mbject of property." A fugi" aUv fiom another State seeking refuge in Connect cut. ci. not. indeed, be liberated by onr Ums.

The Conlit.to- of die IViIrd Sinles gins tfJVrt.for ihe pni pea 'f hi recaption, to tlie Uve-lw of the SitlioiwhhheoVd. neittwr tlie Cttiwiiiutioii, iter lha taw of comity. iip- an obligation ou a State, cm Ihe nfheer a Sttt. whe does not iNt rs-cofnize the rioriritie (hit man can nse proeriy in man, aid in the snneitorr of logitive a r.cent stei-i-ioo of ih Snpee Com! ot ib Coiled Stitrs, li-s LrrN d.in-d thai b' ll po.r and loedui) le et.f.tire the coiistuniioial picvwnm lor the aurremier of fugitive Uie, peitai" ZCiMlvel to the naiiotisl gov-icittUMjuu liut a it no the ddty ofthe Sal Legi- FRIDAY, MAY 3. E7 The DILT CocZaKT will furnibed during tha 'mwi of the Legislator forM r-yahle For two months (which will hM of th laws) the price will be 75 cent.

crrii iw pfb 5Trtwr 1, to orok rm! that reornmg-an om-km which xmder U- ercnm.UDce. bop. our patron, will not regret, s-Jevrrwer' sJieecck. received through the wiil of tt evening, by lb of Messrs. B.bcork Wildman of the Palladium, eopy ofth Speech of Governor Baldw in lo lb Legislature, yesterday.

giva our reader, having no time fcr word of corn merit, but satisfied that it will found doco-nrnt of soundness and ability. IgisJaiwre, Our Legislature has commenced in work In good earnest Kow, that Mr. Baldwin elected Governor, ami the oilier Whig Stale officer are in their place, we trust the honor of the Siate will be preserved, and in wieresta well managed. TIM OI4 A.Iw.ir.i. mm tha New.

We infix, after the organization of tlt Hmie of Repre-seiitatire on Wednesday, thai Locoiocoiara will be compelled to admit that the Whig have a oml ami healthy majority in that body a maority ufTicicntly large for all practical pnrpaee. pree were determined not to admit the truth until driver, lo it, inch by inch. We can but congratulate the Whigs of Connecticut, once more, upon the gratifying vie-tory which crowned the effort of the tpring campaign. They twitcnded against the desperate odd desperate men, anj derra measure. Our opponents Ud the possession of the State government llie offices, the honor, the emolument, the mean to ItolJ on to tlieir lll-gntlen power, if bad man-agr could ever be permitted long to hold it, among a free, esdighf ned and virtumia peotl.

They were banded togeilier for a hard conflict, and tlieir leader retorted lo measure bich have never been practiced among before. But how rain ami tutila were the efforts of auch men, when the people had determined that they should no longer disgrace, llie eeaU of poer. The lig have succeeded to the msrSajemenl of llie State affair, and we have confidence that they will be well ami wiaely alminisu-red. The new Governor a gentleman of eminent ability lor hie new station, ami will recomnvnd only measure ik at the great Interests of (he State may require. The new Legislature aleo, we are confident will look carefully aflcr lb public wrlfare, and will legislate with auch die-eernmenl a ahall entitle them to the thanks of I he peorle of Connecticut.

Prosperity to tha Plate, under lis new ruler. Haw the Tide "eta, Tha popular enthusiasm for Mr. Clay, and the great prin-eiphw of his political action, are every where advancing. We see it, la every election which, occurs, in llie tide ol leeling which frm north to south, and from east to wet, is aetting in the tame direction. The current is in llie right way.

While is bitter and relentloss at buffets with itself, casting about, here and there, to find soma one who is able and willing to trad tht forlorn kojm in tha Presidential contest, ihe Whigs with an unanimity whirh is well nigh without parallel, and whirh foreshadow success, re advancing stevlily to the attainment of an object which will prove ol em men service to the national welfare. If under all these circumstances, the srers and proptwss of jq. eoCocoium, the Chbr. and the Amos Kendalls and other blatpbemoua deceit-era canm4 find soma ornena which east ehatlows over their polilical hopes, they are of mora dim vision than wa suppose tliein to be. aal aave liter aeae Tha Utfiilft asys in relation to the contest of 1840, the Whigs Mr ptmrrr, and vAat AovcMfy dmtf" IHne, Why, sirs, tliey hate done infinitely more for llie country a welfare, lhan Locufocoiem could or would do in a lifetime.

They enacted a Tariff Jffivr the black and abominable Tariff," which has proved a national blessing, almost without eiample which has brought prosperity and business to hundreds of thousands of American fit urns, put new life and activity into the pulse of the nation, and convinced the people at ill more strongly than ever, that llie government baa some, thing lo do, beeidee taking care of ittflf. Prewar la Caaaecticai River. On Tuesday tnornirrg last, llie desd body of a man auppoa tobs about fifty, was found in the Connecticut River, at SuSield. A jury of inqursl was summoned by Albert Kent, Eeq- and after full elimination a verdict given, of droli riimfal dromtiitjf Tlie body hid apparently bren in Iba river some weeks, though nothing, of course, is known with certainty. Tliedce wsed had on a pair of black pantaloons, and a vest, but no coat.

In his porket was a pocket-book, marked E. F. P. Jrrrvt, a three bladed knile, markol rrrktia, a pair of silver bowed spectacles, a half dollar piece, and a v'uduf Moore's Eweoceof Ijfe. Friends can have theee aniclea, by calling an Mr.

Kent, at ufTiild. fXTThe latest accounts from Baltimore yesterday, favored the klea that Mr. Frrlinghuysea would receive Iheuomiitatkm for Vice President C7Htm. Mr. Spencer bat resigned his office ol Secrrtary of the Treasury.

Tlie cause, aa it is intimated, is rime dif. forenee between kirn and Mr. Tjler, upon the annexation qooitioa. Triss, A very strong populsr sentiment has been ei pressed in op. position to the Annexation project of Mr.

Tyler. It is as tin-fortunate at bis other aehemw. pretty much all of which find few if any supporters among llie people aside from the baml of office holders end even tluit number don't all prove vary iaiihfu to his intercsis. The strong public forling awakened by hb pultikal cliees-ntove, we hope will, tor a long liuw, pul tha project brywid tha reaoh of eerioua agitatkm. The Tie- is worried, becsune we refuse to republish a despicable thing which sj pes rid iu tWir columns amie daya We id not think it brst Ui lranster it lo our Vtdumna then, and we are no more dinpnsed to do it now.

If hey can. not find ii, iq an article in Uie Ttmei of Friday, they are not ao shrewd aa tbotr readeri i C7Tbe Tirnee doee mat yet inform its rextns what effect the Connecticut election Is to have tirnai our delegstKtn in Congress. Are they aa eironjly opposed lo protection now aa ever Do they need any recommend ilkxw fnn the Legist, ture, on their duties as'ltepresetitjiuvea from this Slate Black Tariff. Tlia receipta of Revenue at tlie Custom House in New York, fonhe four itxmiliaol IS44, thus fcr. are more than Svei lliorw and a half of dollsrs being 14,617,826 more thiii during the same months in 141 Th VicHUKre or Emiem, during Fifhieen Monthe rl.

biitteh to.basr, at Um ClirwtiaoCoHrt il w. No. of this wo.k receive', and for sale by R. C. IL HuMintun.

Jhm tlw se pvn of W0lk lefx tfuaaaiad lro The New too well known by our.rea.ter., to need be said. To be fouiy at 1 nht 10 aeem to be at variance with a fundamental principle of our system, liiat every power confided to a public officer shall be exercised under ihe influence of accountability io me government wriCli appoint him. In a Stati? like our, of hmi'ed territory and liomo-geneou population, where ihe true principles of political economy, a well a of civil liberty, have been gene rally wen understood and practically iliunliated, from me origin oi me government, a gradual adaptation or the law lo auch modification in ihe habit and pursuit of the citizen, a are occasioned by the increase of population or by changes in their external all that can ordinarily be necessary or desirable Great innovations in legislating for ueh a community are al-way dangerous, and new theories, however plausible. should ba received with caution, if not with distrust. It ta perhaps too much the spirit and tendency of lha age In disregard the lighta of experience, and rashly adven ture upon tbe destruction of institutions and laws, which have become venerable by time, in view of occasional evil which we perceive, without sufficiently attending to their silent and salutary influence on the social syitem.

II may well be questioned whether this disposition has not within a few year past been carried much further llian a just regard lo the welfare of the oeonte tin re quired; and whether some of the change recently in- iruuuceu into our law have not tended io weaken tlie sense of the moral obligation of contracts, a well as lo Ihrow down essential guard for the preservation of good fviih and integrity in their observance. One or the lncheat obligation assumed by society in every well regulated government, and one which in our own Constitution guarantied by an expres declara tion in tne uui or Ktghts, i that or providing an ettect-ual remedy by due course of law for every injur)-, and of taking care thai right and justice are duly administered. It i worthy of the consideration ofthe General Assembly, whether our law affecting Ihe relation of debtor and creditor a relation subsisting between all classes of our inhabitants are such as to secure, on the one hand, the luviest but insolvent debtor from oppression, and on Ihe other, to furnish to ihe creditor, whose mi-placed confidence may have ted him to entrust hi property to fraudulent debtor, the power ofroereing; a disclosure and surrender of hi mean. While no poot debtor should, under any circumstance, be exposed to imprisonment on account of his inability, there can be mi doubt that the law ought to be ao framed, that the nblisniun which the government has assumed to administer justice to all, shall be fulfilled according to ita apirit and at the same time a far aa may be practicable, so that by iheit silent operation, and general policy, raud nnd improvidence may be discouraged and restrained. While many nf our a'wtcr states are deeply embarrassed in their financial concern, and some nf them unhappily lit such an extent as to render them not only unmindful of tlieir plighted faith, but apparently insensible to the dishonor of its violation, it afford just cause of congratulation to the people of Connecticut, that wa have no public debt to provide for, nnd no claims on our Treasure wbteh ii is not, at all time, prepared to meet.

Such it is lo he hoped will continue lo be the wine policy of the State and although we may fill shorl.of other in Ihe splendor of onr public, improvements, we hall at least have ihe satisfaction of reflecting that Uie chara ler of our community is preserved Iree from re- Iproacn, ami our pnlilio lailli Irmu dMlionor. Extensive works of internal improvement can seldom be prosecuted with Ihe same economy bv Slates, a bv individual enterprise nnd ihe anticipation of reiimue. rating income, has. so often failed to he realized, however plausible and apparently well founded may have been the previous calculation (hat it ought never to be relied on as the only resource lor defraying their cost. This is the fatal error which has proved so disastrous to llie Slate which have adopted it, and in its consequence ha inflicted so deep a wound on the credit of our country.

1 he same reason which ordinarily render it inexpedient for States to involve theinselve in debt in the prosecution of enterprise of local improvement, apply with equal, and peihaps greater forre. to the lesser communities into which llio Stale is divided for municipal purpose. From ihe constantly operating motives of personal or local interest, in view of present or anticipated benefit. the temptation i always strong to engage rashly in expenditures fur public improvements, if the payment can he left to be provided for by other, who had no agency in imposing the burden. Some of onr cities have iu this way become involved in debt lo (heir serious embarrassment and injury.

In view of these evil it seems lo be ilesirdble that some suitable provision should be made by law to prevent their recurrence. The Banks in this State are be'ieved to he all in a sound and prosperous condition. As tlio bills which they issue supply a large portion ol the currency of the Slate, they are properly subjected, in the management of their concerns, to the discreel and enlightened supervision of llie government. Hut a thi supervision is only required for the protection of the public, it should ha exercised with a scrupulous regard to the rights of the stockholders, and the confidential relations of other cit zens to the banks. I suggest lor vour con- sidetatinn, whether some of the provision in llie act recently passed, are not calculated to embarrass lliosn institutions, without affording lo the public any additional protection and whether it would not be safer for the community, and better harmonize with the principle nf our government, if the judicial powers, now vested in the Rank Commissioner, were left to be exercised by the courts.

In our consultation for the promotion of the generrl interests ol the community, we shall not, I sin persuaded, truly represent the genetou sentiment of our constituents, if we suffer ourselve to overlook the continued claims ou our justice and humanity, of those unfortunate class of our fellow citizens, wh.i by tha afflict, iv dispensations of Providence sie depiived of ihe liht of reason. or reft of the ordinary mean nf its cultivation, and thereby inide dependent ou Uie public benevolence for support. Of these there ara none sn absolutely helpless as the insane poor; and none whose sudering in the condition iu wlt'Cii they are too commonly found when the public safety require their confinement appeal mora toncbmg'y to our sympathies for some more humane piovisioa lor tlwir accommodation and reiief, where the moral aud medical treatment essential lo their recoveiy, can be property applied. In all surh Cis I recommend to your consideration, the expediency of mak.ng suitable provision for their support, either at llie peti.se ef iba State, or the towns to which they belong, al the Retreat for the lo-aiie. even if it shall be lound necessary to enlarge still mora thxn the existing appropriation will alUiw, us capacity for their accomituxUtn.

AVe live in a period distinguislrcd for benevolent and successful efforts to meliorate the condition of ourrace. Missionaries of the cross have penetrated tlie darkest aiiouYs of ignorance and Benighted regions of' heathen have been thee ml and enlightened bv the teachings of Christianity. Despotic governments cf Europe have made provis.ou for the universal education of the poor. The fetters of the slave have been burst asunder, ni a noble triumph of liberty achieved throughout live immense possessions cf the British Empire. By one of the greatest and most successful moral enterprises of the age, the desolations intcmrciance have been of thousands of valuable ctlzcna, kuij Lsi to wvic.y, have been reiHva.J and resiarcd, aitd nuiiions have been aaved from impending ruin.

lo our own Suite it is gratifying to know that this rla. nous refarniauon, tbcugh maided perhaps by recent leg. Jeph B. OillHTt, CharN 11. Pond, Ulank, 115 91 1-W 23 Mr.

Oilhert'i majority, VOTE FOR SECRETARY. Daniel P. Tyler, IWh A. I'lM lps, Mr. Tyler's majority.

VOTE FOR COMPTROLLER. Ahijah Csrrington, Gideon Weill's, 116 93 23 116 91 1-92 21 Blank, Mr. Carrirtston's r.mjority, Resolution drrlariitg ROGER R. BALDWIN duty elect ed Governor of this Histe for ilia year emuing passed. Resolution declaring Kicais Uootb tluiy eHctea i-ui.

Governor iwssed. bun ilsr rew.lnl ions were passeU, declaring ina eieciion oi tlie oilier Plate Officers. The ohii-ct of the convention being accomplished, uto Senote retired lo their cliarobt-r. Mr. Stuart of Hartford, a resolution that a com mittee of two from llie lloiiaa he appointed to wsil upon tha Governor rl'ft, and eeqnost hia in the House at ha convenience to take the oettiot ortice pasri.

Committee Meiwrs. Muart of llariford, and aiernmanot New Haven, Committee on llie part of llie House. Similar resolutions to appoint a Committee tows it upon the Lieut. Governor, bectetary and Treasurer ami Comptroller peecd. i(srill)e ol anl Cornwall oi uranuj appointed a Committee on tlie part of tlie Heine.

Krsolution that the SecreUrv of Mate be rennesled to fur- ni.li SO copies of lbs Private Acts for tlie use ol this House-pawed Kesotiiikin reonesiina the fVcretsrv of Rlale to furnish 20 copim of the Public Acts passed silica "i for tha use of ibis 1 loose passed. Report of the Norwich favmgs Hank, in pursuance ni a law of thetrtwral Assembly in relstkm Savings Banks. Ac; reedantl laid upon the (able to a wail tha appointment oi tlie Joint Mantling Coninntl'e on Banks, KrmHstmnc of amllel itariitoiorm ami otnera to ina riahlof Alfred Hose, to a seat in this Houe. as Representa tive from North Braulord rrfcrred lo committee on Contest ei! Elections, House adjourned to 3 clock, P.M. The Committee lo wait upo.i llie tiovernor elect, to infiirm hiinol hisrleclKin, rcporu-d that tliev had dwchargeil their duty presented the (Joverwir'a acknowleiljmem his acceptance ol the office, and thai he would tueot tlie I wo Houses In convention, tins alteriHam, at 3 clock.

Between 3 and 4 in itte afternoon, ilia Governor maltha two Houses to Cunvmtitm, and delivered llie following Mr, Pruldtnt, ni Qtntltntn ls Jsaars Afr, Qtntlrmtn vf Ikt 1dsm Riprtftnlsti'etf In eulering upon the duties assigned nis hy the Constitution, as chief magisirase of the I feel deeply sensible of tha ftliiigiiihd honor which Ilia favor of my fellow-eiiixeM has coiifi-rred upon me. And wiien I look back through the iirriod ol our past history, and bring to recollection tha iiunos of illusirious paliiots by whniii the slalioti I nnvv occupy Ims been adorned in other limes, whose nubia and steadfast exertions in the muse of liberty have shed an iiitper'ndinhle lustre upon tha character of our Suie and country, I cannot huifi-el a distrust of my ability lo discharge in a sntif.tctory manner tha duiies which devolve on me as their sue. cessor, A coiutcioutiie, however, that those duties have been imposed without solicitation, and assumed with unfeigned lejurtance, in obedience; to the callol my fellow-citizr re, itidurri mi to chptt-h lha hope that with ynur eiililileiied and patriolio united exertions may, ith the blessing of Divine Providence, be successful in promoting the great interests of our constituents confided to onr care. Enjoying in an eminent degree lha advantage of a salubrious rlnuste, with a soil which, if nut temsrkable for iis fertility, seldom refuses to the bund ol labor a suitable rcliirn, our is blessed with au enterprising, industrious and intelligent population, deeply imbued with the grest and glorious principles of civil and polnical liberty which we inherited fioin our failieia, and which, for mora than two centuries, have constituted the basis of our institution a. Under the influence of the cherished principles, the laws by which our vein-ruble commonwealth his been governed from its Infancy, Imve been surh as with comparatively few exreptious to s.cuia to our citicens the lull enjoyment ol their personal rights, and to the 9tate an honorable distinction for lha wimIoui and stability of it general polity.

Our institution of If frntu tha primary schools to lliime of the highest oidet for mental culture and discipline, have, in common with the iiisiiiution of rati gion, beeit object of solicitude to the people of Con. iierlicut Item the earliest period of our And it isiloiihtlisthl tlie benign influence ihey have viarted. from generation to griicratioii, over lha nitiida ami ltlm of oiiryouili, tlisl we ara chiefly indebted lor all that give vain to our social system, or safety in its sd-mimsiiation, in a government like ours, here suffrage it nearly universal wheie privileged cl ises among tlie electors are unknown and where all the avenue to distinction ara open alike to the children of the poor as of lha rich i intelligent and virtuous population! equally ewentml to the correct administration ol lha laws, as to tha wisdom of Sbeir enactment. For however well deviled may be lha laws of a fiat to secure Ilia rights of person or property from invasion, it i obvious tlml in a community where every elector ni be called to apply them in the eajxtciiy of a juior, unW the tone of public sriuuneni is ith the laws, tbrv wilt but a lei protection from injustice and crime. It is in Ilia school of New F.uglsi.d that those habits of and of reverence for tha law have been foinoil in the minds of her youth, by which they have generally been chaiactenird and distinguished wheiwer the bd of euiigiaiion ha bom them.

The whoo! of this State for which wa are indebted to the piovident forrsiglilaud wiedoiu of o.ir tatemen of afotiner generation, rrservmg, while yet in tlieir power, a poiiion of our western lend, fortius noble ol-jrcl. now stiiMiint lo lha divxIfHd distnbiiied lo th rlionliliirii'g ll. al jear In been $1 40 lor each scholar between ii ngr ol four and sixteen year. ainouiiliMg lo $117.717.1.0, in addition to iba income of lb approprtatod to this object in die seveisl Noi iiUisiul.n this rnunifceut proviiou for tha cdi cr tion of our joutli, it ai by the returns of llie i4 ceiiku, llmt tbeie were lo tha ala rrConnecticut iu the tear If 40. five hundred and teuy persons ol matiiie ro vhn were iin.ib a to ra id ai write.

hat proportion of tin iiuiuber, ir any, were ii.itivrs tha ISls'c. the Census sfftiid lis lio menus of It i liuirh to be di silrdlhiit our lem of ronooon set. no st.onM mipinvrd nd peif.rnMl, uitulby a rrgitlsr giHtt.iiion In in lie piiuoi) howl lo rt 'In ut si nt riiiimi.oii whirh rtl nj ebsl, I tlts.1 lot ('lilt the 10 I null ol WsroM.f unv ne nn.rn.i to mi ni our jninn, utii uioi ins iiiiirr atuitimeut hi litns'oia and erience shall wiibui reach of thoaa whota talcuiiand inclinalioti may ihe present anniversary a perfection of discipline, and precision of movement rarely surpassed. I shail be gratified if it shall be found, on tlie rejxirt of the committee, that the burthens of tlie militia which hare been cheerfully sustained when their necessity has been felt can be lightened, without impairing its efficiency, either of organization or discipline. The subject of taxation, involvin? as it does so mnnv conflicting interests, is one of much delicacy and Bit.

uidiwmjr. um system, was origmany designed as a tax upon income, and however pcifcet may have been its former adaptation lo the tlieory on which it was based, iu present inequality is apparent It will aflord me great pleasure to co-operaie with yi in any suitable measures which may be devised for its equalization, and for the more perfect apportionment of its burthens to the relative ability of oor citizeus. and the benefits Ihev derive from the protection of the government. But to change at once tne principle on which any system of taxation is based, and to which the relations of the different species of taxable property or sources of income have become adjusted, and the habits ofthe people bvlon2usare conformed, and to introduce and perfect in us stead a new and untried system with all its necessary details, will require great circumspection and mature deliberation. It is peculiarly a subject on which the popular character of our government requires that there should be opportunity for a full consultation of the people, under circumstances favorable to calm and dispassionate reflection, before any alteration is maae ty inch their interests may be materially affected.

Coming as you do directly from the people in all nana ofthe state, you will be able to judge to what extent they nave cuiiicuijjiiueu a ensure in me existing system ol taxation, and whether a definitive actum, at the present session, on me report ot me committee, or a postponement of the subject for their further and more deliberate consideration, will best comport with the feelings and in terests ot our constituents. The great importance to the people of Connecticut of an improved and enlightened state of agriculture, has heretolore commanded the attention of the General As sembly nnd the pecuniary aid which has been received from the treasury under the act of 1840, by ihe connty societies established for its promotion, has enabled them to prosecute the objects of their association with increased vigor and success. While science is daily extending, its dominion by the practical application of its truths, in this, as in other departments of productive industry, it is grainy ingio Know, mat tne intelligent tanners ot our state are awake to the importance, not only of availing themselves of its benefits, but of aiding in llie diffusion of the blessings which accrue from ita cultivation. The efforts which have been made in other state and coun tries, to develope their natural resources and capabilities, by systematic and, well conducted agricultural snrveys, have generally been attended with the happiest results. In regard to the expediency and probable expense of such a survey of this state, a report may be expected from a committee to whom the subject was confided bv the Gen- 1 A t.l .1 l.

erui ui me ius( session. Agriculture is iwnuestionubly the great interest of the country, which, more than any other, gives employment. to ns industry and earuim. Uut though it may be truly said to constitute tlie basis of Uie wealth of states, the experience of the world has proved that agriculture alone, unaided by tbe demands of commerce and manufactures. can never confer the highest degree of individual or national prosperity.

It is the hope of advantages to be realized from an excliange of his surplus products, that stimulates the labor of the a2riculturist. If these are incapable of exchange, they become worthless to the pro ducer, and cease to furnish a motive or a reward for his industry. Hence it has been the wise policy of every nation which has enjoyed a high degree of prosperity io encourage among us citizens such a diversity in their pursuits, as to render all the great departments of productive industry auxiliary to each other, and thus cause mem to co-operate in the creation of national and individ ual wealth. The success which has attended our manufacturers and arturtiia, when reasonably protected by the government in ineireiiorisio mat tne productions of foreign industry and skill, has furnished eratifVins' evidence that in a country so rich and abundant in all the necessaries and comforts of life, and in all the materials essential to the most diversified employment of its industry, Uresis with ourselves, by the maintenance of stable and permanent is a iui iis j.iuiecuon, io secure to every class ot our citizens a just reward for their labor. Under the auspicious influence ofthe tariff of 1SI2, our mechanical and manufacturing establishments, prostrated by the former policy ofthe government, are again reviving.

The basis of our currency is no longer withdrawn to pay for excessive importations from abroad. New and better markets are opening for the productions oC agriculture, and every species of labor, though still depressed, is beginning to find its appropriate employment. We are permitted to hope that the period of intense suffering is already past, and that when confidence, in the stability of tbe protective policy of the government shall be mote fully restored, the hum of successful industry will again be every where heard, diffusing prosperity and happiness through the land. Already have the anticipations of ita friends been more than realized. Instead of diminishing, as was coiifiden-ly predicted, the revenue of the nation, its exhausted treasury has been replenished, the credit of the government restored, and while no burthen of additional taxation has been felt by the people an ample revenue secured lor every exigency, The hostility, lately ao prevalent ia several ot Uie planting states, to what was once tlie favorite policy of tlie South, is apparently yielding to the light of truth, and the convictions of experience.

And there are clieering indications, from every part of the country, that the beneficent operation of this truly American which had its origin under the pure and enlightened administration of the father of ar (country, is rspidly conciliating the favor, and will ultimately receive the cordial and permanent support of the American people. Differing as the people of the several stales do in their habits, products, commerce, and internal institutions, no system of polity which human ingenuity can devise, can betxpected entirely to correspond wr.h tbepohical views of all. But if we imitate the example of the illustrious men who founded our government amidst ao many difficulties and dangers, we shall bring to the examination of its measure that spirit of candor and liberality which belong to wise and patriotic citizens, deeply interested in the defence and maintenance of our common liberties, and ever mindful of our obligation lo cherish and sustain whatever is essential to the safety, happiness, and glory of the people. Tbe government of the United Stale, within'that sphere ot its legitimate 4owers as prescribed by the Cn-saipon, is necessarily auprcme, ai.d requires no aid from Uie autlwriises of a but oowlreoce to the mandate of the Consuuitkm, to enable it by the force of it owa laws, faithfully ail mistered a id applied, to ptrerui every eansutotionai duty..