Our natural advantages do not indeed promise such an accumulation of wealth as might satisfy that avarice which like the horse leach is constantly crying give--give--they are such however as will in ordinary cases, ensure to industry an ample reward and this should satisfy a virtuous mind.
Daggett reflects on the balance between wealth and virtue, arguing that hard work is rewarded in Connecticut.
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Another part of the cost of these projects, is the loss of all our institutions of religion.--It is not here intended that these institutions will be at once abolished--Such a measure would alarm some honest men of the party--a gradual but…
Another item in the expense of accomplishing these projects, is a corruption of morals.
What could now be expected from these men but that they become immediately the creatures of a party--the tools of a faction?
The leaders in this Convention knew full well that there is intelligence enough in Connecticut to meet them on any complaint, and to shew that it is groundless.
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