The clamor against this principle, is the clamor of those who wish to see the State revolutionized--it is the clamor of those turbulent spirits which delight in confusion and which pull down and destroy with a dexterity which they never shew in building up.
Daggett warns that the opposition to established principles comes from those who seek chaos and destruction.
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If no benefits will result--if much evil will probably ensue--the course of duty and interest is plain.
But mark the issue --Not twelve years have elapsed before she has returned to an inglorious despotism--She has exchanged her Capets for a foreign usurper, with an incalculable loss, and here her history ends.
We see industry and integrity rewarded with competence or wealth--we see intemperance and sloth followed with disease, loss of reputation and poverty.
The freemen of Connecticut are mighty when they arise in their strength.
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