The principle now advocated is interwoven with all our laws and habits --it has existed from the first settlement of the State--it has produced much good--it ought not therefore to be abandoned without the utmost deliberation.
Daggett defends a longstanding principle in Connecticut's laws, arguing for careful consideration before any changes.
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On similar principles a wise people regard the conduct of other nations, and are solemnly admonished by their example.
The freemen of Connecticut are mighty when they arise in their strength.
My fellow citizens human nature is the same here as in France--Then before you give ear to the songs of enchantment Count the Cost--Before you sell your birthright for a mess of pottage Count the Cost.
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.
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