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A still more mischievous and alarming project is, that of making a new Constitution for Connecticut.
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Daggett expresses concern over a proposed new Constitution for Connecticut, viewing it as a dangerous initiative.
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Never till this year have we heard, or even suspected that our state was governed by lawless mobs.
It is a fact as well authenticated as the settlement of the state, that a Constitution was formed by the people of the then colony of Connecticut, before the Charter of King Charles.
Let such remember, that when the Ethiopian shall change his skin, when the Leopard shall change his spots, and when bitter fountains shall send forth sweet water, then will those who flatter the people with their tongues, and deceive them…
Be not deceived my fellow citizens--no nation hath yet made such an experiment without feeling its bitter and dreadful effects.
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