Papers of the New Haven Colony Historical Society . -, across the water, to which we are ;- ^\\:>r a .». OF THE NKW SOCIETV BUILDING. Iv indebted for the heritage of whatever is ennobling inthe history of the strifes for free institutions, but welooked in vain. With some noble exceptions, thestatesmen, the scholars, the bar, the bench, and thepress viewed with an averted eye our contest forfreedom, and yielded up the control of public senti-ment to the ship builders, the cotton brokers, and otherrepresentatives of• commercial interest; apparentl}-justifjing the bitter taunt of Napoleon that
Papers of the New Haven Colony Historical Society . -, across the water, to which we are ;- ^\\:>r a .». OF THE NKW SOCIETV BUILDING. Iv indebted for the heritage of whatever is ennobling inthe history of the strifes for free institutions, but welooked in vain. With some noble exceptions, thestatesmen, the scholars, the bar, the bench, and thepress viewed with an averted eye our contest forfreedom, and yielded up the control of public senti-ment to the ship builders, the cotton brokers, and otherrepresentatives of• commercial interest; apparentl}-justifjing the bitter taunt of Napoleon that Englandwas a nation of shop-keepers. Our truest friendswere found among the ^Manchester cotton weavers andthe other operatives in the faclories of that greatnation. Is it too much to sa} that the emancipation both ofthe North and South from these hostile influences hasleft a restored Union at libert} to work out the greatproblems of republican freedom ? The official life of Governor English terminatedwith the close of his senatorial term. For the remain-der of his days he went in and out among us as
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