A general history of Connecticut - Ramapough Lenape Nation

CON NE C T I CU T.' 319
,The murmurs of the people, on tho
collection of the revenue, befpeak embezzlements
of another kind. It fhould
{eem that they beli,eved the General Af...
fembly to be in the fame predicament
the Devil thought Job was, when he
faid, " Doth Job Jerve Godfor nought ?"
Efrates in Connecticut pafs from generation
to generation by gavelkind; fo
that there are few perfons, except of the
labouring clafs, who have not freeholds
of their own to cultivate. A general
mediocrity of ftation being thus confl:itutionally
promoted, it is no wonder that
the rich man is defpifed and the poor
man's bleffing is his poverty. In no part
of the world are les pe.tits and les grands
. fo much upon a par as here, where none
of the people are defl:itute of the conveniences
of life, and the fpirit of independence.
From their infancy, their education
as .citizens points out no difrinc­
Lion between licentioufnefs and liberty j
p.-nd