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been approved; but when these few rep- reSentatives saw fit to trifle with the wish es of their constituents, and select a man for the station, who is not the choice of the republican electors, then the evil, which before could be borne, becomes intolera- ole, and the freemen cannot and ought not to submit to it: fin so doing they cast contempt upon the nominating caucus, very well ;4the representatives acted upon their own responsibility, and if the frecmen are not disposed to support them in their act, they have nO cause of complaint, for they acted voluntarily, and without author- ity, and if they acted wrong, they alone must suffer, and not the great body of the freemen. The same argument will apply in relation to every county in the state where changes have been proposed. The assertion that the discipline of the party requires that the caucus should be support ed, sounds to us, who are somewhat tena- cious about the rights of freemen, not little singular. We have heard of discipl- ming regular troops, who have no rights of their own-have no voice in selecting their officers, and who are at best but mere tools of their commanders-but we never heard, without feelings of the strongest indigna- tion, of disciplining political parties !- What, discipline freemen Who are to be the disciplinarians Who created them dis ciplinarians? If created by the freemen, have not the freemen voluntarily become slaves ? Ifthey created themselves, ought not the freemen to arouse, and cast them from their assumed eminence? We know there are few "master spirits," in this state who talk loud about discipline, and who claim the right of acting as discipline rians but we also know that the indepen- dent electors of Connecticut are tired of their dictation, and feel disposed hereafter to be their own rulers. This is as it should be. We talk of the purity of our republi- can government in vain, so long as our elections are governed by few aspiring ofice-seckers-so long as the freedom of our elections is disputed by caucus dicta- ton.

 From the Circular to the Collectors, issued from the Treasury department, and published in this paper, it will be seen that the Presi- dent has taken that step in relation to the British Colonial Trade which the virulence of the opposition, in refusing to act upon the subject in the Senate, has forced him to take. The leaders of the opposition hoped that the measures in relation to this trade, which they foresaw the President wonld be obliged to pursue, would render him unpopular among the people; but the President, having the majesty of the laws on his side, has nothing to fear from opposition among an enlightened community.