PAYABLE YEARLY.
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whereby thew might he allowed to defray the


expense, by retaining or receiving back pos-
ton of the revenue raised among themselves


And here IL may not be impertinent to remark,
that although this scheme was considered by some
a. not only inahruis.ibIe but derogatory to the
honour Of the national government, yet, within
fe W weeks of thi. pcriod, an act ofCongress was


PASSED. authorizing the employment Of s.ste


troops under their own officers, the provisions Of
which Appropriated so nearly 10 This sanss sehsme
and to all that Massachusetts, and Connecticut
ha 4 requested, that, had il been enacted, in an
earlier stage of the war, there would in all proba-
hility never have existed either a mis- ndcr-
standing with the National Government concern
ing the militia, nor a Hartford Convention. Bee
sides this very momentous object cf defence it
was also a generally received opinion that the
interests Of the Eastern section Of the Union %
quired important amendments to be made 10 tine
which could not be effected in the
the war should continue, IL was not improbable
that a disposition might be excited in great
majority ofthe states and psople, favorable to such
But il was also thought, that, iE
upon due deliberation. il shonld be manifest that
the pubic grievances admitted Of no rcne eay
without convulsive efforts, dangerous to the pub
lie peace. and repngnant 10 the constitution f; 10
that case, An exposition Of the rights and duties
aud interests fthe people, showing srch a REM
edv to he worse than the disease. would come
from such convention with weight Of influence
and favour that would reconcile the people to
sustain with patience the inevitable ev- of their
rather than 70 resort to expedents. Of
which no human foresight coul reach the
chances and events.


ONE OF TIE CONVENTION.