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AAsc. .'s'A'c N''Sse~' s'sS fosS ~A P'S- lection.

 In the two messages which l had the hon. or to communicate to the General Assembly at the opening of the annual and extra ses- sions of the past year, my views on this all importa nt subject, after much consideration, were fully and distinctly stated, and subse- Quent reflection has served only to strength. en and confirm them. Those views are be. lieved to be entertained and cherished also by the great body of the people of Connect icut. They ask from government no exclu. sive privileges or bounties. They desire not an exemption from an equal share ot the public burdens. They seek not the be- netits of system of taxation which would bear progressively upon the interests of any section of the Union. All they demand is that the amount of revenue imposed and collected shall be limited to the current ex. penses of the government, justly and eco. nomically administered, including suitable provisions for the common defence of the country; and that Congress should be gov- erned by discriminating wisdom in the sec lection of the subjects of taxation for those purposes; that the burthens imposed upon native industry by the operation of foreign enactments should. as nearly as possible, be balanced, SO as to bear with the most per. feet degree of equality attainable. upon the various interests of the country and that in exercising the powers granted for this object, incidental protection should be nf. f0Fded to all descriptions of American labor.

 The state of Maine has declared the im- pTisonment of any of her citizens, by the authority of any state in the UnioEs without the allegation of the commission of any -zsanao. hf,f nr'NfR nn Inc anccnnt of their co-