Excerpt from Public Documents of the Legislature of Connecticut, at the January Session, 1883, Vol. 1 of 2 It so happens that the legislative and the executive departments are not entirely in political accord, but this circumstance, I hope, will neither interfere with our pleasant relations, nor lessen the value of our public labors. Ours is a government of parties as well as of the people. We owe our positions largely, if not entirely, to partisan favor, and while we should be mindful of the obligation such relation imposes, if we are true to ourselves and to the principles both parties profess, we' shall, in the execution of the duties with which we are charged, ignore without hesitation the claims of party, when they con ict with the interests of the State. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."