From the foregoing view of their financial arrangements, it appears
that the people of Connecticut not only enjoy the blessings of Civil
Government free from expense, but even receive from the public Treasury
yearly, in sum of 37,455 dollars and 76 cents more than they contribute
to in taxes, &c.

Who can behold this uparalleled situation of finances, taking into view
at the same time our embarrassed circumstances at the close of the late
war, when we were not only destitute of any funds except direct taxes,
but incumbered with a debt of two millions of Dollars, and not admire
and appreciate the faithfulness and ability of those who have so
sucessfully managed the public affairs of this State.