The amalgamation of New Haven and Connecticut could not be effected without collision.

New Haven had been unwilling to merge itself in the larger colonies; but Winthrop's wise moderation was able to reconcile the jarrings and blend the interests of the united colonies.

The universal approbation of Connecticut was reasonable, for the charter which Winthrop obtained secured to her an existence of unsurpassed tranquillity.
Civil freedom was safe under the shelter of masculine morality, and beggary and crime could not thrive in the midst of severest manners.
From the first, the minds of the yeomanry were kept active by the constant exercise of the elective franchise, and, except under James II., there was no such thing in the land as a home officer appointed by the English king.

Under the happy conditions of affairs, education was cherished, religious knowledge was carried to the highest degree of refinement, alike in its application to moral duties and to the mysterious questions on the nature of God, of liberty and of the soul.

A hardy race multiplied along the _alluvion_ of the streams and subdued the more rocky and less inviting fields.