Litchfield enquirer., 1829-05-21
CIRCULAR.
citizens cf LitchfeId County:


 Citizens cf Litchfeld County:
 Your attention is invited 10 subject of the utmost consequence the peace and prosperity, of not only yourselves, but all around you. Much has been said and done to prevent that alarming evi inemperance, and much still remains to be done. No evil exists with Us of so much magnitude, and none that requires more unIted and vigorous effort to overcome. Ma ny valuable lives, among US, fall sacrifice to this evil every passing year; and shall look calm ly on? Can we indeed sit down with the excuse that we are siness because we are not incorporate? As we'll might we say that that man has compassion, or mercy or sense fjustice, love of country, who can look calmly on the incendary when he is apply ing the fatal torch to any of large towns, when the consequence of his silence would be the death of ma ny and the loss of an immense of propesty.-- The cases are in many respects precisely paralel.- The fact is, fellow citizens, have been accustomed to this evil from youth up and is principle of our natures, that what accustomed to produces but very slight impressions especially in the moral world but notwithstanding this, the crit is the same, and is constantly producing amount of misery that, ifyou could it portrayed in one simple and hon. picture, would astonsh you. But this is not the time nor the place to enlarge upon the subject. The question is, what be done? The doings of the Medical Society are already before you. Their com mittee have consulted to greater less extent all classes of men relative to the formation of Tempe rance Society for this county and are happy to find universal burst of feeling in favor of it. To effect this object, it is desirable that all classes of men, and every denomination of christians, should be represen- ted by committee of at least ive take into consid- era,ion the best calculated suppress intem- peraace, and to form constitution that shall suit the necessities of all.
 Mechanics, Farmers and Merchants are hereby most respectfully invited to cooperate in cause so truly praiseworthy, and to appoint time and place when and where they will assemble and select from each class committee at the court house in L.tch6cd, on the third Wednesday sf June next, at o'clock F. M.
 The Methodists Bapt!sts, Eplscopalians and Con- grega,lonasts are confidently expected to be repre- sented by their several committees; and if any of the aforesaid denominations have not received notice in due form, they hereby requested and most ear nestly solicited unite measure of such deep in- terest to the welfare of the churches.
 From many of the gentlemen of the Bar we have had the most attering assurance of their co-opera- ton, and that committee will be formed as soon as that body shall assemble.
 The North Consociaon have committee already in existence; and it would be desirable that other committees should be formed as soon as circumstances will permit.
 Fellow -Citizens---The cause of humanity urges US Co i~y our ciaims before you in manner that may perhaps be considered by to amount to impoltu- nifty; but while sleep, many are passing on to ru- in. Then if you have any compassionate kindness, any tender mercy, any desire to escape the mputaon of partaking of other mems sins, you will awake to the subject and fyou will investigate it calmly, are fully persuaded thayour patriotism, your phiIan- thropy and your christian principles, will bring into the field host that will look down opposition, and put to flight the scorner.
 In behalf of the existing committees,
 ALANSON ABBE, Cor. Sec.
 Litch6eld, May Il, 1929.